"Ok guys, time to remaster this beatles album. How should we do it?"
"Just put half of the instruments through one headphone and the other half through the other."
Why did they do this?
probably because Abbey road was mastered that way
Most people didn't listen with headphones in the 60s
Because Abbey Road is a hack studio for hacks
>>73973891
Because all of the albums up to White Album were mixed in Mono and the chucklefucks at Capitol decided to throw together a lazy stereo mix and since then everyone has been afraid to do proper stereo mixing for those albums
>>73974135
With the exceptions of Yellow Submarine Songbook and the new Sgt Pepper Anniversary
Hourly reminder that mastering is not the same as mixing.