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

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.

Let it Be is kind of depressing to watch

iirc, it was being prepared for DVD release a few years ago, but their dickishness on film bummed them out, so they scrapped it.

cuz let it be has been in print on vinyl forever, but it's not a remaster

iirc, it was being prepared for DVD release a few years ago, but their dickishness on film bummed them out, so they scrapped it.

I saw a bootlegged DVD copy (not sure what it was sourced from) awhile ago and it's not the dickishness as much as the musical performances are not really engaging, cuz you can tell most of them are not really into it. everything is sort of sluggish and half-assed, everyone is non-committal. honestly the best part is when John and Yoko abandon the music to go off dancing for a bit.

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

― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 18:37 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The single of "Paperback Writer", the pic I supplied. That's the only remaster so far, it's the first time it's been released on single in stereo.

everything is sort of sluggish and half-assed, everyone is non-committal.

I actually saw this movie screened in a theater sometime in the 80's and yeah it was a serious bummer.

also that's pretty cool abt the PB Writer single, too bad it was an RSD-only release.

It was an e-bay 'sillymoney' thing for a while, but eventually the price came down, I got mine for a fiver or thereabouts.