The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper Part VI (2009 Mono Remasters)

[heloe910]

1:07 paul is dead, really, really dead !!!

[maxvelocity66]

I was lucky to come across the 10 CD compilation of "The Beatles In Mono" yesterday. The sound is really much better than the stereo remasters. Man!... What am i going to do with all my stereo recordings now?!

[TheBvsM]

one of a god album

[MonkeySeeism]

This is one of the few songs that sounds better in the mono mix.

[Raikaage]

Wow, Mono version sounds so much better than the stereo version. The pitch is normal as well unlike the stereo where the pitch was turned up. Plus the MONO was produced by George Martin & The Beatles originally and not the stereo.

[leaftechno]

My conclusion: stereo version is better. I couldn´t hear all the "hidden" sounds I´m used to listen to in stereo version. I missed depth, sound clarity and quality here. Sorry, mono fans...

[rauhbautz44]

Awesomeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!

[Spazticle11]

best album i've heard in a loooong time

[alifor9]

Never could be any other. Never could be any other. Never could be any other. Never could be any other.Never could be any other. Never could be any other.

[kurosawa99999]

Released in the US 44 years ago this week. Thank you for posting. The Mono mix is infinitely superior to the Stereo. Much of the intricacies and little magics of the album (Shake it up baby come on now, for example) are completely lost to history in the Stereo mix. Even in the Stereo Remasters. The engineers who did the Stereo mix should be taken out and shot,

[pimpinhillsboro]

thanks because one of my channels in my comp speakers is burnt out and can't listen to it in stereo thanks so much its much better this way anyway 

[hammeron39]

< . . . I buried Paul ,  . . . lol lol

[zoyelque2009]

Men damm for putting this on stereo,Mono was the real version,i feel i was rip off!!

[ababjibijo]

this has so much more kick and bass to it.

[tyronefootball21]

the story behind paul dying is they met a guy by the name of "Billy Scheers" which is introduced in the track right after this. Anyways Billy looked exactly like paul so paul and the rest of the beatles thought it was a funny idea to fake his death and say this Billy Scheers was a replacment look-a-like. This explains the Abbey Road album cover with Ringo as the grave digger, Paul (which is Billy) in his suit to be buried in, George as the mourner, and John as the priest.

[tyronefootball21]

also near the end of the bands break up they came out and admited that it was just a fake and that infact paul was still alive and he was there the whole time, not his look-a-like replacment.

[talypollywaly]

y do people think paul is dead he isn't the rumor was just made up by a small town radio station that wanted more attention later they even admitted it was just something they made up but by then many people had already thought it was true......

[q12tube]

The Beatles music unites people with their talent, message of peace and love, sometimes with no message at all (I am the Walrus) no matter what country you are from, what your political leanings may be, or by what name you call God. I see people of the world wanting peace, an ability to raise their children with their values, not the values of the almighty state. Freedom and liberty to earn and keep what they earn by their efforts. Down with those who make money off of hate and war!

[deveel1]

Paul is dead had started before the Abbey Road with discovering of bacmasking at Revolution no.9 song. Why all the people think that this rumor depends only on Abbey Road album. There are much more clues. And the Abbey Road in my opinion is very weak clue.

[mrmojorisin291278]

A day in the life one of the true masterpieces of music lyrical and musical genious;)

[Billinois78]

Here. Allow me to help everyone skip past the dead spaces between songs:

0:00 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

1:50 A Day In The Life

Please thumb up so it stays up where people can see it. Thanks.

[kurosawa99999]

@Billinois78 @antonyblues : and it is the mix that the beatles hands-on oversaw/directed/produced. the stereo mix was done by engineers after the boys had gone home. and the engineers (even if geoff emerick was on of them) should be taken out and shot for the crappy stereo mix-down they created.

[weeniebeenieboo]

What is Paul (I assume it's Paul) shouting at the end? I've never been able to decipher a single word. Is it BACKWARDS? If you know what's being shouted, please contact sdsongwriter at yahoo dot com.

[TheRealTacoHuman]

1:50 A Day In the Life

thumbs up this for quick access

[kakapomax]

@TheRealTacoHuman

but that would mean we'd miss the reprise... ):

[GeorgeHarrison00]

1:07 Paul is Dead! really really DEAD! PAUL IS DEAD yeh PAUL IS DEAD and you know! yeyeh you know that paul is dead

[alonsoxabilfc]

@GeorgeHarrison00 really? it does sound like that but I thought the Paul is Dead rumours came later after the release of Abbey Road (he's not wearing shoes, George is the undertaker etc.)

