I have wondered for a long time now, how much what originated from video tape can be improved and you have provided me with the best answer on that so far. I assume the difference is what can be change to the original. So if you just copy video tape footage you will never quite get rid of the blemishes.
You can bet the record company were rolling their eyes at Sean's meditation mixes until they realised how much they could charge for a 'deluxe' vinyl release. Personally I think anyone that bought the super deluxe set needs sectioning but what do I know.
What's really depressing is that the prices on the Australian editions are even higher than the UK ones! Apparently everyone has a boundless amount of money to dump on crap that's barely different than the other stuff that I've already bought five times over! Thanks for your honest take on this. And I also really appreciate you not sticking your head down the gaping of the record labels and saying wow this is great even though it's a bunch of crap! I'll be watching some more of your videos to see what you got man. Being honest about the unreasonable cost and materials that aren't worth it are pretty important. You're doing great.
I'd be interested in 'Walls and Bridges', and/or 'Rock'n'Roll' from the Lennon side, but I'm happy enough with the 2CD version of Mind Games I bought (though I had to talk myself out of spending £100+ on the 6 or so CD version). The album I really want, but do not expect ever to see, is George's 'Living in the Material World' given the same remix/remaster treatment that 'All Things Must Pass' had a couple of years back.
@@dinnerwithgreedo The production is not as cluttered as the original mix of ATMP was (I think only one track has any Spector influence), so maybe a remaster and cleanup would do rather than a full-blown remix.
I appreciate your candour in admitting to these things for the cash grabs they are. The counter argument no one forces anyone to buy anything may be true, but it doesn’t provide a resolution to just how rampant extreme capitalism has become and the inequity that it brings about. Everything has outcomes and potential excess and the market puppeteers no how to brainwash the masses. Critical thinking is needed more now than ever before. All four Beatles estates have engaged in these over recent years. I did notice the upgrading of One Hand Clapping looking poorer quality. People do not understand you can upgrade the scale, but it doesn’t change the original footage bur rather shows the shortfalls of the video tape at the time. It I one of the reasons I don’t own a mammoth size tv as many of my DVDs are transferred from video. I love the cd and doco. Too. One of the best decisions McCartney has made in years. Your internal relationship with McCartney is the same as mine. No, you don’t speak nonsense. I love the calm common sense of what you say. Truthful and informative bits of information we are benefited to be made aware of. You might just be the only other TH-cam user in the world who is a huge McCartney fan, as I am without being a sycophant. If I may, I would like to double endorse Andrew Dixon’s channel. Andrew does a superb job and is always an utter gentleman. One of the very best. Thank God for the British. Cheers Meatloaf?
Exactly, most new albums come out are now $30 to $40 and god forbid if it is a double album ! AP juts put out the UHQR of the Doors LA Women at 33 RPM at $125 I don't care how good it sounds. that a lot of money for a single album. No wonder why CD's are making a comeback. The new releases are much cheaper then their album counterparts and used CD's you can get some good deals.
I am delighted to know someone has the same opinion on all this as me. It just seems common sense. I know many disagree with my use of the phrase ‘cash grab’ and their entitled to hold a different opinion. But for me if something is way overpriced and marketed manipulatively then that qualifies as a cash grab. It i obvious today they really are aiming for top dollar and the industry love nothing greater than a fad. Fads bring in lots of money. Love your channel btw and have a great day.
Your take on these rereleases are refreshing as usual. Also, Paul couldn’t sell the movie to any major TV network when it was first made and that was when he was in his prime!
I’ve streamed the one Meditation Mix song currently available and actually quite like it. I’ll stream the album but not buy it, so it’s costing nothing really. I heard somewhere that equal dollar/pound pricing is done for “simplicity” - well that’s great if you’re in America and get the better deal! Always find it a very irritating practice.
@@dinnerwithgreedo Yeah I feel it’s one of those things you’d maybe listen to once or twice out of curiosity and think “mmm, that’s quite interesting” - and then never listen to ever again. So, perfect streaming fodder but not something crying out for a physical release.
I absolutely love Paul McCartney, but when the infamous Egypt Station suitcase was released I stopped being a completist. Didn’t buy all versions of McCartney III, didn’t buy the 3rd anniversary edition of that album and I won‘t buy those Japanese CDs. Same goes for John Lennon. It’s just crazy. The marketing strategies are going so wrong in both camps. I’m still waiting for the London Town/Back To The Egg Archive Collection and further releases in that series. That’s what I really want. But … I love One Hand Clapping. Got several bootlegs from that sessions but the official one is just great. Better than the Band On The Run Underdubbed Mix, which was only nice to have imho.
When The Beatles were actually releasing their material in the 60's they kept their singles off the albums because they didn't want to rip off their fans. I wonder how John Lennon would have felt about his discarded recordings becoming available all these years later?
I might be in for a Walls and Bridges set but it would have to be really good. I have lots of session outtakes from bootlegs, the Lennon Anthology box and bonus tracks to listen to in the mean time.
The meditation mixes is absolutely insanity. It’s getting ridiculous I keep up with all new Beatle releases band/solo and I just can’t with these. If you want Mind Games meditation get really high and listen to the new mixes turned all the way up.
Must admit, none of CDs for me - does seem odd releasing a VHS in 4K but I'll probably get it if released on bluray. Thanks for the informative and fun video. Will buy any of the next Beatles specials (hopefully Rubber Soul ?)
