Everything is cross-referenced to the identification numbers assigned in the book "Drugs, Divorce and a Slipping Image" (which serves as the ultimate authority on all the "Get Back" sessions, Twickenham as well as Apple). This booklet serves as a complete guide to all the available Twickenham performances and where they can be located. This set contains more than nine hours of Twickenham rehearsals (two of them previously unheard), presented in their original context and chronological order. While showcasing some unique performances and candid dialog, these releases were most often haphazardly put together, with little regard to completeness or chronological order. Over the past twenty years, portions of the unused recordings have showed up with varying regularity. A mere twenty-three minutes were utilized in the film "Let It Be", and less than ten seconds appeared on the album of the same name. These rehearsals were extensively filmed and recorded, with nearly sixty hours of audio tape resulting. Not MFSL level or any of that but it brings much more clarity to these cloth ears than the '87 CDs ever could.From January 2nd to January 15th, 1969, The Beatles convened at Twickenham Studios in London for their first live performance in over two years. I think the mastering on the stereo CDs is fine. And I have yet to encounter anyone who agrees with me. But apart from the first four albums (which I personally prefer in stereo anyway), everything just sounded really, really off. If you're strictly looking for mastering and technicals, yeah, the mono box is great. There's some other things, like how I've always hated the vocals on the mono "Help" and how I prefer the stereo takes for A Hard Day's Night and Please Please Me, but I was overwhelmed at how dull it sounded. It sounded like a hollow imitation of the song than the song itself. Oh sure, the mastering was fine, I liked that, but I don't understand how people can say it sounds better. I got a great deal on it and I was super excited.
It's not horrible, but the mixes are so lifeless. I swore I'd never participate in another Beatles thread, especially not one where I'll have a dissenting opinion and get alerts for years to come, but I feel like I'm the only person who really disliked the mono box.
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