Comments on: John Lennon solo remasters to be released in October 2010 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/06/29/john-lennon-solo-remasters-to-be-released-in-october-2010/ For those of us who like our Beatles rare.... Tue, 22 May 2012 14:25:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Elliott Marx http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/06/29/john-lennon-solo-remasters-to-be-released-in-october-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1574 Elliott Marx Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:35:38 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=1921#comment-1574 I think we all knew something special was coming for John's 70th. I absolutely agree with Lennonista, I'd love to de-Spectorize John's early albums, there is way too much production on those. But I'd guess that Spector was too lazy (or crazy) to properly record anything at that time and so each track likely bleeds all over all of the other tracks. It would be so difficult to isolate anything, making stripped mixes impossible. I happen to think that while very shiny, Double Fantasy has a beautiful, rich sound to it. But Double Fantasy is a John and Yoko album, will her tracks be stripped too? I am a huge Yoko fan and at this point listen to more Yoko than John. But it is not Yoko's 70th, it is John's. And if she is missing from the album (or replaced with Milk and Honey John tracks), well then it isn't really DOUBLE Fantasy at all, is it? I'll take what I can get. Those DF songs had a long gestation period and were crafted with a lot of love and concern. Very mature writing from John. There had never been a time when he had the luxury of 5 years to write tracks (aside, I guess Please, Please Me.) I feel DF and Milk and Honey are masterworks that too me are more listenable that any of the Spector works. This will be some year - George's Documentary, Paul pulling out catalog titles and now this. Yippee! I think we all knew something special was coming for John’s 70th. I absolutely agree with Lennonista, I’d love to de-Spectorize John’s early albums, there is way too much production on those. But I’d guess that Spector was too lazy (or crazy) to properly record anything at that time and so each track likely bleeds all over all of the other tracks. It would be so difficult to isolate anything, making stripped mixes impossible. I happen to think that while very shiny, Double Fantasy has a beautiful, rich sound to it. But Double Fantasy is a John and Yoko album, will her tracks be stripped too? I am a huge Yoko fan and at this point listen to more Yoko than John. But it is not Yoko’s 70th, it is John’s. And if she is missing from the album (or replaced with Milk and Honey John tracks), well then it isn’t really DOUBLE Fantasy at all, is it?

I’ll take what I can get. Those DF songs had a long gestation period and were crafted with a lot of love and concern. Very mature writing from John. There had never been a time when he had the luxury of 5 years to write tracks (aside, I guess Please, Please Me.) I feel DF and Milk and Honey are masterworks that too me are more listenable that any of the Spector works.

This will be some year – George’s Documentary, Paul pulling out catalog titles and now this. Yippee!

]]> By: lennonista http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2010/06/29/john-lennon-solo-remasters-to-be-released-in-october-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-1568 lennonista Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:09:49 +0000 http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/?p=1921#comment-1568 Well, you know this Lennonista will be getting it! I'm glad they're "stripping down" DF and wish they'd do the same for Imagine and Mind Games as well... Well, you know this Lennonista will be getting it! I’m glad they’re “stripping down” DF and wish they’d do the same for Imagine and Mind Games as well…

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