Beatles Remasters

When I first heard about the Beatles remasters I figured I would buy one or two and that would be it. In this case I bough Abbey Road (my favorite Beatles album) and the White Album (what I consider to be their most interesting). After hearing the two of them I’m pretty sure I’m going to end up with all of them with maybe the exception being Yellow Submarine since I bought the remastered version a few years ago.

The quality of the remasters is amazing. I never thought the original CDs sounded bad but the difference is incredible. With the new versions you can hear the separation of each instrument in the song, but not to the point of distraction.

The thing that keeps being discussed with the remasters is that the bass stands out more, and that’s absolutely true. For the past year or so I’ve been more aware of how good Paul McCartney’s bass playing was on these albums and having it brought forward made me appreciate it even more. The other thing is that you can hear other instruments, like acoustic guitars, that you didn’t know were in the song before.

I’m normally not a big fan of buying remasters when I had the album before, but for me it’s completely worth it. Next up will probably be Magical Mystery Tour and Beatles for Sale.