Slight correction: The Mono Mix has no de-mixing applied to it. It’s just a straight cut from the master tapes. Oh, and George wasn't writing about government corruption, more just that he was annoyed about the high tax rate (I got a little ahead of myself there).
Actually a new mono mix would have made the full set even more desirable. They could have made a mono mix with the clarity of the stereo mix. The mono mix was already digitized and new LPs pressed in 2009.
@@LanceHall I get where you're coming from, but mono fans are really happy about this, not to mention that this new mono pressing has been an all analogue process.
The Beatles have left an ultimate legacy that nobody can easily take away from them. Their influence on music is something that is thoroughly impressive in all aspects. Great review. We hope to see more content like this.
Yellow Submarine was more Paul than John. John just did the opening line. His original intention was to make it a sad escapist song which would not be in anyway the same song. Donovan had more contribution to writing the song than John did.
It's amazing that John wrote this beautiful, sad song about a lonely little boy, then with Paul they made it into a happy song about living together with your friends forever.
Always thought She Said She Said was some of the Beatles most sublime guitar work, and for 45 years I've been trying to sort out which guitar did what on this song and now I can hear it clearly! Also I love the very trippy (and appropriate) mix of Tomorrow Never Knows. I've been so psyched for today, I mean in High School I even wrote a poem about how much I love this album.
Ringos Drums on She Said, She Said... blew this 15 kid away when he first started playing The Drums. Ringos Fills on She Said, She Said" shows how much Ringo was be EXTRA creative in 1966.. I point to Revolver as being Ringos breakout performance as a Beatle. Then of course , there's take #5 on Rain. and since we know that Rain was actually slowed DOWN, I am SO happy that this has been included! Ringo nails it on Rain and it is his BEST performance
This remix is an absolute triumph. My issue with the anniversary remixes of recent years is that the post-Pepper albums have largely had good original stereo mixes, so there hasn’t been a need to massively change them, resulting in minimal changes that make them, for me, inessential. Revolver is one of the albums that truly benefits from opening up the soundscape and turning away from the hard panning of the original. Credit has to go to Peter Jackson for developing this technology and to Giles for utilising it so effectively. Will be interesting to see how far this technology develops and whether they’ll be able to remix the early albums in a similar way.
I agree with you, although I have to say that the remix of "You Never Give Me Your Money" actually sounds a lot better, because the vocals and especially the instruments (to my ears) are more prominent. I now only listen to this version :-)
This remix did not solve any of the problems of the eternal debate about which is better - mono or stereo. One or two interestingly reworked songs like Eleanor Rigby don't affect anything, as mono still sounds better. But I liked the outtakes, although expected more variety and Eleanor Rigby's demo, which proves once again that Paul only wrote a fragment of the song.
@@debessar95 I disagree. I think this opens up the debate. Anyone who would argue that the og stereo mix of revolver is superior to the mono is insane. At least with this remix there's some competition, even if mono is still my favorite.
honestly to be fair the post Pepper albums still had rough spots that needed to be cleaned up regardless (i.e. vocals panned to the right in “You Never Gave Me Your Money”) so honestly those being remixed to have some touch ups is justified
The entire lyrics of that song can be summed up as: "How to Avoid Having a Bad Trip For Dummies"... LOL (PS: "Lay down all thought, surrender to the void" is by FAR the most important psychedelic protip in there! If you try to cling onto rational, normal thinking, and control the experience, you're gonna have a bad time! That's why "relax and float downstream is so important" the sooner you relinquish control and let the trip take you where it will, the sooner you can let go of the anxieties that lead to an unpleasant experience.)