The Beatles always seem to surprise me with what gets released. It’s never what you’d expect. We’ll probably get the Xmas fan club singles remixed next 😂
Good video. I was tempted to get the Japanese cds just in case London Town and back to the egg get released in that format next. Why won’t the Macca camp complete the archive collection is beyond me. The Lennon meditation mixes are a waste of time. Now one hand clapping. I live in Madrid and they’re showing it in a few cinemas, and I’m looking forward to it. But mostly the backyard tapes. I’ve seen the documentary many times. First as a bootleg and then as part of the BOTR archive release. In fact, the yellow dog bootleg sounded far better. Anyway, I’m going to see it but I know it won’t be the same as the rooftop concert at the IMAX.
Some early Beatles records have a McCartney - Lennon credit. They are special to me. The Please Please Me album and single have that as do both sides of the From Me To You and Thank You Girl singles.
If you shine a black light on the meditation mixes, you'll see the faint image of money flying out of your pocket. Anyhow, got my tickets for OHC even though I think the visual experience will be like watching an old TV from about a foot away. Good times coming. Lastly, meat.
I totally agree, enough already with these insane prices. 80 for a 3 lp set of remixes. Huge yawn!!! You gotta be insane to buy this crap especially at these insulting prices.
Yeah but nothing will change whilst ‘completists’ keep buying it. I mean, I think if you bought them at Mind Games Boxset, there’s something not right with you.
Pretty sick of all this cash grabbing now. It's endless. Ever increasingly ingenious ways to sell people the same thing over and over again. And don't get me started about Mind Games, A serious amount of turd polishing went on there
Sometime In NYC needs to be re released but with the Yoko songs and backing vocals removed. Those songs would rock without her inputs! Great video as always :)
@@dinnerwithgreedo I like the jamming with Zappa and the Flo & Eddie era Mothers stuff but Frank and has surviving family have put out better mixes of it than the Lennon/ Ono camp.
5:00 I simply don't understand how releasing colored variants of an album is taking advantage of anybody. Nobody is forced to buy 24 copies of the same album, and if someone feels taken advantage of because they have a shopping addiction and can't stop buying the same album over and over, that's not Paul McCartney's fault. Companies want to make money, and they will maximize profits however they can. It's up to the consumer to vote with their wallets. The modern consumer cries about prices/variants/cash grabs on the internet, and then lets FOMO get the best of them the next day, and they quietly buy the product. People complain but they still pay. The company doesn't care, and they will happily take your money. Releasing variants allows the causal collector to feel like their copy is a bit special and unique, and nobody is forced to buy ANYTHING. People talk about record collectors like they're 7 year old children. They are grown adults who choose to part with their money for a product. It's up to them to buy or not buy a product. nobody is grabbing your money at any point, you are willingly handing it over. Toyota releases their Corollas in 7 different colors! How horrible of them to take advantage of the average car buyer! How can the average person afford 7 Toyota Corollas? They are being taken advantage of! Such a horrific Cash Grab from the Automobile Industry!
I don’t think I ever make my point clear. Everything you just said is right and valid. No-one is forced to buy this stuff. Where the ‘taking advantage’ bit comes into play is that the companies know that there are those people that will buy EVERYTHING. The completist. And there’s loads of Beatle fans like that. So for me the taking advantage is a mixture of the amount of (for example) colour variants AND their cost. The record companies are doing what they should be doing… ceasing on a huge market to make loads of money. I guess the point is I don’t like it. Especially the inflated cost of vinyl. £1350 for the Mind Games boxset. £600 for the McCartney singles boxset. (That seems like a bargain compared to the Mind Games boxset 😂 ). So I guess what I’m saying is… YOUR absolutely right, BUT I’m also allowed to think that, maybe, collectors are being taken advantage of. Coz the price tag on these things are mental. Which I hope you can agree to. Thanks for your comment. Really got me thinking. I might do a video explaining all this.
Totally concur. "I can't imagine..." (there is irony here) indeed. May I add a bit more irony courtesy of Lennon, from the same test - "No need for greed..."
These meditation mixes are beautiful and really creative. But the vinyl editions, like most vinyl today, is too expensive for its own good. Happy for those who bought it and will enjoy it, it's just not for me or my bank account. I'm so glad the meditation mixes are coming to streaming as well though, I'll listen there, happily and chill out to John remixed by Sean.
The poor image quality is in the trailer they released. I’m commenting on that. I’m hoping that it’s just the trailer!! They released Jet recently and that looked great (blurry but great).
I've recently picked up reissue of Radiohead's OK Computer (3 LPs) for 32 € which is fair. No new Macca or Lennon for me. The Mind Games 'Meditation Track' sounds horrible with the reverbs, echoes and delays... If I'd ordered it, I'd return the package and wrote in complaint that the recorded material sounds awful and if that can be fixed. :-)
It is a crime that the streaming, wich kills music is so cheap and that fysical product that supposes to emphasise the love for that music is becoming so expensive. And its mindboggling that artists like Dylan/NeilYoung/Pinkfloyd/Beatles sold their rights to the corruptest industry ever....These cashgrabbing releases and the socalled re-masters (in most cases just volume up! or Bass to the foreground (Grundman) enticing the public to reinvest in what they allready have at home. It is legalised robbery. Look a record even 50 years ago should have been the best release ever of a sound in the studio. So if that was not good enough...we were robbed from good sound first time arround. Not only that...on recordsleeves were our 'heroes' but who was really playing? Who got the royalties, how many young lives were destroyed by inband rows (Fleetwood Mac the most famous one), Syd Barrett/Nick Drake/Skip Spence/Beefheart/Hendrixx all suffered from the pressures and dealings with the recordindustry. Pete Thownsend who told that he could make money from live shows but hardly ever got paid from the record sales. And now we have to accept this shit of € 1300,- boxsets etc.etc?
