The Beatles - Help! Part I (2009 Mono Remasters)

[TheBeatlesShop]

Original Glorious Mono

[kenoben007]

la version de esterio es un asco,pero la mono es exelente se los recomiendo mucho

NOTE:use google translate

[goldpet66]

Why would one person dislike this? Just to be perverse? Or ornery? It makes no sense to me. To the rest of you who liked this, YOU ROCK! And a big thank you (once again) to padfoot333 for my very favorite Beatles YouTube channel... You rock too! Love from somewhere in Ohio :-)

[skullygir101]

why so depressing enjoy the music chill :)

[MysteryManfrom79]

This mono version was used in the movie, and was great because John's bigger emphasis on the word HELP! in the 2nd chorus was used to make the title appear. Sadly, they replaced it with the stereo version when they remixed the film ruining the effect.

[zoyelque2009]

The solo is bad ass.

[daninflorida1]

hello help fans,most people who are into this song were not around and they seem to have more insight about which is great even the original fans have gained more facts,anyway the help single has a new overdub lead vocal on the 45 on the when I was younger verse to the end,no one has ever found out why this was done,the recording sessions,that 100 dollar book has a section on it,I must read it,was this mix with the alt vocal on any other mono lp from any other market besides the UK

[SunTeleLeo]

I remember a morning in the USSR

I wake up before school and switch on the TV

HELP - from Shea Stadium they played - perestroyka etc...

I was mesmerized

school was never better since...

[reneperezz]

i LOVE johns different take on his vocals!! alot more rougher than the stereo!

[daninflorida1]

hello again,I always felt this lp was a rip off,when it came out in jan,1970 and I was listening to it a a department store,korvettes,they played all new releases complete for the customers,I said where is inner light,get back,the hard days night songs did not belong on this lp in my view,from me to you,misery,theres a place would have made a good choice,since all were not available at that time,the beatles at this point were a mess of buisseness problems so they had no input on this lp.......

[daninflorida1]

hello again,I need another page,when I bought the mono LP it has the stereo mix folded down,the edit is on the first verse,when I was younger,from this point on it requires a little careful listening,the backing track is the same,mixed different,backup vocals seem to be same also,the first time I heard a british mix that stood out is when I saw help in the movies in 65,they played the mono mix of shes a woman without the reverb on the US mix which made it very un listenable,,,,,

[daninflorida1]

hello,thanks for your reply ,its strange most new fans know more about this first beatle track difference than the original fans,I was 13 when the single was out and when I first played it I knew something was different I guess I was ahead of everyone,which couild be,but there were others I am sure,in the recording sessions there is a big chapter on this help 45mix &the lp version,did you read it,the mono lp in england has this version,was this the same for all other markets,,,,

[outofthegreenmist]

@daninflorida1 This is the version I first heard on record - both on 45 and the mono UK LP. It did appear in the US on the Rarities album. I don't really have a favourite between the two verions. I agree about the heavy reverb on US records. Also, the mastering was sometimes wrong (or non-existent) with tracks from different sources being at different volumes (at least my copy of Yesterday and Today is like that). Still, nice to hear clean stereo versions of raspy mono 45 tracks on US MMT LP.

[thenintendogamer]

Is it me or is the quality in the mono versions way worse than the stereo versions?

[fischbachproductions]

@thenintendogamer

your not alone...

[thenintendogamer]

Looking back, this mono version sounds pretty awful. Not sure if it's the video or something, but George Martin did a hell of a good job improving it for the 1987 release. I just took that and NEVER looked back.

[iSpeed09]

I dunno; I like the originals better IMO.

[PiggyPinedog]

For some reason, the guitar solo in this song is one of my favorites. It just sort of "hits the spot," if you know what I mean.

[13lostlove13]

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of makng"--Salvador Dali. The same can be said for The Beatles.

[elstroshitnonstop]

the one dislike was me. it was an accident.

[calvando11]

@elstroshitnonstop be more careful, ok. beatles fans forgive u

[13lostlove13]

@elstroshitnonstop at least ur honest about it. im glad u admitted it, because just the tougt that theres is someone who DOESNT like this, is just horrendous.

[TRSStv]

I just had a dream The Beatles never existed...Worst...Nightmare...­Ever

[mysteryguy1234]

@TRSStv hahaha that would be horrible then all music would sound like screeching sounds and most of our favorite artist wouldnt exist

[bandcouver]

The lead vocals on the mono version of the song 'Help!' are different. One of the major differences between the mono and stereo versions of their albums.

[DCAreaguy2001]

they dont spell out help on the cover, they are standing in positions outlined in aleister crowleys book of the law....satanic lol yikes,

anyway thats not an e or a p

[Cantormatis]

@DCAreaguy2001 LMAO, Are you kidding me? You've been reading too many nutty books on Beatle lore, or worse, watching those holarious web-vids on how everything interesting in the 1960's was satanic. You know what was satanic? assasinations, war, government cover-ups, corruptions, racism... seems to be just the tip of the iceberg, actually.

