alexis
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Post by alexis on Feb 10, 2009 17:59:16 GMT
Just a general question here ... I've heard these are "remastered", and that's why they sound better.
In my ignorance perhaps, I thought for something to be remastered one needed to get hold of the tapes from the Abbey Road vault, before they were mastered way back when, and then remove the original mastering (overall reverb, eq, limiting, etc.) and apply new amounts/types of these things.
Is that what is meant when people say PC and LT etc are remastered?
Or is there a different meaning of the word as used in reference to these sites?
And probably most to the point, what is it about the versions of these songs that makes them "better" than what was commercially released originally? Different takes?
Sorry for being so dense here, I just am not sure how songs on these sites were collected.
Thanks in advance for the info!
P.S. Can't imagine these sites (PC, LZ, etc.) could possibly have actual re-mixed songs, for example where John's harmony is made a little louder to match Paul's in some song. That would involve getting hands on the individual tracks, what George Martin's son did for "Love", and maybe what Paul did for Let It Be - Naked. But ...?
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BlueMeanie
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Post by BlueMeanie on Feb 12, 2009 12:40:27 GMT
They are not really remastered in the way that you and I understand it to mean. Much of PC's stuff are needle drops from the finest quality vinyl available. It is then cleaned up, de-clicked, and speed corrected. It is possible - with the right software - to improve on the sound quality to a certain extent (given that you'd only have two tracks to play with. I'm not sure of the source for the Lazy Tortoice CD's.
I'm not an expert on this, and I have no idea how to do it! Maybe Beatle Bob can fill us all in on the process?
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Post by Beatle Bob on Feb 12, 2009 18:16:10 GMT
Gotta remember PC nicks the Dr. Ebbetts stereo and mono albums for his "Deluxe Editions". PC compiles all available and best sounding sources in one place including outtakes, alternates, etc along with the stereo and mono album mixes. Sorta what we all can do and probably have fooled around doing with on a much smaller scale. Except he does it for ya. He also speeds corrects and uses eq where appropriate. If you don't have this material elsewhere like on original CDs, then this is the way to go and cuts your hunt down for this material -- making the material easily accessable. I have a few of his "Deluxe" sets and they are nice. Since I have this material elsewhere, for me in general, it becomes redundant akin to rehash at times. Regards, Beatle Bob
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alexis
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Post by alexis on Feb 12, 2009 21:37:54 GMT
Gotta remember PC nicks the Dr. Ebbetts stereo and mono albums for his "Deluxe Editions". PC compiles all available and best sounding sources in one place including outtakes, alternates, etc along with the stereo and mono album mixes. Sorta what we all can do and probably have fooled around doing with on a much smaller scale. Except he does it for ya. He also speeds corrects and uses eq where appropriate. If you don't have this material elsewhere like on original CDs, then this is the way to go and cuts your hunt down for this material -- making the material easily accessable. I have a few of his "Deluxe" sets and they are nice. Since I have this material elsewhere, for me in general, it becomes redundant akin to rehash at times. Regards, Beatle Bob Sounds very cool and groovy, except for that uses eq "when appropriate" bit. If one were a purist, they might say something like "I'll take George Martin's eq, thank you very much...". What do you folks think?
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