It’s been a long time since I made a post about this show, but I’m on a Beatles kick right now, so let’s do it.
Anyway, one unique thing about the Beatles cartoons is their unusual mixes of each song featured. While the show was in mono, a lot of the songs use their stereo mixes folded down to mono. Others were heavily chopped down for time.
“A Hard Day’s Night”: Mono mix. The instrumental break is missing, though it does appear in the intro for Season 1.
“I Want To Hold Your Hand”: Mono mix, uncut
“Do You Want To Know A Secret”: Mono mix, uncut
“If I Fell”: Mono mix. Note how John’s intro is single-tracked instead of double-tracked like it is in the stereo version. Unfortunately, the song is heavily butchered, swapping the first and second verse for no apparent reason, and just repeating things willy-nilly.
“Please Mister Postman”: Mono mix, uncut
“Devil In Her Heart”: Mono mix, starts about a minute into the song. The sing-a-long version is uncut.
“Not A Second Time”: Mono mix, instrumental break cut. The sing-a-long version is uncut.
“Slow Down”: Mono mix, heavily shortened. The sing-a-long version is a little longer, but still missing several parts. The instrumental break also plays in the “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” episode.
“Baby’s In Black”: Mono mix, cuts off before the instrumental break. The sing-a-long version is uncut.
“Misery”: Mono mix, uncut
“You Really Got A Hold On Me”: Mono mix, mostly uncut. The sing-a-long version is much shorter.
“Chains”: Mono mix, missing the harmonica intro.
“I’ll Get You”: Mono mix, first verse is cut. The sing-a-long version is uncut.
“Honey Don’t”: Mono mix, shortened. The sing-a-long version is also heavily cut.
“Any Time At All”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is missing the instrumental break.
“Twist And Shout”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is heavily cut.
“Little Child”: Mono mix, cuts off early. The sing-a-long is uncut. A bit of this song is also played at the end of the “Good Day Sunshine” episode in Season 3.
“I’ll Be Back”: Mono mix, shortened. The sing-a-long version is longer, but still slightly edited.
“Long Tall Sally”: Mono mix, uncut
“I’ll Cry Instead”: US mono mix, which has an extra verse that doesn’t appear in the UK mixes.
“I’ll Follow The Sun”: Mono mix. The final “I’ll Follow The Sun” is repeated a few times for some reason, but is otherwise uncut. This happens in the sing-a-long version too.
“When I Get Home”: US mono mix, uncut. Note how the double-tracking briefly disappears in this version when John sings “til I walk out that door”.
“Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby”: Mono mix, starts about halfway through the song. The sing-a-long version is missing the instrumental break, which the version in the episode does include.
“I Should Have Known Better”: Mono mix, missing the instrumental break. The sing-a-long version is mostly the same, although it strangely edits a bit from later in the song at the very beginning.
“I’m A Loser”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version shortens the harmonica break.
“I Wanna Be Your Man”: Mono mix, uncut. A funny, sped-up version is also played at the end of the episode.
“Don’t Bother Me”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is missing the instrumental break.
“No Reply”: Mono mix. Only about half of the song is heard in the episode. The sing-a-long version is mostly intact, except the first instance of “I nearly died” is cut.
“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”: Mono mix, uncut.
“Mr. Moonlight”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is missing the organ break. Amusingly, the episode depicts Paul singing instead of John.
“Can’t Buy Me Love”: Mono mix, heavily shortened. The sing-a-long version is mostly intact, except the guitar solo is cut in half.
“It Won’t Be Long”: Mono mix, shortened. The sing-a-long version is even more butchered.
“Anna (Go To Him)”: Mono mix, shortened. The sing-a-long version is missing a bit at the beginning, but is otherwise uncut.
“I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party”: Mono mix, first chorus removed.
“Matchbox”: Mono mix, which you can tell by the way Ringo mumbles “your puppy dog runs”. The version heard in the episode is heavily shortened, while the sing-a-long version is mostly intact.
“Thank You Girl”: Stereo mix, uncut. Note the harmonica which is missing from the mono mix.
“From Me To You”: Stereo mix, uncut. Note the harmonica is absent from the intro.
“Boys”: Mono mix, uncut. There was no sing-a-long made for this episode.
“Dizzy Miss Lizzy”: Mono mix, shortened.
“I Saw Her Standing There”: Mono mix. The guitar solo is mostly cut, while the sing-a-long version cuts it entirely.
“What You’re Doing”: Mono mix, shortened. The sing-a-long version is slightly longer.
“Money (That’s What I Want)”: Mono mix, uncut. There was no sing-a-long made for this episode.
“Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand”: Mono mix, uncut. For obvious reasons, there was no sing-a-long made for this episode.
“She Loves You”. Mono mix, uncut.
“Bad Boy”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is shortened.
“Tell Me Why”: US mono mix, as John’s vocals are single-tracked. The version in the episode starts abruptly at the vocals, while the sing-a-long version is uncut.
“I Feel Fine”: The US mixes of this song are infamous for their heavy reverb, and it is that version which appears here. The sing-a-long version is missing the feedback intro. A bit of this song is also played at the end of the “Eleanor Rigby” episode in Season 3.
“Hold Me Tight”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version features a unique musical introduction before the song starts.
“Please Please Me”: Stereo mix, uncut. Note John’s vocal fluff in the final chorus, which is unique to the stereo version.
“There’s A Place”: Mono mix, uncut. The sing-a-long version is missing the harmonica intro.
“Roll Over Beethoven”: Mono mix, uncut. Paul’s “1-2-3-4!!!” from the beginning of “I Saw Her Standing There” is added. George’s rocking guitar intro is missing from the sing-a-long. For some reason, John is depicted as the singer instead of George.
“Rock And Roll Music”: Mono mix, uncut.
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