Beatles in Mono. - Page 11

My mono box arrived this morning.  I'd been tracking it carefully.  I hope it's in excellent shape. :)

The stereo box will probably arrive in about three days.

I had heard, similar to The Fugitive, that 90% of the music was replaced by artists covering the Beatles music.

;)

BTW, I ended up purchasing both of my sets through Barnes & Noble as well.  I'd not used them before.

Reverberation could be a problem.  I will listen specifically for that when I crack open my set tonight.

Jack,

Are you saying it's difficult?  You're not the first to mention this.  Hmmm.

Jack,

Well, mine were easily removed.  I just opened it up and tilted the sleeve toward the ground, with my hand underneath the discs.  But I have had trouble with ENT DVDs as far as the discs being too tight on the drum.

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I received my mono. set of The Beatles Remastered yesterday. In a word, astounding. The packaging is to die for, the artwork for the albums is replicated virtually as it was released initially.  Aesthetically, the collection is the best I've ever seen for music. All of the liner notes are reproduced similarly to how they were originally released as well.

I spent about forty-five minutes ripping them to my PC. I will eventually burn one backup copy for myself, and my older children also want to burn a copy. I wish the stereo set were being packaged similarly (maybe in a black box?), because I can't imagine any way to improve upon this set.  Even the gatefold covers have been preserved for the albums that used them, and just about all of the inserts have been retained.

I plan on comparing this version of The White Album with the 30th Anniversary Collector's Edition CD (these are the numbered items that were released some time ago).  It should be fun and interesting.
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Jack,

Ahh, I see. So I have this problem to look forward to when I get the stereo set....

I do wish the two sets had been packaged similarly. But I may still like the stereo set packaging. We'll see.

Carlo,

Your post is very encouraging!  I will reserve further judgment until I have both sets in hand.

"The great thing is that they don't really repeat anything from one to the other (both in content and packaging) so those of us who outlaid nearly $500 won't feel like we bought the same thing twice."

Excellent point. :)

 

I have long thought there might be a discernable quality to The Beatles' songs, especially the early ones, which made them tend to be appreciable on the old AM radios. (A quiddity which earned them quid for their dittities? ;) )
 

Anyway, these new recordings are very, very good.  I'm hearing things I've not heard before, and where their music and my hearing it is concerned, that's saying something.  The rhythm guitar in "Baby It's You" and "Chains" is more crisp than ever, and the percussion is subtle and in no way overbearing.  The balance seems to be just right, in other words. 

Yes, thanks.  I don't own the 1987 (CD) copy of the White Album.  But I do own about six copies in vinyl and other formats. I acquired the 30th Anniversary album to fill in gaps in my Beatles CD collection.  It was also a bit rarer to obtain at the time.

I came home tonight, and my family is listening to the soundtrack album from Yellow Submarine.  (My daughter is very musical, and has so many questions about what the Beatles are doing harmonically here, melodically there, etc.).  But it's a ton of fun seeing them discover the Beatles in this way.
 

I just got through listening to Drive My Car and Things We Said Today.  A very high level of tonal ambiguity and Neopolitans in pop music ca. 1964-65?  This is why I love the music of this group so much.  There are layers upon layers of great music and some very teachable moments here.  When we get to Ticket To Ride in our studies, we'll have one of the only examples I know of in pop music whereby three non-harmonic tones are sung on a triad built on the lowered seventh degree of the key (A major).  Astonishing that it works so well, actually.  You almost don't hear them as non-harmonic tones.