Beatles uk vs us vinyl

[nesster97]

Im making this topic because right now im listening to my original rubber soul canadian press. It is terrible sounding and i have a good setup. there is a lot of backround noise. But i have a uk copy original and it is in ok condition ans the bass is deeper and there isnt alot of backround noise.
Thoughts?

[EdAInWestOC]

Original UK Beatles pressings are very desirable but can be very expensive if you can find one in good shape. Collectors are not unfamiliar with the quality of UK Beatles pressings so be prepared to pay to get good ones.

Just like in domestic, Canadian or US, UK Beatles pressings have been reissued many times. The original pressings are the most desirable and the most expensive.

There is a lot of information on collecting original UK Beatles pressings. Just Google up the info and read away.

Ed

[nesster97]

sometimes the originals arent the best ive got a late 60s press of revolver uk. and it sounds really good

[jake]

Canadian pressings from 1970 and prior are excellent. The more recent pressings sound thin.

[nesster97]

ya true i still try to get 60s pressings when the reissued them on apple they were more cleaner but the purple label ones in my opinion are S***

[kelvinMunson]

I've got several purple label pressings, frpm the US and from Canada.

They seem to have had little playtime, so not much groove wear, and generally reasonably good, to my ear.

In what way are yours S*** ?

[nesster97]

i just dont like there sound i just dont think they are true sounding because they sound almost digital

[yarvelling]

Well there were purple label records re-released during the 80's; pre-digital and DMM, and then there's another purple release with new Cat. #'s released from the 90's which are the digital DMM pressings...

[kelvinMunson]

I don't think I've seen any of the DMM pressings, so I guess I have the earlier versions.

However, the Beatles catalogue was digitised in 1986, when the CDs were released. So I would have thought that even the earlier pressings could have been from digital masters.

[nesster97]

ya mabey idk i bought new rematsered vinyl only because it was the uk stuff but i prefer to hear the early pressings because i know that the beatles sat in on those recordings and they arent fixed

[kelvinMunson]

When the CDs were released in the 80s, George Martin decided he wanted to remix Help! and Rubber Soul, so later versions of at least those two those two albums are actually new mixes.

[yarvelling]

In my opinion, and I believe it's shared by many Beatles fans and collectors, the 'best' sounding UK presses are the original Black & Yellow Parlophone, and first dark Apple releases, followed closely by the 1969 Parlophone Black & Silver One EMI box, and then the earliest 'Gramophone co' rimmed two EMI box releases. Shortly after the rim-text changed to 'EMI Records Ltd', the records never sounded quite so good; they were still fine, but the best had already passed..

[macshifi]

I have been slowly (and patiently) been buying up Parlophone issues of the Beatles records, so far, almost all from UK- based sellers. A few of the 45's I've bought were claimed to be first issues, but I really don't care about that. What I do care about, though, is the quality of the sound. Unfortunately, US Capitol records didn't care about the quality of the sound, all they cared about was making as much money as possible from the cash cow known as the Beatles, and their means of protesting this was their now-famous Butcher Cover for the Yesterday and Today album, which I'm not interested in owning a copy of, unless I get lucky enough to have a copy of fall into my lap for a cheap price. Also will mention that, since I got a great copy of the Please Please Me LP, I also no longer look for Vee Jay records copies of Introducing The Beatles, since the cheapest real stereo copy went for way over $100. US, plus Please Please Me has all 14 tracks on 1 album.
Mark

[nesster97]

Ya true i happend to get all my uk lps at a fleamarket and beatlesfest for low prices and one off ebay. But i just bought the americans first because i really didnt care at the time i just wanted the music and i was in to there early stuff like meet the beatles beatles 65 etc then i learned about sgt pepper and the white album there best work. But im still lookin for a uk copy of sgt pepper but the american mono i think sounds just as good