In Reply to: It won't be long till The Beatles - Love DVD-A belongs to me and you . It's been shipped to stores , and ... posted by ZS KEKL on November 17, 2006 at 15:38:41:
Throughout all of London and many other cities this morning, commuters on our thousands of buses and trains could read in the free "Metro" newspaper (circulated at all railway & bus stations) the headline story in its MetroLife "CD-of-the-week" music section:"Fresh take on the Fab Four".
CD of the week — The Beatles: Love.Here's how it reads:
>> Remixing vintage rock'n'roll is tricky territory – attempts to update The Beatles recall the former London tourist spot Rock Circus, with its wobbly animatronic dummies of the Fab Four.
Luckily, the much-anticipated Love album involves a classier kind of circus – it soundtracks the new Vegas extravaganza from Cirque Du Soleil – and it's an incredible stand-alone listening experience.
Essentially, The Beatles' original producer Sir George Martin and his son Giles have honed a sophisticated mash-up, created from the complete Abbey Road master tapes.
Love is a technical feast (particularly in surround-sound DVDA), re-imagining and segueing classics: the sweet a cappella opener Because, a funky, stripped-down version of Come Together, Strawberry Fields Forever blossoming from acoustic guitar to percussive epic.
Perhaps some context is lost in condensing this legendary canon – but Love imbues legendary tracks with fresh clarity, besides haunting qualities.
By the finale – All You Need Is Love – it warrants a hearty ovation. <<
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b.t.w. With 1.1 million copies, Metro UK is the free daily with the largest circulation in the country.
I came off the train this morning, and I could see the "Love" DVD-A/CD pack prominently placed in the record stores at Victoria Station, London.
DVD-A hits the masses!
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Follow Ups
- UK's largest free daily paper says: "Love is a technical feast, particularly in surround-sound DVDA" . . . - Martin419 10:26:13 11/20/06 (3)
- The Sunday edition of Berlin's leading daily refers to an "audiophile surround DVD" - DVDAphile 15:29:41 11/20/06 (1)
- Re: "audiophile surround DVD" . Excellent publicity . DVDAphile , thanks for posting . ( nt ) - ZS KEKL 18:12:05 11/20/06 (0)
- That is excellent publicity for DVD-A . Martin , thanks for posting the story and your observations . ( nt ) - ZS KEKL 11:24:24 11/20/06 (0)