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Compare the new Beatles vinyl to early pressings

My stark opinion is the new vinyl is balanced and has the timber of each musical voice polished painstakingly, but the life is sucked out. The old vinyl has way more emotional and meaningful content. When I listen side by side I "get it" regarding the artist's intent way better on the old versions.

The new vinyl was cut using the original 24-bit remasters. I guess now that it's so easy to compare I'm all for keeping the process analog.
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I bought Magical Mystery Tour because it was the only one that was not included in my recent (incredible) find of the Dutch Blue Box of 1978. I conclude that these reissues may need to played in a bit. After the fourth play on either side the ambience has begun to open up and the highs are now more airy. I also cleaned it a couple of times (VPI16.5/MoFi Super wash) and there must be excess stamper release compound that was used in my pressing, simply because every time I clean it and play it, it seems to improve.

Anyone else experience this?
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