Let the wanking begin!!!!
Roight.
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(Some of) the early, pre-release reviews of the Beatles' remastered CD catalogue are in and despite some differences of opinion-oh, what a surprise!-it seems that both the stereo and mono versions of the original UK albums, plus the Past Masters singles collection(s), are for the most part getting a Macca-like thumbs up.
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Me mate Allan Kozinn of the quite esteemable NYTimes hath weighed in with quite a generous review,and now Entertainment Weekly, dated Sept. 11, has devoted quite a dozen or so pages to not only the reissues-click on scan at left-but also that confounded Beatles Rock Band, a-sure-to-be-wankable "50 Best Songs (and 5 worst) feature, as well as how much the Fabs are worth, plus some "rare" photos. Quite.
(More on the "50 Best" in following post, but for now, let's just say that John Lennon figures in at least 26 of "the best," and even one of "the worst."-
EW writer Jeff Jensen has a good, big-picture insight on the remasters, writing, "the Beatles catalogue has a way of turning everyone anal retentive." (His italic.)
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And, as an example, Jensen writes that although "the remasters employ compression, which makes the CDs louder but sacrifices dynamics (but) somehow though, these discs achieve both volume and subtlety."
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Whilst Kozinn notes quite rightly and righteously that ALL of the Beatles albums-save for the White LP-could have appeared stereo/mono on a single disc, similar to the Capitol Albums Vol. 1&2, Allan also put a lot of effort into A-B'ing the 1987 CDs with the 2009 versions, noting that limiting has been utilized to smooth over some louder passage clipping. (See, we are so anal!)
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But hey, regardless of the audio upgrade, doing the right thing retail value wise would make too much sense, and lose the conniving Apple ruttlers ability to viciously milk the collective recorded Beatle teat to nearly spent, upon number 09, 09, '09.
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Yes gentleman, commence yer wankings! And open ye wallets.
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