[Caboose565]

it would be kind of cool to be a bum don't you think?

You get to make fires out of bins and wear 1960's stinky clothing and nobody cares.

[themusicalfreak13]

I have an awesome music video based on a beatles song. Check it out.

I edited, directed and posted it onto youtube as a 12 year old.

Type in Brennan Music Video Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

[thegernblanston]

Hey carrie and gern. Beatles in mono are awesome!!

[BobDylanFan1966]

most likely an alternate take at least us americans can see what the brits heard in u.k

[AdamLambertsVoice]

I hate the blimey scouser who killed john, fry u bastard :'(

[princeofthemods69]

@AdamLambertsVoice Scouser?? I think he's American, is he not?

[AdamLambertsVoice]

@princeofthemods69 he is american, but i heard that the term scouser can also be used in bad terms so i just figured id use it.

[ronald072]

i actually like stereo a little better

[apeshitdig]

It's all about the mono versions. Hell Yeah.

[yourtwistedable]

it sounds extremely different

[sanchizzle007]

wow. there is a big diffrence in the mono version. its great!

[annahawkins]

The night before <3

[0000song0000]

i like this vocals (it sound different... most "help needed" XD )

[Gasoline85]

I also like the vocal in the mono-version more.

[daninflorida]

hello fellow beatle fans,the mono masters should have included the help single with the different mix and the penny lane promo mix with the trumpet ending,at that time all radio stations received the 45 and made a continous loop 8track,its a totality different mix than the single and lp,emi did the same kind of ripoff when the hey jude lp came out,inner light and the get back single should have been there instead of the two hadr days night tracks,cant buy and ishould have known better,,,,,

[outofthegreenmist]

@daninflorida I'm not sure what you mean. I don't have these CD's, but "Help!", as played on this video, sounds like the mono mix to me. The vocal on the stereo was different, noticeably in the first verse. I have the mono LP. This sounds right to me. Can you enlighten me, please?

[outofthegreenmist]

@daninflorida Surely the Hey Jude LP was released by Capitol, which may have been owned by - NOT controlled by - EMI (which is why EMI did a deals with companies like Vee-Jay to release Beatles records in the US before the fuss about I Want To Hold Your Hand kicked in). IIRC, Hey Jude was a sort of retrospective album, anyway, with Paperback Writer and Rain also on there, from 1966. One could argue all those made-up US-only LP's were rip-offs, or the chance to hear some singles in stereo.

[GuitarPenguinDude]

"Youve got to hide your love away" is definately one of my favorite songs... who hasnt felt that way John?

[Manibea]

john made a mistake; not "and now these days..." but "but now these days..."

hahaha

[Asskicker32294]

@Manibea Now you've gone and destroyed the Lennon legend. I hope you can shoulder the responsibility

[BeatlesGirlx1965]

lol senorzorrozzz i agree mono sounds more original and classic but you gotta dig the crystal clear stereo sound of the new remasteres too!

[SenorZorrozzz]

Listen to I Should Have Known Better-the mono 45 or the Hard Days Night LP we had in the US-the mono one (that was the LP by the way, the one we listened to) That was the hit. MUCH BETTER!!!!

[SenorZorrozzz]

LISTEN TO THE 45 MONO OF REVOLUTION-You gonna tell me that the stereo is better? NO WAY! AND THE 45 was the hit record, not that stereo version that was on The Bealtes Again album.

[SenorZorrozzz]

Listen to the mono recording of Yellow Sub.- that was the hit for example. Not that stereo version. The mono versions were done with the Beatles. The stereo ones were often made without even George Martin!

[Asskicker32294]

@SenorZorrozzz Sgt. Pepper's sounded the worst when they mixed it into stereo...Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds sounds (to quote John Lennon0 abysmal

[SenorZorrozzz]

Hi. Yes, except for She's Leaving Home! The remixed versions of Lucy are too fast.

For the most part the mono mixes are the best. What is shocking are the comments that the guys who remixed the CDs have to say about the mono mixes being useless!

I believe that the mono single mixes should be issued on CD.

By the way, I always miss the ending horn on Penny Lane. It was played on the radio with that horn and that was the mix that the Beatles approved of!

[SenorZorrozzz]

I grew up listening to the mono singles which were the hits! They were the takes played on the radio which in turn sold the records, not the later released stereo mixes. Walrus is better, so is Baby You're a Rich Man and Matchbox!

[SenorZorrozzz]

...the Let It Be single was the hit, not the drippy Phil Spector LP version. That single is great!

[Asskicker32294]

That version of Penny Lane is I think on the old Rarities album...I've read that it was only a promotional mix.

