Whats going on with the strange stereo mixes on Beatles albums?
It was the only way I could mix it. These were supposedly stereo versions, but again they were made as a mono record. The stereo version, there was no thought given in the process as to what I’m going to put back there because that’s going to come from the left and that’s going to come from the right. It was just when you start sweeping the (four) tracks left and right that’s what happened. There’s guitar, drums and vocals on one track! It’d be great to reissue those mono mixes again. Because those mixes are different from the stereo mixes. But those mono mixes are the ones made when the Beatles were present and the one deemed the mix.’ (Editor’s note: For example, Emerick said that Sgt. Pepper took three weeks to mix in mono; three days only for the stereo version.). Did hubris set in after Sgt. Pepper became so acclaimed? Many things happened after Pepper.’ Brian (Epstein) died and we went straight into, almost within two weeks, doing Magical Mystery Tour,’ which for all intents and
