Beatles Yellow Submarine Songtrack Soundtrack CD

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 Poor sound quality.
I‘m not a fan of remixing the Beatles back catalogue. I must qualify this by first stating that I did enjoy the LOVE album. That release gave us brand new mash-up versions of the old songs completely supervised by George Martin and his son. In most cases the songs were remixed very different from their original counterparts. In that regard they were worth doing. I did not like what was done to albums such as the YELLOW SUBMARINE SONGTRACK. I feel that in remixing the songs the engineers may have gone too far. I have listened to the Beatles music for over 35 years, to the point where I can make out every instrument on every track and recognize its position in the mix, so to listen to the remixed YELLOW SUBMARINE album makes me wonder where all of this may go. We are now incorporating modern recording technology onto 1960s recordings. To make the sea move between the speakers on the song “Yellow Submarine” is going too far. This technology wasn’t available in the 60s, and I don’t see why it should be applied to Beatles tracks now. The obvious question is: where will it stop? George Martin himself oversaw the remastering of the CDs that were released in 1987 and they sound absolutely incredible! They are the original mixes from the original recordings. I only want the first four albums in mono because that is the way they were conceived and that is the way they should be heard. I also love the packaging and album liner notes from those CDs. They are what was written in the 60s and represent how the music was initially perceived without the benefit of hindsight. In the case of LET IT BE NAKED and 1, the sound was remastered and compressed to the point that all of the subtleties were squeezed out of the music. It is harsh, too loud and has a tinny sound. I am going to hold onto my old CDs and not buy the new remasters. I don’t want to waste my money on something I already own. In fact, even if the new reissues were to sound better I wouldn’t buy them. I am against the whole idea of continually upgrading things we already own. There will always be another version of any CD or DVD that you buy. It will never end. Technology keeps changing. We as consumers need to finally say “STOP! Enough already!”
Submitted by Bill (San Francisco CA, USA)
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