Bobby Whitlock on All Things Must Pass.

Yeah @tomcy6, Whitlock strays off topic a lot in their videos, and CoCo reins him back in. He has a lot of stories to tell, all the videos a lot of fun. Unlike a lot of musicians from the late-60's and early-70's who have foggy memories of that time, Bobby's memory is very clear. He didn't get into chemicals until later in life, but made it back to sobriety about twenty years ago.

Just for the record (no, you know, pun intended): I have no interest in nor see the need for the past remixes Dhani did of Beatle albums (Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road), first and primarily because I'm not that fond of those two albums (a minority opinion, I realize). But imo ATMP was in serious need of "fixing"---it sounds like the mics were at the far end of a cement tunnel, the voices and instruments at the other. IMO Spector got carried away, overdoing it.

I love Spector's Girl Group productions, but that approach to the recording of a Rock 'n' Roll band doesn't work for me. Bobby in an earlier video says the core band on ATMP (Bobby on organ, piano, and other assorted instruments, bassist Carl Radle---as well as Klaus Voorman, drummer Jim Gordon---along with Ringo and Alan White, Bobby identifying the drummer on each song, and George and Eric Clapton on guitars, with George, Bobby, and Eric singing) created it's own "wall of sound", no need for Spector to add to it electronically.

We're finally going to hear the sound the band created. Bobby was sent the files, and was very pleased with what he heard. Lots and lots of alternate takes, unreleased songs, and the early jams the band did in order to get to know each other, musically. Bobby says the tape was constantly rolling the entire time they were in the studio (just being installed in George's Friar Park home). Hundreds and hundreds of hours of music.

Bobby is as big a fan of Jim Gordon's drumming as am I (he refers to Jim as the best Rock 'n' Roll drummer of all time), and explains in one video why he couldn't play music with Keith Moon, another of his close friends when he was living in England. He does a great "air drum" imitation of the playing of both, for those interested in learning the difference between "ensemble" playing and, as Bobby put it, constantly soloing (ala Keith, Ginger Baker, etc.). See. it's not just me. ;-) 

I think you're mistaking about Dhani having a hand in remixing S.P. or A.R.Having most of the available mixes I think the 50th anniversary of those and the White are the best.

Yes those albums were remixed by Giles Martin.

Yup, ya’ll are of course correct, it WAS Giles Martin, not Dhani. I didn’t pay much attention to those two reissues, so didn’t absorb that info deeply enough to recall it.

And I myself haven’t heard about Dhani being involved in the All Things Must Pass 50th, though I also don’t know that he didn’t. It’ll be interesting to find out who was involved in making decisions in regard to the new mixes, removal of the tacked-on reverb and echo, song selection, etc.

I haven’t decided how far I’m going to go---it’s being made available in everything from the basic/original 3-LP (and corresponding 2-CD) song line-up, all the way up to an 8-LP boxset. I’m leaving out the $500 ultra-deluxe package, which features a wooden crate. I just want the music.

At the time of ATMP’s initial release---shortly after McCartney’s first solo album, a very "small" recording---I found McCartney’s much more to my liking. More intimate and "inviting", ATMP too bombastic and, again, over-produced. Of course, by that time I---and a lot of others---had had my tastes permanently realigned by The Band’s 2nd s/t album, itself very small and intimate.

And I REALLY didn’t like Lennon’s first album, and still don’t. WAAAY yonder too personal; I’m not interested in your deep internal and intimate problems, John. Tell it to your shrink ;-) . And stop screaming, will ya?

But Ringo’s Nashville-recorded Beaucoup Of Blues album (his 2nd) I quite liked. A lot of my new-to-me favorite musicians accompanied Ringo playing gen-u-ine Country music (Ringo’s first love), guys heard on a lot of Dylan’s mid-60’s albums. Sure, their musical talent tended to make more obvious Ringo’s lack of singing talent, but that’s okay; I much prefer a great song sung by a mediocre singer to a mediocre song sung by a great singer. In the same way that the script/screenplay is more important to the making of a good movie than is the talent of the actors. Do I really have to say imo? ;-)