Another Beatles remaster shout-out

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,538
edited November 2012 in Music & Movies
What can I say? Excellent. For once the product lives up to the hype.

I picked up "Hard days night" "Help!" and "Abbey Road" so far, I"ll be buying the rest---and I used to think I wasn't much of a Beatles fan. That has changed; even more significant, it restores my faith in the Redbook format that recordings can sound very, very good. The music has drive, punch, bass---and gone is the shrill, tin-pan, flat sound.

They did a stellar job on these remasters. My "Beatles 1" disc is going in the trash.
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  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited November 2009
    Agreed. I brought a bunch of the remasters to the RAS meet we had yesterday...everyone was diggin them.

    Daboyz and dkg99 don't even like the Beatles, but now they're both admitting that maybe they weren't such a bad band.;)
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,954
    edited November 2009
    my family (i.e., my dear wife and my grown-up children) was nice enough to get me the mono box set for a birthday present. Yes, it is pretty good.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2012
    Anyone ever seen this ?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/320914894485?ssPag
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2012
    chumlie wrote: »
    Anyone ever seen this ?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/320914894485?ssPag

    I have them on CD's, mastered directly from the LP's. They sound phenominal. In some ways better than the recently remastered CD's that came out.
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,454
    edited June 2012
    I have the MFSL set, and would say that if you are a Beatles fan, this is still the finest way to listen to their works. Also highly recommended is the naked version of Let it Be. I cannot really enjoy the Specterized version of that LP any more as it sounds completly jacked up compared to the nude version of it.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited June 2012
    Way out of my price range. Didn't even know they existed till i stumbled on them. Just thought i would post them incase any other fans never seen them. Will give that naked version a try though.
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited June 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    Also highly recommended is the naked version of Let it Be. I cannot really enjoy the Specterized version of that LP any more as it sounds completly jacked up compared to the nude version of it.

    +1. I prefer that version but can listen to either one. Generally if it is by the Beatles I am not too picky. Coincidentally, while we are on the subject, has anyone else picked up the Re-mastered McCartney album Ram ?? I got this yesterday and was listening to it briefly it sounded like the re-master was decent. Thoughts ?? :cool:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,327
    edited June 2012
    Overrated !! Milli Vanilli was better..
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 1,225
    edited June 2012
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Overrated !! Milli Vanilli was better..

    I haven't heard their Karaoke version of Let it Be, need to check that out. :cool:
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  • drumminman
    drumminman Posts: 3,396
    edited June 2012
    Toolfan66 wrote: »
    Overrated !! Milli Vanilli was better..

    Troll! :lol:
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 17,327
    edited June 2012
    nap wrote: »
    I haven't heard their Karaoke version of Let it Be, need to check that out. :cool:
    drumminman wrote: »
    Troll! :lol:



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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,454
    edited June 2012
    chumlie wrote: »
    Way out of my price range. Didn't even know they existed till i stumbled on them. Just thought i would post them incase any other fans never seen them. Will give that naked version a try though.

    They typically sell for about 7-800 bucks for the set in very good condition. Comes out to aboust 65 bucks per LP. I have several Beatles MFSL's that were not a part of this set, and they can go for considerably more. I paid 175.00 for Sgt Pepper and 100 for Help. The set is the most economical way to get them all. They are 4 times more expensive than the cd remaster sets, but vinyl sounds 100 times better than cd's do. Well worth the investment. If they ever do a remaster vinyl release, I am eager to hear how they sound when paired against the MFSL's.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited June 2012
    nooshinjohn wrote: »
    They typically sell for about 7-800 bucks for the set in very good condition. Comes out to aboust 65 bucks per LP. I have several Beatles MFSL's that were not a part of this set, and they can go for considerably more. I paid 175.00 for Sgt Pepper and 100 for Help. The set is the most economical way to get them all. They are 4 times more expensive than the cd remaster sets, but vinyl sounds 100 times better than cd's do. Well worth the investment. If they ever do a remaster vinyl release, I am eager to hear how they sound when paired against the MFSL's.

    While I would agree with you that the vinyl does sound better in many ways to CD, I would say that the main reason the MFSL vinyl sounds so good (in some ways better than the recently remastered CD's) is because of the mastering job MFSL did. When you put the fact that the masterings are so well done with the tones you get from the vinyl, you get something that sounds spectacular!
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited October 2012
    http://www.analogplanet.com/content/exclusive-new-beatles-box-production-details
    I thought it was an interesting read.
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited October 2012
    The Remixed/remastered CD's and LP's should be avoided at all costs (IMO of course). The remixes (despite being done by Martin himself) are terible. The fidelity is better, but the tonality is terrible! Avoid at all costs (these are: Help and Rubber Soul). The article at analogplanet.com chumlie posted reinforces my view on the subject. I don't own Help and Rubber Soul of the new remasters. I never will. I do own the "Capitol Versions" however as the mixes (tonality)are correct. And by correct I mean better (IMO of course).
    Relayer-Big-O-Poster.jpg
    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

    "Green leaves reveal the heart spoken Khatru"- Jon Anderson

    "Have A Little Faith! And Everything You'll Face, Will Jump From Out Right On Into Place! Yeah! Take A Little Time! And Everything You'll Find, Will Move From Gloom Right On Into Shine!"- Arthur Lee
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  • gigbyt
    gigbyt Posts: 145
    edited October 2012
    This is good stuff, more cd's to buy.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited November 2012
    Anyone get the vinyl yet ?
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited November 2012
    Ordered one last night to check out.Hope to have it by the weekend.
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  • jim 249
    jim 249 Posts: 347
    edited November 2012
    Go check out the reviews at Steve Hoffman forums. So far not so good. Glad I cancelled my order.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    edited November 2012
    Interesting interview ''Abbey Road Studio's Sean Magee Talks About Mastering The Beatles LP Box'' at www.analogplanet.com
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