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  2. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

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    I understand. My point, which was not clear, had to do with the fact that the Beatles' contemporaries were and in many ways still are completely overshadowed by the Fab Four. As a result, their contributions often get overlooked. That's all. Of course, we can enjoy them all.

    And i completely agree, the Kinks never got the recognition nor the hype that the aforementionned groups had

    Hey, didn't I cover this with "Just because there's no such thing as Kinksmania, that's no reason to talk smack about 'em."?

    ;)

  3. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

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    Regarding some of the above conversation: I'm a big Ray Davies/Kinks fan. Never understood the whole "either/or" mentality ("Ray Davies was better than Lennon/McCartney, etc."). Lennon/McCartney were good. Ray Davies was good. Mick and Keith were good. Brian Wilson was good. Why choose? Why not just enjoy them all?

    :tup

  8. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

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    It sounded to me like they were biased against the mono from the get-go, because that's what the audiophiles, with their super-hearing, like. My hearing is crap and, with no new mono mixes in the house, there's Purble Chick monos that I enjoy more than the new stereo ones. On normal stereo equipment, even.

  9. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

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    Listened to Abbey Road this afternoon, and it is a great remastering job on this one, music is much more alive then on the old cd. Allen calls the feel to this album as "soft focus," and I can hear his point. Maxwell's Silver Hammerand Octopus's Garden are not heavyweights by any measure, plus the lyrics to She Came In Through The Bathroom Window sound lame to me -- Oh look out / She came in through the bathroom window, / Protected by a silver spoon / But now she sucks her thumb and wonders / By the banks of her own lagoon? Given all that, it's still a great record. Ringo's playing really adds a lot of oomph! to the songs; Harrison's two songs are great, the best guitar playing on any Beatle album, and side two is a wonder. Good way to bow out.

    An astonishing way to bow out, really. :tup

  10. Beatles Remasters coming! 09/09/09

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    I probably bought the Sgt Pepper lp I have in the late 60s. It's in stereo and I take good care of my vinyl - it's still pristine. I finally heard the Purple Chick "Sgt Pepper" mono version. Gotta say I dig it better. More "presence", better bass, etc. Any word on how the new releases compare withe Purple Chick stuff?

    The PCs sound swell, but the new remasters? There's stuff you just can't hear on the needle drops that are plain as day on the stereo discs. And that's not the answer I want to give- the PCs are way cheaper than the mono box. If you know what I'm saying.

  14. Russ Freeman

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    Terrific player. His Pacific Jazz trio set is marvellous.

    I love the Trio disc more than I love most things. For Freeman and Twardzik. And the 10" jacket pic that Claxton shot is the swellest.

    Did anyone see the Claxton documentary that Freeman was all over? Lots of good interview there.

    Also: Has anyone heard "Safe at Home", the Freeman Trio recorded live in Vancouver, 1959? 10 tracks, Justin Time, 2005. It gets bad customer reviews at Amazon, but for not being the other guy. It's pretty sweet. (Edit: emusic has it too)

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