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Beatles forums => Albums => Topic started by: Bobber on August 09, 2019, 08:45:17 AM
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Special Edition here, Superdeluxe Version there: there's a lot of fuzz about the 50th Anniversary of Abbey Road. Including extra tracks and all that. Is there any new material (and unheard stuff for us diehard fans) on these special editions? Is it worth the buy?
http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beatles-abbey-road-reissued-for-its-50th-anniversary-across-six-formats/ (http://www.superdeluxeedition.com/news/the-beatles-abbey-road-reissued-for-its-50th-anniversary-across-six-formats/)
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not sure, wondering the same for myself
I did read something yesterday that was interesting about Abbey Road, first time the Beatles were recorded with an 8 track machine and in stereo, no mono version.
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Maybe this trailer will change your mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQCfZ4uAAuE# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQCfZ4uAAuE#)
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In honor of the photoshoot 50 years ago...
https://youtu.be/c-qt5szlQ_U (https://youtu.be/c-qt5szlQ_U)
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I get the impression there's less stuff on the sessions CDs than previously.
And only a few more tracks on the deluxe compared to the double CD.
But I'll be getting the deluxe for those extra tracks and the book.
The SPLHCB and white books were very well done. I go back to them now and again, so they're not something that stays on the shelf and is never looked at again.
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I'm content with the Abbey Road LP I bought when it was released in October 1969, the CD I bought in 1987, and the 9-9-09 The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) box set.
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I’m sure I’ll wind up getting it for Christmas. I have a problem with this sort of thing.
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I’m sure I’ll wind up getting it for Christmas. I have a problem with this sort of thing.
l know the feeling Kelley, I've asked my kids please don't buy me any more CDs or DVDs for Xmas or birthday as I have decluttered and got rid of all that plastic stuff, I listen to my music now on my computer on my phone using Bose headphones and on my Sonos speaker which is attached to the internet I can listen to thousands of radio stations and I find myself more often than not these days listening just to jazz as well as the odd Beatles foray of course I have no interest in owning CDs or DVDs or booklets anymore as they're just collected dust on the shelf lol.
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I don’t really buy CDs anymore either. I did almost succumb to the white album reissue because I thought the remix sounded great and the bonus material seemed worth it. In the end though I found listening through my Apple iTunes subscription satisfied me. I imagine this won’t be quite as rich in unreleased stuff and I’ll have to wait to judge the remix. I imagine I will almost succumb again but then just listen through my iPad or phone (I stream that to my tv 5.1 system for better sound).
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Would be nice if there was some lost treasure on this 50th deal, but can that even be possible? I hope they don't add a couple of throwaways like 'Watching Rainbows' or 'Black Dog Blues' or something like that.
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Would be nice if there was some lost treasure on this 50th deal, but can that even be possible? I hope they don't add a couple of throwaways like 'Watching Rainbows' or 'Black Dog Blues' or something like that.
Here are the outtakes on the new set. No big surprises as far as titles go.
Disc 2: Sessions
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
6. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
7. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
8. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
9. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
11. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
12. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
Disc 3: Sessions
1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come And Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 – Instrumental)
9. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
(Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End)
10. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
11. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)
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Is that the first time Paul’s Goodbye has been officially issued? Been bootlegged to death but wasn’t on anthology.
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Is that the first time Paul’s Goodbye has been officially issued? Been bootlegged to death but wasn’t on anthology.
Yes I think it is. Some people are surprised to see this song here because it hasn't much connection to Abbey Road.
The two session discs appear to be chronological. The Trident I Want You session was February 22 1969 and maybe Goodbye was written end of February 69. So the justification is the time period.
Goodbye is one of the songs not on the two CD sessions disc (that disc is not chronological but an outtake version of Abbey Road songs in standard order).
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Here are the outtakes on the new set. No big surprises as far as titles go.
Disc 2: Sessions
1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
6. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
7. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
8. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
9. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
11. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
12. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
Disc 3: Sessions
1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come And Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 – Instrumental)
9. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
(Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End)
10. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
11. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)
I'm content with the Abbey Road LP I bought when it was released in October 1969, the CD I bought in 1987, and the 9-9-09 The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) box set.
