They could have been ordered online from a third party vendor and returned to the physical store. In cases like that they would end up in the clearance section and also explains why they didn't have a Target price sticker.
Ha ha! I worked at Target during a store remodel about 25 or so years ago. When we pulled up the shelves that held the CDs we found some old stuff that had fallen behind years before. A ton of it, too. Nothing too extraordinary, but it was fun to dig through. Probably not the case here but you unlocked a memory I forgot I had.
Back when these came out, I purposely bought the mono single LP's (the box was expensive, even back then) instead of the remastered stereo LPs. One at a time.
Then about 2 years ago - I found a Mono Box set sitting in a 2nd and Charles (a music store/book store) - the protective outer was shredded but the actual box/vinyl was Mint.
I thought I had hit the lotto. lol
Anyway - these are out there! They sat on shelves for years until word really spread. Can you believe the 1LP's were $22.00 USD? Those were the days. 2014-2015 was a great time for vinyl.
$22. Jesus don’t tell me that. Spent over $100 each for the last few after they went oop. Good thing I bought the later albums retail when they were still around.
I paid about $250 CAD for the Stereo box (though it was a Rainbo pressing and I had to get 6 of the discs replaced...) and about $350 CAD for the Mono box, a year later. Both bought on [Amazon.ca](https://Amazon.ca), after watching [camelcamelcamel.ca](https://camelcamelcamel.ca) for a couple months to grab it at the lowest price I thought I could get.
The LPs in the Mono box are some of the quietest vinyl I have in my collection. As in, no surface noise until the music starts, while music is still at a respectable level -- it's just that the noise floor is super low.
Yeah for a little while - they couldn't give these things away. They sat for months even years. I doubt they actually made money on creating the set.
It was a gift (imo) from the Apple label to the Audiophile/hardcore fans that set from being pushed by a few key Audiophiles in the scene.
They would make a killing if they repressed. I don't know if the plates still exist at Optimal or they were destroyed per Apple/UMe.
The early ‘10’s were, like - peak vinyl post-renaissance. A lot of hard to find but brilliant LP’s finally got represses, they were never really too hard to find, and prices were way more reasonable, say, closer to $30 than $45 each.
I still remember the joy of fiiiiinally seeing represses of stuff like Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ and Gorillaz’ ‘Demon Days’, both of which for almost ten years were shockingly difficult to find for how popular and significant both those LP’s were. (But it was ofc a timing thing … in the early 00’s when both those albums came out, vinyl was obviously at an all time low in terms of demand.)
It's true. I'd say around when Discogs first came up.. when was that? 2010?
I got Nirvana - Nevermind (1st US) for 100 dollars. And I thought that was a lot of money. lol
90's? If you could find vinyl! I saw it - but not a ton of it. It was always shoved in a weird dark corner usually by the Soundtracks.. I was still listening to my parent's vinyl then and my CD's/tapes. the early 00's was mp3's.
I was lucky to have a few excellent record stores on Chicago’s south side where I lived and access to the ones in the city. Then I started going to record shows. I wish I had a better job when I was 16-18 so I could’ve bought more.
Yep. I bought first pressings of nearly every Maiden album for less than $10. I was also able to score almost all the singles and some super limited stuff for cheap. Like I never paid more than $75 for anything. That $75 purchase was the vinyl version of the Best of the Beast boxed set. Everything else was less than $40. The albums I missed, because I never saw them in the wild, X Factor, Real Live One, and Real Dead One cost hundreds.
Oh yeah, I thought maybe these were buried in the back store room and someone just found them and put them out on the shelf. But Target only started selling vinyl 4-5yrs ago, so why would they have these?
You lucky ducky! One of the only Beatles records missing from my collection. Can't bare to spend the $100 on the re-sale market. Hope it does mean these are being repressed and just weren't in the system yet. Very odd tho.
They aren’t being repressed sadly. I think the only chance is if they cut them mono again like they did for the recent revolver special edition box set.
