You might just have the best channel when it comes to the Beatles albums and other music formats. Keep up the great work!

Andrew, the Q&A session is the logical evolution of your channel. Not many content creators interact with their audience. Kudos to you for taking your channel to the next level.

Another great video Andrew 👍🏻 The Q&A format is a winner for me. More please 😊

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David!

Nice play on the Thames TV logo in the beginning. Another great video.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks!

As a 16 year old, I agree with you that the remixes would appeal to younger generations. For me, the remixes sound better and make the songs sound more modern to younger ears therefore making it enjoyable

@leamanc

2 жыл бұрын

That’s cool! The remixes have done their job if they get younger people to listen and appreciate the songs.

@michaelharrington75

2 жыл бұрын

You don't find the original recordings enjoyable? As a kid in the 80's I listened to the Beatles music on a cheap portable record player, and only had access to the US Capitol versions of the albums. It wasn't the sound quality, or the mixes that caused me to enjoy their music. It was the songs, and the magic that happened while the four of them were together.

@RemasteringMcCartney_AndreyM

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelharrington75 sometimes the original mixes with the vocals sound muddy so I sometimes never understood what were the lyrics. I really enjoyed the 2017 mix of Within You Without You because I finally got to understand what George was singing

@djhrecordhound4391

2 жыл бұрын

@@RemasteringMcCartney_AndreyM It makes sense that you're more comfortable with a modern mix. It's what you're used to. Older generations only heard what was done all-analogue, so we can tolerate flaws in recordings easier (but know how to improve them). If you've dealt with tapes at any point in your life, you'd know what I mean. Regardless, I understood what George sang on Within You Without You because the lyrics were printed on the back cover of the LP.

@Paul_Wetor

2 жыл бұрын

The 1960s were my formative years, so I am very familiar with its rock music. But I have a hard time with 1950s rock 'n' roll because there isn't enough bass. My theory is that bass has increased over the decades, making older releases sound tinny and not as exciting. Bass is the "secret sauce" in my favorite songs. I can't tell you what the bass line is, but I know when it is missing.

Yes, more Q & A please. I enjoyed this episode; thank you...

I agree that Giles Martin’s work has been getting better as he goes along, but I’ve liked it all along. Yes, the Sgt. Pepper is radically different, but I still like it and as you say, we’ve always got the originals. His Abbey Road mix is so subtle that it almost qualifies as a remaster instead of a remix. Good video, and more like this would definitely be appreciated!

@crunchyfrog555

2 жыл бұрын

I agree too. For me, I really like what he did with Sgt Pepper. I know a lot of people don't like that, but it works for me on my stereo ( a Primare setup which likes things more powerful). You're absolutely right about Abbey Road. I'm glad he didn't go overboard on that as frankly it just didn't need it. It was good enough to only need a remaster, and it works. For me though, the White Album is damned near perfect now. I was always a bit mixed about it in the past, as there's all sorts of hisses, weird diffrerences in range, and quality of mix. Now it feels like a real cohesive album as it should be. It's become my favourite Beatles album.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

Remix and remaster are totally different things.

@leamanc

2 жыл бұрын

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yes they are. That’s why they’re called different words! 😀 When Giles made his new mix, it also had to be mastered. So what I’m saying is that the differences are so subtle in the Giles version it doesn’t sound like what we think of as a remix. It sounds more like an album that just got a fresh remaster up to modern standards.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

2 жыл бұрын

@@leamanc Remixing and remastering are totally different things. One cannot be confused for the other. They produce starkly different results. Also, when an album is remixed, it must be remastered as well.

@leamanc

2 жыл бұрын

@@RideAcrossTheRiver Yes, that’s what I’m saying-it doesn’t sound like a remix, it sounds like a remaster.

I really enjoyed this format, Andrew, and I encourage you to do more of these. I plan to reactivate my channel and will be discussing Canadian pressings, which are numerous with all the different variations out there. Some of those are among the best sounding I've heard. Thanks for the tip on the Moltmaker series.

Nice video again ! About question 7, I think that Capitol's Canadian and US versions of Sgt. Pepper's never had the locked groove at the end

@JaySpangler

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Capitol definitely snipped it off, even initially. Not sure if they had reinstated it in much later pressings.

