I was pretty excited to hear the "Money" studio outtake. Turns out it's the same take as on With The Beatles, but without the piano.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 18 December 2013 16:32 (ten years ago) link
Dunno when this mono Revolver came out, but I just compared the first track, "Taxman," with the 2009 stereo remaster, posted to the right--the latter clarifies some good lines, but overall this stereo sounds too overdubbed, a bit clinical---the mono's a wicked pissah.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSA3BQUPhRM
― dow, Wednesday, 1 January 2014 23:59 (ten years ago) link
When I do a rip 'n' mix of Pepper's---strictly for personal use, of course---I'll skip "Within You Without You" and add "Taxman."
― dow, Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:01 (ten years ago) link
H'm-m-m, several Beatles albums on that same page, currently.
― dow, Thursday, 2 January 2014 00:04 (ten years ago) link
Wondering about those (all 2009 at latest, when I've checked that YouTube page), compared to these US albums, just out---some bitter-vs.-ecstatic Amazon comments here, duh----tempted to get VI, Yesterday And Today, at least (thee most concentrated, charged, compressed to cutting clarity, yet *raunchy*, often enough---in my memory) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_7/189-8344212-6980652?url=search-alias%3Dpopular&field-keywords=beatles%20us%20albums&sprefix=Beatles%2Cpopular%2C232
― dow, Monday, 27 January 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
Got The Beatles' Second Album the other day, sounds amazing, but only listened to the stereo mixes. Dave Dexter, Jr. may have been a bitter Beatles-hater, but adding reverb for the US market was a good idea. Easily my favorite Beatles record. You want raunchy? "Money" here kicks the stuffing out of the mix on With The Beatles.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 27 January 2014 17:06 (ten years ago) link
Always loved "Money," and several others there, but don't have a memory of the overall album, ditto some tracks/the whole of Something New. Thanks for the tip---really dig that this series provides stereo and mono for all tracks.
― dow, Monday, 27 January 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
still blows my mind that the US Rubber Soul starts with I've Just Seen A Face.
― piscesx, Monday, 27 January 2014 17:58 (ten years ago) link
http://thumbs1.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mVumQMjallM-P21t3YiybkA.jpg
A friend got me this. Looks cool! Really rad 70s design, lots of rare photos, and it looks like it covers the Beatles plus solo careers (at least, up til '77).
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 26 February 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
i had that book when i was a kid, it's great
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 22:13 (ten years ago) link
Ditto, I can't remember much specific about it but I think there's stuff to enjoy.
― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 26 February 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
that was my first beatles book, remember it fondly.
― akm, Thursday, 27 February 2014 03:09 (ten years ago) link
Yup, I had it too. Totally fell apart on me I used to flip through it so much.
― Jazzbo, Monday, 3 March 2014 19:41 (ten years ago) link
The author died of AIDS in 1991. Here's a nice tribute to him:
http://mediawally.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/remembering-writer-nicholas-schaffner-20-years-on/
― Josefa, Monday, 3 March 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
thanks for the link! read and enjoyed 'the beatles forever' -- and his floyd book -- a lot as a teen.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Monday, 3 March 2014 21:13 (ten years ago) link
mono vinyl direct from the 1/4 inch master reels! i'd thought they needed beatles signatures in blood to do that.
http://wogew.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-beatles-mono-vinyls-press-release.html
― Thus Sang Freud, Monday, 16 June 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
OK that's pretty cool - hope they are under $40 each
― polyamanita (sleeve), Monday, 16 June 2014 14:20 (nine years ago) link
ok cooldidn't buy any beatles reissue vinyl yet, waiting for this
probably won't buy the box cuz i don't need the first 2 or 3 albums really, would rather buy let it be and abbey road on stereo individually
― sinister porpoise (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 16 June 2014 14:38 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ssSDV9LWc
― goth colouring book (anagram), Wednesday, 16 July 2014 14:22 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWt3xzaAdl4
― sofatruck, Saturday, 23 August 2014 06:32 (nine years ago) link
Haha damnit I want this so bad after watching that
― ruffalo soldier (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 23 August 2014 14:51 (nine years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/09/10/347156982/george-harrison-this-guitar-cant-keep-from-crying
So there's a new box of Harrison's Apple lps coming. I wonder if they will be returning to the original mix of ATMP?
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 September 2014 08:37 (nine years ago) link
Well, from what I have seen, it uses the original b&w front pic, so probably yes.
― Mark G, Saturday, 13 September 2014 09:44 (nine years ago) link
What's the deal with the mixes?
― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 13 September 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
remastered using the original analog recordings
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 September 2014 14:55 (nine years ago) link
It was never remixed; the 2001 CD has bonus tracks that include a partial re-record of "My Sweet Lord," but no remixes of this record were done (or, if they were, they were never released).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 13 September 2014 19:09 (nine years ago) link
mmmmmmmmmmmm
― Mark G, Saturday, 13 September 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
so no All Things Must Pass... Naked
― pplains, Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:22 (nine years ago) link
I was under the impression he'd done a heavy remix on the original album. I think my main source on that was the opening paragraph of the ATMP Then Play Long: http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/2010/05/george-harrison-all-things-must-pass.html?m=0
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:46 (nine years ago) link
No actual remixing, a lot of remastering (four passes it seems) including a heavy job on Sonic Solutions (Nineties mastering and denoising software) which screwed up the mixes quite a bit.
― MaresNest, Saturday, 13 September 2014 21:59 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I was just looking at the AMG review of the 2001 edition, and it's mentioned that the original album was recorded with no noise reduction, which became a problem when mastering for CD in the 80s.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 13 September 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
the original mix and pressings of ATMP are what they are; they're not an audiophile sonic masterpiece but they have a kind of quality that is kind of distinctive. The color-box remaster kind of messed with that but I think the complaints are overstated. Hopefully this new master will be more true to the original, that would be great, but not sure.
― akm, Sunday, 14 September 2014 08:26 (nine years ago) link
I did a little work on the DVD that comes with the new GH box set and what I heard sounded pretty good, across all the records.
― MaresNest, Sunday, 14 September 2014 10:08 (nine years ago) link
ok thx everyone i think i have an original vinyl on apple in good shape....
― rap steve (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 15 September 2014 20:48 (nine years ago) link
i can't remember which thread we talked abt the Lewisohn book
anyway I read the book on kindle originally...and I just bought myself the hardcover so I can reread it. #ineedhelp
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 19 December 2014 04:05 (nine years ago) link
here's the chap
Beatles biographies?
oh and some bits in this
The Beatles
i got the hardcover enoromo version and still haven't even started it.
― piscesx, Friday, 19 December 2014 05:23 (nine years ago) link
Finally got round to listening to the Mono Vinyl box that I got in a last minute Amazon scam* round Christmas.
It's ridiculous.
its the Owsley acid of Beatles masters.
semi-scam = jump on item in Amazon Warehouse, buy for 30% off, complain about condition, receive additional discount. = Mono box set £180 or £16 per album (less than stereo versions).
works for everything, but I use it for vinyl mostly. At the moment they have the massive Lewisohn bio for £50.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Sunday, 1 February 2015 11:51 (nine years ago) link
Could have bought it on ebay for less.
― Mark G, Sunday, 1 February 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/remixed-expanded-the-beatles-live-at-the-hollywood-bowl-due-in-sep/
Hollywood Bowl reissue/remix!
― piscesx, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:02 (seven years ago) link
Singing a song called "Boys" - Ringo!
― Miami Jeeves And The Ties That Bind (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:23 (seven years ago) link
It's insane how loud the audience is on these recordings, especially considering they weren't miked (that is, not even a single ambient mic pointed at the crowd).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:44 (seven years ago) link
love the beatles but i have zero interest in hearing the hollywood bowl recordings unless they magically delete the audience
― I look forward to hearing from you shortly, (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:48 (seven years ago) link
demix technology!!!!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:50 (seven years ago) link
here's a song from our new album.....lp?......album.....
― Thus Sang Freud, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 16:16 (seven years ago) link
Just had a listen to the original on Youtube, god what a fucking racket. I guess you could take the crowd out fairly easily now.
Lol, 'Demix' technology is just obfuscation, what they're probably doing is using Izotope RX5 Denoising software.
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:33 (seven years ago) link
They probably sound lousy underneath the audience noise, anyway. I'll stick with Live at the BBC.
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
http://orig09.deviantart.net/d314/f/2013/229/b/8/the_beatles_colorized__1969__by_gqrodrigues-d6ifod9.png
WE INVENTED THE DEMIX!
― Kenneth Without Anger (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
xpost
(I guess it's nice to have out there for "historical" reasons, though.)
― the hair - it's lost its energy (Turrican), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:46 (seven years ago) link
kind of want to do some insanely sensitive noise reduction / eq'ing and see what's left
― brimstead, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
http://www.beatlesauction.co.uk/
― timellison, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 20:01 (seven years ago) link