Why buy the "Love" release?

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:44 am

I really enjoy this sort of thing. I agree that a complete remastering of all albums is in order. But short of that, what else can you do with the huge pile of recordings that we and the general public are still more than willing to buy? Well, you re-mix them in interesting ways. I really liked the Beautiful People "If 60's Were 90's" remix of Hendrix tapes. Purists don't have to listen to these things, but I might remind them that the Beatles were anything but purists. They defined a "no limits" approach to creativity.

I posited on the Ric Forum that, someday, in another generation, every single moment the Beatles ever recorded will be available to us, for the right price. Tell me you wouldn't enjoy full access to all these individual tracks to mash together as you see fit! Sick and wrong, maybe. But irresistable to someone like me.

The only thing that really bugs me about this album is that I can't help but to picture aerialists and contortionists and mimes doing their thing to the music...really can't stand that stuff. Anyroad...

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:56 am

Gerald, you ******* you. I forgot about that one as well. That hurts.

I listened again last night and I liked Hey Jude/Sgt.Pepper more the second time around. The reviewer on Yahoo said Hey Jude was more reggae. I didn't hear that at all. I just heard the background music more upfront. Namely the bass and McCartney's screaming. I always thought Hey Jude featured some of Paul's best screaming. No one else thought that until I pointed it out.

rick36 · Post by **rick36** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:11 pm

Get a load of this: "The Beatles as a "Lounge Act"

http://www.therockradio.com/2006/11/beatles-partnering-with-mirage-for.html

Another round of acid, folks? God help us...

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:52 am

I noticed that the "second part" (after the break) of I Am The Walrus is now stereo mixed unlike the original...I remember Lewisohn writing (sessions) that due to lack of available tracks in the recording board they could only have mono

wolfgang · Post by **wolfgang** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 7:37 am

Francesco,
you can read it in detail in the "Recording the Beatles" book (Kehew/Ryan) p.467. A new stereo mix was recreated for the Anthology DVD. Very interesting.
btw: very good sound on your videos!
Is it the bass or is it your amp?
Unfortunately my pc is so old, I can see the movies only chopped...

rickinroma · Post by **rickinroma** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:12 am

Thanks Wolfgang, maybe are the hands LOL

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:36 am

Christmas came early...

I finished putting together my tube reference rig last week (well, the phono stage is a temporary one...), and picked up "Love" yesterday.

Although it's "only two channels", the sound of the CD is simply amazing. I for one love all the swirling, mixed effects and processing, and although I can't pretend to understand much of what George and his son have done from a tech standpoint and am not a Beatles historian, this was both a trip down memory lane and a nod to today. I was spellbound...even "IWHYH" sounded better than I've ever heard it, though bottom was a bit lacking.

Then I put it onto my iMac G5, which has an Altec Lansing computer speaker setup, and this sounded pretty good...

My bedroom has 5.1; that's for tonight, I think!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 9:49 am

Please! No more about your bedroom Paul.

I, too, love the swirling effects. I was hoping for a great deal more of that. I think it will be one of those albums that you will hear different things as you continue to listen.

expomick · Post by **expomick** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:38 am

Agreed. The SOUND is full, and here at work, I can hear it in its full glory.

Too many "later" songs, but guess they work best for jugglers, etc...And, after all, that is what this release is, a soundtrack to a cheesy Vegas show.

Revolution and Back In The USSR, to my ears, sound fantastic, as does Come Together.

But I still have to skip over Yesterday and Hey Jude. BURN OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 10:46 am

I liked the blackbird beginning to Yesterday and Het Jude was edited so it was easier to listen to, especially as it went into Sgt. Pepper.

webhead · Post by **webhead** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:34 pm

I think this CD has to grow on me...

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:52 pm

The bass in the Hey Jude ending is phenomenal. Also, love the lead-in to Get Back.

My big complaint is the Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows. Although the two are meshed together beautifully and the sound is great, George's vocal is way too dull and down in the mix. The Sgt. Pepper version is so much better from a vocal standpoint. They would have the isolated master of his vocal track, but why they went with the muddy vocal sound is beyond me. Even though I love this version, it could have been so much better if they used a clean vocal.

I love the entire album---as said in another post, you hear something knew with each listen.

Overall, I see George Harrison represented beautifully here. He has some real highligts, with Here Comes The Sun, While My Guitar..., Something, the aforementioned Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows, etc. This album really puts him in lofty standing, I believe.

I even love the Can You Take Me Back part.

Great album, all around!

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:55 pm

And another thing, I think the cover is as perfect as any they could have gone with. No other group or artist has had such stellar covers, and this fits perfectly in with all the others. Fantastic.

simer4001 · Post by **simer4001** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 8:39 pm

That bass on Hey Jude has always been there. It was just lost in the orchestra build up but you can hear it towards the end of the fade out.

nattiep · Post by **nattiep** » Fri Nov 24, 2006 11:40 am

I love the Drive My Car/ What You're Doing/ The Word thing. It's just amazing that the playing from one song goes to well with he vocals from another. It sounds like it was written that way.