Capitol Beatles Box Set Vol 2 - Continued (Part 2)

Regular Matrix. It's the quad verison.

 

Man, this has been one of the most entertaining threads I've ever read. I mean I'm sorry to all you US album fans out there an all, but this thread has had everything. Intrigue, besmirched honour, subterfuge, outbreaks of violence, melancholia, edge-of-seat thrills. Probably not enough sex though. Mind you with what we've had already, who knows what's yet to come?

 

Drifter: I know you chose your avatar a ways back,, but I'm guessing you're just like me. A week from Tuesday I'll grab the thing like the faithful Beatles servant that I am regardless of any possible controversy. Then two weeks later (or whenever) I will dutifully send my faulty discs back to the address Capitol provides and wait the six weeks (or whenever) to get the correct versions.

 

Okay ...I will do that Mr. Wollensack's friend ...Happy April Fool's day

 

Until I buy my personal copy from Best Buy or Circuit City (whichever is cheaper..they're both close to me) and I see if mine has the official mono mixes or not, I will consider this whole thing a big joke between everyone who claims they have the official set in their hands. Call me crazy but that's the way I see it...

 

What!? You STILL think this is a joke?

 

Yeh the quad version. Folded down to mono

 

I've just be "un-banned" from the Forums based on my contact with the Gorts about The Capitol Albums Vol2 very late Friday night. I'll post here what I told the Gorts.


I've been in contact with one of the "Principals" on the project. The stereo was mastered first by Ted Jensen. A "reference" mono fold down of the stereo was made, for some reason. Ted Jensen then mastered the mono Rubber Soul from the correct Capitol mono Rubber Soul master.

Because I can't say anything definitive, I was told I could say this:

Wollensack has a "real" Capitol Albums, Vol. 2. If, by mistake, the mono reference fold down was sent to one of the manufacturing facilities by mistake, the problem will be corrected. Capitol IS aware of this POSSIBLE mistake and plans an announcement.

I have not read all of the posts on this thread, so if this is already old news I apologize. If it isn't old news I suggest that a Gort move this to the start of a new thread.

It is good to be back, and I promise to be good.

 

Well nobody has posted pics or sound samples from their sets....Mr Wollensack has completely disappeared...Bruce Spizer has ignored this whole thing...Nobody has proven anything other than what's been said here. It's easy to make up something when you know specifically which mixes should be what.
Why would Capitol release a specific press release about the mixes used if they werent. Why didnt the press release say "New mono mixes for 2006".

Maybe it's an error on the initial pressings, but it's kind of strange that the US set still isnt out for another week.

 

I guess that's a matter of interpretation of "implied"

 

That makes sense David, thanks for the info, and welcome back!

 

Thank you very much!

 

WELL THAT IS GREAT NEWS! Finally someone has spoken up...Welcome back

 

Does Capitol plan to give refunds or replacements too ?

 

Thank you very much.

 

I posted about this in the Capitol Beatles forum but nobody seemed to care...I guess it's only important to us "real" fans

 

The only reason I can think that the reference fold-down was made was to balance the volume levels between the two mono mixes? Just a guess ...

 

David,

Welcome back!

I can read what is not written. Interesting! Hope Capitol manages to possibly replace in time all the possibly/potentially defective box sets

Regards,
Helio

 

Ok...first of all Wollensack and I are completely ok with one another. We'll both announce soon the auctioning off of one of my Capitol mono LPs....the proceeds of which we have both discussed and heartily agree to. I don't recall ever talking to you before...so why are you questioning me now? My response post was not directed at you, so I see no reason to post something directed at me personally.

That being said, I did say things in the heat of the moment, but I never implied Wollensack, or anyone else, was lying...or that this was some April Fool's joke...I did have reservations that his set was not what will be in stores April 11. As Dave just pointed out, the mastering error may not be on all the pressings (it's possible only the first-run pressings, or one mastering plant, has this problem)....so I was not off ground saying the sets we receive on April 11 won't have the mono fold-downs. I also mentioned, as did Dave, that Jensen may have done a reference fold-down and perhaps this was unintenitally used in the pressing phase. On a positive note, it's great to see Dave back in action...we missed you. Ron

 

Thanks. It is good to be back. I just have to remember to stop posting things that get me in trouble.

 

Haha, yea I hear ya...I'm getting my lunch handed to me by a few forum members I've never spoken to before....obvously unaware that Wollensack and I have no problems between one another...and never did. Early on in the long and winding thread, even in my hysterical state, he said he understood my frustration....he also realized that being the first to post what he did would cause issues...... Just behave yourself Dave , your posts are always entertaining and informative. Ron

 

Ron, just admit that you insinuated Wollensack was lying to us and all will be forgiven .

This has been the best weekend on the forum in the 5 years I've been a member

 

Why should brainwashed be the only one to admit that? I think a few of us here were doubting that Wollensack really had the set...I admit that I accused him of an April Fool's joke...but he still didnt provide any proof to us that he had it and he also disappeared from the forum.

 

I had to work, I missed most of the fun. Darn.