MIXES COMPARISON: The Beatles' "Abbey Road" original (1969

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MIXES COMPARISON: The Beatles' "Abbey Road" original (1969 - 1995 reissue) vs. 2019 remix

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Nothing Like Vinyl

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@georgevprochazka5316 3 жыл бұрын

The original is much more satisfying to listen to, more rich sound. Love it !

@soysoneromayor Жыл бұрын

It just a balanced sound in the 19 remix. 69s sounds is rougher

@BigHugeYES 2 жыл бұрын

The 2019 mix is trying to sound clean and modern, but part of what's great about a lot of classic recordings is the thick harmonic distortion which leaves some blur and some mystery. Your imagination fills in the details that are masked in the distortion. It's like looking at a painting vs a photograph.

@maxthornton9500 Жыл бұрын

That's a brilliant analogy. For a track like Come Together I prefer the original because it adds to the feeling and distortion of the track, whereas as with Something, I prefer the remix as it helps with the minimalistic sound, and highlights the separate parts better.

@greydinimagicman Жыл бұрын

How about a painting of a photograph...all stoned out!! (sounds like a good Rush album) LOL

@morna45 3 жыл бұрын

Original, please. Even an amateur like myself can tell the difference. You can hear so much more in the first mix. Thanks for posting.

@mamaboocee 2 жыл бұрын

Abbey Road brings back memories of Christmas 1969 at my grandparents house...my aunt was a year younger than me and discovered The Beatles before I did. Thank goodness she turned me on to her newfound craze! It then became MY newfound craze! We listened to this album in the basement while the adults got "Christmas drunk" on "highballs" of scotch and ginger ale, we got drunk on every possible word The Beatles ever breathed up till that moment! I am pretty sure the first album I ever heard was "rubber soul". It was a mystical time.... I prefer the vinyl originals over ANY remastered version. George Martin was amazing at what he did.

@greydinimagicman Жыл бұрын

I am 58 years old been a fan since childhood 50 plus years later they still sound AMAZING!!! I still have several NM copys!..VYNAL AIN"T FINAL HERE!!!

@WTH1812 3 жыл бұрын

1969/95: That sounds GREAT! So rich, so much to listen to and listen for 2019: Put some wax paper over the speakers. Who'll notice? (Everybody who heard the original, especially on the original vinyl when it came out)

@psychoprosthetic 3 жыл бұрын

I do find it disturbing that the Beatles are so readily available on KZfaq these days, but it's always someone's *version* of the Beatles and not the Beatles version. The tracks always sound different to what I remember. Why don't they upload the original? I haven't got the gear, haven't even got a working turntable at the moment, so I'm stuck with these almost versions. I like the fact one has a different perspective on the original recording, and some of the other takes are fascinating; but you'd think the original recordings would still hold some weight.

@GodfamZeta42069 3 жыл бұрын

boy you're gonna carry the weight a long time

@ellenbeckmann4293 2 жыл бұрын

@@GodfamZeta42069 gute Antwort 🤣👏

@MusicAndVinyl 4 жыл бұрын

I've just caught up with this one, Alvaro! My preference is for the 1995 issue. I'm surprised this video is still available! It's good to hear the two mixes ;o)

@shimyy5658 3 жыл бұрын

¿Seré la única persona que pese a ser un amante de la música y fan de los Beatles le gusta el último mix de 2019 xD?

@alexx2217 3 жыл бұрын

Siento que no es lo mismo es como si remasterizaran a The Kinks por ejemplo, esa calidad vieja y mas distorsionada hace que suena mas pesado por asi decirlo

@tylerd8711 2 жыл бұрын

I own the 2019 remix edition and the lack of power is very sad. Now I'm looking for an original mix. Thanks!!!

@johncarey4186 3 жыл бұрын

I like the reissue 1995 reissue It is after all direct from the Master Tape as all the Original EMI albums were. Listen to the Blue Box Set It's fantastic.

@mamaboocee 2 жыл бұрын

Having listened to the original over and over from a young age- when "ABBEY ROAD" was first released in the U.S., I am very conscientious of the different sound the re-mix delivers. Not worse, not better, just different. And of course, I prefer what I grew up on - the original vinyl. It just seems to have more "life" (?)! The remix offers a slightly different hearing experience which adds to the richness of the whole listening experience when you compare the two versions.

@sj49770 2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing wrong with the new one, it certainly sounds more up to date in some ways, but I still prefer the original that I heard a zillion times.

