any new Beatle fans because of the remasters?

Well Don, Let's say that I may not be speaking for you and I certainly am not such an ass to presume that I would be speaking for an entire generation, but thanks for pointing that out. Don if you were there who do you think was leading the charge?? I never said that the Beatles were the only musical influence, just the biggest. I do not know how anyone, can disagree with their musical and cultural influences during the 60's, even the folks that do not like them. There sure are a lot of books written about them, more than any artist I know, except maybe Elvis. I'm outta here. Don't want to offend anyone else.

Truthfully, I had not listened to them in over a decade.

I was curious to rehear the mono mixes when the set was announced. I visited Vegas last year and was amazed at the Love show and what a great job George Martin and his son did in putting together that mixed sound collage. Made me appreciate the depth and creativity of the Beatles in an entirely new light and how good the sound was in the source tapes.

I think the team at Abbey Road did an amazingly good job with the remastering. The tapes are in pristine condition and you can fully grasp the wonder of seeing a small band from the North blossom over a short period of a half of decade. So many great songs.

You can look at Stevie Wonder in the 1970s and maybe Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Prince and Michael Jackson in the 1980s putting out a similar body of quality "popular" releases, but only the Beatles can claim the impact of dominating and defining a decade in the fashion that they did. You will never see that again, as music tastes now are highly fragmented and there is no persistent genre tied to this generation.

Chashmal=The Grinch that stole the Beatles. 8^)

I hadn't listened to the Beatles in a while either. I purchased stereo versions of everything from Rubber Soul and Revolver on up just to check them out. I'd always been disappointed by the sound quality of previous CD releases.

I think these new CDs are definitely a nice improvement over what was available. Although I was never a rabid fan I do like a lot of their stuff and the remasters got me listening again. I've always liked the later stuff more than the earlier.

Rja: That line made me laugh so hard I spit tea through my nose. A job well done!

ok...i get it now. no sweat. not a problem or sabotage as long as we're having fun.

leave it to a greenhorn to step into a mine field =).

i would agree that living through the entire experience would add to the understanding of what the Beatles were and meant to many folks. would have loved to check it out but was a few years late.

i do remember the giant leather peace sign emblems my sisters wore around their necks. you shoulda seen my dads face!. what a hoot! =)