https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:31:43 +0000 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:09:36 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.07 360 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=10014 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum//images/Top-40-Music-on-CD-Forum-Logo.png https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/ https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63986&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63986 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 2:09pm

davidlg1971 wrote: EdisonLite wrote: Are there CD releases and do they have the 2023 remixes? Yes and yes. You can read a pretty thorough overview of their contents here: albums-remixed-and-expanded/">Superdeluxeedition.com

Thanks for the answer and link.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 14:09:36 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63986&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63986 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63985&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63985 Author: EternalStatic
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 1:56pm

LunarLaugh wrote: "Please Please Me" is, appallingly, the same take used on all stereo copies of the Please Please Me album but with drums and vocals now placed center. So its the same awkward alternate take with John messing up the lyrics towards the end and the out of sync harmonica from the mono take flown in. I'm amazed that this is the best they thought they could do.

It seems that in this case, perhaps Giles & co. were too invested in re-creating the 'familiar' version (with the mistakes they probably think we 'endearing' lol) in wide stereo and not enough in creating a
superior listening experience.]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 13:56:40 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63985&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63985 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63980&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63980 Author: LunarLaugh
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 12:45pm

Santi Paradoa wrote: Which version of "Please Please Me" did they use on this release? There is the original with Andy White on drums. Then the LP and 45 versions. So which of the three is it?

"Please Please Me" is, appallingly, the same take used on all stereo copies of the Please Please Me album but with drums and vocals now placed
center. So its the same awkward alternate take with John messing up the lyrics towards the end and the out of sync harmonica from the mono take
flown in. I'm amazed that this is the best they thought they could do.

The unused Andy White take of "Please Please Me" was only issued on the first Anthology album. ]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:45:14 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63980&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63980 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63979&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63979 Author: davidlg1971
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 12:27pm

EdisonLite wrote: Are there CD releases and do they have the 2023 remixes?

Yes and yes. You can read a pretty thorough overview of their contents here:

Superdeluxeedition.com

Edited by davidlg1971]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 12:27:33 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63979&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63979 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63978&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63978 Author: EdisonLite
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 11:36am

davidclark wrote: Just listening now to this. And I have to state even before finishing that the 2023 mixes of the 2-track stereo songs are a revelation! SO nice to not have them split as they were mixed back in '63. With most, they've essentially put the bass/drums in the centre with the vocal and kept the guitars left. A joy to listen to. Ringo's drumming is SO great, and never stood out like this before. Will keep going thru to hear what they've done with the 4-track recordings.

I've heard a lot about the vinyl releases of these? Are there CD releases and do
they have the 2023 remixes? ]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:36:18 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63978&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63978 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63976&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63976 Author: Santi Paradoa
Subject: 10014
Posted: 14 November 2023 at 7:25am

Which version of "Please Please Me" did they use on this release? There is the original with Andy White on drums. Then the LP and 45 versions. So which of the three is it?]]> Tue, 14 Nov 2023 07:25:45 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63976&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63976 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63964&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63964 Author: NightAire
Subject: 10014
Posted: 13 November 2023 at 9:52pm

Listening to the mixes today, I had several immediate reactions:

1) It feels like these recordings are less distorted than I've EVER heard on any source.

2) Spreading the instruments out may have caused some of the songs to lose a little energy, which surprised me.

3) I'm impressed that the compression on individual instruments and mics can still be heard even while the whole mix doesn't sound like it's fluttering up and down as happens with a broadband compressor on the final mixdown (and the original mono mixes did).

BONUS REACTION: problems with the Beatles' performances on the early recordings are more obvious in stereo. (I know, heresy.)

I wouldn't want to lose the mono mixes, but I expect to reach for these stereo mixes 99% of the time.]]> Mon, 13 Nov 2023 21:52:39 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63964&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63964 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63938&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63938 Author: EternalStatic
Subject: 10014
Posted: 12 November 2023 at 8:56am

Same for “A Day in the Life”. It is tagged “2017 Mix”, which is when the
anniversary mix of Sgt Pepper dropped, but it is the clean intro version
(thankfully)

Edited by EternalStatic]]> Sun, 12 Nov 2023 08:56:34 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63938&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63938 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63937&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63937 Author: davidclark
Subject: 10014
Posted: 11 November 2023 at 9:13pm

Yeah, me too, it would have been nice to have the mono version of PPM mixed
to stereo. There's another little tidbit that slipped by me (since I didn't listen
to it until I'd read about it). "Dear Prudence" is marked 2018 Mix, which is of
course when "The Beatles" (White Album) was remixed, but on the new Blue it
starts cold without the bleed from "Back In The USSR". Nice to hear!]]> Sat, 11 Nov 2023 21:13:19 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63937&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63937 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63935&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63935 Author: RamapoGrad
Subject: 10014
Posted: 11 November 2023 at 3:44pm

I was hoping they'd use the original version of "Please
Please Me" with the correct lyrics.]]> Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:44:53 +0000 https://top40musiconcd.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=10014&PID=63935&title=the-beatles-19621966-2023-edition#63935