Rolling Stones Mono Vinyl Box Set Review

It contains most of the group s british and american studio albums from the 1960s in mono format on fifteen compact discs or sixteen vinyl records all tracks were remastered using the direct stream digital process by bob ludwig.

Rolling stones mono vinyl box set review.

The rolling stones in mono project has been overseen by teri landi abkco s grammy award winning chief audio engineer. The irony wasn t lost on stones fans when abkco and universal simultaneously issued rolling stones vinyl box sets back in 2010. For the first time ever all mono studio. 5 0 out of 5 stars the rolling stones in mono lp box set.

In total the rolling stones in mono delivers. Purchasing all vinyl box sets for both groups. The differences in the kinds of music each group plays shine through the. Out of our.

The rolling stones in mono is a box set by the english rock band the rolling stones released by abkco records in september of 2016. Abkco records will next month release the rolling stones in mono a 15cd and 16lp box set of all mono studio recordings released by the rolling stones. This collection brings together 14 studio albums plus stray cats a newly compiled collection of songs from singles and eps issued in the 1960s. Abkco which owned the group s british decca era catalog hired legendary mastering engineer bob ludwig to handle mastering of its catalog while universal which controlled the group s own label released a box set with no mastering credits.

If you re wondering why the rolling stones in mono box set was sourced from the original analog tapes transferred to dsd single bit 2 8224 mhz sampling rate digital and not produced like the beatles mono box put up the tapes cut lacquers all analog you ve probably not carefully considered the differences between the two catalogs. Having grown old i have had the opportunity to revisit that period in a very special way. The sound quality and pressing quality of the vinyl is impeccable. Albums included in the box set are the rolling stones 12 x 5 the rolling stones no 2 the rolling stones now.

Reviewed in the united states on october 6 2016. Compiled from intensive detective work paul rigby looks at the rolling stones in mono vinyl box set talks to chief audio engineer on the set teri landi and undertakes an exhaustive sound test of the new set using multiple vinyl generations and two different mono cartridges it s arguably the most important rolling stones release in decades. Lacquer cutting for vinyl was performed at abbey road studios by alex wharton and sean magee.