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| From | "Art Carey" <gaspar17@comcast.net> |
| Subject | Beatles Box Snafu |
| Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2006 07:25:38 -0400 |
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This short article, from Allan Kozinn, ran in Wednesday's edition of the New
York Times.
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Mixup in Beatles Mixes
The first run of "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2," the collection of the
Beatles' American albums to be released on Tuesday, uses incorrect mixes on
two of the four discs. The error, spotted by collectors who received advance
copies, was acknowledged by Capitol Records yesterday. The company said
consumers would be able to exchange the mispressed discs for corrected
versions. Like the first volume, the set includes four albums as they were
released in the United States in the 1960's, in formats that differed
notably from their British counterparts. Each disc - in this case, "The
Early Beatles," "Beatles VI," "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" - was meant to
include both the stereo and mono mixes, which in many cases are noticeably
different. For "The Early Beatles" and "Help!" Capitol's engineers in the
1960's chose to assemble a stereo master, and to fold down (or reduce) the
stereo mixes to mono for the mono releases, instead of using the British
mono mixes. But the mono tracks on the original LP releases of "Beatles VI"
and "Rubber Soul" are distinct mixes. On the "Vol. 2" CD's, Capitol used
reduced mono mixes on all four albums. The company attributed the error to a
mastering house, which apparently sent the incorrect mixes to Capitol's
pressing plant. The mistake is most easily spotted on "Rubber Soul." The
stereo version of the song "I'm Looking Through You" includes a false start
that did not appear on the mono version. On the mispressed CD's, the mono
"I'm Looking Through You" has the false start.
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