Beatles

The upcoming double 180g LP sets of Love and 1 will be digitally sourced according to mastering engineer Sean Magee.

The Love double LP set was mastered from the same digital master used for the first 2007 vinyl pressing, which sounded outstanding. According to producer Giles Martin, he mixed from the original analog multitrack and two track tapes to multitrack analog tape and then mixed down from there for the surround DVD-A and the two channel mix for CD and vinyl.

The original 1 double vinyl set was a nasty sounding affair: bright, thin and dynamically compressed to appeal to "the kids" for whom dynamic range is like a case of the crabs or something. Magee says the new vinyl edition was instead sourced from the 2009 CD masters.

Do you need this compilation? I think The Beatles said it best (all together now): "All You Need is Love".... that's just my opinion.