Are all Beatles pressings from Japan top notch?

Discussion in 'Music Corner' started by Isamet, Mar 9, 2020.

  1. john lennonist

    john lennonist There ONCE was a NOTE, PURE and EASY...


    My All Time Favorite album... how could I not, Pete!

    :righton:
     
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  2. Vinylfindco

    Vinylfindco The Pressing Matters

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    I concur, the EAS Hey Jude (The Beatles Again) is unlistenable.
     
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  3. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    Wow...that's a good one. The mono White Album on Japanese, see-thru red vinyl. Yes, my friend...quite a good one. But I have to ask...were the post Pepper pressings of this series on Odeon or Apple?
     
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  4. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    ...*that* high ended, huh? That's one of the very few EAS's I don't have. I was actually keeping an eye out for that one. Is it worse than the EAS Rubber Soul..??
     
  5. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    You really need to sell all the eas records
     
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  6. john lennonist

    john lennonist There ONCE was a NOTE, PURE and EASY...


    LABEL: Black EMI Odeon.

    The White Album was the last in the series, as the remaining Fabs albums were only released in Stereo (and I'm almost, almost positive that MMT was not part of the 1982 or 1986 Red Wax Mono series').
     
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  7. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    Truly terrible
     
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  8. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    ..yea, I just went on ebay just to see. That's a beautiful album to have.
     
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  9. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    Why would anyone prefer these over the current mono box is beyond me....
     
  10. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    The ones I find truly horrible are Rubber Soul, and the two which feature the cover of the U.S. "Second Album" which would be The Second Album itself and Long Tall Sally. Painfully high ended to the point of distortion in spots. Truth be told, I'm keeping them all for posterity (the post Rubber Soul ones get increasingly better even though the "S" sibilance on Revolver gets to me at times).
     
  11. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    For collectability...but they do sound good. Nothing like the EAS's from the 70's.
     
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  12. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    I can nay want LP’s that I am going to play. If I find a better version, I sell the inferior one. Too much clutter
     
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  13. Michael

    Michael I LOVE WIDE S-T-E-R-E-O!

    all the albums I bought from Japan were excellent...
     
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  14. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    I get that..even I have my limits to be honest. I had three Beatle Lp's on the red/orange Parlophone label from Venezuala...literally sounded like they were mastered from worn vinyl copies. In the garbage they went. I didn't even want to saddle any of my used record stores with them.
     
  15. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    No idea what I typed here!

    I only want LP’s.....
     
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  16. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    I just checked. I still have the entire AP Japan set. Minty, all with OBI’s. I need to list those LP’s here!
     
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  17. woodyfan

    woodyfan Forum Resident

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    Well, great as the 2014 set is, it seems to have gotten at least as expensive as the Japan red monos, which are extremely quiet (unless scratched, like my '82 PPM), and the translucent color is just beautiful. There's also the issue of the 2014 being cut at lower volume, but tastes will vary on that point.
     
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  18. rpd

    rpd Senior Member

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    I j
    ust think the tapes, the control and the mindset that went into the current box has to be mikes better then what happened with the Red mono’s...
     
  19. john lennonist

    john lennonist There ONCE was a NOTE, PURE and EASY...


    It may be beyond you, but it's not beyond Geoff Emerick who said that the sound of the Japanese 1982 Red Wax Mono pressing is “Spot On.”

    But what does he know?
     
  20. Dan The Man1

    Dan The Man1 Never Could Be Any Other Way

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    Because they’re just as good if not better.
     
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  21. woodyfan

    woodyfan Forum Resident

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    All the red monos, both '82 and '86, were on Odeon labels. Also the '82 EAS blue box. Apple licensing was in disarray in the '80's, as I understand it, which would explain why the '79 Japanese blue box is Apple labels, and not the '82.
     
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  22. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    I have a few Japanese pressings on Odeon from the 80's including "The Beatles Box" 8 LP set. Quite an improvement from the shrilly 70's Apple pressings.
     
  23. Adam9

    Adam9 Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй.

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    A Hard Day's Night in the EAS series was the only Japanese Beatles album I ever owned. Great pressing quality but mastered very bright. Not a good listen.
     
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  24. DK Pete

    DK Pete Forum Resident

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    The "S's" in And I Love Her are murderous on that pressing. And yet, when "we" were buying them in the 70's we all thought that super high end was a great thing.
     
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  25. Adam9

    Adam9 Русский военный корабль, иди на хуй.

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    The only thing that impressed me about thst pressing was that the sibilance in that was present in my UK tube-cut pressing on I'm Happy Just To Dance With You was gone. However that was about it.
     
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