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

loudness button = the aural caps lock key

Vinyl remasters up on Amazon.

no sign of a box, but individually about £18 or so.

I'm going to be strong but once I see these babies in shops, I might need to be wrestled to the ground.

Anthology remastered! uh.. exclusive to iTunes :(
http://theseconddisc.com/2011/05/31/beatles-anthology-receives-a-very-digital-remaster/

Yeah, really stupid that the only options are dropping $80 for the set or $13 for a selected "best of". No individual tracks an option at all. Fuck the Beatles and fuck Apple, tbh.

Oh wait, apparently you can buy the individual sets for $30 a pop. Still, ugh.

that set didn't really need 'remastering' though, I seriously doubt it sounds very different from the cds.

I wish they could find a way of remastering my interest in those albums, I really loved them at the time.

BTW, my local Sainsbury's had Red and Blue for £6 each a couple of weeks ago. Probably all gone now though. I somehow managed to resist. But wish I hadn't.

did anyone get around to hearing the supposedly 'remastered' Anthology tracks? i wonder did these only come out on itunes? hasn't been much fuss about the CDs being reissued/remastered.

did they just drop the idea of releasing the box set on vinyl? :(

You know, the Anthology series came out fifteen years ago so maybe new the new version is a big improvement soundwise. It could well be. And yeah, it's only on iTunes but that stuff sounds great. Was just listening to the clips of the Please Please Me remaster last night. So good sounding - just really warm, soft, vibrant.

I think I'm just going to cherry pick a handful of tunes - Leave My Kitten Alone, That Means a Lot, and the other version of I'm Looking Through You.

The live version of "Money" on Anthology 1 is possibly their best live recording. Super raw, loud, distorted. And the live "Roll Over Beethoven" is my new first choice for what to play for Ringo-haters.

ringo haters are idiots

sound quality on iTunes in general is lousy tho innit? odd that they're not making CDs too.

The Beatles stuff on iTunes sounds really good.

"That Means A Lot" is a gem! I really love the drum sound on those raw Sgt. Pepper tracks in Anth 2 as well. Had no idea it was such a rocking album below all those string overdubs...

You know what's good Ringo evidence? Comparing "Please Please Me" with the Anthology version featuring the session drummer.

plastic ono band would basically suck w/o ringo and klaus voorman

His version of Boys on Anthology 1 is pretty ace, too - nice raw live take.

ringo haters are idiots

OTM. why even reason with these peo

ple

Surely there aren't any Ringo haters anymore?

this seems to have become the catch-all fabs thread so can i just..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiXWZz2Bqlg

he says he's *four years* behind schedule but that all 3 publishers are happy because they've read some of what he's written so far. psyched!

I'm standing in a Target, and before me I see three different exclusive Beatles 7 inch vinyl+tshirt combo packs. "Let It Be", "Hello Goodbye" and "Can't Buy Me Love" are the singles. The packs are $19.99 each.

get the Hello Goodbye one!

That recording the Beatles book is getting restocked for the end of this year. www.recordingthebeatles.com

It's almost like theres a load of people with a Beatles book amount of cash left in their pockets.

especially with a non appearance of the Vinyl remasters.

So far, only one Vinyl Remaster has appeared.

http://beatlesblogger.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/paperbacka.jpg

This one.

Read somewhere recently that they are releasing "Let It Be" and "Magical Mystery Tour" finally on DVD/Blu Ray next year or 2013. Let's see "Carnival of Light" and an hour or so of unreleased summer '67 psychedelic jams as bonus tracks. As if that will ever happen.

But as with all things "Let It Be", best to take w a grain of salt.

Let it Be is kind of depressing to watch

So far, only one Vinyl Remaster has appeared.

― Mark G, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 10:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

which one? i didn't think any of them had been released

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say those Target 45s are sourced from the remasters. So there have been 4 vinyl issues, all singles w/some kind of marketing gimmick attached.

Let it Be is kind of depressing to watch

iirc, it was being prepared for DVD release a few years ago, but their dickishness on film bummed them out, so they scrapped it.

cuz let it be has been in print on vinyl forever, but it's not a remaster

iirc, it was being prepared for DVD release a few years ago, but their dickishness on film bummed them out, so they scrapped it.

I saw a bootlegged DVD copy (not sure what it was sourced from) awhile ago and it's not the dickishness as much as the musical performances are not really engaging, cuz you can tell most of them are not really into it. everything is sort of sluggish and half-assed, everyone is non-committal. honestly the best part is when John and Yoko abandon the music to go off dancing for a bit.

