Beatles Capitol albums vol. 2?

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Postby Rspaight » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:29 pm

Abbeyrd is quoting Bruce Spizer as saying it's at the plant and being released 4/11.

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Postby lukpac » Fri Mar 17, 2006 4:37 pm

A few things have already been noted as being off - all signs point to the mono BFS tracks being just that, rather than "unique Capitol remixes with added echo and reverb".

It's nice to get this stuff, but really, what's the point of playing up stuff like "unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdowns"? Can you say "mono switch"?

http://www.whatgoeson.com/story.200603152.html

Confirmed! Capitol Albums Volume 2 available April 11

WHAT GOES ON EXCLUSIVE!
by Bruce Spizer, Beatles author and historian

I can now confirm that Capitol Records will be releasing The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 on April 11, 2006.

The CD box set contains stereo and mono versions of the four Beatles albums released by Capitol in 1965, namely The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, the Help! soundtrack and the American version of Rubber Soul. These albums were mastered from the original Capitol tapes by Ted Jensen at Sterling Sound using 24-bit digital technology. As was the case with The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1, the discs sound superb and capture the magic of the original Capitol albums.

The Early Beatles marks the stereo debut on CD of nine early Beatles classics, including Please Please Me and Twist And Shout. It also contains the first CD release of the fake stereo mixes of Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You prepared by George Martin for the stereo version of the group's first Parlophone LP. Nine of the eleven mono tracks are unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdowns appearing for the first time on CD.

Beatles VI marks the stereo debut on CD of five Beatles recordings, including cover versions of Kansas City and Words Of Love, as well as Lennon and McCartney's What You're Doing, Every Little Thing and I Don't Want To Spoil The Party. The stereo album also contains the CD debut of Capitol's unique duophonic mix of Yes It Is. The mono album also includes many CD firsts: the appearance of four songs in their original 1965 George Martin mono mixes (You Like Me Too Much, Bad Boy, Dizzy Miss Lizzie and Tell Me What You See) and five songs in their unique Capitol remixes with added echo and reverb (Kansas City, I Don't Want To Spoil The Party, Words Of Love, What You're Doing and Every Little Thing).

The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 marks the first appearance on CD of the Help! soundtrack album. Six of its tracks have never been issued on CD in mono or stereo, namely the edit of Help! with its James Bond-derived introduction and five instrumental tracks from the film, including From Me To You Fantasy and Another Hard Day's Night. When the British Help! LP was issued on CD in 1987, it contained George Martin stereo remixes of the songs, which have been used on subsequent CD compilations. The Capitol soundtrack album marks the CD debut of five songs in their original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes (The Night Before, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, Another Girl and You're Gonna Lose That Girl). The stereo album also contains the CD debut of Capitol's unique duophonic mix of Ticket To Ride. The mono album marks the mono debut on CD of five songs (The Night Before, You've Got To Hide Your Love Away, I Need You, Another Girl and You're Gonna Lose That Girl), which appear in unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdowns.

The Capitol version of Rubber Soul contains the CD debut of twelve songs in their original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes. When these songs first appeared on CD in 1987, they were stereo remixes of the songs prepared by George Martin. The album's twelve songs are also making their mono debut on CD, this time with George Martin's original mono mixes from 1965.

Because the 46 songs on The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 appear in both stereo and mono mixes, the box set contains 92 total tracks. Out of this number, 82 are versions not previously available on CD.

The box set's packaging is similar to that of The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1. Each of the four CDs is housed in a cardboard sleeve featuring the album's original cover artwork. The labels to the CDs mimic each album's original Capitol rainbow label. The box set contains a colorful 56-page booklet full of rare photographs and quotes from the Beatles. I wrote the essay contained in the set's booklet, and I also served as a consultant on the project.
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Postby Xenu » Fri Mar 17, 2006 8:10 pm

There's a way to sell everything, I guess. Remember, somehow the presence of duphonic mixes is a good thing all of the sudden.
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Postby Rspaight » Fri Mar 17, 2006 9:16 pm

I will have to admit that hearing the Capitol "I Feel Fine" for the first time on the previous box was almost worth the price of admission by itself. It made me laugh harder than most "comedy" movies I've shelled out good money to see.

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Postby Xenu » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:23 am

It's like River Deep Mountain High. Kinda.
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Postby Rspaight » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:39 pm

It's back on Amazon. No discount yet.

http://tinyurl.com/o7ww5

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Postby Rspaight » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:42 pm

From the press release as quoted by abbeyrd:

Track Listings: (Stereo Recordings / Original Mono Recordings)
THE EARLY BEATLES (Released March 22, 1965)
Love Me Do $
Twist And Shout *‡
Anna *‡
Chains *‡
Boys *‡
Ask Me Why *‡
Please Please Me *‡
P.S. I Love You $
Baby It’s You *‡
A Taste Of Honey *‡
Do You Want To Know A Secret *‡
* Stereo debut on CD (9)
$ First CD appearance of 1963 simulated stereo mix from first U.K. LP (2)
‡ First CD appearance of unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdown (9)

