Nostalgia and hype gets a little boring after fifty years. The Beatles were great but decades of rehashing, hyperbole and squeezing every last dime out of them is spoiling it all (in my opinion). It's all a bit "Emperor's new clothes" at this stage. As others have said, it's time to let them be.
The best review of these albums anywhere online! Great perspective on the mixes & the history of these records for us old folks without insulting the younger fans. And yes... WHERE THE F**K IS RAIN!! Great job Mazzy,
@@tas6313Good points. IMHO Rain would’ve been a good addition for those of us with the Revolver vinyl box. Rain/Paperback Writer we’re on the 7 inch 45 RPM. It would be nice to have it on an LP.
I always views the red album as a very significant record as it's the perfect introduction to the Beatles...it has all one needs to establish a first impression. I'm lucky that I can vividly recall the precise moment that I became a fan of the Beatles. I can tell you where I was, and the song that unexpectedly drew me and the radio station that was playing it. A few months later I got the red album on vinyl as a Xmas present. I played the hell out of it, and it led me to purchase many of their "American" albums on cassette. I can even recall watching and recording "Yellow Submarine" on VHS during this time. I can remember buying my first Beatles poster which was a collage of pictures taken of them when they were recording "Revolver" and a few years later I bought a "Beatles '65" poster that I also hung in my room. This period for me was the mid-1980's when I was in high school. Through the Beatles, I unearthed the '60's and discovered a unique world of music that expanded my horizons as a listener. Up until then I listened only to '80's music which was and still is fantastic stuff. That's my era. But now the '60's joined that interest and gave me yet another world to explore and that led me to re-discovering the 1970's a little more closely. That expansion of the mind and ears all began with that red album. Today I don't know if remixing and expanding that record, and the blue one, was a necessity. I still have my CD version of that album from roughy 17 years ago, and it sounds fantastic to me. Then I picked up the vinyl version two years ago and again, it sounds equally fantastic to my CD version, with a bit of a warmer presence, but I enjoy both versions regardless. For me I don't see a need to buy the updated red album. I never owned the Blue album because I'm still not a fan of their later stuff for some reason. The bus stops at the station with "Magical Mystery Tour" for me.
Red and the Blue were my introduction to The Beatles in the mid 80s , still got the vinyl albums , this time i bought the CDs , the remixes sound great on my Bose Wave , ive rediscovered all these great songs again today , I'm happy , I hope these new additions introduce a whole new generation to the wonderful world of The Beatles ,, OK Rain would have been nice
I think the Beatles should have re-issued the Red and Blue with new mixes and original track listings… but issued an entirely new “Green” album, 1962-70-23 and added the balance of the re-mixed songs (and perhaps some others) in one distinct package…and include Free as a Bird, Real Love and Now and Then. Green is a very contemporary colour/movement that the Beatles could support, and would create an entirely new product. As it came out, I find it wanting, and won’t update the 2014 vinyl editions of the Red and Blue I already own. Thx for a great channel. Cheers from Toronto. JPE
I wouldn't want The Beatles having anything to do with that b/s corrupt Greenwashing Agenda. That entire "movement" as you chose to describe them are a bunch of marxist/communist hysterical control freaks floundering on the most dodgy, manipulated, seriously skewered scientific data. Please keep The Beatles out of your batshit crazy geo-political beliefs.
@@apollomemories7399 Just noting that you're including Paul McCartney in your list of 'hysterical simpletons' (Wildlife particularly is one of the earliest 'green' songs).
@@catswhiskers1 You can also add to your list of "just noting" that he subsequently went on tour using a massive jet plane with his band's name proudly emblazened all over it. So, you can stick your virtue signalling double standards where the sun don't shine. He also recorded around that same time 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish'. His political awareness wasn't so smart either, given that Northern Ireland was then 80% Protestant. It must have been the strong drugs he was taking. Or was it simply that of blind stupidity?
The remixes are brilliant especially on the Blue album psychedelic period. I was re-immersed in those tunes like never before. Stunning! All of both (Red and Blue) are stunning. I'm 71 years old.
Fraid I have to disagree with you,I don't own them,don't want to but I've heard most of them and can't say as I like most of what I've heard,my opinion is leave this group alone don't keep trying to get blood from a stone.
@@alfching2499the new remixes of the early stuff are phenomenal, the remixes of the later period have been a mixed bag since 2017 but the best of them keep exactly what The Beatles originally released in stereo but just make everything clearer and punchier. The 1962-65 remixes are like going from SD to 4K in sound. Massive upgrade and the songs are so good that you didn’t even realise how much detail you had been missing out on. The 66-70 remixes are like going from 4k to 8k. There’s a difference, most of the time you’re glad for the upgrade but you keep finding yourself wondering if you’ve wasted your money.
Thanks for the review. I'm 69 years old and basically grew up listen to (and loving) the Beatles, much like yourself. I think the "Red Album" is the real winner here, mostly due to the material being older and not originally recorded as well as their later years. Some of the old standards like "I Saw Her Standing There" sound new and fresh. The guitars are crisp and the drums are more prominent. Overall, I'm very happy with the remixes.
To my ears the drums are much too prominent on many of these remixed songs. In fact some are actually sharp to the ears. Giles has a thing for drums and his remixes can be downright drum heavy.
@@goplad1 it’s almost like he’s taken the treatment that they started using on the drums more around “Revolver” and applied it to the very early stuff.
I'm loving these remixes on the Red and Blue albums. They sound clean, crisp, well balanced, and fresh! I own the CD version and is good enough for me. Of course I'll still keep my 2009 remaster albums. The Beatles forever!❤❤
Get original UK pressings of the LPs first if you want to really hear the Beatles as the Beatles intended. Giles Martin is doing the Beatles a disservice.
Giles did a good remix of walrus for the 5.1 MMT Blu-Ray release back in 2012. I don’t know how he managed to mess this mix up so badly. I also agree the yellow submarine song track remains the best remixes to date
I hadn't bothered to get the Yellow Submaine Songtrack remix. Thanks for the endorsement on that one! It's amazing what a difference the remix made! It sounds fantastic!
I seem to be the baby of the bunch here, I'm 55 and discovered The Beatles in 1979 when I was 11. The Blue Album was my introduction, outside of already knowing the solo works and radio songs you'd hear back then on FM Rock stations and AM Pop stations. When Sgt. Pepper remix came out I was excited to no end, and it just got better and better with each release. Let It Be, being the outstanding remix of them all. But these are all like rediscovering Beatles all over again. And with Now and Then, I kind of felt like an 11 year old discovering new Beatle songs for the first time. Or a 27/28 year old in 1995/96 with Free As a Bird and Real Love. I'm very pleased with these. I also question the lack of, "Rain" and the ending of "Walrus", but I have my many other versions I can pull out and enjoy.
