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Old 04.10.2009, 07:04 AM   #1
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This September all the Beatles' studio albums (as well as their two Past Masters comps) will be re-issued in remastered form.

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdail...tember-9-2009/

Thoughts? Will you bother?
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:06 AM   #2
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Remastered... no. They sound fine like they are. I actually never notice when an album has been 'remastered'.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:07 AM   #3
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I tend only to notice that they're significantly louder, although some shittier ones that I have sound compressed. My Beatles CDs sound fine to me. Although they're also reissuing the albums in their original mono form, in some kind of box set. That seems like an altogether more worthwhile purchase if you ask me (although an expensive one I suspect).
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:08 AM   #4
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demondude - I recall that when the Beatles were first mastered on CD (in an era that time forgot called "the eighties"), there was an uproar at how cold the sound was. Will the remastering rectify this? Has Macca given his 2 thumbs up seal of approval? Does Ringo still want NO MORE FANMAIL after November 21st? Is Yoko Ono currently in secret recording sessions with Nicola Roberts (cutting a 25-minute version of "Don't Worry Kyoko", I believe)? Will George Harrison be re-incarnated as a slightly pissed-off older Beatles, bemoaning the lack of J Lynne input?
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:09 AM   #5
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I wont replace. Maybe I'll grab any missing ones if they're on sale or something. I'm more interested in them releasing those recent noise freakouts etc as a new Lost album.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:09 AM   #6
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I tend only to notice that they're significantly louder and sometimes sound a bit compressed.
Is that all? So they sound worse but louder for the newer generation?

In that case, I think Big Black's Songs and Fucking and Mr Bungle's Disco Volante sound be remastered because those records are QUIET.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:12 AM   #7
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^^^If Albini remastered the Beatles back catalogue, he'd put the vocals low in the mix and make the bass a dull splat in the background. Which would at least make "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" halfway bearable.

Joking aside, Albini is right to bemoan the lack of dynamics/over-use of compression on your average CD these days.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:16 AM   #8
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:17 AM   #9
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:19 AM   #10
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the panning on the beatles cds is so annoying to me, i can't play them in headphones or i go crazy.

so on one hand a more balanced or even mono mix would be nice, but i don't really dig the ultra bright squeaky clean sound that most modern music has and i think it's likely the beatles albums will be given that treatment, i don't think a song like "love you to" would benefit from that.

if i hear that the remasters are amazing though, i won't buy them but would get them on mp3, don't give me the whole "support the artists" bit because i live in a country that slaughters seals, and let's be honest, if he didn't have that to complain about paul would never get any good publicity
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:22 AM   #11
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i don't really think the Beatles need more huh "support" ha ha
actually i might buy a few of these if they are affordable cuz i need origianl copies that i don't have. At least s/t, White, Rubber soul and a couple others...
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:23 AM   #12
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alls I know is if "Hide Yr Love Away" stops sounding lo-fi, then it's not as awesome anymore.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:23 AM   #13
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Most Beatles albums are too loud, they should turn the volume down a bit, this time. Maybe they could also erase Paul McCartney's vocals altogether.
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At least s/t, White,

these are 2 seperate albums? And what'samattawityou??? You dont have the f'ing white album, man? I'm surprised. That album is the cat's balls, son.
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:24 AM   #15
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Most Beatles albums are too loud, they should turn the volume down a bit, this time. Maybe they could also erase Paul McCartney's vocals altogether.

they should just cut out all of his "silly love songs."
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:26 AM   #16
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Most Beatles albums are too loud, they should turn the volume down a bit, this time. Maybe they could also erase Paul McCartney's vocals altogether.

Hmm, good idea. They could erase Macca and replace his vox with Junko (of Hijokaidan fame). Imagine the likes of "Penny Lane" ("AIIIIEEEEIEIEEEIEEEEE") - it'd be like Noise-meets-schmaltz. Easy-Noisegaze!
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Old 04.10.2009, 07:32 AM   #17
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these are 2 seperate albums? And what'samattawityou??? You dont have the f'ing white album, man? I'm surprised. That album is the cat's balls, son.
yeah i know, i suck. I don't own a single original (not fake/burned) Beatles CD , i need to fix this cuz you know, i quite like The beatles every once in a while.
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Old 04.10.2009, 10:10 AM   #18
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demondude - I recall that when the Beatles were first mastered on CD (in an era that time forgot called "the eighties"), there was an uproar at how cold the sound was. Will the remastering rectify this? Has Macca given his 2 thumbs up seal of approval?

Firstly, that's Sir James Paul McCartney MBE to you. Anyway, it seems that he has a bit of a weird attitude to the whole thing. It would appear from the article I linked that he refuses to let any previously unreleased Beatles stuff out until the original albums have been remastered. I'm not sure what the thinking is behind that, but if it means a sudden release of new stuff after the reissues, I'm hardly complaining.

The current CDs definitely sound quite different to a number of the original LPs. A proper vinyl reissue of Rubber Soul would be brilliant as the CD available at the moment definitely doesn't compare. Something like that might even encourage me to go out and buy a record player - that and the Francoise Hardy LP Noisereductions keeps teasing me with of course!

And regarding Noisereductions' point about the lo-fi-ness of 'Hide Your Love Away', spot on! Although have to take major issue with the thinly veiled Macca* hating regarding 'silly love songs'.

*I've listened to (and thoroughly enjoyed) Pipes of Peace enough times to call him whatever I want.
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Old 04.10.2009, 10:27 AM   #19
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demon, the silly love songs thing was just me being silly. mainly because i recently watched the Lennon docu that showed him working in the studio laying down Macca diss tracks. Haha.
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