Beatles re-released stereo first 4 Albums


I have thus far only listened to the the First CD, but it sounds pretty good.
Better in fact than the Let it be Naked CD.
ozzy

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Oz,

Please don't persuade people to purchase these CDs on the basis of sound quality. They are horrid. They were duplicated from US masters, which are a few generations off the original master tapes. I have yet to hear any evidence of bass on these CDs.
Let It Be Naked is clearly the best sounding Beatles CD in existence. Some of the Anthology series is decent as well.
I know it's difficult to deal with burning $50, but I don't want others to make the same mistake.
Enjoy them for the music, but forget about audio quality,

CB
Yes, I had second thoughts about this purchase, and I should have had third...Extremely shrill, and lacking in bass. The original British Apple dreck is superior to these.
"Beatles For Sale" is clearly superior to "Beatles '65" from this new set. Extremely disappointing. I was hoping that 24/96 remastering would help, but I've read several conflicting reports on the remastering of these discs.
"Abbeyrd Beatles" is an extremely informative page on the subject. I was going to try the Japanese "White Album" but was discouraged by various postings on the audioasylum, basically saying there is no "holy grail" in Beatles CDs.