@@chrisleigh4278 As I understand it, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a guide to consciousness and rebirth after death, but may be interpreted as an allegory and guide to meditation which can produce similar experiences, e.g. altered states of consciousness, ego dissolution, visions, and psychological rebirth. Timothy Leary and gang loosely based their guide to psychedelics “The Psychedelic Experience” on it. Although they are not sustainable as long-term practices, LSD and other psychedelics produce similar spiritual experiences and many (including myself) have credited them with turning them onto meditation and spirituality. I have not read the original text, nor can I vouch for how closely or loosely Timothy Leary’s guide sticks to it. But as someone who has done psychedelics and now practices some Tibetan Buddhist-inspired meditation (i.e. Dzogchen) the connection is solid in my book. 😊
It’s one of my favorites! My dad would play that one all the time when I was little, and it’s how I first learned the Beatles. I immediately fell in love with the band and got to know a ton of their songs as young as 3 years old. It’s pretty much the reason I’m watching this video right now
I honestly got tears in my eyes hearing the harmonies during the solo on that And Your Bird Can Sing outtake - hearing John, Paul, and George give an unheard vocal performance was like having a few old friends back.
Great point about Rain. Before listening to this I didn't know that Rain was slowed down, the single just sounded so natural to me that it was such a whiplash to hear it played fast. Another fantastic video
As to the pied piper like appeal of Yellow Submarine to kids: the other day I played and sang it for my two year old granddaughter. She had never heard it before and I played it just one time through. Her attention was fixed while I sang it and several hours later my daughter (her mother) heard her singing the chorus over and and over. Fortunately my daughter recorded some of it on her phone and texted me a copy. I simply texted back, "The Power of the Beatles".
I don't mean to be the bummer of the stream, but I think these 50 year "remixes" are a cash grab, and are the equivalent of colourizing black and white films. The 1966 mix by four lads named John, Paul, George and Ringo and a slightly older chap named George is Revolver. This new remix sounds false and overproduced to me, 5 decades later, to make it sound current. But the Beatles aren't current - they are timeless. I love outtakes and demos but other than the Yellow Submarine stuff (which, I admit is totally amaze-balls), I've heard I think all of the outtakes on bootlegs I bought in the 1980s or on Napster in the late 1990s (ahhh, Napster.... sigh, I miss you) I know the host Elliot is a huge Beatles fan, but he's only about 10 years younger than me, I think, so I was really surprised by his statement that he never really dug into the mass body of alt takes that are out there. It must be amazing to hear these outtakes for the first time, but I've heard almost all of them countless times already (the stoned Beatles giggling over And Your Bird Can Sing has been a favourite of mine for 2 decades). In any event, I must make sure that my full respect and props go to Elliot because he is by far my fav Beatles commentary, but IMO I think he misses the mark a bit on his view of all of these remixes. But to each their own, we all love the Beatles differently. Keep up the amazing vids, Sir. You're great fun to watch.
Giles Martin is every bit the musical genius his father was. This latest remix reworks well-known tracks in a way that enhances the depth of the music without changing the fundamental nature of it. He shows amazing respect for the source material, and reveals nuances previously obscured due to the limits of the technology available when the record was made. It is an astonishing achievement. Fingers crossed that we get Rubber Soul in the future
Revolver is my favorite too - every time some idiot says The Beatles are overrated I tell them to listen to Revolver and stfu. That album is from start to end is unbelievable.
Abbey Road has always just edged it for me. I love the late 60s heavier sound and Here Comes the Sun and Golden Slumbers are two of my all time favourite songs.
Elliot, once again you've said what I'm basically thinking... if I actually had the brain and verbal capacity to do so. LOL I heard YS worktape 1 a few months back at work but when I finally got to delve into the set today and heard worktape 2 I literally started to cry. Such an eye (ear?) opening, mind blowing experience! I can't wait for Giles to keep working his way backwards through the catalog to see what other gems there will be.
I went to the Beatles Love show when I was 10 in Las Vegas in 2006. Beautiful show that's still happening to this day! My Mom bought the CD and gave it to me. It was the first Beatles album I owned and it completely changed my life!
