Mono Masters
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| name = Mono Masters
| type = compilation
| artist = The Beatles
| cover = Mono_Masters.PNG
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| released = 9 September 2009 (as part of The Beatles in Mono box set)
9 September 2014 (individual release)
| recorded = 1962–1969
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| genre = Rock
| length = 99:02
| language = English, German ("Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" and "Sie Liebt Dich")
| label = Parlophone, Capitol, Apple
| producer = George Martin
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Mono Masters is a compilation album by the Beatles, and is an alternate, all-mono version of the album Past Masters. Mono Masters was originally a two-CD set included as part of The Beatles in Mono box set.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/08/arts/music/08beat.html?_r=1 |title=Original Beatles Albums to Be Reissued |first=Allan |last=Kozinn |date=7 April 2009 | work=The New York Times}} The premise of this box set was to compile only Beatles material which was released or prepared for release with a dedicated mono mix (the set excludes later material mixed and released only in stereo, and stereo-only material whose mono version was simply created as an equal mix of the two channels of the stereo version, e.g. 1969's Yellow Submarine album). As a result, the track listing for Mono Masters differs from Past Masters on the second half of disc two, replacing some later songs that never had a mono mix ("The Ballad of John and Yoko", "Old Brown Shoe" and "Let It Be") with several songs released on stereo-only albums that had unreleased mono mixes. Tracks 9–12 and 15 of disc two were prepared in March 1969 for release as a 7" mono Yellow Submarine EP, two months after the release of the similarly titled soundtrack album, but the project was scrapped, although the EP was mastered. Instead, the tracks were only released in stereo (and in an electronically produced mono mixdown, or "fold-down", of the stereo mix), while the true mono mixes remained unreleased. "Get Back" (with B-side "Don't Let Me Down") was the final Beatles single mixed for mono format. It was released in the UK in mono, though the US release was in stereo. Thus, the songs that were originally released on stereo singles worldwide are omitted on this release.
This compilation was released individually as a triple vinyl LP set on 9 September 2014 in Europe and the following day in North America on the same day that The Beatles in Mono box set was released in vinyl LP format. The vinyl format compilation is mastered directly from the original analogue mono master tapes.{{cite web |url=http://www.thebeatles.com/news/beatles-get-back-mono |title=THE BEATLES GET BACK TO MONO {{!}} The Beatles |website=www.thebeatles.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140619015913/http://www.thebeatles.com/news/beatles-get-back-mono |archive-date=2014-06-19}}
''Mono Masters'' track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
;Disc one
{{Track listing
| total_length = 42:37
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Love Me Do
| extra1 = Paul McCartney with John Lennon
| note1 = from the 5 October 1962 A-side, the original single version on Parlophone, catalogue number 45-R4949; recorded on 4 September 1962, featuring Ringo Starr on drums
| length1 = 2:25
| title2 = From Me to You
| extra2 = Lennon and McCartney
| note2 = from the 11 April 1963 A-side
| length2 = 1:57
| title3 = Thank You Girl
| extra3 = Lennon and McCartney
| note3 = from the 11 April 1963 B-side
| length3 = 2:04
| title4 = She Loves You
| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney
| note4 = from the 23 August 1963 A-side
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = I'll Get You
| extra5 = Lennon with McCartney
| note5 = from the 23 August 1963 B-side
| length5 = 2:06
| title6 = I Want to Hold Your Hand
| extra6 = Lennon and McCartney
| note6 = from the 29 November 1963 A-side
| length6 = 2:26
| title7 = This Boy
| extra7 = Lennon with George Harrison and McCartney
| note7 = from the 29 November 1963 B-side
| length7 = 2:16
| title8 = Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
| extra8 = Lennon and McCartney
| note8 = Lennon, McCartney, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer) (from the March 1964 German single
| length8 = 2:26
| title9 = Sie Liebt Dich
| extra9 = Lennon and McCartney
| note9 = Lennon, McCartney, Nicolas, Lee Montague) (from the March 1964 German single
| length9 = 2:19
| title10 = Long Tall Sally
| extra10 = McCartney
| note10 = Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman) (from the 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP
| length10 = 2:03
| title11 = I Call Your Name
| extra11 = Lennon
| note11 = from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length11 = 2:11
| title12 = Slow Down
| extra12 = Lennon
| note12 = Larry Williams) (from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Matchbox
| extra13 = Ringo Starr
| note13 = Carl Perkins) (from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length13 = 1:59
| title14 = I Feel Fine
| extra14 = Lennon
| note14 = from the 27 November 1964 A-side
| length14 = 2:23
| title15 = She's a Woman
| extra15 = McCartney
| note15 = from the 27 November 1964 B-side
| length15 = 3:04
| title16 = Bad Boy
| extra16 = Lennon
| note16 = Williams) (from the 14 June 1965 US album Beatles VI and the 10 December 1966 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies
| length16 = 2:20
| title17 = Yes It Is
| extra17 = Lennon, McCartney and Harrison
| note17 = from the 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride"
| length17 = 2:42
| title18 = I'm Down
| extra18 = McCartney
| note18 = from the 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!"
