Remastered Beatles - stereo, mono or both?

[Alex]

Well, I similarly demand that when old Technicolor movies are transferred to DVD\Blu-Ray that they maintain the imperfect alignment between the color strips. All the extra clarity is wrong.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

Well, I similarly demand that when old Technicolor movies are transferred to DVD\Blu-Ray that they maintain the imperfect alignment between the color strips. All the extra clarity is wrong.

I may have to call my old Pysch professor, I think there is a paper in this....

For movies: Better clarity/sound is better. No matter how old the movie (with the notable exception of colorization)

For music: I tend perfer it in whatever quality I first heard it. They way people tend to like their first James Bond or Dr. Who. Clean it up too much and it just sounds wrong.

Or is that just me?

[lindyhop]

I'm tempted by the mono versions because most of what I originally owned was mono. A mono lp was $2.99 and stereo was $3.99 and that made a big difference to me. But the mono boxed set is a limited edition, isn't it? So it could be gone before you make up your mind.

I wonder if with the stereo versions, is the sound still split between the two speakers? They would have something like vocals in one speaker and instruments in the other. We listened to these records like we were deciphering ancient texts.

I have vinyl boxed sets from god knows when up on a shelf in my closet. They've probably melted by now.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

For music: I tend perfer it in whatever quality I first heard it. They way people tend to like their first James Bond or Dr. Who. Clean it up too much and it just sounds wrong.

Or is that just me?

Interestingly, in creating the Disneyland 50 retrospective, I mixed remastered segments of such Park hits as Yo Ho, A Pirates Life for Me and it's a small world after all with old recordings from the 60's. The old sounds were decidedly "right," and the new mixes were beautifully awesome. I used them both, as both were great. I'm glad I didn't have to choose between, and I'm none too sure anyone notices the mid-song switcheroos but me.