All that time, all the effort, all those cooks -- and we're still going to have those ridiculous stereo mixes on the early LPs, the ones with all the vocals on one channel. Oy.
Some would say that doing anything else wouldn't be authentic, would be like revising The Bible or Plato or something. I call Bolshevik on that. As everyone knows, the mono mixes were the authentic ones, with the early stereo mixes just an afterthought.
With the opportunity to make things right, why not do it? Because of fear that some purist will squeal. Phooey.
There was no good reason for them to have been mixed that way to start with. Can't someone have the courage to admit that and endeavor to get things as they should have been from the first?
Imagine hearing "I Saw Her Standing There" without having Paul standing (and singing) way over there. Imagine a mix as it should have been, as it could have been, as it would have been if The Beatles had actually paid attention to the stereo versions way back when. It's easy if you try.
But someone has got to try.
-- Howard
Some would say that doing anything else wouldn't be authentic, would be like revising The Bible or Plato or something. I call Bolshevik on that. As everyone knows, the mono mixes were the authentic ones, with the early stereo mixes just an afterthought.
With the opportunity to make things right, why not do it? Because of fear that some purist will squeal. Phooey.
There was no good reason for them to have been mixed that way to start with. Can't someone have the courage to admit that and endeavor to get things as they should have been from the first?
Imagine hearing "I Saw Her Standing There" without having Paul standing (and singing) way over there. Imagine a mix as it should have been, as it could have been, as it would have been if The Beatles had actually paid attention to the stereo versions way back when. It's easy if you try.
But someone has got to try.
-- Howard