Thanks, zipp. You reminded me that I have the complete Alternate Beatles Album Collection by Pear which was released about nineteen years ago. Here's The Alternate Abbey Road CD track listing:
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(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PGwJ9Sv6oPk/TY7zxb--A5I/AAAAAAAAASc/ryXYegAtkG0/s1600/pcd-012-back.jpg)
I got to hear some of what will be on the new Abbey Road collection years ago. Some pretty good tracks on the Pear CD. The new set will have more to offer.
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I have this one - poor sound quality and misleading information!
(https://i.postimg.cc/cJ4M1YxP/R-4150320-1386169785-8156-jpeg.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JsvBPsBQ)
Suffering as I do from completistitis, I shall of course be buying the Superdeluxe CD/BluRay package.
Like zipp I enjoyed the Pepper and White books and refer to them and play the discs reasonably often - they don't gather dust.
Tangible product is a must for me by the way. This ethereal/download carry on might be OK for less important material but if it's something I have to have (i.e. all Beatles product) then I need to be able to see and hold it.
Same with blu rays (which replaced my DVDs which replaced my Video Tapes). If it's a favourite film, documentary or whatever I must have it in a physical format. Shelf space is not a problem - I have a strict "only the favourites" code - lesser stuff I'll watch on YouTube or whatever.
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I have this one - poor sound quality and misleading information!
The Pear Records Ltd. Collection is of high quality.
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Something Take 37
https://youtu.be/JyyTL6RXePI (https://youtu.be/JyyTL6RXePI)
The Alternate Abbey Road
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Oh! Darling
https://youtu.be/g_J5CKk38H4 (https://youtu.be/g_J5CKk38H4)
The Alternate Abbey Road
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The Forgotten Abbey Road Sessions...
https://youtu.be/FCC4B90oUb8 (https://youtu.be/FCC4B90oUb8)
I bet some of this wound up on The 50th Anniversary Set.
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Yes, it's been 50 years.
Ah, but 49 years after...
https://youtu.be/7G1JaOHuYtE (https://youtu.be/7G1JaOHuYtE)
And he wore sandals. ;)
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Great stuff.
The question is going to be asked as to why on this new set we are not getting Something Take 37 with the entire piano ending and jam.
It will probably be referred to in the book but won't be on the sessions CD !
They prefer to give us instrumentals ...
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Come Together
https://youtu.be/rHkRlVsNJO0 (https://youtu.be/rHkRlVsNJO0)
The Alternate Abbey Road
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Suffering as I do from completistitis, I shall of course be buying the Superdeluxe CD/BluRay package.
Right, but will the Superdeluxe CD/BluRay package have Her Majesty complete with the final chord?
https://youtu.be/3QZ_wzRKwv8 (https://youtu.be/3QZ_wzRKwv8)
...which for some reason was left out on the released album...
https://youtu.be/Mh1hKt5kQ_4 (https://youtu.be/Mh1hKt5kQ_4)
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The Alternate Abbey Road CD contains George Harrison and Paul Simon performing Here Comes The Sun on Saturday Night Live on 20 November 1976...
https://youtu.be/KEgBMTMUanU (https://youtu.be/KEgBMTMUanU)
I taped it that night on my VCR. It seems like only yesterday.
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l know the feeling Kelley, I've asked my kids please don't buy me any more CDs or DVDs for Xmas or birthday
The problem I have is that I do want this sort of thing. LOL I wish I didn’t because it’s a lot of money to spend on myself. But otherwise, most everything I listen to is streaming. Good for you for decluttering. I’m working on that now. Thirty three years in the same place and it’s like an archeological dig in places!
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The Alternate Abbey Road CD contains George Harrison and Paul Simon performing Here Comes The Sun on Saturday Night Live on 20 November 1976...
[url]https://youtu.be/KEgBMTMUanU[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/KEgBMTMUanU[/url])
I taped it that night on my VCR. It seems like only yesterday.
([url]http://i51.tinypic.com/w7z9xv.jpg[/url])
I wish that and their version of Homeward Bound would find their way on to some proper release. Including a cleaned up video. They’re lovely versions. Maybe if we ever get Volume 2 of George’s Early Takes...
