The Beatles 1 and 1+ : DVD, Blu-ray, CD, Vinyl releases

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  1. johnny moondog 909

    johnny moondog 909 Beatles-Lennon & Classic rock fan

    Couldn't they take the background studio vocals from the slow Resolution 1 and use pro tools to make them fit the single version ?
     
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  2. Dinstun

    Dinstun Forum Resident

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    From the "Free As A Bird" video:

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    One of these is from the NTSC Anthology DVD and the other from the new Blu-ray. If this is an indication of the improvement we could expect from an Anthology Blu-ray, I really don't think they should bother.
     
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  3. Even made it into a film title:
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  4. misko

    misko Forum Resident

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    I think many of us purchased the Blu Ray for the sound quality and the picture was secondary.
     
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  5. supermd

    supermd Senior Member

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    Not I. I got it for both, but mostly for video.
     
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  6. Kim Olesen

    Kim Olesen Gently weeping guitarist.

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    Easily. Imagine the outcry though. The forum postings would have caused a meltdown of the entire internet.
     
  7. AdamChanSiuLung

    AdamChanSiuLung Forum Resident

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    I've never even thought of that, but is the sound on BR better than standard CDs?
     
  8. gja586

    gja586 Forum Resident

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    I've over 200 Beatles CDs, but based on the comments on this thread I decided not to bother with this. However, I saw it in the local supermarket and (call me shallow!) fell for the yellow cover - it's lovely. Plus, the digipack is a "good" one, with plastic inserts and not just like a miniature LP sleeve, which I really don't like. So, I now have the CD+DVD.

    I've watched the DVD and listened to the CD both up to Eleanor Rigby. Apart from the EDAW drums, I noticed few material differences compared to what I'm used to hearing, so I'm clearly not a true audiophile. However, Day Tripper and Paperback Writer do sound good to my ears. :agree:

    Is anyone else as smitten with the yellow cover?
     
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  9. John B

    John B Once Blue Gort,<br>now just blue.

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    Listening to the take on Anthology, you hear Paul directing the recording (of Mr. Kite) in a constructive way. He appears to have a stronger idea than John as to wear the song is going with a circus-y feel. Paul's bass playing adds to the desired atmosphere. He's in the role of musical director. Don't know if that helps.
     
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  10. Beatlened

    Beatlened Forum Resident

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    I really like a lot of that stuff myself but Press To Play, Memory Almost Full, Driving Rain, Broadstreet, New .... Macca couldn't have thought that John would approve most of those songs, do ya think?
     
  11. Maidenpriest

    Maidenpriest Setting the controls for the heart of the sun :)

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    I have just done my own remix of Free As A Bird using the original single version :)
     
  12. theMess

    theMess Forum Resident

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    Yes I do think that he would mainly approve; John liked Paul as a songwriter. After all, he knew that Paul was a major talent and that is why he asked him to join the Quarry Men in the first place.

    Why wouldn't John like a series of albums that are more critically acclaimed than Paul's 70's albums? Paul has had mainly very good press since Flaming Pie in 1997.
     
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  13. mikeja75

    mikeja75 Forum Resident

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    All they had to do was stick "Love Outtake" at the end of it and no one would blink an eye.
     
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  14. jricc

    jricc Senior Member

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    From Beatlefan:


    Beatles "1" Soundscan numbers for the week ending 11/12/2015:

    Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
    Re-entry at #6
    39,849 total sales

    Top DVD Music Videos Chart
    Debut at #3
    2,427

    Top Internet Chart
    Debut at #1
    17,300
     
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  15. Clark V Kauffman

    Clark V Kauffman Forum Resident

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    I do like the yellow cover more than the traditional red one.

    As for the musical content, I like the fact that they finally fixed the big , gaping "hole" in the sound-field of "All You Need Is Love," right where the song transitions from the "La Marseillaise" intro to the vocals.

    But I really miss the bongos on "A Hard Day's Night." They've been mixed out of the song almost completely, and I really feel they help propel the song forward.
     
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  16. Maidenpriest

    Maidenpriest Setting the controls for the heart of the sun :)

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    That is the first thing I noticed as well, I wonder why ? :(
     
  17. Mkirk

    Mkirk Forum Resident

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    It's also worth noting that Paul's corrections were submitted to Hit Parade and they told him it wouldn't be appropriate to have a whole list and said what was the main one. So he went with correcting In My life. No I don't remember exactly where I read that now tbh, I only remember that I did see that.

    I have always taken it as 100% confirmation that Paul did write the music and John knew it, that that correction was made and was not contested by John. This at a time when if Paul said something in an interview wholly unconnected to John, that John disagreed with, John would fire off a letter insisting on a right of reply to the relevant magazine. This correction was in a John Lennon interview and he said nothing. Then later when he talked about In My Life he said Paul wrote the middle eight, only there is no real middle eight as such. John knew Paul wrote the music, Paul knew it too. I've never known why this is a controversy. That correction would never have been allowed unchallenged if John really thought it was a lie.

    Oh and btw, I'm too lazy to post it all, but if you compare what John said about who wrote what in Playboy in 1980 to what he said in Hit Parade - he changed what he said about a lot of songs. So I've never thought the Hit Parade interview was worth much as in 1972 John was in a certain 'space' and I think his comments in 1980 were closer to the truth fwiw.
     
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  18. JimC

    JimC Senior Member

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    Just trying to remember...do any other Beatle songs have ukulele on them?
     
  19. Ephi82

    Ephi82 Still have two ears working

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    I am not saying this particularly to you, but what does this have to do with the new release?

    I mean I am a big Beatlemaniac, but what????!?

    Again, not directed at you........
     
  20. JimC

    JimC Senior Member

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    Wait ... My standalone CD is red, packaging etc. :confused: there's a yellow version? I bought it at Best Buy while Amazon fiddled with my preorder of the Blu-ray set. 2015 on packaging.
     
  21. dewey02

    dewey02 Forum Resident

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    The Yellow package has both a DVD and the CD. I think the red is just the standalone CD.
     
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  22. AppleCorp3

    AppleCorp3 Forum Resident

    Everything John said in interviews is the 100% truth, even when he contradicts himself. His comments always supersede McCartney's.
     
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  23. theMess

    theMess Forum Resident

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    We were on a tangent discussing John and Paul's songwriting relationship, and I sent this to Nik as further evidence that John and Paul wrote together until 1968, and that they didn't stop in the 'early fame years' as many people seem to believe.

    As for your comment not being directed at me, of course you were directing it at me; after all you asked me the question.

    What has being a Beatlemaniac got to do with anything? This is a Beatles thread with many different Beatles tangents and I am discussing the Beatles. So what?
     
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  24. theMess

    theMess Forum Resident

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    Thanks, I didn't know that he was only allowed one correction. That certainly makes sense regarding 'Eleanor Rigby' especially.
     
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  25. supermd

    supermd Senior Member

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    This whole conversation was fascinating. I never realized that's what happened in "Day Tripper." Thank you.

    Could you please explain the swapping in "From Me To You"? I have never listened that closely before, but these things fascinate me and bring an added dimension to these songs.
     
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