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| From | Ken Kase <kenkase@nighttimes.com> |
| Subject | Re: Offical press release for the Beatles Capitol box and |
| Date | Wed, 13 Oct 2004 04:30:02 -0500 |
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Well, Something New should sound pretty good. The stereo version of that
record was pretty well done. Otherwise, crappola for fetishists who squeal
with delight at the hint of any new Beatle related product, however
hackneyed or ill-advised it may be. By the way, when does it go on sale?
On 10/13/04 12:37 AM, "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> wrote:
> At Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:14:55 Billy wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> [in Don Pardeau voice:]
> That's right, you can own faithful recreations of the crappiest sounding
> hatchet jobs ever committed to an artists catalogue. Just
> think...beautifully re-enacted faux playlists of albums full of bad reverb,
> brutal Philly fade-outs, re-sequenced running orders and added material not
> sanctioned or approved by the artist! Be the first on your block to have
> second rate knock offs of official product already available elsewhere but
> remixed to give them validity!
>
> Act now!
>
> Jaimie Vernon,
> Bullseye
>
>
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