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Starting out- a Beatles question

I starting to piece together a budget system, and I really wanted a turn table to be a part of it. In my head I thought it'd be no problem at all to get any Beatles or Pink Floyd album with no issues. When I look on Amazon or Music Direct, looks like only Abbey Road and Dark Side are readily available new. Should I be looking elsewhere?

Is it the case that if you want classic rock type material, you're typically going to have to find them used?

I also listen to a lot of Radiohead and new indie groups, and it seems like getting those albums on vinyl is no problem.

My proposed system so far: My current MMGs, a Clearaudio Concept table, an NAD PP3i preamp, and a TBD amp (solid or tube, under $2500).

Thanks.
adnan

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mapman
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YEs, you will pay a premium for original Beatles albums in good shape more for collectability reasons than inherent sound quality.

I have the recent Beatles mono box set and would say that is a very good place to look to get a full BEatles catalog with good (remastered) sound that may be better than many original vinyl issues even.

Or teh stereo box set. Take your pick.

I have not had a reason to pull out the old BEatles vinyl these days anymore since acquiring the box set, even the several prized Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs versions I have.
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For the sake of value, I would hope that some different mastering that might break some new ground would be applied specifically for a new vinyl release. I would not expect just putting the existing CD mix on LP to break any real new ground and could even be a step backwards for those with less than stellar vinyl rigs.

For the record, I will probably have little interest other than curiosity regardless of what they do with new vinyl releases despite being a big time Beatles fan. I have most original albums on vinyl + two CD versions already.

A good quality vinyl packaging job might help sweeten the package for Beatles + vinyl fans who do not own good copies of the original vinyl releases.
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mapman
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Murky and grey at best.

USing the highest available resolution masters would be a start but that alone does not assure better sound in the end.

At least there seems to be some attention to QA in the vinyl manufacturing process. That might at least help assure the product is not inferior to what was available prior.
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