The Mellotron Group

Wonder how it would compare with this set, which I really like (and I like the vinyl, too):

http://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Albums-Vol-1/dp/B00065XJ48

Chris

--- In newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com, william Beith <wbeith@...> wrote:
>
> I grew up on The Beatles listening on a Motorola mono machine with a 15 woofer 
> and a 3 inch paper cone tweeter. Wonderful top load machine.
> 
> Last year my sister-in-law asked me to make several old family records into CD's 
> for a family reunion, and gave me a turntable to play the vinyl. I have a rack 
> mount pre amp with a phono input so the entire process was seamless.
> 
> While I was at it I made copies of my old Beatles albums. I have a pristine copy 
> of the Second Album (American version on Capital) which I recorded into Sound 
> Forge and made into a CD. The difference between that sound and the CD is 
> astounding. The vinyl version leaps out at you, the additional echo and 
> compression added by the Capital engineers, missing from the Abby Road CD's is 
> quite the contrast. (and the version of Thank You Girl on the album is different 
> from the CD. The vinyl has a harp solo at the end of the track, missing from the 
> CD.)
> 
> Maybe this is just personal preference from growing up with them, but listening 
> to those recordings again makes me favor the American vinyl versions over the 
> official CD's.  The vinyl has more depth, punch and excitement.