@georgeprice4212

2 жыл бұрын

@@JaySpangler only when they did the CD’s did they instate the inner groove. Until then, it was only available on the 1980 Rarities album.

@stephencooke4569

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgeprice4212 I've got a couple of Canadian copies from the '70s, and a mono copy from the '60s, and none has a locked groove. It is on the Rarities album, but sadly not as a locked groove, just as a regular track that leads into a regular runout groove.

@DavidFell

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, no locked groove sound on the US edition.

@JaySpangler

2 жыл бұрын

I remember when it was included on the CD beginning in 1987.. but was it for sure on all vinyl pressings after that? I never knew anything about the newer vinyl pressings until the recent remix.

Excellent vid Andrew and yes I would be very interested in Jason's publication! Fascinating to hear other people's questions and thoughts, so yes more Q & A sessions please

Interesting as always Andrew. Glad you like the Spizer books. I’ve also contributed to one; you can see my US acetate of “Hi Hi Hi” in “The Beatles Solo on Apple.”

I love your Q&A format!!! Can't wait to see an another one!

Enjoyed that very much!

brilliant insights!

I enjoyed that. Please keep doing them.

Great session!

Great questions -- great answers!

Very enjoyable! More of these Q&As please!

Fascinating - I'm so happy people like you and your scholared audience exist. Always a great lesson each time. Thanks as always!

This was great, really enjoyed it. I definitely would watch more of these. Very well done and presented, like all your other videos, which is why I always end up watching the complete clips. Keep up the great work!

Speaking of question #1, I've never heard it mentioned elsewhere, but I have an American "Meet the Beatles" on the Apple label, that has the labels on the wrong sides. I just bought it at the store back in the early 80's. Didn't realize the printing error till weeks later.

I did like the Q & A, keep it up!

I love how you did this question and answer sessions those are great I like to see you doing more of them Andrew.

I liked this a lot, and would love to see more Q&A videos in the future!

Great video. More please!

Really enjoyed the Q & A video, yes please for more!

this was a great idea. very informative and I'm looking forward to a part 2.

Another great video, Andrew : hope you continue this Q&A format periodically. Very informative.

I always like Q&A so I'd definitely like more of these.

Very nice. Thanks for all the information. I always learn a great deal from your videos.

Hi Andrew! Great video!!! We really feel involved with things like this! Thanks.

This was a very interesting video. I hope you make more of these, as I'm sure, there are so many more people with good questions. Thank you, again.

Great questions and super informative answers, Andrew. Look forward to more of these in the future.

It’s a shame it took me until about 2 weeks ago to find your channel but I love it and can’t get enough. Thanks.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome along, Joe!

Erudite and entertaining, many thanks Andrew.

I enjoyed this very much Andrew! More Q&A's soon please.

As always a top notch! You are becoming the sole and best known ‘expert’ on all the details which are becoming more and more ‘nerdy’ and thereby even more hard to hold together. The internet has already debunked numerous myths about Beatles history, but as myths are debunked, new questions arises. Keep up the good work!!!

This is a great format (Q&A), been collecting over 40 years and still learn some stuff from you.

Great video, Andrew! And thank you very much indeed for answering my question about NZ pressings. I do hope to see more Q & A sessions.

@yahmom626

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for asking that question, was always interested in the quality of NZ pressings :)

@Rokios

2 жыл бұрын

The only problem about collecting New Zealand records is finding tidy, clean ones. 😩

@user-zi9pj9lq8j

2 жыл бұрын

@@yahmom626 Me, too. I think Andrew's answer is quite precise and accurate. Information about MMT is quite helpful!

@user-zi9pj9lq8j

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rokios I agree with you. I do not know why but it seems almost impossible to find NM or even VG plus ones…

@jskpe7365

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Guys - Just an add on to Question 3 - NZ pressings ... Orignal NZ White Albums were released in Stereo only (NZ last mono release was Revolver) and used US Capitol Stampers, With orignal pressings in the dead wax each side has the Capitol Matrix SBWO#'s crossed out with EMI YEX#'s used instead (to match the record labels) - In doing abit of online reading comments - getting the Stampers from the U.S was faster and cheaper at the time for HMV. Having said that Im not sure if the later NZ White album Re releases were changed

I always enjoy watching your videos!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them, Harry!

