Rspaight wrote:George's teeth are really scary.
I think I've seen that picture before in the Big Book of British Smiles.
So it's going to be called "Let It Be Naked" ?????
I think I've seen that picture before in the Big Book of British Smiles.
Chuck thinks that I look to good to be a computer geek. I think that I know too much about interface design, css, xhtml, php, asp, perl, and ia (too name a few things) to not be one.
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The latest from abbeyard....
Update (9/26/03)
Thanks to Gregory Reisig, here's that cover pic with the images un-reversed. He thinks it looks better this way. We do, too. Could this be the real cover?
From chjr, some info he saw on the Brazil site we didn't mention:
1- the website folks say that one of them has heard the album
2- the first CD will be 35:02 long
3- the second CD will be 22 minutes long, and the beatles can be heard chatting and playing songs such as 'Imagine'
4- the album was heard in secret, in Portugal, and a special CD was used. the white cover just had the words 'dummy artist' written on it.
5- George Harrison gave 'thumbs up' to the release before his death (obviously).
Update (9/25/03)
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/403letitbeagain.html
Update (9/26/03)
Thanks to Gregory Reisig, here's that cover pic with the images un-reversed. He thinks it looks better this way. We do, too. Could this be the real cover?
From chjr, some info he saw on the Brazil site we didn't mention:
1- the website folks say that one of them has heard the album
2- the first CD will be 35:02 long
3- the second CD will be 22 minutes long, and the beatles can be heard chatting and playing songs such as 'Imagine'
4- the album was heard in secret, in Portugal, and a special CD was used. the white cover just had the words 'dummy artist' written on it.
5- George Harrison gave 'thumbs up' to the release before his death (obviously).
Update (9/25/03)
http://abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/news/403letitbeagain.html
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mikenycLI wrote:Thanks to Gregory Reisig, here's that cover pic with the images un-reversed. He thinks it looks better this way. We do, too. Could this be the real cover?
Not sure what they are talking about, as that cover looks nothing like the one on the Brazilian site, un-reversed or not. It's not even the same pic of George.
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It's '62-'66 all over again.
I think in the end there's something to be said about album continuity.
I'm sure it's probably about the money, being able to price it as a two disc set when everything would fit on one disc, but I don't necessarily see anything wrong with using two discs to separate different material.
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balthazar wrote:I'm sure it's probably about the money, being able to price it as a two disc set when everything would fit on one disc, but I don't necessarily see anything wrong with using two discs to separate different material.
I've always felt that's what a healthy dose of silence is good for. If I'm making a CD-R of an album with bonus tracks, I generally separate the bonus tracks from the album with a 20 second pause.
Besides, it's not even as if we've got "original album" and "bonus tracks" - it's *all* new.
"I know because it is impossible for a tape to hold the compression levels of these treble boosted MFSL's like Something/Anything. The metal particulate on the tape would shatter and all you'd hear is distortion if even that." - VD
I've always felt that's what a healthy dose of silence is good for. If I'm making a CD-R of an album with bonus tracks, I generally separate the bonus tracks from the album with a 20 second pause.
That's certainly another alternative, and something I wish had been done on the Queen remasters from 1991, or the Deep Purple 25th anniversary remasters.
The anniversary editions of Machine Head and Made in Japan are both two-disc sets. The latter simply uses two discs because disc one is full. The former actually uses disc one to separate the original material, including a non-album b-side, from the new mixes on the disc two, which includes a couple of quad (!) mixes.
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lukpac wrote:balthazar wrote:I'm sure it's probably about the money, being able to price it as a two disc set when everything would fit on one disc, but I don't necessarily see anything wrong with using two discs to separate different material.
I've always felt that's what a healthy dose of silence is good for. If I'm making a CD-R of an album with bonus tracks, I generally separate the bonus tracks from the album with a 20 second pause.
Besides, it's not even as if we've got "original album" and "bonus tracks" - it's *all* new.
I do the same thing. Just like the McCartney remasters. If there's space, why waste it?
