From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V8 #173 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Friday, September 11 2009 Volume 08 : Number 173 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] Beatles mastering [Markwstaples@aol.com] Re: [loud-fans] Beatles mastering ["\[The Arch-Villain\] West" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Beatles mastering The remastered version of the original 1965 stereo mix of "Rubber Soul" has, for reasons unknown to me, been appended to the mono CD version, which is only available in the limited-edition box set "The Beatles In Mono"; the same is true for the '65 stereo "Help!", which George Martin also fiddled with for the '87 CD. I just got the mono box today, so I haven't listened to it yet, but for the time being I only have the '87 stereo CDs for comparison; the stereo box set is going to have to wait for my birthday. Which is next month. Just putting that out there. West I buried Paul -- ask me how! ________________________________ From: "Markwstaples@aol.com" To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:02:24 PM Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Beatles mastering I bought the new RUBBER SOUL which doesn't sound that dramatically different than my first CD, (some of the other titles is like night and day, though) but the new liner notes and pictures are fantastic--plus there's a cool making of RS mini-documentary on the disc for the computer. The notes read: Rubber Soul was issued at a time when stereo records sold to a small number of hi-fi enthusiasts and so mixing to mono took priority over a stereo version. George Martin decided to give Rubber Soul a new stereo mix from the four-track tapes for its debut release on CD in 1987. The remastering team has worked with that version. In a message dated 9/7/2009 8:28:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, chris11201@gmail.com writes: I imagine those '80's digital masters were completely scrapped and work was done from the original studio tape from scratch. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:23:39 -0700 From: Andrew Hamlin Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Beatles mastering Anyone's thoughts on the mono REVOLVER and PEPPER--two albums I adore in stereo but never heard in mono--are welcome by me! Another thought: have the Powers That Be (legal) outstripped Purple Chick? Andy "If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." - --John Lennon ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V8 #173 *******************************