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The problem I have is that I do want this sort of thing. LOL I wish I didn’t because it’s a lot of money to spend on myself. But otherwise, most everything I listen to is streaming. Good for you for decluttering. I’m working on that now. Thirty three years in the same place and it’s like an archeological dig in places!
The only reason I’d want the CD/DVD now is for the better sound quality than streaming gives you. And to listen to the 5.1 mixes. If I’m listening on my proper stereo then, for my absolute favourite CDs, it would be worth it. And for listening to whole operas for which CDs still work best. But frankly it’s not like I do that very often. 99 per cent of my listening is streaming.
Decluttering has been a thing of mine for several years. At my place now I don’t even have a bookcase. I mostly read on my kindle. My books are mostly boxed ready to donate or, if really precious, in cupboards somewhere out of sight. Same with remaining CDs.
That said, if anything is worth adding to clutter, it would be a good Beatles remix/reissue.
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I wish that and their version of Homeward Bound would find their way on to some proper release. Including a cleaned up video. They’re lovely versions. Maybe if we ever get Volume 2 of George’s Early Takes...
Moog, Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live with George as the musical guest in 1976. I remember that night so I was thrilled when my daughter got us those DVDs for Christmas. Choosing that particular season was a good guess on her part!
Decluttering has been a thing of mine for several years. At my place now I don’t even have a bookcase. I mostly read on my kindle. My books are mostly boxed ready to donate or, if really precious, in cupboards somewhere out of sight. Same with remaining CDs.
I think you and Kev should get together to teach people like me to declutter. You could be the male and Australian versions of Marie Kondo. ;)
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I think you and Kev should get together to teach people like me to declutter. You could be the male and Australian versions of Marie Kondo. ;)
On this episode of The Clutter Hunters:
Kev : Strewth mate. This one’s a bit of a mess.
Moog: Too right mate. A real dogs breakfast.
Kev: Crikey. Reckon she could do with some help from the Clutter Hunters.
Moog: If the sheila’s fair dinkum, reckon you’re right mate.
Cut to Moog and Kev throwing rubbish in a skip
Woman (screeching like a cockatoo): aaaw bloody hell no. c’mon you blokes. Not me Chris Hemsworth poster!!!
Moog to Kev: This ones carrying on like a pork chop.
Kev to Moog: Bloody oath. Few roos loose in the top paddock I reckon.
Cut to Kev and Moog giving the thumbs up.
Kev and Moog: We’re The Clutter Hunters
Segue to instrumental version of “Downunder”
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Brilliant!!
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Moog, Paul Simon hosted Saturday Night Live with George as the musical guest in 1976. I remember that night so I was thrilled when my daughter got us those DVDs for Christmas. Choosing that particular season was a good guess on her part!
Perfect guess! I only saw them for the first time a couple of years ago. It was great to see George was enjoying himself and sounding so good knowing that at that time he was emerging from a bit of a cocoon. That’s why id like good CD release of the songs. I’m not much of an SNL watcher so buying the DVDs isn’t really the option. And the YouTube videos aren’t very good quality.
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Next day:
Kev to Moog, strewth mate I'm feeling bloody crook, that Sheila really spit the dummy.
Moog to Kev, yeah, and her poor husband strutting around in his budgie smugglers, poor buggar, but she'll be right mate, no worries on that score. She'll be apple's.
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Reckon it’s got legs mate.
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Right. Keep it going!
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Reckon it’s got legs mate.
ha2ha
Moog to Kev; l reckon her first bloke shot through, poor buggar. Bloody drongo by all accounts.
Kev to Moog; fair go's mate, he went Troppo, last seen in his ute at a servo in Rocky .
ha2ha
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Reckon it’s got legs mate.
Boy does it have legs! I knew you two were born for this. Are you going to have subtitles like Marie Kondo? I know what you're saying but not everyone has studied Australian as extensively as I have. ;)
https://youtu.be/WvyeapVBLWY (https://youtu.be/WvyeapVBLWY)
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Boy does it have legs! I knew you two were born for this. Are you going to have subtitles like Marie Kondo? I know what you're saying but not everyone has studied Australian as extensively as I have. ;)
[url]https://youtu.be/WvyeapVBLWY[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/WvyeapVBLWY[/url])
Might need to do what they did for the original Mad Max film in the US, overdubbed it with American actors.
