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| From | Benjamin Lukoff <blukoff@alvord.com> |
| Subject | Re: Beatles Box Snafu |
| Date | Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:43:41 -0700 (PDT) |
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The one I'm reviewing for Amazon does...luck of the draw I guess
On Mon, 10 Apr 2006, Ken Kase wrote:
> Funny--the copy I reviewed for NT didn't have this problem.
>
> --Ken
>
>
> On 4/10/06 6:25 AM, "Art Carey" <gaspar17@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > This short article, from Allan Kozinn, ran in Wednesday's edition of the New
> > York Times.
> >
> > <<
> > 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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