This is my favorite album!!! Stupid school got in the way of me listening to it in one sitting, but I listened as much as possible during class and eventually finished. I’ve been hoping for you to post this and I’m so happy you did!! You always have such great takes on everything about the Beatles. I’m just so grateful that this album exists and that I, being gen z, could be patiently waiting for a Beatles album to be released. This album just blew me away.
the Beatles are like the Shakespeare of popular music. Just as Shakespeare has a corpus of work that is the high point of literary genius, that has influenced every writer since, the Beatles produced in a decade an explosion of musical art unlike anything, that influenced everything, the only way it can be explained is by the mystery of human genius that only arises rarely. A collective genius. They will last forever.
As a boomer who watched the first ed sullivan appearance...when most people really did not know what it was about, the beatles...and then watching the Beatle mania explode globally, I cringe sometimes when I read and hear people talk about them, and I lived them. And then it hits me: No...this is Beatle mania forever. These younger people are engulfed in the same Beatle mania that you were when you were young. There isn't a difference. I recall when anytime the radio was on all I wanted to hear were the beatles. All else was inferior. And i am reading and hearing similar comments today.
I have played She Said She Said at least a hundred times at this point of my life on headphones, in my car, and on a soundbar, but I heard a new guitar line I had never known about on the left. That, as well as the drums during the intro of For No One and others blew me away. So crisp!
For No One is the greatest single mix Martin and Okell have ever accomplished! The drums are brought to the front and carry the song into another dimension. They used to be hidden away but finally we hear it all. Now the song is crisp, complete and dare I say perfectly mixed.
I’ll be honest. I’m 22 from England and have been a Beatles fan for a few years now, it’s hard to talk to people my age about their music. Or even find any coverage on their work. So I have to say, your Beatles content is some of my favourite on RU-vid. Keep up the good work Elliot. Also I want a George Harrison album ranking !
Honestly, as an 18 year old I could'nt relate more. Sometimes I just feel like shouting they are The Beatles the bloody Beatles! Just the best and the greatest and the most popular band to exist that's all when they act like that I listen the most obscure things because I'm trying to appear cool. Also I'm Turkish so it's basicly impossible to talk about The Beatles I'd consider myself lucky if I get to mention them for once. 😂😅
Does it seem like the younger generation really dislikes the Beatles overall? I’m a millennial and we mostly all liked the Beatles growing up but I’m getting a completely different vibe from Gen Z
@@sethallison5682 i think they’re seen as old fashioned by a lot of younger people but as gen z gets older i’m sure there will be a lot more respect for their music. it’s timeless
@@sethallison5682 I'm in the states, I don't know what it's like in the UK, but Boy one must be completely deal if they can't tell the difference in quality between Rap, Arctic Monkey's and The Beatles.
My best friend and I are huge Beatles fans. We promised each other we wouldn’t listen to the album until we hung out together, and today we both listened to it together. Blew our minds. My favorite, if I had to pick one, is the new Paperback Writer mix. Sounds like an entirely new song. And I just love the demo of John and Paul working on Yellow Submarine. This is the best remix/remaster so far 💛
Elliot, I'm so glad that you gave this a positive review. There's so many videos that people have made that are bitching about the smallest things that drive me nuts. One person is bitching about they can't hear the tambourine in taxman, I mean please. I've listened to taxman numerous times on headphones and you can hear the tambourine and you can hear the cowbell. I'm expecting my boxset at any minute now so I can't wait to get it and put my headphones on and enjoy each track and not complain about this that and the other.
Small correction. There isn't a new mono mix. It's the same mix as the original mono or the 2009 mono. The difference is that it's a direct copy of the master tapes. Nothing's been done to it.
This was one of the best box sets they’ve released and partly due to the fact it reveals so much mythology around the making of this album. That banter before Eleanor Rigby is one of the first times we hear other musicians other than The Beatles working on one of their songs, funny to hear their ideas and opinions. Also, the She Said She Said outtake seemed rather crucial as well because it’s been argued that Paul McCartney wasn’t available to play bass on it l so George did, but when I hear them talking in the beginning, it sounds like 4 distinct voices? I know it’s a rehearsal take but it sounds close to the final! Also I’m glad the remix of Yellow Submarine added back “a life of ease!” I know stereo wasn’t the biggest deal in 66, but come on, it’s too much fun to omit altogether. Always love your videos! The flame for the Beatles remains eternal
I would love to see you review Everyday Chemestry some day. Like dissect the quality of the remixes and point out the samples used. Imo, there's a few questionable tracks but some gems as well. Anyway, keep up the great content!
