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Update (12/29/08)
It makes me mad to think that the real remasters are languishing in a vault somewhere. Your Examiner article sums it up nicely. I hope that someone takes notice.As always, thanks for all of the work over the years in bringing us the Beatles news.
Update (12/26/08)
Update (10/11/08)
MOJO was invited "out of the blue" to Abbey Road to hear 10 restored White Album tracks. "You can hear every thread in the musical fabric -- the nuances of Macca's tour de force vocal on "Helter Skelter," his tolling bass on "Dear Prudence," and, eeriest of all, John Lennon singing "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" as if he's sitting right next to you, right now, rather than a whole lifetime ago."
The article mentions they also heard "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," "Martha My Dear," "Don't Pass Me By," "I Will" and "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except For Me and My Monkey." Remastering engineer Guy Massey enabled MOJO to flip between and forth between the old versions and the new ones to hear side-by-side differences. The remastering has included every UK album, both "Past Masters," "Yellow Submarine Songtrack" and the U.S. "Magical Mystery Tour," but not "Live at the Hollywood Bowl," regrettably. The new versions keep George Martin's original voices-left, instruments-right balance. The remasters will include both mono and stereo versions. The biggest challenge was the bass, which EMI dealt with cautiously on the original releases. The article says the new versions restore "the intended, recorded bottom end."So when will we see them? Sometime next year, the article says. And there's no guarantee there will be a coinciding release on iTunes.
Update (9/4/08)
(8/30/2008) We received an email earlier this week from Joseph DiCupolo regarding the October issue of MOJO (the next one due out in the UK) that, we have to admit, we shrugged off because it didn't make sense that a magazine would have the first details of the Beatles remastered CDs.
We were wrong.
First, here's what he told us in his email:
Although I do not have the new issue yet, the cover of the new issue of Mojo has a Paul interview, and next to his photo reads "My White Album" Plus! The Beatles Remastered" Could this be the exclusive news promised? The long awaited remasters?! I hope it dosen't turn out to be some wishful thinking in the Paul interview to keep us all happy like he and Yoko have done so many times already, promising that it's almost ready on and on... But I highly doubt that mojo would bill it as exclusive Beatles news unless it's definitely happening... anyway fingers crossed. I'll let you know as soon as I get the issue!
But then we received this note from Neil Richardson:
Hi Steve, Further to your report of the October issue of Mojo magazine, I have just received my copy. Quickly scanning through the article reveals that Mojo has been invited to a playback of ten White Album tracks. The verdict is "Better even than we'd hoped." Important information revealed includes; all the albums, including Yellow Submarine, Magical Mystery Tour and the Past Masters sets have been remastered, but not The Hollywood Bowl. Rubber Soul and Revolver will have three different mixes available, mono, original stereo and the 1987 stereo rebalances. There will be no 5.1 mixes of any of the tracks. Original recording equipment has been located and used for the project and the bass sound that the original cutting engineers reduced has been restored. Expected release date is now off the record set as 2009, "Apple/EMI are not going to bodge the packaging for the sake of a bumper Christmas." Regards,
Neil Richardson.
THE BEATLES + PAUL McCARTNEY: The second part of our White Album extravaganza features another track-by-track breakdown, an in-depth look at the Manson Murders and an exclusive interview with one Paul McCartney. “We were rock ‘n’ roll!” he tells Mat Snow.
and the second White Album CD:
FREE CD!: THE WHITE ALBUM RECOVERED – DISC #2. The Beatles' 1968 masterpiece re-imagined by the likes of The Neil Cowley Trio, Sarabeth Tucek, Rachel Unthank & The Winterset, The Ruby Suns, My Brightest Diamond and Gemma Ray. PLUS! A bonus track from a very, very special guest indeed!
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