Editing The Beatles (album) (section)

===Mono version===
''The Beatles'' was the last Beatles album to be mixed separately for stereo and mono.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13425-stereo-box-in-mono/ |title=The Beatles – Stereo Box |first=Mark |last=Richardson |work=[[Pitchfork Media]] |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> All but two tracks exist in official mono mixes; the exceptions are "Revolution 1" and "Revolution 9", both direct reductions of the stereo master.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=150}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Usenet Guide to Beatles Recording Variations |url=http://www.columbia.edu/~brennan/beatles/var-1968.html |access-date=24 July 2022 |website=www.columbia.edu}}</ref> The Beatles had not been particularly interested in stereo until this album, but after receiving mail from fans stating they bought both stereo and mono mixes of earlier albums, they decided to make the two different.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.guitarworld.com/abbey-road-engineer-ken-scott-says-beatles-white-album-sessions-were-blast |title=Abbey Road Engineer Ken Scott Says The Beatles' White Album Sessions Were a "Blast" |first=Damian |last=Fanelli |journal=[[Guitar World]] |date=22 November 2013 |access-date=24 June 2014}}</ref> Several mixes have different track lengths; the mono mix/edit of "Helter Skelter" eliminates the fade-in at the end of the song (and Starr's ending scream),{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=154}} and the fade-out of "Yer Blues" is 11 seconds longer on the mono mix. Several songs have missing or different overdubs or effects which differ from the stereo mixes.<ref>{{cite book |title=Every Little Thing: the definitive guide to Beatles recording variations, rare mixes & other musical oddities, 1958–1986 |first1=William |last1=McCoy |first2=Mitchell |last2=McGeary |publisher=Popular Culture, Ink. |year=1990 |isbn=978-1-56075-004-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/offrecordmotownb00bart/page/54 54] |url=https://archive.org/details/offrecordmotownb00bart/page/54 }}</ref>

In the United States, mono records were already being phased out; the US release of ''The Beatles'' was the first Beatles LP to be issued in stereo only.{{sfn|Spizer|2007|p=170}} In the UK, the Beatles' following album, ''[[Yellow Submarine (album)|Yellow Submarine]]'', was the last to be issued in mono.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|p=164}} The mono version of ''The Beatles'' was made available worldwide on 9 September 2009, as part of ''[[The Beatles in Mono]]'' CD boxed set.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-beatles-remastered-albums-due-september-9-2009-20090407 |title=The Beatles' Remastered Albums Due September 9, 2009 |first=Daniel |last=Kreps |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=7 April 2009 |access-date=14 July 2014}}</ref> The original mono LP was rereleased worldwide in September 2014.<ref name=mono2014/>