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Naw. It would be lacking a certain je ne sais quoi that only my mates Moog and Kev can deliver. So when will you guys be here? And remember: I have a perfectly good reason for having two can openers.
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I just heard Something from the Abbey Road box set. Billy Preston really comes through and I didn’t even realize he played on this. I had to look it up to make sure I wasn’t imagining things.
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Naw. It would be lacking a certain je ne sais quoi that only my mates Moog and Kev can deliver. So when will you guys be here? And remember: I have a perfectly good reason for having two can openers.
We were able to get rid of our can opener Kelley as cans now have ring pull lids ha2ha
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I just heard Something from the Abbey Road box set. Billy Preston really comes through and I didn’t even realize he played on this. I had to look it up to make sure I wasn’t imagining things.
https://youtu.be/UelDrZ1aFeY (https://youtu.be/UelDrZ1aFeY)
https://youtu.be/TFUUC6b6jnQ (https://youtu.be/TFUUC6b6jnQ)
Billy Preston on Hammond organ
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We were able to get rid of our can opener Kelley as cans now have ring pull lids ha2ha
A lot of them do here, Kev but not all of them. I do live in the boonies after all! Did you know that can openers weren’t invented until long after cans? When I about that it really blew my mind. I’d never even considered such a thing. LOL
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We were able to get rid of our can opener Kelley as cans now have ring pull lids ha2ha
That’s true. I did find some can without a ring pull once and spent half an hour trying to find some old can opener pushed to the back of the cupboard.
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A lot of them do here, Kev but not all of them. I do live in the boonies after all! Did you know that can openers weren’t invented until long after cans? When I about that it really blew my mind. I’d never even considered such a thing. LOL
That might be one time the exaggerated difficulties in performing everyday chores as portrayed in informercials might have been accurate. People breaking their fingers bashing cans on rocks. Cutting their own legs off trying to open cans with an axe..... “Now no longer. We present The magical Can Opener.... Opens cans as easily as taking off a lid! No more lost limbs. Buy now and get two more half price!”
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I just heard Something from the Abbey Road box set. Billy Preston really comes through and I didn’t even realize he played on this. I had to look it up to make sure I wasn’t imagining things.
I didn’t know he did either. I knew he was on a bit of I Want You but that was it for Abbey Road.
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Seems like all I listen to nowadays are Spotify, Pandora and You Tube. I miss the days of physical products, especially vinyl. But I just don't live in an environment that is acoustical or which allows for music to be played loudly (an apartment).
Yeah, I'd like to buy the physical set of the remixed Abbey Road but probably won't.
Oh well, such is life (Wah-Wah!).
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But I just don't live in an environment that is acoustical or which allows for music to be played loudly (an apartment).
Loco Mo, get these...
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91jW30k9TxL._SL1500_.jpg)
Audio-Technica ATH-M50S Professional Studio Monitor Headphones
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Hello: Thanks. I've been price shopping on Amazon. These are mostly expensive along with similar types of headphones at that level.
I've never liked the feel of this type. Ones I've owned usually kind of wear on your tolerance level whereas lightweight skinny phones don't.
We'll see. I'm sorely tempted to buy these.
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Loco, I've had that set of headphones for the past six years. They're light weight and comfortable. Noise-cancelling is excellent and they're capable of wireless reception as well so you wouldn't be tethered to your amplifier.
That's an excellent price for a set of professional headphones with those capabilities.
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I just bought a pair of Bose QC35
Bluetooth, noise cancelling. Very happy with them for the price.
Go to a store and listen to a few, compare which you like best.
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That's a great set of headphones, Kev...
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71Vayxd%2BbaL._SL1500_.jpg)
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Cheers Baz
I tried a few, these were my favourites. The bass response is lovely, I'm flying to Vegas soon for the start of my USA/ Canada holiday so they will be good on the flights, noise cancelling is required on an aircraft.
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Cheers Baz
I tried a few, these were my favourites. The bass response is lovely, I'm flying to Vegas soon for the start of my USA/ Canada holiday so they will be good on the flights, noise cancelling is required on an aircraft.
