Open Letter to Sir Paul and the powers that be
Nov 30, 2018 19:38:47 GMT
Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Nov 30, 2018 19:38:47 GMT
Open Letter to Sir Paul and the powers that be
After now having fully listened to Pepper and White Album remixes, I would like to make a simple but important request.
Please listen to Elvis Presley's remastered high resolution catalogue and The Beatles Ultra Rare 1 & 2 Swinging Pig titles for the stereo sourced songs. This is an opinion and only an opinion. We are not interested in listening to new versions of mixes and effects on old tapes, but are hoping for the use of today's technology to give the faithful fan and archivist the best possible version of these albums possible.
Music is very subjective, thus needing a very opinionated producer to decide what is the best way to transfer and present archival music. Elvis is mentioned because the people responsible for his archive have done a very good job in getting the best sound quality from ancient tapes. The Beatles camp has been broken since The Anthology offerings where glaring mistakes were made, and since then haven't given anything that suggests how good they sounded in the studio beside Let It Be Naked which is such a failure from it's concept needs no further argument. The mixes of Sgt Pepper, With a Little Help, and Lucy on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack are the only attempts at remix that give a real satisfied feeling. Listen to the difference between Can't Buy Me Love on Swingin' Pig and Anthology and you'll immediately hear the difference. Anthology is an old piece now, but this group of people are still making decisions that we lovers of The Beatles have to live with.
Having some knowledge of archiving music there is a tremendous amount effort, time, ears, equipment, and opinion necessary in make a final pleasing result, much like a conductor for a symphony. I don't wish to insult Giles or the tremendous effort he put into Pepper and The White Album, but as an avid fan and audiophile enthusiast feel he really missed the boat on what could have been presented as the recreation of the master tapes from original multi-track tapes. Modern listeners may be happy with these, but out of these remixes I only found about 3 "wow" moments and found much more enjoyment out of the session outtakes from both albums.
The most important things are the equipment used to transfer the original session multi-tracks, the producer who is THE KEY to what they can be presented as, and the mixing board technician following the producer's guidance. The Beatles recorded music doesn't belong to just The Beatles, EMI, Universal, and Sony. This music is history and should be treated as such. You guys are painting the face of the Sphinx, please stop and listen to some others that may know more than you do (Ain't She Sweet / I'm So Tired).
So dear Sir Paul, we beg you to go out and take auditions from 3rd parties that have no history with The Beatles tapes; get some fresh perspective of what your tapes could really sound like. Perhaps The Beatles camp won't keep going down the wrong road. Having spent thousands of hours and dollars listening to The Beatles am quite honestly pissed-off that I spent the money on the high resolution Pepper and White Albums. They could sound so much better than they do. I could do a better job.
I have written this not just to send out an opinion. My hope is someone who reads this forum that knows him might forward this to Paul that maybe he cares and maybe he isn't the best person to make these decisions. A wise king has good counselors. The Beatles have a history of making poor music decisions since they lost Brian. Please hand off your possession to history before it's too late. Thanks for reading.
subterraneanbob said:
Dear Paul and associates,After now having fully listened to Pepper and White Album remixes, I would like to make a simple but important request.
Please listen to Elvis Presley's remastered high resolution catalogue and The Beatles Ultra Rare 1 & 2 Swinging Pig titles for the stereo sourced songs. This is an opinion and only an opinion. We are not interested in listening to new versions of mixes and effects on old tapes, but are hoping for the use of today's technology to give the faithful fan and archivist the best possible version of these albums possible.
Music is very subjective, thus needing a very opinionated producer to decide what is the best way to transfer and present archival music. Elvis is mentioned because the people responsible for his archive have done a very good job in getting the best sound quality from ancient tapes. The Beatles camp has been broken since The Anthology offerings where glaring mistakes were made, and since then haven't given anything that suggests how good they sounded in the studio beside Let It Be Naked which is such a failure from it's concept needs no further argument. The mixes of Sgt Pepper, With a Little Help, and Lucy on the Yellow Submarine Soundtrack are the only attempts at remix that give a real satisfied feeling. Listen to the difference between Can't Buy Me Love on Swingin' Pig and Anthology and you'll immediately hear the difference. Anthology is an old piece now, but this group of people are still making decisions that we lovers of The Beatles have to live with.
Having some knowledge of archiving music there is a tremendous amount effort, time, ears, equipment, and opinion necessary in make a final pleasing result, much like a conductor for a symphony. I don't wish to insult Giles or the tremendous effort he put into Pepper and The White Album, but as an avid fan and audiophile enthusiast feel he really missed the boat on what could have been presented as the recreation of the master tapes from original multi-track tapes. Modern listeners may be happy with these, but out of these remixes I only found about 3 "wow" moments and found much more enjoyment out of the session outtakes from both albums.
The most important things are the equipment used to transfer the original session multi-tracks, the producer who is THE KEY to what they can be presented as, and the mixing board technician following the producer's guidance. The Beatles recorded music doesn't belong to just The Beatles, EMI, Universal, and Sony. This music is history and should be treated as such. You guys are painting the face of the Sphinx, please stop and listen to some others that may know more than you do (Ain't She Sweet / I'm So Tired).
So dear Sir Paul, we beg you to go out and take auditions from 3rd parties that have no history with The Beatles tapes; get some fresh perspective of what your tapes could really sound like. Perhaps The Beatles camp won't keep going down the wrong road. Having spent thousands of hours and dollars listening to The Beatles am quite honestly pissed-off that I spent the money on the high resolution Pepper and White Albums. They could sound so much better than they do. I could do a better job.
I have written this not just to send out an opinion. My hope is someone who reads this forum that knows him might forward this to Paul that maybe he cares and maybe he isn't the best person to make these decisions. A wise king has good counselors. The Beatles have a history of making poor music decisions since they lost Brian. Please hand off your possession to history before it's too late. Thanks for reading.
