Dr. Ebbetts, bekannter „Herausgeber“ von Beatles Bootlegs zu den neuen Veröffentlichungen:
Dr. Ebbetts wrote:
Dear friends,…
Second, there has been considerable buzz surrounding the new Beatles
remasters, due for release in September. There should be. We have all
been waiting for this day, and it is about to arrive – finally! Thanks
to a long-time supporter and friend to this project, I have had the
opportunity to hear genuine samples of the new remasters due out in two
months.They are good.
Very good.
Those of you who will be buying them – and those of you who have already
preordered – will not be disappointed.In fact, I will venture to guess than many of you will be more than
pleasantly surprised at how good they sound.And with what promises to be outstanding packaging all around, it will
be a collector’s nirvana.From the outset of the Dr. Ebbetts Sound Systems project, I swore that
once EMI did the right thing and released remasters to be proud of, I
would not continue doing what I was doing. After all, the only reason I
did this was because Apple/EMI/Capitol would not – and because I so very
much love the Beatles.While my love for the band has not changed, everything else has.
EMI/Capitol began their release of the American LPs on compact disc a
few years ago, and now EMI has tackled the British catalogue in fullest
detail.It’s what we all wanted. As Beatles fans, it’s what we’ve prayed for.
To that end – and with the heaviest of hearts – effective immediately,
Dr. Ebbetts Sound Systems will cease operations.Many of you will recall that the entire purpose of the Dr. Ebbetts
project was to make available to the public the best sounding versions
of the Beatles‘ original LP releases – with emphasis on the American and
British catalogues. Believe me, it wasn’t a hard thing to do considering
the substandard quality of the original CD catalogue from 1987 onward.The fact of the matter is, the Dr. Ebbetts material does not – and will
not – sound better than what is coming commercially in September. People
I trust agree with me. The remasters sound remarkably well balanced,
with solid, punchy bass, smooth mids and not-to-harsh, yet crisp highs.
In comparison, many of the Ebbetts masters fall short – weaker bass,
dimished mids, and often too-bright highs.It’s a given that the remasters will not please everyone, but they will
be good enough to make the Ebbetts catalogue solidly inferior.The artwork and packaging of the EMI material will prove to make current
Dr. Ebbetts releases look like Xerox machine fodder.It pains me, seeing as I have invested so much time in this thing, but I
humbly and officially put this nearly-fourteen year project to bed.
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/headtohead/unsung/topic/53154/threaded/669493
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