| length18 = 2:38
}}
;Disc two
{{Tracklist
| total_length = 56:25
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Day Tripper
| extra1 = Lennon and McCartney
| note1 = from the 3 December 1965 double A-side
| length1 = 2:52
| title2 = We Can Work It Out
| extra2 = McCartney with Lennon
| note2 = from the 3 December 1965 A-side
| length2 = 2:15
| title3 = Paperback Writer
| extra3 = McCartney
| note3 = from the 10 June 1966 A-side
| length3 = 2:26
| title4 = Rain
| extra4 = Lennon
| note4 = from the 10 June 1966 B-side
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = Lady Madonna
| extra5 = McCartney
| note5 = from the 15 March 1968 A-side
| length5 = 2:17
| title6 = The Inner Light
| note6 = George Harrison) (from the 15 March 1968 B-side
| extra6 = Harrison
| length6 = 2:36
| title7 = Hey Jude
| extra7 = McCartney
| note7 = from the 30 August 1968 A-side
| length7 = 7:09
| title8 = Revolution
| extra8 = Lennon
| note8 = from the 30 August 1968 single version B-side
| length8 = 3:25
| title9 = Only a Northern Song
| extra9 = Harrison
| note9 = Harrison) (Previously unreleased April 1967{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbyday.com/the-beatles-mono-masters-vs-remastered-past-masters-stereo/622/ |title=The Beatles Remastered Mono Masters Vs. Past Masters (Stereo) | Features |publisher=Musicbyday.com |date=17 September 2009 |access-date=8 September 2011}} mono mix
| length9 = 3:26
| title10 = All Together Now
| extra10 = McCartney
| note10 = Previously unreleased May 1967 mono mix
| length10 = 2:11
| title11 = Hey Bulldog
| extra11 = Lennon with McCartney
| note11 = Previously unreleased February 1968 mono mix
| length11 = 3:14
| title12 = It's All Too Much
| extra12 = Harrison
| note12 = Harrison) (Previously unreleased October 1968 mono mix
| length12 = 6:28
| title13 = Get Back
| note13 = from the 11 April 1969 single version A-side
| extra13 = McCartney
| length13 = 3:11
| title14 = Don't Let Me Down
| extra14 = Lennon with McCartney
| note14 = from the 11 April 1969 B-side
| length14 = 3:33
| title15 = Across the Universe
| extra15 = Lennon
| note15 = Previously unreleased 1969 mono mix of the "Wildlife" version
| length15 = 3:50
| title16 = You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
| extra16 = Lennon and McCartney
| note16 = from the 6 March 1970 B-side of "Let It Be"
| length16 = 4:24
}}
''Mono Masters'' vinyl LP track listing
All songs written and composed by Lennon-McCartney, except where noted.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Love Me Do
| extra1 = McCartney with Lennon
| note1 = from the 5 October 1962 A-side, the original single version on Parlophone, catalogue number 45-R4949; recorded on 4 September 1962, featuring Ringo Starr on drums
| length1 = 2:25
| title2 = From Me to You
| extra2 = Lennon and McCartney
| note2 = from the 11 April 1963 A-side
| length2 = 1:57
| title3 = Thank You Girl
| extra3 = Lennon and McCartney
| note3 = from the 11 April 1963 B-side
| length3 = 2:04
| title4 = She Loves You
| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney
| note4 = from the 23 August 1963 A-side
| length4 = 2:21
| title5 = I'll Get You
| extra5 = Lennon with McCartney
| note5 = from the 23 August 1963 B-side
| length5 = 2:06
| title6 = I Want to Hold Your Hand
| extra6 = Lennon and McCartney
| note6 = from the 29 November 1963 A-side
| length6 = 2:26
| title7 = This Boy
| extra7 = Lennon with Harrison and McCartney
| note7 = from the 29 November 1963 B-side
| length7 = 2:16
| total_length = 15:35
}}
Side two
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
| extra1 = Lennon and McCartney
| note1 = Lennon, McCartney, Nicolas, Hellmer) (from the March 1964 German single
| length1 = 2:26
| title2 = Sie Liebt Dich
