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500 Club - QQ All-Star
I've been looking at the different multichannel versions of Help! (the song) that we now have available. The three versions are the snipet from Anthology, the complete version in Love and the complete version (with some projector noise at the end) from the Help! DVD.
Of course limiting any new mixes are the original 4-track master tapes (with mixdowns) and how they were recorded. It seems despite this limitation the Love version and the Help! version are different mixes. However, the Anthology version and the Help! version seem to be very similar (if not the same). I haven't had time to do some subtraction magic to figure out if the Anthology snipet and Help! are the same but my ears tell me the tracks are very similar (at least the three front channels).
Just did some listening/looking on You're Gonna Lose That Girl. This is definitely a different mix than the mix of the full song on Anthology. Interestingly on the Help! soundtrack the lead vocal is not spread across the front left/right (as was done on Anthology) but instead the lead vocal is "more naked" in the center channel with reverb in the rear channels. So it appears more remastering was done for the Help! soundtrack rather than relying on what was already available. For some interesting educational entertainment I recommend the front right channel of YGLTG (although the center channel of Only a Northern Song is much more unusual).
I'm curious if anyone else has compared tracks? Of course the main thing is that we gained seven new Beatles multichannel mixes! Hopefully more in the new year (holding my breath)...
Andy
Of course limiting any new mixes are the original 4-track master tapes (with mixdowns) and how they were recorded. It seems despite this limitation the Love version and the Help! version are different mixes. However, the Anthology version and the Help! version seem to be very similar (if not the same). I haven't had time to do some subtraction magic to figure out if the Anthology snipet and Help! are the same but my ears tell me the tracks are very similar (at least the three front channels).
Just did some listening/looking on You're Gonna Lose That Girl. This is definitely a different mix than the mix of the full song on Anthology. Interestingly on the Help! soundtrack the lead vocal is not spread across the front left/right (as was done on Anthology) but instead the lead vocal is "more naked" in the center channel with reverb in the rear channels. So it appears more remastering was done for the Help! soundtrack rather than relying on what was already available. For some interesting educational entertainment I recommend the front right channel of YGLTG (although the center channel of Only a Northern Song is much more unusual).
I'm curious if anyone else has compared tracks? Of course the main thing is that we gained seven new Beatles multichannel mixes! Hopefully more in the new year (holding my breath)...
Andy
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