There oughta be a Beatles-nerd word equivalent to "Trekkie".  Because I'm there...

Marty

P.S.  Anybody ever see the documentary "Trekkies"?  So very strange and amazing.


---- Rich Horton <rghwales@writeme.com> wrote:
>
> Josh Chasin wrote:
> 
> "I'll just add my late voice to the chorus. Stereo box. 
> Unbelievable. I've been listening to the entire catalog in order-- 
> including breaking up Past Masters (and Magical Mystery Tour) and 
> inserting the songs where they belong (e.g. Strawberry Fields/Penny 
> Lane after Revolver and before Sgt. Pepper.)" 
> 
> After I read this I thought two things:
> 
> 1) NERD ALERT!!!
> 
> 2) Damn.  That's a good idea.  I'm gonna have to do this.
> 
> Rich Horton out
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Beatles Remasters
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Indeed!!
> 
> 
> 
> I snagged a Stereo box yesterday and am thrilled with it so far... 
> I was going to try and listen to the albums in order, but found 
> myself skipping around. I did get through the first three albums in 
> their entirety and there are definite subtleties (spelling?) that 
> are fun.
> 
> 
> 
> A couple of funny things I found in the set... (these are not in 
> any way shape or form complaints)...
> 
> * each physical CD label has replicated LP label artwork and after 
> the songlistings there is a line that says "Please Please Me 
> mini-documentary" (for example, on the "Please Please Me" disc). on 
> my "Magical Mystery Tour" disc it says " Let It Be 
> mini-documentary".
> 
> * funny (to me) to see the "Let It Be" disc with a green apple 
> instead of the red one.
> 
> 
> 
> Also found this out while trying to load the discs into iTunes: I 
> have two drives on my PC - one CD/CDR and the other DVD. If I use 
> the CD/CDR drive to load the discs, the last 3-5 seconds of the 
> last song on each disc gets abruptly cut off once loaded into 
> iTunes. If I use the DVD drive, they do not get cut off. Maybe 
> that's due to the Quicktime video content on each disc? Just 
> thought I'd mention it in case anyone had the same issue.
> 
> 
> 
> OK - back to diving in. Loving every minute of it! :-)
> 
> 
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "govango" 
> To: "J&J Giddings" , audities@smoe.org
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:58:07 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> Subject: Re: Beatles Remasters
> 
> I third that emotion.
> 
> I bought all the single stereo CDs except Yellow Submarine. I 
> started off with PLEASE PLEASE ME, then took a stroll down Abbey 
> Road, and was just blown away by the beauty of this music I have 
> listened to for year and know
> backwards and forward. It is like hearing it all new for the first time.
> Last night I let my son open Revolver and Rubber Soul, his two 
> favorite albums because I think everyone should get a chance to 
> open a "new" Beatles CD in their life.
> Today is the White Album. The packaging finally is what the Beatles have
> deserved for years.
> 
> michael
> 
> 
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