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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Abbey Road on CD
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Date: Sun, 30-Jun-85 17:56:30 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 30 17:56:30 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.

You should have bought the Mobile Fidelity record.  (Though it may be
out of print by now)  I suspect that the CD was made from a poor
quality dub of the original masters, since the MF LP is
surprisingly clean.  I would take the CD back and demand a refund.
The CD buying public has got to get tougher with the record
manufacturers about quality control!!

Ben Broder
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