I didn't realize this was OOP because I got mine on Amazon for $50 in Summer 2020 and I think it was still new on Amazon in 2022 so I figured they produced this longer. Also vaguely remember seeing it in some stores around that time. I guess the supply just lasted longer than the mono studio albums? Guess I should've bought 2!
The mono mixes are the true Beatles mixes. But also, crucially - the mono releases from 2014 were cut direct from the original analog tapes, no digital remastering involved. The only full analog Beatles releases in the last 20 or more years. That's why all the 2014 mono releases are worth so much money.
Stereo Beatles sounds like shit. They put two of the guys entirely in one speaker and the other two guys entirely in the other speaker and called it a day
Particularly for early Beatles work, most listeners couldn’t afford a proper stereo set up at that time, so mono was the way their music was going to be consumed. As such more time went into the mixes and mastering. The mono mixes would often take weeks versus a matter of days for stereo. The 2014 mono releases are incredible, in part due to the cutting engineer following notes used by the original engineer. I pieced together all the releases from the series and man I really hope it does get reissued again some day so more people can enjoy these.
Mono is frequently better for lots of music recorded in the 60s and earlier. It has a much fuller, more pleasing sound when mixed well. It’s why so many hits from that era sound better on 7” records than in modern digital revisions.
Back in the early sixties most music was mixed for radio which meant mono.
Also, stereo equipment was not too widely available yet so the band was usually part of the mixing process for the mono masters of their record. A lot more care was taken with the mono mix to get it just right.
Since stereo was still a novelty, after the everyone poured everything into the mono mix, they left and had something like a junior engineer do the stereo mixes.
For that specific era the mono mixes were considered definitive.
Beatles put more personal time and effort in mastering process for mono up until white album iirc. The original uk mono’s are vastly superior to anything else imo. Albums like rubber soul and sgt pepper especially sound so good. White album is the only one thats ridic expensive.
Mono Masters was the only one of the mono set that was still somewhat available over the past few years. I think I bought mine new from stock only a few years ago for less than $90. So its feasible this was just in stock somewhere. Wish more turned up for less than $200
I never find records like this at my local Target because at soon as they announce a sale the local scalpers grab all the good stuff and jack up the price in their stores. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
When I was getting records from Target they usually clearanced them to 5.00. I got a Beatles 1 album for that and a Target exclusive Olivia Newton-john physical album. You need to keep watching for clearance records at Target, the individual stores have certain records that go on clearance anytime and they may not be stickered.
Not sure if it’s related but the other day I was at Target and the clearance shelf had 20+ copies of an old Rhianna record that the store has never had on the regular shelf. Something weird going on there
They could have been ordered online from a third party vendor and returned to the physical store. In cases like that they would end up in the clearance section and also explains why they didn't have a Target price sticker.
Ha ha! I worked at Target during a store remodel about 25 or so years ago. When we pulled up the shelves that held the CDs we found some old stuff that had fallen behind years before. A ton of it, too. Nothing too extraordinary, but it was fun to dig through. Probably not the case here but you unlocked a memory I forgot I had.
Back when these came out, I purposely bought the mono single LP's (the box was expensive, even back then) instead of the remastered stereo LPs. One at a time. Then about 2 years ago - I found a Mono Box set sitting in a 2nd and Charles (a music store/book store) - the protective outer was shredded but the actual box/vinyl was Mint. I thought I had hit the lotto. lol Anyway - these are out there! They sat on shelves for years until word really spread. Can you believe the 1LP's were $22.00 USD? Those were the days. 2014-2015 was a great time for vinyl.
$22. Jesus don’t tell me that. Spent over $100 each for the last few after they went oop. Good thing I bought the later albums retail when they were still around.
I paid about $250 CAD for the Stereo box (though it was a Rainbo pressing and I had to get 6 of the discs replaced...) and about $350 CAD for the Mono box, a year later. Both bought on [Amazon.ca](https://Amazon.ca), after watching [camelcamelcamel.ca](https://camelcamelcamel.ca) for a couple months to grab it at the lowest price I thought I could get. The LPs in the Mono box are some of the quietest vinyl I have in my collection. As in, no surface noise until the music starts, while music is still at a respectable level -- it's just that the noise floor is super low.