Finished listening to it and... I get it..? Like I get why it exists. Some tracks fare worse than others. But then listening to my 2009 vinyl again today and it just puts a smile on my face. Almost like there's a million tiny things George Martin did to make the album sound right and listenable, that his son, god bless him, just didn't know to do on the new remixes and it actually feels a little embarrassing turning it up loud and exhausting on the ears.
It's exhausting on the ears because Giles pushed the highs to ear-bleeding levels, plus the whole thing sounds sour and "off". This is a little like the effect when CDs were new, and at first a bunch of people cheered their "clarity", but then people realized how harsh and "unmusical" they sounded compared with LPs. Since the creation of the CD in the 80's, better mastering and better playback (dedicated transports and well-designed DACs) have made CDs mostly listenable again and close to vinyl LP enjoyment. The harshness of early CDs is now mostly gone, for most CDs. But Giles Martin has brought back harshness with his new mixing! Giles is no George, and I'm tired of hearing people claim he's just as talented as his father. No he's not, and he wouldn't even have this job if not for the luck of his ancestry.
I remember the first time I listened to "Tomorrow Never Knows" when I was a teenager - ~25 years ago. My reaction was: "Oh my god, these guys are also the creator of electronic music? It sounds like The Chemical Brothers!!!" 😅
It's important to note that stereo was NOT in its infancy in 1966. Major performers like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, and basically every jazz, pop and classical artist began recording in 3-track stereo between 1954 and 1960. Except for Elvis and a few others, only the rock, soul and country genres were really late to the stereo game. And those late 50's-early 60's stereo recordings by Sinatra, Elvis, et al sound amazing. So lifelike, spacious, and real. Not gimmicky, no hard panning, no vocal left/band right. None of that nonsense.
cool, I like, how you're in it, it s also my topic! you say, they were involved in the mastering; that s right, but the pic at 2:47 shows a show. Geoff Emerick: "Here There Everywhere" Avery, NY 2007. on Pagee 129 "..There are Photographs of Paul nd John sitting behind the console with their hands on faders, but that was just for show - I don't remember them ever actually moving any faders in those days. .." It was "young Goeff" doing this SOUND by ADT, Artificial Double Tracking and of cors a STUDER L37 four-track tape machine.
TBH the stereo mixes sound odd and phasey to me. Taxman works but very little else. LOVE the outtakes and demos. Otherwise I'll stick to OP mono. The mono remasters are good too.
The final Got to Get You Into My Life with the horns will always be my favorite but hearing the second version with the fuzzy guitar was pretty awesome.
In 63 we heard the Beatles coming...Feb '64 ,a Sunday, Ed Sullivan. The next day at high school something changed....they started a trip we re still on...can't explain it , if you were nt there..sorry
Rubber Soul and Revolver are my favourite albums. Just listened to some song from this set. Love the new mix of Here, There and Everywhere, great mix!. Then listened to For No One, one of my all time favourites, and I was disappointed that the English horn was taken aback. Finally I listened to Got ot get you into my life - to me it is a (hard) rock number with screaming guitars before that was a thing - the remix is disappointing, they downplayed the screaming guitars: making it old fashioned - there is so much good hard and metal rock now, there is no reason to play down the guitars. It feels they made it more easy listening, loosing the essence imho. So, all in all I have mixed feelings about this Revolver remix.
My two favorites are Revolver and Rubber Soul. I did listen to "Here. There and Everywhere " and becase of that, I'l be getting another Revolver album. Very happy that Peter and Giles got this going. Thank you.
