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chrisguy13
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I a big fan of the Beatles, they're always good to listen too. I think most will agree. The big question is, will they be released on SACD soon?
I think Sony owns the Beatles' music so I would imagine that would be the format it would be released on.
I think a better question is how will they sound. The early (first 4) Beatles albums were released in mono, and a very crappy sounding mono too. It's utterly ridiculous how bad they sound. I tracked down Stereo HDCD rips of the first 4 albums in 320 mp3, and they sound amazing. The ones in the store cost 18 dollars and sound like @#%$. The excuse was that the master tapes were in too bad of shape, but it's all a bunch of bullshit because no one really knows (as far as I've seen) why they were released that way. I think it was just too rushed. I just wonder why they never re-mastered them.
I have a small amount of hope that the cds will be remixed into multi-channel, at least Help and Rubber Soul (they were remixed for cd release in 1988, so it's very possible). Maybe we should start a petition or something.
It's a damn shame that one of the best groups ever has such poor quality releases the completely waste the master tapes potentials. I was just wondering what everyone thought about all this.
Chris
I think Sony owns the Beatles' music so I would imagine that would be the format it would be released on.
I think a better question is how will they sound. The early (first 4) Beatles albums were released in mono, and a very crappy sounding mono too. It's utterly ridiculous how bad they sound. I tracked down Stereo HDCD rips of the first 4 albums in 320 mp3, and they sound amazing. The ones in the store cost 18 dollars and sound like @#%$. The excuse was that the master tapes were in too bad of shape, but it's all a bunch of bullshit because no one really knows (as far as I've seen) why they were released that way. I think it was just too rushed. I just wonder why they never re-mastered them.
I have a small amount of hope that the cds will be remixed into multi-channel, at least Help and Rubber Soul (they were remixed for cd release in 1988, so it's very possible). Maybe we should start a petition or something.
It's a damn shame that one of the best groups ever has such poor quality releases the completely waste the master tapes potentials. I was just wondering what everyone thought about all this.
Chris