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From: jpl@allegra.UUCP (John P. Linderman)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Abbey Road on CD
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Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 10:00:10 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 26 10:00:10 1985
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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