| extra2 = Lennon and McCartney
| note2 = Lennon, McCartney, Nicolas, Montague) (from the March 1964 German single
| length2 = 2:19
| title3 = Long Tall Sally
| extra3 = McCartney
| note3 = Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) (from the 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP
| length3 = 2:03
| title4 = I Call Your Name
| extra4 = Lennon
| note4 = from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length4 = 2:11
| title5 = Slow Down
| extra5 = Lennon
| note5 = Williams) (from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length5 = 2:57
| title6 = Matchbox
| extra6 = Starr
| note6 = Perkins) (from the Long Tall Sally EP
| length6 = 1:59
| title7 = I Feel Fine
| extra7 = Lennon
| note7 = from the 27 November 1964 A-side
| length7 = 2:23
| title8 = She's a Woman
| extra8 = McCartney
| note8 = from the 27 November 1964 B-side
| length8 = 3:04
| total_length = 19:22
}}
Side three
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Bad Boy
| extra1 = Lennon
| note1 = Williams) (from the 14 June 1965 US album Beatles VI and the 10 December 1966 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies
| length1 = 2:20
| title2 = Yes It Is
| extra2 = Lennon, McCartney and Harrison
| note2 = from the 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride"
| length2 = 2:42
| title3 = I'm Down
| extra3 = McCartney
| note3 = from the 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!"
| length3 = 2:38
| title4 = Day Tripper
| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney
| note4 = from the 3 December 1965 double A-side
| length4 = 2:52
| title5 = We Can Work It Out
| extra5 = McCartney with Lennon
| note5 = from the 3 December 1965 A-side
| length5 = 2:15
| title6 = Paperback Writer
| extra6 = McCartney
| note6 = from the 10 June 1966 A-side
| length6 = 2:26
| title7 = Rain
| extra7 = Lennon
| note7 = from the 10 June 1966 B-side
| length7 = 3:01
| total_length = 18:14
}}
Side four
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Lady Madonna
| extra1 = McCartney
| note1 = from the 15 March 1968 A-side
| length1 = 2:17
| title2 = The Inner Light
| note2 = Harrison) (from the 15 March 1968 B-side
| extra2 = Harrison
| length2 = 2:36
| title3 = Hey Jude
| extra3 = McCartney
| note3 = from the 30 August 1968 A-side
| length3 = 7:09
| title4 = Revolution
| extra4 = Lennon
| note4 = from the 30 August 1968 single version B-side
| length4 = 3:25
| total_length = 15:27
}}
Side five
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Only a Northern Song
| extra1 = Harrison
| note1 = Harrison) (Previously unreleased April 1967 mono mix
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = All Together Now
| extra2 = McCartney
| note2 = Previously unreleased May 1967 mono mix
| length2 = 2:11
| title3 = Hey Bulldog
| extra3 = Lennon with McCartney
| note3 = Previously unreleased February 1968 mono mix
| length3 = 3:14
| title4 = It's All Too Much
| extra4 = Harrison
| note4 = Harrison) (Previously unreleased October 1968 mono mix
| length4 = 6:28
| total_length = 15:19
}}
Side six
{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Lead vocals
| title1 = Get Back
| note1 = from the 11 April 1969 single version A-side
| extra1 = McCartney
| length1 = 3:11
| title2 = Don't Let Me Down
| extra2 = Lennon with McCartney
| note2 = from the 11 April 1969 B-side
| length2 = 3:33
| title3 = Across the Universe
| extra3 = Lennon
| note3 = Previously unreleased 1969 mono mix of the "Wildlife" version
| length3 = 3:50
| title4 = You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney
| note4 = from the 6 March 1970 B-side of "Let It Be"
| length4 = 4:24
| total_length = 14:58
}}
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