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The Beatles "Sgt. Pepper" Acetates (2)

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The Beatles  Sgt. Pepper  Acetates (2)
Originally from the collection of Alex Mardas, better known as "Magic Alex," (head of the Beatles' short-lived Apple Electronics venture), comes this ultra-rare pair of one-sided Mono acetates for "Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band." Each discs bears Emidisc UK labels with hand-drawn concentric circles; presumably drawn by Magic Alex. Side 1 of the acetate has a different track listing to the released version of "Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band" as follows: Sgt. Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends/Being For The Benefit Of Mister Kite/Fixing a Hole/Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds/Getting Better/She’s Leaving Home. While side 2 is the same as the released version, there are several minor differences from the final released version. Hand-printed in blue ink on each label is: "Mono The Beatles Side 1" or "Side 2". The acetates eventually found their way to Joey Spampinato of N.R.B.Q. fame, as the box in which the acetates are housed is addressed to the bassist! Well-played G/G+. The Beatles themselves mixed the album in mono and the LP was originally released as such alongside a stereo mix prepared by Abbey Road engineers (with the mono version now out-of-print on vinyl and never released on CD). The two mixes are fundamentally different. For example, the stereo "She's Leaving Home" was mixed at a lower pitch than the original recording and plays at a slower tempo. Similarly, the mono version of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" is considerably slower than the stereo version and features much heavier gating and reverb effects. McCartney's yelling voice in the coda section of "Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)" (just before the segue into "A Day In The Life") can plainly be heard in the mono version, but is inaudible in the stereo version. The mono version of the song also features drums that open with much more presence and force, as they are turned well up in the mix. Also in the stereo mix, the famous segue at the end of "Good Morning Good Morning" (the chicken-clucking sound which becomes a guitar noise) is timed differently and a crowd noise tape comes in later during the intro to "Sgt. Pepper (Reprise)". Other variations between the two mixes abound.