I have had it up to here waiting for the Beatles catalogue to be remastered

xxxpost to Spacecadet: remastered Rubber Soul would be my suggestion of the options you presented...or one of the Past Masters compilations maybe (those came out along with the remastered albums: singles & b-sides)
my other recommendation would be one of the other albums, aside from Rubber Soul? Sgt Pepper is fun to revisit on the remaster. (Figure if your Dad is down with Rubber Soul & Love soundtrack he leaves good gaps to fill, yeah?)

Good luck!

Ooh. OK, any other thoughts on Past Masters vs Red + Blue? I see some excited audiophile chatter about Past Masters on this thread, which may be a good sign, as I've heard a fair bit of excited audiophile chatter from my dad over the years too. "listen to how clear the cymbals are, it's like they're in the same room as you" etc etc

Red & Blue are nice, but theyre just straight best-ofs. Past Masters gives you singles not on the albums, plus b-sides from said singles etc.
If you want to go remastered route & not do an album or two, Past Masters isnt a bad option.

Remastered Rubber Soul, man!

is there anywhere you can get these in a straight up MPG form or whatever? rather than from d£m0n0!d or same. $0ulseek comes up with nothing :/

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If you search youtube and check 'HD' and then download the files with www.keepvid.com, you could probably put together a collection of these MP4s.

My local record store is selling the mon box for $99. Couldn't resist!

Nice.

however: check..

http://forums.ebay.com/db2/topic/Trust-Safety-Safe/Counterfeit-Beatles-Remastered/520175666

No worries. They over-ordered the second printing form EMI and they need to clear stock. They've had about 100 copies in store for what seems like forever.

form=from. I need my typos to be more ovbious.

I'd go Red/Blue. Just amazing song after amazing song after amazing song. Past Masters is awesome too but there's only just over half as much music there.

1. Maxwell > Cold Turkey > vomit > Ob-la-plop Ob-la-wank
2. They split up for a load of complex reasons, not just coz Macca walked in with Maxwell or Yoko split up the gang-guh or whatever

Past Masters gives you singles not on the albums, plus b-sides from said singles etc.

Those b-sides are my main problem with Past Masters. They are dragging down the consistency of the albums. Sure, nothing wrong with "Revolution" or "This Boy" or "Thank You Girl".But who needs "The Inner Light", "Don't Let Me Down", "Old Brown Shoe" or "You Know My Name"? Or even the a-side belonging to "Old Brown Shoe" for that matter!??

Btw. that is kind of the main problem about the red and blue ones too. The red is pretty much flawless except for being too short. But the blue one contains way too many obscure b-sides from the past couple of their career.

When I was in junior high, 20 Greatest Hits was the popular Beatles compilation. I made my own alternative set with all the B-sides (US) in chronological order, so instead of ending with "Come Together"-"Let It Be"-"The Long and Winding Road", you got the 1-2-3 punch of "Something"-"For You Blue-"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)".

My local record store is selling the mon box for $99. Couldn't resist!

Ooh! Please tell me that the name of your local record store is Newbury Comics! (Please! Please! Please!)That's better than the $129.99 price that Amazon is offering.

Not Newbury this time - Bullmoose. Nearest one to Boston is either Portsmouth or Salem, NH.

JBR tweeted that Barnes & Noble are selling the Mono for $119...so deals aplenty it seems.

Re: Red & Blue greatest hits: that was the only Beatles I owned for years. But I was ridiculed for not having albums by some Beatle fan coworkers, so I just assumed that they were generally frowned upon. :(

I enjoy the Past Masters comps because of the pairing of songs I know well with things I'd never heard, like the German "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and stuff like that.

Beatles snobs might sneer, but he's looking to get a BEST OF for his DAD for XMAS ffs, they're a great choice

^^^^

Not Newbury this time - Bullmoose. Nearest one to Boston is either Portsmouth or Salem, NH.

Cool, I live in northern MA so that's whithin easy driving distance for me.

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Re: Red & Blue greatest hits: that was the only Beatles I owned for years. But I was ridiculed for not having albums by some Beatle fan coworkers, so I just assumed that they were generally frowned upon. :(

I would say they are fine compilations, especially the red one. But the red one is also a tad bit too little in the CD age, with a playtime that might have fit into one CD. The fact that they were overprized when finally released on CD sometime in the 90s may also have given them a bad reputation but I would say they are pretty fine as an introduction. They were my introduction back in the early 90s, after all.

another Beatles-related mind-blower from Geir there!, and abanana's picture is fantastic

The Blue album was the first lp that I ever owned. My parents got it for me as Xmas present when I was eight years old. It was probably a new release at the time. I used to listen to both discs one after another for hours on end.