I was expecting something around number 9. You didn't disappoint me. Also, another great content. Congratulations from Brazil!

Great, thanks for this video.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

The Q&A really works well. Definitely do more to compliment the regular videos.

I got no questions at the moment. But please keep this Q&A-format as a regular thing. I absolutely love your videos and I could watch them and listen to you all day. This format is just another great great addition to an already great channel. 👍

This was great...hope to see more in the future. And a big "yes" to you doing a Get Back blu-ray review. Was generally fascinating but as a documentary I thought it lacked some cohesion

🔥Thanks!🔥

Another great video. Thank you so much for answering the question about New Zealand pressings. I often wondered if you had heard any of them and what you thought. Q&A is a great idea.

Great vlog! I love Bruce Spizer's books, very useful and informative.

Another great video. I look forward to seeing you every week. You seem like a great guy and I love your content. Keep up the good work

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Will do!

Hi Andrew Really liked the Q/A format and think it should be a regular thing Well done Cheers Ian

Really enjoyed the Q&A and the more "off the cuff" feel of the discussion compared to a focused thematic installment (which I also enjoy). Looking forward to more of these down the road.

A wonderful insight Andrew, thanks so much for the answers!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your question, Julian.

Fascenating and informative, great format for future videos. I love the way you are interacting with your audience as we grow in numbers, it shows that you care about us. Thank you.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great Q & A video Andrew, learned a couple of new things from it too, always a good thing. Keep 'em coming!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks John! Will do!

Beatles are great musicians. So the questions are really unique for those who can answer them.

I enjoyed the Q&E episode, please do it again and feel free to make it longer.

Great questions everyone who asked, and good answers, Andrew. I enjoyed this and would vote in favor of making this a regular feature. Thanks! 😀

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin. I think it will become a regular feature.

Great video, I would love to see a video of you showing your collection.

Very nice and interesting as always, I hope you do more videos like this. Cheers!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, will do!

You are the definitive vinyl guru Andrew! Great format!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video, Andrew! Please do more of these Q&A sessions -to supplement your regular videos- as you must have loads more questions to use so it's a definite 'yes' from me!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Will do, Nick!

Really enjoyed the questions ( and answers ) It must be an everyday thing for you and Mark Lewisohn whenever you leave the house.🚪

I really enjoy that sort of approaching. It would be nice if you often had done this. But I really respect and appreciate your choices and the way you present them for us. Great, as usual, Andrew! Thanks once more.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carlos, I appreciate that!

Awesome video - thanks so much for sharing your encyclopedic knowledge

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Mark!

Excellent video, I would love to see more videos of this nature. Great questions were selected, and your answers were forthright and sincere.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Vince. I will do more.

Thank love this format... I put it off a few days because most Q&A blog posts are usually not that interesting to me, but this was a very well vetted set of questions with informative answers.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent! Great way to handle good questions. I applaud them all. So now I will have to sit in front of my collection and hone my questions down a tad! Great job Andrew & everyone! I wonder why you are not hearing a clean and present bottom end on your Japanese Pro-Use Abbey Road. And I hear more spacial attributes to the recording. Playback equipment perhaps?

Andrew, your Q&A video is superb. There were some questions that I would have liked to ask you. Great job! Alex

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex, glad you enjoyed it.

Thank you for another great video and for your channel in general. It has become an invaluable resource as I look to collect the best sounding Beatles pressings. I am a big Rolling Stones fan as well, and would love to see your Top 10 list of the best sounding Rolling Stones pressings. Thanks again 🙏🏼

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, John. A Stones best pressings video is on my 'to do' list.

Very informative get the feeling viewers who sent in a question have not watched all your videos thought I had alot of white albums but you possess several AR copies

Does it need to be said? Yes, I'd very much like a Q&A video thrown in every now and then. While I knew you had partially covered some of the questions before with others I've learned completely new things... and even with what you did cover at some point, it's so good to get a refresher! (I forget too easily).

Small addition to the German Sgt. Pepper without the locked groove: only the very first pressing with the B-1 matrix was like this. A mere month later, the new B-2 cut came out, already with the locked groove (which also had the red-white-gold labels).