[SenorZorrozzz]

True, but it was the version intended for release. It was on the radio when the record was released. The radio play drew sales. I push this idea because I was a beatles fan right from the day they came to America. You'd hear say, their new record, Penny Lane play on AM a great deal. You wanted it because it was the Beatles new 45 and because you liked it. You bought it because of those reasons. So did a million other people. You'd play it in a jukebox. Not a later released stereo mix.

[Asskicker32294]

Yes I am 55 years old and I have been a Beatles fan since I heard my first Beatles record...I am also a Beatles trivia nut so I know what I'm talking about most of the time.

[SenorZorrozzz]

So am I. very cool. I am not into trivia, but I was a big fan-I remember things, I don't read books about the Beatles. I really liked the music. I had a band, played lots of the songs. I also produce records. I learned a grteat deal from them (but many other did too).

Thanks so much.

[SenorZorrozzz]

@Asskicker32294 God bless you. I saw them on the CBS news on Friday night and had to watch them on Ed Sullivan on Sunday! I liked them as soon as I saw them. They brought something alive to America that we were missing since Nov. 22.

[SenorZorrozzz]

This is the recording that WAS in the help movie- now the stereo version in on it.

The mono 45s were the versions that each beatle approved of. The mono 45s are the hit records! The mono 45s are what we listened to on the radio-and bought when they came out making those mono 45s the hits!

MONO! MONO! The mono Beatles records are the true Beatle recordings!

Listen to them!

[SenorZorrozzz]

THIS WAS THE HIT! This was the 45 RPM that we listened to-heard on the radio. This is the hit! Not the stereo PL version!

The mono 45s are the hits-not the stereo -later released versions!

[SenorZorrozzz]

I had Boys on a 45 (starline). I had the Four By The Beatles 45s when they came out. Like lots of kids I bought the MGM My Bonnie! Man, I played those 45s until I had to gather up pennies to by another copy (they were so worn out)!

[TailsSpain]

Wow it´s REALLY different!

[SenorZorrozzz]

Hey, somebody, you want Beatle Mania? Get a mono copy of the LP A Hard days Night (UA label). Put that on a turntable and play it loud. Look thorugh a few 1964 Beatle magazines while it plays! That was what it was all about, not some nameless engineer remixing stereo copies of album tracks!

[anonUK]

@SenorZorrozzz

Did anyone who bought Beatles records before, say, "Revolver" (1966) care much about listening to them in stereo? When pop music was one or two guitars, bass, drums and voice, (as opposed to a classical orchestra or the type of ambitious concept album which came in after 1966), did anyone want or need the stereo version?

Trying to make 4-track tape into stereo usually ended up sounding crap anyway.

[greeny1954]

Daniflorida- This IS the original single version!

[SenorZorrozzz]

@anonUK Let me tell you very few kids had a stereo! You played your 45s and whatever LPs you could afford on a mono record player. The records were in mono in those days. Stereos as we came to know them started selling in the 70s. Many familes had floor model Hi Fi's. These were mono too. You got lots of mid and bass from them.

[SenorZorrozzz]

@anonUK Revolution the actual 45 it is mixed very differently then all other versions. This is the one the Beatles approved of! It played on the radio and sold millions. Not the stereo version on The Beatles Again LP. That one is interesting, but it just wasn't the hit version.

If people want to hear what we heard in the 60s they need to hear the actual 45s on a 60s record player. That was the sound. I can hear it now, I Feel Fine for example, you'd just play that over and again.

[anonUK]

@SenorZorrozzz

Well, that's true. Before 1966 or so, very few people would have been in a position to need or want the stereo version and the Beatles, among most other artists of the time, neither thought in stereo nor wrote for it until they started to think about psychedelic reverb effects in 1966-67. If you had bought Help in stereo (or most other stereo pop/rock records that year or earlier), you didn't get any particular effects that needed it. It was a waste of money, in short.

[cbak12sg]

This is the PROPER version of Help. It is distinguished from the stereo version because John sings "And now these days are gone" in the first verse (it's "But now these days are gone"), and also "Now I find I've changed my mind" is sung quicker in the stereo version.

[SenorZorrozzz]

Listen to the passion with which he sings it in the mono single (which was the hit version and was on the movie soundtrack)!

[Yep147]

Is this Help version faster than the stereo version..?

The vocals sound faster to me...

[Notahappyperson]

help(the song) sounds better in mono imo

[lazarono]

This is wonderfull in mono,thank you for sharing

[remasteredspyro]

This vocal take suits the song more.

[TheBeatlesShop]

Excellent. Thanks.

[Nihilanth1982]

look at the picture. are the hands moving or is it grain?

[himynameisben95]

It's just grain, it's a still image.

[LBrilliante]

Yes.. the version of HELP! with the alternate vocal is NOT just on the American and British single but also on the MONO UK Help too... Thanks for this PAD!

[HTprods]

wow! is that version of the vocal actually on the new remasters! if so,yay!!! because i much rather that version.