yep
― sleeve, Saturday, 29 October 2022 02:54 (one year ago) link
As surprising as it seems, there’s a melancholic side to « Yellow Submarine » !
― AlXTC from Paris, Saturday, 29 October 2022 03:57 (one year ago) link
xps yeah the mono “She Said” sounds like being insanely high, sometimes it’s my favourite Beatles of all.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:00 (one year ago) link
sorry i didn’t dig through the bonuses on the previous reissues too thoroughly… but is this the most revealing and interesting set of outtakes since the anthology sets
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 29 October 2022 06:51 (one year ago) link
― an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 29 October 2022 12:24 (one year ago) link
And yet, John never moaned about it being cheerfulled up, like “Help” was..
― Mark G, Saturday, 29 October 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
Wow, that instrumental cut of "I Want to Tell You" rocks.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:00 (one year ago) link
oh you have to listen to the abby road and white album bonuses, there is amazing stuff in there.
I need to go back to my mp3s of the Purple Chick version of Revolver and see what other session stuff is out there for this album. I feel like I've never heard this stuff; but I'm pretty sure there are other session outtakes that did leak in the past.
― akm, Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:47 (one year ago) link
I have that Purple Chick version, and it looks like the stereo bonus tracks are all from Anthology
― sleeve, Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:54 (one year ago) link
there is a deluxe, and it has a ton of for no one and here there and everywhere takes, but I can't recall how different or revelatory any of them are (likely not, which is usually the case with these things).
― akm, Saturday, 29 October 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
ah OK I did not know that! I just have the full-disc mono & stereo versions
― sleeve, Saturday, 29 October 2022 16:09 (one year ago) link
That remix of She Said She Said is so utterly hideous what a disgrace
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 29 October 2022 20:58 (one year ago) link
I can't believe Giles has managed an even worse mix than Long, Long, Long. Why did he do it like it was Good Day Sunshine.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 29 October 2022 21:10 (one year ago) link
The new stereo mix is more vivid than the ‘66 stereo, but much less agitated and immediate than the original mono mix. On a few tracks — especially “For No One” — it sounds like the mix was done on headphones, with the vocals WAY out front. And while I know Ringo played on “For No One,” you’d never know it from the new mix.What’s great about the mono mix is that it’s claustrophobic and scrunched-up. This album isn’t supposed to be expansive and airy: it’s all speed, all weed, instruments forcing their way into the picture and suddenly ducking out, and it’s supposed to rush by at a frantic pace. The new stereo mix slows things down; yes, we notice a few more details, and appreciate a few arranging and playing choices that we didn’t hear before, but it impedes the journey. If any of that makes any sense.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:18 (one year ago) link
otmfm
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:22 (one year ago) link
Yeah the vocals on the new Eleanor Rigby sound bloody terrible; far too isolated from the rest of the mix; like they recorded him down a well.
― piscesx, Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:27 (one year ago) link
I don’t hear much mention of the fact that the mix was done using “de-mixed” stems, i.e. “AI” algorithms applied to the existing mixes to recreate what the isolated bass, drums etc must have sounded like, then mixed into a new stereo spread. It’s impressive and convincing, but maybe that’s why it sounds a little emptier to some?
― assert (matttkkkk), Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:30 (one year ago) link
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Yeah - that was what I was inarticulately trying to say as well up thread. The new stereo mix slows things down and detracts from the overall feel of the album.
I do wonder if some of the odd choices regarding Paul's vocals are because Giles Martin has to work by committee. I did see in an interview that Paul gets a say (so does Ringo, but I'm not sure he took an active interest) and had some suggestions.
Overall, it's a curate's egg of a mix. George comes out of it particularly well with all 3 of his songs sounding great. Paul's songs have great instrumentation but the vocal is sometimes odd or disconnected, and John's IOS and SSSS are interesting but ultimately unsatisfactory.