I'd say the main problem with the red & blue albums is the under representation of Revolver (which may be partially responsible for that albums mystique over the years). It probably should have been included on the blue album instead of the red for a better 50/50 breakdown of their career.

Past Masters 1 and 2 (now just known as Past Masters) lest we forget wasn't a compilation per se but rather a mopping up of every track not on the albums proper, to be purchased originally alongside the CDs when they were first issued in 87. there wasn't any choice in what went on it and what didn't, it was just so that the CD buyer could have *everything* official once they added that 2 part-er to the rest of the collection. it was the 1978 'Rarities' set esentially, just updated with all the non-album singles added.

the lack of White Album on the Blue album is *mental*. 3 tracks!

That is more than many other albums. Only two tracks from "Revolver" on the red one is a way worse offence. "Revolver" is one of their key albums after all, whereas The White Album is horribly overrated. Most of those who have catapulted it to classic status are people who aren't really into The Beatles, and who enjoy the white one because they largely sound like everything else but The Beatles there.

Probably, yes. Also, because it was more expensive, it's the one people get into last.

don't start me geir

X-Post: I still reckon people who get sick of good music are people who listen to music in the wrong way. I rarely listen to even my favourite albums more than 1-2 times a year.

i am seriously going to burst

There is no wrong way.

There's a wrong time, but.

I hear rumour that Assange has a dossier on Geir which says he's a robot.

lol

Forget it Almanac, it's Geirtown...

disc4 of unsurpassed promos is now avail on the green demon !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUvCPkp0H0U

Watching UP4. This new footage during "Don't Let Me Down" is blowing my mind.

Also this DVD sounds sooooo good.

is it made using the remastered 09 stuff soundwise? also what is the new Don't Let Me Down footage?

I don't suppose anyone can share an invitation code to green demon?

Sure, whats your email address?

Yeah it sounds like remastered 09 stuff soundwise. Pretty amazing! The new DLMD footage, well it's new to me at least, looks like clips from a completely different edit of the rooftop concert.

The quality of this series is good, but there are some promos with watermarks (some of the Let It Be footage has a Japanese Space Shower TV logo oddly enough...) and some of the quality is still sort of lacking compared with some stuff I've seen. For instance, some of the videos have been shown in part on the Anthology series in stunning remastered video quality, and it seems sort of odd they wouldn't just rip those shots and insert them in w the others.

But this is me nitpicking. Pretty wonderful and essential to have all these songs, and frankly it's stupid that Apple can't do this and we have to rely on the black market. God only knows why Apple bypassed putting out a DVD after a huge remaster project & big iTunes marketing effort.

Thanks!

.. and now the book!: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0316729604?ie=UTF8&tag=thebeabib-21

ADVANCE INFORMATION The Beatles – The Complete Story

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First part of the definitive three-volume biography of the Beatles

ISBN-13: 978 0 316 72960 4

UK Pub Price: £25.00

Classification: Biography

The Book: Format && Size: R (234 x 153 mm)

Illustrations: 16pp of b/w photos Extent: 800 pp

The Beatles are the cultural phenomeon of our time, arguably – unarguably? – of all time.

In addition to their outstanding and clearly timeless music, their influence still pulses around the world in unaccountable aspects of everyday life. FAB has one aim: to be the all-tile standard word on the Beatles. Comprehensive, objective, unexpurgated and the product of definitively deep-level research, it will set down the whole story, easily, in three volumes.

Volume One tells the early part of the story in two parts: 'Passion' from 1940-62 discusses the beginnings of the band, and 'Explosion' focuses on 1963, the year when everything changed.

Mark Lewisohn is the author six previous Beatles books and has been described by the Independent as the band's 'Emeritus Professor'.

Backlist:

The Beatles Live!, The Beatles: 25 Years in the Life, The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions, John Lennon: In My Life, The Complete Beatles Chronicle, The Beatles' London

Reviews: 'Mark Lewisohn stands supreme. His dedication in getting all the true facts, coupled with a style of writing that is most readable, leaves him with no rival. Time and again he has proven that he knows far more about what we did than any of us' George Martin.

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oooooooh. Nice.

Being a huge fan of their music, and generally a huge fan of music literature, I still tend to be a bit sceptical when it comes to Beatles articles/Beatles books. Is there really anything new about them that hasn't already been told anyway?

That's Lewisohn's pension taken care of, then.

Cause it's Lewisohn, I think this will be pretty good.

^^^

A monochrome version will also be available for £35.

Black & White was how the Beatles wanted their photos to be seen, claims Geoff Emerich.