Beatles: Best of the Remasters

Heeeee! A splendid time is guaranteed for all!

we need The Smiths vs The Beatles next

:-D

voted White - even though it's far from a fave for me - i like about half, but the great parts sound incredible. plus i'd add that i think "sexy sadie" puts me in the mind of early-1970's T. Rex.

And Karma Police.

reckoner

Went for "Beatles For Sale" stereo, which sounds surprisingly much better now than it used to.

Kind of tough, since I'd already heard tons of good vinyl copies of a lot of them. I'll still go with Pepper mono as the one that's likely to change the most (non Norwegian) minds.

My parents owned the mono of Sgt. Pepper so that's how I first learned to know the album. Still sounds better in stereo though. MUCH better.

Revolver mono. LOADS of stuff on there that isn't on the stereo. Cowbell all over Taxman!

I've got no love for the monos, really - I have a big hi-fi and poncey headphones, and the stereo sounds way better to me. Presumably how I'm used to hearing music is a big factor in that.

But yes... big increases in listening pleasure especially from AHDN, MMT, and white album.

reckoner

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, September 25, 2009 10:46 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

greenhorn choice. it's faust arp. always has been, always will be, so help me god.

I'm saying MMT. The sound quality is tremendous (John's vocal on "Walrus" on headphones now....holy crap!) but I'm also glad to see so much support for an album I loved when I was a kid but always got horrible reviews.

it's not an album.

yay, I just bought it (but regarding "walrus", it was already on "love" so I don't expect a big surprise).
I'm realy looking forward to hearing "penny lane".

Penny Lane is mad revelatory.

i really dig the enhanced sound on "Blue Jay Way" myself.

Abbey Road (1969)

it's not an album.

I'm in the US and it was always an album over here.

nah, it's a pork-chop. always has been.

It's a floor wax dessert topping.

Revolver mono. LOADS of stuff on there that isn't on the stereo. Cowbell all over Taxman!

I love the 909 beat on the mono version of "Got To Get You Into My Life". And the JFK samples on the mono "I'm Only Sleeping".

Mono SPLHCB

The cowbell is all over Taxman in the right channel on the stereo.

It's a floor wax AND a dessert topping.

that is a good memory :)

I hate the sound seperation and am glad to be rid of it with the mono set. I'm still surprised that it's the stereo versions that are the main release, the monos being the definitive versions.

Tells you something, doesn't it?

Has the stereo Revolver got the extra bit of backwards guitar on I'm Only Sleeping?

Sound is supposed to be separated.

But originates as one divine 'Om' ... which is broken down into lots of vibrations like rays from the sun... (so George tells me)

the monos being the definitive versions.

waaaaht

idk, my mum saw the beatles in '63 and she has their stuff in stereo, BUT I GUESS THAT ISN'T DEFINITIVE.

There is no definitive; there's only what you prefer.

once again it's bullshit the way they have done these releases. they could have done big editions of each album with accompanying singles + anthology material + mono mix. there's a thing in private eye saying that sales have not been overwhelming.

^and vinyl.

yeah, all that.

Private Eye say what they like, basically.

Went for "Beatles For Sale" stereo, which sounds surprisingly much better now than it used to.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, September 25, 2009 10:09 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I always remember this as sounding fine, probably the first of the 'decent' stereo mixes, back in the day...

once again it's bullshit the way they have done these releases.

I think they could have offered a stereo and mono mix, but the main thing I hate is the cardboard sleeve which I suspect has already scratched my copies of Help and Sgt Pepper.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

they could have done big editions of each album with accompanying singles + anthology material + mono mix.

They could. But remember they had to deal with Yoko Ono to get them out at all.

um, so?

Sound is supposed to be separated.

― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Saturday, October 3, 2009 4:42 PM (5 days ago)

but equal

um, so, she's mental

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Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

They could. But remember they had to deal with Yoko Ono to get them out at all.

what kind of weirdass bullshit is this

It's Geirbull..

