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The Beatles Remastered: Mono & Stereo

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set

The Beatles legendary albums were originally digitally remastered for compact disc back in the purchase cialis pharmacy 80s at that time mastering for CD was a new art and since then a lot has been found out about how to master best but even more important acomplia purchase is all of the many technological advances during that time.

The many advances in technology and all of the knowledge learned on how to most effectively remaster digitally have been put to good use with the Beatles remasters of 2009. On September 9, 2009 The Beatles released both The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set and The Beatles Mono Box Set. And both box sets sound really great. If you’ve yet to hear ‘em, I recommend you get your hands on The Beatles remasters as soon as you can.

Which flavor of Beatles remastered should a fan buy? Well for this guy the answer was, without a doubt, “both of them” but if you can only choose one you’ll probably go with the Beatles in Stereo since it contains all of their UK studio LPs and most listeners do want to listen to the stereo versions more than the mono.

The mono box set is more for hardcore fans who want to hear all of the differences between the stereo & mono mixes (and in some cases they are very different from each other) and for fans who want to listen to The Beatles how they originally heard them (this obviously applies to the original fans who were there for The Beatles in person back in the 60s.)

I ordered both best price cialis buy Ceftin online target=”_blank” href=”http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Beatles-Remastered-Box-Sets-(Stereo-and-Mono)&id=2599826″>box sets and if you have the cash, you should do the same. They both have their negatives and positives and as far as I’m concerned they are both great versions of The Beatles unmatched discography.

While you’re at it, you should probably purchase The Beatles Rock Band video game too, it is a lot of fun. And I’m not a big fan of video games usually

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The Beatles Remastered Box Sets & USB Memory Stick

Saturday, November 14th, 2009

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The Beatles Stereo Box Set Packaging

It’s hard to believe that 2009 has been the year of The Beatles. 2009 was the year Beatles fans have been waiting for because it was the year that the remastered versions of their albums finally came out on CD and digitally.

The Beatles Mono Remastered Box Set

The box set that has gained the most attention of hardcore Beatles fans is probably the mono box because it’s the first time that the original mono mixes buy Colchicine online have ever been released on CD.

Purist Beatles fans believe that the mono mixes are really the way their music was supposed to be heard and they have good reason for believing that. Mono was what most Beatles fans listened to in the ’60s and The Beatles spent the majority of their time working on getting the mono mixes just right. It really wasn’t until around 1968 that The Beatles started to take their stereo mixes seriously.

The Beatles in Stereo Box Set

This box set has been the most popular Beatles release of 2009. It’s been an enormous unit shifter and for a very good reason. It includes the band’s entire ’60s discography in brilliantly digitally remastered stereo. It sounds absolutely brilliant (these discs are definitely far superior to the ’80s Beatles CDs you may own now.)

The biggest improvements compared to the old discs are heard in the way Paul to buy cialis effects McCartney’s bass cuts through the mix more so than ever before and Ringo’s drums sound far better than they used to as well. Another obvious improvement is in the way the vocals sound, particularly the clarity of the backing vocals.

The Beatles USB

The Beatles USB is basically a digital version of The Beatles in Stereo Box Set. Along with the more well known mp3 files, it also includes super high quality 24bit FLAC files. Along with the audio files, this USB memory stick also contains the visual parts of the box set such as the thirteen album documentaries, the extensive liner notes for each album, and the photos.

The Apple USB memory cialis online stick is compatible with both PC and Mac computers. The mp3s should work with no hiccups with any mp3 player (whether you own a Zune, an iPod, or a lesser known brand.)

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John Lennon or Paul McCartney?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Please Please Me & The White Album Box Set Packaging

It is the age old Beatles discussion: “John vs. Paul!” Which one was most important to their music? It’s my opinion as a huge Beatles fanatic that the true answer is “both!” It may sound like a cop-out but I really believe it’s the best answer.

While I’m not one of those people that likes to price cialis talk about how awful John & Paul were during their solo careers (because I don’t think that’s true at all) I do think it’s obvious that they never reached the same amazing level by themselves as buy cialis review they did together as The Beatles I think that’s pretty good proof that there was something magical about their songwriting partnership that allowed their work together to to reach a level that has rarely been reached by other songwriters.

