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Post by Brick Wall on Sept 30, 2019 18:14:08 GMT
Bingo. The only reason I specifically scan threads about Beatles remasters/remixes is in hopes of catching Hooofman's inevitable bottomless pit of envy and frustration. I do have the original 1987 CeeDess and can't be arsed to "upgrade" to anything else, since the last time I listened to a Beatles album was decades ago. But secure in the knowledge that Steve Hoffman will never, ever get within 3000 miles of anything resembling a Beatles project - and knowing how badly he really wants it - the asshole's reaction to every new Beatles release gives me this huge and admittedly cheap thrill. Didn’t you once start a thread at the old Stereo Central (that featured a stock shot of a gleefully-sneering young child) expressing satisfaction that STeVE would never get close to the Beatles’ master tapes? That screed was a fun read! That I did, Sooze. I had completely forgotten about that thread and you sent me scrambling for the photo I used. I actually still had it on a stick. Yes, it was fun "asking" STEVE how he was doing and inquiring how his Beatles "projects" were coming along. Never very well, of course.
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Post by Boozin' Susan on Sept 30, 2019 19:31:12 GMT
Didn’t you once start a thread at the old Stereo Central (that featured a stock shot of a gleefully-sneering young child) expressing satisfaction that STeVE would never get close to the Beatles’ master tapes? That screed was a fun read! That I did, Sooze. I had completely forgotten about that thread and you sent me scrambling for the photo I used. I actually still had it on a stick. Yes, it was fun "asking" STEVE how he was doing and inquiring how his Beatles "projects" were coming along. Never very well, of course. That’s the pic! The open-letter format of the OP was entertaining. Mocking STeVE is always fun, but that evil-baby photo was just icing on the cake. I often miss being able to access the old site’s content, so thanks for re-posting that picture.
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Post by aaa-appreciator on Oct 1, 2019 10:10:54 GMT
Can someone please share this with the Beatards over there
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Post by braindead on Oct 1, 2019 13:29:52 GMT
Yet, many folks have chimed in saying Come Together is one of the worst of the remixes in the set. I agree with you, it's a nice remix. Case in point, we all like what we like for our own personal feelings. I respect any opinion stated as such. What I can't stand is when people say a certain remix is ruined because they used a once buried second vocal, or used a slightly different guitar part that's ALWAYS been on the recording. And more so when people say THIS remix is a brickwalled, ear-fatiguing horror show. It's just over-the=top hyperbole and for some reason comes mostly from newer members or folks who don't bother listing their gear. Leaves me bewildered. Ron
brainwashed, Yesterday at 4:48 PM
Going by the system he has, Ron should be barred from commentating on sound quality etc......the wanker.
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Oct 1, 2019 17:28:21 GMT
Listening the new AR 2019 vinyl. My 10 year daughter says: "In "Here comes the Sun" George sounds lazy. In "Something" he sounds tired". She prefers the Black triangle CD because it has better quality. Proof "Her Majesty" was frankensteine'd into "The Long One" is the spectogram of the Hi-Res File: Her Majesty taken from a 22khz CD master (probably from the 87 CD master, since it doesn't go all the way to 22k, while the 2009 CD does) and pasted into the hi-res medley. it's false advertising period. Explain please what I am looking at and where the gaps that should not be there are ? I will say I have a pretty impressive hearing range/ability but even i can bearly hear the difference between a 44.1 and 48 downsample of a higher res source and no difference between 48 and 96 and beyond I think he's busy on vacation as we speak but I'm sure he will add at least one more later, I'll leave it to him. But as far as I remember, were tracks from the Let it Be sessions (that ended up in Abbey Road, even All Things) so actually nothing to be amazed of, Come and Get it was cut but returned later, that surprised me and with extra chat and banter, I'm sure Apple was reading here a lot with complains about Come and Get it won't be included in the "final" line-up. Someone should have told Paul to button up his jeans in the photo taken by Linda on page 4 of the Deluxe book. Guess that Paul did gain a wee bit of weight that year... "Come and Get It" is in fact a NEW stereo mix not the 1969 stereo mix as some have said. OK, OK, I guess the stereo mix of "Come and Get It" on the Barrett tapes was his own stereo mix. I assumed it WAS the original 1969 stereo mix. I don't understand why Barrett would remix something that already had a vintage stereo mix probably sitting on the same reel as the 8-track session tape. I think the Barrett mix is actually better because it has centered drums and a stereo spread on the vocals. Nevermind. Ok ... now this is ridiculous. I A/B'd " Carry That Weight" into " The End" and I hearing semi tone differences!!! This is just plain goofy. Are you sure something's not right your gear? I just loaded them into my DAW, and they're pitched identical. I literally played them at the same time, synced, one in each speaker - and it's a perfect match, speed and pitch wise. Agreed, I A-B'd as well and didn't notice any pitch differences. It seems like people are looking awfully hard for any little flaw to whinge about. It's a remix people! If you want a carbon copy remaster, you're out of luck... Check "Golden Slumber"... the vocal drags in the Remix.
