Dont ignore that disc.
They still sound like the songs you love, Martin tells EW.
Its just that if you go back to the original, you should prefer what weve done.
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When you hear them you feel closer to the band than you ever did before.
The motivation behind the project is mostly technological.
You have to understand, the original Beatles mixes were designed for mono playback, Martin explains.
The stereos that we all know and love were done very, very quickly.
The band was never present when the stereos were made.
My approach was to be respectful of everything, the producer says.
I flip between everything and ensure I prefer what weve done.
But honoring the past didnt mean Martin refused to make necessary changes.
But Martin also heard a layer of stuff thats not on the raw tapes.
The fresh edition of1also improves the bands famed recordings in ways the 2009 reissue project didnt.
Its vastly different, Martin says.
The remasters went back to these final mix tapes and remastered them.
They cleaned them up and then they EQ-ed them and released them.
What were doing is remixing.
Were going not to the final mix, were creating our own mixes.
That explains why Martin performed the same procedure on audio tracks from the Blu-ray discs that dont appear on1.
It sounds much more intense to me, it sounds claustrophobic in a strange way.
Thats what John wouldve wanted.
It has the feel of the mono, but its in stereo, Martin says of the new version.
It sounds stronger, like it has a spine to it.
Fans of the Beatles say you have to listen to the monos, but nobodys going to do that.
Only the fans are going to do that.
Im trying to create that attention to detail in a stereo format.
The Beatles music makes people happy, and therefore its great to check that it exists in the world.