Great job as usual Mazzy, love your perspective on these kind of collections. We love Giles Martin’s mix on the “Love” soundtrack and “1.”By the way, love the photo of John on the wall, makes us smile every time.🙏🏻🎧
Very nice coverage! To answer your initial question of do we need these remixes, for me it’s YES! As a 60 year old Beatles fan, even as a teenager I wished the early stuff could sound better. This is a dream come true. I agree with you that the Yellow Submarine Songtrack is the best remix. It was done by a classical guy with a better understanding of what good sound is compared to the current Beatles team.
@@victorbloom8286 I'm a 48 year-old Beatles fan, and I was perfectly fine with the old mixes--until I heard some of the remixes. Not every remix is great, but so far 138 songs have received the remix treatment and I'd say a good 85% of them are clearly superior to the original mix. The remaining Beatles have themselves approved these remixes and indeed actively participated in them (and I'm positive if John and George were here, they would enthusiastically approve, as George did when "Yellow Submarine Songtrack" was released). So this IS what the band wants.
His name was peter cobbins maybe he should remix the entire catalog plus past masters cause the only album people can agree on had the best remix was YS why wasn't he contacted??
I'm 69 years old. I grew up with the Capitol Beatles albums and they were a huge part of my youth. Then when I was in my 20s I bought a couple of the UK LPs and a German With the Beatles-maily because of the covers. What a revelation! Th sound was much more revealing. I acquired a MoFi box set and at first was impressed with how quiet the pressings were, but realized the EQ was boosted in the bass. I still have it, but eventually completed my OG Parlophone collection, which are my daily drivers. I dutifully bought the Giles Martin Abbey Road, then Revolver and when I compared them to my originals, I heard little differences, but came to the conclusion that they were pretty pointless. The originals were pretty near perfect and had the advantage of being mastered from tapes that were at most 2 weeks old as opposed to 60 years old! If you don't have those, you really don't know what you're missing.
So glad you highlighted the Yellow Submarine remix; it is truly amazing. Not sure if you mentioned his name, but it was producer Peter Cobbin who gave the songs on that album their incredible sound. It was back in '99, and 'pre-AI' of course. It's a shame that Mr. Cobbin wasn't assigned to remix the entire Beatles catalog after that; all this present remixing would have been unnecessary. Anyone who hasn't listened to the '99 Yellow Submarine (still available and inexpensive) should really hear it. Thanks for your great review!
I was delighted with the Yellow Submarine 1999 edition, especially "Hey Bulldog". That album set the standard for remixing Beatles tracks but unfortunately that standard still hasn't been matched.
A really good and honest review that I feel will help my listening pleasure. Not like so many other so called reviews that have been a complete waste of my life. As usual with your videos very enjoyable and grown up. Thank you Mazzy. All best wishes to you from the UK.
I'm all in for remixes of complete albums, but I just don't need a comp. I feel Beatles music needs to be listened to by the album as it was originally released. Each album has a story to tell.
All the remixes are awesome. I Am the Walrus seems to be a case where he’s going for the avant garde sound but the alchemy of the original was spot on.
One of the things I like about listening to the CDs over the vinyl is that I can add metadata to each song. So when I search through all my music, I can see “Love Me Do (2023 remix)” come up in my search. I tagged each song on both the red and blue albums so I can now see the difference between the different versions. Great review and thanks for putting this out!
Yes! And I stood in line to see Hard Days Night in 64! Thank you for your hard work. I still want your autograph in your book I bought years ago! Keep the Beatles #1..............
The Imagine John Lennon ST on (Japanese) vinyl rocks. As you mentioned, I too love the clean intro to A Day In the Life on that. The Yellow Submarine remixed album still takes the cake. I’ll hold onto my 2014 AAA Red and Blue albums and will pass on these newest releases. Thanks for all the insight and comparative review.
On Red 2014 Yesterday has sibilance on the first „something wrong“. My system is perfectly calibrated. Greetings from Berlin and many thanks for this wonderful video, Harry
They Really couldn’t add Rain? What the heck!! But they were able to add fillers like “You Really Got A Hold On Me, and “Roll Over Beethoven”! Why in the world were those even considered. This would have been a great opportunity to include this fine track. What a shame that Rain was left out!
I watched your channel for the first time and have become a subscriber. LOVE the way you casually share your critique. I would have stayed for the full 2-3 hours to hear your song by song comments. Like you, I love the early American records and feel the best “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is on the Capital box set CD. It captures the “punch” and excitement of that first American single. Other than that song, love how the early songs are remixed on the new Red album.
with the Red Album, iwould’ve replaced George’s cover of “Roll Over Beethoven” with his own first song he wrote “Don’t Bother Me” and i strongly feel we could’ve used another song from “Beatles For Sale” instead just having “8 Days a Week”, i wouldve added “No Reply” or “I’ll Follow the Sun”.. it bugs me a little how “Beatles For Sale” is regarded as one of thier worst albums…🤷 i love it! And “Double Fantasy” and “Stripped Double Fantasy” is another example on the differences in covers…
Watching this prompted me to get out my German copy of Blue that I got from a goodwill in Switzerland, and really enjoy these songs. It always strikes me that these songs have so much more to them than the kind of sonic shorthand that comes into our head when I think of certain Beatles hits...great review, and also very nice shirt! Very clean.
Good to hear your personal views Mazzy as always. I will forgo these, have just bought the box set From Liverpool, a great selection and still a good price if you search around for a clean copy, cheers 🥂👍
Mazzy I agree with your comments I connected to the Beatles in 1964 aged 4! People have forgotten the Oldies but goldies the first official compilation! Now people like you and me who go into the stuff with notes etc are called Anoraks classed with people who go to Railway stations and write down train numbers!! Love the video made me laugh!
A wonderful and thorough analysis from "Mazzy-The 5th Beatle" 😉 Will educate any Beatle fan and future follower through passion and near band mate fashion. My first Beatles record was BLUE. I was born in '69. Emotionally attached as I am, I still believe the track sequence is spot on and flows incredibly well. I have the 2014 remasters of both. Will wait for the orphan 3rds to come out as a future comp. I petition - Loose Yellow Submarine for Rain! Obviously, it would be beneficial to remixes with John's influence. P.S. the 'Red note book' should be preserved and archived for the future Norman Maslov Center in Seattle😎 Thanks for making this extra fun for everyone.
Thanks for the video and the in depth review Mazzy, as you always do! There’s one song I wanted to hear your thoughts about: She loves you. What do you think of the new remix? I think it sounds muffled! I somehow prefer the original stereo or the original mono from the remasters.
'WTF is Rain?!?!?' Absolutely. What a bizarre omission from this project. Another great video. I completely agree with your take on 'We Can Work it Out'. IMO that track and 'A Day in The Life' are the best Lennon-McCartney collaborations...
@@GBOACThat's an interesting take on it - like 'Child of The Moon' was to 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'. But to my memory 'Rain' did have a pretty strong presence on AM radio at the time (unlike the Stones b-side, which really was a hidden gem), only slightly less so than 'Paperback Writer'. I wish that both bands had stayed in that '66 Carnaby Street pop phase a little longer...
@@onsenkuma1979 well in a way yes, but Child Of The Moon was a leftover track from the Satanic Majesties sessions, while Rain was very much a Revolver-era song just like Paperback Writer. Just not A-side material.
@@GBOAC Well, a lot of early Beatles tracks weren't 'A-side material', but that's a whole other story. Strangely enough I never owned either of these compilations until I found them as Japanese import 'cut outs' in '79. That was just before their back catalogue was finally given a North American release in the original UK configurations. I bought everything from Rubber Soul on in about '80 or so, and that was the first time I'd heard those records since roughly '71. The Beatles just weren't on my radar through the '70s...
Mazzy, excellent review, thank you. I have the red & blue plus the red again in red vinyl. I'm still up in the air on purchasing the new box set. I appreciate you doing this!
@@mazzysmusic Great video as always. BUT a small correction. "Get Back" was their first single released in stereo in the U.S. however in the UK it was "The Ballad of John & Yoko".
Hey Mazzy. I wrote to you once before. I'm from Berkeley. My favorite record store was Rather Ripped Records, so you can guess my age. I still have my 70s Beatles vinyl and my 80s and 90s Beatles CDs, but I never have owned any versions of the Red and Blue. I thought you would like to know that you, Joe, Larry, and others have rekindled my passion for the Beatles and I've ordered copies of the Red and Blue CDs from Target. Thanks so much for everything you give us. --Michael
If civilization is still around for the 100th Anniversary reissue of these albums, and I have a a good audio system in my cryo-tank (I’m 57 now, so that’s my only likely option), I’ll be excited to hear the vinyl version cued up and played for me. Just to hear what Apple Records is still holding back or otherwise tinkering with. I’m sure it will be worth the wait.
Awesome insight Norman! I didn’t like the new ‘Walrus’ mix either haha I love that we have the opportunities to listen to Beatles music like it was our first time again with these remixes
Putting it bluntly, when you own or have heard The Beatles in Mono, any stereo mix of pre 1968 Beatles music is rendered needless. Particularly when you've heard the mono mixes through headphones, the stereo mixes become virtually unlistenable. The new stereo mixes may be a minor improvement over the originals, but they still can't touch the monos
Hi Mazzy, I pre-ordered the 7 inch Now and Then in black. The independent record stores didn't get what they ordered. My order was canceled. They told me that blue and clear variant were in stock. I bought a blue one 💙. It will arrive next week. I have watched many videos about the releases. I guess we are all excited.
I like the remixes although I only have UA-cam to go by using really good computer desktop speakers. On the red album, Ringo's drums get more clarity and the sound over all is more open. Some tracks benefit more than others but generally, the Red album is a must have in my opinion. The Blue, unless you have bought all the available Giles remixes, it's also worth getting. I will wait till the new year when the prices of the two sets come down. I agree Mazzy, no Rain is insane but at least the remix of Tommorrow Never Knows is great.
I really enjoyed your reviews. I am warning all friends / family / Beatle people to NOT watch any of these until they listen once or twice to form their own opinion. I heard differences but your review brought out what they were and made me go back into iTunes and listen to all the many versions I have from over the years and be amazed how much they changed. Being 67 I prefer the original but I GET why the remixes were needed for ear bud listening BUT ... Thanks again.
Great video as usual, Norman. You may have changed my mind about rethinking the idea of remixing classic albums especially Beatles. I guess if I’m gonna entertain Beatles remixes I might be better off with these two collections because I’ve had the same issue with being acclimated to the original flows song to song of original LPs. Maybe I’ll get the Red after all
Great review!! The Red/Blue albums were my introduction to the Beatles back in the mid 1970's. I still have those albums but they are in very sad shape. I bought a few US albums back then until I realized the UK albums were the ones to have and I bought the UK box set and still have that and it's in perfect condition!! So I bought the new Red album to hear these remixes of the early songs and I think they sound fantastic!! I won't buy the Blue album unless I can get it a lesser price. I agree with you that the Yellow Submarine remix is awesome. A lot of these remixes have been disappointing but the Red album is now my favorite remix. Thanks for the review.
Giles is not mixing these for us older listeners. He is mixing it for today's teens & twenty somethings by making it sound more contemporary. And we still have the old mixes. Nothing lost, something gained.
Agree, Best Review!!!! I really enjoyed listening to your review… inspiring!! Thank you for teaching us and showing us how you be respectful and appreciative of the artistic expressions of each of the albums and remixes💕🎶💗 Aloha
The Red Album was the first album I bought with my own money as a very young person in 1974 or so after I fell in love with Eleanor Rigby on AM radio. It was a revelation. I only stream music these days (no vinyl or CD) so I probably never will experience this so I am glad for the review.
Good review Mazzy - Thanks. Already have a 1973 german release and the 2014 version - but ordered this anyways 😅. Mostly to hear the early (red) songs with the MAL-de-/remix (the 2022 Revolver-box-version sounds great to me). I’ll probably be most disappointed with that they didn’t put the “new”/added songs in the right chronological order, since I find this (and the possibility to follow their musical developement) is one of the great things w. the red/blue albums.
Hey Mr. Maslov, just found this review. I like your style and so I subbed. I shall go through your video's with interest! Thank you for the tip on the 2014 releases JS
You’re right, most people don’t care about minor mix variations. But I’m glad you do as this Beatles Nerd is very much interested in the creative process in virtually all intellectual endeavors. I like the Pepper Stereo if only for the spatial effects in the Fox chase.
