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

Never mind, Sgt. Pepper's is right on and I am ready to join Nick in praising this from the roof and the hilltops.

they know what it's like to be dead

Within You Without You! Someone counts down in your right ear at about 3.45! The sitars! The strings!

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Friday, September 4, 2009 3:08 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

You could hear that count-down in the old one too. Also I always loved the bit in "I'm Only Sleeping" where you can hear John off-mic saying "Yawn, Paul!"

WTF IS HE DOING WHILE GEORGE IS TAXING THE STREET?

Isn't that amazing? I first noticed that a few years ago (naively thinking I was intimately familiar with the song) and promptly re-played that section about 50 or so times. I still can't make out exactly what Paul's doing (some combination of hammer-ons and glissandi?), but it's fucking astonishing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8238380.stm

Previously unheard Abbey Road session tape chat here!

I was in HMV this morning, and they've got all the end-of-aisle displays ready, with books and merchandise and whatnot, but they've got cds there too and the price of them made me look twice - with all the fanfare about the new editions they've cynically bumped the price of the '87 discs to £16. Designed, it would seem, to make the punters who are less informed about release dates than music geeks like us, think that they're buying the new remasters.

(In fact a lot of the prices in HMV this morning were head-spinningly insane - £120 for the 3 cd Tell Tale Signs set that was about £80 last Christmas.)

.. and was around £35 in Fopp...

I saw a "original" "The Bends" for £12, yeah the pricing in HMV has gone potty.

Still, when they sell none, they will wonder why.

I think I just got the Revolver one, sounds pretty amazing. Some deep bass in this!

anyone found any mono l£aks yet? on s0ul$££k?

XXXP: Prices of Beatles CDs have been dumped here for months. I think it has more to do with EMI wanting to get rid of all the old edition copies as soon as possible though - Warner are doing the exact thing with Neil Young now.

exact same thing even

This thing sounds amazing. (Stereo.)

SSeek them out.

SHE COULD STEAL BUT SHE COULD NOT ROB

It's not eat to do caps on an iPhone.

SHE COULD STEAL BUT SHE COULD NOT ROB

^ ethics of downloading the remasters.

I've not downloaded anything I've not also ordered from Amazon. Yet.

Being able to really notice Paul's voice crack in "If I Fell," is one of the more subtle details.

EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY

Never ever ever need to listen to another Dear Prudence rip off again.

Blackbird!

The whole of Hard Day's Night!

Even fucking Piggies!

The White Album is the greatest record ever made.

Allan Kozinn weighs in. He likes everything but a couple of tunes on Pepper, and wants to see a high-def Blu Ray edition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/arts/music/06alla.html?ref=arts

Feeling like Rubber Soul stands out the most from the old 1987 issue. "The Word" just had its sinuses opened up. The clarity in all the percussion, and the deep bass sound, is fuckin' phenomenal!

"Sinuses opened up" is an apt metaphor.

the clarity in all the percussion

That reminds me, how has Ringo polished up?

He spent months practicing so he could re-record his parts for the reissues.

The cello on "Eleanor Rigby" grew a pair of balls!

The Beatles, now with gonads and no snot!

Listening to the new Rubber Soul now. So far I'd say the quality improved massively. Hearing all sorts of new detail and 'color'. It's so strange to hear the crystal clear sitar in Norwegian Wood now, as if it's another added instrument to the song! Amazing.

When the guitar comes in at 0.08 on Nowhere Man, it sounds as it's a just a bit too early, very odd (or I just have never noticed in the previous mix...)

brief thoughts on what i've heard so far; HOW FUCKING AMAZING is ringo?

Is there anyway someone can communicate discreetly to me where the HELL you are getting these? Directions please!

look into your soul

Seek into your soul, you'll find it

xp oh shi...

that made me chuckle, but i am on a mac--why didn't i wait until 9/10 to switch over from pc! thanks though

Aren't they in the shops this week? Just wait a few days then get them. People have so little patience it's unbelievable.

The White Album is the greatest record ever made.

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, September 5, 2009 9:14 AM (5 hours ago) Bookmark

^^^^ this

When the guitar comes in at 0.08 on Nowhere Man, it sounds as it's a just a bit too early, very odd (or I just have never noticed in the previous mix...)
Nope, always been there. I always thought it strange they let that go, too, but that's part of the charm.

Yeah I can definitely see that. I'm baffled that I have not noticed this before, thanks!

Aren't they in the shops this week? Just wait a few days then get them. People have so little patience it's unbelievable.

― DavidM, Saturday, September 5, 2009 2:41 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark

And get off my lawn!

I Wanna Be Your Man!! The guitar!

The fuzztone on the single version of "Revolution" is so sick.

Sooooo happy these are remasters and not remixes. I've listened to these albums so much I have grown accustomed to the eccentricities in the original mixes. First thing I did to test this was listen to "Good Day Sunshine" to see if I could hear that split second of ambient sound before the cymbal fades in and sure enough it's there!

that made me chuckle, but i am on a mac--why didn't i wait until 9/10 to switch over from pc! thanks though

http://chris.schleifer.net/ssX/index.cgi/project/downloads.html

Thanks alot Alba, I found it elsewhere--I appreciate it though

The stereo remasters are all I could have hoped for. White Album is mind blowing.

the ones I found on the pirate bay have to be fake...they sound good but heavy in the left channel on every album?

Sooooo happy these are remasters and not remixes.

I was thinking just the opposite. I've heard these songs so often that I can't imagine remastering them will have any positive impact for me. We'll see.