It’s odd that people refer to ‘solo Beatles’ The solo work was their deliberate attempt to stop being Beatles. It’s good marketing but it’s not really how it happened. Not one of the said, I’m a solo Beatle now.
If you own the original CD version of the McCartney releases it is foolish to buy these Collectors freak out and buy them again Apple knows this also!!! The Lennon meditation music is a complete waste of money but collectors will buy it!!! You have the courage to call this a cash grab unlike the other Beatles channels who fawn over everything that comes out!!!
I aasume "all big audio corporates use Ai to enhance the sound thus these releses -so its more than getting slide the pitch higher - removing noise - taking the drums and let the ai assume how it would have sounded if dont in digital studio bit with these old albums they cant get away with this Yet - so they I asusme do approximation how a little bit bettr job would sound -i cant thrust big companies now so would you listeners not do also
The Lennon camp is really milking Mind Games for it to just be an “okay” album. I would expect this kind of thing from Imagine or Plastic Ono Band, but Mind Games? Really?
Fully agree.... lennons Mind Games lp was and i.m.o. is still crap. I was 15 years old in 1973 when this lp was released and already then i was not very happy with it. Now so many years later i still think this lp is crap. Lennons best lp i.m.o. was and still is Walls and bridges. Then you can hear he was relaxed and creative again. That lp restored my faith in Lennon. Mind games is just full of "sorry Yoko" songs and other rubbish. Restored or remixed... if the material is crap it will stay crap. And yes I fully agree with you...moneygrabbing by both estates.
I did a Mind Games review (check it out). It’s not an album I’ve ever really listened to. I found that I only liked half the songs and said so. I got a bit of stick in the comments. It’s some people’s favourite Lennon album!
Don't understand the logic of releasing all these remixes, when what a lot of fans (especially us oldies who are still alive), want is the previously unreleased stuff. Obviously, we realise its quality may be doubtful in some instances (Castle of the King of Birds, etc.) but things like the Hamburg live recordings can (obviously) be cleaned up using Peter Jackson's technology. Why isn't that a priority?
I think it’s important to remember these release are made by a corporation, with shareholders, that need a profit. I love to think about the story where McCartney and Lennon started Apple records for altruistic reasons. It’s a story, a fiction. Apple records is a corporation like any other corporation. John Lennon and Paul McCartbey are not involved. It’s just a company, with a product. That’s it. Shareholders making money. These cash grabs are getting out of hand. It’s honestly annoying and disappointing that a corporation is in charge of Beatles- they want money and nothing else. We, as fans, need to always remember this is a corporation with a product to sell.
@@dinnerwithgreedo true, nonetheless it’s not the “artistic freedom enterprise” that Lennon and McCartney started. It’s a nice mission statement, and a great story. but 50 years later Apple and Lenono are corporations now, run by people in suits whose only objective is profits. .
I’m not interested in the Lennon release. On one of your videos you showed a ‘ greatest hits’ gimme some truth album and I bought it instead of the more expensive ( and fewer tracks) mind games album. For me the Lennon material is exhausted. The McCartney film is interesting as it shows him at his peak but I doubt I’ll bother dragging my sorry backside to see it. I have the one hand clapping album and that’s all I need. As for the McCartney cds ,I won’t be bothering.
You're the first person I've encountered that says those McCartney tapes were not lost! Do you have a video about it you could connect me to. I actually believe you. You don't have any reason to sugarcoat anything. You've been pretty honest about how much you like the music. How much you don't like the over commercialization and repackaging over and over again of similar and not very different stuff. So I take what you say to the bank. Time to make another deposit!
It’s in that McCartney Legacy book. He took copies to Lagos and it was these that were stolen. NOT ONLY THAT… that got mugged AFTER McCartney had finished recording the album!
Good video, but I ain't buying none of the crap mindgames is the only song which is any good ,mccartney one hand clapping is shite I'm sick of it all I want is The Beatles Rubber soul box set next then the rest of The Beatles catalogue not the mccartney or Lennon 1970s stuff.
As much as I love the Beatles, Surely this cash cow thats been milked to death, should be buried. Ffs. I haven't and wont be buying any of this over priced crap. McCartney as much as I luv him, his voice is pretty much shot nowadays, and I don't say that to be mean. He's an old man now and age has just taken his voice sadly, and that can happen with age, and its not great anymore, but no one wants to tell him because he's Sir Paul the living legend, so everyone keeps saying oh yeah that was great Paul. When your an Icon with his stature, you are just surrounded by yes men who see pound and dollar signs. He has to rely on his band to carry/prop up a lot of the vocals live, and in the studio, tech to make his voice sound better. I luv his music, he's an icon, but I prefer to listen to his past work when he was still at the top of his game.
