Recommended Pressing of Sgt Pepper's

hervac: no apologies necessary. your rant is infinitely more informative than uranium's intemperate remarks. i am awaiting delivery of a UK first mono pressing on the strength of earlier recommendations in this thread.

uranium: as soon as i get my crappy mono recording, maybe you would like to make an offer for my STEREO US reissue (K-Tel). For you, bidding starts at $145.

>>because Columbia was more interested in making a buck than the quality of a project<<

Seems to me that a self appointed Beatles expert would know that these releases were on Capitol not Columbia.

Or not.

Hevac1

The Beatles' displeasure with Capitol Records (not Columbia) was well known. Thus, the 'butcher cover.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_and_Today#The_.22Butcher_cover.22

Capitol climbed on the Beatles bandwagon only after their initial release on Veejay Records, Capitol having initially passed them by.

http://www.dermon.com/Beatles/Veejay.htm

Audiofeil
My mistake. I have not played the US version in years. I'm no expert just own a lot of them trying to find the best sounding one I can.

Uraniumcommittee
Yes the issues between Capital and the Beatles is well documented but so is the mono & stereo issue.
And what has my age or any one else's age have to do with the version of the Beatles or any other pressings I would prefer, I just like what I like.

Mofi mix was all eq'd and stay away from them. Look for the British pressing or Japanese pressing.