From what i gather...and in some videos ive seen from surround engineers, the view is that you can fold down a surround mix so a good 7.2 wont lose much at 5.1 recently two friends got surround setups as gifts and even a 150 dollar sony receiver was listing atmos as 5.1.4 so it appears to be just 5.1 with the 4 height speakers that the industry is pushing for the home. with that in mind i figure the last push to keep this stuff relevant is to use their branding to let them know we're still interested. Different strokes... No doubt there is a mono and stereo issue for every girl and boy in a deluxe reissue. But this sixties band has moved beyond sixties equipment. 50 years later it could be nice to hear this material without all of the restrictions. This is the album where they went to 8 track and did some neat panning stuff. Hey... since these speakers are sitting up there high on the wall why not have a BOAC land past 'em! Tell UNIVERSAL/APPLE that we want to feel that dreadful flight! Plus wouldn't hurt to put all those sound effects somewhere...snorting pigs, rattling wine bottles, cackling birds... c'mon give some engineer the job of tracking down every first gen source for Revolution 9 and have all those loops whizzing around the room and you think Yoko's going to give it any less than the a gold star?!
I'm sure there will be a 5.1 mix for folks who like to look at a tv screen. Should be all good for everyone. If they screw it up there's always the Original UK MONO vinyl. No sweat !!! In a few months details will emerge.
Those are all great ideas for a surround mix. However Giles Martin doesn’t really mix surround like that based on 1+ video collection and now the Pepper remix. And Rev 9 was mixed live from loops and that would be hard to track those down. But I think your idea is great.
"Even hate my rock and roll" I wonder if this was Yoko's avant garde influence affecting John? He's hating rock now so he wants to spin 9 Revs, be a Virgin and live Life With the Lions?
Even if the recording sessions were full of tensions ,it remains my favorite lp of the beatles : varierity of styles ,excellents tunes .
I was just listening to a podcast where they discussing Paul's songs on the album - and also playing/intermixing the album tracks with earlier tracks/alternate versions/vocals only stuff. I was hearing stuff that I never heard before that seems to be buried in the White Album releases that we have so far. It makes me feel extremely excited if they are really working on a Deluxe/Multichannel edition - it will be amazing - to put it lightly.
I will shadow another member by say I take the double album in its entirety. With one wee wrinkle. Some songs I like better in stereo where I grew up with that version. Others I prefer the mono. So... 1) Back in the USSR-mono 2) Dear Prudence-stereo 3)OB-LA-DE-stereo 4) Wild Honey Pie-mono ( Never understood why Pattie Harrison loved this song until I heard the Mono version. Different mix, different take? Who know. 5) Bungalow Bill-stereo 6) While My Guitar-stereo ( For my ears, too much studio effects on Clapton's guitar and the missing ad-libs at the end. 7) Happiness is-stereo Side 2 1) Martha My Dear-mono 2) I'm So Tired-stereo 3) Blackbird-stereo 4) Piggies-both 5) Rocky Raccoon- mono 6) Don't Pass Me By-stereo 7) Why Don't We Do It-mono 8) I Will- stereo 9) Julia- Both Side 3 1) Birthday-stereo 2) Yer Blues-stereo 3) Mother Natures Son-mono 4) Everybody's Got-both 5) Sexy Sadie-stereo 6) Helter Skelter-stereo ( What happened to the mono version?) 7) Long Long Long-stereo Side 4 1) Revolution 1- Both 2) Honey Pie-mono 3) Savoy Truffle-stereo ( The fade out in mono is horrible) 4) Cry Baby Cry- mono 5) Revolution 9- both 6) Good Night-mono
Last question: What’s next for The Beatles in 5.1, or are you not allowed to say? “I can’t say, because I honestly don’t know what the next thing is. But I can say there will be more 5.1 stuff. I would do the entire catalog in 5.1 if I could, but, well, it’s not up to me. It’ll be up to whether the people want it.” Giles Martin Finally in surround after 50 years, ‘Sgt. Pepper’ is getting better all the time