I've only listened to the Red album remixes so far but I have noticed that some tracks, with the bass and drums brought into much clearer focus, almost feel imperceptibly like their foundations have subtly shifted, there's a new rhythm appeared, different to the oh so familiar feel we have come to know and trust over some 40 plus years.
This is such a great video, sensible comments about a personal view of these new 2023 releases, pluses and minuses on a lot of the tracks. Do I agree? Hell no, but then I'm only listening to the new CD's and these are my first copies so I have nothing to compare them against, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video, an honest set of opinions without ramming them down my throat. Nicely done Norman, nicely done.
When I first got on chatrooms in the beginning of the internet, I was surprised at how many people were introduced to the Beatles through these compilations.
Hi Mazzy, excellent appraisal. Just for the record (excuse pun) it was a guy called Allan Steckler who worked for Allen Klein, who compiled both 62-66 and 67-70. He'd also compiled Hot Rocks with the Stones' stuff. There's an interview with him in the Janauary 2024 issue of Mojo magazine, out now.
As a young fan of the Beatles, these remixed Red & Blue albums have been essential, more so the Red album than the Blue. These mixes are phenomenal in my opinion and just make me want the rest of their early albums to receive this treatment.
its crazy leaving ,rain, off of this compilation as you state it was a transitional song for the band,to me the way the guitars sounds blew my 13 year old mind i had never heard anything like this it seemed to have a drone effect,indeed ringo is amazing so is paul,s bass........jpj
Thanks for the video 👍 think they absolutely serve a purpose as an introduction to new (download generation) Beatles fans. These sets were my biggest hook into my Beatles adventure 43 years ago. I won’t be getting these vinyl editions as the packaging looks really low quality! Stuffing two albums into one side...no poly sleeves etc....Come on Apple raise your game its the Beatles!
I’m in that generation (in my late 50s) who are just slightly too young to remember the Beatles when they were still together, but my first musical memories are kind of the aftermath of their influence. My parents had the Blue Album so that was my first introduction to the band, and the album still has sentimental meaning to be because of that time. Not sure I’ll ever get these newer versions but interesting to hear about them all the same. I wonder in 50, 60, 100 years from now what will be the default versions that people will hear, the originals or newer cleaned up remixes/remasters?
@Mazzy - If I’m not entirely mistaken, there is no „I am the Walrus“ on the Hörzu comp. you’re mentioning… Which release are you referring to? Very nice breakdown of the whole thing. :-)
The Beatles focussed on mono, so it makes sense to me to start and update from there. I find that approach warm, rich, and tasteful. McCartney and Starr approved every mix and made changes if needed. They said they aimed for a sound that if The Beatles had today’s technology, that’s what you get. These are my 12 year old son’s favourite albums! Especially I am the Walrus (which he prefers over the old stereo mix). I agree with him!
I wanted to tap you on the shoulder as you got to the Blue tracks and remind you that everything from: Revolver / Pepper / White / Abbey & Let it Be were not freshly remixed for this, but are from the anniversary reissues of 2018 and such. And Hell Bulldog ? Every mix, Including Songtrack !, has left out a quick little touch that Geoff Emerick was so delighted to mention in an interview from decades ago.... They added ADT JUST to John's "you know anymore ??".... and no one has remembered to add that touch since !!
I think, the proof of the pudding, is in the reaction of the public to these mixes/music, which, as far as I can tell, is overwhelmingly positive and people love the music. What more could one ask for?
I've only heard these new mixes through the Dolby Atmos mastering on Apple Music. I think they generally sound fantastic-Hard Days Night, We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper and If I Needed Someone are total standouts. I love the peak the band builds during Day Tripper during the guitar break--can't say I ever picked up on that before. The one track that I thought lost all it's punch was Eight Days A Week--the fade in lost all it's power and John's vocal had no punch when he started singing
The answer to the question “Do we need ANYTHING more from The Beatles?” Is always YES.
@@Leigh-ik7hv…and?
Not just "YES" but "HELL FU*KING YES!!"
More than ever.
I thought he meant another video with people reacting to this new edition ...
Nostalgia and hype gets a little boring after fifty years. The Beatles were great but decades of rehashing, hyperbole and squeezing every last dime out of them is spoiling it all (in my opinion). It's all a bit "Emperor's new clothes" at this stage. As others have said, it's time to let them be.
Yellow Sub Songtrack still sounds superior to my ears. Fantastic lesson in how to remix, refresh & restore.
The best review of these albums anywhere online! Great perspective on the mixes & the history of these records for us old folks without insulting the younger fans. And yes... WHERE THE F**K IS RAIN!! Great job Mazzy,
@@tas6313Good points. IMHO Rain would’ve been a good addition for those of us with the Revolver vinyl box. Rain/Paperback Writer we’re on the 7 inch 45 RPM. It would be nice to have it on an LP.
I always views the red album as a very significant record as it's the perfect introduction to the Beatles...it has all one needs to establish a first impression.
I'm lucky that I can vividly recall the precise moment that I became a fan of the Beatles. I can tell you where I was, and the song that unexpectedly drew me and the radio station that was playing it. A few months later I got the red album on vinyl as a Xmas present.
I played the hell out of it, and it led me to purchase many of their "American" albums on cassette. I can even recall watching and recording "Yellow Submarine" on VHS during this time.
I can remember buying my first Beatles poster which was a collage of pictures taken of them when they were recording "Revolver" and a few years later I bought a "Beatles '65" poster that I also hung in my room.
This period for me was the mid-1980's when I was in high school. Through the Beatles, I unearthed the '60's and discovered a unique world of music that expanded my horizons as a listener.
Up until then I listened only to '80's music which was and still is fantastic stuff. That's my era. But now the '60's joined that interest and gave me yet another world to explore and that led me to re-discovering the 1970's a little more closely.
That expansion of the mind and ears all began with that red album. Today I don't know if remixing and expanding that record, and the blue one, was a necessity. I still have my CD version of that album from roughy 17 years ago, and it sounds fantastic to me. Then I picked up the vinyl version two years ago and again, it sounds equally fantastic to my CD version, with a bit of a warmer presence, but I enjoy both versions regardless.
For me I don't see a need to buy the updated red album. I never owned the Blue album because I'm still not a fan of their later stuff for some reason.
The bus stops at the station with "Magical Mystery Tour" for me.
