Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site allegra.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!jpl From: jpl@allegra.UUCP (John P. Linderman) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Abbey Road on CD Message-ID: <4470@allegra.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 10:00:10 EDT Article-I.D.: allegra.4470 Posted: Wed Jun 26 10:00:10 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 27-Jun-85 06:48:41 EDT Distribution: net.audio Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 15 I happened across my first Beatle's album on CD this week, an EMI release of Abbey Road, obviously a Japanese production since the jacket and lyrics were reproduced in Japanese as well as English. In spite of the breathtaking price of $29.95 [for a single CD], I decided to give it a try, to see how good a ``digitally mastered'' Beatle's album might sound. In a word, it sounded noisy, and the obnoxious hiss that came through on every song left no doubt in my mind that the master was most assuredly NOT digital. In fact, if my deck sounded that noisy, I'd clean the heads. The $30 charge is quite obviously pitched at the nostalgia market, not the audiophile market. For $10 I might buy another EMI Beatle's album, but they won't extract another $30 from me any time soon. John P. Linderman allegra!jpl