Thoughts on Beatles 2009 Remasters?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by A Saucerful of Scarlets, Jan 3, 2018.

  1. 'Their great. They sold. They're the bloody Beatles 09/09/09 remasters. Shut up!'



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  2. Keith V

    Keith V Forum Resident

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    9 year anniversary coming up. It’s time to put out a collectors disc of lip smacks, toggle switches, bum notes, and ending-Ks that they took away from us....with plenty of mid range.
     
  3. nano nano

    nano nano Forum Resident

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    Somebody's quote from earlier in the thread (the bolds are mine): "I used to think the Stereo remasters 2009 were the best things since time began. But then after taking a step back and looking at thing objectively and reading some truths on this forum, I realized I was completely brainwashed by a marketing campaign that pulled me in like a sucker."

    This sentiment sums up the whimsical ebb/flow of these kind of issues on the forum and the distorted definition of objective it sometimes engenders. After the 2009 releases were hailed on this board as a triumph, someone(s) wrote "...now I can't wait until the 1987 CDs become the forum favorite again in the future..." As soon as something is out-of-print, or old, or unreleased or somehow made more scarce, its stock eventually rises. A few people weigh in, many dozens more read it and take it as gospel truth, lather/rinse/repeat for a few years and suddenly, as predicted, the 1987 stereo remasters are back on top!
     
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  4. Buddhahat

    Buddhahat Forum Resident

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    I dug out the mono vinyls the other day after a Beatles hiatus. Without being conscious of SQ (i.e. just listening for pleasure) I was struck by how great The White Album sounds - at low and high levels. The bass sounds superb. And if memory serves it's not even the best sounding of the reissues.
     
  5. Keith V

    Keith V Forum Resident

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    And HAPPY ANNIVERSARY. It’s 9 years since 9/9/09.
     
  6. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    The tube cuts are bass shy
     
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  7. MikeP5877

    MikeP5877 V/VIII/MCMLXXVII

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    Happy 09/09! :cheers:
     
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  8. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    No, not really. There were a handful that people liked, the rest were trashed.
     
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  9. Andreas

    Andreas Senior Member

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    More than a handful if you include the CD Singles and CD EP Collections, that's almost half of the catalog already.
     
  10. Tommyboy

    Tommyboy Senior Member

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    Not including them
     
  11. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Just wanted to share this.
     
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  12. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Love my 2009 Beatle remastered cds.
     
  13. Gila

    Gila Forum Resident

    Hooray! Also, Beatles Rockband game was released, which allowed to peek a bit more into isolated parts of the songs.

    Bring on the remixes! :evil:
     
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  14. MikeManaic61

    MikeManaic61 Forum Resident

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    As do I, I just wish Abbey Road was done differently. The bass in some of the songs hurt my ears.
     
  15. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    I'll spin 2009 Abbey cd by tonight or tomorrow. Haven't listened to that cd in awhile.
     
  16. MaestroDavros

    MaestroDavros Forum Resident

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    Every lip smack from 1964 is precious to me. 1965? Not so much. :p

    Also happy 9th anniversary of the 9th day of the 9th month of the 2009th year Beatles remasters!
     
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  17. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    HAPPY 9TH BIRTHDAY BEATLES 2009 CD REMASTERS.!!

    :cop: ;) :D:yikes::bdance::laugh:
     
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  18. erocky

    erocky Senior Member

    There is a diversity of songs styles in the White Album that is pretty hard for any other Beatles album to top.

    I would also argue that the Beatles playing alone on side 2 of Abbey Road is light years better than the playing on Rubber Soul and Revolver. Those two albums are masterpieces too.
     
  19. erocky

    erocky Senior Member

    Looking back, the remasters were really good and tastfully done. Were they way better than the cd's of 87-88? They were better. The White Album and Abbey Road from the original cds were good.
     
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  20. Psychedelic Good Trip

    Psychedelic Good Trip Beautiful Psychedelic Colors Everywhere

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    Compressed or not I'm glad the 2009 cds have some umph in them. IMHO
     
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  21. MikeManaic61

    MikeManaic61 Forum Resident

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    "Compressed" seems to be a huge no-no around these parts. Along it's tastefully done i see no problem with it.
     
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  22. Uncle Miles

    Uncle Miles Wafting in and out of Forum

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    I like the stereo remasters of the first 4, particularly Beatles For Sale
     
  23. Colocally

    Colocally One Of The New Wave Boys

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    It’s hard to explain the excitement that went on on 9/9/9. Still really like these CDs. Finally got the mono box last year. Didn’t get the Stereo box just the individual CDs. For all the complaints I’m very happy with what they did.
     
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  24. BuckNaked

    BuckNaked Senior Member

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    I enjoy them immensely and often. I'm not set up for vinyl, so I can't comment on how the digital stacks up vs the analog. These days, for stereo mixes, I mostly go to the flac files on the apple USB.

    I'm also happy I own the EP box set, the mono box set, and both Capitol boxes. Can't have too much Beatles!
     
  25. Keith V

    Keith V Forum Resident

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    It was exciting. I didn’t buy them right away but after awhile my wife started buying them for me for birthdays and holidays.
    I remember making my own cassette “remasters” for the car I had at the time. I also remember putting 1 and Songtrack on shuffle at home because that was the closest I had to remasters. It was a joyous week as my youngest son was born about 2 weeks before.

    Oh. And two years later I got the Mono box at Best Buy for $99 because of a misprint.
     
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