So far, only one Vinyl Remaster has appeared.

― Mark G, Wednesday, November 9, 2011 10:58 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

which one? i didn't think any of them had been released

― the 500 gats of bartholomew thuggins (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 9 November 2011 18:37 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

The single of "Paperback Writer", the pic I supplied. That's the only remaster so far, it's the first time it's been released on single in stereo.

everything is sort of sluggish and half-assed, everyone is non-committal.

I actually saw this movie screened in a theater sometime in the 80's and yeah it was a serious bummer.

also that's pretty cool abt the PB Writer single, too bad it was an RSD-only release.

It was an e-bay 'sillymoney' thing for a while, but eventually the price came down, I got mine for a fiver or thereabouts.

Olympic standard Beatles denial/nerdery/speculative uploads on D3m0n0id at the minute:

Asking what might have happened if the Beatles never broke up is a question that has entered many fans' minds. Those that have ventured into the solo catalogs have found that the quality simply does not match what the four lads from Liverpool did when they were together. Still, I did my best to answer that question by compiling material from all four solo careers into a series of albums which have a cohesive theme and sound to each album. In the end, I found that I appreciated the Beatles solo efforts much more when each Beatles' material was bookended by songs from the other four. It reminded me of all the magic of hearing the original Beatles albums, while bringing songs from some of my favorite composers of all-time into a format where I could truly appreciate them for what they were.

While many have compiled mix CD's of the solo Beatles to create a "what-if" collection, The Beatles Redux project is much more than that. Many songs have been edited, cross-faded, or even turned into medleys to present them how the might have actually appeared on a real Beatles album. In many cases, EQ,limiting, and even decompression were applied to provide a consistent, cohesive sound with matching volume levels throughout the entire album. Although the best sources available to me at the same were used, some coming from high-res discs, vinyl rips or audiophile collections, in very rare instances lossy sources were used for songs which were unailable to me in any other form. The emphasis here is on presenting a collection has a consistent sound, and as such these discs are simply not trying to be audiophile quality. If there are any errors present, feel free to notify me, but please do not comment to complain about sound quality.

The Beatles Redux Collection spans 16 albums, plus a Past Masters Volume 3 and 4. These albums assume the Beatles recorded consistently until John Lennon was shot in 1980, at which point the individual Beatles finished up the 16th album using material that they had been working on, adding some special tributes to their fallen comrade. Most albums contain around 14 songs, some with less and some with more. When compiling the tracklists, I always divded the album in my head into side A and side B, as these would have been presented with two sides originally. In many cases, I mirrored the tracklist of existing post-1965 Beatles albums by picking songs with similar styles as the original albums. In this alternate reality, the Beatles allowed George to be a full-fledged composer. As such, on most albums the main 3 songwriters have between 3-5 songs each, while Ringo gets his customary one track per LP, with certain albums featuring more than one Ringo tune.

Songs were chosen for albums based not on their real-life chronology, but instead on the sound they had. This helped to mitigate the different directions they went in, especially after their first few albums. I did not limit myself to songs recorded while all 4 were alive, as there were a lot of songs that just made sense being part of this collection that were recorded well outside this time frame. The idea is to present albums the Beatles could have made, and not a best of for what the solo Beatles did before 1981.

While I have faux album covers for some of these, I do not have genuine artwork, nor ability to do so. If anyone is interested in creating some, I'd be glad to assist them in providing artwork to really complete this project.

I hope to present all the projects that I made if there is enough interest, but I will start around the middle with this one with the collection I feel is best. The discography is as follows:

1970. Silver
1971. Down on the Apple
1971. Letting Go
1972. Get On The Right Thing
1972. It Don't Come Easy
1973. Live & Let Die
1974. We All Shine On
1974. Don't let Me Wait Too long
1975. Vienna Rock Show
1976. Silly Love Songs
1977. Roots (Songs From The Material World)
1978. Somewhere In Oz
1979. Now & Forever
1980. Stepping Out
1980. Center Of A Circle

so what's zee track listing?

I hope at least one album is comprised entirely of bitter songs about each other - Sue Me Sue You Blues, How Do You Sleep?, Too Many People, etc.

ashamedly curious about these.

not sure about some of those album title choices ("Don't Let Me Wait Too Long", "Roots (Songs From The Material World") although some are inspired ("Live and Let Die" would have been an awesome Beatles album, ditto "We All Shine On").

Yeah, bring these on!

^^ otm!

doesn't some kind soul want to send me an invite to D3m0no1d? i've wanted in for years and would be SO grateful....

Check your ILX webmail.