Hmm...I wonder if mine are noise cancelling? My son bought them to use on the flights when he was working in Puerto Rico. Now he has this other pair that he uses more often so he gave these to me. I love the sound and having bluetooth is great.
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Kelley, all headphones with the pictured type of gel ear cups are "noise cancelling" also termed "Passive Noise Cancelling." Kev's Bose QC35 headphones are "Active Noise Cancelling" as they provide an adjustable electronic opposing signal that cancels ambient noise.
Look for an "ANC" switch or knob on your headphones to see if it's Active Noise Cancelling. Unless you listen to music in a noisy environment, Passive Noise Cancelling is adequate. That's why Professional Studio Monitor Headphones such as my Audio-Technica headphones, have Passive Noise Cancelling.
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Quite right Baz.
Google the brand and model no. Kelley
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Quite right Baz.
Google the brand and model no. Kelley
Thanks, Kev, but there’s no switch, so no high-powered cancelling I guess. ;D It doesn’t really matter. But they are Bose, the same brand I bought 7 years ago, only they’re bluetooth. The TV we bought last Christmas works with them. It’s quite handy!
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I just listened to the remix of Oh Darling and an alternate take.
It sounds good but it's not a song I ever liked.
This is all Paul. No wonder the Beatles split. This is not a Beatles song to me at all.
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I like the Take 4 version of Oh Darling more than the actual album version.
Paul's really an amazing vocalist. That voice of his is a genuine musical instrument.
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I like the Take 4 version of Oh Darling more than the actual album version.
Paul's really an amazing vocalist. That voice of his is a genuine musical instrument.
Right. That's the version that should have been in Abbey Road...
https://youtu.be/IlNJWKhRQZI (https://youtu.be/IlNJWKhRQZI)
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Wow, I dont even like that 4th take. Pauls voice sounded shaky and flat to me at spots.
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Yeah I can understand why this wasn’t the chosen take. Interesting to hear all the same.
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I prefer Take 4 of Oh! Darling because it sounds more like a torch song than the polished version with its background vocals that appears on the album. Indeed, if you take the electric guitar out of the mix and tone down the drums thereby highlighting the piano and Paul's vocals you begin to approach how the song would sound if Paul was singing the song in a lounge accompanying himself on piano. There's a lot of emotion in the vocals on Take 4. Even the pauses in the vocals convey emotion as if the singer was trying to compose himself before he could continue singing. I like that kind of phrasing.
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I don't know. I think I like Take 4 because of how clearly I can hear Paul struggling to sing this song. I like the effort and energy he put into it. It's still not a song I care to listen to, however.
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I don't think Paul was struggling, Loco. He was phrasing emotional lyrics. If you're gonna sing a torch song, then sing it right and without background vocals. Do it like you were singing in a lounge or small club. And Paul certainly did in Take 4.
The same goes for the Anthology version of I'm Looking Through You. I prefer that version too. I mean if you're gonna spill your liver at some woman, do it right and not with all the "why tell me whys" which only soften the blow.
https://youtu.be/LQJ2ROrjbfs (https://youtu.be/LQJ2ROrjbfs)
There you go, Paul. That's tellin' her! icon_good
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Hello: I'll listen to it again. I don't feel like it right now. I actually want to lie down and take a snooze.
Have a nice evening.
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https://youtu.be/Qp_djIuQ2Cw (https://youtu.be/Qp_djIuQ2Cw)
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Didn’t want to start a new thread but this is like wow!!
https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/d2lwkm/this_tape_rewrites_everything_we_knew_about_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf (https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/d2lwkm/this_tape_rewrites_everything_we_knew_about_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
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Didn’t want to start a new thread but this is like wow!!
[url]https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/d2lwkm/this_tape_rewrites_everything_we_knew_about_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf[/url] ([url]https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/d2lwkm/this_tape_rewrites_everything_we_knew_about_the/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf[/url])
So Mark Lewisohn had this tape for the past 50 years and he finally decides to talk about it? ???
Sounds like he's promoting his stage show.
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Yeah I never thought of that HG Maybe a tad convenient
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmBhIJ0Its# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmBhIJ0Its#)
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Out today. Big listening weekend coming up...
