The Beatles Revolver

I thought Giles’ “White Album” sounded great. Totally cool if someone owns an OG UK vinyl, or is willing to pay huge $ for it, but this would be another, totally sensible option to me.

At the point technology is now, not sure what’s so heretical by these gimmicks they’re tossing into their promotional speech (I say ‘gimmick’ in regards to marketing language, not the actual process of AI audio separation)

Is what they’re doing here so much mote intrusively futzy than other modern remasterings? They’re probably tossing in all the tech-y speech to garner public interest to make the release more commercially viable.

@richardmathes The values of Beatles as artists in the ‘60s and the values of corporations in the 2020s are two different things.

To say one is besmirching the Beatles as mere capitalists when one criticizes the motives of corporations in the 2020s is a conflation.

The issue at hand when someone says, “it’s all about the money” is the relentless exploitation of the Beatles’ music by questionable means by corporations, not the Beatles’ personal values themselves.

@richardmathes When people say, as many here are, I among them, that these remasterings are all about money, we’re talking about the motive behind the 4,678th remastered, re-issued, deluxe, super deluxe etc. etc. Beatles album.

This observation is completely removed from any judgement of the Beatles themselves.

Now I’m curious.  I’ve been thrilled by this album in any and every format I’ve heard it.  My most recent purchase was the 1971 UK vinyl reissue.  I loved it.  The best version I’d heard yet (still not yet heard an original).

I really enjoyed Giles’ “White Album” mastering.