The Beatles Bible - Topic: Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

meanmistermustard on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 17:03:34 +0100

I have no interest in blu-ray but then i think the last new dvd i bought was a hard days night when it was remastered. Paid £15 for that and now you can get it new for less than a fiver.

As for 5.1 or SACD do we really need another reissue of the studio albums? I get the vinyls as there are collectors but more cds with better sound quality? No thanks. Give us something exciting to get us worked up about so we install a countdown timer to the day of release. Not had that for a long time - ...

Von Bontee on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 16:26:10 +0100

Grr, don't get me started on blu-ray - they trick us all into upgrading to DVD and then abandon it for something else yet again?

mr. Sun king coming together on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:44:11 +0100

Honestly, I don't think it'll be vinyl - too many purists will complain, and I personally wouldn't buy them.

SatanHimself on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:46:08 +0100

The only issue with any live album is that the 40-50 years later these live performances are very short don't sound that great (even when cleaned up with modern technology).

I like the idea of vinyl reissues. It is sort of weird that the only proper catalogue album in print is 'Abbey Road'.

I'm still leaning towards a batch of new special features for the 'Anthology' blu-ray or (more plausibly) 'Help'.

meanmistermustard on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 10:56:36 +0100

There are rumours flying about that the vinyl albums remastered will be out at Christmas, tho this isnt the first these have been mentioned and nothing came of them.

Would be surprised at any official release of the Hamburg tapes as the sound quality is average, even in the LITMW documentary and that was the best so far. Anyway give us a complete live show not some compilation of random tracks, if a live collection then Washington, Shea & the Rooftop would make the most sense - tho thats all out there anyway. Maybe Apple have some unreleased shows in their archives for ...

mr. Sun king coming together on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 05:16:38 +0100

My prediction (based on absolutely no evidence)? A double album of live songs, stemming from the early Hamburg shows to all the way up to The Roof. I mean, the inventory's there; and there is no Beatles live album in print right now.

SatanHimself on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:17:11 +0100

As much as I like the studio banter, that stuff is strictly for the bootleggers. A CD of the Beatles talking between takes isn't plausible.

Audio formats like SACD are dead as well ( I don't mean to crap on anyone here. Especially a new guy! Welcome!).

Realistically, we're looking at a project which requires the touch of the son of the great George Martin. I just don't see it as funky obscurities like 'Carnival Of Light'. Whatever will be made will be made to make money and appeal to the masses, not to cater to hardcore fans.

I say whatever it is ...

askmewhy14 on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:04:45 +0100

Giles worked on the "Love" DVD-A surround mix. I would love to see some of the Beatle CDs released in DVD-A or SACD!

FlyOn13 on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 01:04:15 +0100

Ugh, I don't like secrets...they tempt me. Whatevs.
Releasing studio talk would be cool; I've always been interested in that stuff.
Whatever it is, I don't think we'll be disappointed.

GeorgeTSimpson on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 22:38:14 +0100

It would be nice if they released all studio talk etc. available on the multitracks. Of course the video collection also would be awesome

meanmistermustard on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:40:25 +0100

It wouldnt surprise me if it was something we would never think of. Did anyone foresee Love or Rock Band ever occuring?

Regarding the videos can we please get the originals and not go down the Lennon Legend route of new videos replacing the old. And put them all out even if its a special deluxe edition, i know that means multiple videos for songs but i dont care. I will happily, happily pay for it.

SatanHimself on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:55:46 +0100

Giles worked on the 'Love' comp, so it's not too much of a stretch to suggest that he could work on a video comp.

The bootleggers have already done it to death, but it seems pretty plausible that Giles could have been taped to create an official selection of videos, using both the original promotional films as well as random footage.

I'd want to see this even before an 'Anthology' Blu-Ray.

vonbontee on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 05:01:44 +0100

I agree with the need for a good video comp. But does Giles deal with the video end of things?

SatanHimself on Giles Martin's "Secret Beatles Project"

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:44:47 +0100

This may be old news, but I couldn't find a thread about it...

Back in June, Giles Martin told the press that he was involved in (his words) a "secret Beatles project".

Whatever could it be...?

I've read the online speculation, and most of it seems pretty implausible. 'Let It Be' ain't happening, folks. In fact, scratch anything 'Get Back' related. Ditto for "Carnival Of Light" or other unbootlegged tracks of that era. And a collection of acoustic 'White Album' cuts would be nice, but the bootleggers have covered it already.

My guess is that Giles is prepping something fairly banal, like extra features ...