"Made in California" Box Set

[The Shift]

Any guesses as to why it's been put back?

Only the release of all the Beatles albums on vinyl, in newly remastered ANALOGUE stereo, shipping November 13.

Individually or in a box set with booklet.

According to Music Direct.

[The Shift]

Phil's gonna have a field day with this......

Yeah, yeah… I have an image of Phil kicking AGD's frayed, bloodied corpse around the streets of London, laughing hysterically and…

Oh hang on, no I haven't.

[LetHimRun]

Any guesses as to why it's been put back?

Only the release of all the Beatles albums on vinyl, in newly remastered ANALOGUE stereo, shipping November 13.

Individually or in a box set with booklet.

According to Music Direct.

OMG, I'm going to have no money left.

[rogerlancelot]

well the world IS suppsed to end Dec 21st,so i guess we'll NEVER get to hear the boxset if the date has been change to Jan...oh well..

Actually, the ending of the world has been pushed back to sometime early spring 2013 according to my (imaginary) sources.

[tansen]

Any guesses as to why it's been put back?

Only the release of all the Beatles albums on vinyl, in newly remastered ANALOGUE stereo, shipping November 13.

Individually or in a box set with booklet.

According to Music Direct.

If they were only REMIXED..

[runnersdialzero]

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[jeffcdo]

If it's copied to digital and then back to analog, is is really still "analog"?  All of the restoration was done in the digital realm.

http://www.musicdirect.com/p-100303-the-beatles-the-beatles-stereo-box-set-limited-edition-16lp-box-set-43-book.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=9-20-12&utm_content=&utm_campaign=soundbytes&

"At the start of the restoration process, engineers conducted extensive tests before copying the analog master tapes into the digital realm using 24-bit/192 kHz resolution and a Prism A-D converter. "

[runnersdialzero]

If it's copied to digital and then back to analog, is is really still "analog"?  All of the restoration was done in the digital realm.

[EgoHanger1966]

If it's copied to digital and then back to analog, is is really still "analog"?  All of the restoration was done in the digital realm.

http://www.musicdirect.com/p-100303-the-beatles-the-beatles-stereo-box-set-limited-edition-16lp-box-set-43-book.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=9-20-12&utm_content=&utm_campaign=soundbytes&

"At the start of the restoration process, engineers conducted extensive tests before copying the analog master tapes into the digital realm using 24-bit/192 kHz resolution and a Prism A-D converter. "

I wasn't gonna say anything, but yeah, you're right. I'm happy with my CD's and the bundle of vinyl I already have.

[BergenWhitesMoustache]

The way vinyl lathes are set up these days, there is no such thing as a true analogue cut. The audio is digitally delayed, to give the cutting head advance notice of loud bits etc, so it can move at exactly the right moment.

I guess they could have set up to do the delay via a tape machine, but being as most laymen don't know how a cutting lathe works, they may well have not bothered.

Still, the world isn't exactly wanting for original Beatles vinyl. I've got three copies of the White Album, and I don't even like them! They sold millions and millions of copies...

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

For it to be a true sound, it'd have to be done entirely through analog, stick with the originals.

[PhilCohen]

With the "reunion" Beach Boys coming to an end, do you think that Capitol will see any reason to release any more Beach Boys archival CD product after the two greatest hits sets and the 12 back catalogue reissues? If the reunited group did sign a 3-album contract, do you think that Capitol will still want a 2nd & 3rd album from a defunct group, and if so, what would the group supply to Capitol? A live album? The outtakes from "That's Why God Made The Radio"?

[JohnMill]

Any guesses as to why it's been put back?

Someone mentioned above that Mark Linett (I believe it was Linett) mentioned that they recently reconfigured the box set itself so as of just recently the box set was/is still a work in progress.

[♩♬🐸 Billy C ♯♫♩🐇]

Mark London...was close though!

[smilethebeachboysloveyou]

With the "reunion" Beach Boys coming to an end, do you think that Capitol will see any reason to release any more Beach Boys archival CD product after the two greatest hits sets and the 12 back catalogue reissues?

Yes, and one reason can be summarized in a simple character: $.

In any case, Endless Harmony was released after the band splintered following Carl Wilson's death, and Hawthorne, CA was released several years after that.  The fact that the reunion tour will not be going on into January is thus not a reason to suspect a non-release of this box.

[The Shift]

Any guesses as to why it's been put back?

Someone mentioned above that Mark Linett (I believe it was Linett) mentioned that they recently reconfigured the box set itself so as of just recently the box set was/is still a work in progress.

I subsequently answered my own question:

Only the release of all the Beatles albums on vinyl, in newly remastered ANALOGUE stereo, shipping November 13.

[Jay]

Runnersdialzero, you're getting weirder every day. 

[Yorick]

well the world IS suppsed to end Dec 21st,so i guess we'll NEVER get to hear the boxset if the date has been change to Jan...oh well..

But, wouldn't it be nice to live again? 

[punkinhead]

More rampant Surf's Up speculation here: Does the copycat backing track they cut in '71 for the album still survive? And is it just the first half? That would be cool, I'd love to hear that.

What is this you describe?

[punkinhead]

I'm really curious as to what will be on the box set for the last disc (not bonus disc) but the one basically ends the Beach Boys recording career (ending with TWGMTR). Like what songs will be on there from the 90s? the proposed "reunion" tracks? what tracks from Stars and Stripes? What from SIP, if included? What from Still Cruisin (besides Kokomo).

[hypehat]

More rampant Surf's Up speculation here: Does the copycat backing track they cut in '71 for the album still survive? And is it just the first half? That would be cool, I'd love to hear that.

What is this you describe?

During press for TSS, Alan and Mark (I think) mentioned that the original plan for Surf's Up in 1971 was to sync up Brian's demo to the original instrumental track. But as the tracks don't sync up and the technology wasn't there to sync them up like you can now, they made a replica backing track using many of the same musicians for the purpose. I presume that didn't work either, so they just got Carl to sing over the original.

(For the life of me I can't remember whether they said that session still existed in the vaults, but they did mention it)

[FatherOfTheMan Sr101]

I don't think it does, I remember hearing otherwise...

[punkinhead]

More rampant Surf's Up speculation here: Does the copycat backing track they cut in '71 for the album still survive? And is it just the first half? That would be cool, I'd love to hear that.

What is this you describe?

During press for TSS, Alan and Mark (I think) mentioned that the original plan for Surf's Up in 1971 was to sync up Brian's demo to the original instrumental track. But as the tracks don't sync up and the technology wasn't there to sync them up like you can now, they made a replica backing track using many of the same musicians for the purpose. I presume that didn't work either, so they just got Carl to sing over the original.

(For the life of me I can't remember whether they said that session still existed in the vaults, but they did mention it)

Really? I don't remember hearing about this. Was it in the Smile book (from the TSS box?) or some other source?

[runnersdialzero]

I think the '71 attempt at re-recording the first part was known about prior to TSS. I'm not sure why it wouldn't exist anymore, I don't recall anyone saying it didn't.

[hypehat]

I don't think it does, I remember hearing otherwise...

I think the '71 attempt at re-recording the first part was known about prior to TSS. I'm not sure why it wouldn't exist anymore, I don't recall anyone saying it didn't.

c-man to thread, I guess!