From: jbmorris@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Jeff Morris)
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: The Singles on CD
Summary: some differences
Keywords: mono, singles, alternate versions
Date: 20 Dec 92 21:36:19 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

Here's a listing I mailed to someone:

"Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" - same mixes as on _Please Please Me_ CD;
  that is, NOT original single of "Love Me Do".  Original is on Past Masters.
"Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" - same mixes as on _Please Please Me_ CD.
"From Me to You"/"Thank You Girl" - same mixes as on Past Masters CD.
"She Loves You"/"I'll Get You" - same mixes as on Past Masters CD.
"I Want To Hold Your Hand"/"This Boy" - mono mixes otherwise unavailable on CD,
  but no significant differences that I know of.
"Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That" - same mixes as _A Hard Day's Night_
  CD, but "Can't Buy Me Love" has different drumming than stereo mix.
"A Hard Day's Night"/"Things We Said Today" - same mixes as _A Hard Day's
  Night_ CD, though a different mix than the original film mix of "A Hard
  Day's Night", and it fades out earlier than the stereo.
"I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman" - from this point on, until otherwise stated, all
  the singles have mono mixes otherwise unavailable on CD.  On this one, there
  are no drastic differences other than the overall "feel" of the mono.
"Ticket To Ride"/"Yes It Is" - nothing drastic.
"Help!"/"I'm Down" - nothing drastic to B-side, but A-side has different
  vocals in places, and is missing the tambourine throughout.
"We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" - nothing drastic.
"Paperback Writer"/"Rain" - again nothing drastic, but A-side does have more
  vocal effects and there is some tapping heard during the echo sections.
"Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" - A-side has louder bass drum, louder
  background comments by John, and John's comments start one line earlier
  (on "A life of ease!").
"Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" - CD single curiously has sides
  reversed.  Both sides have minor differences besides just sounding better.
  A-side is missing low trumpet line after "It's a clean machine".  (Does NOT
  have 7 extra trumpet notes at end.)  B-side doesn't fade out completely
  before fading back in.
"All You Need is Love"/"Baby You're a Rich Man" - A-side is missing slight
  speech that is heard in right channel of stereo just before lyrics start.
  Also, it lasts about 10 seconds longer into the fade out than the stereo.
  B-side is much better mix than stereo, as it uses "tape spin" - an effect
  that I can't fully explain.  It has to do with echo feeding back on itself,
  or something like that, I believe.  At any rate, when they went to do the
  stereo mix later, they for some reason couldn't recreate this effect, and
  thus the stereo mix sounds "flat" as compared to this mix.  Listen especially
  during the "build-up" after lines line "What do you want to be?" and "Far
  as the eye can see."
"Hello Goodbye"/"I Am the Walrus" - drum track drops out in various places on
  B-side.  Second half of B-side has quite a different feel because it is not
  in fake stereo, but pure mono.  (Does NOT have extra measure in the middle.)
"Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" - nothing big.
"Hey Jude"/"Revolution" - A side lasts about 10 seconds longer than stereo
  version.  Also, there is some weird noise at about 3:20 into it.  B-side is
  much better mix - more distortion, and just a very powerful sound.
"Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" - just a better sound.
"The Ballad of John and Yoko"/"Old Brown Shoe" - this is in stereo, and is not
  any different than on Past Masters that I know of.  However, some copies of
  the original single (maybe only American, I'm not sure) had the final drum
  beat much louder on the A-side.
"Something"/"Come Together" - same as _Abbey Road_ CD.
"Let It Be"/"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" - same as Past Masters,
  but A-side is different than _Let It Be_ CD in that it's mixed different
  (listen to the hi-hat especially) and it's a few seconds shorter (the album
  version was extended at the end).

This is just what came to mind off the top of my head.  Don't assume that these
are the only differences, but these are some of the major ones, I think.  I
hope this helps you.  If you need more info, feel free to write back.
- Jeff
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