The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Remastered)
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Free Music Review: 2009 Remaster = Brilliant !!
Hit: 5 Stars
The 2009 remaster is really brilliant.I love the sound and the artwork/booklet.This is really a nice improvement over the 1987 release.To be fair,the 1987 release of Pepper, did have a nice booklet, compared to the other releases from that period.The sound is the main reason for this upgrade,not the artwork.You can at once,notice the sharp,clear tone of this music.Pauls bass is much more distinctive.It jumps out at you,as do the background vocals (see A Little Help from my Friends).Listen to Lucy,then play the old version.Johns voice is so loud and clear,as is Pauls background vocals and his bass.I never noticed(heard) his bass lines like this,they are climbing up and down the frets in the background.Shes Leaving Home sounds so good.The violins are louder,and more precise.I always loved this underrated,sad song,about a teenage runaway.Johns background vocals are crisp during the whole tune.They were always there of course,but now they really stand out.Mr.Kite just blew me away.Johns voice,Ringos highhat in the background,then the wild,circusy music, just simply flys out of your speakers.Just fantastic sounding.Lovely Rita,at the 27 second mark,a horn jumped out of my speakers and it really shocked me.Just fantastic.There are moments like this,all over this remaster.That being said,I always felt Srawberry Fields/Penny Lane would have made this LP one of the best ever.Hands down.George Martin has said,many times,his biggest mistake was allowing those 2 songs to "get away".I also felt,George Harrisons Only A Northern Song (recorded during Pepper),would have fit in quite nicely, instead of Within You/Without You.Imagine side 2 of Pepper,starting with Strawberry Fields,Only A Northern Song,When Im 64,Penny Lane,Lovely Rita,Good Morning,Pepper reprise,A Day in the Life.Much better,stronger release, IMO of course.I always felt side 2 was,missing something.Try Pepper in that order,with those 3 tunes added in,to your own version of Pepper.Cheers.Free Music Review: The Whimsical and The Real Arc of Daily Society
Hit: 5 Stars
Emancipated from the rigors of worldwide live performance, the Beatles appear to have left rock behind to create something completely different. Their passport of wealth and fame now permitted them to incorporate the studio as a primary instrument for self expression. Sonically, this is a diverse and adventurous work. There's the sound of the Orient, English music hall, classical, Eastern Indian and even the circus. Out of this suite-like series of songs emerges a lyrical concept that loosely delineates the arc of daily society; childhood fantasy, necessity of friendship, teenage runaways, sexual liberation, maturing, philosophy, aging, boredom and tragedy. The Beatles established a world where anything could belong.
The title track and its reprise give this record a sense of community even with its darker undercurrents. Many of these cuts are peppered (couldn't resist) with isolation as a recurrent theme. Ringo's sincerity and optimism shine on "With A Little Help From My Friends". And though John's harmony vocal on "She's Leaving Home" adds immensely to the anguish of the storyline, the parents in this narrative console each other and the daughter gets to experience the freedom she's craved for awhile.
Irony abounds here. Musically, Paul's and John's exuberant "Getting Better" is set in juxtaposition against their (or at least John's) mean-spirited past. I find myself drawn to the explosive brass and Ringo's drumming on John's doomed "Good Morning, Good Morning", diverting its despair. The whimsical sounds of Paul's "When I'm 64" belies its stunningly scary words. And on the mournfully ironic classic "A Day In The Life", John's chillingly alienated vocal make this the album's most disarming cut. Even with death comes his spirituality with the line "I'd Love to Turn You On". This is turning you on to what's real in the world. And if only studio experimentation can make all this possible, it's still rock to me.
Free Music Review: The remaster of a legend. The stuff the 60's were made of.
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of my favorite albums by The Beatles. And now that it was remastered, it is a great pleasure to rediscover this old friend. SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND is not just an album: it is a legendary fragment of the 60's... and The Beatles in peak form.
I got this remastered version from the THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET and it was with lots of care and attention that I listened to it from start to end. And I must say EMI made an amazing job. The music sounds brighter, sharper, clearer and much more exciting. Now, it is also clear to me that it all will depend on your stereo. Most people who claim there is no difference perhaps are listening to it in small underpowered stereo equipment that really does not do justice to these remasters. Personally, I doubt anyone won't see any positive difference here... but that's me. With my stereo, these new remasters are shining every second of it.
