[klaatumail] Re: Beatles remasters (no kk)
- From: "Dean" <deanjasey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:37:26 -0700
From what I've made to understand, since there were no digital stereo
effects back then, they just panned things around. Even if it meant that the
drums were all the way to the right and the vocals left! Pretty funny yet
clever eh? Gavin explained that to me 14 years ago and your explanation is
right on. I like the stereo, Gavin likes the mono, what do you all prefer?
Thanks Dave.
Dean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bradley, David" <David_Bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:51 AM
Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Beatles remasters (no kk)
>> I may seem clueless here but which Beatles album
>> was their first stereo recording? Gavin? Any one?
>> I'm sure Gavin gave the answer moons ago but I forgot.
>
> Only 4 songs haven't been released in stereo, but many weren't released
> in stereo on CD.
>
> Their very first album, Please Please Me, was released in 1963 in
> stereo.
>
> Some people prefer the mono mixes because they were the ones that the
> band participated in and the ones that took a long time, but that's a
> red herring. The mono mixes were simply the first ones done, so it took
> time to figure out the best balance between tracks in the mix and the eq
> settings, etc. One that mix was completed and the guys were happy with
> it, then George Martin took all the balance/eq information and re-did
> the mix in stereo, simply adding panning to the tracks. However, some
> mixes, such as Sgt. Pepper, were so complex that things were left out of
> the stereo mix because doing all the work of bringing things up or down
> in the mix, in addition to maintaining stereo imaging, was too complex.
>
> Dave Bradley
>
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