Maybe the rumours were building up from 1967 and that's why george is singing that? I'm not sure.

[mecaesare]

@GeorgeHarrison00 It's just a joke by Paul himself, he wants us to think he's dead

[nameisrobertpaulsen]

Wow 10thFulcrum, you're a douchebag!

[10thFulcrum]

Wow, you know nothing about quality of audio sound if you think mono is better than stereo

[pyrogyra72]

I remember hearing the reprise before, but I don't remember the applause at the beginning.

[mrnorvilletuffnuts]

why is there such a long pause between the reprise and a day in the life. the stereo remaster doesnt do that

[TheOneartist]

@mrnorvilletuffnuts It's just the guy who made the video. There's no pause on the actual mono CD.

[Billinois78]

Funny, I actually heard this 'reprise' version a few months before finally listening to the whole album and hearing the intro version. What a difference.

Anyway, the reprise was one of the first songs that drew me in to listening to The Beatles 15 years ago. It didn't take long after that to get into all of it, although I still prefer their 'studio band' years (66-69).

[Xmenfan246]

"Starr is vastly underrated. The drum fills on the song "A Day in the Life" are very complex things. You could take a great drummer today and say, 'I want it like that.' He wouldn't know what to do." - Drummer Phil Collins (The Making of Sgt. Pepper, 1992)

[apeshitdig]

7:00 Listen to John's tape loop. On the LP's from the UK, this loop was located on the run out groove. It would repeat over and over for as long as you left it. For hours! Days. Weeks.

I think that the remastered version should have repeated it for several minutes at least. The whole point of the loop was to suprise/annoy people. It's probably the first hidden "track" ever, a track that kept repeating until the needle wore out. Good joke John.

[apeshitdig]

I love all the extra noises. The guitar/rooster intro. John's psychedelic ramblings. Extra crowd noise. Paul's ad lib at the end. Also the mono mix sounds faster.

[Billinois78]

@apeshitdig The rooster intro was actually from the ending of "Good Morning, Good Morning". You probably already knew that. ;)

[MrPink992]

6:14

The most masterful chord in music history.

[kadaveri]

@MrPink992 Nah that has to go to mysterious opening chord to A Hard Day's Night. This is just an Emajor.

[TeekiesPlace]

At the end of this version, it sounds like somebody is whipping up the audience....something to the effect of "let's hear it for the band....oh yeah!" The question for you trivia buffs is: what EXACTLY is being shouted out? I've been trying to figure it out for years...it sounds cool...but I don't have a clue about what actually is being said. If know what's being said, write to me at sdsongwriter@yahoo.com and put "REPRISE LYRICS" in the subject line so I'll know you're not spam.

[erinmitbaren]

;kafnbvak;igb LOVE.

[mosstheboss5]

whoa mono=huge difference

[xplay108]

Wow mono was WAY different.

[costellodan]

Will never be bettered. 

[niclucianosr]

on the very first mono pressing of SPLHCB (and possibly the stereo) you could hear, during the long ending piano note, the sound of a squeaking piano stool, followed by someone saying "SSHHH!" ... the newer digital copies have this omitted ... too bad ...

[MrBeatleskid]

this is better than the mono version

[elstroshitnonstop]

what happened ti the rprise? it totally cuts out

[bandcouver]

Sounds like a tape machine screw up at the beginning, a bit of a delay and then you hear sound effects that are not present on the stereo version. Also extra rockin' vocals from Paul near the end of "Sgt. Pepper Reprise".

[dalek006]

what they said at 7:04

[PepperUTube]

ça alors, on entends plus le public derrière sur SgtPerrer

mmm.... c'est qui, qui crie à la fin? on dirait Paul. Je n'ai jamais entendu ça sur "l'ancienne version". C'est plus qu'une version remasterisée, là, ils ont ressorti des pistes non utilisées à l'époque

[WillsVargas]

in another video here on youtube,

i wrote that,

for as long as i live i will probably never hear a song better than A Day in the Life

i was wrong,

A Day in the Life mono remastered is as good as it gets

[r4d4101]

1:07 - 1:19 . Why stereo beatles suck.