Okay… so…. yes his voice isn’t what it used to be but, as you say, he’s old. I’m sure he’s well aware of his vocal limitations. And he surprised everyone with his Glastonbury performance which was great! We’re extremely PRIVILEGED that he’s still doing it! I can’t go see him coz I can’t afford the f**king ticket and therein lies my problem with McCartney. Everything costs too much! Maybe I’m being a Scrooge but I just think a BILLIONAIRE could possibly lower his prices a bit.
@@dinnerwithgreedo Agreed. He doesn't need the money thats for sure. But then, its all the inbetween men that hike up the prices to line their own pockets.
If they want to win me back they'd have to meet several of my demands, go back to including Blu-Ray audio discs in their Beatles super deluxe sets, a Blu-Ray of the Let it Be film and release Carnival of Light in some form. I don't really see it happening.
Hi, The Lennon releases are just ridiculous. I wouldn't call it a cash grab because every person with a healthy mind won't buy this. But your remark about how the people who bought the Uber boxset must feel I can fully understand. The McCartney cd's.... what's there to say! I hope One Hand Clapping will be screened in a theatre nearby. Then I'll go and watch it. I have good hopes. They also screened the Ziggy Stardust motion picture last year. But the Lennon Estate .... go and be ashamed of trying to let people buy this fortcomig crap. Where is the honesty, mister Sean Lennon? Take care.
The new Mind Games remix was horrible, bloated low end as usual. Bought the 2002 Remix which is by far the best version. No interest in any of these gimmicks.
@@dinnerwithgreedo it was a remix. Flew under my radar. When they did the c2010 remaster they used the old pants undynamic mix! The 2002 is perfect, well balanced with dynamics but none of the low end bloat that comes with Sean overseeing
There is no such thing as a cash grab. The choice is yours. All of these remixes, demos, outtakes and stuff that was not put on the official releases are what we would have called, in the past- Bootlegs, and there always has been, and always will be, those who want to hear this stuff, and in most cases the sound quality is fantastic, better than any 10th generation cassette-copied bootleg- which I will remind you people also paid for, and in some cases a lot of money for lousy sounding bootlegs. Some of the official releases can benefit from remixing the sound to a more modern approach. It is offered to us to buy or not. So to the obvious-What are they supposed to do- offer it for free?? Like many other artists, John Lennon and George Harrison have passed- there will be no new material. All we have is what they left us while they were here. It's not a cash grab, it's an option for fans who want to hear this stuff.
It is a cash grab. Unfortunately, there are a huge number of Beatle fans that will buy anything and everything. The record companies know this. I know I don’t have to buy this, but it’s not aimed at me (or you). It’s aimed at them.
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I have wondered for a long time now, how much what originated from video tape can be improved and you have provided me with the best answer on that so far. I assume the difference is what can be change to the original. So if you just copy video tape footage you will never quite get rid of the blemishes.
It’ll be interesting to see. But judging by the trailer… I’m worried.
A lot of Paul McCartney fans would like to see London Town & Back to the egg! It doesn’t have to be a box set! Just a 2 CD set & Vinyl releases.
Personally, I’d like a single release of Back To The Egg coz I love that album. I think if they doubled it up we’d get less outtakes from each album.
All I want is a new remixed "Back To The Egg" cd
You can bet the record company were rolling their eyes at Sean's meditation mixes until they realised how much they could charge for a 'deluxe' vinyl release. Personally I think anyone that bought the super deluxe set needs sectioning but what do I know.
Totally agree!!
What's really depressing is that the prices on the Australian editions are even higher than the UK ones! Apparently everyone has a boundless amount of money to dump on crap that's barely different than the other stuff that I've already bought five times over! Thanks for your honest take on this. And I also really appreciate you not sticking your head down the gaping of the record labels and saying wow this is great even though it's a bunch of crap! I'll be watching some more of your videos to see what you got man. Being honest about the unreasonable cost and materials that aren't worth it are pretty important. You're doing great.
Thank you!!
All I want is London Town and Back to the Egg Archieve Collection.
Me too!!
Egg - yes. Town - no.
@@simonhodgetts6530 well yeah… thinking about it, I’m not that fussed with London Town.
I never liked London Town.🤥
I'd be interested in 'Walls and Bridges', and/or 'Rock'n'Roll' from the Lennon side, but I'm happy enough with the 2CD version of Mind Games I bought (though I had to talk myself out of spending £100+ on the 6 or so CD version).
The album I really want, but do not expect ever to see, is George's 'Living in the Material World' given the same remix/remaster treatment that 'All Things Must Pass' had a couple of years back.
I’ve not really listened to it. Does it need improvement?
@@dinnerwithgreedo The production is not as cluttered as the original mix of ATMP was (I think only one track has any Spector influence), so maybe a remaster and cleanup would do rather than a full-blown remix.
Looking forward to next edition of McCartney legacy (also great in audible format). Not bothered about other items.
Thank you.🙏
I appreciate your candour in admitting to these things for the cash grabs they are. The counter argument no one forces anyone to buy anything may be true, but it doesn’t provide a resolution to just how rampant extreme capitalism has become and the inequity that it brings about. Everything has outcomes and potential excess and the market puppeteers no how to brainwash the masses. Critical thinking is needed more now than ever before. All four Beatles estates have engaged in these over recent years.