@aureliande2659

2 жыл бұрын

The label shown at 8:10 is the Swiss edition of the Electrola first edition. Could it be that all of those were B-1s? The German edition is the HörZu one, and it it seems very few, if any, of those did NOT have the locked groove and the 15 kHz tone.

Thank you, Andrew! Enjoyed hearing your thoughts on these questions.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Roger!

@48musicfan

2 жыл бұрын

@@Parlogram Hey Andrew, there is no JOIN button next to SUBSCRIBE on my end.

Another home run my friend. Would like to see this you do this every so often. It's because of you I got back into vinyl. I don't have a great system now but I'm working on upgrading it. Love your reviews. Great job my friend.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sebastian. I will do this again soon.

Really enjoyed it. Would love a video or short on the multicolored vinyl Greek 45 releases

Hello Andrew. For a future Q&A, I’m curious to know what your audio system components are, from which you make your evaluations? (Turntable, cartridge, CD player, pre-amp, power amp, loudspeakers, cables/interconnects.) And it would be great if you would show your system on camera. Thanks!

@stevebailey3406

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I'd be interested to see that as well

A. Yeah, good idea to do q-a once in awhile. Still waiting on your Beatles VI review 😍

Thanks so much Andrew for mentioning my question, much appreciated, as well as your encouraging comments 😀 Thanks for the links also! Just thought I'd let you know that I have completed The Beatles UK albums and singles, group and solo first pressings, and the US group albums. I have also compiled UK & USA charts, group & solo. Fascinating stuff 👌 👍 Loved this video! Definitely more please 🙏

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Jason and thanks again for the question!

Great video as always! May I be so bold as to suggest an in-depth video on books you believe could be helpful to Beatles collectors (including those neat looking volumes you revealed in Question #1)? On Tuesday, I went to the store and got a copy of Get Back on blu ray. I was definitely unimpressed by the apparent lack of extras on the discs, but I got to say, I absolutely love the presentation. I think the packaging is pretty sharp, and the image and sound quality is of course excellent. As a fan of physical media myself, you will certainly enjoy this. And a video with your thoughts on Get Back would be a great idea!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Noted.

Definitely do more Q&A videos, if you can

Great video!!! I want more :P Thanks for putting subtitles (even when it's english only) helps a lot for foreign people like me!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

The video has subtitles in multiple languages. If yours isn’t there, let me know and I will add it.

@renatooassis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Parlogram Yeah, it's portuguese and it's there! thanks again :)

Surely I’m not the only one who wants to see your personal collection. Being someone who comes into contact with so many different versions of the albums must mean you have a fairly interesting collection.

My Get Back arrived today. Nice package.

A fascinating video and I like your relaxed and calm manner, Andrew. Personally I'm afraid that I'm happy to have one UK copy only of each Beatles release and not worry too much about label variations or differences in sound quality. I like to listen to a wide variety of different artists' recordings from 1890 to the present. My eclectic taste in music may very well have been helped along by the Beatles themselves as they dabbled in so many different styles and genres even during their Hamburg days!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Graham.

Great video Andrew definitely a format worth revisiting. As for the get back films, I watched them as and when, taking a 'day' or two from the calendar at a time What I'd like to see is a redux version featuring just the song itself, from McCartney worrying it into life, the sessions where they all chipped in with ideas, John telling Billy you're hired, to the rooftop performance. I enjoyed the rest of it but that was the standout for me.

Hi Andrew. The Q&A format is a nice addition to the usual brilliant in depth analysis - a good snackable way to cover those simpler questions. Really interesting to hear your take on NZ pressings - being a Kiwi I find we’re somewhat limited to NZ/Australian pressings. I think this is why UK pressings hold even more of an allure to fans down under - the challenge and reward of securing from overseas adds a further layer of ‘specialness’ to them. In saying that, you’re right, the sound of NZ/Australian pressings is excellent so I do keep my eye out for unique titles - I recently picked up a 1973 NZ World Record Club (WRC) pressing of Abbey Road. Now I had no idea these existed, it turns out through 1973, selected Beatles titles were repressed and sold via mail order catalogue by WRC. My understanding is that only a few hundred of each were pressed. Further to that, HMV rebranded to EMI during these pressings, meaning label variations. And what’s really cool is the 2nd catalogue number you get on the record label! While WRC started in the UK I believe it became more of a Southern Hemisphere thing - anyway, I thought your view on WRC Beatles pressings could be an interesting topic for a future Q&A or specific video. Cheers.

