One of the main problems Beatles’ fans are involved in is which is the best or “authentic” version of their records: mono or stereo? Nowadays you can buy only stereo albums, as we use to; but during the 60s you could choose between both formats.

A solution is suggested by Mark Lewisohn - what a great man! - in his famous book. Talking about “Sgt. Pepper”, Richard Lush, second engeneer for that album, told him drastically: “The one and only version of Sgt. Pepper is the mono one, ‘cause all the Beatles worked on mixing. We made the stereo version later, faster and without them”.

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