"what kind of weirdass bullshit is this"

i dunno, the beatles and their partners have been fighting over the scraps of apple since before the beatles even broke up, and it's gotten in the way of all kinds of stuff - for instance, michael jackson would never have owned the rights to all the beatles tunes if john and paul hadn't been fighting over who was managing the beatles at a crucial juncture... at least that's how i understand it. and now every time the beatles corp want to do something, they have to get all the remaining band members and widows to agree to it, which i can easily imagine yoko making difficult.

if any beatlepeople have actual details about yoko stickin her nose into the whole remastering thing, i'd be curious to hear them....

which i can easily imagine yoko making difficult.

Without any evidence at all?

SHE'S A FREAKY WOMAN AND SHE SPLIT THEM UP = EVIDENCE.

Dunno if she split them up, but she destroyed John Lennon.

hum. following the results I may have finished my remasters campaign since there's only "pepper" stereo I'm still considering getting...

how did yoko destroy john lennon? she saved john lennon IMO.

john lennon w/ out Yoko = walking around LA drunk heckling the Smothers Brothers

John Lennon without Yoko = Walls and Bridges, and that's alright by me.

how did yoko destroy john lennon? she saved john lennon IMO.

john lennon w/ out Yoko = walking around LA drunk heckling the Smothers Brothers

cosign

after reading like 12 beatles biographies i've come to the conclusion that:

a) john brought yoko into the studio etc just to fuck with the other beatles, it probably wasn't her idea at all
b) lennon's a obviously genius but yoko as a muse/collaborator brought out an interesting side of him, and was part of why he was the most interesting beatle with the coolest songs post-breakup
c) he NEEDED to sit around the apartment raising his son and avoiding the world for 5 years when he did, yoko just grokked that and let him do it

obviously this is just my sideline theories but i think painting yoko as the reason the beatles broke up is way overly simplistic

ps. i would've given mono masters my vote just on the strength of hearing some good great b-side beatle songs for the first time ever

I presume that Yoko-pushing-the-brand is responsible for any time you see Lennon described as 'musician and peace activist'. Not a fan of that - does anyone actually think of him this way? My current favourite Lennon is him & Cynthia marooned in Surrey, holed away in a couple of rooms in the roof of their otherwise-unused mansion.

I presume that Yoko-pushing-the-brand is responsible for any time you see Lennon described as 'musician and peace activist'. Not a fan of that - does anyone actually think of him this way?

i suspect most people do, though my impression is the guy was very very far from that in a real life, personal sense (ie. i've read over and over again he was a huge asshole in person, more often than not) anyway i've come to feel like it was a fairly interesting thing to do with the coin of his unbelievably humongous fame if nothing else. i mean he could've just bought a few gold plated cadillacs and retired to the country to die of a herion overdose or whatever, instead of holding wacky bed-ins on his honeymoon and shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLWzOBTjjL0

OMG Finally they are releasing a DVD/Blu-Ray of MMT. It will have lots of cool extras in addition to remaster and 5.1 sound. Coming out in October!

finally we will get to see how boring it really was to drive through the english countryside on a bus

just release Carnival of Light already Paul

He wants to, it was George Harrison saying no.

well that problem's solved ennit

If only there was an 'experimental' 1967 project that was going to be released and would be in need to extras...

Well, that's just it: Because it got black-balled during the "Anthology" process, it's in danger of becoming the 'last issued Beatles track', and people will go "Oh, it's worse than Rev9"...

Then again, the actual 'last' Beatles track at the moment is "Real Love", which is likeable but definitely on the short-list for "worst"...

I like"Real Love" but I consider it more of an ELO song lol

it is!

sneaking Carnival out on the MMT DVD would be the best thing for it, downplaying its significance and whatnot

I think Paul has gotten so much shit for that movie over the years since it first came out that the criticism really got to him. I think he's kind of ashamed of it for being a flop and really it's too bad cos it's a great looking & sounding film with lots of fun genuinely experimental bits and a really charming aimlessness.

Yeah, an appearance as a soundtrack to a DVD extra would be great. Sort of like how that Harrison-produced Remo 4 song that was discovered and snuck on the Wonderwall DVD turned out to be a neat little treasure.