@MysticRobC5 4 жыл бұрын

Everything I've ever heard with Wally Traugott's name attached to it has always sounded great, and this one is no different. It sounds so much more dynamic, clean and warm compared to the remix here.

@Stevesk0011 2 жыл бұрын

They both sound good.

@mirrortime 3 жыл бұрын

The 1995 remaster is a clear choice. When I heard the Re-mix I thought "Why"? Maybe some tiny changes and a bit more warmth but not enough to warrant spending $25.00 on ANOTHER Abbey Road.

@gianfrancopiazzini8084 9 ай бұрын

Excelente video y comparación, muchas gracias!

@diegoambrosio5718 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! I go with the original.

@slowpawstevet3676 Жыл бұрын

KZfaq compression withstanding - the first 1995 recording sounds bright and clear but a little brash and in places distorted, the 2019 sounds much smoother to me, just mho

@jeremiahhuckleberry402 2 жыл бұрын

I vote for the original mix. a much richer sound than the 2019 mix, which sounds washed out in comparison. The drums sound far away and John's vocals aren't the same, his voice sounds thin and less direct.

@TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom 4 жыл бұрын

Finally this video works on my iPad

@gilsonmozart1530 3 жыл бұрын

2019!!! Digital and vinyl...I'm from Brazil and I have a stereo vinyl copy from 1970 and it's a totally different record. Since 2019's remix I might call it Abbey alley.

@morganamarvel7075 2 жыл бұрын

I'm an old vinyl person, but why do people say it's so much better (than all the new recording methods, I presume?)? What's the difference? Isn't digital better, technically, or other? I'm not techy, as you can see, but mystified by the thing about vinyl.

@fbt25 3 жыл бұрын

The 1995 US uses the original mix but is remastered, as well as most issues from 1987 onwards.

@TheJFGB93 3 жыл бұрын

This one gives me a very hard choice to make: I don't dislike any of the mixes, but I find that the 1995 pressing has a lot more punch to its basses and highs, so I would prefer that one. Of the stereo albums, this one was the one that needed the remix less than the others, in my opinion, since it was made with stereo in mind from the beginning, unlike the rest, where it was an afterthought and/or made as stereo demos instead of a gratifying listening experience, and the mono represented what was meant to be heard. I think Sgt. Pepper and The White Album benefited more from the process, since the original stereos are very unbalanced and a chore to listen through headphones (in my opinion).

@dizzythegreat 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my heck. The original has so much more body to it. The sound was so precise and crafted for the medium and the technology. The guitar and bass had so much chunkiness to their sound that the remaster just doesn't have.

@fbt25 3 жыл бұрын

You should listen to the UK, French, German and Japanese pressings from the 70's. Unbeatables, IMHO.

@jakejoyride Жыл бұрын

when this "remastered" madness will end?

@slowpawstevet3676 3 ай бұрын

on here it is unlikely any real comparisons can be made, i have both pressings (1969 UK) , the original sounds brighter as of its time but the 2019 remaster sounds phenomenal, so much smooth clarity and depth, a brilliant engineer not some Joe, and approved by mr McCartney .

@AlexTechYT 3 жыл бұрын

How did you not get copyright claimed!?

@mlnxy6776 3 жыл бұрын

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@AlexTechYT 3 жыл бұрын

@@mlnxy6776 I know, but they don't usually care about that, eg. I put that at the bottom of one of my videos and it still got copyright claimed.

@revolution_rui30 3 жыл бұрын

He Disputed It

@cesardavidcasasmontana6604 3 жыл бұрын

vendo este vinilo original en perfecto estado

@neoaureus 2 жыл бұрын

why why to clean Lennons voice and remove the mids in guitars? 2019

@BILLY-px3hw Жыл бұрын

It doesn't matter what sounds better, the original is better because it sounds like Abbey Road, they didn't do a repaint of Van goghs Starry Night and ask which one looks better, remixing classic albums should be illegal

@ROBERTODILANDRO 4 жыл бұрын

Hola!...ví que te bloquearon el video anterior, por lo visto esta es la única canción permitida. Bueno , vamos al lío... Me gusta más la de 2019, suena muy limpia y suave , la anterior tiene algún tipo de compresión dinámica. Más volumen no me engaña, aunque tampoco la considero mala. Tengo este álbum en su edición argentina y en muy malas condiciones. Las distorsiones son tenebrosas, por eso creo que estaría muy contento con cualquiera de tus copias aunque sean de origen digital. Sinceramente pienso que hay un mito instalado de que si es analógico es indefectiblemente mejor...habría que ver y oír cada caso. Tu mismo publicaste varios ejemplos de reediciones que están mucho mejor masterizadas que las originales, también existe el caso contrario. Así que a disfrutar o sufrir según que toque.