Thank you for taking the time to do this & dressing up for the occasion! EXCELLENT ending by the w…
Red and the Blue were my introduction to The Beatles in the mid 80s , still got the vinyl albums , this time i bought the CDs , the remixes sound great on my Bose Wave , ive rediscovered all these great songs again today , I'm happy , I hope these new additions introduce a whole new generation to the wonderful world of The Beatles ,, OK Rain would have been nice
Thank you for your insightful, reflective and lovingly detailed works on the new Red and Blue Albums. Not a second wasted in listening to you!
I think the Beatles should have re-issued the Red and Blue with new mixes and original track listings… but issued an entirely new “Green” album, 1962-70-23 and added the balance of the re-mixed songs (and perhaps some others) in one distinct package…and include Free as a Bird, Real Love and Now and Then. Green is a very contemporary colour/movement that the Beatles could support, and would create an entirely new product. As it came out, I find it wanting, and won’t update the 2014 vinyl editions of the Red and Blue I already own. Thx for a great channel. Cheers from Toronto. JPE
Not only that, but green would have gone perfect with the whole "Apple Records" aesthetic! 🍏
I wouldn't want The Beatles having anything to do with that b/s corrupt Greenwashing Agenda. That entire "movement" as you chose to describe them are a bunch of marxist/communist hysterical control freaks floundering on the most dodgy, manipulated, seriously skewered scientific data. Please keep The Beatles out of your batshit crazy geo-political beliefs.
@@sugadelicsavagesoul8623 Green in colour choice only, but not the Green Agenda. Leave that for the hysterical simpletons.
@@apollomemories7399 Just noting that you're including Paul McCartney in your list of 'hysterical simpletons' (Wildlife particularly is one of the earliest 'green' songs).
@@catswhiskers1 You can also add to your list of "just noting" that he subsequently went on tour using a massive jet plane with his band's name proudly emblazened all over it. So, you can stick your virtue signalling double standards where the sun don't shine. He also recorded around that same time 'Give Ireland Back To The Irish'. His political awareness wasn't so smart either, given that Northern Ireland was then 80% Protestant. It must have been the strong drugs he was taking. Or was it simply that of blind stupidity?
The remixes are brilliant especially on the Blue album psychedelic period. I was re-immersed in those tunes like never before. Stunning! All of both (Red and Blue) are stunning. I'm 71 years old.
Fraid I have to disagree with you,I don't own them,don't want to but I've heard most of them and can't say as I like most of what I've heard,my opinion is leave this group alone don't keep trying to get blood from a stone.
You need a hearing aid if you think a Giles Martin mix is brilliant
@@alfching2499the new remixes of the early stuff are phenomenal, the remixes of the later period have been a mixed bag since 2017 but the best of them keep exactly what The Beatles originally released in stereo but just make everything clearer and punchier.
The 1962-65 remixes are like going from SD to 4K in sound. Massive upgrade and the songs are so good that you didn’t even realise how much detail you had been missing out on.
The 66-70 remixes are like going from 4k to 8k. There’s a difference, most of the time you’re glad for the upgrade but you keep finding yourself wondering if you’ve wasted your money.
Now and Then doesn’t belong on the blue…they should’ve included it as a bonus single in the box set.
Thanks for the review. I'm 69 years old and basically grew up listen to (and loving) the Beatles, much like yourself. I think the "Red Album" is the real winner here, mostly due to the material being older and not originally recorded as well as their later years. Some of the old standards like "I Saw Her Standing There" sound new and fresh. The guitars are crisp and the drums are more prominent. Overall, I'm very happy with the remixes.
To my ears the drums are much too prominent on many of these remixed songs. In fact some are actually sharp to the ears. Giles has a thing for drums and his remixes can be downright drum heavy.
@@goplad1 it’s almost like he’s taken the treatment that they started using on the drums more around “Revolver” and applied it to the very early stuff.
I'm loving these remixes on the Red and Blue albums. They sound clean, crisp, well balanced, and fresh! I own the CD version and is good enough for me. Of course I'll still keep my 2009 remaster albums. The Beatles forever!❤❤
Enjoy them. They’re fun ✌🏼❣️
I'm with you. I'm hearing things I've never heard before.
Get original UK pressings of the LPs first if you want to really hear the Beatles as the Beatles intended. Giles Martin is doing the Beatles a disservice.
Giles did a good remix of walrus for the 5.1 MMT Blu-Ray release back in 2012. I don’t know how he managed to mess this mix up so badly. I also agree the yellow submarine song track remains the best remixes to date
I hadn't bothered to get the Yellow Submaine Songtrack remix. Thanks for the endorsement on that one! It's amazing what a difference the remix made! It sounds fantastic!
"WHERE THE F... IS RAIN?!" 😂
I seem to be the baby of the bunch here, I'm 55 and discovered The Beatles in 1979 when I was 11. The Blue Album was my introduction, outside of already knowing the solo works and radio songs you'd hear back then on FM Rock stations and AM Pop stations. When Sgt. Pepper remix came out I was excited to no end, and it just got better and better with each release. Let It Be, being the outstanding remix of them all. But these are all like rediscovering Beatles all over again. And with Now and Then, I kind of felt like an 11 year old discovering new Beatle songs for the first time. Or a 27/28 year old in 1995/96 with Free As a Bird and Real Love.
I'm very pleased with these. I also question the lack of, "Rain" and the ending of "Walrus", but I have my many other versions I can pull out and enjoy.
Great job as usual Mazzy, love your perspective on these kind of collections. We love Giles Martin’s mix on the “Love” soundtrack and “1.”By the way, love the photo of John on the wall, makes us smile every time.🙏🏻🎧
Paul's new yelps on "Old Brown Shoe" are worth the whole package. + the horns on "Magical Mystery Tour"
Very nice coverage! To answer your initial question of do we need these remixes, for me it’s YES! As a 60 year old Beatles fan, even as a teenager I wished the early stuff could sound better. This is a dream come true. I agree with you that the Yellow Submarine Songtrack is the best remix. It was done by a classical guy with a better understanding of what good sound is compared to the current Beatles team.
Im a 70 Year aold Beatles Fan. The way the O.G. was recorded is fine by Me .
@@victorbloom8286 I'm a 48 year-old Beatles fan, and I was perfectly fine with the old mixes--until I heard some of the remixes. Not every remix is great, but so far 138 songs have received the remix treatment and I'd say a good 85% of them are clearly superior to the original mix. The remaining Beatles have themselves approved these remixes and indeed actively participated in them (and I'm positive if John and George were here, they would enthusiastically approve, as George did when "Yellow Submarine Songtrack" was released). So this IS what the band wants.