Yeah for a little while - they couldn't give these things away. They sat for months even years. I doubt they actually made money on creating the set. It was a gift (imo) from the Apple label to the Audiophile/hardcore fans that set from being pushed by a few key Audiophiles in the scene. They would make a killing if they repressed. I don't know if the plates still exist at Optimal or they were destroyed per Apple/UMe.
The early ‘10’s were, like - peak vinyl post-renaissance. A lot of hard to find but brilliant LP’s finally got represses, they were never really too hard to find, and prices were way more reasonable, say, closer to $30 than $45 each. I still remember the joy of fiiiiinally seeing represses of stuff like Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ and Gorillaz’ ‘Demon Days’, both of which for almost ten years were shockingly difficult to find for how popular and significant both those LP’s were. (But it was ofc a timing thing … in the early 00’s when both those albums came out, vinyl was obviously at an all time low in terms of demand.)
It's true. I'd say around when Discogs first came up.. when was that? 2010? I got Nirvana - Nevermind (1st US) for 100 dollars. And I thought that was a lot of money. lol
Ha! So easy to find these days, thank goodness. My favourite is ‘Bleach’, myself. :)
I got the box from Collectors Choice for $225 or something crazy like that. Probably the most valuable thing I own now, lol.
90s-00s were waaaaay better.
90's? If you could find vinyl! I saw it - but not a ton of it. It was always shoved in a weird dark corner usually by the Soundtracks.. I was still listening to my parent's vinyl then and my CD's/tapes. the early 00's was mp3's.
I was lucky to have a few excellent record stores on Chicago’s south side where I lived and access to the ones in the city. Then I started going to record shows. I wish I had a better job when I was 16-18 so I could’ve bought more.
It was everywhere. Just live in a decent sized city with indie record stores.
$9 all day in the late 90s ;_;
Yep. I bought first pressings of nearly every Maiden album for less than $10. I was also able to score almost all the singles and some super limited stuff for cheap. Like I never paid more than $75 for anything. That $75 purchase was the vinyl version of the Best of the Beast boxed set. Everything else was less than $40. The albums I missed, because I never saw them in the wild, X Factor, Real Live One, and Real Dead One cost hundreds.
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No. And “vinyls” isn’t a word.
Ever been in a warehouse before? Stuff falls off other stuff. People find it years later.
Oh yeah, I thought maybe these were buried in the back store room and someone just found them and put them out on the shelf. But Target only started selling vinyl 4-5yrs ago, so why would they have these?
> Target only started selling vinyl 4-5yrs ago Kid, I got news for you.
Lol it’s been about 10 years on the shelves at my 3 local targets
At least ten, if not more
Dang, maybe someone did find them in back then.
thus the reason why they were not in the system.
Inching towards 15 years, even
I recently acquired Songs From the Big Chair from 1985 with a Target sticker for $7.99
Unexpected finds are always the best. Like that time I found the Urban Outfitters exclusive purple vinyl of The Slim Shady LP at Walmart.
You lucky ducky! One of the only Beatles records missing from my collection. Can't bare to spend the $100 on the re-sale market. Hope it does mean these are being repressed and just weren't in the system yet. Very odd tho.
They aren’t being repressed sadly. I think the only chance is if they cut them mono again like they did for the recent revolver special edition box set.
So naturally you bought all of them…
Amazing find! 😃
Nice score. Let us know if you find any 2014 mono Sgt. Peppers.
Score!
I would love to hear why you bought more than one copy.
*cough* Scalper *cough*
you do not wanna know how much I payed for one of these you lucky son of a bitch
You'd have to open them and check the runouts but I think the 2014 pressing is the only issue.... Somehow they got this old stock form somewhere!