[Hommer88]

I have a great doubt I'm a vinyl (LP) collector and will beatles in mono will be released in LP?? if it's true when??? I will appreciate the answer n_n

[forumchatter09]

That's paul yelling, you can hear Mal however doing the countoff during the orchestral bridge in Day in the Life

[bigladiesman]

At the end of the reprise there's a voice (Mal Evans?) which I never heard in my stereo version. Does anybody know what he's saying? I'm not a native English speaker and I can't understand him!

[apeshitdig]

It seems like the tape is sped up a bit. on sgt peppers reprise.

[bellathesunflower]

@apeshitdig that's cause its a reprise

[apeshitdig]

All the Beatles agreed mono is better.

[glammm25]

The Beatles

[theocean1973]

i love the end of a day in the life: *SCREEEEEECH!* "nevergoosieannieoverwha-AAH-n­evergoosieannieoverwha-AAH-nev­ergoosieannieoverwha-AAH"

[cshargeit]

that was john singing, "about a lucky man who made the grade". i think it refers to sir lew grade that was a beatle financial backer. ancient history.

[Peace4guitar]

While listening to this, I really think Paul sings during A Day In The Life:

"...about a lucky man who made the grave."

You can really hear that 'v' on these remasters.

Love the remasters, it's like listening this album for the first time again.

[vantalge]

@Peace4guitar Does that mean Paul was dead?

[Peace4guitar]

@vantalge

I think we'll never know.

He did seem alive on stage this year.

[EmAlval]

@Peace4guitar But it's John :)

[mikeyskywalker]

Ah, I wish I had mono, it sounds so much better!

[kristianPJ]

it annoys me when people say oasis are the beatles for this generation because all they do is copy the beatles. the beatles were innovators and copied nobody a band like radiohead or pearl jam are more like the beatles because they experiment and try new things

[bellathesunflower]

@kristianPJ yes.

[SamuBolado]

mono rocks way more bitches!

[SheledUmlal]

@SamuBolado That's because the drums, being the most powerful element in a band, are actually in the centre!!

[antonyblues]

People: This is the ORIGINAL mix of the album. In the beginning of the song you can hear the rooster in full tune with the guitar. That does not appear in the stereo mix. There are loads of brilliant details like that.

From Uruguay, a Beatle fan.

[krichards816]

@antonyblues

Give some more details on the album please. This was the first album I learned all the words to back in the late 70's. Brings back good memories...

[kurosawa99999]

@antonyblues : and it is the mix that the beatles hands-on oversaw/directed/produced. the stereo mix was done by engineers after the boys had gone home. and the engineers (even if geoff emerick was on of them) should be taken out and shot for the crappy stereo mix-dosn they created.

[voozoo62]

I think that both the Smiths and Oasis have had an influence on music. Nowhere near what the Beatles have had though.

I think Oasis will be remembered though, as well as the Smiths.

[Rascasseman]

True. Oasis are mocked for being a Beatles tribute band but they smashed down the wall to allow British band to become successful in the USA again which Coldplay perfected in doing so!

[MoonbowPro]

I completely agree

[handsomedevil98]

@Rascasseman THE STONE ROSES were more melodic, & if it was't for them OASIS would hav not been as recognised, UK wanted another new hope like the ROSES cuz they were takin the piss with the second album

[velazquez11]

why the first song sounds different??? is a remix?? or is the original mono song???

[Padfoot333]

Nope, it's a reprise of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

[velazquez11]

yes i know, but sounds different than the stereo sgt pepper reprise

[ChillyDew37]

@Padfoot333 i agree. the beginning of it sounds a lil different from the original reprise

[TheScaries]

@velazquez11 reprise

[kennyg03]

@velazquez11 do you mean different as in the crowd sounds throughout the whole thing?

[JohnzillaTheHun]

i love when he says "one and only lonely hearts club band"

[Marshallsg]

Thats always been my favorite part.

[M3town3]

There's a very high pitched tone right before the "end chatter" can you hear it?

[Marshallsg]

Yep I can. Sounds like Paul.

[GamecubeLPs]

High pitched? Paul.

[DivineScheme]

This is my Mothers music...She me into it...Good stuff.

[GabyStrokes17]

7:04  wtf???

[colderbeer]

Isn't it amazing that there aren't ANY....any bands at all that are even remotely as talented as The Beatles in today's era? And why is that? Seriously...where is the great music for today's era? Is most of what is being made today all "throw-away" and "disposable" music. I know that not everyone will agree, but I think Oasis came the closest back in the 90's to producing music near the quality level that The Beatles had attained.