I did notice the upgrading of One Hand Clapping looking poorer quality. People do not understand you can upgrade the scale, but it doesn’t change the original footage bur rather shows the shortfalls of the video tape at the time. It I one of the reasons I don’t own a mammoth size tv as many of my DVDs are transferred from video. I love the cd and doco. Too. One of the best decisions McCartney has made in years. Your internal relationship with McCartney is the same as mine. No, you don’t speak nonsense. I love the calm common sense of what you say. Truthful and informative bits of information we are benefited to be made aware of. You might just be the only other TH-cam user in the world who is a huge McCartney fan, as I am without being a sycophant. If I may, I would like to double endorse Andrew Dixon’s channel. Andrew does a superb job and is always an utter gentleman. One of the very best. Thank God for the British. Cheers
Meatloaf?
Exactly, most new albums come out are now $30 to $40 and god forbid if it is a double album ! AP juts put out the UHQR of the Doors LA Women at 33 RPM at $125 I don't care how good it sounds. that a lot of money for a single album. No wonder why CD's are making a comeback. The new releases are much cheaper then their album counterparts and used CD's you can get some good deals.
I am delighted to know someone has the same opinion on all this as me. It just seems common sense. I know many disagree with my use of the phrase ‘cash grab’ and their entitled to hold a different opinion. But for me if something is way overpriced and marketed manipulatively then that qualifies as a cash grab. It i obvious today they really are aiming for top dollar and the industry love nothing greater than a fad. Fads bring in lots of money. Love your channel btw and have a great day.
Your take on these rereleases are refreshing as usual. Also, Paul couldn’t sell the movie to any major TV network when it was first made and that was when he was in his prime!
Oh… I thought it was shown on TV. Guess not.
there is also 2 ringo releases in november okd wave and stop and smell the roses picture discs
I’ve streamed the one Meditation Mix song currently available and actually quite like it. I’ll stream the album but not buy it, so it’s costing nothing really. I heard somewhere that equal dollar/pound pricing is done for “simplicity” - well that’s great if you’re in America and get the better deal! Always find it a very irritating practice.
I get the feeling MOST people will stream it.
@@dinnerwithgreedo Yeah I feel it’s one of those things you’d maybe listen to once or twice out of curiosity and think “mmm, that’s quite interesting” - and then never listen to ever again. So, perfect streaming fodder but not something crying out for a physical release.
Awesome video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day ❤😊
Thank you! You too!
I absolutely love Paul McCartney, but when the infamous Egypt Station suitcase was released I stopped being a completist. Didn’t buy all versions of McCartney III, didn’t buy the 3rd anniversary edition of that album and I won‘t buy those Japanese CDs. Same goes for John Lennon. It’s just crazy. The marketing strategies are going so wrong in both camps. I’m still waiting for the London Town/Back To The Egg Archive Collection and further releases in that series. That’s what I really want.
But … I love One Hand Clapping. Got several bootlegs from that sessions but the official one is just great. Better than the Band On The Run Underdubbed Mix, which was only nice to have imho.
Nice video, mate
Glad you enjoyed it!
When The Beatles were actually releasing their material in the 60's they kept their singles off the albums because they didn't want to rip off their fans. I wonder how John Lennon would have felt about his discarded recordings becoming available all these years later?
the good thing is no one is FORCED to buy ANY of these titles.
Absolutely.
I might be in for a Walls and Bridges set but it would have to be really good. I have lots of session outtakes from bootlegs, the Lennon Anthology box and bonus tracks to listen to in the mean time.
I love the Lennon Anthology box. It has my preferred version of Jealous Guy on it.
Wait until you see what they want for the US Albums box set later this year...
They’re not are they?!?
The meditation mixes is absolutely insanity. It’s getting ridiculous I keep up with all new Beatle releases band/solo and I just can’t with these. If you want Mind Games meditation get really high and listen to the new mixes turned all the way up.
Must admit, none of CDs for me - does seem odd releasing a VHS in 4K but I'll probably get it if released on bluray. Thanks for the informative and fun video. Will buy any of the next Beatles specials (hopefully Rubber Soul ?)
The Beatles always seem to surprise me with what gets released. It’s never what you’d expect. We’ll probably get the Xmas fan club singles remixed next 😂
@@dinnerwithgreedo Ha, yes, that would not be too much of a surprise - certain I will buy that CD set as well !
Good video. I was tempted to get the Japanese cds just in case London Town and back to the egg get released in that format next. Why won’t the Macca camp complete the archive collection is beyond me. The Lennon meditation mixes are a waste of time.
Now one hand clapping. I live in Madrid and they’re showing it in a few cinemas, and I’m looking forward to it. But mostly the backyard tapes. I’ve seen the documentary many times. First as a bootleg and then as part of the BOTR archive release. In fact, the yellow dog bootleg sounded far better. Anyway, I’m going to see it but I know it won’t be the same as the rooftop concert at the IMAX.
It’s not playing near me 😢
Some early Beatles records have a McCartney - Lennon credit. They are special to me. The Please Please Me album and single have that as do both sides of the From Me To You and Thank You Girl singles.
Just for the title of the video alone. Have to watch it. Very very good. No reason to deny the truth not
If you shine a black light on the meditation mixes, you'll see the faint image of money flying out of your pocket.
Anyhow, got my tickets for OHC even though I think the visual experience will be like watching an old TV from about a foot away. Good times coming.
