| Rubber Soul - A Groundbreaking Album | | | | The Beatles (along with their producer George |
| People often point to Sgt. Pepper or Revolver as | | | | Martin & their engineer Norman Smith) would |
| groundbreaking albums (and for good reason) but | | | | perfect the mono mix, the stereo mix would then |
| they were not the beginning of The Beatles | | | | be "thrown together" rather quickly as they just |
| treating their albums as "art." After all it was | | | | didn't consider it very important. |
| Rubber Soul that inspired Brian Wilson to create | | | | The CD Release Of The Beatles Albums In The |
| Pet Sounds (which in turn inspired Paul McCartney | | | | 1980s |
| to create the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club | | | | When CD became the main format of music in |
| Band concept.) | | | | the '80s (replacing vinyl & tape) all of The |
| Rubber Soul was a clear step forward for the | | | | Beatles albums were remastered (poorly) and in |
| band. The songs sounded more "serious" than the | | | | two cases they were also remixed. |
| majority of their previous work and there was | | | | Only a stereo version of Rubber Soul was |
| little on the album that could be called "filler" | | | | released on CD (as, of course, stereo had long |
| (although "What Goes On" is pushing it.) | | | | overtaken mono as the standard way to listen to |
| The Mono Mix | | | | music.) And since the original stereo mix was |
| In 1965 mono was king. It was just the way | | | | considered to be too "experimental" (or "weird") it |
| people listened to music back then so it makes | | | | was remixed. What this means is that neither the |
| sense that the mono mix was what The Beatles | | | | original mono or stereo mix of Rubber Soul has |
| spent almost all of their time working on. After | | | | ever been on CD officially. |