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

It's (almost literally) the bottom of the barrel

xpost Prob.

I have all of these Yellow Dog bootleg CDs with like 60 minutes of Strawberry Fields Forever takes. Can I release those legally in the UK here in a few years?

Even if you could, anyone else who owns it could, and the most likely result will be all these tracks being available online for free, rather than anyone actually being able to profit off of it, surely?

Which is what happened with all those early blues collections.

It comes down to the 'extras', really: The nice pics, the sleevenotes, and so on.

See Bob Dylan's first album, the many 'new' versions on new unknown record labels, available from the shop right now.

this is a cool collection. I don't have all my unsurpassed masters files here with me to compare but the 2nd take of one after 909 here is way better sounding than the one on Turn Me On Dead Man (which is likely the same one that is on unsurpassed masters actually)

Hmm...

The US iTunes has it as $39.99 (which is £24.57)

The UK iTunes has it as £34.99 (which is $56.96)

Whichever site/link I choose, it links to my iTunes package, and guess which price it offers?

resist buying it then. Youre just funding heather mills

funding. OK.

these contact lenses......

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.

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

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."

H'm-m-m, several Beatles albums on that same page, currently.

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

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.

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.

still blows my mind that the US Rubber Soul starts with I've Just Seen A Face.

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).

i had that book when i was a kid, it's great

Ditto, I can't remember much specific about it but I think there's stuff to enjoy.

that was my first beatles book, remember it fondly.

Yup, I had it too. Totally fell apart on me I used to flip through it so much.

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/

thanks for the link! read and enjoyed 'the beatles forever' -- and his floyd book -- a lot as a teen.

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

OK that's pretty cool - hope they are under $40 each

ok cool
didn'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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ssSDV9LWc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWt3xzaAdl4

Haha damnit I want this so bad after watching that

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?

Well, from what I have seen, it uses the original b&w front pic, so probably yes.

What's the deal with the mixes?

remastered using the original analog recordings

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).

mmmmmmmmmmmm

so no All Things Must Pass... Naked

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

ok thx everyone i think i have an original vinyl on apple in good shape....

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

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.

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.

Could have bought it on ebay for less.

http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/remixed-expanded-the-beatles-live-at-the-hollywood-bowl-due-in-sep/

Hollywood Bowl reissue/remix!

Singing a song called "Boys" - Ringo!

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).

love the beatles but i have zero interest in hearing the hollywood bowl recordings unless they magically delete the audience

demix technology!!!!