Ed Sullivan Show<\/em> in February 1964. Even so, I admit to a measure of skepticism that another product of Beatles music could offer something all that new. The key here is being a \u201cremix\u201d rather than just a \u201cremaster.\u201d Once I heard that, I knew this would be special, and it is: pleasurably exceeding all my expectations. It\u2019s a sonic \u201cgrand slam\u201d and easily a five-star rating. If Amazon had ten-star ratings, I\u2019d give it that.<\/p>\nI bought the \u201cDeluxe\u201d version with two DVDs. The videos are uniformly excellent, with stunning remastered picture quality. Since I don\u2019t have a surround sound system, however, my review will be restricted to the CD and devoted mostly to comparisons with earlier versions of Beatles songs.<\/p>\n
In a remix (for those not acquainted with this notion), songs are improved in terms of different parts (tracks) in relation to each other. So, for example, a vocal that was on the left or right side might\u00a0be brought into the \u201cmiddle\u201d (equally loud on both channels): which is now standard practice. Many have been critical of too many \u201cunbalanced\u201d ; uncomfortably\u00a0\u201cleft-right\u201d Beatles songs in stereo, and I\u2019m one of them. I was especially looking and hoping for more drums in the middle (which I highly favor, as giving a rock song more power and drive: as many mono mixes do) and rectification of some of these balance flaws, and was happily satisfied to see significant improvements along these lines.<\/p>\n
There haven\u2019t been many remixes of Beatles songs. The main complete remixed album\u00a0up till now was the 1999 Yellow Submarine<\/em> \u201cSongtrack\u201d. In my opinion, every song on that release\u00a0was sonically superior (often vastly so) to any other versions: including the 2009 remasters.<\/p>\nToday I listened to the CD through speakers and then later with headphones, making a track-by-track comparison to what I considered the existing best-sounding tracks. I think that 19 of the 27 tracks on the revised \u201c1\u201d are now the best versions available. It\u2019s quite significant for Beatles fans to have (if one follows my opinion) 19 of their best songs improved to a level beyond anything heard previously.<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t include Let it Be<\/em> and The Long and Winding Road<\/em> in my analysis\u00a0of this album (compared to earlier product), strictly because of my personal musical taste. I\u2019ve always greatly preferred the album version of Let it Be<\/em>: with it\u2019s alternate superb George Harrison guitar solo: overdubbed in early 1970: one of the\u00a0last tracks (if not the<\/em> last track) recorded for the original Beatles corpus. And I like the \u201cde-Spectorized\u201d version of\u00a0The Long and Winding Road <\/em>because the schmaltzy embellishment was detested by Paul McCartney (though not by John Lennon: which violates the exaggerated stereotypes of the two musicians). The superior version is available on Let it Be \u2026 Naked<\/em> (2003). Since the songs on \u201c1\u201d were all singles versions, it could hardly have included these other versions.<\/p>\nThat said, only six\u00a0of the remaining 25 songs are superior in earlier versions: I Wanna Hold Your Hand <\/em>(I always write it that way!), Day Tripper<\/em>, and We Can Work it Out<\/em> are better in the 2009 mono versions (mainly because of lack of drums in the middle in the stereo versions). Yellow Submarine<\/em>, Eleanor Rigby<\/em>, and All You Need is Love<\/em> are better on the\u00a0Yellow Submarine<\/em>\u00a0\u201cSongtrack\u201d (though not by much). I noticed that\u00a0Yellow Submarine <\/em>in the 1999 album had (uniquely) ocean sounds that appropriately go from right to left and back. In no\u00a0case was a 2009 stereo version better than these new remixes.<\/p>\nOne thing I noticed was that vocals often sounded significantly better: going from a slightly \u201ctinny\u201d sound in some cases, to sounding as if the singer is literally in the room, heard without going through any recording process at all. Some remarkable new technology was evidently utilized in this regard. As another general observation: the drumming sounds sharper, clearer, and with more punch (as it should be). Ringo\u2019s wonderfully distinctive snare drum sound has never been better. Again, it seems like he\u2019s right in the room and heard equally with all the other tracks of the songs, rather than (as too often) relatively buried in the mix: adding a new excitement to several of the tracks. A third general improvement is Paul\u2019s bass, which has less of the annoying \u201cbooming\u201d quality that it sometimes takes on in Beatles recordings. \u201cNatural\u201d is the descriptive word for all three of these factors. The guitars aren\u2019t left out in the improvements, either. They are clearer, and can be heard more precisely as separate parts (lead and rhythm).<\/p>\n
