Beatlesiak wrote: ↑Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:50 pm
What do you think is interesting and valuable in these editions? Personally, years ago (it was late '80s) I got angry when I bought AHDN and when I got home it turned out that one of the songs had been deleted (neither a particularly long album nor a political song). Since then, I have given up/got rid of unnecessary inventions. The only "curiosity" on several discs was a mention of copyright: "the recordings come from the private collection of some guy - whose name and surname I don't remember, but it doesn't matter. At one time the record market in Poland was flooded with this type of releases of rather poor quality in my opinion values.
Really why would any one possibly want a digital copy of this stuff??
Really, WHY???!!!
Because they do not bring anything new or valuable to what we all know from official releases, any other mixes, rarities, etc. do not even have anything to do with the master tape, and if someone likes rips, it was better done by MFSL or Ebbet. My opinion applies not only to Russian editions, but also to the publishers of many other clones of the originals that have been published around the world.
Back in the day, bootleg "vinyl" records of government banned rock music used to circulate on old X-Ray plates. The music was etched onto the plastic plate, you used a cigarette to burn a hole for the spindle. Trim the square plate down to 7 inch size and there you have it. Bone Music or Ribs Music it was called as you could see the bones on the old plates. I don't know if these shares are authentic Beatle Ribs, but just one example would be fun to have. A digital rib instead of a digital rip ...
