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Beatles Re-Masters Question

I guess it would just depend on the MD/PD Rover. It is all available for broadcast...I believe has been for a few weeks even. I assume that some of the stations that play the Beatles in heavy rotation will be(or are already) playing the new stuff.


...and I don't mean to hijack your thread, but I too have a question about the new remasters.

I work at an oldies station and we're considering replacing our Beatles catalog with the new remasters. But we are an AM station. Will it make any noticable difference on an AM station? or FM (just curious)?.

I assume it would make a difference on CD, although I assume still probably only audiophiles and hardcore Beatles fans would notice or even care.

Alright, so I have an AM...should I get the remasters?

Randy.
 
Q-105 WRBQ-FM (CBS) in Tampa played all Beatles all day today till 7pm. I enjoyed it.

As for the new CDs on your AM, I know I personally will enjoy them more sitting in the studio cranking them up with my vintage McIntosh MC-2105 power amp pushing a pair of big, old school, 3 way box monitor speakers! Just a guy with the monster stereo system I always wanted!! As for over the air from the mono mixdown, eh, probably nobody will notice :)
 
They're going through your mono a.m. processing and often being heard is a less than perfect listening environment, like the car, workplace etc. If an audiophile listens through quality headphones he/she still may not catch the nuances on some songs. I would guess virtually no one would notice or call and complain. I know I't not spending the money just so Paul can fritter it away on another elderly gold-digging cougar!
 
If I were an AM station playing Beatles, I'd sure be adding songs from the new Mono Box Set, which was mixed specifically in mono mode. It should rule out any phasing or center channel buildup problems, and the second half of the catalog should sound much better than mono-ed stereo tracks.
 
TheRover said:
How long does it typically take (if ever ? ?) for the Big radio chains ( Clear Channel, CBS, etc.) to put the re-mastered versions of music, ie, the Beatles Re-Masters that came out today, on the Master Control Computer, so they can then be used by their various stations ? ? ?
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If they got a pre-release copy, they likely had them available to all the stations on the Prophet system by the time the music went on sale... if not, within the hour. Keep in mind that radio generally does not get serviced on box sets, so the Prophet system allowed all stations that might have played one or more cuts to have music they would otherwise have had to wait for.
 
If the re-mastered works aren't up yet, I'd assume they won't be. There's really no difference to the normal listener. At my station, when someone has re-mastered work, we usually don't replace the songs, unless it's a different mix, then we just overwrite the existing song. We did this for Pearl Jam, and nobody knew the difference. Even on FM, remastered material isn't a big deal. Most people would need to hear both versions of the song to tell anykind of difference. IMO, for a station that plays classic rock (Beatles), having that "old time produced sound" is part of the format.
 
unpwn said:
If the re-mastered works aren't up yet, I'd assume they won't be. There's really no difference to the normal listener. At my station, when someone has re-mastered work, we usually don't replace the songs, unless it's a different mix, then we just overwrite the existing song. We did this for Pearl Jam, and nobody knew the difference. Even on FM, remastered material isn't a big deal. Most people would need to hear both versions of the song to tell anykind of difference. IMO, for a station that plays classic rock (Beatles), having that "old time produced sound" is part of the format.
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I'm with you......unless it's a startling stereo remaster of a Mono Mixdown, or a different mix (maybe even alternate version) the listener has no clue. If you are broadcasting AM, even less of a clue from the listener.

Why remasters anyway there is so little creative programming no one dares budge from the cookie cutter rules, god forbid play the only true stereo version of "Whiter Shade Of Pale" availbale,...because its a slightly different alternate version... booga booga. God forbid that it would give a dieing format a breath of fresh air and maybe save It.
 
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