― Luna Schlosser, Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
I think the fact that the most significant outtakes — non-giggly-stoners “And Your Bird Can Sing,” electric “Got To Get You Into My Life” — are largely mixed to mimic the original mono mixes speaks volumes.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 30 October 2022 20:59 (one year ago) link
I don’t know if you can compare this new mix to the mono mix. It’s meant to update the stereo mix, after all, and I think as such it does its job with the one notable exception. The mono mix is a different beast altogether, and I like it that way.
― an incomprehensible borefest full of elves (hardcore dilettante), Sunday, 30 October 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
New Taxman is fantastic. The rest still sounds uncanny valley to me.
Would love to hear a de-mixed Pet Sounds, every mix of that has sounded mushy to me.
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 31 October 2022 00:34 (one year ago) link
mushiness on pet sounds seems like part of the point; i don't know how I'd feel about the tracks being sharper.
― akm, Monday, 31 October 2022 13:30 (one year ago) link
That backing track of "She Said She Said" kinda sounds like a precursor to Beefheart's Magic Band doing "Kandy Korn", with those interlaced guitars and Ringo's weird-ass drum fills
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 31 October 2022 14:02 (one year ago) link
On a few tracks — especially “For No One” — it sounds like the mix was done on headphones, with the vocals WAY out front
Wouldn’t be surprised, I read Giles saying somewhere that one of his specific goals with the mix was to create something that caters to modern youth habits of mainly listening to stuff on headphones
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 31 October 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
Fwiw I like the new mixes, with the exception of She Said She Said which is a fucking catastrophe
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 31 October 2022 14:10 (one year ago) link
I noticed the guitar at the start of paperback writer has a lot less oomph in the remix over the mono version.
Overall I don’t really like the new space in the recordings - it’s a psychedelic drone record, the compression and closeness is part of the point! — but otoh I absolutely love the sound of Ringo’s drums being louder than usual
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 31 October 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
I mean I always loved Ringo’s style but hearing the drums with this clarity is bringing me closer to hero worship territory
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 31 October 2022 15:20 (one year ago) link
I am old enough to remember mastering specifically for laptop speakers
In the 90s every studio had those cube monitors that were supposed to be like car speakers
Do we now need to revisit every mix with some off-brand earbuds
Gah
― blissfully unawarewolf (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 31 October 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
man anyone ever tells me Ringo's a crap drummer again I'm gonna send them to Rain/Paperback Writer
― a (waterface), Monday, 31 October 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
He's always been the most interesting to me of the four players to focus on.
― DPRK in Cincinnati (WmC), Monday, 31 October 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
really feeling Paul on the new mixes/outtakes
― a (waterface), Monday, 31 October 2022 17:30 (one year ago) link
Paul kills me. He's the best overall musician of the group. He showed up for most every song recorded by at least two of the others. Had the best solo career.
And yet, he's still the Jay Leno of the band. There's a lesson there somewhere, I'm just not sure what it is.
― pplains, Monday, 31 October 2022 17:44 (one year ago) link
^^^ lol best summation of McC's career ever
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 31 October 2022 17:47 (one year ago) link
Hahaha!
― Regex Dwight (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 October 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
I like how you get to hear two bits of Beatle lore, the yes/no vibrato on 'Eleanor Rigby' situation, and poor George getting gyp for not ever having song titles.
― MaresNest, Monday, 31 October 2022 17:55 (one year ago) link
at some point last year, I read somewhere (can't remember, but it was reputable) that "She Said She Said" is the only recording where the Threetles are J, G and R: Paul wasn't there and George played bass…otherwise, Paul was said to be the only one who was present for every single session in which the four were recording as a band…but that sounds like him on the two "she said" session cuts on CD 3…
and something also occurred to me listening to this yesterday: it's my understanding (please tarfumes or somebody else let us know if this is not so) that when you hear, say the figure that opens "Ticket to Ride" or "She Said She Said" or "And I love her" or scores of other beatles cuts where you are a hearing a composed part that has been essential to our comprehension and enjoyment of those cuts for 50-60 years, J or P did not say to George "okay, you need to play this part of this song like this, this is how I wrote this, play it like this"; George came up with that shit in almost every instance! I daresay in a very significant sense the person who contributes the opening figure of "I Feel Fine" deserves a songwriting credit, and thus there should have been "Lennon/McCartney/Harrison" credits.
