TyphoonTip said:

Good to see I'm not the only one who's a little wary of how these remasters will turn out.

Having said that, I am ashamed of my record collection when I see how many Beatles albums I am missing - so whilst I won't be investing in the box set (mono or stereo) I WILL have to get round to purchasing the likes of Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Let It Be, A Hard Day's Night and so on, sooner rather than later.

Guardian.co.uk review if the mono set:



http://www.guardian.co.uk...ono-review

rocknrolldave said:

That's the other thing. I bought ALL the Beatles albums when I was 17-18 years old (I had copied tapes before that!), They take pride of place in my CD collection. What do I do with them IF I buy that box?

I feel like I'm cheating on them. They've served me well and brought me nothing but pleasure!

TyphoonTip said:

Box Of Vision




Virtual Tour:
http://store.boxofvision....s/45/tour/

SoulAlive said:

Meijer listed the remasters as costing only $9.99 each (probably only for singles discs and it only listed "Revolver", "Abbey Road", and two others)...how does the box set compare?

Just ordered 2 mono boxsets from Amazon...

Phew! I ain't never spent 400 quid on CD's all at once before!!

white album sounds amazing.





unbelievable

Sdldawn said:

you bought it already?

tecstar said:

Oh...you got me an early Christmas gift,huh? Thanks!

The leaks have started already.

Farfunknugin said:

heard the leak.


entire thing has leaked actually.


can't wait to pick this up now

Okay... I think I've heard the remastered White Album now.

Aside from being louder and having slightly more punch to the bass, there's really not much difference.

Reading all the reviews, I was expecting something akin to The Second Coming. I'm completely underwhelmed.

If you've ever tweaked an album using Audacity (to normalise the peak loudness to 96 dB and lift the bass) you could create a similar "remaster" yourself.

Maybe the difference on the older albums is more dramatic - I don't know. But on the evidence of The White Album, it's more like adding a new coat of varnish over old paintwork. Maybe I've been hoodwinked and the leak I've heard is an amateur remaster?

The timings are a little different - some tracks lose a second, whilst others gain a second. 'Good Night' has an extra four seconds of silence at its fade.

For all I know, it could be that EMI are flooding the net with intervention files, to confuse P2P users.

I don't know if I'm willing to buy a couple of the albums next week, as I'd planned to. I think I'll wait until somebody I know has an actual shop-bought CD in their hands that I can listen to first.

I've seen the leaks of the stereo versions; I'm hoping mono leaks soon.

Something to note:

If you buy the mono box, you'll get the new songs from Yellow Submarine ("Only a Northern Song," "All Together Now," "Hey Bulldog," and "It's All Too Much") on Mono Masters, but you won't get "The Ballad of John & Yoko," "Old Brown Shoe," or "Let It Be" (single version) because they weren't mixed in mono. That means the mono-only people have to buy Abbey Road, Let It Be, and Past Masters Vol. 2 to complete the collection.

AlexdeParis said:

Another reason why I'm getting the stereo box set.I want all of the albums together,without having to go back and buy a few more.

alright.. well after hearing Mono version of White Album.. i'm definitely going after the Mono remasters.

I Wonder how well these will stack up against the current releases?

Sometimes remasters are overly done and ruin the album

Sgt. peppers, White, Help, Please Please Me sound excellent!

Gunsnhalen said:

I think they were very careful with these. They aren't too loud. I just notice the clarity in the tracks more than anything.

There is one HEAVILY supported leak (stereo), that ain't the real deal. Yet it remains supported??

TyphoonTip said:

I've already deleted the stuff I downloaded. It was so underwhelming, I'm convinced it was fake.

I think they were very careful with these. They aren't too loud. I just notice the clarity in the tracks more than anything.[/quote]


Hmmmm well that makes me curious(: i just might have to check em out!

Seems like Meijer is the only store selling them for $9.99 (well, they only picture four of them so I know that won't include "The White Album" and if available, "Past Masters"). I'll pick up a few of them but not all. Just not that big of a fan, especially of the early stuff.

Having listened to some of the leaks, I'm going to buy mono if I can find it (and the stereo-only albums, of course). I might have to get both versions of Rubber Soul.

PsychedelicGoof said:

Yes ...Yes ...we have beatles week in the uk on BBC great to see these guys at work...great!

Can someone give clues to finding the leaks? I'm buying the mono set regardless, but am just busting to hear some

demonoid

Sdldawn said:

Fake.

TyphoonTip said:

yeah?

I didn't get mine from demonoid. but I would assume that any torrent site like that it's fake.


Mine is real tho.

errant said:

Yep. You can confirm if you like by comparing a track to any of the official samples available.

Patience.