The Beatles:09-09-09

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

 

 

So I spent the morning listening to the remastered edition of Revolver. Tomorrow Never Knows gave me goosebumps. It sounds so… majestic.

I’m disappointed that they didn’t center the vocals on some of the tracks, but they sound a lot better than the vinyl rips.

This totally calls for a fist bump.

Dream Guitars

Monday, June 15, 2009

The Beatles Remasters - Part 1

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Almost everyone who’s been born into this age knows that the best way to carry around your albums would be in digital format, safely tucked away in your iPod, along with hundreds of other songs downloaded from thenet. I won’t contest that. It’s convenient, and it lets you carry your entire music library in your pocket. Which brings us to The Beatles.

They’re my favorite band, and I’m so glad that I was able to listen to their music because it was easily available. But the thing is, the CD versions of The Beatles songs sound vastly different from the ones originally released in the ’60s. This is because the audio tapes that were converted to CD back in 1987 were not of the best quality. There was noticeable degration of sound quality, and the sound was way too tinny.

Enter the bootleg remasters. The remasters attempt to recreate the original vinyl sound by grabbing the audio from thevinyl discs themselves, and cleaning up the sounds.

Since they do not have access to the original studio master tapes, they have typically gone back to pristine audiophile vinyl releases played back on high-quality turntable and amplification equipment and digitised using high resolution equipment (this practice is commonly referred to as a Needle Drop).

I was fortunate enough to get my hands on various versions of Revolver, Abbey Road and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and here are my thoughts:
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