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Who ever thought it sounded good this way? I think it's because headphones weren't widely used back then. (lemmy.ml)
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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Beatles songs are notorious for splitting vocals to one ear only.

FYI, you're listening to the wrong mix then. Beatles albums (particularly those before The White Album, or maybe Sgt. Pepper/Magical Mystery Tour, I forget exactly) were never recorded with stereo in mind. The tech was pretty new, and the stereo mixes of those songs/albums were more of a novelty.

If you're listening to the 2009 Remasters, make sure you're listening to the mono versions if it's an album prior to 1967-1968 or so, otherwise you're gonna get this "fake stereo", panning a mono signal between L and R, bullshit.