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Right, Moog. Let's start the comparison...
https://youtu.be/xUNqsfFUwhY (https://youtu.be/xUNqsfFUwhY)
https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc (https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc)
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well made video
this song has been in my top 5 for years now, took over #1 in fact. I took the opening and made it my ring tone and default alarm so I hear it every morning. Is it perfect, yeah, pretty close me thinks
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Anyone get their copy yet???
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I'm listening to it on Amazon Prime. I haven't ordered the physical product. I'm not sure if I will.
I'm amazed at the sound. I don't understand how these sound engineers do stuff like this. How can you take an old record and make it sound so good?
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I still don't like Maxwell's hammer.
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Sometimes when I tell someone I don't like a song, they'll tell me it's their favorite song. What am I supposed to say then? Oh, I really like it now. You gotta be kidding.
Also, I "hate" Oh, Darling!!
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I'm listening to it on Amazon Prime. I haven't ordered the physical product. I'm not sure if I will.
I’m so glad you mentioned this Loco! Somehow I was under the impression that I would have to have Unlimited to listen. Lately, every time I try to use Prime Music I find out what I want to hear is no longer available at my level. I’m kind of disgusted with them. But I’ll forgive them for now because I really want to hear this. Yipee!
Sometimes when I tell someone I don't like a song, they'll tell me it's their favorite song. What am I supposed to say then? Oh, I really like it now. You gotta be kidding.
Also, I "hate" Oh, Darling!!
No, just keep asking them what else they like until they mention something you both agree on. ;)
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Right, Moog. Let's start the comparison...
[url]https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc[/url] ([url]https://youtu.be/KQetemT1sWc[/url])
I just watched this for the first time. And the second. And the third. I absolutely love what they’ve done here! I have to admit that by the third time through I got more than a little teary eyed between 1:56 and 2:03. Now I have to move on to just listening. :)
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I've got to admit it's getting better, a little better all the time. The 2019 remix of Here Comes The Sun sounds better than my original STEREO Abbey Road LP and 1987 STEREO CD versions. And just a bit better than this MONO mix version found on this rare 1969 Brazilian MONO Abbey Road LP: Here Comes The Sun MONO mix (https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/oldclevelandboy70429/episodes/2011-03-12T09_19_56-08_00)
It's so nice hearing George's voice centered in the MONO and, now, the 2019 mixes! I'll be ordering the Abbey Road Anniversary Super Deluxe Anniversary Set.
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George Harrison's performance of Here Comes The Sun with Pete Ham at The Concert for Bangladesh remains one of my favorite live performances of this song...
https://youtu.be/JNS_SUmCJm4 (https://youtu.be/JNS_SUmCJm4)
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I still don't like Maxwell's hammer.
I LOVE that song! ;D
https://youtu.be/3HuXFfq79I8 (https://youtu.be/3HuXFfq79I8)
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But Paul wasn't the first to sing a song about a serial killer...
https://youtu.be/LCSMMoWU8Hg (https://youtu.be/LCSMMoWU8Hg)
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Also, I "hate" Oh, Darling!!
I love that one too! ;D
https://youtu.be/erMgpfiOMSU (https://youtu.be/erMgpfiOMSU)
But Take 4 is better. :)
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I just watched this for the first time. And the second. And the third. I absolutely love what they’ve done here! I have to admit that by the third time through I got more than a little teary eyed between 1:56 and 2:03. Now I have to move on to just listening. :)
It’s a magic video. It works the nostalgia but not in a heavy handed way. Wistful though for sure.
I think listening the main thing I’m noticing is the vocals, particularly the backing vocals, are just a bit clearer. But even George’ lead vocal seems to be more present. You can here more detail it. All in a good way.
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I heard the remix of I Want You today on fm in the car It sounded incredible even though I’m not a fan of the song lol. I honestly thought for a second that it was a modern day cover I’m definitely getting the CD
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I still don't like Maxwell's hammer.
Also, I "hate" Oh,Darling!!
to each his own, when I think of the catalog of songs, and "hate" I really don't end up with these two.
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blmeanie: Maxwell and Darling are good songs. I could never write anything like them. I just don't care to listen to them. Songs I like are ones I want to play over and over again and that I choose to play. There's lots of good songs in the world that I don't really care to listen to.