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Post by mintybaldwin on Oct 1, 2019 18:31:20 GMT
I don't understand why Barrett would remix something that already had a vintage stereo mix probably sitting on the same reel as the 8-track session tape. I'm glad someone put him straight on that one.
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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Oct 1, 2019 21:23:43 GMT
Backpfeifengesicht.
Louis Bova.
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Post by mintyjackhole on Oct 1, 2019 21:34:40 GMT
I am glad I am too bald to have that fucking hair.
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Post by sₚⲁᵣₖydₒg on Oct 1, 2019 21:44:38 GMT
I am glad I am too bald to have that fucking hair. Metoo.
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daved
Better than Steve
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Post by daved on Oct 1, 2019 23:00:00 GMT
Backpfeifengesicht.
Louis Bova.
This is what crazy looks like.
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Post by essayceedee on Oct 1, 2019 23:12:25 GMT
I have similar hair and enough sense not to style it like that.
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bradman
Better than Steve
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Post by bradman on Oct 2, 2019 0:21:38 GMT
Backpfeifengesicht.
Louis Bova.
He set his Flowbee to "Douche".
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Post by cockledge on Oct 2, 2019 16:18:05 GMT
Bore-issey.
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Post by braindead on Oct 2, 2019 20:25:03 GMT
Re: the drumming on the "Old Brown Shoe" outtake:
Kim Olesen said: ↑ Just letting it be known that i asked on his twitter and Sam Okell says it’s Paul drumming on Old Brown Shoe.
Fuckwit Ron's response:
Hello there! Maybe that whole issue of George "wiping" John's rhythm guitar was just a theory by Lewisohn. Was this ever mentioned in earlier days? I'm going with Paul, George and Ringo on this one. With John sitting out... which he apparently did on the following number (Something) at the session. It's definitely not just the shuffle that Paul himself says he can't play, it's the fills, especially during the intro. Ron brainwashed, Today at 11:56 AM#6813
Oh Ron you dull fuck.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Oct 2, 2019 22:25:19 GMT
Since I see no point in poating in that dumpster fire of a thread on SHiTeville, I'll post my review here, however beatarded it may be.
Overall I enjoyed the remix. If I had to identify any negatives, the intro to Octopus's Garden sounded a little weird (but man did the backing vocals sound great) and the transition from Polythene Pam to Bathroom Window didn't sound as good as the original. But that's it. Everything sounded great together (compared to the White Album remix which felt a bit disjointed.)
The outtakes were better than I was expecting. I'm not sure how much I'll go back to them, but I always enjoy hearing works in progress. There's nothing of major interest like those rehearsals on the White Album set, but Oh! Darling with Billy Preston certainly comes close. (I also really liked the outtake of Polythene Pam/Bathroom Window, but then Bathroom Window is also a favorite of mine anyway). There are a few tracks that are throwaways, like Come Together and Octopus's Garden. I guess the versions used on Anthology 3 were the best outtakes they had for them, but these breakdowns are pretty uninteresting, at least presented this way. But with such a short runtime (an 1 and 25 minutes across 2 discs), they could have added more. As far as unheard material, maybe they could have added more sessions for I Want You (She's So Heavy.) The version they did include was cool though. I liked that distorted-to-hell guitar (the so called "annoying buzzing sound!" that seemed to garner some complaints.) Some Get Back sessions versions of the songs were apparently captured on mastertape (but not bootlegged) and I can only hope that they make it onto next year's inevitable set. But they really should have added at least You Never Give Me Your Money and Something from the "Joe Pope" tape. Money sounds great without the overdubs and the long jam at the end. Instead we get take 36, previously unheard, and unfortunately inferior. No reason we couldn't have had both. And no studio outtake of Something? I was hoping to hear the full, unedited version, or at least the edit from the bootlegs. Instead we just get the demo with added piano. Getting the Long One on this set in stellar quality after hearing the shitty bootleg one was an absolute joy. It's just a shame that they couldn't do that for these two popular bootlegged songs.
My two cents on Old Brown Shoe: it's George on guitar, Ringo on the drums, Paul on piano (playing George's part in George's style but with the added finesse of a more experienced piano player than George), and John on heroin. Paul has a very easily identifiable style of drumming. There are various points across the Get Back sessions where he is behind the kit and he always bashes out the same beat. He even does it at the end of the Ballad Of John and Yoko outtake on here!
Overall, the White Album set is still the one to beat. There are outtakes that bear repeated listens, plus the whole disc of demos. This one falls in third. Pepper did a better job with the outtakes by presenting multiple versions of songs to show some evolution and process. This set falls a bit short there, which I think could have easily been redeemed by including the entirety of that Joe Pope tape. With Pepper, they weren't afraid to include previously bootlegged material.
But hey, it's the Beatles. Their third best deluxe 50th anniversary edition is still better than any other band's number one best. So shut up.
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