I think that seven songs in particular (out of the 19 new \u201cgold standard\u201d ones) are \u201cvery notably improved\u201d from previous versions. Can\u2019t Buy Me Love<\/em>,\u00a0Paperback Writer<\/em>, and Hello Goodbye<\/em> have moved the drums to\u00a0the middle: thus maintaining the rock drive of the mono versions while retaining the more \u201cinteresting and ear-catching\u201d stereo touches, too, and a brighter, more appealing sound. They\u2019re much better than the mono versions (my previous favorites) and also the stereo 2009 remasters.<\/p>\nPenny Lane<\/em> was one of the songs that I immediately was struck by, listening through speakers. In this instance, I liked the 2009 stereo the best prior to this album: which gives the song a more charming, catchy ambiance, similar to the three songs above, but also, perfectly in line with its fundamental character as a \u201cbright\u201d or \u201csunny\u201d song. The famous high trumpet part also moves to the center. The drums are about half-again raised in volume and sharp as a bell. This is a fairly major change (in the \u201cremix\u201d sense), yet it doesn\u2019t sound innovative<\/em>; rather, one feels that the song should have always<\/em> been this way.\u00a0That observation is generally true of the entire album. The improvements are more striking and noteworthy than the 2009 remasters (great, overall) were, compared to the good ol\u2019 1987 remasters, without altering what we might call the sonic nature or essence of any song.<\/p>\nGet Back<\/em> is incredibly<\/em> catchy in the new remix: again, in line with the nature of the song as one of the most immediately appealing, irresistible rock riffs and grooves of all time. I recall that I first obtained this song in a cereal box (!): a flimsy plastic little record. But it played fine on our old mono record player! Here we find, most notably, a clearer (thus, all the more striking) John Lennon guitar track (true also of Come Together<\/em>).<\/p>\nLastly, I\u2019d like to give special mention to two songs that are arguably most improved of all: Lady Madonna<\/em> and The Ballad of John and Yoko<\/em>. Ironically (apart from the boring, mediocre Love Me Do<\/em>), these are my two least favorite cuts on the album. But (subjective tastes aside), they receive such a \u201cfine-tuning\u201d\u00a0\u00a0in the remix that my\u00a0prior basic impression or perception of them was almost entirely changed: from fairly mundane, conventional, not very original pieces (I dare say!), to almost \u201cthunderous\u201d rockers. That\u2019s how good these new mixes are. Lady Madonna<\/em> in particular had a very muddy bass line in the 2009 stereo version. Now it sounds great, and takes on a sort of (for lack of a better description) \u201cswamp rock\u201d character heard also in Come Together<\/em>.\u00a0The Ballad of John and Yoko <\/em>also receives quite a power boost: especially in the vigorous McCartney drumming (only he and John played on this track).<\/p>\nIt\u2019s a wonderful experience to be so struck by songs heard hundreds of times (and some of the least favorites of one\u2019s favorite band), due to such significant sonic \u201cfacelifts.\u201d As I have noted, this was true of many of the tracks: leading to a most remarkable listening\u00a0\u201cadventure\u201d.<\/p>\n
