The Beatles Bible - Topic: Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Paulrus on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21187 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21187 Von Bontee said:

Wow, that's a bummer. :-(

Bad enough just being 10 years old & left behind while your parents go off vacationing – I'd be pissed!

Yeah, but could you imagine the parents' reactions?
 

KEVIN!

]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:55:37 +0000 mithveaen on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21180 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21180 robert said:

So this is slightly off topic - but it does include Capitol and Parlaphone.

I grew up in the US - in 1968 I was 10 years old and my mom went to England on vacation with my dad. I asked her to do one thing for me - buy every British Beatles album she could fin in England at the time.

How many did she bring back? Zero. She said the record store owner told her the US ones were better. Looking back I know she made that story up and she jsut didn't do it.

I still hold it ...]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2011 02:54:24 +0000 MeanMrsMustard on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21150 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21150 Von Bontee said:

         And trying to market Rubber Soul as a "Folk-rock" album.

 

Yeah, really. Even though screwing with the albums track listings was wrong, I have no problem with the idea of turning Rubber Soul into a pure fok-rock LP "in theory" - but Capitol couldn't even do that right!  "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone" are total  folk-rock, and "Think For Yourself" and "The Word", not at all - but guess which pair Capitol chose to set aside for Yesterday and Today! Ridiculous.

Those silly Capitol people. 

Von Bontee said:

Wow, that's a bummer. :-( Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:44:32 +0000 Von Bontee on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21146 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21146 Wow, that's a bummer. :-(

Bad enough just being 10 years old & left behind while your parents go off vacationing - I'd be pissed! (And hopefullly get my revenge by writing a song around the refrain "Mama don't go-oooOOO!! / Daddy come home!")

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:50:47 +0000 robert on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21143 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21143 So this is slightly off topic - but it does include Capitol and Parlaphone.

I grew up in the US - in 1968 I was 10 years old and my mom went to England on vacation with my dad. I asked her to do one thing for me - buy every British Beatles album she could fin in England at the time.

How many did she bring back? Zero. She said the record store owner told her the US ones were better. Looking back I know she made that story up and she jsut didn't do it.

I still hold it against her ...]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:27:28 +0000 Von Bontee on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21140 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p21140          And trying to market Rubber Soul as a "Folk-rock" album.

 

Yeah, really. Even though screwing with the albums track listings was wrong, I have no problem with the idea of turning Rubber Soul into a pure fok-rock LP "in theory" - but Capitol couldn't even do that right!  "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone" are total  folk-rock, and "Think For Yourself" and "The Word", not at all - but guess which pair Capitol chose to set aside for Yesterday and Today! Ridiculous.

 

 

]]> Wed, 05 Jan 2011 19:18:52 +0000 Sitar Soul on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15471 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15471 Von Bontee said:

Joe said:

I suppose it depends on what you grew up listening to, but I prefer the Parlophone ones. I bought the Capitol CD box sets and too many of the songs are drenched in reverb. I presume that's what US listeners preferred at the time but I think it sounds terrible.

Thanks for that bit of research Joe – I was wondering whether the Capitol box would retain that awful reverb. I guess they wanted to be as faithful to the originals as they could. I don't think it's a matter of US listeners preferring it, ...]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:02:34 +0000 Sitar Soul on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15469 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15469 VeraChuckandDave said:

I have both Parlophone and Capitol records, and they both sound relativley the same.  Im giving the edge to Parlophone in the sound deptartment, since i have Sgt.Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour on that label and it sounds superb.

I'd have to agree with you; as a rule however the 1st-edition Parlophones generally sound far superior to the 1st-edition Capitols.

Otherwise they sound about the same; unless we're talking about the "fake-stereo" American compilation albums.... a-hard-days-night-ringo-13

I'd love to hear MMT on Parlophone. a-hard-days-night-george-10

]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:00:41 +0000 Sitar Soul on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15467 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15467 vonbontee said:

When I think of Capitol vinyl, the first thing that comes to mind is that godawful "Duophonic" (ie. fake "stereo") process used on my old copies of Second Album, Something New, Beatles '65 and Yesterday and Today, all of which had sound that was as bad as those fake album titles were lame. (Except Yesterday and Today, whose title was actually pretty clever.)  My other Capitol vinyls were either mono or true stereo, so those were all right. And I never owned any of the Parlophones, so, uh, I guess I needn't have replied to this thread.

Oh, and ...]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:58:18 +0000 mr. Sun king coming together on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15438 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15438 Parlophone

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:30:53 +0000 VeraChuckandDave on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15428 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15428 I have both Parlophone and Capitol records, and they both sound relativley the same.  Im giving the edge to Parlophone in the sound deptartment, since i have Sgt.Pepper's and Magical Mystery Tour on that label and it sounds superb.

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:27:32 +0000 Von Bontee on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15424 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15424 Joe said:

I suppose it depends on what you grew up listening to, but I prefer the Parlophone ones. I bought the Capitol CD box sets and too many of the songs are drenched in reverb. I presume that's what US listeners preferred at the time but I think it sounds terrible.

Thanks for that bit of research Joe - I was wondering whether the Capitol box would retain that awful reverb. I guess they wanted to be as faithful to the originals as they could. I don't think it's a matter of US listeners preferring it, as much as ...]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:06:19 +0000 Joe on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15399 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15399 I suppose it depends on what you grew up listening to, but I prefer the Parlophone ones. I bought the Capitol CD box sets and too many of the songs are drenched in reverb. I presume that's what US listeners preferred at the time but I think it sounds terrible.

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 13:36:37 +0000 vonbontee on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15391 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15391 When I think of Capitol vinyl, the first thing that comes to mind is that godawful "Duophonic" (ie. fake "stereo") process used on my old copies of Second Album, Something New, Beatles '65 and Yesterday and Today, all of which had sound that was as bad as those fake album titles were lame. (Except Yesterday and Today, whose title was actually pretty clever.)  My other Capitol vinyls were either mono or true stereo, so those were all right. And I never owned any of the Parlophones, so, uh, I guess I needn't have replied to this thread.

Oh, and since I'm ...]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 08:06:24 +0000 MotherNaturesDaughter on Parlophone or Capitol; which sounds better? http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15366 The albums http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/albums/parlophone-or-capitol-which-sounds-better/#p15366 I've never actually heard a Parlophone vinyl so I couldn't really say. But the Capitol vinyls that my family has have always sounded pretty good.

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