motownboy
Well-Known Member
Harry, I understand the frustration and disappointment. I have two CDs and two Hi-Res downloads of RPO. I would have preferred one of each with the definitive final versions. That said, this experience, even though at times frustrating, for me was much more preferable than getting nothing but crickets from Richard and Universal.
As with anything else in life, one takes the good and not so good and decides what value to give it.
As far as any of the new versions being definitive, for me the one (and probably the only one) has to be "Ticket To Ride." The newly recorded piano, orchestrations, mix, and that it is one of K & Rs best interpretations of someone else's material make it timeless. It is both nostalgic (in a good way) and current, as if it had been recorded just yesterday. Yet parts of the song were recorded 50 years ago! For me this final RPO version is definitive.
As with anything else in life, one takes the good and not so good and decides what value to give it.
As far as any of the new versions being definitive, for me the one (and probably the only one) has to be "Ticket To Ride." The newly recorded piano, orchestrations, mix, and that it is one of K & Rs best interpretations of someone else's material make it timeless. It is both nostalgic (in a good way) and current, as if it had been recorded just yesterday. Yet parts of the song were recorded 50 years ago! For me this final RPO version is definitive.