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After listening to Octopus's Garden, I think this should be added to the Yellow Submarine album. When I hear the gurgling voices singing under water, it makes me think of "We all live in a Yellow Submarine."
It's a good song but it's another song I don't go out of my way to listen to.
Also, I didn't know Ringo wrote a book with this title.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ErlAgTju8# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ErlAgTju8#)
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This version of Octopus's Garden really brings out the country sound in it. I like this a lot. I love all those twanging strings!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzzemhNHYqE# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzzemhNHYqE#)
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I think this is a very informative video which helps to give a lot of perspective about the Abbey Road album. I'll probably watch it again for the technical details it describes, for example the reference to the 8-track reel-to-reel recording process used for the 1st time by the Beatles for this record.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61NczdUQhG4# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61NczdUQhG4#)
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l know the feeling Kelley, I've asked my kids please don't buy me any more CDs or DVDs for Xmas or birthday as I have decluttered and got rid of all that plastic stuff, I listen to my music now on my computer on my phone. I have no interest in owning CDs or DVDs or booklets anymore as they're just collected dust on the shelf lol.
Same here. Once I put my music in iTunes, I have no need for CD's. The same goes with the new Abbey Road!
Felt good getting rid of a lot of stuff.
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It’s a magic video.
It really is.
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I’d truly forgotten how awesome Paul’s hair was at that time. He looks so dam cool in the field at Tittenhurst. Funny how you notice these things after being a fan for like a million years ;D
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Same here. Once I put my music in iTunes, I have no need for CD's. The same goes with the new Abbey Road!
Felt good getting rid of a lot of stuff.
While I mostly do the same, sound quality from CDs still outstrips streaming. So for stuff I really want in best quality possible (ie The Beatles), I’ll still opt for a CD.
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Bought the $30 CD which is the original remix, booklet and a take of each song. Haven’t listened to all - sat in the car in the garage and pumped it up as we don’t have a music system lol but it sounds so more vibrant and loud what tracks I played. Love the early take of Something but the biggest surprise is the early version of YNGMYM! My current fave Beatle song however Paul’s vocal in this one is very different and sung down a tone Sounds really odd despite the backing being pretty much the same. Quite jarring actually lol
Another funny bit is the intro to Golden Slumbers where Paul starts singing TFOTH!! The piano is similar but a lovely bit of fun.
Anyway first time ever I’ve bought one of these new type albums lol
I now have Abbey Road in the original vinyl from 1970, the CD from the bread box set and now this one
My daughter Abbey refused to pose for a photo with this new version of her namesake album! Typical teenager ;D
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Another funny bit is the intro to Golden Slumbers where Paul starts singing TFOTH!! The piano is similar but a lovely bit of fun.
https://youtu.be/dHcPdqWYTc0 (https://youtu.be/dHcPdqWYTc0)
My daughter Abbey refused to pose for a photo with this new version of her namesake album! Typical teenager ;D
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After listening to Octopus's Garden, I think this should be added to the Yellow Submarine album. When I hear the gurgling voices singing under water, it makes me think of "We all live in a Yellow Submarine."
It's a good song but it's another song I don't go out of my way to listen to.
Also, I didn't know Ringo wrote a book with this title.
[url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ErlAgTju8#[/url] ([url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ErlAgTju8#[/url])
And it comes with a CD!
https://youtu.be/Su-uthlXJN4 (https://youtu.be/Su-uthlXJN4)
Ringo's always been good at telling stories...
https://youtu.be/AeBYKATLYlM (https://youtu.be/AeBYKATLYlM)
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Oh lord the background vocals of HCTS sound do prominent now and so damn good Just magnificent
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Ringo's always been good at telling stories...
I loved when Ringo was Mr. Conductor! George Carlin always made me a little uneasy. I was kind of afraid he might tell my kids a story about the Seven Words You Can Never Say on the Island of Sodor.
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Yes. Ringo, by far, was the better Mr. Conductor.
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Ringo was and is the Bomb!
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Oh lord the background vocals of HCTS sound do prominent now and so damn good Just magnificent
The background vox on the whole album come out so well in this. As does Ringo’s drumming. Hearing little fills and things that I hadn’t noticed before.
