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A lot of the audio problems are a result of the Beatles music scenes being mono re-processed for 5.1 (i.e. "Fake Stereo"). In the case of the concert scenes, they combined the fake stereo with various sound effects that were panned about. As odd as the mix sounds, screaming teenagers drowning...

I think the Miramax version resolves the film grain pattern a little better due to the increased vertical resolution. I would give the new transfer the edge. I think the straight mono parts of the soundtrack sound better than they have on previous releases, but agree that the mono processed to...

BTW, while the stereo mixes were usually done quicker and subsequent to the mono mixes, they were almost always supervised by George Martin and they had the mono mix to use as a reference. The Beatles Recording Sessions book by Mark Lewisohn documented this pretty well. I like both and wish they...

An update: Upon closer listening, the sound during the Beatles' songs is mono re-processed to 5.1. They did not use the stereo masters (a la previous MPI and Criterion DVDs and LDs) or re-mix from the original tracks where they existed. They did add the foley effects back in that were missing on...

Hey Ron, I'll try to round some of the corner for you. As mentioned, the extras consist of primarily one-camera talking head interview clips with occasional film clips interspersed. The first disc has a featurette that is edited together primarily from a number of these interviews. One small...

I have the title as well and generally agree with Ron's assessment. I'm not too crazy about how they mixed the music tracks (too bassy and jarring compared to the rest of the soundtrack), but otherwise think they did a fine job. The first and last reels were from a source that was at least a...