again, the case of these four people is unusual, in that if there is a signature guitar part in a song from a peer group, then it's contributed by the composer who's a guitar player, Townshend, Richard, Page. Can Tarfumes come up with an example of Dave Davies contributing a composed part to a Kinks tune that everyone agrees is a key component of the song, but of course Ray is the credited songwriter?
― veronica moser, Monday, 31 October 2022 18:14 (one year ago) link
Ray composed a lot of those songs on the piano, and might not have had specific guitar parts in mind; I assume Dave came up with, for example, the arpeggio opening of "Tired of Waiting for You" if Ray is playing the power chords underneath.
Re: "I Feel Fine":
Lennon wrote the song's guitar riff while the Beatles were in the studio recording "Eight Days a Week" in October 1964
I think your other examples were contributed by Harrison (although I'd say the opening to "She Said She Said" is a generic guitar lead, not a hook per se).
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 18:47 (one year ago) link
I can’t think of any Davies examples off the top of my head, but despite being a fan, I haven’t read up much on the Kinks. Re: George, in the Scorsese documentary on Harrison, Paul pointed out that George came up with the main guitar figure for “And I Love Her,” saying, “That’s the song!” Yeah, so, maybe you should’ve cut him in on the publishing. I mean, John and Paul would each get far more credit for songs that they barely contributed to.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 31 October 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
Of course the assignation of songwriting credits was far more relaxed (when it wasn't corrupt) in the 60s.I'm trying to think of which rock band starting giving all members equal songwriting credit on all songs - earliest that comes to mind is Black Sabbath?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 19:07 (one year ago) link
The Doors did that on their first three albums
― Josefa, Monday, 31 October 2022 19:15 (one year ago) link
Right! But I've just looked at a long list of 60s bands and can't think of any who would have done this before they did.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 19:32 (one year ago) link
Like I'm imagining Ray Davies' head exploding at 75% of his publishing on "You Really Got Me" going to his brother, Quaife and Avory.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 19:42 (one year ago) link
Didn't Booker T. and the M.G.s credit all core members for songwriting?
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Monday, 31 October 2022 20:01 (one year ago) link
FWIW, a while back, it was revealed that regardless of the songwriting credits, every original song recorded by the Band had two values: the writer's share and the publisher's share. With the publisher's share, they always split it five ways (minus what was given to the publisher to administer the publishing). In a way it was a not-bad way to address the contributions others might make to a song without being the actual credited songwriter.
― birdistheword, Monday, 31 October 2022 20:16 (one year ago) link
anyone ever tells me Ringo's a crap drummer again I'm gonna send them to Rain/Paperback Writer
Somebody telling you this is a sure sign they know fuck-all about rock'n'roll
― Vast Halo, Monday, 31 October 2022 20:25 (one year ago) link
“Ringo=crap drummer” was like patient zero of the now-common practice of flooding the zone with disinformation.
― Regex Dwight (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 October 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, October 31, 2022 3:42 PM (fifty-nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ray's wife at the time Rasa contributed significantly to his peak-era songs, and remains uncredited:
https://andrewhickey.info/2018/01/28/did-a-teenage-girl-make-the-kinks-great/
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 31 October 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
I read that, I found it dubious.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
...and as I suggested, if it were true, you'll have a long wait for Ray Davies to share credit.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 31 October 2022 20:52 (one year ago) link
Guy so cheap that he protested the medics cutting his trousers when he got shot in NOLA, or so the story goes.
― Regex Dwight (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 31 October 2022 20:53 (one year ago) link