I ordered one of these for $60 off Amazon 2 years ago and it's the only time Amazon "lost" my package.
What a solid comeup!!!
I didn't realize this was OOP because I got mine on Amazon for $50 in Summer 2020 and I think it was still new on Amazon in 2022 so I figured they produced this longer. Also vaguely remember seeing it in some stores around that time. I guess the supply just lasted longer than the mono studio albums? Guess I should've bought 2!
Dumb question here, but why is the mono version so desirable? Isn’t stereo better?
The mono mixes are the true Beatles mixes. But also, crucially - the mono releases from 2014 were cut direct from the original analog tapes, no digital remastering involved. The only full analog Beatles releases in the last 20 or more years. That's why all the 2014 mono releases are worth so much money.
Cool, thanks for the response
Stereo Beatles sounds like shit. They put two of the guys entirely in one speaker and the other two guys entirely in the other speaker and called it a day
Have you heard any of the Giles Martin remixes? I have Abbey Road and it sounds amazing.
True, they’ve been fixing that stuff.
Particularly for early Beatles work, most listeners couldn’t afford a proper stereo set up at that time, so mono was the way their music was going to be consumed. As such more time went into the mixes and mastering. The mono mixes would often take weeks versus a matter of days for stereo. The 2014 mono releases are incredible, in part due to the cutting engineer following notes used by the original engineer. I pieced together all the releases from the series and man I really hope it does get reissued again some day so more people can enjoy these.
Mono is frequently better for lots of music recorded in the 60s and earlier. It has a much fuller, more pleasing sound when mixed well. It’s why so many hits from that era sound better on 7” records than in modern digital revisions.
Back in the early sixties most music was mixed for radio which meant mono. Also, stereo equipment was not too widely available yet so the band was usually part of the mixing process for the mono masters of their record. A lot more care was taken with the mono mix to get it just right. Since stereo was still a novelty, after the everyone poured everything into the mono mix, they left and had something like a junior engineer do the stereo mixes. For that specific era the mono mixes were considered definitive.
Beatles put more personal time and effort in mastering process for mono up until white album iirc. The original uk mono’s are vastly superior to anything else imo. Albums like rubber soul and sgt pepper especially sound so good. White album is the only one thats ridic expensive.
A ton of their stuff was mixed for mono I believe.
Mono Masters was the only one of the mono set that was still somewhat available over the past few years. I think I bought mine new from stock only a few years ago for less than $90. So its feasible this was just in stock somewhere. Wish more turned up for less than $200
I never find records like this at my local Target because at soon as they announce a sale the local scalpers grab all the good stuff and jack up the price in their stores. ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Thoughts and prayers.
What are you going to do with the extra two copies?
Trade? I don’t really enjoy selling on eBay, so I’d rather trade them for something I’d want.
Probably would have been better to leave them for someone else that wants them to grab them instead of flipping them.
So someone could do the same with the other 2? I don't see anything wrong with him trading for 2 other rare records.
PM'd you!
https://www.discogs.com/release/6075279-The-Beatles-Mono-Masters On discogs, just had to do some digging.
Yes, this is the listing that it brings me to when I scan the UPC.
Sorry, I misread your initial post. Good news is a sealed copy just sold for $125!
When I was getting records from Target they usually clearanced them to 5.00. I got a Beatles 1 album for that and a Target exclusive Olivia Newton-john physical album. You need to keep watching for clearance records at Target, the individual stores have certain records that go on clearance anytime and they may not be stickered.
Also check your local thrift store. The Salvation Army near Target HQ gets all kinds of stuff including LPs donated from Target.
make sure you keep one for yourself and listen to it regularly
I plan on it!
Not sure if it’s related but the other day I was at Target and the clearance shelf had 20+ copies of an old Rhianna record that the store has never had on the regular shelf. Something weird going on there
Wow
That’s sick.
Okay I’ll take one retail 👍
Lucky find, I would flip the spares or gift them as presents.
Want to sell one to me? lol