Many of The Beatles best recordings were tracks that John and buy Daily Best Cats Beef online Paul wrote together. Most of The Beatles early singles such as “Please Please Me” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand” were written together and some of their best work such as “A Day in the Life” were actually combinations of different bits that John & Paul wrote separately generic cialis canadian which were then added together to make a whole song.

Even when Paul or John would write songs mostly on their own, there would often still be important improvements added by the other.

Lennon would sometimes offer helpful advice on lyrics to McCartney. With “Hey Jude,” John told Paul to keep the “the movement you need is on your shoulder” bit that Paul actually wanted to drop from the song as he felt it was too weird. Lennon added the “it couldn’t get much worse” line to “Getting Better” which helped to offset the relentless positivity of the rest of the lyrics.

McCartney added some incredible bass guitar parts to John’s songs such as “Rain,” “Come Together,” and “Dear Prudence.” Try to imagine those songs without the bass, they wouldn’t be anywhere near as awesome!

The point being that both Lennon and McCartney were essential to making The Beatles music so great.

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The Beatles In Mono Review

Thursday, September 24th, 2009

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The Beatles Mono CD Box Set includes The Beatles first ten albums in their original mono along with the “Mono Masters” two CD set which includes the original mono mixes for all of their non-album songs which were mixed in mono.

The Beatles In Mono Box Set is a real “surprise” in many cases. A lot of the band’s earlier songs really sound far~better in mono than they do in stereo because they were originally mixed in mono and the stereo mixes were often done as an “afterthought” (because stereo wasn’t taken very seriously at the time.) Many of The Beatles stereo mixes are totally screwy by the standards of today because they pan everything to one side or the other which can be unsettling to listen to (especially on headphones.)

It’s fantastic to be able to hear songs like “Eleanor Rigby” without the wide panning that screws up their stereo versions of these tracks.

But there’s more differences to these mono mixes than just the panning. In some cases there are actually different takes and different effects used! And in many more cases buy Minocycline online different instruments/parts are highlighted in the mono mix vs. the stereo mix.

A great example of a different mix in mono vs. stereo is “Helter Skelter” because it’s almost a full minute shorter in mono than in stereo and it doesn’t include the “blisters on my fingers” yell at the end.

Another good example is all of the extra vocal effects on the mono version of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” But really a lot of the songs on the mono Sgt. Pepper’s have a lot more vocal effects than do their stereo sisters.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the Mono Masters Non-Album Compilation cialis doses is that it includes four previously unreleased mono mixes (”Hey Bulldog,” “All Together Now,” “Only a Northern Song and “It’s All Too Much.”) These cialis without prescription four songs were never released in mono (in any format) before because when the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album was first released in 1969 it was only for sale in stereo (which is why the album as a whole is not included in the mono box, the George Martin instrumentals were never mixed in mono) so these mono mixes were shelved in Abbey Road Studios for 40 years before finally being heard in 2009.

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The Beatles Stereo Box Review

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

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Now that I’ve been listening to The Beatles Stereo Box Set for almost a full 7 days I think it’s time to do a review of the set as a whole. Now I have heard everything at least once (although some albums I’ve heard multiple times and others just once) and I have no reservations in saying that these remastered CDs are far superior to the old CDs most of us Beatles fans owned previously.

It’s amazing how much more clear these new CDs sound in comparison to the old discs. I’m hearing so many details in the music that I didn’t even know were there! It’s really like rediscovering The Beatles free cialis timeless songs all over again as I go through each of the 14 albums in The Beatles In Stereo CD Box Set.

There’s been a lot of argument among Beatles fans over which sounds better; The the stereo or the mono? This debate is raging of course because The Beatles Mono Remastered Box Set was also released this year.

In my opinion the stereo CDs definitely sound better for the the band’s later albums because they allow for greater clarity which is essential considering how much is going on in most of the later mixes. With the first four or five albums it’s a closer call. I still like the clarity of the stereo mixes even with the earlier albums, but it is true that the really wide panning can be a bit distracting so I think there’s a good case for the more “powerful” sounding mono mixes too!

In short, I’m very glad that I bought both box sets and I really think they are both essential for serious Beatles fans. After all the mono mixes were how the albums were originally intended to be heard so they have great historical value, but the stereo mixes sound really really buy Femcare online good, so you have to have those too.

Obviously the main reason I love this box set is how great The Beatles music sounds in remastered stereo but I also should give a “shout out” to the really great packaging. Each CD comes with it’s own informative booklet full of pictures, lyrics, historical details, and information on the recording of that album. Each CD case folds out so that it has six sides in all (actually the double albums like The White Album & Past Masters have cialis 20mg tablets eight sides!)

