I have had it up to here waiting for the Beatles catalogue to be remastered

I wasn't dismissing Scott at all! Just pointing out that it wasn't my experience with the remasters at all.

i wanted to like it. i'm not a hater. i thought i might be doing something wrong. like i needed a special high-def blu-ray cd player or something.

maybe its just a bum hobo copy. what do i know

the pizzicato strings on the bridge of "Something"

This reminds me of hearing the orchestra come in on "The End" on Anthology 3 and imagining what that would have sounded like if it had been mixed differently.

LOL, half way up? I have pretty decent equipment. I like things loud, trust me, but if I cranked any cd 50% my ears would be bleeding! But I realize you're in a store, which may be a bigger space. My B&W's get plenty of power from about 40%.

Anyways I'm pretty much a vinyl dork too. And I normally have the same complaints about modern cd's, new and remastered. The Beatles remasters however seem like the exception to the Loudness Wars rules.

It's enough to make me wonder if we're all talking about the same disc?! ;)

Hopefully any vinyl remasters will inspire consensus!

yeah, i dunno. this was the first beatles remaster i've listened to. it was made REALLY loud. my copy anyway. i knew when i put it on that i wouldn't be able to turn it up to 5 without it breaking up. and i was right. it was a test of sorts. i don't have a problem with any records at that level or most older CDs. newer CDs that are made like that though, i just toss. i like music loud. not all the time, but i like the option. my speakers in the store are huge. they might not be the greatest, but handling volume is not their problem. my receiver is decent too. i bought two slayer remasters at the stupid store across the street and i couldn't play them at all. the distortion was hideous. i mean, if you can't play a slayer album loud what's the point in living? i don't usually have that problem with new rap CDs actually. mostly new metal or hard rock.

But presumably, given that the Abbey Road CD is louder, it'd still be loud if you played it at a lower volume. I mean, that's obvious, but are you really getting more distortion at your normal listening level (i.e., not normal volume level you have on receiver but the actual volume level)?

Because I don't know why that would be unless it's maybe a compression issue.

The idea being that if something is really compressed flat, you'll get more constant distortion at whatever the max point would be on your system.

Wish I lived near your store, Scott. I'd bring by the mono cd's cos I'd love to hear your reaction to those!

I checked wave forms for The Beatles remasters way back when and none of them got close to digital zero and therefore clipping and digital distortion. So I'm surprised by this. Very surprised. Abbey Road is one of my least favourites so I don't know it as well as Revolver or MMT or Past Masters, but I'd be baffled if I put it on tonight and it distorted.

okay this was my fault. i had the loudness button on my receiver on and i turned it off and turned down the bass and treble and the volume and it sounds better now. sometimes i will hit the loudness button when i'm listening to vinyl and want that extra boost. cuz i'm a metal fan. definitely don't need it on for cds. especially a cd this loud already. still to digital-y for me though. hate the bottom end. yeah its neat to hear isolated stuff that stands out more on these digital versions of the songs. its fun what you can do with computers! they should make a batch that are guitar and drum heavy next. they can reconfigure this stuff a million different ways.
sorry for the confusion!

"Sorry, Scott, our bad!"

http://www.japan-zone.com/modern/pix/l/loudness.jpg

for real. i think it was actually the fault of this cassette:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_h7zfRGoogHI/TIoAOhvIoBI/AAAAAAAABTY/VwAGyL4glOc/s1600/Monstrosity+(US)+-+Imperial+Doom.jpg

no good pictures of my receiver online. pioneer sound project 300.

http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/27/204699_thumb_ee1c431b35d5f501066387918382385e.jpg

the listening station in my store gets the good stuff:

http://chiobo.com/wp-content/uploads/classipress/marantz-receiver-616275446.jpg

loudness button = the aural caps lock key

Vinyl remasters up on Amazon.

no sign of a box, but individually about £18 or so.

I'm going to be strong but once I see these babies in shops, I might need to be wrestled to the ground.

Anthology remastered! uh.. exclusive to iTunes :(
http://theseconddisc.com/2011/05/31/beatles-anthology-receives-a-very-digital-remaster/

Yeah, really stupid that the only options are dropping $80 for the set or $13 for a selected "best of". No individual tracks an option at all. Fuck the Beatles and fuck Apple, tbh.

Oh wait, apparently you can buy the individual sets for $30 a pop. Still, ugh.

that set didn't really need 'remastering' though, I seriously doubt it sounds very different from the cds.

I wish they could find a way of remastering my interest in those albums, I really loved them at the time.

BTW, my local Sainsbury's had Red and Blue for £6 each a couple of weeks ago. Probably all gone now though. I somehow managed to resist. But wish I hadn't.

did anyone get around to hearing the supposedly 'remastered' Anthology tracks? i wonder did these only come out on itunes? hasn't been much fuss about the CDs being reissued/remastered.

did they just drop the idea of releasing the box set on vinyl? :(

You know, the Anthology series came out fifteen years ago so maybe new the new version is a big improvement soundwise. It could well be. And yeah, it's only on iTunes but that stuff sounds great. Was just listening to the clips of the Please Please Me remaster last night. So good sounding - just really warm, soft, vibrant.

I think I'm just going to cherry pick a handful of tunes - Leave My Kitten Alone, That Means a Lot, and the other version of I'm Looking Through You.

The live version of "Money" on Anthology 1 is possibly their best live recording. Super raw, loud, distorted. And the live "Roll Over Beethoven" is my new first choice for what to play for Ringo-haters.

ringo haters are idiots

sound quality on iTunes in general is lousy tho innit? odd that they're not making CDs too.

The Beatles stuff on iTunes sounds really good.

"That Means A Lot" is a gem! I really love the drum sound on those raw Sgt. Pepper tracks in Anth 2 as well. Had no idea it was such a rocking album below all those string overdubs...

You know what's good Ringo evidence? Comparing "Please Please Me" with the Anthology version featuring the session drummer.

plastic ono band would basically suck w/o ringo and klaus voorman

His version of Boys on Anthology 1 is pretty ace, too - nice raw live take.

ringo haters are idiots

OTM. why even reason with these peo

ple

Surely there aren't any Ringo haters anymore?

this seems to have become the catch-all fabs thread so can i just..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiXWZz2Bqlg

he says he's *four years* behind schedule but that all 3 publishers are happy because they've read some of what he's written so far. psyched!

I'm standing in a Target, and before me I see three different exclusive Beatles 7 inch vinyl+tshirt combo packs. "Let It Be", "Hello Goodbye" and "Can't Buy Me Love" are the singles. The packs are $19.99 each.

get the Hello Goodbye one!

That recording the Beatles book is getting restocked for the end of this year. www.recordingthebeatles.com

It's almost like theres a load of people with a Beatles book amount of cash left in their pockets.

especially with a non appearance of the Vinyl remasters.

So far, only one Vinyl Remaster has appeared.

http://beatlesblogger.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/paperbacka.jpg

This one.

Read somewhere recently that they are releasing "Let It Be" and "Magical Mystery Tour" finally on DVD/Blu Ray next year or 2013. Let's see "Carnival of Light" and an hour or so of unreleased summer '67 psychedelic jams as bonus tracks. As if that will ever happen.

But as with all things "Let It Be", best to take w a grain of salt.

Let it Be is kind of depressing to watch

So far, only one Vinyl Remaster has appeared.

― Mark G, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 10:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

which one? i didn't think any of them had been released

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say those Target 45s are sourced from the remasters. So there have been 4 vinyl issues, all singles w/some kind of marketing gimmick attached.