[net.audio] Vinyl Gripes

orel (04/19/83)

	A not about Angel and EMI.  Angel is, I believe, now a subsidiary of
Capitol Records, which, in turn, is owned by EMI (the self dubbed "greatest
recording organization" in the world).  With regard to the relative quality
of the records, hou5e!mat is correct -- the EMI (British -- Parlaphone,
Gramophone, or whatever the big L on the records is for) pressings are far
superior.  
	The Beatles recordings are a case in point.  Not only did Capitol
rearrange the albums, which meant renaming them and including only 11 cuts
instead of 14, but the sound quality was awful.  Capitol even dubbed over
the Beatles on some tracks to accentuate the drums and make it seem louder
(I cna point to some particular examples that I have on "The Beatles Second
Album" that are almost unrecognizable next to their originals on the
British "With The Beatles."  The Beatles were not too happy with Capitol's
butchering of their work -- the famous album cover for "Yesterday and Today"
(a Capitol compilation record which has no British equivalent since all of
the tracks had already been released on other British albums) was a result.
	Anyway I avoid Capitol (and Angel) whenever possible, and am very
thankful that current exchange rates are making imports affordable.
		-- Matt Orel
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