@NothingLikeVinyl 4 жыл бұрын

Hola, Roberto. Muchas gracias por tu intervención. Este video es el mismo que me bloquearon, solo que impugné la decisión y estoy a la espera de la respuesta (a más tardar dentro de 27 días a partir de hoy). Puede que decidan bloquear el video definitivamente, pero el hecho de que lo hayan dejado visible mientras se define la situación es una buena señal. Los más recalcitrantes mantienen el video bloqueado durante el proceso. Esperar a ver. No es descabellado esperar que accedan a mi pretensión. En cuanto a lo de análogo vs. digital: Hay varias cosas de los "audiófilos" que me producen urticaria, y una de ellas es esta. OK, es cierto que hay conversiones digitales terribles, pero el problema NO ES la conversión de análogo a digital, asumiendo que esta se hace con altos estándares de calidad. Hace años hicimos unas pruebas a ciegas con un amigo que tiene un estudio de grabación en la ciudad con excelentes equipos y verificamos que, en la medida en que no haya ningún intento de "mejoramiento" en la conversión análogo => digital, no hay diferencia audible. De hecho Geoff Emerick, el ingeniero de grabación de cabecera de Los Beatles, dice en su libro autobiográfico ("Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles", 2006) que es inclusive mejor: Menciona que durante la captura del larguísimo acorde final de "A Day In The Life" se filtró en los últimos segundos el ruido del aire acondicionado del estudio y dice algo así como "en el LP no se escucha, pero en el CD sí se puede apreciar con claridad". El problema viene cuando las personas a cargo tratan de "mejorar" la grabación con artificios digitales como compresión o ecualización. La utilización desmedida e irracional de estos recursos ciertamente arruina cualquier esfuerzo. En eso estoy de acuerdo con los "audiófilos", pero mi urticaria viene cuando aparece uno de estos personajes para quienes "digital" es _por definición_ sinónimo de "estropeo del sonido análogo", sin detenerse a escuchar (me da la impresión de que el fulano que hizo el primer comentario a este video es de esas "pintas", como decimos aquí, pero prefiero no alimentar al troll). Ahora bien, ciertamente desconocemos los criterios de las personas a cargo en un trabajo de remasterización, y esa incertidumbre puede constituir una base para desconfiar. Pero son nuestros oídos los que deben decirnos si el trabajo es bueno o no, y no lo que esté consignado en una ficha técnica. Una vez más mis agradecimientos, Roberto. ¡Saludos!

@ROBERTODILANDRO 4 жыл бұрын

@@NothingLikeVinyl Estoy de acuerdo, lo que realmente importa no son los datos ,sino como se oye, además el sonido es muy subjetivo porque nadie escucha igual al otro . Somos seres biológicos no venimos de fábrica con especificaciones. Lo que a unos les parezca insoportable, para otros es la gloria. Justamente estuve viendo en un foro cosas como que lo digital es anormal...jaja! como si cualquier formato de grabación fuese natural....vamos ,puede que la tecnología se acerque a reproducir una experiencia vívida pero jamás será lo mismo.

@dbdigital57 3 жыл бұрын

The placement of instruments in the remix move towards the center which loses the stereo effect and sound stage. I know this is “come together” and it seems as is the 2019 took that literally regarding the mix.

@IsraelQuezada999 4 жыл бұрын

This is interesting, but it would have been more interesting if you had compared it to an original from the 70's, that's a 90's reissue. Another thing I would like to know is what you did so that KZfaq didn't block your video.

@NothingLikeVinyl 4 жыл бұрын

Hola, buenos días. Muchas gracias por comentar. Sí, desafortunadamente no tengo un prensaje original para hacer la comparación. Tengo otra copia venezolana de 1983 u 84, pero nunca me ha gustado su sonido. En cuanto a la visibilidad del video, lo único que hice fue impugnar la decisión de bloquearlo aduciendo uso justo, y afortunadamente accedieron a mi pretensión. No sé si haya sido buena suerte o no. De nuevo gracias. Un saludo.

@IsraelQuezada999 4 жыл бұрын

@@NothingLikeVinyl OK, creo que voy a hacer eso para mis videos de Beatles que han sido bloqueados. Sería interesante escuchar el audio de esa edición de Venezuela. Yo soy de México y tengo una edición mexicana pero el audio tampoco es muy bueno.

