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

What a fucking awesome rhythm section this band had.

If the Revolver I've got is fake then someone's gone to a lot of trouble with that phase-shifting thing.

Within You Without You! Someone counts down in your right ear at about 3.45! The sitars! The strings!

The coda of Rita!

you are a very sick man. don't change.

OB LA DI OH BLA DA

The "chikka chikka chikka chikka" backing vocals in the channels as the trumpet run goes!

Macca IS the best rock bassist ever.

Fucking Wild Honey Pie for fuck's sake.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUCKING NEXT

You think of Taxman as George's song, don't you? It's NOT. It's Paul's.

They're all Paul's.

Even though he's a wanker.

WTF IS HE DOING WHILE GEORGE IS TAXING THE STREET?

he's taxing the BEAT.

He doesn't need it, but I'm always happy to hear praise for McCartney's bass.

Never mind, Sgt. Pepper's is right on and I am ready to join Nick in praising this from the roof and the hilltops.

they know what it's like to be dead

Within You Without You! Someone counts down in your right ear at about 3.45! The sitars! The strings!

― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Friday, September 4, 2009 3:08 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

You could hear that count-down in the old one too. Also I always loved the bit in "I'm Only Sleeping" where you can hear John off-mic saying "Yawn, Paul!"

WTF IS HE DOING WHILE GEORGE IS TAXING THE STREET?

Isn't that amazing? I first noticed that a few years ago (naively thinking I was intimately familiar with the song) and promptly re-played that section about 50 or so times. I still can't make out exactly what Paul's doing (some combination of hammer-ons and glissandi?), but it's fucking astonishing.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8238380.stm

Previously unheard Abbey Road session tape chat here!

I was in HMV this morning, and they've got all the end-of-aisle displays ready, with books and merchandise and whatnot, but they've got cds there too and the price of them made me look twice - with all the fanfare about the new editions they've cynically bumped the price of the '87 discs to £16. Designed, it would seem, to make the punters who are less informed about release dates than music geeks like us, think that they're buying the new remasters.

(In fact a lot of the prices in HMV this morning were head-spinningly insane - £120 for the 3 cd Tell Tale Signs set that was about £80 last Christmas.)

.. and was around £35 in Fopp...

I saw a "original" "The Bends" for £12, yeah the pricing in HMV has gone potty.

Still, when they sell none, they will wonder why.

I think I just got the Revolver one, sounds pretty amazing. Some deep bass in this!

anyone found any mono l£aks yet? on s0ul$££k?

XXXP: Prices of Beatles CDs have been dumped here for months. I think it has more to do with EMI wanting to get rid of all the old edition copies as soon as possible though - Warner are doing the exact thing with Neil Young now.

exact same thing even

This thing sounds amazing. (Stereo.)

SSeek them out.

SHE COULD STEAL BUT SHE COULD NOT ROB

It's not eat to do caps on an iPhone.

SHE COULD STEAL BUT SHE COULD NOT ROB

^ ethics of downloading the remasters.

I've not downloaded anything I've not also ordered from Amazon. Yet.

Being able to really notice Paul's voice crack in "If I Fell," is one of the more subtle details.

EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY

Never ever ever need to listen to another Dear Prudence rip off again.

Blackbird!

The whole of Hard Day's Night!

Even fucking Piggies!

The White Album is the greatest record ever made.

Allan Kozinn weighs in. He likes everything but a couple of tunes on Pepper, and wants to see a high-def Blu Ray edition.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/arts/music/06alla.html?ref=arts

Feeling like Rubber Soul stands out the most from the old 1987 issue. "The Word" just had its sinuses opened up. The clarity in all the percussion, and the deep bass sound, is fuckin' phenomenal!

"Sinuses opened up" is an apt metaphor.

the clarity in all the percussion

That reminds me, how has Ringo polished up?

He spent months practicing so he could re-record his parts for the reissues.

The cello on "Eleanor Rigby" grew a pair of balls!

The Beatles, now with gonads and no snot!

Listening to the new Rubber Soul now. So far I'd say the quality improved massively. Hearing all sorts of new detail and 'color'. It's so strange to hear the crystal clear sitar in Norwegian Wood now, as if it's another added instrument to the song! Amazing.

When the guitar comes in at 0.08 on Nowhere Man, it sounds as it's a just a bit too early, very odd (or I just have never noticed in the previous mix...)

brief thoughts on what i've heard so far; HOW FUCKING AMAZING is ringo?

Is there anyway someone can communicate discreetly to me where the HELL you are getting these? Directions please!

look into your soul