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[halblaineisgood]

In the Pet sounds entry on wikipedia, its says that a "new mono mix" was included with the 40th anniversary set. I have not thus far purchased the set in question, so somebody please clear me up.....cause I thought it was just the same old mono version, perhaps remastered again. ........It piqued my interest though, 'cuase i always thought a mono remix would've been neat to have, and possibly sound awesome......It certainly wouldnt be any less authentic or sacrilege than the stereo mix, I think.

[halblaineisgood]

or i mean to say it wouldnt be any less authentic, or more sacrilegous or revisioniost or what have you.....or did that come out right?...forget that....uh......but is it a remix is what i need to know?

[Bicyclerider]

No it's not a remix - it's just a remaster of the same mono mix, from a superior tape source than the original Pet Sounds box, but it sounds much worse than the mono master from the PS box IMO.  They located a digital tape transfer (16 bit, not high resolution) of the master tape, which has gone missing, vs. the copy of the master they used for the PS box. 

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

Right, that new tape is a generation closer than any previous CD master of the mono mix...but the new tape wasn't without it's issues.

IMO it's important to listen to, and in some cases sounds like a new mix because mastering can really bring out different things in the original mix, but yeah, not a mono remix. 

Though I think some mono remixes were done at some point years ago, for what reason I don't know.

[MBE]

The original mono mix hasn't been issued since the 80's. It's the one with the extra echo and cough on Here Today.