The Beatles Revolver


Just read where Giles Martin is using  AI-powered audio separation technology to remix Revolver. From what I read he can take the mono tracks and separate all the instruments and vocals on the 4 track tape the were recorded on and then I guess remix them in 24 track or whatever he wants. Is this good? I love The Beatles and no matter how much better it my sound it not the same. They had what they had in 1966. And George Martin did wonders with 4 tracks. Where does this reissuing of classic albums stop. Is Revolver remixed in multi tracks still Revolver?

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Oh my gawd @larsman, isn’t Let It Be absolutely dreadful?! I’d almost rather have a dentist do some work without novocaine than to have to listen to that pos. Naked or fully dressed, terr-i-ble. I’m surprised it ever esca....I mean was ever released.

Just think: at the same time The Beatles were recording Let It Be, The Band were recording their s/t "brown" album, The Stones Let It Bleed, and The Kinks Arthur, a trio of "pretty good" albums.

Each to their own. People have different tastes in music no different than with food or anything else in life. 

 Over the years, many of the records in my collection have given me an infinite amount of enjoyment. That will never change. If there is a way to get closer to those records, to hear details that I had never noticed before without adding anything; I'm all for it.  (Paul had WHAT for lunch?)   

Played a review copy of the upcoming Revolver release and both the stereo and mono remixes are superb. Instruments are well defined and in proper proportion.
I'd give Giles an A.

"It's about making money" is off-base. There's no sense in any Beatles production that money was or is the driving factor. Unlike so much in this world, it has always been about the music. It's one factor in the unique charm of The Beatles.The band and the production were a team then, and remain so now.