I'm playing it as I write this... and I cannot get tired of it.
SGT. PEPPER is an album full of subtleties and many hidden treasures. BEING FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. KITE is one of those songs so rich and multi-layered that it is amazing to be able to listen to everything that is there. And now it is all there brighter and clearer. A DAY IN THE LIFE is absolutely astonishing because the voices of Paul and John were treated so differently that now we can appreciate even more the job done. LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMOND has a spatial depth I couldn't find on the previous CD. SHE'S LEAVING HOME, for me, is the star of this remaster: call me crazy, but I think the whole song got a dimension I never felt before. WHEN I'M SIXTY FOUR has Ringo's drums with an delicate extra oomp.
I loved it. This is one of my favorite Beatles albums.
Thanks EMI for such a great job.
Free Music Review: None but the lonely heart
Hit: 5 Stars
A military band. Yeah, it was that kind of time - you know, a stupid war, an oppressive government enslaving its young men in military duty, changing mores (social science jargon for attitudes and values), right wing nuts against the smart and principled citizens (stupidity is always fashionable in america).
And then this band of young brits got under our skin. Insouciant, flip, disrespectful, wise, love not war types with more than just three chords and the truth. When George Martin, their producer, backed them up with orchestral accompaniment for their unique song writing and musical talents they conquered hearts the world over. And why not? Their songs were morality tales of the quintessentially sad, lonely lives we lead in industrial/military society - exploited, fooled, killed - we exist only to make the wealthy, five percent of the population richer so they can put more co-lobbyist lawmakers into political power to continue to exploit us.
Look! John Lennon was assassinated. If the other Beatles had been seen as a threat they would met a similar fate. People with conventional values hate guys like these. Lennon's infamous comment that he was better known that Jesus Christ (true as it may have been) earned him the odium of millions of american christians, a notoriously hateful group themselves. After all, who wants to hear that "Love is the answer!" Sounds downright socialist.
No one need have worried. Paul copped a knighthood in england through writing (with help from a classical composer) an oratorio for Liverpool. Safe. George retreated to his mansion. Ringo haunted Nashville. They had become the idle rich. But they made us feel good, made us think, made us dream. The long trailing plaint of these songs gave us secret knowledge, a mantra for blind Sampson in Gaza at the mill with slaves. Tunes to displace the pain of our lives.
Free Music Review: It's The Beatles!!---You Already Know It's Fabulous!!
Hit: 5 Stars
This marks the 4th and final incarnation of this classic album
that I will buy in my lifetime!
From vinyl (early 80's) to first generation CD (early 90's)
to 2nd generation (first digitized) CD (mid 90's) to 09/09/09...
I bought each of these new limited edition (stereo) remasters,
from "Rubber Soul" to "Let It Be", which is my favorite era of The Beatles'
stellar paradigm-changing mid to late 60's musical output!
As soon as I unwrapped them, I listened to each CD intently 1x, then smoked a
phat joint along with a strong daquiri, then listened down
to them all 3x more!! (-: Brilliantly remastered!
Flawless material to start with, but this go round I felt as if "the lads"
had actually set up camp in my music room and were giving me, just me, their best work in 3-D!!
Every breathe, syllable, finger cymbal, crash & high-hat, snare, toms, guitar lick,
bass riff, string arrangement and every other part is vivid, warm, pure and timeless!
There is no need for me to buy anymore Beatles material after this!
It can't be captured any better! (-:
I like the new fold out packaging, the booklets, rare vintage photos, the original-style
Parlophone logo on the discs, and I enjoyed the little mini-docs about each
album viewable via computer, Playstation 3 or XBOX too.
I was an 18 yr old kid in 1982 when I bought my first Beatles albums on vinyl,
age 26 in 1990 when I bought their first CD versions, age 30 when I bought the first
digital remasters in 1994 at the time of the The Beatles Anthology with
"Free As A Bird", which I now own on DVD.
Now at age 45 in 2009, this is the final frontier and I'm satisfied.
SUMMATION: Great music, great band, timeless, seamless & forever without peer! (-: