The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations

[I Am The Walrus]

Hello Dial 222
Once again I want to thank you for sharing this material with us.
This is really amazing.
One more question, Fold Down is the same as Mono Type B, right?
Thank you.

[Dial222]

Hi, yeah fold-down = Mono B

[I Am The Walrus]

Hi, yeah fold-down = Mono B

Thanks for answering.
Could you answer this question more please?
The Stereo Mix of There's A Please that is on Version 2 of the LP Introducing The Beatles is sligytly wider stereo or not?

[Dial222]

Hi, yeah fold-down = Mono B

Thanks for answering.
Could you answer this question more please?
The Stereo Mix of There's A Please that is on Version 2 of the LP Introducing The Beatles is sligytly wider stereo or not?

I'll be honest, my efforts were collecting the original listed tracks, not primarily identifying them. My DESS collection is on another drive so it would be an effort to pick out a rip to listen to. If you have them to hand i'd give them a go but... These 50 years old ears may still not detect it.

Cheers
D222

[ladano48]

Truly interesting.

Very illustrative and educational, especially today when many people are dedicated to making domestic "variations".

Thanks!!

[WOA76]

Joe Brennan kicked off his labour of love waaay back in the early 90's. It's roots being found in the rec.music.beatles usenet forum when users were comparing variants from around the world etc.

hxxps://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/

In more recent years it has been updated by Frank Daniels of 'Across the Universe' fame.

hxxps://www.friktech.com/btls/btls2.htm

Since 2016 on I have maintained my own local copy and hopefully managed to snag all the more recent variations etc.

Anyhow, it accounts for approx 1650+ varying tracks, mono, stereo, overseas, remix, edits and so on. I will endeavour to upload a year or group of years each day until the set is exhausted.

It's around 33GB in total so I will leave it up for a couple of weeks, thereafter you will need to help one another. Corrections and suggestions for missed edits welcome.

Enjoy.

hxxps://drive.google.com/drive/folders/13_BkOlwLpxBUgG_TUH6wuG76ZAbb0gyI?usp=share_link

Files are pwd protected 'Brennan Variations'

thanks Brother

[WOA76]

https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/ ... de.282923/

some interesting stuff here not sure you covered this Dail22

[Dial222]

Uploading 1967

[I Am The Walrus]

Hi, yeah fold-down = Mono B

Thanks for answering.
Could you answer this question more please?
The Stereo Mix of There's A Please that is on Version 2 of the LP Introducing The Beatles is sligytly wider stereo or not?

I'll be honest, my efforts were collecting the original listed tracks, not primarily identifying them. My DESS collection is on another drive so it would be an effort to pick out a rip to listen to. If you have them to hand i'd give them a go but... These 50 years old ears may still not detect it.

Cheers
D222

I just saw this information in the guide made by a forum member. My ears aren't very good in my 46 years of life, so I can't tell if this mix on Stereo is sligytly wider stereo.

[Help67]

Congratulations Dial222, wonderful work you are doing. We have all dreamed of having this definitive collection of the official releases. Much appreciated.