They’re different mixes for the most part, the monos being the ones that were OK’d by the Fab Four, so the ones that are considered to sound as intended.
Ideally you would have both the mono box, recently reissued, and the Stereo Blue Box available secondhand. You might also want the German MMT and the analogue cut Red and Blue albums. That would be a nice sounding Beatles collection.
Mmmmmm. I’m seeing sets going for €800+ tonight
That’s probably eBay.
Discogs is better, there are sets on there for £300.
As I said above, I’d recommend both the BC-13 stereo and the Mono box, plus as Richard mentions, the German MMT is the best SQ of that album, & just about any Beatles album for me. They go for £40-50, usually.
They are two different things. Both equally impressive SQ-wise, one is considerably cheaper than the other.
Indeed it is the Bay. Laziness.
I’ll have a look at Discogs.
I just ordered Springsteen’s Tracks II tonight so I’m on sort of a boxed set kick.
And I saw a really nice photo in the Systems thread where someone had the Smiths boxed set under a N50. Three time’s the charm 
Ah, that’s a pity, Morrissey is persona non grata in my abode now. Rabid anti-Muslim loon that he now is, sadly and shamefully.
Good luck with The Beatles and general box hunt!
As far as the qu about using a mono cartridge is concerned - didn’t Sean Magee in 2014 say that he cut the mono mothers with a stereo lathe because he knows it so well? (and also, I suspect, because a mono lathe wasn’t available or was knackered). Therefore, using slightly spurious logic, it shouldn’t matter if you replay using a stereo cartridge. Either way it sounds fab and is IMHO the only way to listen to the White Album for example. The only mono cart I ever tried was the Ortofon one and it sounded quite dull.
Yes, Morrissey has gone bonkers but Hatful of Hollow still sounds great to my ears.
There’s quite a few that have gone off the deep end. Van Morrison, Clapton, Morrissey. Not going to stop listening to their music though.
“hold my beer” - Wagner
Looking at Discogs - €730 is the lowest price I can find.
An update: A replacement box and copy of Rubber Soul have arrived - both look fine. However, the outer sleeve/wrapper for the box was not included 
I have asked UMUK whether this is coming separately, but then why would they not have included it with the box?
Given the imminent rerelease of the expanded Anthology TV series and albums I suspect there will be more related releases along soon. I have Mono on CD, nowadays ripped to my streamer, and they remain extraordinary recordings. Age and over familiarity doesn’t dim the impact of hearing them in mono again and being transported in an instant to the front room of my Nanna’s house watching the live broadcast of All You Need Is Love or hearing once again the extraordinary sound of all those Parlophone 45s I inherited. If you get the chance to buy in any format then you should.
I remember watching that broadcast!
And I’ve also “inherited” some of the old Parlophone 45s from my BiL (but don’t worry, he may be older than me but he ain’t dead yet 
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