Lastly, meat.
I’m really tempted to go! I’ve got no-one to go with though 😭
I totally agree, enough already with these insane prices. 80 for a 3 lp set of remixes. Huge yawn!!! You gotta be insane to buy this crap especially at these insulting prices.
Yeah but nothing will change whilst ‘completists’ keep buying it. I mean, I think if you bought them at Mind Games Boxset, there’s something not right with you.
Pretty sick of all this cash grabbing now.
It's endless.
Ever increasingly ingenious ways to sell people the same thing over and over again.
And don't get me started about Mind Games,
A serious amount of turd polishing went on there
Yeah, Mind Games was pretty bad. The remixes were great but I only like ½ the songs.
Its a dam money game whh dont they put shit out we dont have
Sometime In NYC needs to be re released but with the Yoko songs and backing vocals removed. Those songs would rock without her inputs! Great video as always :)
I listened to it the other day!! I only liked two songs off it.
I also heard Don’t Worry Kyoko. Unbelievable!!
@@dinnerwithgreedo I like the jamming with Zappa and the Flo & Eddie era Mothers stuff but Frank and has surviving family have put out better mixes of it than the Lennon/ Ono camp.
5:00 I simply don't understand how releasing colored variants of an album is taking advantage of anybody. Nobody is forced to buy 24 copies of the same album, and if someone feels taken advantage of because they have a shopping addiction and can't stop buying the same album over and over, that's not Paul McCartney's fault.
Companies want to make money, and they will maximize profits however they can. It's up to the consumer to vote with their wallets. The modern consumer cries about prices/variants/cash grabs on the internet, and then lets FOMO get the best of them the next day, and they quietly buy the product. People complain but they still pay. The company doesn't care, and they will happily take your money.
Releasing variants allows the causal collector to feel like their copy is a bit special and unique, and nobody is forced to buy ANYTHING. People talk about record collectors like they're 7 year old children. They are grown adults who choose to part with their money for a product. It's up to them to buy or not buy a product. nobody is grabbing your money at any point, you are willingly handing it over.
Toyota releases their Corollas in 7 different colors! How horrible of them to take advantage of the average car buyer! How can the average person afford 7 Toyota Corollas? They are being taken advantage of! Such a horrific Cash Grab from the Automobile Industry!
I don’t think I ever make my point clear.
Everything you just said is right and valid. No-one is forced to buy this stuff.
Where the ‘taking advantage’ bit comes into play is that the companies know that there are those people that will buy EVERYTHING. The completist. And there’s loads of Beatle fans like that. So for me the taking advantage is a mixture of the amount of (for example) colour variants AND their cost.
The record companies are doing what they should be doing… ceasing on a huge market to make loads of money.
I guess the point is I don’t like it. Especially the inflated cost of vinyl.
£1350 for the Mind Games boxset.
£600 for the McCartney singles boxset. (That seems like a bargain compared to the Mind Games boxset 😂 ).
So I guess what I’m saying is… YOUR absolutely right, BUT I’m also allowed to think that, maybe, collectors are being taken advantage of. Coz the price tag on these things are mental. Which I hope you can agree to.
Thanks for your comment. Really got me thinking. I might do a video explaining all this.
Totally concur. "I can't imagine..." (there is irony here) indeed. May I add a bit more irony courtesy of Lennon, from the same test - "No need for greed..."
Good point!
These meditation mixes are beautiful and really creative. But the vinyl editions, like most vinyl today, is too expensive for its own good. Happy for those who bought it and will enjoy it, it's just not for me or my bank account. I'm so glad the meditation mixes are coming to streaming as well though, I'll listen there, happily and chill out to John remixed by Sean.
That’s what I’ll be doing! I get the feeling I’ll only listen once though.
I agree with the Lennon release but i dont agree with Wings film until you can see it and then comment on the quality!
The poor image quality is in the trailer they released. I’m commenting on that. I’m hoping that it’s just the trailer!!
They released Jet recently and that looked great (blurry but great).
I've recently picked up reissue of Radiohead's OK Computer (3 LPs) for 32 € which is fair.
No new Macca or Lennon for me. The Mind Games 'Meditation Track' sounds horrible with the reverbs, echoes and delays... If I'd ordered it, I'd return the package and wrote in complaint that the recorded material sounds awful and if that can be fixed. :-)
It may not be the final price for it… but it probably is right? I mean, they’re charging £1350 for a boxset!
This could go on forever,as soon as they release a new format,start again with please please me!
I don’t mind a new format… I just don’t want a new remix!
@@dinnerwithgreedo Then you will be collecting equipment.
It is a crime that the streaming, wich kills music is so cheap and that fysical product that supposes to emphasise the love for that music is becoming so expensive.
And its mindboggling that artists like Dylan/NeilYoung/Pinkfloyd/Beatles sold their rights to the corruptest industry ever....These cashgrabbing releases and the
socalled re-masters (in most cases just volume up! or Bass to the foreground (Grundman) enticing the public to reinvest in what they allready have at home.
It is legalised robbery. Look a record even 50 years ago should have been the best release ever of a sound in the studio. So if that was not good enough...we were robbed
from good sound first time arround. Not only that...on recordsleeves were our 'heroes' but who was really playing? Who got the royalties, how many young lives were
destroyed by inband rows (Fleetwood Mac the most famous one), Syd Barrett/Nick Drake/Skip Spence/Beefheart/Hendrixx all suffered from the pressures and dealings with
the recordindustry. Pete Thownsend who told that he could make money from live shows but hardly ever got paid from the record sales.