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I wish I had Dolby atmos.
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So, I guess nobody's listening to the remix. If they are, why aren't there any reviews being posted here? There should be lots of them.
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It’s a lot to listen to Loco.
I think the remix sounds great. Even though like many I didn’t think the margin to improve Abbey Road was as great as for other Beatle albums, there’s no doubt the clarity of the instruments and voices is improved immensely. It really brings out the backing vocals and the detail on Ringo’s drumming. There really was some superb drum parts from
Ringo on this album which were less prominent in the old mixes.
As usual the alternate and outtakes are fun to listen to. It’s good to hear them playing as a band live on the backing tracks. And the instrumental only tracks of Something and Golden Slumbers are gorgeous. I’ll put them on playlists as standalone pieces.
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yeah, Moog, there's lots to listen to. I like to read what other people think of the enhanced sounds. Also, I could probably post more reactions myself but I've gonna have to plug in the earphones and listen a while (again).
I will say this: If you are listening to the songs, you kind of forget about whether it's the remix or not. You just enjoy the songs regardless of their being in mono, stereo, remix, whatever.
It's just plain good music - really good music!!
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My Abbey Road Super Deluxe Set was delivered a week ago. I haven't had the chance to give it a listen. I'll get to it this weekend.
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My Abbey Road Super Deluxe Set was delivered a week ago. I haven't had the chance to give it a listen. I'll get to it this weekend.
What did you think?
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What did you think?
I'm happy I bought the set, Euan. Though I've enjoyed some of the tracks over the years on my Pear Alternate Abbey Road CD, it's nice to have that, and more, in this Super Deluxe Set!
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Most of what's on discs 2 and 3 was new to me. The trial edit and mix of the medley blew me away!
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Last night I bought the 2-CD set. I really enjoy it! Can't wait to ride home from work tonight and finish listening to disc 2.
Also, it's crazy to think that it'll probably be another 25 years before we see something like this again. Really makes you then wonder what the 100-year anniversaries of everything will be like :o I'll be 70-some years old when the time comes lol.
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The 100th year anniversary of Abbey Road will be 2069. I can't imagine what sound recording technology could do differently then. Can you?
Maybe they'll send music directly to your brain somehow.
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The 100th year anniversary of Abbey Road will be 2069. I can't imagine what sound recording technology could do differently then. Can you?
Maybe they'll send music directly to your brain somehow.
Scary thought! The potential for abuse is enormous. ;D. But I have a song simmering in my brain at almost any given moment already. I can’t always control what’s playing, but at least I can still take steps to remove what I don’t like!
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Shirt script I wrote for a script website challenge using specific criteria.
Mine were historical, newsstand, pair of flip flops and a stand up comedian
https://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/WellnIJustHadToLaugh.pdf (https://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/WellnIJustHadToLaugh.pdf)
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Shirt script I wrote for a script website challenge using specific criteria.
Mine were historical, newsstand, pair of flip flops and a stand up comedian
[url]https://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/WellnIJustHadToLaugh.pdf[/url] ([url]https://www.simplyscripts.com/scripts/WellnIJustHadToLaugh.pdf[/url])
Brilliant, Steve! I enjoyed that immensely.
Barry
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that was fun, I've enjoyed Beatles fiction over the years when i run across it. There are sites dedicated to it I believe, from memory.
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Okay, can someone explain the ending to me? I think it was supposed to be funny but I didn't get it. Thanks!!
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Okay, can someone explain the ending to me? I think it was supposed to be funny but I didn't get it. Thanks!!
I think the joke was on the folks who paid for the super deluxe package. I bought the single CD and just downloaded the rest. Good thing, cause I rarely play any of it.
As far as the 50th anny Abbey Road CD, I find it sounds really, really good. But then I put on the 2009 CD, and it too sounds really good. :o
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I think the joke was on the folks who paid for the super deluxe package. I bought the single CD and just downloaded the rest. Good thing, cause I rarely play any of it.
As far as the 50th anny Abbey Road CD, I find it sounds really, really good. But then I put on the 2009 CD, and it too sounds really good. :o
And if I put on the original vinyl, it sounds really good. ;yes