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New Beatles Tracks Available for Digital Download

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

Arguably the most famous band on the scene, The Beatles are set to re-release a vast amount of their music backlog accompanied by a bran new computer game. The new video game which is entitled, ‘The Beatles: Rockband” which is released on Wednesday 9th September.
The video game also lets you see The Beatles performing some of their best tracks to an audience in some of the most famous venues in the world. This coincides perfectly with their record label EMI’s scheduled release of 14 of their new digitally enhanced albums which will available in early 2010. Additionally, buy Inderal online from October 19th owners of the video game will be able to download the whole Abbey Road album either through their XBOX or PS3 for about £10. Or alternatively, you can download them individually for about 99p each. This is part of the master plan to get the Beatles back on the scene and get their music re-released to today’s modern generation. There is no doubt that these new CD’s will sell like hotcakes in the shops and I bet EMI are licking their lips!
I am personally a massive fan of the Beatles. I am eager to hear how they have re-mastered their tracks to go on CD. I do hope they have not laid digital pianos over their grand pianos or added a hoard of electric guitars to replace the older sound. Plans on how to get the Beatles’ back catalogue implemented into the digital world has been widely cheapest price for cialis discussed between all the parties involved. The companies will also be offering the infamous album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band for sale cialis no rx in November which is bound to be a massive with fans all over the world!
You can watch game play trailers and get more information at The Beatles: Rock Band official website. By the time you read this the game should be out! I will definetly be online tablets cialis buying this video game!

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Order These Three Beatles Goodies Online Today

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

9/9/9 is Christmas Day for Beatles fans. That is the day that The Beatles 2 stereo and mono box sets and Beatles Rock Band are finally released. Beatles fans like me have already ordered all this awesome “Beatles gear” online and are simply waiting for 9/9/9 to come around so it can be shipped to our homes!

#1 The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set

This remastered box set includes every recording The Beatles released from 1962 through ‘70 in remastered stereo sound quality.

The Beatles cialis music will be heard in greater detail and clarity with these new remastered versions. The CDs will also be somewhat louder than the 1987 CD versions which have been out for the last 22 years.

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The first 10 Beatles albums in their original mono mix. These original mono mixes haven’t been put on CD until now. Many Beatles purists consider the original mono mixes to be the “true” Beatles mixes because these were the mixes that The Beatles originally intended their fans to hear.

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Surprisingly, the original mono version of The White Album has not been released in the US previously. Not even on vinyl or cassette tape! Why? This is because when The White Album was released in 1968 mono mixes were no longer a part of the US music scene, meanwhile both the stereo mix and the mono mix were released in the UK.

#3 The Beatles Rock Band Video Game

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Rock Band is the best music video game and The Beatles Rock Band will be the greatest version of the game. It will include over 40 Beatles songs which can be sung, drummed, and rocked. Complete Beatles albums will be available to be downloaded and played on Beatles Rock Band. The first album to be made available for download will be Abbey Road.

The Beatles Rock Band will be the first version of the game that includes harmony singing. Up to three different people can sing at once allowing you and your friends to recreate The Beatles famous harmonies in your own living room.

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The Perfect Gifts For A Beatles Fan

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

If there is a Beatles fanatic among your family & friends (even if it’s you) you ought to circle 9/9/9 on a calander because that’s the day three incredible Beatles related gifts are being released. The stereo box, mono box, and Beatles Rock delivery online cialis Band video game. In this article I’ll go into a little detail about what makes each of these cialis 8 cpr riv0mg products such a great gift idea.

The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box

Every single recording The Beatles released from 1962 through 1970 in remastered stereo sound. That’s all 13 UK albums from 1962’s debut Please Please Me through ’70’s Let It Be. And yes this is a great gift even if the Beatlemaniac in question already owns all of their albums on compact disc. Why? Because these CDs sound much better than the older CDs.

These new CDs capture more of the original sound from the master tapes than do the old CDs. They allow for more details in the music to be heard and they have a “warmer” sound as well.

The Beatles Mono Box Set (Remastered)

This is a great gift for any serious Fab Four fans because this is what all of the real “purists” have been waiting for: Finally, the mono mixes from the ’60s are on CD. This is the first time that these Beatles albums will be heard as they were originally intended to be heard by many Beatles fans!

