Beatles U. S. Boxed Set Question

I, on the other hand, was hoping he was just getting started and am looking forward to many more such posts from him decrying this abomination and cursing the nerve that Apple displayed in arrogantly and disrespectfully foisting this fake con job on the public.

 

All you have to do is go to the original US Albums thread and you’ll find a plethora of posts from Michael decrying this release. There’s no need for him to keep repeating himself.

 

as long as the others defend it...now back off.

 

yes, perfectly put my friend! Oh boy do I as well...

 

Who’s defending it? The box’s flaws (and there are many) have been well-documented on this forum.

#strawman

 

Hard to say, but I paid $30 each for them, and that seems to about the going rate. So this isn't ridiculously low for a price. Maybe the condition or some other factor would explain it.

 

I guess you are not following close enough...NOW PLEASE STOP ...I'm getting tired of your harassment.

 

Obviously you haven't read my criticisms fot the remasters and how I even prefer the 87 CDs for some of the albums.

In any case, I don't understand how my opinions justify your double standars for narrowing and other sound manipulations. And then you have the nerve to despise other people's standards.

Fortunately, you have been exposed here.

 

.........Says the man that harasses everyone who disagrees with his opinion, across every thread about the 2014 US Box Set. You are trying (& failing) to defend the indefensible. Your Dexterised versions are the only fakes. If Dexter was so good why was he removed from that job? It was because The Beatles were sick of him trashing their music. After Revolver Capitol were forced to toe the EMI line & issue the UK version of the remaining albums.

 

Something more, actually, since it includes most of the unique US mixes.

But yes, I would have liked a Capitol vol. 3 too.

 

Yesterday and Today and A Hard Day's Night are definitely worth getting for a few mixes not on the 2009 CDs. Even after getting the Capitol boxes.

 

Also Hey Jude and Revolver (for their art cover and configuration, since they don't have any unique mix), which were not released in the Capitol boxes. The Beatles Story too, but it is not sold separately.

 

Yeah, I love my copy of Hey Jude for nostalgic reasons, as there is nothing there not on the 2009 discs.

US Revolver always seemed pointless to me, until someone pointed out that if you didn't have the mono box it was a good way to get the mono mix.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! but I've those Dexy fakes!

 

Aah, now we're getting somewhere, at least you're now admitting that those Dexy's are fakes.lol

 

Yup, pretty much. Now go play in traffic.

 

LOL...

 

What are the odds that Apple/Universal might at some point revisit these albums again, maybe releasing the original masters in some kind of a package along the lines of those Sony "original album collection" sets?

The release of the 2014 box doesn't necessarily rule something like that out. All they would have to do is read some threads on this forum to see that there is a demand.

All it takes is four signatures...

 

Yeah, but using the 87 stereo remixes, for the Help! and Rubber Soul tracks, as they did on the stereo 09 box, was really bad when they had the remastered 65 stereo mixes available that were bonuses in the mono box.

 

I wonder if such gnashing of teeth was the desired result. For 50 years, the Beatles decried the abomination that was the disrespectful fake con job Capitol foisted upon their stateside fans with those Dexterizations we Americans fell for - hook, line and sinker - and now hold so sacred. As one who loves and prefers the choices made on the U.S. Albums set, whatever possible retaliatory intentions Apple had, realized the opposite effect on me. But for those who cry foul and "how dare they!" - Apple is likely shedding a crocodile tear and going back to counting the sales figures.

 

I still cant believe they didn't make a complete US set on CD. Even the Capitol Pepper album cover is slightly different than the Parlophone cover, with that yellow border, and the famous Capitol swirl, just like the MMT album.

If your gonna f''it up, f''it all up as a complete set!!!!

 

There are no duophonic mixes in the U.S. Albums box set. Mono-only tracks stayed as true mono tracks even in the stereo section of the individual albums.

 

It's been a while since I went back to that set but I believe there *are* a few "Capitol-only" unique verisons on there such as the reverberized I Feel Fine and She's A Woman (they may be only on the mono portion of the CD, however).

 

And don't forget that the US Let It Be gatefold is different from the UK version!

 

LOL, that's funny, but...