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

Speaking of bass : listening again to the "Srawberry Fields Forever" remix reminded me that I always thought the bass was not as present as it is in all/most of the tracks of that period.
You can hear it of coure, but it's not that HUGE round thing that hits you like on all the other tracks of Pepper and MMT.
It's even less present than on many Revolver era tracks ("Rain", "Tomorrow Never Knows"...).

Breakfast With The Beatles played Good Night take 10 (with a guitar part from take 7) and that's a thing of wonder. A country song almost; Lennon on backing vocals!

Wow ! I suppose that's as close as we're ever gonna get to that song sung by Lennon...

you can hear it here

https://vimeo.com/296786291

whoah nice!

oh that's really nice. that's the other beatles on backing vocals presumably?

Fantastic !
It's about 100x more moving than the official version...
I really don't like that guitar (or is it some kind of keyboard ?) sound though.

I like this! But I think I prefer the original, especially in context. I can't imagine something as straightforward and earthy as this guitar-based arrangement coming after "Revolution 9" -- it had to be an absurdly exaggerated Disney score to close the record (or, if I'm gonna get all Greil Marcus, to close 1968).

(or is it some kind of keyboard ?)

It sounds like a varispeeded 12-string, or maybe a 12-sring with a capo way up on the neck.

yeah pretty cool — the dear prudence/julia-style guitar on there works!

Revolution (Take 18)

https://vimeo.com/296786291

Oops wrong url

https://vimeo.com/297813111

nice ! a few years ago there was another take that was released of Rev1/9 that was great and showed the evolution of the song.
As for the "Good Night" version, I can see why one would prefer the official version but it also works as a link to their following policy of "back to basics/no overdubs" to have that very simple arrangement.

Revolution is batshit - although fascinating I can understand why George Martin didn't want to work with them on these sessions.

a few years ago there was another take that was released of Rev1/9

thought this was the same one tbh but I didn't check

ah yeah, maybe. I don't remember very well but I thought the previous one was less "complete" from the song to the collage.

The one Alba posted is the same basic track as the “Take 20” that leaked a few years ago (and the “Revolution 1” on the original album). “Take 20” had backing vocals and all the collagey overdubs that were instead used on “Revolution 9,” while this mix is stripped down.

While I’m a little disappointed that “Take 20” isn’t getting an official release, I love this mix. Lennon’s vocalizations are terrifying — he learned a lot from Yoko in a very short time.

Ah yeah ! There were great backing vocals on that take !

yeah that's the one with the "mama/papa" background vox, iirc

Exactly ! Loved that take. Actually I think I liked it more than both official revolutions !

Apparently, there’s a “new” “Glass Onion” “video” (the “Hey Bulldog” footage used for the nth time). I tried to open it, but apparently you can’t do so without letting Apple Music sync all your shit, and I don’t feel like destroying the music on my phone at the moment.

You can watch it through this reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/9sv6vj/heres_the_new_glass_onion_music_video/?utm_source=reddit-android"> https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/9sv6vj/heres_the_new_glass_onion_music_video/?utm_source=reddit-android

It really is worth a look

Don't know why there's two links there but the second one seems to work

listening to that revolution take now. I loved Take 20 so I hope this measures up. Shame if they didn't put 20 on here, or something closely approximating it.

ok this seems close and it doesn't have that loud annoying fucking noise in it that 20 had i liked the effects on 20 that really married this to #9.

that "glass onion" video is great and the remix sounds really good

Yellow Submarine Songtrack and the two BBC sets are up on Spotify now.

apple music too though weirdly the spoken tracks aren't for some reason. not a huge loss but I'm kind of used to them ('dear whack!')

Glass Onion 2018 mix, Take 10 and Esher demo now up on Spotify.

And the video is on YouTube

https://youtu.be/aBQIAWh3YBs

Brilliant video. Made by 'Trunk animation' whoever they may be.

I still don't think much to these new remixes; they turned the bass up too high again on this one.

Bass was pretty loud on the original stereo, I think.

Yeah, I think the bass guitar is more prominent on the original mix.

I like this one; it's got a lot more space than the original mix. They centered the drums (with a snare overdub still in the right channel), the strings are more lush, and the electric guitar part seems more prominent...or, at least, I noticed things about it that I'd never noticed before. Weirdly, the string outro is mono. Maybe that was unavoidable.

Cool video

Just listened to "Glass Onion" on the good headphones... this one was pretty cool! Kinda surprised they took out the background "yeeeaAAAHHH!" wail at 1:12, but it works.

Nice little piece about the Esher demos -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urK03fLl0i8

This is good, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG85fF-CZBI

Giles Martin plays an outtake of Julia at 18:24 with John trying out a different approach of the song with George Martin. It's really lovely.

I'm only at Rocky Racoon but so far I think that these are really marginal gains.

Yeah the whole thing is on Spotify !

First listen thoughts:

Outside the tracks already premiered, the most revelations come towards the end.

Long Long Long was always going to be radical and though you can't really argue with giving it more typical levels it's one that I'll always notice most and think "well this isn't the original album)

Cry Baby Cry has another one where the crisp bouncy bassline stands out

Wtf @ this George Martin chat at the start of Revolution No 9? Was that even there at all before? Elsewhere there's a low-frequency John incantation around Yoko's 'you become naked' bit that I'm into.

Goodnight sounds absolutely GORGEOUS.

I'm only at Rocky Racoon but so far I think that these are really marginal gains.

Same here. So far I don't hear much difference and don't really see the point of this remix (especially compared to the Pepper one).
Looking forward to the studio alt takes though !

stereo separation in "wild honey pie" feels different and trippier but maybe i'm misremembering the old mix

i don't like these new one at all
sound overhyped and modern barfff

Wtf @ this George Martin chat at the start of Revolution No 9? Was that even there at all before?

It was, though it was barely audible on the original mix.

As with Pepper, this new stereo mix sounds much more like the original mono mix. I like it.

Ah really ? I guess that’s the idea/point then.
But except for a few moments it doesn’t add much to the versions I knew (« wild honey pie » does sound different though).

After listening to the whole thing, The gem in this is the « good night » take with guitar/vocal harmonies imo

"Wtf @ this George Martin chat at the start of Revolution No 9? Was that even there at all before? "

yes

"bitch"

I like this remix on the whole. Though it does come across as the Paul McCartney Bass Extravaganza Mix.

and yes, this isn't meant to be some radical remix of the album. all the instruments have a little more definition, are spaced a bit differently, background vocals a bit more prominent. I can't say it's "better" than the original but I like it fine, just like I like the Sgt Pepper mix.