[joeyecw]

I agree that there hasn't been a music-warping act since the Beatles, but I disagree that everything is disposable since then. C'mon. It's really not fair to compare anything to them. And Oasis? Give me a break, dude. The closest Oasis came was the sixties haircuts and internal strife. They were so concerned with being the New Beatles that they never bothered to actually make the great music the Beatles became legends for making. Oasis was good, but to compare the two..dude, please.

[mcainiac]

agreed.

[MatthewDawson1990]

Oasis were massively overrated in places (stupid songs like Wonderwall and that bloody annoying Champagne Supernova 'cannonball' lyric), but in other places were underrated - such as their amazing b-sides which piss all over most of the work on What's The Story Morning Glory.

They were a passionate band and Noel Gallagher is an incredibly talented songwriter.

About time they split up though. Noel can finally go alone with his talents.

[joeyecw]

Fair enough, but let's consider the context of the conversation. I believe someone started this by saying Oasis was the closest thing to the Beatles since the Beatles themselves, which is obviously a ridiculous comment that needed to be sorted out.

Clearly Oasis was *good*. I mean, I certainly loved them when they were at the top of their game. But the Beatles? No, obviously not.

[mastershake99]

...and how many people will be listening to Oasis 30 years from now?

[mecaesare]

I guess nobody

[M3town3]

You mean 3? no.one.

[MatthewDawson1990]

@joeyecw Yeah, I love Oasis and think they're great - easily my favourite band of the '90s, but like you said, they don't come anywhere near close to The Beatles.

Personally, and this is my opinion, I think The Smiths were the closest to The Beatles in terms of quality output.

[joeyecw]

Also, not everything since then has been disposable. Nirvana was an all-time great act, as was Tool in their prime. Dave Mathews comes to mind, though not pure rock. I'd say if you're talking music in general you have to include Mos Def, and probably Common in that list. How about Black Sabbath? Metallica? I mean, there have been plenty of awesome acts since the Fab Four. You can't compare anybody to them, it's not fair. They're a once-in-a-few-lifetimes kind of group. Like Mozart, in a way.

[cpj93070]

no they didnt fucking overated fuckers oasis were glad they have split up and the clash could kick the shit out of oasis anyday.

[colderbeer]

I'm not following your grammar, or your thought processes. Can you explain?

[cpj93070]

im saying oasis are an overated band and the clash and the beatles could both kick the shit out of them did u even hear what george said about the gallager brother that they havnt got a lot of talent and he was right.

[Thetexasfist]

Check out the arctic monkeys and last shadow puppets

Alex turner is coming very close when it comes to his songwriting abilitles

But, of course nothing else can be the beatles, we may have bands with qualities the beatles didnt. But the beatles were history. They were change.

But seriously check them out, you might like them.

[mcainiac]

I think it's because the Beatles were

Very talented musicians (whereas now days the talented musians, for the most part, are just writers for other artists, puppeteers. Also, The Beatles strove to be different EVERYTIME! (with instrumentaion, different sounds, etc.) Now everybody goes with the "safe" formula everyone else is using because record company's don't want anything avant gard or "risky". The Beatles were the voice of the PEOPLE and looking within. Thats gone b/c of corporate greed.

[Johnny123456789x]

I think I like the reprise even more than the original.

[cpj93070]

u can hear paul shouting at the end of the stereo as well but very faintly.

[100Underscores]

Paul is the best bass player in the galaxy

[wmbrown6]

The opening notes on the stereo of the Reprise was used in 1974 by WNBC-FM (now WQHT Hot 97) as one of the music beds in their ill-fated automated "RockPile" music format.

[wmbrown6]

As to "A Day in the Life" . . . besides what was mentioned about John's inspiration, I noticed his opening "I read the news today, oh boy" seemed nicked off of the first line of Benny Hill's 1965 record "In the Papers": "Now I've just read an interesting article / The most interesting I've ever seen" . . . not to mention the themes of the two being quite similar.

[brywool]

whoa, the beginning of the mono version is a lot different...

[spngebob1237]

where is the inner groove...

[wmbrown6]

Are you asking about that heard between 7:04 and 7:27?

[spngebob1237]

the inner groove only plays sometimes on this vid for me. its weird

[Natnekker]

The only good pepper is the mono pepper.

Whij the's a gap between the 2 songs ?