A lot of people seem to love the initial rush of clarity of the Giles Martin remasters. Eventually they are going to realize how harsh and unmusical they are, and they'll want to go back to their 2009 masters of George Martin's mixes. Sorry Giles, you are no George Martin.
*Mentions Love Album* *Doesn't mention the best version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps* :( (Seriously, that is a hill I will die on- The best complete version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps is on the Love album. The demos are awesome, but the completeness of the Love version can't be matched)
Totally agree with you on everything. I listened to the whole thing between yesterday and today (no pun intended) and I was thrilled with how the new mixes sounded and with all the amazing demos and outtakes. The guitar solo in Tomorrow Never Knows shifting from one ear to the other, the echo in the Paperback Writer mono mix, the hidden organ in She Said She Said, and that freaking Yellow Submarine Songwriting Work Tape… I loved all of the 63 tracks, hats off to Giles Martin and his team for this astounding work. Looking forward to the Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Edition.
Personally, i find Revolver's remix frustrating. I wasn't even alive when the Beatles were together, and i have no loyalty to any mix for "historical reasons." I also hate mono, and avoid it whenever possible. So, i grudgingly listened to the old stereo mix for years. It's nice that the new mix corrected the hard pan and opened up the soundstage a bit, but its also pretty dynamically compressed and the soundstage isn't very open. It sounds almost mono at points, loud, and in your face. Kinda reminds of how modern music is mixed, with lots of dynamic compression, and barely any stereo separation.
This remix did not solve any of the problems of the eternal debate about which is better - mono or stereo. One or two interestingly reworked songs like Eleanor Rigby don't affect anything, as mono still sounds better. But I liked the outtakes, although expected more variety and Eleanor Rigby's demo, which proves once again that Paul only wrote a fragment of the song.
I agree on the new Yellow Submarine early takes. Just great to hear how that song evolved. Best remix for me is (surprisingly) And Your Bird Can Sing. Not the top song of the album, but a great album track. Now it sounds so much more open. The She Said remix... thats a difficult one.
The 2009 remasters were not good to me. Compressed to kill dynamic but not limited to raise volume. Added bass but without cuts to mid-range or properly compensated treble. The result is quiet, dead, muddy. A huge downgrade from the original 1987 CDs. That said, Giles' Deluxe versions have been far superior to the 2009 mixes. I still prefer the 1987 mixes overall, but I'd take Giles' work over the 2009 stuff any day. I really wish the 1987 CDs were still available or put on streaming as legacy editions. That's the Beatles most of us grew up on.
I heard some negativity about “She Said She Said” and thought it couldn’t possibly be that bad. Oh my….. it’s atrocious. I’ve cancelled my box set order from my local shop, my favorite song’s mix is absolutely ripped apart here. Devastating to be honest, but I really think it’s that bad! What was Giles thinking with that horrible guitar part and the stuttering left channel? Awful. And I’ve liked the previous remixes as well.
The guitar we hear on the left channel was obviously not supposed to be singled out like that. It’s a very sloppily played dub of the main lead. Like this, the wrong guitar part becomes prominent and stutters its way forward, while playing the hook “wrong” (probably intended to harmonise but it doesn’t appear as such when they’re separated). I can even look past the too loud mixing of the vocals, but the AI treatment of the guitars really washed out the tone and the separation just doesn’t work at all.
This was the first album I heard on tape that my dad had back in the early 2000s. We played that tape to death. Then when in 2009 onward the remastered albums started coming out and it was Beatlemania all over again. I was blown away. Also my dad is a great artist and he drew the album cover on a piece of paper to put in a cassette cover it was amazing. So many memories ❤ I love all the albums but this one is special to me.
I'm not sure if anyone else had pointed this out in the comments, but you forgot one little thing when talking about the remixes. We all know how Yellow Submarine normally starts cold, with Ringo singing "In the town where I was born." In the new remix a G guitar chord plays along with Ringo, as he sings "in the" and from the word town onward, with the rest of the song basically the same, even with the rebalancing. It's pretty obvious if you listen to past mixes of the song and then, compare that to both the stereo and mono mixes, on this new super deluxe version. By the way, I hope you get to 100,000 subscribers soon.
