Been listening to The Beatles ...

Yeah, they sound great. The early albums' strength is an infectious joyfulness.

I think that if Traffic had kept Dave Mason and not gone off in that jazzy direction but stayed in the classic rock vein, they might have given the Beatles some competition.

Listening to remastered Abbey Road now and lovin this one. I'm making my way through the stereo box set slowly.

"The early albums' strength is an infectious joyfulness. '

That is a very good observation.

The early Beatles recordings and performances, when they were doing their versions of the "rock and roll" tunes from mostly American artists that they grew up on are largely under appreciated compared to their later output where they broke new artistic grounds.

If you appreciate how the early Beatles did joyful and infectious "rock and roll", be sure to check out the "Live at the BBC" set in addition to the new re-issues...it is a gold mine in that aspect.

The remasters are tremendous. Mono set is the way-to-go, then buy Abbey seperately. Let It Be Naked trumps Let It Be from any standpoint I can imagine.

I was VERY skeptical of the Monos, but I believe if no one told me, I would not realize they are mono. Not at all boxy, or one dimensional.

"Julia" mono version: to paraphrase Macca from Rolling Stone, you might as well be standing next to him (John) in the booth.

Definetly thumbs up !