And now we have to accept this shit of € 1300,- boxsets etc.etc?
I mean… the simple answer is you don’t have to buy it.
I don’t mind them re-releasing stuff BUT I will call it out for what it is.
It’s odd that people refer to ‘solo Beatles’ The solo work was their deliberate attempt to stop being Beatles. It’s good marketing but it’s not really how it happened. Not one of the said, I’m a solo Beatle now.
I’ve got a vague recollection of (maybe) George saying he’ll always be ‘Beatle George’.
If you own the original CD version of the McCartney releases it is foolish to buy these Collectors freak out and buy them again Apple knows this also!!! The Lennon meditation music is a complete waste of money but collectors will buy it!!! You have the courage to call this a cash grab unlike the other Beatles channels who fawn over everything that comes out!!!
Thank you! I call it what it is!
Hope the tape is PAL and not NTSC.
Ha! Good point!
I aasume "all big audio corporates use Ai to enhance the sound thus these releses -so its more than getting slide the pitch higher - removing noise - taking the drums and let the ai assume how it would have sounded if dont in digital studio bit with these old albums they cant get away with this Yet - so they I asusme do approximation how a little bit bettr job would sound -i cant thrust big companies now so would you listeners not do also
The Lennon camp is really milking Mind Games for it to just be an “okay” album. I would expect this kind of thing from Imagine or Plastic Ono Band, but Mind Games? Really?
Yeah…. I think maybe they’ve made this release more special than the actual source material.
Fully agree.... lennons Mind Games lp was and i.m.o. is still crap. I was 15 years old in 1973 when this lp was released and already then i was not very happy with it. Now so many years later i still think this lp is crap. Lennons best lp i.m.o. was and still is Walls and bridges. Then you can hear he was relaxed and creative again. That lp restored my faith in Lennon. Mind games is just full of "sorry Yoko" songs and other rubbish. Restored or remixed... if the material is crap it will stay crap. And yes I fully agree with you...moneygrabbing by both estates.
I did a Mind Games review (check it out). It’s not an album I’ve ever really listened to. I found that I only liked half the songs and said so. I got a bit of stick in the comments. It’s some people’s favourite Lennon album!
You intentionally said "SMH" instead of "SHM" just to see who was paying attention, right?
Absolutely…. that’s exactly what I was doing…. Promise. 😳
Don't understand the logic of releasing all these remixes, when what a lot of fans (especially us oldies who are still alive), want is the previously unreleased stuff. Obviously, we realise its quality may be doubtful in some instances (Castle of the King of Birds, etc.) but things like the Hamburg live recordings can (obviously) be cleaned up using Peter Jackson's technology. Why isn't that a priority?
I love any beatle / solo release, but the new lennon tripple vinyl is pure greed.
Great fun, more insane every video 😂
Couldn't agree more!
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The Lennon meditation set is $80 on Amazon US and this is definitely a cash grab
Does that include tax or is that added at the end?
@@dinnerwithgreedo Hello, that is before tax (if the state you live in charges a sales tax) and of course shipping also you don't have Amazon Prime.
Don't know about mind games more like mind blowing!!!! Screw the fans
Seems that way.
I think it’s important to remember these release are made by a corporation, with shareholders, that need a profit.
I love to think about the story where McCartney and Lennon started Apple records for altruistic reasons. It’s a story, a fiction.
Apple records is a corporation like any other corporation. John Lennon and Paul McCartbey are not involved. It’s just a company, with a product. That’s it. Shareholders making money.
These cash grabs are getting out of hand. It’s honestly annoying and disappointing that a corporation is in charge of Beatles- they want money and nothing else. We, as fans, need to always remember this is a corporation with a product to sell.
Surely Lennon (estate), McCartney, Harrison (estate) and Ringo are all shareholders in Apple!
@@dinnerwithgreedo true, nonetheless it’s not the “artistic freedom enterprise” that Lennon and McCartney started. It’s a nice mission statement, and a great story. but 50 years later Apple and Lenono are corporations now, run by people in suits whose only objective is profits. .
I’m not interested in the Lennon release. On one of your videos you showed a ‘ greatest hits’ gimme some truth album and I bought it instead of the more expensive ( and fewer tracks) mind games album. For me the Lennon material is exhausted. The McCartney film is interesting as it shows him at his peak but I doubt I’ll bother dragging my sorry backside to see it. I have the one hand clapping album and that’s all I need. As for the McCartney cds ,I won’t be bothering.
You should check out that book though. It’s great.
@@dinnerwithgreedo I forgot. That second McCartney book is something I am interested in! ( I have the first one)
For those prices, Julia and Mary better come back to life and blow me.
JESUS!! So specific! 😂
@@dinnerwithgreedo I picked something unlikely to happen. Just sayin' those prices are insane.
Totally agree!
I'm guessing the answer for this week's meat quiz might be 'baloney'.
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You're the first person I've encountered that says those McCartney tapes were not lost! Do you have a video about it you could connect me to. I actually believe you. You don't have any reason to sugarcoat anything. You've been pretty honest about how much you like the music. How much you don't like the over commercialization and repackaging over and over again of similar and not very different stuff. So I take what you say to the bank. Time to make another deposit!