His name was peter cobbins maybe he should remix the entire catalog plus past masters cause the only album people can agree on had the best remix was YS why wasn't he contacted??
@@martinkristensen8398That would be wonderful but he’s no longer at Abbey Road.
I'm 69 years old. I grew up with the Capitol Beatles albums and they were a huge part of my youth. Then when I was in my 20s I bought a couple of the UK LPs and a German With the Beatles-maily because of the covers. What a revelation! Th sound was much more revealing. I acquired a MoFi box set and at first was impressed with how quiet the pressings were, but realized the EQ was boosted in the bass. I still have it, but eventually completed my OG Parlophone collection, which are my daily drivers. I dutifully bought the Giles Martin Abbey Road, then Revolver and when I compared them to my originals, I heard little differences, but came to the conclusion that they were pretty pointless. The originals were pretty near perfect and had the advantage of being mastered from tapes that were at most 2 weeks old as opposed to 60 years old! If you don't have those, you really don't know what you're missing.
So glad you highlighted the Yellow Submarine remix; it is truly amazing. Not sure if you mentioned his name, but it was producer Peter Cobbin who gave the songs on that album their incredible sound. It was back in '99, and 'pre-AI' of course. It's a shame that Mr. Cobbin wasn't assigned to remix the entire Beatles catalog after that; all this present remixing would have been unnecessary. Anyone who hasn't listened to the '99 Yellow Submarine (still available and inexpensive) should really hear it. Thanks for your great review!
I was delighted with the Yellow Submarine 1999 edition, especially "Hey Bulldog".
That album set the standard for remixing Beatles tracks but unfortunately that standard still hasn't been matched.
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“Because that’s the way you really want the Beat…” Yes indeed. Great info, recollections and etc as always. Thank you.
Hello Norman! Love your take on these remixed versions of the Red and Blue Albums. Thank you for the video.
Your a passionate, excellent communicator. Thanks for your taking notes and sharing your detailed thoughts.
This was a very enjoyable watch. Balancing nerdiness with insight and humor is an art and you've mastered it. Well done.
Totally agree
Remember you get Rain and Paperback Writer on the 7” reproduction included in the Revolver box set.
A really good and honest review that I feel will help my listening pleasure. Not like so many other so called reviews that have been a complete waste of my life. As usual with your videos very enjoyable and grown up. Thank you Mazzy. All best wishes to you from the UK.
I'm all in for remixes of complete albums, but I just don't need a comp. I feel Beatles music needs to be listened to by the album as it was originally released. Each album has a story to tell.
All the remixes are awesome. I Am the Walrus seems to be a case where he’s going for the avant garde sound but the alchemy of the original was spot on.
One of the things I like about listening to the CDs over the vinyl is that I can add metadata to each song. So when I search through all my music, I can see “Love Me Do (2023 remix)” come up in my search. I tagged each song on both the red and blue albums so I can now see the difference between the different versions. Great review and thanks for putting this out!
Yes! And I stood in line to see Hard Days Night in 64! Thank you for your hard work. I still want your autograph in your book I bought years ago! Keep the Beatles #1..............
VERY clever how you ended this video (assuming it was intentional). Love it!
A few viewers connected with the ending 😆🤠
The Imagine John Lennon ST on (Japanese) vinyl rocks. As you mentioned, I too love the clean intro to A Day In the Life on that. The Yellow Submarine remixed album still takes the cake. I’ll hold onto my 2014 AAA Red and Blue albums and will pass on these newest releases. Thanks for all the insight and comparative review.
On Red 2014 Yesterday has sibilance on the first „something wrong“. My system is perfectly calibrated. Greetings from Berlin and many thanks for this wonderful video, Harry
They Really couldn’t add Rain? What the heck!! But they were able to add fillers like “You Really Got A Hold On Me, and “Roll Over Beethoven”! Why in the world were those even considered. This would have been a great opportunity to include this fine track. What a shame that Rain was left out!
I watched your channel for the first time and have become a subscriber. LOVE the way you casually share your critique. I would have stayed for the full 2-3 hours to hear your song by song comments. Like you, I love the early American records and feel the best “I Want To Hold Your Hand” is on the Capital box set CD. It captures the “punch” and excitement of that first American single. Other than that song, love how the early songs are remixed on the new Red album.
Than you for joining in a watching. Welcome ✌🏼
with the Red Album, iwould’ve replaced George’s cover of “Roll Over Beethoven” with his own first song he wrote “Don’t Bother Me” and i strongly feel we could’ve used another song from “Beatles For Sale” instead just having “8 Days a Week”, i wouldve added “No Reply” or “I’ll Follow the Sun”.. it bugs me a little how “Beatles For Sale” is regarded as one of thier worst albums…🤷 i love it!
And “Double Fantasy” and “Stripped Double Fantasy” is another example on the differences in covers…
Yeah, I'm not a fan of having their covers of others' songs on any compilation.
I love Beatles For Sale too!
Twist & Shout, and Roll Over Beethoven are the highlights of the sets! Great Mixes. Everything else has Ringo's kit way too up.
I made it thru the whole review and now I know how many Mazzy's it takes to fill the Albert Hall. Thank you Sir!!
"Rain" is missing? One of the most important songs. And listen to the bass and the drums! What a sacrilege to leave it out!
Watching this prompted me to get out my German copy of Blue that I got from a goodwill in Switzerland, and really enjoy these songs. It always strikes me that these songs have so much more to them than the kind of sonic shorthand that comes into our head when I think of certain Beatles hits...great review, and also very nice shirt! Very clean.
It literally looks if John Lennon is listening to every word you say, over your shoulder. And John Lennon's shoulder even matches yours.
Good to hear your personal views Mazzy as always. I will forgo these, have just bought the box set From Liverpool, a great selection and still a good price if you search around for a clean copy, cheers 🥂👍
Mazzy I agree with your comments I connected to the Beatles in 1964 aged 4! People have forgotten the Oldies but goldies the first official compilation! Now people like you and me who go into the stuff with notes etc are called Anoraks classed with people who go to Railway stations and write down train numbers!!
Love the video made me laugh!
Was interested in hearing your thoughts about this collection. Thank you for taking the time to do so
Great review and I 100% agree with you on NO RAIN
A wonderful and thorough analysis from "Mazzy-The 5th Beatle" 😉 Will educate any Beatle fan and future follower through passion and near band mate fashion. My first Beatles record was BLUE. I was born in '69. Emotionally attached as I am, I still believe the track sequence is spot on and flows incredibly well. I have the 2014 remasters of both. Will wait for the orphan 3rds to come out as a future comp.
