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- H\u00f6rZu Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Odeon Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Apple Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Parlophone Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Styles of Matrix Numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 1963-1966<\/a>\n
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- Please Please Me<\/a>\n\t
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- Please Please Me (Stereo)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
- Please Please Me (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- With The Beatles<\/a>\n\t
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- With The Beatles (Stereo)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
- With The Beatles (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- A Hard Day’s Night<\/a>\n\t
- \n\t\t
- A Hard Day’s Night (Stereo)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
- A Hard Day’s Night (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- Beatles For Sale<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Help!<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Rubber Soul<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Revolver<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- 1967-1970<\/a>\n
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- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Magical Mystery Tour<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- The Beatles (White Album)<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Yellow Submarine<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Abbey Road<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Let It Be<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- Hey Jude<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
- History<\/a><\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n
It is well known that in Germany that different Beatles pressings had some considerable difference in sound over the years. Some album versions are renowned for sounding exceptionally fine and are of international acclaim, while others sound rather mediocre. The reason being that the different cuts (i.e. the physical result of cutting the record on a lacquer or a copper disc), used different generations of master tapes, had different EQ settings etc.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this list is to help, for instance:<\/p>\n
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- if you are looking for a good-sounding German pressing but cannot go by cover and catalog number, because several different cuts were using them<\/li>\n
- if a certain pressing is considered acoustically splendid, but is expensive. Sometimes the same cut was reused in a more affordable later reissue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Magical Mystery Tour<\/a><\/li>\n\t
- A Hard Day’s Night (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- With The Beatles (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- Please Please Me (Mono)<\/a><\/li>\n\t<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\t
- Please Please Me (Stereo)<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t
- Odeon Releases<\/a><\/li>\n\t
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<\/a>Actually, the term “cut” technically refers to one side of a record, so a normal 2-sided LP consists contains 2 side cuts (and a double-LP of 4, etc.). Here, we view albums as singular entities, so that a cut in this list is a combination of all side cuts of an album. In Germany (as opposed to UK), it was actually rare that various side cuts were combined in different combinations during a single pressing – though it did occur.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/beatles-shootouts.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Vinylprozess_DMM_EN.jpg?resize=300%2C266&ssl=1\")
<\/a>As for the dating of the cuts, this is another issue. Discogs is very unprecise as far as dating releases is concerned, so actual dates can be off by several years. Where the release year is in question, dates are specified as such. However, even exact years should be taken with a pinch of salt and serve only for general orientation.<\/p>\n