| The Beatles Non-Album Songs | | | | were made available both for individual purchase |
| These days most bands put all of their best | | | | and as a part of a Beatles Stereo Box Set, while |
| songs onto their albums and they definitely include | | | | the original mono mixes for their first 10 albums |
| their hit singles on their albums! But in the 1960s | | | | were made available only as a part of a Beatles |
| The Beatles actually thought it was "cheating their | | | | Mono Box Set. |
| fans" to put their hit singles on their albums (they | | | | Mono Masters |
| figured their fans already bought those singles.) | | | | The Mono Masters double disc compilation mirrors |
| This may be a foreign concept today, but at the | | | | the Past Masters double disc compilation found in |
| time it made sense. But the key point is that | | | | the Stereo Box Set. The big difference is, of |
| many of The Beatles greatest hits (along with | | | | course, that the Mono Masters set includes the |
| some really cool b-sides) never made it onto their | | | | mono mixes while the Past Masters set includes |
| albums. | | | | the stereo mixes. Another difference is the Mono |
| The CD Era | | | | Masters set is only available as a part of the |
| In the late 1980s The Beatles had their catalog | | | | Mono Box Set, not for individual purchase. |
| pressed onto CD and to solve the problem of the | | | | Differences |
| non-album songs the "Past Masters" compilations | | | | There are some differences in tracklisting because |
| were created. There was a volume one which | | | | the band stopped mixing in mono towards the |
| included earlier songs like "I Want to Hold Your | | | | end of their career so there were no mono |
| Hand" & "She Loves You" and there was a | | | | mixes of some of their songs to include. Also the |
| volume two which included later songs such as | | | | Mono Masters version includes the four new |
| "Hey Jude" and the fast radio single version of | | | | Beatles songs ("It's All Too Much," "Hey Bulldog," |
| "Revolution" (which is much different than the | | | | "All Together Now," & "Only a Northern |
| slower version heard on The White Album.) | | | | Song") that were on the Yellow Submarine album |
| The Beatles Remastered Box Sets | | | | because the album as a whole (maybe because |
| On September 9 of 2009 The Beatles entire | | | | the George Martin instrumentals were only |
| catalog was re-released on CD. Remastered (for | | | | recorded in stereo? I'm not sure) was not included |
| far superior sound) versions of their stereo mixes | | | | as a part of the Mono Box Set. |