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    The ping pong bathroom stereo effects and reverb was added in America by Capitol and had nothing to do with what the Beatles and George Martin did

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    Quote Originally Posted by SEAWOLF97 View Post
    EMI thought so little of them that vinyl was released on their comedy label, and recorded by a kid.
    That changed pretty quickly after the Introducing the Beatles, Meet the Beatles song list passed, after 1962-63
    That comedy label descriptive of Parlophone is a commonly and erroneously repeated myth, Parlophone was primarily a Jazz label at the time
    Yeah, it was considered a "specialty" label by some and did have some comedy acts on the roster, the Beatles wound up there because Martin signed them and that just happened to be the division he was running
    But few in the business knew exactly what to do with this new thing they called Rock and Roll in 1962, especially music writers and record execs and even fewer thought it would last
    Doesn't change the fact that few of the Beatles early recordings needed "fixing" as much as the Doors stuff did to sound good (read what Hoffman had to say in that thread you linked to)
    James Brown was distributed in Europe on Parlophone to cite one example
    Cilla Black, Billy J. Kramer and the Hollies were also Parlophone artists

    You're cherry picking historical context to make some point I really don't understand
    Primitive, early era stereo versus mono, no that's another conversation or debate entirely

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    Quote Originally Posted by hsosdrum View Post
    None of the Beatles was even present at any of the stereo mixdown sessions for any of their records (which were done to satisfy record company demand, not for any artistic purpose). The Beatles never even listened to any of the music playbacks in stereo while recording in the studio; everything was done through a single monitor.
    That's not an entirely accurate statement

    Quote Originally Posted by hsosdrum View Post
    I like and enjoy the Doors records, but for me they're like a bowl of breakfast cereal compared with the full-course gourmet meal that are the Beatles' recordings from that period.
    Now that's a pretty good analogy with which I can concur wholeheartedly

    Seriously comparing the Beatles music with that of the Doors is almost laughable, on any level

    Some decent tunes compared to innate genius, whether one likes the Beatles or not

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    Getting this thread back on-topic, here are my 5 desert-island discs:

    1) Steve Tibbetts: Yr. The finest album of guitar-based music I've ever heard, this album hangs-together like an exquisite single composition, with Tibbetts' virtuoso playing on electric and acoustic guitars always at its center. Unclassifiable in genre, it weaves a different spell every time I listen to it. (BTW, he recorded it in his basement on semi-pro 8-track equipment.)

    2) Gene Krupa & Buddy Rich: Krupa and Rich. Gene and Buddy tearing it up in the studio with a first-class group of JATP all-stars. Includes their greatest recorded 'drum battle' (Bernie's Tune), with Gene acquitting himself better against Buddy than at any other time (although it’s still no contest). Two masters at work.

    3) Cream: Live Cream, Vol. 1. At its heart, Cream operated like a jazz band playing pop songs, and they were the first rock band to walk the tightrope of collective improvisation during their live performances. When they succeeded in making it all the way across the wire (as they did on this album’s highlight, Sweet Wine) they far outshined all of their contemporaries in rock (Dead fans take note) and even most of their contemporaries in jazz for musical inventiveness, precision and sheer power.

    4) Mothers of Invention: Absolutely Free. Frank Zappa brilliantly and inventively blends Louie, Louie covers, jazz improvs and Igor Stravinsky themes with biting social and political commentary in this sophomore release. Contains the peerless Brown Shoes Don’t Make It, Zappa’s first (and IMO, greatest) masterpiece—in reality a complete opera condensed into just 7-1/2 minutes.

    5) Yes: Close to the Edge. The ultimate statement of the progressive rock genre. Brilliantly played and sung, the epic title work spans an entire vinyl album side while musically spanning everything from a pastoral sound collage to intense jazz/rock fusion, to many themes and their variations, and through *two* organ solos (pipe and Hammond) before finally dissolving into yet another pastoral sound collage. Rounded out by the beautifully majestic And You And I and hard-driving Siberian Khatru (with passages in 15/8 time), if you’re ever confronted by a Martian who asks “What is progressive rock?”, this is what you play for them.

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    Dire Straits/Brothers in Arms 2014 Japanese SHM-SACD

    This is an astoundingly good recording!
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    I'd smuggle the entire 15 CD series "How the West was Swung" by the late Tom Morrell and the TimeWarp~TopHands
    But to stay on point, 1 record? Sinatra Live at the Sands. Why? Sinatra & Basie.

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    Desert Island

    Quote Originally Posted by Bigsbyguy View Post
    I'd smuggle the entire 15 CD series "How the West was Swung" by the late Tom Morrell and the TimeWarp~TopHands
    But to stay on point, 1 record? Sinatra Live at the Sands. Why? Sinatra & Basie.

    There will not exist any currant supply on desert island. So you will sing all those fantastic songs by heart.
    Pack them into your brain.........
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    Les Dudek, Say No More, 1977, CBS England, 81758

    Definitively a big one on vinyl.
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    Jackie Leven, Forbidden Songs Of The Dying West, 1995 Cooking Vinyl UK, COOK 090, 2LP

    Because he was the last of the great romantic musicians and poets.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fritz The Cat View Post
    There will not exist any currant supply on desert island.
    Just pack your own jelly!

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    Quote Originally Posted by BMWCCA View Post
    Just pack your own jelly...
    “Currant” Nice catch!

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1audiohack View Post
    “Currant” Nice catch!
    Every comedian needs a good straight man!
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    Currant/current

    Quote Originally Posted by BMWCCA View Post
    Just pack your own jelly!

    The deterioration of this thread begun by "Joseph Smith, Jr" is now perpetuated by Fritz the Cat.

    Oh no! Da habe ich aber einen bösen Bock geschossen! A Freudian slip. But it's a little bit funny, isn't it? P.S. I like those "Black Currants"! Is there any black current on desert island?
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    Your Language/Our Language

    Quote Originally Posted by 1audiohack View Post
    “Currant” Nice catch!

    Barry.

    Hey! We talk four languages here in Switzerland. And sometimes (if we have to) we also speak or write in English....
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    DID's ?

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    I'd have to add TYA's "A Space in Time" . have read that it was so well recorded that a remaster is not needed.

    WHY ?? Listen to it, self evident.*

    If ASiT didn't exist, Cricklewwod Green would be a good substitute.

    *have also read that A Lee didn't like it, too commercial for him.
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