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White Album, when's your last listen?

Okay, I have a vinyl copy purchased in 68 or 69 which of course was worn out long ago. Now I'm on my second cd copy after one of my daughters "borrowed" my first copy, and my grandson is listening to it now.
Well the other night I popped in the first cd and sat down to listen. When it finished I hit play again. The music truly is timeless. The next night I did the same with cd #2.
Absolutely wonderful stuff. The biggest surprise was on the song "I Will." My "BeatleSong" book says this was recorded by Paul and Ringo with Ringo on drums and backing vocal and Paul playing the rest. While listening I noticed Paul mimicking the bass line with "doo doo doo" in the right speaker. Impossible to guess how many times I've listened to this through speakers or headphones but never noticed this before, wow.
Think I'll try Sgt. Pepper next.
timrhu
tomryan
796 posts
 
Great question and I have had no idea for 20 years why the best recordings take forever to be treated right. The Beatles albums didn't come out on CD until 1988 and then almost all of them sounded like crap. Now, here we are more than 10 years into the "high resolution revolution" and, except for "Love", "Yellow Submarine", and "#1s", we got none. A few years ago you could get remastered CDs from Japan but Red Trumpet Records went out of business.

Same thing with DVD. Why did it take four years for Godfather and Godfather II to be released? Arguably two of the best 10 movies ever made!! Same thing for a much of other great movies.
azmoon
126 posts
 
Check it out but I do not believe the Red Trumpet items were "remasters'. They may have been either Japan or Europe pressings but there has never been a true CD remaster to Beatles music except for Submarine and Love. If #1s was remastered it was done quite poorly.
tomryan
796 posts
 
The Red Trumpet offerings were indeed Japanese pressings which were done (according to what I was told) in 20 or 24 bit resolution. I bought 3 of them and they were light years better (dynamic, proper timbre, openness, transparency, etc) than the crummy ones I bought in the late 80s.
azmoon
126 posts
 
The Japanese pressings always sound better. Even most of the LPs pressed there are better using the same source. They are known for their pristine pressings. However, the Beatles original albums have never been 20 bit or 24 bit remastered. This is what the world is waiting for and has been discussed many times in the past most recently while the Apple Computer/Apple battle was going on. Neil Aspinall (rest his soul) stated in court that the remaster had been started. That's the last word I have heard about this subject from Apple. Lets just hope it happens!
tomryan
796 posts
 
I think Sony in Japan did remaster them in higher bit rates. The songs from Sgt. Pepper sound the same as on #1s which, I think, is remastered in higher resolution.
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