BEATLES VI (Released June 14, 1965)
Kansas City *@
Eight Days A Week
You Like Me Too Much †
Bad Boy †
I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party *@
Words Of Love *@
What You’re Doing *@
Yes It Is ¤
Dizzy Miss Lizzie †
Tell Me What You See †
Every Little Thing *@
* Stereo debut on CD (5)
† Mono debut on CD (4)
¤ First CD appearance of unique Capitol duophonic mix (1)
@ First CD appearance of unique Capitol remixes with echo and reverb (5)

HELP! (Released August 13, 1965)
Help! •‡
The Night Before †‡%
From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental)•‡
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away †‡%
I Need You †‡%
In The Tyrol (Instrumental)•‡
Another Girl †‡%
Another Hard Day’s Night (Instrumental)•‡
Ticket To Ride ¤
The Bitter End/You Can’t Do That (Instrumental)•‡
You’re Gonna Lose That Girl †‡%
The Chase (Instrumental)•‡
• First CD appearance in any version (6)
† Mono debut on CD (5)
% First CD appearance of original 1965 George Martin stereo mix (5)
¤ First CD appearance of unique Capitol duophonic mix (1)
‡ First CD appearance of unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdown (11)

RUBBER SOUL (Released December 6, 1965)
I’ve Just Seen A Face %†
Norwegian Wood %†
You Won’t See Me %†
Think For Yourself %†
The Word %†
Michelle %†
It’s Only Love %†
Girl %†
I’m Looking Through You %†
In My Life %†
Wait %†
Run For Your Life %†
% First CD appearance of original 1965 George Martin stereo mix (12)
† Mono debut on CD (12)
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Postby lukpac » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:52 pm

Yeah, that list isn't quite right. Doesn't include the EP box tracks, and there's still some question about the "unique Capitol remixes with echo and reverb".
"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

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Postby lukpac » Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:35 pm

THE BEATLES : THE BEATLES CAPITOL ALBUMS VOLUME 2 ANNOUNCEMENT
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March 22, 2006
On April 11, 2006, Capitol Records will release The Beatles Capitol Albums Volume 2, a collection of the four Capitol albums by The Beatles from 1965. The box set marks the CD debut of The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, the Help! soundtrack and the American version of Rubber Soul.

This is the much anticipated companion set to the Capitol Albums Volume 1 which brought together for the first time on CD the albums that began it all - Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, Something New and Beatles '65.



APRIL 11, 2006 -- CAPITOL RECORDS TO RELEASE VOLUME 2 OF BEATLES U.S. RECORDINGS IN A BOX SET

FEATURING THE EARLY BEATLES, BEATLES VI, HELP! AND RUBBER SOUL FIRST TIME EVER ON CD

On April 11, 2006, Capitol Records will release The Beatles Capitol Albums Volume 2, a collection of the four Capitol albums by The Beatles from 1965. The box set marks the CD debut of The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, the Help! soundtrack and the American version of Rubber Soul.

This is the much anticipated companion set to the Capitol Albums Volume 1 which brought together for the first time on CD the albums that began it all - Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, Something New and Beatles '65.

"It has been an ambition of mine to see the release of these CDs in the form we grew up with in the U.S.," says Andrew Slater, President and CEO, Capitol Records. "The remastering should ensure that the sound quality lives up to the expectations of our memories."

The Early Beatles marks the stereo debut on CD of nine early Beatles classics, including Please, Please Me and Twist And Shout.

Beatles VI marks the stereo debut on CD of five Beatles recordings, including cover versions of Kansas City and Words Of Love, as well as Lennon and McCartney's What You're Doing and Every Little Thing. The album also marks the CD debut of four Beatles songs in their original 1965 George Martin mono mixes.

The Help! soundtrack album contains five instrumental tracks from the film making their CD debut, including From Me To You Fantasy and Another Hard Day's Night. When the British Help! LP was issued on CD in 1987, it contained George Martin stereo remixes of the songs. The Capitol soundtrack album marks the CD debut of five songs in their original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes.

The Capitol version of Rubber Soul contains, for the first time on CD, the original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes. When these songs appeared on CD in 1987, they were stereo remixes of the songs prepared by George Martin.

The Capitol Albums Volumes 1 & 2 have been carefully mastered from the original master tapes, taken from the vaults of Capitol Records, to ensure that they sound as they did when first released in 1964 and 1965. Each disc in the box sets presents each album in stereo and then in mono.

In the Sixties, American record labels often chose to reformat British records to suit the needs of the U.S. market. In America, singles were generally included on current albums, where as in the UK, albums and singles were most often separate releases.

Higher music publishing costs in the U.S. also made it impractical to include as many songs on American albums. In addition, in the case of The Beatles, some of the recordings on the American albums were given more echo than the British versions, to 'Americanize' their sound.

