The Beatles - Love

engtaz
engtaz Posts: 7,664
edited December 2009 in Music & Movies
Great album. Refreshing.
engtaz

I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited June 2007
    engtaz wrote: »
    Great album. Refreshing.

    I agree and it's stunning in 5.1! Great job by Giles and George Martin. We saw the 'Love' show last year and it's amazing as well.
    Mike
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited June 2007
    I heard it on cd and vinyl. It's a awsome album.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited June 2007
    Good album. Slightly disappointed in the sound quality after it was recommended to me as a great sounding / recorded album.

    My .o2 cents.....
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Good album. Slightly disappointed in the sound quality after it was recommended to me as a great sounding / recorded album.

    My .o2 cents.....

    Tom, did you get the LPs recorded in Holland?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited March 2008
    Yeah, I just plopped it back in the ol' rig when I saw this post and maybe it's the recording technology of the era but it's a little bright. Granted I don't have these recordings on anything but old LP's that I haven't yet gotten to play yet since I reintroduced vinyl in my rig, so I have nothing to compare it too but overall some of the sounds on this album I consider annoying. Some of it is great but not what I would consider reference. The stereo separation on some of the tracks are pretty damn cool though. I do like that.

    I don't have the 2 disc set or a copy in DTS. I've got the single disc with only 26 songs on it. I bought it from Manifest in Charlotte, so I don't think I have a bootleg copy either. This is one of those discs [at least the one I have] that would make me break out the EQ to enjoy it the way I would one of my reference albums.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited March 2008
    hearingimpared wrote: »
    Tom, did you get the LPs recorded in Holland?
    I may have the LP version of this album, I'd have to check. Bought so many albums lately, I can't remember what I have and what I don't.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    Mine are the 180 to 200 gram pressing from Holland. EMI/Apple 0946 379 808 1 1

    I believe I purchased it from the Elusive Disc.

    This is an awesome sounding double LP set. Several other Polkies and non-Polkies have heard it here and were blown away.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited March 2008
    Maybe I'll give it another whirl on SACD or the LP you referred too. 52 songs sure beats the 26 on my copy and hopefully one of those formats [may try both] will get me liking it better than I do now.

    0946 3 79808 2 8 is the version I have, FYI.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited March 2008
    Tom, in the opening where there are birds tweeting and forest noises a bee flies by and makes you duck. That's how really well done this LP set I have is.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited March 2008
    Beatles in 5.1???? LINK please? Acoustic sounds?
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited March 2008
    How come there is so many different versions of this? Some have 30 songs, others 52, others 26? WTF? I remember a time when albums used to be the same [pressings and formats aside]. What happened?

    .....and does anybody know why my copy isn't that good when an quesstimated 98% of audiophiles say it's one hell of a good recording?

    0946 3 79808 2 8 is the version I have, FYI.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • cubdog
    cubdog Posts: 835
    edited March 2008
    I think it's a very good recording in both 5.1 and 2 channel. I can't say it sounds bright to me even on my Cornwalls.

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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    I think I might buy this in DVD-Audio.. the LP is $45 :eek:

    John and George would probably roll over in the graves if they saw that.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,195
    edited March 2008
    Not necessarily.....they would be rolling in their wallet.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • fumoffu
    fumoffu Posts: 80
    edited March 2008
    As some one who has never really sat down and listened to the Beatles before, but I have been wanting to start to listen to some more classic rock and suck, I was totally blow away by this album. It's fantastic!!
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2008
    Just for the record, or CD, I hate the Beatles! The White album had its moments, but just not enough of them.
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited March 2008
    dkg999 wrote: »
    Just for the record, or CD, I hate the Beatles! The White album had its moments, but just not enough of them.

    How can anyone hate the Beatles? You must like at least a few of their songs:
    In My Life
    Girl
    Eleanor Rigby
    A Day in the Life
    Something
    Strawberry Fields
    Penny Lane
    Come together
    Norwegian Wood
    Oh Darling
    Hey Jude

    etc etc etc. I could list 100 great songs by them. I can't imagine not listening to the Beatles.
    Mike
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2008
    Nope, pretty much can't stand them! Some of George Harrison's solo stuff is OK. Can't stand McCartney's Wings and other solo crap. Different flavors for different folks.
    DKG999
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited March 2008
    mhw58 wrote: »
    How can anyone hate the Beatles?

    Some mysteries in life are beyond my feeble mind, I tell ya :)
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    no one hates the Beatles. period.

    the most talented group to ever live.

    their music still lives on.. is still used in commericals, stage productions, remastered, reworked... it will live on forever. :)

    People never get tired of listening to the Beatles music.
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  • janmike
    janmike Posts: 6,146
    edited March 2008
    Just picked this up. At least it is a lot better than all the other Beatle Cd's I own.
    Michael ;)
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited March 2008
    janmike wrote: »
    Just picked this up. At least it is a lot better than all the other Beatle Cd's I own.

    how so?

    I have not heard the Beatles Love CD.. is it odd to listen to?
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  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited March 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    no one hates the Beatles. period.

    the most talented group to ever live.

    their music still lives on.. is still used in commericals, stage productions, remastered, reworked... it will live on forever. :)

    People never get tired of listening to the Beatles music.

    There's always an exception to the rule :cool:

    I was tired of listening to the Beatles 1 min and 42 sec's after I heard my first Beatles song. I once had a Beatles poster for Yellow Submarine that I changed to "We all drowned in a Yellow Submarine".
    DKG999
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited December 2009
    got to hear the Beatles Love in 5.1 over the weekend.. even though i don't have DVD-Audio in da house anymore. the DTS mix was very impressive. my friend who has DVD-A was even impressed with the DTS track on the DVD. It also contains a DD track mix as well.

    I will have to pick this up. I like what I heard.. I think George Martin and his son Giles did an incredible job on the remixes. Some of the songs are pretty much left intact, and others are slightly remixed... a new approach to the Beatles music.

    If remixes of Beatles music irks you.. then you may not like these.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    The "LOVE" LP is one of my reference LPs. It is awesome. BTW Giles did almost all of the remixes as George Martin is practically deaf.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited December 2009
    Yeah, I like the SQ, but I've got to admit that I just don't like it when they put one song on top of another. It's just really annoying to me. I love it when they just play the songs.
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited December 2009
    So...is the Love DVD-A good enough that it'd be worth replacing my Redbook copy?
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,136
    edited December 2009
    Keiko wrote: »
    Curt, in case you weren't aware it's also available on 180g vinyl. The mastering is excellent. Definitely worth getting for your new TT rig.

    http://www.musicdirect.com/product/78837

    Make sure you get the pressing from Holland.
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