@NothingLikeVinyl 4 жыл бұрын

@@IsraelQuezada999 Yo tengo ediciones mexicanas de "Rubber Soul", "Let It Be" y "The Beatles' Story". En cuanto a mi LP venezolano de Abbey Road, hace 20 años no me cabía en la cabeza la idea de tener más de una copia del mismo disco en mi colección, y cuando compré la reedición de los 90 no la consideré como una "adición" sino como un "reemplazo" y por eso dejé mi viejo LP en la casa de mi mamá. Pero allá está, intacto desde entonces, porque nadie más se metía con discos en mi casa paterna. Debo ir a rescatarlo.

@RickardoMute 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like the guitar solo becomes a little too clean in the 95. The original u can kinda hear the strings better

@Ftc.6 3 жыл бұрын

Giles and Apple are frauds. Just because he's George's son doesn't give him the god given right to remix the Beatles.

@nathan7265 4 жыл бұрын

These are both digital. Almost all reissued vinyl are digital. In any case, the newer one is better, but that doesn’t tell us much. You need a good original. There are videos are about which vintages issues are the best.

@nathan7265 4 жыл бұрын

Do you understand that 95% of what’s pressed today is a digital transfer? You have to carefully read the label, if it doesn’t say analog master, then it’s digital. “Mastered from the original analog” doesn’t mean it’s analog. If you email the label, they might tell you.

@psychoprosthetic 3 жыл бұрын

@@nathan7265 It's been digitally mastered, you mean. Vinyl can't be digital, it's an analogue medium,

@nathan7265 3 жыл бұрын

psychoprosthetic. Of course, you are right. That is an “understood” concept. My comment stands.

@jnagarya519 2 жыл бұрын

The digital is played back as analog. In other words, you don't know what you're taking about.

@joemasse4568 3 жыл бұрын

I’ll take the 1969 version, That’s the way the Beatles wanted it to sound, not what some Joe Blow thinks 50, years after the fact, how it should sound?

@robm9837 3 жыл бұрын

yes

@digresham6066 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know the hidden message

@andrew-xr1de 3 жыл бұрын

the later digital one has more separation between the voices and instruments and does not sound that good together, like everything is separated and .........fake.

@SonofMrPeanut Жыл бұрын

Malcom Daivies' mix is a triumph.

@proteusblack8913 2 жыл бұрын

So many people prefer the original here, but I'm certain it's mostly due to nostalgia sake. That's fine. But they try to write it off with some other explanation that never makes sense. I'll give you my take: The original has lots of harsh fighting with instrumentsl tracks in the center channel. It's always given me a headache. It feels very mashed together and makes most of it sound compressed together with everyone trying to be heard over everyone else. I've never liked this. The 2019 mix places everyone in places on the soundstage that actually properly uses it to the best potential, and in the process, the tracks are no longer fighting each other. Everyone sounds much clearer and you can actually hear their PERFORMANCE. It helps the performances shine so much better when everything is working together instead of mashed into small areas of the soundstage. 2019 mix all - the - way!

@mikenorman6697 3 жыл бұрын

Prefer the older mix by miles. The re-mix sounds over bassy to me and the drums and cymbals are way too quiet. The re-mix sounds sterile to me.

@marcelinfantem 3 жыл бұрын

1995 sin duda...

@deusdedithkojiuchino9349 3 жыл бұрын

Só I hear these masters and note as the first album,the voice of John is more high and no have distortion.The second remaster 2019 the voice stay low,but the instrument appear more clear and final of song is different,when John repeat Come Together anytime,have a small sound never hear before.

@deusdedithkojiuchino9349 3 жыл бұрын

The second album with new remaster 2019,seen as voice of John disappear or lost the sound,leave low and stranger the song.Beacause this i prefer the mixer before 2019,clear and give more fidelity possible.

@Gunn27 3 жыл бұрын

@@deusdedithkojiuchino9349 Exactly. Seen as voice of John but also seen as backing voice of Paul who disappear sound of mixer with stranger. Voice stay low but I stay high like angel have small sound never hear before.

@deusdedithkojiuchino9349 3 жыл бұрын

@@Gunn27 Abbey Road really leave the wish the new remaster make by Giles Martin,when he make it Sgt. Pepper´s I found good the remaster,stayed more clear and strong the sound of Lp.Now the next year coming Let It Be,so going see how stayed this remaster good or bad?I don´t know.Spend money for nothing is hard my guess ok.

