Beatles week has sadly come to an end on the Tom Dunne Show.

For one week we celebrated the release of the 'Beatles in Mono' box set.

Each Beatles album until 1968 received a mono and stereo mix, but mono was the way the recordings were originally conceived

Unlike stereo recordings — with vocals and instruments recorded on separate tracks in the studio and intended to be played on multiple speakers — mono recordings were captured all at once and played on transistor radios and turntables, where sound came from one place.

For one week on the Tom Dunne Show, we went through the entire box set and played you the music as it was intended to be heard.

Aided by the albums, we took you through the Fab Four's amazing career, brought you on the journey from mono to stereo, from black and white to technicolor.

The Beatles in mono, the way the music was intended to be heard.

You can listen back to the week's interviews using the links below...

On Monday we spoke to Beatles Mono Mastering Engineer Sean Magee.  He explained how the Beatles in Mono albums were remastered, and told us how the original tapes are kept in a secret location for security reasons. 

On Monday we were also joined by award winning writer with the Boston Globe, Mark Feeney who took a look at the Beatles debut 1964 film 'A Hard Days Night'.

On Tuesday, Beatles author Bob Neaverson talked about the band's second big screen effort, 'Help!'

On Tuesday we also spoke to author Colin Fleming who talked about the musical change of direction in Rubber Soul and Revolver:

Tuesday's show drew to a close with a fantastic interview with a pop culture writer Robert Rodriguez. He has written several book about the band, he and Tom discusses whether 'Revolver' - rather than Sgt Pepper - is the best Beatles album.

On Wednesday Tom spoke Ray Connolly who interviewed the Beatles on several occasions and wrote the book 'The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive'.  They talked about The Beatles critical and commercial success, 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'.

Robert Rodriguez returned on Wednesday, this time to talk about the Beatles 'White' album:

We wrapped up the week with George Byrne's overview of The Beatles on screen, and Oisin Davis created a special Beatles inspired cocktail.