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| From | "Billy G. Spradlin" <bgspradlin@cablelynx.com> |
| Subject | Re: Offical press release for the Beatles Capitol box and |
| Date | Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:14:55 -0500 |
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From the press release:
"Further, each of the discs will include two versions of each song - one in
stereo (or duophonic in some cases) - then the selections are repeated in
mono.
The duophonic sound was carefully created by Capitol, using 2 channels of mono
which were equalized, compressed and then reverb was added. The Capitol Albums
Volume 1 have been carefully mastered from the original masters, taken from
the
vaults at Capitol Records, to ensure that they sound as they did when first
released.'
Argh! Duophonic? Not carefully created by any means, just a crude tape delay
device that put a millisecond delay between the left and right channels. My
early 70's copy of "Second Album" is so compressed Ringo's cymbals "hissssss"
all the way through it. Still its great to get those early tracks in stereo.
Amazon's price is $62.99 divided by 4 = about $15.75 for each CD.
Billy
At 05:00 PM 10/12/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Here's a link for the official press release for the Capitol box w/ photos
>and a link for a Billboard article
>
>http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/710capitolbox.html
>
>http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/a...t_id=1000664137
>
Billy G. Spradlin
http://listen.to/jangleradio
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