It’s in that McCartney Legacy book. He took copies to Lagos and it was these that were stolen. NOT ONLY THAT… that got mugged AFTER McCartney had finished recording the album!
I am going for 1 hand clapping. I loved my cassette boot I had Eons ago. Blackpool!
Sweet!
£68 is about $90 US. I guess them remixing the back catalog of the Beatles albums are on the back burner
I doubt that. I’m still hoping for a Beatles remix this year. Which one… f*ck knows!?
Good video, but I ain't buying none of the crap mindgames is the only song which is any good ,mccartney one hand clapping is shite I'm sick of it all I want is The Beatles Rubber soul box set next then the rest of The Beatles catalogue not the mccartney or Lennon 1970s stuff.
There’s still time for a Beatles announcement!
As much as I love the Beatles, Surely this cash cow thats been milked to death, should be buried. Ffs. I haven't and wont be buying any of this over priced crap.
McCartney as much as I luv him, his voice is pretty much shot nowadays, and I don't say that to be mean. He's an old man now and age has just taken his voice sadly, and that can happen with age, and its not great anymore, but no one wants to tell him because he's Sir Paul the living legend, so everyone keeps saying oh yeah that was great Paul. When your an Icon with his stature, you are just surrounded by yes men who see pound and dollar signs. He has to rely on his band to carry/prop up a lot of the vocals live, and in the studio, tech to make his voice sound better.
I luv his music, he's an icon, but I prefer to listen to his past work when he was still at the top of his game.
Okay… so…. yes his voice isn’t what it used to be but, as you say, he’s old.
I’m sure he’s well aware of his vocal limitations. And he surprised everyone with his Glastonbury performance which was great!
We’re extremely PRIVILEGED that he’s still doing it! I can’t go see him coz I can’t afford the f**king ticket and therein lies my problem with McCartney. Everything costs too much! Maybe I’m being a Scrooge but I just think a BILLIONAIRE could possibly lower his prices a bit.
@@dinnerwithgreedo Agreed. He doesn't need the money thats for sure. But then, its all the inbetween men that hike up the prices to line their own pockets.
If it isn’t Archive Collection I’m super not interested. Seriously?! I dislike unfinished series’s. Paul forgot about it.
It seems that way. 😢
Thumbs up: McCartney Legacy vol 2, One Hand Clapping release on video (hope so); the rest: meh.
Agreed!!
fair criticisms, Apple Corp has no clothes
A Paul Corpse
If they want to win me back they'd have to meet several of my demands, go back to including Blu-Ray audio discs in their Beatles super deluxe sets, a Blu-Ray of the Let it Be film and release Carnival of Light in some form. I don't really see it happening.
Hi,
The Lennon releases are just ridiculous. I wouldn't call it a cash grab because every person with a healthy mind won't buy this.
But your remark about how the people who bought the Uber boxset must feel I can fully understand.
The McCartney cd's.... what's there to say!
I hope One Hand Clapping will be screened in a theatre nearby. Then I'll go and watch it.
I have good hopes. They also screened the Ziggy Stardust motion picture last year.
But the Lennon Estate .... go and be ashamed of trying to let people buy this fortcomig crap. Where is the honesty, mister Sean Lennon?
Take care.
The One Hand Clapping ‘film’ will be great, but judging by the trailer… I’m not sure it’ll look great.
Can't wait for that Mind Games release ... got nothing else to spend money on like food, and utility bills
😂
Meat for sure this time.
Maybe.
Mind Games was a mess when originally released the only way to make it better is to have somebody else record those songs.
They did an ‘okay’ job with the ultimate remixes. It definitely sounds better. It’s just that ½ the songs are a bit naff.
Looking forward to you saying something positive one of these days….
😂😂😂 I will! I promise!
The new Mind Games remix was horrible, bloated low end as usual. Bought the 2002 Remix which is by far the best version.
No interest in any of these gimmicks.
Was that a remix or a remaster?
@@dinnerwithgreedo it was a remix. Flew under my radar. When they did the c2010 remaster they used the old pants undynamic mix!
The 2002 is perfect, well balanced with dynamics but none of the low end bloat that comes with Sean overseeing
Oh nice. Thanks for the info.
@@dinnerwithgreedo welcome, think it’s out of print but got mine on Discogs for $25
Mind games…. A lot of offerings for a very average lp
There is no such thing as a cash grab. The choice is yours. All of these remixes, demos, outtakes and stuff that was not put on the official releases are what we would have called, in the past- Bootlegs, and there always has been, and always will be, those who want to hear this stuff, and in most cases the sound quality is fantastic, better than any 10th generation cassette-copied bootleg- which I will remind you people also paid for, and in some cases a lot of money for lousy sounding bootlegs.
Some of the official releases can benefit from remixing the sound to a more modern approach. It is offered to us to buy or not. So to the obvious-What are they supposed to do- offer it for free?? Like many other artists, John Lennon and George Harrison have passed- there will be no new material. All we have is what they left us while they were here. It's not a cash grab, it's an option for fans who want to hear this stuff.
It is a cash grab. Unfortunately, there are a huge number of Beatle fans that will buy anything and everything. The record companies know this.
I know I don’t have to buy this, but it’s not aimed at me (or you). It’s aimed at them.