This short article, from Allan Kozinn, ran in Wednesday's edition of the New 
York Times.

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Mixup in Beatles Mixes

The first run of "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2," the collection of the 
Beatles' American albums to be released on Tuesday, uses incorrect mixes on 
two of the four discs. The error, spotted by collectors who received advance 
copies, was acknowledged by Capitol Records yesterday. The company said 
consumers would be able to exchange the mispressed discs for corrected 
versions. Like the first volume, the set includes four albums as they were 
released in the United States in the 1960's, in formats that differed 
notably from their British counterparts. Each disc - in this case, "The 
Early Beatles," "Beatles VI," "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" - was meant to 
include both the stereo and mono mixes, which in many cases are noticeably 
different. For "The Early Beatles" and "Help!" Capitol's engineers in the 
1960's chose to assemble a stereo master, and to fold down (or reduce) the 
stereo mixes to mono for the mono releases, instead of using the British 
mono mixes. But the mono tracks on the original LP releases of "Beatles VI" 
and "Rubber Soul" are distinct mixes. On the "Vol. 2" CD's, Capitol used 
reduced mono mixes on all four albums. The company attributed the error to a 
mastering house, which apparently sent the incorrect mixes to Capitol's 
pressing plant. The mistake is most easily spotted on "Rubber Soul." The 
stereo version of the song "I'm Looking Through You" includes a false start 
that did not appear on the mono version. On the mispressed CD's, the mono 
"I'm Looking Through You" has the false start.
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