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From: Bob Gill 
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Subject: Re: Heresy: The Capitol Mixes Are Better!
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BigStar303 wrote:

> Of course, the argument has also been made that the US "Rubber
Soul" is a
> stronger, more cohesive album than the UK. Once again, I have to agree.

  Ooh, not me. I always liked Rubber Soul in the US version, but when I finally
heard the UK version, in the early or mid-'70s, I preferred it immediately. I love
the fact that it's not as laid-back as the retooled US version. The US version
might retain its charm, though; I think I'll get it out tomorrow and give it a
listen, for old times' sake.

> 3) Reasonable people may disagree over whether the true stereo mixes of the
> "Hard Day's Night," "Beatles for Sale" and
"Help!"-era songs are preferable to
> the mono. Personally, I find in most cases that the mono mixes sound
"warmer"
> and fuller.

  To return to Rubber Soul, that's the one I clearly prefer in mono. Not that it's
unlistenable in stereo or anything, but the mono is what I listen to about 90
percent of the time.

> << Maybe Dave Dexter was on to something.  British tastes do differ from
> American ones: >>
>
> It's possible. Obviously, Dexter's most dramatic impact was on "I
Feel Fine"
> and "She's a Woman." As you say, it may be heresy, but I've
never been bothered
> by the US mixes of these two. It may have to do with the "heard
first" theory,
> but when I first heard the UK mixes some years after the fact, they sounded
> incredibly flat and lifeless to me.

  I had the opposite reaction. When I first heard them without all that reverb, I
loved them in their "natural" state. And I still do.

 -- Bob G.


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