The Beatles - SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND

It was twenty years ago today,
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play
They've been going in and out of style
But they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you
The act you've known for all these years,
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Released on 9/9/09, the complete stereo and mono Beatle studio albums were remastered and packaged in a pretty cool “Digipak” style casing. The audio quality was significantly improved in almost every album they remasterd, offering a cleaner sound and louder bass. Sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band, thought to be one of the best rock albums of all time, is often suggested to be better heard in mono than stereo. But wait mono? Isn’t that just lesser form of stereo, why would I want all the sounds on the CD be centered in a mono format? Doesn’t stereo give the album more of a “dynamic” sound? Usually this is the case, however the mono album is not just the stereo album center, it’s a completely different mix which has been noted that the mono version is the way the Beatles wanted it to sound like. The following differences occur:
• The funky backwards guitar part at the end of the opening song just before "Billy Shears."
• More of a “natural” Reverb on their voices
• The flangey/ADT effect on Ringo's voice during some chorus of "With A Little Help From My Friends."
• The tripped out flangey vocals from the second verse out on "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."
• The slightly longer end of "Fixing A Hole" where McCartney is wailing up high.
• The change in tone in "She's leaving home" in the mono version - due to being sped up, not so dreary and long as in the stereo version.
• The timing on the effects of "Mr. Kite."
• The extended louder laughter on "Within You Without You."
• The louder backing "oo-oo's" on "When I'm 64".
• The "bleed edit" found at the beginning of the "Sgt. Pepper Reprise"; you can hear the machine flutter as it comes out of pause.
• The low volume mumbo jumbo during the extended bass drum raps at the beginning of the "Sgt. Pepper Reprise".
• The timing of the audiences are different on the "Reprise" section.
• Paul McCartney ad libbing at the end. Paul sound like he is saying "Thank you very much good night now..." or "bye bye now".
This is one of my favorite albums of all time, especially the mono version.
5/5 Stars