[thenowuk]

Exactly-you have to hear it as it was mixed and approved by ALL the band-too many donughts don't know what they are listening to or can even tell the difference between remasters/stereo/mono

[kanzosupremo]

it just screwed up when he uploaded it i think

[TheWalrus10]

paul is dead is really dead!!!!

[spngebob1237]

why do you say that

[LODGE4444]

He says "Paul is dead , is really dead" at about 1:10 To 1:12 if you listen closely.

[spngebob1237]

how could paul say that paul is dead

[thenowuk]

Beatles have been turned into zeros and ones-digitised for the ipod generation-not the sound for them!

The stereo remasters especially are horrible,all the warmth gone,bass and drums over eq'd etc......really sad

[Maztuhmind]

how can they be for the ipod generation when none of their music is available for the ipod?

[thenowuk]

The format it's been remastered in,the digital sound quality,the sound of the remasters.

It's only a matter of agreeing a deal before they are available on itunes. They would have been already if agreement had been reached.

[diezungen]

Well ... I've heard the stereo "remasters".

they sound horrible. Just boosted bass and a presence boost to compensate resulting in a horrible screeching high end with sibilant distortion.

And they are about 3DB louder than the '87 CDs.

The engineers skould be shot. It took them 4 years to do what any teenager could have done with "garage band."

The mono versions sound better ON YOUTUBE than the new CDs on a good stereo.

[thenowuk]

Couldn't agree more

[benjamin1976]

Listen to Lennon's "A crowd of people turned away" @ 3:17. His voice here is at it's absolute peak in his career. It sounds better than anything I've ever heard. From him or anyone else.

[spngebob1237]

well the music stops at 1:20 and there is like a 20 second break then a day in the life at 1:47

[thebeatles94]

Am I the only who thinks it's stupid that the mono boxset doesn't include all of the albums (because not all of the m were in mono), and yet it's still more expensive? It includes a book and nice LP jacket reproduction, but it doesn't include the mini-docs either. Is EMI trying to rip off the fans who really wanted the mono? I'll probably buy my favorites individually - Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, White Album, etc.

[TheVinylRecord]

I really just wish that the mono's were available separately as well, just like back in the day with LPs.

[1beatles]

I agree why is the MONO sets more expensive? they should have included the other 2 Let it Be * Abbey Road and written on the back to include also... it's the entire catalog~ effer's lol

[chriskoob]

in fairness when let it be and abbey were both released they were both done in sterio only their never was a mono mix for either of them

[1beatles]

I am aware of that!!~ I have all the albums and than some ~ the extra goodies should have been included with the MONO sets!

however the MONO's are freakin brilliant so far!!

[P0mt3]

You can't buy the mono releases seperately. Gotta pay full price for the set.

[thebeatles94]

Yeah I know, so I'm going to be getting the stereo versions. I don't mind, because I really don't want to pay close to $200 for less content than the stereo box.

[P0mt3]

Your choice, of course. But you have no idea what you aren't hearing in the stereo mixes, especially on Sgt. Pepper. The differences are unbelievable.

[spngebob1237]

1:20 the sound stops why?

[gtr82]

Uh, because that is the end of the song. A Day in the Life starts at 1:52.

[rkogts619]

at 1:10 to 1:19, Why is Paul screaming ? it's kinda scary, but this is awesome and one of the best albums ever recorded

[P0mt3]

It's not scary, it's just Sgt. Pepper getting the people in the audience stired up for the finally. Don't you know the concept of the album is about a fictional band playing live on stage? ;)

By the way . . . Paul screaming can't be heard at all on the Stereo mixes. Yet another casualty from The Beatles not giving a shit about how the Stereo mixes were done. :(

[kanzosupremo]

he says THANK YOU EVEREBODY HEAR TONIGHT then something else im not sure

[kengk1234]

The mono versions are like hearing the albums for the first time again, just amazing.

[1beatles]

I totally agree!!! can't wait to blog bout it!!

[suhonmi]

it costs hell of a lot...

[LODGE4444]

but it's worth every cent.

[ChumpyD]

damn, after hearing the mono versions im so impressed that im thinking of buying the mono box set

[claudiabitu]

Thanks so much for uploading this! I've always preferred the mono version of this album over the stereo version. The remastered version of this sounds so amazing!

[HotShotCMS]

Thank You :D Sgt. Pepper's is way better in Mono.