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, Andrew and thanks for the suggestion.

Thanks for another great Beatles vinyl video, I look forward to watching them , I find them very interesting. I have a question for you . A basic one really. What's your favourite Beatles album?. I know that's quite hard , but if you had to pick one , what would it be ?. Mine would have to be Revolver, followed closely by Rubber Soul!. I find it quite hard to pick one. Please carry on with thease great informative videos👍

Brilliant idea and very informative Andrew. I agree a review of the Get Back Blu-Ray disc would be most welcome. After the disappointment of the SDL Let It Be box it would be nice to know how much of the content is in mono and if any of the missing tracks (e.g. Suzy's Parlour) are included.

Yes, please review the LIB blu-ray. Great video, as always!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Great video thanks

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Your starting animation, with "PARLOGRAM" arising on a mirror, reminds me of the Thames TV opening.

Enjoyable video! yes, it would be an enjoyable addition! any plans for more Stones videos?

Revolution 9 and Helter Skelter were real game changers for me in my musical education. Now my statement is concerning Giles' remixes: I actually, without reservation thoroughly enjoy them except for one song that bugs the molasses out of me: Helter Skelter! The original intent of that song was audio chaos. Giles lost an opportunity there to really produce an up to date mix of complete noisy chaos, but instead he knocked all the edges off and made it sound polite. Bah! Humbug!

@jeffrice6403

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. That's the only remix I was truly disappointed by. The guitars got polished, compressed and pushed to the sides while the bass is a bit too prominent. The rest of the remixes are at least interesting and bring out certain sounds you might have missed in the original mix. I had high hopes for Helter Skelter but it's the one remix that has absolutely nothing going for it.

@DC-js4gk

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, but in general I thought Giles' white album remix was a great improvement on the original, really picked up the sound overall, esp Dear Prudence, Cry Baby Cry, and Long Long Long, but especially the oft reviled Revolution 9, whose only fault for mine is that it just ends

What a great episode. Thanks so much for your time and opinions. Once long ago I decided to go search for a Revolver 1st edition, 1st day XEX 606-1. I went to a local bootsale, and the first one I picked up? I got lucky. Hardly any signs of wear or crackles either. That's the only time such good fortune with Beatles vinyl has occured, although I was once offered a Dave Dexter 'mix' of The White Album. Yuk! (just thought I'd pass this on). May the Sweet Blue Bird of Happiness pass your way each day without pooping. Best Barty

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations Barty!

6:18 - that brings up another good question: what is the next remixed release likely to be? Or which are you most looking forward to?

Great stuff, Andrew! I would love to see your review of The Beatles: Get Back

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Edward!

@orac1978

2 жыл бұрын

@@Parlogram Especially as the blu ray will just be HD, whereas the Disney+ was 4k with Dolby Vision - not quite sure DV was really required.

Very enjoyable video, but the best recorded version of Beatles songs is 'Alvin and the Chipmunks sing The Beatles'. A must have! Good work again.

G'day Andrew, really enjoyed this Q&A format. Perhaps you could do this once a month? Well chosen questions and ones that most of us want to know the answers. Eg. I never knew that NZ was doing such good sounding pressings. You DO know if you wrote and released your own book it would be well regarded and would sell quickly. Sorry mate just have to keep prompting you as the info you have is gold to all Beatles enthusiasts. All the best, cheers Steve

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Steve, I will try and do this regularly.

Just bought a clean looking first edition of Abbey Road that is yet to be tested. I hope the issues you mentioned aren't present! And yes please to the Get Back blu ray review!

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Get Back Blu-Ray review is coming up, Bryan.

@ZZ24AS

2 жыл бұрын

I bought about 6-7"Abbey Roads," because they had scratches on the same song,believe it or not,in the end I got a cassette,no scratches..🤣😂

I want you to know, this is my favorite youtube channel, and the amount of effort and knowledge that you implement to each video is incredible. I am from Colombia, if you know any facts about the pressings that made it to my country, i'll be delighted to know. Cheers :)

@Parlogram

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mateo. I will cover releases from Colombia in a future video.