Really dumb question about Revolver box set

tony22

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So I’ve been happily chunking my way through the ultrasonic cleaning of my records, and I got to the recently released Revolver box set. I put the records on the spindle, ran them through the cleaning cycle, and then put them on the drying rack. Somewhere along the way I forgot which in the stack was the mono release and which the stereo. So I figured - just take a look at the two of them for any kind of distinguishing feature. The labels are exactly the same! :oops: You can’t tell one from the other by looking at the labels. Okay. Play them both using a stereo cart. I did, and honestly to me it was quite difficult to tell for sure which one was which. Is there any obvious way to tell one from the other? The last thing I want to do is wind up playing the stereo version using my mono cart.
 

ghn5ue

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The stereo version has 'MILES. ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED. ROOM30' etched into the run-out groove.
 

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THANK YOU!
 

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The stereo version has 'MILES. ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED. ROOM30' etched into the run-out groove.
Hmm. Neither copy has anything like that in the run-out. Just stamper codes. Based on other things I’ve found online it seems like I got two mono copies - one of them in the stereo sleeve. Too late for a return/replace so I guess I’ll have to find a 1/2 speed stereo copy somewhere.
 
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ghn5ue

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Looking at mine again, I missed the obvious.. the label for the stereo has PCS 7009 on it , and the mono has PMC 7009. If you do have 2 mono copies, you can easily sell one, even in the stereo sleeve as they were only available in the box set. The remastered stereo is available on its own.
 
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