You look at that iPhone picture you took of the moon...
"Hey, that little white speck in this blurry gray picture doesn't look anything like how my perception was dialing the image up in my head when I was looking at it?!"
So the cropped hyper realistic produced image looks better and more "real" than the actual real image that's truly like being there (but without the enhancement of human perception).
Audio is the same way. Got a reference system in a purpose built home theater with that room also really dialed in. (I know a couple of you do... Sit back down for now.) If not, you probably prefer hyper realistic mixes too.
Just trying to define some context for some of this. Early stereo and early quad were a point on the road to the ideal. Don't compare the 4 corner quad to some modern perfectly imaged presentation (as if we even get that very often). Compare it to the stereo version from the period that was more compressed and squeezed together and had no bass end in the mix to speak of.
Some old school moves with direct sounds isolated to a channel, mono coupled pairs of channels for some bass sounds, and other matter of fact moves to get direct sounds firing out of a sound system open up the cheap seats. A good mix should work for both. There should be matter of fact primary sound that comes across on ear buds or soundbars. Then extended fidelity and spacial presentation that opens up for higher fidelity and then surround. The latter shouldn't be stepped on for the former though under any circumstances.
Anyway, I thought the Beatles were the most popular band in the world and had a recording engineer of some fame. These productions should be done to the highest standards. These releases may not be the worst of show but the shrill hyped sound is unwelcome and the lowly old vinyl releases for all their flaws contain higher fidelity copies of this music.
I still honestly wonder sometimes if this is done intentionally to keep interest and collecting of the originals alive and leave the door always open for a new "upgraded" release down the road. If these are genuine screw ups... well, that's pretty special!
Don't worry
@ar surround, I have my own box. Yours are safe!