Most people own some Beatles albums. Being a rabid collector, I own the various Beatles albums at least 7 times over. Admittedly, this thread is an argument starter. Please list your 10 favorite Beatle tracks. What pressing, or in some cases mix, is your favorite (optional)? Also optional, list whether that pressing is an album, single, EP, CD or DVD-A. Highly relevant, though optional, here is to indicate whether it is mono, 2ch or 5.1. Kindly limit your choices to officially released tracks No bootlegs, please.
We were finally graced with the Beatles in 5.1, albeit with radically new mixes/segues on the Love album. Fantastic! Many tracks are also complete or partial in 5.1 on the Anthology DVD/LD/VHS box set. Perhaps the new owners of EMI might co-opt George Martin and Son to remix all the albums in 5.1, as they did with their versions on Love. Early albums and singles would be a challenge, since most are 3ch masters, some are mono. I can dream, can't I?
Here are my faves:
1- All You Need is Love - 2ch German OOP LP of Magical Mystery Tour, which is the ONLY stereo LP in REAL STEREO!
2- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - 2ch OOP LP of Help (original mix), Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
3- A Day in the Life - 2ch OOP LP of Sgt. Pepper, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
4- Penny Lane - 2ch US Rarities OOP LP with trumpet solo at the end
5- Strawberry Fields Forever - 2ch German OOP LP of Magical Mystery Tour, which is the ONLY stereo LP in REAL STEREO!
6- Something - 2ch OOP LP, Abbey Road, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
7- Things We Said Today - 2ch OOP LP of A Hard Day's Night, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
8- It's Only Love - 2ch OOP LP of Help (original mix), Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
9- Hey, Bulldog - 2ch CD of Yellow Submarine (soundtrack, NOT songtrack) 2009 Remaster
10- We Can Work it Out - 2ch CD of Past Masters (2CD), 2009 Remaster (originally a non-album single in UK, first CD release: Past Masters 2)
2, 3, 6, 7 & 8 were sold individually, and in Beatles: the Collection, both OOP. 9 & 10 available individually and in the Beatles' Stereo CD Box (2009).
Although some of these tracks appear on Love in 5.1, the songs are mixed and segued together. Love is FANTASTIC. Until the original versions are released in 5.1, I prefer listening to them in 2ch stereo. Blasphemy in this forum, as well as for a surroundaholic like myself. Don't shoot me.
Bonus: Favorite Beatles Album, including compilations. Again, no boots, please. My vote is:
Abbey Road, 2ch OOP LP, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US Distributed, Pressed in Japan
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We were finally graced with the Beatles in 5.1, albeit with radically new mixes/segues on the Love album. Fantastic! Many tracks are also complete or partial in 5.1 on the Anthology DVD/LD/VHS box set. Perhaps the new owners of EMI might co-opt George Martin and Son to remix all the albums in 5.1, as they did with their versions on Love. Early albums and singles would be a challenge, since most are 3ch masters, some are mono. I can dream, can't I?
Here are my faves:
1- All You Need is Love - 2ch German OOP LP of Magical Mystery Tour, which is the ONLY stereo LP in REAL STEREO!
2- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - 2ch OOP LP of Help (original mix), Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
3- A Day in the Life - 2ch OOP LP of Sgt. Pepper, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
4- Penny Lane - 2ch US Rarities OOP LP with trumpet solo at the end
5- Strawberry Fields Forever - 2ch German OOP LP of Magical Mystery Tour, which is the ONLY stereo LP in REAL STEREO!
6- Something - 2ch OOP LP, Abbey Road, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
7- Things We Said Today - 2ch OOP LP of A Hard Day's Night, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
8- It's Only Love - 2ch OOP LP of Help (original mix), Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US distributed, pressed in Japan
9- Hey, Bulldog - 2ch CD of Yellow Submarine (soundtrack, NOT songtrack) 2009 Remaster
10- We Can Work it Out - 2ch CD of Past Masters (2CD), 2009 Remaster (originally a non-album single in UK, first CD release: Past Masters 2)
2, 3, 6, 7 & 8 were sold individually, and in Beatles: the Collection, both OOP. 9 & 10 available individually and in the Beatles' Stereo CD Box (2009).
Although some of these tracks appear on Love in 5.1, the songs are mixed and segued together. Love is FANTASTIC. Until the original versions are released in 5.1, I prefer listening to them in 2ch stereo. Blasphemy in this forum, as well as for a surroundaholic like myself. Don't shoot me.
Bonus: Favorite Beatles Album, including compilations. Again, no boots, please. My vote is:
Abbey Road, 2ch OOP LP, Mobile Fidelity 1/2 speed mastered, US Distributed, Pressed in Japan
Nothing you can know that can't be known.