Beatles Rock 'n' Roll Music CD
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Wow. I just received this one yesterday in the mail. It's a Japanese import. I never bothered to buy it on vinyl as I thought I had all the songs. I recently read that George Martin essentially changed the mix by adding reverb to songs to make them sound more "modern," so I figured what the heck--should be fun to listen to. I just listened to Helter Skelter and I have to say it sound almost like a different song than what I was used to--it's so "wet" with reverb it's dripping
. It kinda made me stop in my tracks and take a good listen. I think this one defintely should have been included in the US Albums set! Thoughts? -
Haven't listened to it in ages! Maybe I should.
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I'd be curious as to your opinion of it. Listening here at work and it really stood out to me! I have a Japanese release so I don't know if there are differences there as well, but it's quite heavy on the reverb. I know George Martin added that for this album and that's why I ordered a copy.
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i have this in a doctor ebbetts format great listening
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Funny, I always thought it had less reverb. But I'm referring back to vinyl days before the CD versions. The tracks from "Beatles Second album" sounded much dryer and way better on Rock N Roll Music.
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DonnieT:
Funny, I always thought it had less reverb. But I'm referring back to vinyl days before the CD versions. The tracks from "Beatles Second album" sounded much dryer and way better on Rock N Roll Music.
I read somewhere recently that George Martin added more "echo" to make the tracks sound a bit more modern. I picked up the album so I could see if I could notice the difference. I got the Japanese import used for $30 with obi all in very nice shape. Helter Skelter definitely sound to be much heavier on the "echo" (aka reverb). I've yet to do an A/B compare with other versions. I do have the Apple USB with the hi-def files, so it'll be interesting to compare on my home theater system when I get a chance.
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I thought the rock and roll album was unreleased on Cd - certainly officially anyway... ..
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Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
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beatlesfanrandy:
Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
Are these DVD/CD releases official EMI/Capitol Japan releases or are they bootlegs ?
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Apollo C. Vermouth:
beatlesfanrandy:
Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
Are these DVD/CD releases official EMI/Capitol Japan releases or are they bootlegs ?
They are official releases. Actually I'm not sure about the DVDs. Like I said the DVDs can't be played over here anyway. They appear to be professionally licensed. But the Japanese CDs were on Toshiba EMI. The American versions that were just released over here have been available in Japan for years.
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beatlesfanrandy:
Apollo C. Vermouth:
beatlesfanrandy:
Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
Are these DVD/CD releases official EMI/Capitol Japan releases or are they bootlegs ?
They are official releases. Actually I'm not sure about the DVDs. Like I said the DVDs can't be played over here anyway. They appear to be professionally licensed. But the Japanese CDs were on Toshiba EMI. The American versions that were just released over here have been available in Japan for years.
Randy, if you are referring to PAL DVDs they *do* play on our dvd players. I have a couple smaller cheaper players that play anything. Our regular video standard is NTSC & PAL is Europe...but they can be played here.
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oobu24:
beatlesfanrandy:
Apollo C. Vermouth:
beatlesfanrandy:
Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
Are these DVD/CD releases official EMI/Capitol Japan releases or are they bootlegs ?
They are official releases. Actually I'm not sure about the DVDs. Like I said the DVDs can't be played over here anyway. They appear to be professionally licensed. But the Japanese CDs were on Toshiba EMI. The American versions that were just released over here have been available in Japan for years.
Randy, if you are referring to PAL DVDs they *do* play on our dvd players. I have a couple smaller cheaper players that play anything. Our regular video standard is NTSC & PAL is Europe...but they can be played here.
I was referring to region, which I believe is determined by both country of manufacture of the DVD and where the player is sold. They are not universally compatible that I know of, though that may have changed with Blu-ray.
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oobu24 is correct. I used to have a cheap small DVD player that would play any region. I forget the brand name. I think my daughter took it when she moved out.
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Nancy R:
oobu24 is correct. I used to have a cheap small DVD player that would play any region. I forget the brand name. I think my daughter took it when she moved out.
Mine is a cyberhome. It'll play anything you toss down it's little throat.
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oobu24:
Nancy R:
oobu24 is correct. I used to have a cheap small DVD player that would play any region. I forget the brand name. I think my daughter took it when she moved out.
Mine is a cyberhome. It'll play anything you toss down it's little throat.
YES!!! That was the brand I had!!
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Nancy R:
oobu24:
Nancy R:
oobu24 is correct. I used to have a cheap small DVD player that would play any region. I forget the brand name. I think my daughter took it when she moved out.
Mine is a cyberhome. It'll play anything you toss down it's little throat.
YES!!! That was the brand I had!!
I have a small portable one that I use daily & it also plays most anything. sorry for getting kinda off topic. But sometimes these detours can be informative!
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beatlesfanrandy:
Several releases have come out in Japan that have never been "officially" released in the U.S. or U.K. The concert shot in color at Budokan for one, Shea Stadium for another, and some of the other U.S. releases that Capitol cobbled together after Apple Records went on hiatus in the 70's. Their DVD region is incompatible with ours and the U.K. though. You can get Live at the Hollywood Bowl on Japanese CD also, which we are still waiting for over here!
Yep, I've seen all these things on Amazon too mate. It was always my understanding that they were well made bootlegs. I'm pretty sure I know what Paul or Ringo would say if you asked them if The Hollywood Bowl was available on CD !
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Did a little more digging and it seems that there were at least 29 Beatles releases available on vinyl in Japan on EMI Odeon, more than any other country. They released both U.K. and U.S. versions, and some Japan only versions too. Like their version of Meet The Beatles had both I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You. Very rare. It was a bit harder to find info on CD releases, though it is not inconceivable they would have kept the same releases available on CD over the years.
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Take a look at EMI Odeon Stereo EAS-77009-10 This CD does not appear to be a bootleg.
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Erik in NJ:
Take a look at EMI Odeon Stereo EAS-77009-10 This CD does not appear to be a bootleg.
The question is whether the "Mini-LP" CDs are legit or not. I cannot seem to find any release info to corroborate. The issue number EAS-77009-10 can be traced to the Odeon vinyl LP release. I know the CDs look like perfect replicas in every way. But are they "official"?