I petition - Loose Yellow Submarine for Rain! Obviously, it would be beneficial to remixes with John's influence.
P.S. the 'Red note book' should be preserved and archived for the future Norman Maslov Center in Seattle😎
Thanks for making this extra fun for everyone.
Walrus is just plain weird....I don't know if I would ever get used to that.
I'm glad people are able to buy yet another copy of the Red & Blue albums
Thanks for the video and the in depth review Mazzy, as you always do! There’s one song I wanted to hear your thoughts about: She loves you. What do you think of the new remix? I think it sounds muffled! I somehow prefer the original stereo or the original mono from the remasters.
'WTF is Rain?!?!?' Absolutely. What a bizarre omission from this project. Another great video. I completely agree with your take on 'We Can Work it Out'. IMO that track and 'A Day in The Life' are the best Lennon-McCartney collaborations...
To me Rain is the ultimate B-side and thus should remain slightly obscure
@@GBOACThat's an interesting take on it - like 'Child of The Moon' was to 'Jumpin' Jack Flash'. But to my memory 'Rain' did have a pretty strong presence on AM radio at the time (unlike the Stones b-side, which really was a hidden gem), only slightly less so than 'Paperback Writer'. I wish that both bands had stayed in that '66 Carnaby Street pop phase a little longer...
And Rain is one of Ringo's favorites!
@@onsenkuma1979 well in a way yes, but Child Of The Moon was a leftover track from the Satanic Majesties sessions, while Rain was very much a Revolver-era song just like Paperback Writer. Just not A-side material.
@@GBOAC Well, a lot of early Beatles tracks weren't 'A-side material', but that's a whole other story. Strangely enough I never owned either of these compilations until I found them as Japanese import 'cut outs' in '79. That was just before their back catalogue was finally given a North American release in the original UK configurations. I bought everything from Rubber Soul on in about '80 or so, and that was the first time I'd heard those records since roughly '71. The Beatles just weren't on my radar through the '70s...
Love you work!
Thank you! Cheers!✌🏼
Looking very smart there. I like your style.
Mazzy, excellent review, thank you. I have the red & blue plus the red again in red vinyl. I'm still up in the air on purchasing the new box set. I appreciate you doing this!
Yes! We need it (another red & blue) video from you! 😀
I doubt that 😵💫
@@mazzysmusic Great video as always. BUT a small correction. "Get Back" was their first single released in stereo in the U.S. however in the UK it was "The Ballad of John & Yoko".
Hey Mazzy. I wrote to you once before. I'm from Berkeley. My favorite record store was Rather Ripped Records, so you can guess my age. I still have my 70s Beatles vinyl and my 80s and 90s Beatles CDs, but I never have owned any versions of the Red and Blue. I thought you would like to know that you, Joe, Larry, and others have rekindled my passion for the Beatles and I've ordered copies of the Red and Blue CDs from Target. Thanks so much for everything you give us. --Michael
Omission of Rain is just inexplicable. There can only be one explanation: commercial
If civilization is still around for the 100th Anniversary reissue of these albums, and I have a a good audio system in my cryo-tank (I’m 57 now, so that’s my only likely option), I’ll be excited to hear the vinyl version cued up and played for me. Just to hear what Apple Records is still holding back or otherwise tinkering with. I’m sure it will be worth the wait.
Great video Mazzy!!! I like your thorough review. Hopefully you will be doing Rubber Soul remix box set review next year. Rain, Rain, Rain!!!
Awesome insight Norman! I didn’t like the new ‘Walrus’ mix either haha I love that we have the opportunities to listen to Beatles music like it was our first time again with these remixes
Great video, Mazzy. I'd like to hear what is your "go to" version of each of the Beatles studio albums one day. Cheers!
Putting it bluntly, when you own or have heard The Beatles in Mono, any stereo mix of pre 1968 Beatles music is rendered needless. Particularly when you've heard the mono mixes through headphones, the stereo mixes become virtually unlistenable. The new stereo mixes may be a minor improvement over the originals, but they still can't touch the monos
Hi Mazzy, I pre-ordered the 7 inch Now and Then in black. The independent record stores didn't get what they ordered. My order was canceled. They told me that blue and clear variant were in stock. I bought a blue one 💙. It will arrive next week.
I have watched many videos about the releases. I guess we are all excited.
Album is worth its weight in gold due to the Rubber Soul remixes.
I like the remixes although I only have UA-cam to go by using really good computer desktop speakers. On the red album, Ringo's drums get more clarity and the sound over all is more open. Some tracks benefit more than others but generally, the Red album is a must have in my opinion. The Blue, unless you have bought all the available Giles remixes, it's also worth getting. I will wait till the new year when the prices of the two sets come down. I agree Mazzy, no Rain is insane but at least the remix of Tommorrow Never Knows is great.
On the digital version on streaming , they have written 2023 Edition on the cover 😊
I really enjoyed your reviews. I am warning all friends / family / Beatle people to NOT watch any of these until they listen once or twice to form their own opinion. I heard differences but your review brought out what they were and made me go back into iTunes and listen to all the many versions I have from over the years and be amazed how much they changed. Being 67 I prefer the original but I GET why the remixes were needed for ear bud listening BUT ... Thanks again.
Great job as always, Mazzy.
I’m The 🤴 started listening in 1971 when I was 6 years old. 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😮😅
Great video as usual, Norman. You may have changed my mind about rethinking the idea of remixing classic albums especially Beatles. I guess if I’m gonna entertain Beatles remixes I might be better off with these two collections because I’ve had the same issue with being acclimated to the original flows song to song of original LPs. Maybe I’ll get the Red after all
Great review!! The Red/Blue albums were my introduction to the Beatles back in the mid 1970's. I still have those albums but they are in very sad shape. I bought a few US albums back then until I realized the UK albums were the ones to have and I bought the UK box set and still have that and it's in perfect condition!! So I bought the new Red album to hear these remixes of the early songs and I think they sound fantastic!! I won't buy the Blue album unless I can get it a lesser price. I agree with you that the Yellow Submarine remix is awesome. A lot of these remixes have been disappointing but the Red album is now my favorite remix. Thanks for the review.
The unfortunate thing, Giles Martin has been given too much artistic license.
Giles is not mixing these for us older listeners. He is mixing it for today's teens & twenty somethings by making it sound more contemporary. And we still have the old mixes. Nothing lost, something gained.
