So the bootlegger did NOT have 4 years to get the tapes to sound that way.
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Posted on 04/07/2009 11:04:43 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
A crew of engineers at London’s Abbey Road Studios have spent four years working on the remasters using new technology and vintage equipment, the press release says, in an effort to preserve “the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings” and ensure “the highest fidelity the catalog has seen since its original release.”
It says something about CDs when it takes 4 years of work to get them to sound like the records did.
Oh goodie. Something else I won’t buy which then will save me money. Waste of good coin, this.
So the bootlegger did NOT have 4 years to get the tapes to sound that way.
Oh yeah, they’ll sell it it to ya again and again.
What I want to see are remastered first three Stones albums, as released in the UK, as well their BBC Sessions and demos. ABKlein owns all those masters, unfortunately.
Seriously, how many times can the Beatles issue a “remastered” copy. More than anyone else the Beatles have milked every last ounce of commercial exploitation out of each album.
Sheesh.
"Hey, let's milk this musical cow some more, whaddya say?"
I think it was insurance against England not extending copyrights.
The Beatles’ catalog could go/have gone the way American pop music went in Europe. 50 years of copyright with no further extensions (public domain after that).
Since we are now at 1959 recordings going PD in England, the Beatles’ complete catalog could have gone PD within the next 10 years. So this is the last grab for cash before competing volumes came out.
In the end, last I read, England DID decide to extend the copyrights. But works that lapsed do NOT get to restore copyright. I see no good reason to change the law JUST because the Beatles and other British Invasion acts would be facing the SAME limited terms that all other acts (especially US acts) faced under British law.
Those Parlophone (and Stones’ Decca) UK albums were originally pressed on heavy vinyl, which beat the quality of the later thin releases by a nautical mile.
Not the albums you are looking for, but The Rolling Stones are doing the same with their last 14 albums. Apparently something extra special with Exile on Mainstreet.
Interesting point. Thanks. Obladee.
Why do you say this? Just curious.
I wonder if that would mean we could get a definitive Kinks collection over here.
Well, the Stones and Klein did remaster their later UK albums a couple of years back, but not the first three for some reason.
Not a big Beatles fan. Some of their songs were good, then they went into some odd directions.
I’m a huge fan but every year they try to squeeze a little more out of it.
I think I’ll pass on one after 9/09.
(UK) Musicians urge copyright change (now that the British Invasion may go public domain) (BBC News Wednesday, 26 November 2008 no byline)
A video message on behalf of 38,000 UK musicians has been sent... many of whom have worked with major artists, say they risk losing their income under current laws.Performers' copyright runs out after 50 years but for composers and authors it extends for 70 years after their death.
The European Commission is backing an extension to 95 years from release, but the UK government is not supportive.
Under current copyright laws, royalties will soon dry up for session musicians who played on classic tracks released in the 1960s, campaigners say...
But the Open Rights Group, a lobbying organisation which specialises in digital rights issues, says performers are "misguided" if they believe a copyright term extension will significantly increase their incomes.
"The European Commission's own figures demonstrate that term extension is likely to benefit ordinary performers as little as 50 cents (33p) a year," says executive director Becky Hogge.
"If Europe passes the directive to extend the term, the vast majority of financial gains - which will come direct from consumers' pockets - will go to the world's four major record labels and a handful of very famous performers."
Since then, many hundreds of Beatles boots have been released....
Wonder if these remasters will suck or not...?
And yet, they were pro-Commie.
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