Steve Hoffman site Beatles discussions?

For me it's more to do with the artists original intention and periodic authenticity. 1950s recordings should sound like 1950s recordings and not like whatever the current musical fashion is. 
Every work of art is a product of it's own time.

In any case we should be offered at least one definitive version of every recording before the remix dollar chase begins. If there was money in it I'm sure someone would offer a remixed Sphinx, or remix of The Starry Night, or how about remixing Duck Soup?

It is a difficult subject and the only certain thing is that you cannot please everyone.

I agree with you cd318 that the original mix should be available and it will be as long as there are cd players around. But if Paul or Ringo (most likely Paul) say, you know, we could make those tunes sound better now, lets have a go at it and see if we like the result, and they do like the result, why not?

I would like to see the Great Pyramid with its white limestone outer casing and golden peak and the Parthenon with gleaming white marble and brightly painted colors.  Van Gogh and Joni Mitchell painted a number of self portraits throughout their lives and I'm glad that they did. 

If you buy the cd only it's called 1, not 1+, but you have to get the 2015 version for the remixes.

I haven't heard a Beatles remix or remaster yet that didn't sound better than the original.  I think if they could have made those Sgt. Pepper and Yellow Submarine tracks have that kind of vividness and freshness the first time they would have done so.  They just didn't have the technology.  So far, more is gained than lost IMO.

I have never liked the mixes on the original Beatles albums, in which the vocals are too high in level in relation to the instruments. George Martin produced them as a Pop group, not a Rock 'n' Roll band. The vocals don't "sit" in the over-all sound, they "ride" above it. Ringo didn't like it either; upon hearing the mix of the first album, he asked "Where's me kick?".