RECORD COLLECTOR REMASTERD, RE-INVENTED

Bootleg bollocks!

The October Record Collector has a pretty Fab, albeit aurally anally retentive feature on the the remasters, which you should pick up if you can find it.

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In a generally good interview with cantankerous remaster guvner, Allan Rouse-pictured at left- the whole ground Hog Day 4 year torturous process is explained, and I guess cuz he was there, we will have to take Rouse's word for it.

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But when the RC interviewer broaches the subject of how all the high-quality bootlegs-which are generally attributed to John Barrett and/or a certain Philly DJ-got loose out of Apple vaults back in the late 80s, Mr. Rouse appears to be on tea.

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Rouse actually puts forth the (unlikely) proposition that those great boots were the result/fault of individual Fabs' taking home demos and acetates!!!

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Cor blimey, wot a load of rubbish!

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Best be assured that whatever way the tape dubs got loose, only a small number of versions were/are the result of wayward take-homes.

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Although Rouse was very forthcoming when it came to why the 24 bit remasters were dumbed down to 16 bit for the actual CD transfers.

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"(We) know that 99 percent of (the) people will hear it as an MP3 file...and not complain!"

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Ah, Apple/Rutle Corps: dontcha just luv 'em!!!

LOST, THEN FOUND, FAB

Who dat?

One of the ever engaging elements of Beatling is that once you think you've seen it all, well, you ain't.

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Case in point: the annual Goldmine Beatle ish, with its uncovering of a heretofore (mostly) unknown speciality Sgt. Pepper cover, which was prepared for EMI suits way back in '67.

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The faces the Fabs had chosen to honour-INCLUDING THEIR OWN!- are replaced with those of the EMI guys, which may be some sort of sacrilege, I'd reckon. Anyways, read all about it in Goldmine.

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And speaking of rarities, how about the Help! Shell cover at upper left. It too was prepared as a perk for company big-wigs and even lowly employees, back, I think,
in the late 60s.

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I actually saw one of these in the flesh-or cardboard-back in 1997.

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In any event, will bloody wonders-and curios-never cease?

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Oh, and catch our ad in the Beatle Goldmine, as well.

http://www.boomermediareview.com/

KOO-KOO TALIBAN KATS DIG FABS!

Who knew???

Under the heading of too fooked up to make up, it appears that some of the Western world's current most sworn enemies like the Beatles too!

In a week long serialization in the New York Times, entitled "Held By The Taliban," a harrowing tale of a Times reporter kidnapped and held hostage by elements of the Taliban, a little early 60s pop culture seeped into what is supposed to be highly religious world.

In the 5 part story, the kidnapped reporter recounts how that while Taliban guards forced him to sing jihad songs, the guards had no problem singing their "favourite song," She Loves You!
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Yes, it musta been quite a hootenanny, what with the extremists in their robes and head wraps and Kalashnikov, belting out those "yeah, yeah, yeahs."

In any event, the reporter escaped and lived to tell the bizarre tale of beards and mop-tops as one.
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Geez, I wonder if Apple should comp these guys a couple new box-sets, so as to keep their minds and hands off wayward westerners.
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But we hope that the natives don't find out what John Lennon said about God!
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Link to Times' piece:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/world/asia/18hostage.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=held%20By%20the%20taliban&st=cse

AYE CARUMBA T&A

Margie's mammaries!





Well, sort of.

Through a 1/2 page fold-out , in veil, sheerly, actually.
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And hey, I wonder why olde Hef never thought of this before.
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Because Marg Simpson is the Doris Day of 21st century cartoons and should therefore keep 'er jugs and buns burka'd?
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Or it's just plain bad for the sure to be confused kiddies who have no Internet access?
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Perhaps FOX will stoop to anything?
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Whatever, it is an interesting albeit somewhat risky gambit what with a lot of TV veiwing womens' distaste for jag mags, even those as mild as Playboy.
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But geez, one would have to be a real hardcore Femminazi to get raggy over this goofy spooof which is actually a teaser for a Nov. 15 Simpson's episode.
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The spread even has Margie's own daft Playboy interview-The Devil In Marge Simpson-in which Ms. Marg admits to having hopes to marry three famous gay men.
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Of course that is weird, but what would be even weirder-sicker-would be some oaf taking the magazine into the bathroom for an extended time.
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Maybe Glenn Beck?

THE BEATLES EP COLLECTION v THE BEATLES IN MONO '09

New collection not much better

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Although most of the talk-come to think of it, ALL the talk-about the Beatles Mono Box set remasters have been about differences in mixes, whilst sound quality went unnoticed.

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Well, since I had nothing better to do, I sat and compared some of the mono mixes from the early 90s set to their 2009 versions.

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And perhaps the best bunch of tunes to use as the aural yardstick is Magical Mystery Tour, which of course was presented as the EP it originally was, for the EP Collection.

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As for my purely subjective call, I'd say that the new mono MMT-presented now as the North American issue full LP, has a slightly cleaner sound, and also a less muddy bottom end.

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But nothing really to jump out and grab you with a "WOW, that sounds so

much better!"

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The best thing, of course, is that when issued as a full album, MMT fairs far better than as an EP.

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After all, of the EP's original 6 tracks, the only real gem was I Am The Walrus, while the MMT album also had keepers like Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, and All You Need Is LOve.

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So, if you bought the new Mono remasters, but still have the EP collection.

my suggestion is too display the cool EP black box on the mantle, and go get a frame for all the individual EP sleeves.

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OH, and speaking of the Walrus, here is a seldom viewed but way worthy animation piece I found on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA2cPuVXuWw&feature=related