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Old 09-14-2009, 04:00 PM
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Beatles remastered

Well, I finally had the chance to sit down and give the two discs I bought, A Hard Day's Night and Revolver, a good listen.

As a bit of a disclaimer, I'm a fairly rabid fan and have several Beatles recordings. I have every album on disc and vinyl, and various bootlegs. So, it's not like I absolutely had to have these new discs.

So, if you're wondering if they're worth getting, well it depends on what you got already. If I recall correctly, all Beatles records up to Revolver were recorded in mono only. Rubber Soul is recorded psuedo stereo (you've got different sounds coming out of each speaker, but not a true stereo sound). After that, I think they recorded everything in mono and stereo.

Revolver was recorded in true stereo. The new disc is a nice improvement over the old disc that was put out years ago. It seems a little more open than the older disc. But, it's about sonically the same as my vinyl copy. So, I'm not sure that I'll buy many of the remasters past Revolver.

HDN was originally recorded mono only, but the remaster version is in stereo. So, this is where the engineers in the sound booth had to do some tweaking. IMO, they did a pretty damn good job. It's not the psuedo stereo like I mentioned before. They've taken the original tapes and created a true stereo version of the original recording. So, this becomes a recording that I don't have. Well, I can't have that now can I?

So, I'm thinking that I need to get the earlier albums remastered!

I'm still a little on the fence about getting albums post Revolver. I've got good vinyl copies and a great turntable, so it's hard to justify spending the money. But, I did say that I was rabid didn't I?

Any other opinions out there?
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