I think this album delivers all it possibly could (far beyond expectations: at least mine<\/em>, anyway), and will be regarded as a model of the \u201cremix genre.\u201d It has made this<\/em>\u00a0devoted Beatles fan very happy, and I\u2019m sure that will be the case with many thousands, if not millions more of our large tribe.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Billboard Magazine: 1 May 1965 [public domain \/ Wikimedia Commons] * * * * * [posted also as an Amazon review, where I added the description: \u201cSonic Ear Candy\u201d. I\u2019ve only written three reviews there, and one of the other two was a review of the 2009 Beatles stereo and mono box sets] * […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":4433,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[709],"tags":[1404,1407,1406,1405,1403],"class_list":["post-4432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-beatles","tag-beatles-album-review","tag-beatles-remasters","tag-beatles-remixes","tag-the-beatles"],"yoast_head":"\n
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Formerly a campus missionary, as a Protestant, Dave was received into the Catholic Church in February 1991, by the late, well-known catechist and theologian, Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave\u2019s articles have appeared in many influential Catholic periodicals, including \"This Rock\" (now called \"Catholic Answers Magazine\"), \"Envoy Magazine\" (Patrick Madrid), \"The Catholic Answer,\" \"The Coming Home Journal,\" \"Gilbert Magazine\" (American Chesterton Society), and \"The Latin Mass.\" He also writes a featured column for every issue of \"The Michigan Catholic\": published by the archdiocese of Detroit, and was editor for most of the apologetics tracts published by the St. Paul Street Evangelization apostolate. Dave\u2019s apologetics and writing apostolate was the subject of a feature article in the May 2002 issue of \"Envoy Magazine.\" He served as the staff moderator at the Internet discussion forum for The Coming Home Network, from 2007-2010. Dave has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated Catholic radio shows, including \"Catholic Answers Live\" (twice), \"Faith and Family Live\" (Steve Wood), \"Kresta in the Afternoon,\" \"Son Rise Morning Show,\" \"Catholic Connection\" (Teresa Tomeo), and \"The Catholics Next Door.\" His large and popular website, \"Biblical Evidence for Catholicism,\" was online from March 1997 to March 2007, and received the 1998 Catholic Website of the Year award from \"Envoy Magazine.\" His blog of the same name (now transferred to Patheos), begun in February 2004, contains more than 1,500 papers, at least 500 debates or dialogues, and over 50 distinct \"index\" web pages. Unsolicited correspondence has indicated many hundreds of conversions (or returns) to the Catholic faith as a result, by God's grace, of these writings. Dave's conversion story was published in the bestselling book \"Surprised by Truth\" (edited by Patrick Madrid; San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994). Sophia Institute Press has published six of his books: \"A Biblical Defense of Catholicism\" (Foreword by Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., 1996 \/ 2003), \"The Catholic Verses\" (2004), \"The One-Minute Apologist\" (2007), \"Bible Proofs for Catholic Truths\" (2009), \"The Quotable Newman\" (editor: 2012), and \"Proving the Catholic Faith is Biblical\" (2015). He is co-author (with Dr. Paul Thigpen) of the inserts for \"The New Catholic Answer Bible\" (Our Sunday Visitor: 2005), and editor for \"The Wisdom of Mr. Chesterton: The Very Best Quotes, Quips, and Cracks from the Pen of G. K. Chesterton\" (Saint Benedict Press \/ TAN Books: 2009). \"100 Biblical Arguments Against Sola Scriptura\" was published by Catholic Answers in May 2012. His \"Quotable Wesley\" compilation was published by (Protestant \/ Wesleyan publisher) Beacon Hill Press in April 2014. Several of his 49 books are bestsellers in their field. Dave maintains a popular personal Facebook page, a Facebook author page, and has a Twitter account as well. He offers almost all of his books in e-book form on his own Biblical Catholicism site (http:\/\/biblicalcatholicism.com\/), at a permanent deep discount: only $2.99 for ePub, mobi, and AZW, and $1.99 for PDF. His writing has been enthusiastically endorsed or recommended by many leading Catholic apologists, authors, and priests, including Dr. Scott Hahn, Fr. Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Marcus Grodi, Patrick Madrid, Steve Ray, Tim Staples, Devin Rose, Mike Aquilina, Al Kresta, Karl Keating, Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Brandon Vogt, Marcellino D'Ambrosio, and Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J. Dave has been happily married to his wife Judy since October 1984. 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