Can't Buy Me Beatles?

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It seems ridiculous, but they're probably waiting to see how people react to
Rock Band. There was a definite negative reaction to the Yellow Submarine
remixes, but frankly I think those old "fake stereo" mixes just make the
Beatles sound more and more like artifacts of the Sixties. I verily wept the
first time I heard Love (and, for that matter Let It Be/Naked), realizing
just how incredible the recordings are, but are buried in outdated mixes...
But a majority of Beatle fans are also Beatle fetishists..... ;)

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 11:18 AM, John Carvill <johncarvill at gmail.com>wrote:

> > I can tell you this already -- it's the "classic" mixes again,
>
> Yes, these are remasters, not remixes. Speculation is rife that
> remixes will start to appear in a couple of years' time. They may even
> synch them in with the 50th anniversaries of teh original release
> dates. Fiendish eh?
>
> Will also be interesting to see how these masters compare to the Dr
> Ebbetts 'needle drops'. Ebbetts himself has issued a statement saying
> that, on the strength of hearing these new masters, he's quitting the
> bootlegging business. A strong statement.
>
> If each CD package included both mono and stereo versions, I'd buy a
> bunch of these on release day. I really want the mono, so I have to
> either buy a wildly overpriced box set, or download  lossless versions
> for free. the choice is mine...
>
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