Abbey Road 2012 Vinyl Review

For review purposes i requested a copy of abbey road which i thought was the best sounding of the 2009 remasters.

Abbey road 2012 vinyl review.

My folks allowed me to skip school the day abbey road was released in the us. I ve just bought the 2012 abbey road why why didn t i googled it before. The last time the beatles catalogue officially appeared newly remastered on vinyl was back in 1978 with an additional mobile fidelity box set released later in 1982. This is my quick and dirty review of what is a fantastic mix even rivaling mobile fidelity.

Paul rigby talks to abbey road about the latest pressings and undertakes detailed a b comparisons with older releases to get to the sonic truth. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 2012 180gr vinyl release of abbey road on discogs. Abbey road offers something for everybody. A 90 year old senior citizen could enjoy this album as easily as a 5 year old kid.

To my ears it sounds great but being a seasoned vinyl user back in the 70s and 80s the pressing looks really weird to me. Apple records pcs 7088 apple records 0094638246817 format. I knew the album was going to sound great. 2012 wasn t all that long ago and culturally not that much has changed yet from that year to the september 27th release this year of the 50th anniversary edition of abbey road is how long the beatles made records.

Had the beatles released love me do in october of 2012 by this september 27th they would have recorded and released please please me with the beatles a. The 50th anniversary remix of abbey road by the beatles is here. A deluxe edition of abbey road lets us rediscover the beatles joyous final masterpiece all four knew it was the end rob sheffield writes of this 50th anniversary reissue. Since it was in stereo i didn t approach it with as much interest as i will next year when the mono vinyl remasters are released.

Spaces between the tracks on side a are barely noticeable. For instance whereas come together is a serious rock anthem with a heavy message songs like maxwell s silver hammer lennon mccartney and octopus s. Even comparing it to my 2012 copies of rubber soul and. I have mfsl and blue box copies on lp 80 s and 2009 cd s but it will always be the original vinyl release for me.

The sounds and tastes of this record are all over the map. Uk europe genre.