A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Hi! Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The Beatles are quite stunning. I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was well worth the money. The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable in my lounge room. Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really give a damn about the quality of the finished product. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call "one big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really liked? Evan -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles Hi! Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The Beatles are quite stunning. I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was well worth the money. The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable in my lounge room. Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really give a damn about the quality of the finished product. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
I would pay very little for artists I really like now I have iTunes and I buy from other sites on the Internet that deal with FLAC files etc, as I do Radio work what I like is completely immaterial as compared to what the listeners like or don't like so - whatever the noise - I have to have it on hand . On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Evan Reese wrote: > Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call "one > big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really liked? > > Evan > > -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > Hi! > > Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though some > might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, I'm of the > view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th century could have > done without but putting that aside I have to admit that - if you get the > right stuff - some of the recordings made of The Beatles are quite stunning. > > I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm feeling > gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the "Masters" CD > collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, there are 18 CD'S in > the set and they come in a mini writing desk type box, yep its made out of > wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was well worth the money. > > The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, even > better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. > > And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look where to > buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very good substitute, > the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable in my lounge room. > > Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out there > - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my guess is that > a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get the material out > there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really give a damn about the > quality of the finished product. > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Ahh, I did not know you were a broadcaster. That definitely puts a different light on things. Evan -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles I would pay very little for artists I really like now I have iTunes and I buy from other sites on the Internet that deal with FLAC files etc, as I do Radio work what I like is completely immaterial as compared to what the listeners like or don't like so - whatever the noise - I have to have it on hand . On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Evan Reese wrote: Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call "one big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really liked? Evan -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles Hi! Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The Beatles are quite stunning. I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was well worth the money. The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable in my lounge room. Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really give a damn about the quality of the finished product. ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Good question. Don't know the point of his message. Later -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan Reese Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:54 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles Ahh, I did not know you were a broadcaster. That definitely puts a different light on things. Evan -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:47 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles I would pay very little for artists I really like now I have iTunes and I buy from other sites on the Internet that deal with FLAC files etc, as I do Radio work what I like is completely immaterial as compared to what the listeners like or don't like so - whatever the noise - I have to have it on hand . On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Evan Reese wrote: > Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call > "one big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really liked? > > Evan > > -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > Hi! > > Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though > some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, > I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th > century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit > that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The > Beatles are quite stunning. > > I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm > feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the > "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, > there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type > box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was well worth the money. > > The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, > even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. > > And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look > where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very > good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable > in my lounge room. > > Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out > there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my > guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get > the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really > give a damn about the quality of the finished product. > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Point was to highlight how good a quality recordings can be these days even though they were made 50 or more years ago. On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:58 am, Tony wrote: > Good question. Don't know the point of his message. > > Later > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan > Reese > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:54 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > Ahh, I did not know you were a broadcaster. That definitely puts a different > light on things. > Evan > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:47 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > I would pay very little for artists I really like now I have iTunes and I > buy from other sites on the Internet that deal with FLAC files etc, as I do > Radio work what I like is completely immaterial as compared to what the > listeners like or don't like so - whatever the noise - I have to have it on > hand . > > On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Evan Reese wrote: > >> Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call >> "one big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really > liked? >> >> Evan >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles >> >> Hi! >> >> Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though >> some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, >> I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th >> century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit >> that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The >> Beatles are quite stunning. >> >> I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm >> feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the >> "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, >> there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type >> box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was > well worth the money. >> >> The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, >> even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. >> >> And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look >> where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very >> good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable >> in my lounge room. >> >> Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out >> there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my >> guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get >> the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really >> give a damn about the quality of the finished product. >> >> >> ** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles
Couldn't be any worse than the unmitigated crap called music today, lol. High fidelity low quality imho. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 10:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles Point was to highlight how good a quality recordings can be these days even though they were made 50 or more years ago. On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:58 am, Tony wrote: > Good question. Don't know the point of his message. > > Later > > > -Original Message- > From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Evan > Reese > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 11:54 AM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > Ahh, I did not know you were a broadcaster. That definitely puts a different > light on things. > Evan > > -Original Message- > From: Dane Trethowan > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 12:47 PM > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles > > I would pay very little for artists I really like now I have iTunes and I > buy from other sites on the Internet that deal with FLAC files etc, as I do > Radio work what I like is completely immaterial as compared to what the > listeners like or don't like so - whatever the noise - I have to have it on > hand . > > On 12 Jun 2014, at 2:36 am, Evan Reese wrote: > >> Hmmm, $375 sounds like a lot of bread for recordings of what you call >> "one big noise." What would you pay for recordings of artists you really > liked? >> >> Evan >> >> -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan >> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2014 9:15 AM >> To: PC Audio Discussion List >> Subject: A Swarm Of Recorded Beatles >> >> Hi! >> >> Today is the 50th anniversary of the Beatles tour down under though >> some might argue its the 50th Anniversary since the Day Music Died, >> I'm of the view that The Beatles were just one big noise the 20th >> century could have done without but putting that aside I have to admit >> that - if you get the right stuff - some of the recordings made of The >> Beatles are quite stunning. >> >> I have 2 sets of Beatles material which I refer to whenever I'm >> feeling gloomy and must listen to Beatles material, the first is the >> "Masters" CD collection which was released in 1995 or there abouts, >> there are 18 CD'S in the set and they come in a mini writing desk type >> box, yep its made out of wood and all, cost me $375 at the time but it was > well worth the money. >> >> The other set I have is the "Masters" in high resolution FLAC format, >> even better quality than the CD set I mentioned above. >> >> And - if you don't have a CD player or couldn't be bothered to look >> where to buy the high resolution FLAC set - then iTunes offers a very >> good substitute, the "Masters" in AAC+ which still sounds acceptable >> in my lounge room. >> >> Its unfortunate that there are so many dreadful Beatles recordings out >> there - even on CD - so you really have to know what to look for, my >> guess is that a lot of company's - 20 years ago - just wanted to get >> the material out there, remastered from old tapes and didn't really >> give a damn about the quality of the finished product. >> >> >> ** >> >> Dane Trethowan >> Skype: grtdane12 >> Phone US (213) 438-9741 >> Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 >> Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 >> Mobile: +61400494862 >> faceTime +61400494862 >> Fax +61397437954 >> Twitter: @grtdane >> >> >> >> > > > ** > > Dane Trethowan > Skype: grtdane12 > Phone US (213) 438-9741 > Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 > Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 > Mobile: +61400494862 > faceTime +61400494862 > Fax +61397437954 > Twitter: @grtdane > > > > > > ** Dane Trethowan Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane