...that's, "music lover"... bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob" To: Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 5:00 PM Subject: Re: Let it be. busted > Hey Bobby... > The remaining Beatles chose the takes and had final approval of the > mix...what Naked is is what they wanted us to hear. That said, I have to > listen to it with that in mind. In my experience, a music over will almost > always stay true to the first version of anything he.she has ever heard. I > have demos for my records which I much prefer over the finished product that > was released, and I will assume that the Beatles are the same way. Lennon > always said he'd kill to re-record or remix everything the Beatles ever > did...so in that context, this record is what they, (the remaining Beatles), > wanted to hear, and that makes everything else kind of moot. > > bob > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Sutliff" > To: > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: Let it be. busted > > > > Bob, > > > > While you are undoubtably one of musical heroes I don't much agree with > you > > here. I have no quibbles with bringing the sound up to date (I listened to > > Past Masters Vol. 2 last night and really wanted to grab the studio pan > > knob!). I even dug a good bit the mixes on the newish Yellow Submarine > > release. What I do quibble with is using musically inferior takes i.e. the > > version of Long And Winding Road on Naked. It's obviously an earlier take > > where the band hadn't quite come to terms with the tune. In particular, > > Ringo's drummming is just not there yet. His use of the ride cymbal on the > > Glyn Johns version (and yes the Spector version) much improves the feel of > > the song. Also, I didn't mention it earlier but Antares Auto Tune is > present > > on everything. For God's sake, the Fab Four just didn't need that. Like > > everyone else in the world with a modern studio, I use Auto Tune, but only > > when I have to. It really adds an artificial ambience and once you've > heard > > it you know it when you hear it. Still, I don't remotely hate Naked. I > just > > don't like it even half as much as the Spector version. > > > > And yes, the music is timeless. I love that band more than every other > band > > in the world put together. They were that good. > > > > Bobby Sutliff > > NP - I guess I've got to pull out Wackering Heights again. > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 15:41:42 -0500 > > > From: "bob" > > > To: , > > > Cc: > > > Subject: Re: Let it be. busted. > > > Message-ID: <001201c3afa6$b709a380$41aae2d1@sympatico.ca> > > > > > > We must have gotten two different versions of the CD...mine is a HUGE > > > improvement over the previous release and boots...not only that, but > > > bringing the sound up to date proves how timeless the music is, (there > is > > a > > > difference, you know, between the quality of the sound of a record and > the > > > quality of the music and songs contained therein), and will undoubtedly > > turn > > > yet another generation onto how good pop music can be. > > > Now if they only had the technoligy to improve the MATERIAL on a lot of > > > today's great SOUNDING records... > > > > > > bob > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Frank Padellaro" > > > To: > > > Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 3:18 PM > > > Subject: Let it be. busted. > > > > > > > > > > I've just got my hands on Nekkid and let me tell you, I am really > bummed > > > out. Let me start by saying that I was really looking forward to this > > > release, and I, like most others I know, was under the impression that > > Phil > > > wrecked a great record, blah blah blah. > > > > > > > > Well, I prefer his overproduced version to this, that's for sure. To > > > begin with, the mix just sounds messed up. The drums sound doubly > > > compressed, and the cymbals are all hashy and really offensive sounding > to > > > me. The best thing about the mixes is how present and wonderful Billy > > > Preston sounds. But otherwise I have nothing good to say about them. > The > > > drums are louder and more clear, but the warm mushy drums of the old > > version > > > are far more pleasing to the ear than the perfectly rendered current > drum > > > mix, which lets you hear just how dead and awful that drum kit was for > > those > > > sessions. The vocals have a really crummy sounding reverb, which is a > > > marked difference from the pleasant reverb of the original versions. > > > > > > > > Lastly, I was absolutely horrified when listening to "Two of Us" to > hear > > > one of the McCartney lines clearly pitch corrected with auto-tune. This > > was > > > such a foreign sound in a Beatles song, and it chilled me right to my > > core. > > > It sounded like some modern rock radio song for a split second. With my > > > ears tuned in, I heard several other moments of auto-tune clearly on > other > > > parts of the record as well. > > > > > > > > One of my favorite things about the Beatles is how well McCartney and > > > Lennon, though not always perfectly in tune, always manage to sound > > > together. Now they've ruined that. > > > > > > > > This album is an abortion and I hate it! > > > > > > > > Anyone who is really interested in hearing the original recordings as > > > intended should grab one of the many various boots that are available of > > > Glynn Johns' original mixes. They are much richer and pleasing to my > ear, > > > and will give you the same nice feeling of hearing Paul sing The Long > and > > > Winding Road without a ton of Spectarian crap piled on top of it. > > > > > > > > What a Bummer, > > > > Frank. > > > > > > > > > > >