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| From | bob <segarini@rogers.com> |
| Subject | Re: Beatles Remasters |
| Date | Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:22:32 -0700 (PDT) |
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Folks...you can remaster masters. That means the finished stereo or mono mixes. If you go back to the original multi-track tapes, you would have to remix them before you could remaster them.
I would be very surprised if they ever remixed these classic songs, but I've been wrong before.
The Capitol singles were remixed by Gary Usher for The Beatles Story double LP, a little known fact, but true, at least, that'swhat he told us when we were working on Wackering Heights.
I also like the errors and chair squeaks, flat overdubbed vocals, two different verses being sung at the same time, dropped tambourines, etc. Remember: A masterpiece is known by it's flaws.
bob
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--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Swim Taxi <thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Swim Taxi <thegeniusiwas@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Beatles Remasters
To: audities@smoe.org
Received: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:56 PM
Of course they didn't go back to the original multitrack tapes. They're saving that for a future round of remaster releases.
Cynically yours,
Damian
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Am I the only one who's just a tiny bit disappointed with the remasters?
I agree, they sound terrific, and I'm happy to have them for that
reason. But I'm disappointed that they just reused the forty-year-old
stereo masters rather than going back another generation, to the
original multitrack tapes. It might have improved the sound quality even
more, but better yet, it would have enabled them to fix some of the
outright mistakes in the stereo mixes, and even to *improve* those mixes
(heresy!) in some cases. When you hear what they were able to do on the
"Yellow Submarine Songtrack" and "Love" releases, it seems to me to be a
huge missed opportunity.
I'm not really complaining. I do love the remasters, and I can see the
argument for preserving the albums in their historically authentic
state, glitches and all. But still, I can't help thinking about what
might have been.
Robert R. Berry
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