I saw that, thanks.

Still, I know someone (maybe not here) has the AMC versions...

The mono mixes of AHDN and Help! showed up in a bootleg set called "The Beatles Filmography." Anybody have this?

As far as Yellow Submarine, the Blu-ray will have the mono mix, but I'm not sure if they just recycled the version from the 1999 DVD with that one part being in stereo. FYI, it switches to stereo right after the end of "All Together Now", and goes back to mono after George says "I think I burnt me finger."

Technically, if you combined the mono mixes of "When I'm Sixty-Four" and "Only a Northern Song" with a mono fold-down of the 1987 LD (which I believe is the original mono rechanneled to stereo during the non-song sections), you'd probably end up with a good simulation of the mono mix. Still, I'd love to hear that section in mono, and I hope it's intact on the Blu-ray.

There are two mono 16mm prints on eBay right now - one is faded, but the other apparently isn't. However, the unfaded print is about to end, and both of them are too expensive for me. I have no idea which cut is represented on either of these prints.'

The faded print is here. Buy It Now for 500 bucks: http://www.ebay.com/itm/16mm-Beatles-YELLOW-SUBMARINE-Complete-Uncut-Feature-Film-Theatrical-/110873662574

The unfaded print is here. I will note that the reserve doesn't seem to be met, so this may end up being relisted: http://www.ebay.com/itm/EXTREMELY-RARE-16mm-film-Yellow-Submarine-1968-Beatles-UNIQUE-OPPORTUNITY-/290704540177?pt=US_Film&hash=item43af574211

Apart from 16mm prints, there is a preservation of a Christmas 1979 BBC broadcast floating around out there. Does anybody have this, either? It used to be online, but disappeared in the Great File Locker Purge...

Good news: I asked on SteveHoffman.tv about the mono track of the new YS release, and apparently it is 100% original mono. (And it's lossless to boot!)

The only thing that needs to be found now is a mono copy of the U.S. cut. It did air on TV in the 80s, I think. Even a faded 16mm print would work, as long as the sound is in good shape...

I have that rip. The LD was rechanneled stereo. It was good rechanneled stereo, but it wasn't the original mono.

I do think there should be a better rip of the LD. A mono reconstruction track for the U.S. cut could be done if someone could just find a mono element for the American "Beatles to battle" ending. Two 16mm prints sold on eBay recently, but they were prohibitively expensive.

I've heard there are preservations of TV airings, but I don't know of any American ones. Anybody have the 1979 BBC preservation, who can say which cut it was? I'm assuming it was the UK, but you can never be too sure...

SilverWook: I forgot to clarify that I don't have a laserdisc player, so I wouldn't be able to do anything with them. Or did you mean send me the files once you've ripped them?

If you meant send me the discs, just hold on to them, because they're of no use to me without a player, and I don't really have the money to buy one.

Just wanted to clear that up.

Oh OK, I'm fine with that.

I know they can't fit on a DVD, but I think every LD preservation needs an X9/X0-style raw video capture and lossless PCM WAV rip, at least as a starting point.

By X0/X9, I meant raw uncompressed AVI video into the computer, HuffYUV or whatever it's called. Like the X9 captures that were 8 gigs to a CAV side. All DVD recorders compress the video to whatever recording speed you set, right?

I'm sure your stuff looks great. I was just thinking...

Sounds good to me.

Finally, my prayers have been answered!

Will these be full-size VOB versions that can be burned to DVD?