@serpucc Жыл бұрын

The original is MUCH MORE better than the awful remix 2019

@AGregBergThing 9 ай бұрын

Why they put remixes instead of the original out for history is lame

@cidrn7846 3 жыл бұрын

1995 version for me

@RugbyFootballer 3 жыл бұрын

I hate remastered vinyl they ruin the imperfections from the original it too overly clean in my opinion

@projectpat006 3 жыл бұрын

Its probably cut from the 1988 C1 purple Capitol label series remastering. I have one & it sounds identical to the 1995 pressing

@therealgokud1229 3 жыл бұрын

😎

@simonArmenia1 Жыл бұрын

2019 remix has more punch, it sounds better i this comparison.

@mgdoble 3 жыл бұрын

The 2019 remix is a crime. Notwithstanding the fact that we are listening on youtube the later remix sucks all the life out of the music and sounds thinner. This could be intepretted as being crisper and clearer but for example the small distortions on the vocal intro and the drums have weight and atmosphere which are lost in the later version.

@ZaphiroAnejo 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@unabonger777 2 жыл бұрын

what about when you turn it up loud? the older one has a lot more distortion to my ears.

@Beatgeneration2010 3 жыл бұрын

This video lacks narration. Expect a visit from the Apple Gestapo or the You tube police

@jnagarya519 2 жыл бұрын

If YOU owned the copyrights, YOU would be the "Gestapo"/"police".

@Spinelli821 Жыл бұрын

Prefiro a capa original do LP, me parece mais autêntica. É tanta limpeza que me parece que nem a capa e o disco sāo iguais ao som original, mas acredito que a tecnologia sempre vai melhorar o som dos Beatles ainda mais no futuro.

@italomastropiero 3 жыл бұрын

1995!!!

@MrAschiff Жыл бұрын

IT's not even close. The original is the best

@fritsvanzanten3573 Жыл бұрын

2019 one is rather lifeless

@soysoneromayor Жыл бұрын

Even in 3:23 those effects sounded better in the 69 mix.

@alexeivas1979 3 ай бұрын

And they moved it right to the beat . Why?

@lucashosn9838 3 жыл бұрын

I hate the 2019 remix and master, the stereo of the songs are really messed up

@bobsoldrecords1503 2 жыл бұрын

If I were doing a mix of this, I'd pot up the vocals for a start. Fade up Billy Preston's electric piano on one channel and John's guitar in the other at equal volume in the first part of the guitar solo before George starts his. I'd completely fade out John's babbling and moaning noises whenever they show up on the multi tracks. (8 to be precise)

@NothingLikeVinyl 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment! Just a little clarification: the electric piano player in this recording is Paul McCartney. The only contributions from Billy Preston to the Abbey Road album are the Hammond organ tracks heard on "Something" and "I Want You (She's So heavy)".

@thequarrymen58 3 жыл бұрын

Que aps con el copi :v

@cv507 2 жыл бұрын

Yepp. -Thing v v

@ChristopherClause 4 жыл бұрын

The remix was such a disappointment and a missed opportunity. My suggestion is a -2/-1 UK pressing of Abbey Road to hear it in the best way possible. Was surprised how much Wally's version sounded better than I remember - will listen to it later today and compare to the original pressing.

@alexx2217 3 жыл бұрын

En mi opinion prefiero la version original, asi era como tenia que escucharse una banda de rock en esos años y esa calidad de audio hace que todavia suene mejor que la version remasterizada por que vamos no es lo mismo hasta eso la versión original mas que única por la nostalgia de la forma que fue grabada, hasta se siente que la version original suena mas rockera no se si me explique, con la remasterizacion no suena a que sea ese Beatles

@NothingLikeVinyl 3 жыл бұрын

Muchas gracias por el comentario. Solamente valga aclarar que la versión 2019 de "Abbey Road" no es una remasterización sino una remezcla, que es algo muy diferente. Un saludo.

@fabiocongia7023 3 жыл бұрын

the 2019 is 100x times better then the original pressing, are you guys in the comments drunk?

@jnagarya519 2 жыл бұрын

Many can't handle change. (I prefer mono to stereo, whether "real" or fake "stereo," when MONO dominated the market, and airplay was also MONO.

@naimusic362 2 жыл бұрын

Are you deaf? If you’re in a country other than the UK you’ve got a crappy 8th generation tape. We always got the first great sounding albums as we should 🤪😁👍👍