I'm curious to how this album will be received overall. It's obviously not going to have the same appeal as "1." Most casual Beatles fans probably could care less if "The Long And Winding Road" is less overproduced on this set.
Plus, as it has been stated many times before, most of the die hard fans (like myself) already have this and in decent quality to boot. It's probably something I'd buy just because I'm a freak and have to have everything Beatles.
I'm not particularly excited about this release. Now if it were "Abbey Road," I'd be sold. Especially since that record was snubbed on the Anthology series (both record and video).
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seth wrote:The quote above says they do the song "Imagine". Was this in the previously booted outtakes (30 Days or Day by Day)?
I know that there's a mention of an "Imagine" run through in the day by day book. It's probably on the Nagra reels. I can't recall ever seeing it booted anywhere though.
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Beatlesfan03 wrote:seth wrote:The quote above says they do the song "Imagine". Was this in the previously booted outtakes (30 Days or Day by Day)?
I know that there's a mention of an "Imagine" run through in the day by day book. It's probably on the Nagra reels. I can't recall ever seeing it booted anywhere though.
If this is so, I'm sure, MACCA is listening to the bootlegs, to get an idea of what's rare. I wouldnt be surprised, in the least !
Macca probably isn't listening to shit. I would be surprised if he has any idea of the actual demand for this sort of thing, and what form would be preferred.
Unless the material ends up being really stellar, this might be a disaster.
Say what you will about Yoko, she's been far nicer to fans of her husband than anybody probably expected. The fairly stellar reissues, Anthology, Gimme Some Truth, now the "Legend" DVD...
Unless the material ends up being really stellar, this might be a disaster.
Say what you will about Yoko, she's been far nicer to fans of her husband than anybody probably expected. The fairly stellar reissues, Anthology, Gimme Some Truth, now the "Legend" DVD...
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Xenu wrote:Macca probably isn't listening to shit. I would be surprised if he has any idea of the actual demand for this sort of thing, and what form would be preferred.
Unless the material ends up being really stellar, this might be a disaster.
Say what you will about Yoko, she's been far nicer to fans of her husband than anybody probably expected. The fairly stellar reissues, Anthology, Gimme Some Truth, now the "Legend" DVD...
Since we're all familiar with Apple's track record on these things (although I must give them props for the great job on the Anthology DVDs), I can't imagine it being anything spectacular. As you stated in an earlier post, a lot of this stuff has been around for ages already. I don't think there's a huge demand or anticipation for this among Beatles fans. Although I could be wrong.
If Macca cared about anything what the fans wanted, we might have already had a decent remastered catalog with mono and stereo mixes. Oh wait....Peter Mew still works at EMI....maybe a super no-noised remastered catalog in the tradition of the wonderful sound of "1."
"Naked" might be interesting, but I think it will be far from spectacular.
I agree, while not perfect, John's catalog I think is far more in check and better off than the state of the Beatles at this time.
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Beatlesfan03 wrote:Xenu wrote:Macca probably isn't listening to shit. I would be surprised if he has any idea of the actual demand for this sort of thing, and what form would be preferred.
Unless the material ends up being really stellar, this might be a disaster.
Say what you will about Yoko, she's been far nicer to fans of her husband than anybody probably expected. The fairly stellar reissues, Anthology, Gimme Some Truth, now the "Legend" DVD...
Since we're all familiar with Apple's track record on these things (although I must give them props for the great job on the Anthology DVDs), I can't imagine it being anything spectacular. As you stated in an earlier post, a lot of this stuff has been around for ages already. I don't think there's a huge demand or anticipation for this among Beatles fans. Although I could be wrong.
If Macca cared about anything what the fans wanted, we might have already had a decent remastered catalog with mono and stereo mixes. Oh wait....Peter Mew still works at EMI....maybe a super no-noised remastered catalog in the tradition of the wonderful sound of "1."
"Naked" might be interesting, but I think it will be far from spectacular.
I agree, while not perfect, John's catalog I think is far more in check and better off than the state of the Beatles at this time.
To me, the Concert for George DVD/CD set, is going to BOMB, too.
No matter how much we, here, know about the quality of the performances, this is a vanity release for George's memory.