Such a good video! We can see the passion and the amount of care you have making this. Overall Revolver mix 2022 has it's ups and downs. Like the sounds we can hear more clearly (like the goofy parts of yellow submarine and the yawn in I'm only sleeping) but in She Said She Said, they lowered the amazing and savage drums to give more focus on the guitar. It's not bad, bud it definitely has not the same fury as the original. In spite of all, I'm really satisfied with the results.
As a first listen, some mixes were superb (MY GOD! FOR NO ONE!!, or Got To Get You Into My Life, Eleanor Rigby, and even Doctor Robert which made me enjoy it more) and some are questionable (She Said She Said, Good Day Sunshine or And Your Bird Can Sing). But I may have to listen to it again with fresh ears. I was waiting for so long this day and I'm glad it paid off.
I’m Only Sleeping is highly questionable since the bass level is unfortunately unacceptable, makes the mix way too rough… it’s supposed to be a dreamland, that bass would just wake you up immediately
I follow you on Apple Music and it tells you who is currently listening to the album at the same time you are. we were listening to it at the same time
It sounds absolutely amazing, there's nothing I could add that other people haven't already said. Louder and fuller without being overbearing. My only nitpick, because I'm a drummer so go figure lol, is that the cymbals on She Said She Said are a bit too quiet now. I really hope that the earlier albums get this treatment.
I agree. Ringo, as a drummer, used cymbals sparingly when compared to others of the period. So when he features the cymbals, I really want to hear them! Especially the ride.
I listened to the Stereo 2022 a couple hours ago. After processing, I only have minor nitpicks. Revolver is my favorite album of all time; the Beatles here were at their most cohesive than at any point AND their most creative. Sgt. Pepper is mostly a Paul and John project and it’s quintessential Beatles. However, Revolver is peak Beatles, representing the midpoint between early Beatles pop and late Beatles experimentation which blends so beautifully. My nitpicks: Nobody can take away the mono version which is imo the best version the way it was originally mixed. That being said, my nitpicks: The bass was an integral part of the album; while its still present in the mix, I still wish it was more prominent. This doesn’t happen everywhere (i.e. I like it in “Got to get you into my life”), just my noticing. I wish the cowbell and “coin” percussion in “Taxman” was more prominent in verse 2 onwards. Helped with the theme of money haha. The end bass flutter and lone guitar note in “And Your Bird Can Sing” were always fun to hear at the end. In the 2022 Remix, I couldn’t hear it very well; the guitar note is inaudible. Wish they kept it just for consistency. Call me a snob, but I’m a guitar player and i love those mistakes and everything! Maybe there are more, but again, they are just minor nitpicks. My positives: too many to count but this is a VAST improvement to the 2009 Stereo ‘Remaster.’ That 2009 version is gross. Period. This Remix makes me forget about 2009. Vocals and guitar are crystal and make me feel like it could have been recorded today. I also celebrated hearing the extra John sailor vocal that you could barely hear added back in (“A life of ease”). Just that one line. I couldn’t hear before this 2022 remix but I heard the other lines (“every one of us…all we need…”). Highlights: Eleanor Rigby- orchestra and vocals are sparkly clean and pronounced. Same with the instrumental and John’s Leslie cabinet vocals on “Tomorrow Never Knows.” So great and exciting to continue listening.
There's no doubt that recording technology of the 1960s was limited in dynamic range, background noise, and I don't know what else. The question is whether any of those limitations were exploited at the time, such that removing them gets the finished product further from the intent, not closer. It's like a high resolution picture of a stage performer vs the view from the second balcony. From the second balcony you can't see how garish the makeup is, an intentional exaggeration specifically so the faces looked right to those in the second balcony. So the high res photo exposes what shouldn't be exposed. The other issue is in whether the remixer is adding his or her own bias in what "sounds right." Should the bass be punchier? Should the background vocals be brought out more? Where's the line between removing blemishes and flat out changing what the band intended? Where's the line between restoration and alteration?