Each of the band’s first 10 albums (up through The White Album) was mixed in mono and the band actually spent much more time and energy working in mono than they did in stereo. The reason for that is that in the 1960s stereo was still a new concept and was thought to be something of a “fad.” Most people listened to mono at that time so it only made sense for them to concentrate on the mono mixes.

The Beatles Rock Band Video Game

This is a great gift for any Beatles fan who enjoys playing games. But I must say that you don’t have to be a video game addict buy Celadrin online cialis dosage to like playing Rock Band. I hate video games in general but I love playing Rock Band.

If you have younger “gamers” in your family who don’t yet know or appreciate The Beatles music this may be a great way to get them into it.

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Remastered Stereo CDs, Mono Box Set, & Rock Band: 09/09/09 Is Beatles Day

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

September 9th, 2009 is a true holiday for Beatles fans because the Beatles remastered CD box sets are finally being released. The 1980s CD versions are thought by most to be a very poor example of mastering for CD which is a big reason why people have been wanting new better versions for so long.

But the excitement from 9/9/9 doesn’t just come from the fact that the albums are being remastered for the first time since their original release on CD, it also comes from the The Beatles Mono Box Set that is being released on that day. This is the first time that the original mono buy Eulexin online mixes of The Beatles albums (up through 1968 which is when they stopped doing mono mixes) are going to be available on CD.

Why should we care about such outdated mixes in 2009? Mono was being phased out in the 1960s, why should we listen to mono mixes today? Well certainly many people may feel that way, but true Beatles fanatics want to hear these albums as they were originally intended to be heard and to do that you must listen to the mono mixes.
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The mono mixes are what The Beatles (along with George Martin & Geoff Emerick) were primarily focused on. The stereo mixes were done as an after thought with little (if any) input from the band, while the mono mixes were slaved over until they were just perfect. Because of buy cheap generic acomplia this many feel that the original mono mix of an album such as Sgt. Pepper is the “real” version of the album.

But there’s even more Beatles stuff for fans to get excited about coming out on 9/9/9, for gamers there’s the Beatles Rock Band game which looks awesome from the previews of it I’ve seen. It basically allows you to play through The Beatles career from the days of “Beatlemania” through the psychedelic era all the way through the end. The Beatles Rock Band instruments even look like the real Beatles instruments (check out Paul’s bass order cialis guitar!) And for the first time harmonies are included as a part of Rock Band.

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The White Album, Sgt. Pepper, Revolver: The Beatles Best Three Albums

Monday, August 31st, 2009

The Beatles released 12 official UK studio LPs from 1963 to 1970 and almost all of them were fantastic which makes picking out just three of buy supplier cialis their albums as the top three is a difficult task.

12 albums? You may have heard the number 13. That 13th “album” was Magical Mystery Tour which was originally released just as an EP in the UK. buy Kamagra Soft online An “album” version of it was cobbled together in America by adding some earlier released singles to the record.

Some Beatles purists don’t think of it as one of their official albums, although it has been added to official UK discography since the 1970s (when it was released in the UK because so many fans were importing the American version.)

#1 The White Album

The White Album was actually titled The Beatles but it has since become known as The White Album due to it’s almost entirely white cover. This double album includes many of The Beatles greatest moments. It also includes some of the songs that a lot of people think of as their worst. But I actually think those strange songs (such as “Wild Honey Pie” and “Revolution #9″) add to the magic of the album. This was an “anything goes” album and it’s better because of it.

#2 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

A lot of people claim that this legendary album is overrated and I suppose that’s true from the point of view that The Beatles other albums sometimes get overlooked in comparison. For example a lot of less informed cialis without prescription people seem to think that Sgt. Pepper was The buy acomplia rimonabant Beatles first attempt at “art music” but clearly Rubber Soul & Revolver beat it to the punch. But, I still think Sgt. Pepper is an amazing album that works as the band’s most “cohesive statement” and I think while it may be underrated by those who are slightly ignorant of The Beatles entire catalog, I think it’s actually now underrated by those known as “hipsters.”

#3 Revolver

1966’s Revolver lacks the cohesiveness of Abbey Road or Sgt. Pepper. It lacks the expansiveness of The White Album. But it does have 14 brilliant songs. It’s arguably the most consistently great album The Beatles released.

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