In Volume 2, all but four of the tracks on the stereo albums are actual stereo mixes, with two being unique Capitol duophonic mixes. Capitol's engineers created duophonic mixes from mono masters by emphasizing the treble in one channel, boosting the bass in the other, and running the two channels slightly out-of-sync to simulate a stereo sound. In addition, five of the mono tracks are unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdowns with added echo and reverb.

Because the 46 songs included in Volume 2 are presented in both stereo and mono mixes, there are 92 tracks in the box set. Out of this number, 82 tracks appear in versions not previously available on CD.

When The Beatles catalog appeared on CD for the first time in 1987, releases were standardized on a worldwide basis. A short time later, the U.S. albums, which had last appeared on vinyl and cassette, were deleted from the Capitol catalog.

Since that time there has been increasing demand for these original U.S. albums to make their CD debut, which they now do as part of this specially priced and uniquely packaged 4 CD boxed set.

The Capitol Albums Volume 2 includes all 4 of the group's 1965 Capitol album releases. Each of the discs is housed in a miniature replica of the original album cover. The box set contains a colorful 60-page booklet featuring a scrap book effect of rare photos and clippings from that amazing year.

Track Listings: (Stereo Recordings / Original Mono Recordings)

THE EARLY BEATLES (Released March 22, 1965)

Love Me Do
Twist And Shout
Anna
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
P.S. I Love You
Baby It's You
A Taste Of Honey
Do You Want To Know A Secret


BEATLES VI (Released June 14, 1965)

Kansas City
Eight Days A Week
You Like Me Too Much
Bad Boy
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Words Of Love
What You're Doing
Yes It Is
Dizzy Miss Lizzie
Tell Me What You See
Every Little Thing


HELP! (Released August 13, 1965)

Help!
The Night Before
From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental)
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
In The Tyrol (Instrumental)
Another Girl
Another Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
Ticket To Ride
The Bitter End/You Can't Do That (Instrumental)
You're Gonna Lose That Girl
The Chase (Instrumental)


RUBBER SOUL (Released December 6, 1965)

I've Just Seen A Face
Norwegian Wood
You Won't See Me
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
It's Only Love
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
Run For Your Life
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Postby lukpac » Sun Apr 02, 2006 10:58 am

Various updates gleamed from the mass hysteria at SH.tv:

- it's already shipping in Japan

- the CDs and book come out of the middle this time, so they won't fall out when you pull them out

- no gatefold cover for Help!

- a few people already have the set, and have found out that the mono mixes on VI and Rubber Soul are fold-downs (they weren't originally). After seemingly endless speculation, it looks like somehow Capitol screwed up, and they'll be fixing the issue (no details yet)
"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

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Postby Crummy Old Label Avatar » Mon Apr 03, 2006 8:01 am

lukpac wrote:Various updates gleamed from the mass hysteria at SH.tv:

- it's already shipping in Japan

- the CDs and book come out of the middle this time, so they won't fall out when you pull them out

- no gatefold cover for Help!

- a few people already have the set, and have found out that the mono mixes on VI and Rubber Soul are fold-downs (they weren't originally). After seemingly endless speculation, it looks like somehow Capitol screwed up, and they'll be fixing the issue (no details yet)


Who cares about all that when millions of people (OK, make that scores of SHites) can now die happy knowing that they've finally gotten to hear "The Chase (instrumental)" on Digital Cee Dee from THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES!!!! (NOT from a dropped needle!!!!!!!)

If that's not worth 80 smackers, I don't know what is.

Such a pity that the MONO version of "You Like Me Too Much" -- the greatest song ever written and sung by an adenoidal, third-banana Liverpudlian; Freddie and the Dreamers, after all, were from Manchester, right? -- is a fold-down. Awwww; boo hoo. Guess the SHites will have to live another few days in order to bitch about it. Life is never fair. :P
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Postby Phil Elliott » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:01 pm

These are for you COLA :lol:

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... vemedo.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... dshout.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... otohim.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... chains.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... 2/boys.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... kmewhy.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... easeme.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... oveyou.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... itsyou.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... fhoney.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... ouwant.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... ascity.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... saweek.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... oomuch.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... badboy.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... eparty.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... oflove.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... edoing.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... esitis.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... lizzie.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... yousee.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... ething.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... 2/help.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... before.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... veaway.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... eedyou.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... ergirl.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... toride.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... atgirl.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... naface.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... anwood.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... tseeme.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... urself.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... heword.mp3
(check out the double tracked vocals)

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... chelle.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... lylove.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... 2/girl.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... ughyou.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... mylife.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... 2/wait.mp3

http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/philelliott/ ... urlife.mp3
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Postby lukpac » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:07 pm

Sweet. Sounds pretty good, although I did notice a drop-out in Help...
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Postby lukpac » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:27 pm

I did a quick comparison to my German dub of Eight Days A Week. Once again, the EQ is dreadful (way too much high end), but it isn't something that can't be fixed.
"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

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Postby Phil Elliott » Mon Apr 03, 2006 3:29 pm

It goes really overboard on What You're Doing ...
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