Agree, Best Review!!!! I really enjoyed listening to your review… inspiring!! Thank you for teaching us and showing us how you be respectful and appreciative of the artistic expressions of each of the albums and remixes💕🎶💗
Aloha
The Red Album was the first album I bought with my own money as a very young person in 1974 or so after I fell in love with Eleanor Rigby on AM radio. It was a revelation.
I only stream music these days (no vinyl or CD) so I probably never will experience this so I am glad for the review.
this was great, thanks!
Good review Mazzy - Thanks.
Already have a 1973 german release and the 2014 version - but ordered this anyways 😅. Mostly to hear the early (red) songs with the MAL-de-/remix (the 2022 Revolver-box-version sounds great to me).
I’ll probably be most disappointed with that they didn’t put the “new”/added songs in the right chronological order, since I find this (and the possibility to follow their musical developement) is one of the great things w. the red/blue albums.
Hey Mr. Maslov, just found this review. I like your style and so I subbed. I shall go through your video's with interest! Thank you for the tip on the 2014 releases
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Welcome and thank you ✌🏼
I received Red Beatles when I was 13 yea old Christmas in 1977 ❤ (bought Blue on my own the following year.)😊
This new mix of You Can’t Do That is KILLER!!
Great rock!
Let's all call it what it ("Now And Then" and the red/blue re-releases) is: one last cash grab.
What your gear and room is like is so important and often overlooked
Absolutely ✌🏼
You’re right, most people don’t care about minor mix variations.
But I’m glad you do as this Beatles Nerd is very much interested in the creative process in virtually all intellectual endeavors.
I like the Pepper Stereo if only for the spatial effects in the Fox chase.
I've only listened to the Red album remixes so far but I have noticed that some tracks, with the bass and drums brought into much clearer focus, almost feel imperceptibly like their foundations have subtly shifted, there's a new rhythm appeared, different to the oh so familiar feel we have come to know and trust over some 40 plus years.
Yes, too different for me. I’m too used to the old ones.
Great Video really enjoyed your take on the albums. did you get the black vinyl or the color vinyl ?
Oh, that ending you did was very funny!
A+!
Cool you got it ✌🏼
This is such a great video, sensible comments about a personal view of these new 2023 releases, pluses and minuses on a lot of the tracks. Do I agree? Hell no, but then I'm only listening to the new CD's and these are my first copies so I have nothing to compare them against, but I thoroughly enjoyed this video, an honest set of opinions without ramming them down my throat. Nicely done Norman, nicely done.
When I first got on chatrooms in the beginning of the internet, I was surprised at how many people were introduced to the Beatles through these compilations.
I know it's so much more than that, but just for having the vocals in the center is worth every penny of it, especially on the red album.
Hi Mazzy, excellent appraisal. Just for the record (excuse pun) it was a guy called Allan Steckler who worked for Allen Klein, who compiled both 62-66 and 67-70. He'd also compiled Hot Rocks with the Stones' stuff. There's an interview with him in the Janauary 2024 issue of Mojo magazine, out now.
Ending your piece abruptly just as you're discussing I Want You (She's So Heavy) was very clever.
As a young fan of the Beatles, these remixed Red & Blue albums have been essential, more so the Red album than the Blue. These mixes are phenomenal in my opinion and just make me want the rest of their early albums to receive this treatment.
Mazzy you are looking sharp my friend. Great review and love your response to the F-en term CASH GRAB, love it!!!!!
Well, it is a fing cash grab.
its crazy leaving ,rain, off of this compilation as you state it was a transitional song for the band,to me the way the guitars sounds blew my 13 year old mind i had never heard anything like this it seemed to have a drone effect,indeed ringo is amazing so is paul,s bass........jpj
Thanks for the video 👍 think they absolutely serve a purpose as an introduction to new (download generation) Beatles fans. These sets were my biggest hook into my Beatles adventure 43 years ago.
I won’t be getting these vinyl editions as the packaging looks really low quality! Stuffing two albums into one side...no poly sleeves etc....Come on Apple raise your game its the Beatles!
I’m in that generation (in my late 50s) who are just slightly too young to remember the Beatles when they were still together, but my first musical memories are kind of the aftermath of their influence. My parents had the Blue Album so that was my first introduction to the band, and the album still has sentimental meaning to be because of that time. Not sure I’ll ever get these newer versions but interesting to hear about them all the same. I wonder in 50, 60, 100 years from now what will be the default versions that people will hear, the originals or newer cleaned up remixes/remasters?
Good question ✌🏼
Liking that ensemble Mazzy, looking good mate. 🔥
Thank you! Cheers! ✌🏼
@Mazzy - If I’m not entirely mistaken, there is no „I am the Walrus“ on the Hörzu comp. you’re mentioning… Which release are you referring to?
Very nice breakdown of the whole thing. :-)
Same for „Hey Bulldog“ - there is no Hörzu version of it. (36:20)
The Beatles focussed on mono, so it makes sense to me to start and update from there. I find that approach warm, rich, and tasteful. McCartney and Starr approved every mix and made changes if needed. They said they aimed for a sound that if The Beatles had today’s technology, that’s what you get. These are my 12 year old son’s favourite albums! Especially I am the Walrus (which he prefers over the old stereo mix). I agree with him!
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I'm sure someone else already mentioned this but the original 1993 CD issue of the "Blue" album has "A Day in the Life" with a clean intro.
I wanted to tap you on the shoulder as you got to the Blue tracks and remind you that everything from: Revolver / Pepper / White / Abbey & Let it Be were not freshly remixed for this, but are from the anniversary reissues of 2018 and such.
And Hell Bulldog ?
Every mix, Including Songtrack !, has left out a quick little touch that Geoff Emerick was so delighted to mention in an interview from decades ago....
They added ADT JUST to John's "you know anymore ??".... and no one has remembered to add that touch since !!
I think, the proof of the pudding, is in the reaction of the public to these mixes/music, which, as far as I can tell, is overwhelmingly positive and people love the music. What more could one ask for?
I see what you did there with your ending 😅 Nice summation and very nice shirt!
I've only heard these new mixes through the Dolby Atmos mastering on Apple Music. I think they generally sound fantastic-Hard Days Night, We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper and If I Needed Someone are total standouts. I love the peak the band builds during Day Tripper during the guitar break--can't say I ever picked up on that before. The one track that I thought lost all it's punch was Eight Days A Week--the fade in lost all it's power and John's vocal had no punch when he started singing