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| From | Career Records <eldeluxe@mcn.net> |
| Subject | Re: Capitol Albums |
| Date | Thu, 14 Oct 2004 10:41:25 -0700 |
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Absolutely. I don't want to hear some young guy showing us what he can do in
protools. Just the original masters. Those albums are so short Mono and stereo
and maybe even alternate versions from different countries where they might be
interesting. C'mon I'd gladly buy the whole set if it's offered.
For the most part I hate when people start messing with these classics. Look at
what happened to My Generation and Sell Out. Those are not the original sounds
anymore.
rs
Jeffrey Glenn wrote:
> Bob Hutton:
> > However, what the Beatles catalogue really needs is for someone to dive in
> > and create fresh modern stereo mixes of as much of their material as
> > possible (like the work done on Yellow Submarine songtrack) and ALSO to
> > remaster them using up to date technology.
>
> Yes, they should be remastered using up to date technology, but they should
> use the original mono AND stereo mixes. The "Yellow Submarine Songtrack"
> sounds awful. The mixes don't remain true to the originals (what happened
> to that kickass bass in "Hey Bulldog"?!!), and they're drowning in cold
> digital reverb. Absolutely atrocious.
>
> > I had the Beach Boys 2-fers when they came out back around 1990, and
> > happened to pick up (cheaply) the remastered new (circa 2000) version of
> > Today/Summer Days. The newer one blows the earlier CD away TOTALLY in
> > respect of audio quality. The Beatles back catalogue deserves to be kept
> > up to date sonically in the same way.
>
> Yes, the Beach Boys 2000 reissues set the standard here. Both the 1990 and
> 2000 issues use the original masters from the time of the given LP (though
> some of the bonus tracks were new mixes) beautifully mastered. Because no
> noise reduction was used (or if it was it was used sparingly so as not to
> degrade the sound) they're actually noisier than the original 1990 issues,
> but this is a true representation of what's on the master. The improvement
> in sound afforded by improved mastering techniques as well as not messing
> with the tapes is striking.
>
> And if you want a good example of excessive use of noise reduction ruining
> the sound, listen to "Beatles 1"!
>
> So IMHO the Beatles catalog should be handled similarly, using the original
> mixes.
>
> Anyone with me? :-)
>
> Jeff
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