That's exactly what I think about remixes. I'm a purist and stays with the originals. Sure, the remix sound amazing but it's another album, very different from the 2009 remasters.
Loved this review!! One of my favourite moments from the sessions take is during the Eleanor Rigby speech where, twoards the end of the tracks, one of the violinist's plays the opening bars of the Israeli national anthem "Hatikva" (The Hope), and it made me do a double take upon hearing that. Such a cool captured moment in time.
The Beatles should be available in Stereo and Mono in every single streaming service. I really love the remixes, especially the Pepper one, which is my go-to version. But I like to listen to the albums as they originally intended them to sound in the 60’s, and for the earlier albums, I miss the mono mixes so much!
As sad of a song it would have turned out to most likely be, I would have loved to hear a fully done original concept version of Lennon's Yellow Submarine. Something about just those few words, that tone in his voice really touches me. We know he had a, simply put, complicated childhood, and to have heard any of that touched on like that, for me, would have just been something almost soul touching to get a peek into and feel.
I noticed something in For No One that I never heard in the mono mix. There are 2 pianos In the verse they are playing the same thing. The chorus is where they change, the one you can usually hear is playing an arpeggio, but the other one is playing chords the minor chords. And I love it. It sounds like the narrator is coming to the crushing realization that she really doesn’t need him and doesn’t love him anymore. It makes it so much more emotional for me.
i always feel conflicted about these remix albums. i usually walk away from them really loving half of the new mixes and not liking the others. songs like eleanor rigby and here, there and everywhere sound fantastic while i’m only sleeping and she said she said have lost all of their bite. i always love hearing the sessions though
I think overall, these new remixes are great! I love how full, new, and clear the new mixes are. However, I feel like there were a few missteps on a couple songs, like the drums on Rain now sound too thin and bright, while on the 2009 mix they sound more punchy and darker. But by far the worst on the album is the butchering of She Said She Said, now the guitars are completely seperate, which makes it sound really off, like the overdubbed guitar on the left isn't supposed to be there, and it stops about 15 seconds in. Not to metion, it feels like the volume dips randomly at points. What the hell were they thinking? Still though, the new unreleased takes make it worth listening to it, I don't care much for the stuff that was already on the anthology but hearing sutff like both versions of take 2 of And Your Bird Can Sing with and without the giggles and the first and second versions of Got to Get You Into My Life. I like how the second one borrows the riff from Paperback Writer.
Agree with you completely about She Said. Not to mention that Ringo’s cymbals are cut off instead of ringing out, like on the original. It sounds dreadful!
Even thought this just released I'm already waiting for "Rubber Soul Deluxe" Hell I'd be excited as hell to see "Please Please Me Deluxe" as that was their first album.
This is now the version of Revolver - one of my favorite albums ever - that I will listen to from now on. It's amazing, top to bottom. Simply beautiful work, the ultimate fusion of art and new technology.
Wow, I gotta admit I mostly dismissed ignored this whole re-release thinking the outtakes/demos are gonna just be stuff we've known for decades now. But it sounds like there's plenty here that's completely new that no "beatlegs" ever got their hands on. This sounds amazing! It's like discovering an alternate universe where even more early versions of your favorite songs exist, and you never knew haha. I'm just so used to never getting anything new from the archives that it's pretty trippy hearing this stuff. Definitely will check it out.
I agree that the new remixes are huge improvements over the originals, with just one exception. I’m not sure why, but the 2017 mix of She’s Leaving Home sounds off to me. It’s almost like it’s in a different key than the original. Anyone else feel that way, or am I just crazy? But the Revolver remix is great, and I hope Giles Martin uses the same technology on Magical Mystery Tour and all the pre-Revolver albums. Like you, I really don’t like the current stereo mixes of the early albums and wish the mono versions were more easily available
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