Comments on Profile Post by rott

Telling me to f**k off and check Steve Hoffman forums is OK, just thought I'd check here first for leads to follow up on.

I've really enjoyed the recent Beatles-related documentaries on various streaming platforms, a lot of insight into songs that I've overlooked over the past many years. Huge fan of George Harrison's work with and without Beatles.

If you want CDs that are reasonably priced, the 2009 Beatles in Mono boxset (mono mixes are the definitive mixes up until Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, and Let It Be). Then supplement with the 2009 remasters of the last three albums in stereo. Less compression in the mono mixes.

U.S. Albums boxset is worth checking out too. See: https://theaudiophileman.com/beatles-cd-version-part-1/. Part 2: https://theaudiophileman.com/beatles-cd-version-part-2/. Would need supplementing for later releases as well.

I also recommend checking out Let It Be ... Naked if you like Let It Be.

The recent 50th anniversary releases of Sgt. Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be are cool because of the different mixes and demos, including the original mix of Let It Be by Glyn Johns, but they have quite a bit of compression applied.

Another vote for the 2009 releases [I personally only bought the stereo box set]. Everything after that has been tinkered with a bit too much for my liking.

Thanks @zonto and @Qildail for the input; bought the U.S. Albums box set, looking into the various CD options for the last albums.

Certain 2009 mono remasters are only available in the Beatles in Mono boxset (those not in the U.S. Albums boxset). You can still find individual 2009 stereo remasters. I purchased Let It Be (2009) new from Target recently to have a backup. Abbey Road (2009) from Amazon too, but the printing on the digipack is blurry so wonder if it's counterfeit. Have a replacement on the way to confirm. Be careful of counterfeits!

I realize you already bought the US albums box set, but I thought I should warn you that The Beatles were not involved with the creation and sequencing of the US versions of their albums until Sgt. Pepper when the UK track list became the default worldwide.

So while there is a lot of good music in the US albums set, it’s a total mishmash with songs from different albums thrown together, singles added in wherever. The music is all good but it’s not the way The Beatles intended it all to be heard.