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The only mystery that I'm aware of needing an answer is the question of whether the vinyl was mastered from the tapes - as clued in by our man of analog, Mr. Fremmer, from a comment posted purportedly by the mastering engineer, who provided a hint that they were not.
I hope Mr. Page will find the time to sit down with a real music journalist and discuss the reasons why this project is important to him. If he can't invite us to listen to the tapes then the next best thing would be to listen to the vinyl cut from the tapes. Here's hoping that digital / vinyl hybrid monster rumor is false.
The problem I have is with the packaging. Of course I want the vinyl. Of course I want the books, no I don't want books, I would really rather have one book, I mean after all it is just three albums. So I have to buy three books and then all those cd that I don't want. Talk about marketing b.s. I thought the Beatles package the right way to go. I feel like I'm walking into a car dealership here.
People who like vinyl like to have physical copies. Is it really harder to pirate a download than a PCM file on a disk ? Why not offer the hires content on a disk?
Can't wait to compare them with the Classic Record reissues. Will they even be close?