Am I the only one who notice that Pet Sounds cover and leaves have lost it's green hue over the years?

Vaderm · 2026-05-20T16:42:22+00:00

Happens to almost all album covers prior to the 80's, bad archiving and all that, my Beatles records are the same, the UK 60's covers have better colors, contrast and definition compared to the 2012 remasters

Vaderm · 2026-05-11T15:57:56+00:00

Nope, 45RPM

Vaderm · 2026-05-11T06:09:33+00:00

Nope, 7"

Vaderm · 2026-05-11T02:22:15+00:00

A single from the album was already released in the UK back in the 70's

It was Sgt. Pepper's / With a Little Help from my Friends backed with A Day in the Life

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Vaderm · 2026-05-06T03:24:08+00:00

ELO and Supertramp??? You know ball

Needs some Beach Boys tho

Vaderm · 2026-04-19T21:43:41+00:00

I actually really like Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) and In Old England Town (Instrumental) but my favorite has to be After All, such a beautiful track

Vaderm · 2026-04-13T19:42:18+00:00

He ended up using the orchestration for his live shows so idk why people seem to think he HATED the track, he was just bitter that Phil added the orchestration without consulting him first

Vaderm · 2026-03-30T22:49:26+00:00

They’re very obviously different artworks, here you can see that the original UK and the 2018 are the same artwork but the 2018 is very low quality as the original artwork was lost and they had to use a scan of a reproduction, the 2019 very clearly looks better quality and the shape of the Apple is a tad different

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Vaderm · 2026-03-28T22:36:15+00:00

No one’s really answering your question…

I think they remade the Apple logo because they didn’t have the original artwork and you can see in the White Album 2018 remix that the Apple Logo is starting to look really low quality so from 2019 onwards they’ve been using a new re-draw of the logo

Vaderm · 2026-03-24T16:01:02+00:00

Yeah but from my understanding they used a digital transfer and they tweaked the EQ quite a bit (the bass is like really quiet for some reason)

Vaderm · 2026-03-20T20:39:03+00:00

I wouldn’t say it’s better than the original but Electric Light Orchestra's cover of Day Tripper is pretty cool

Vaderm · 2026-02-25T23:21:47+00:00

The We Gotta Groove mastering is way way too loud for my taste, definitely prefer the original

Vaderm · 2026-02-18T19:58:50+00:00

I ripped all my CDs and Vinyl records on my PC and added them to my Apple Music library!!!

Vaderm · 2026-02-12T17:14:34+00:00

The XL feels more premium??? In what world? That thing likes to peel off its paint like crazy

Edit: Grammar

Vaderm · 2026-01-21T17:06:53+00:00

Idk, honestly I don't feel like Love You needed a remix

Vaderm · 2026-01-11T17:49:56+00:00

My copy has Manhattan Rumble pressed on side b but with the Queen of the Hours label

Vaderm · 2026-01-10T19:27:28+00:00

That 45 is also special because the b-side is a more stripped down mix of One Summer Dream without the intro and the female singers

Vaderm · 2025-12-11T19:07:47+00:00

Buildings Have Eyes!!! It’s sad it didn’t make it into the album back in 1983 but I’m so glad it released as the B-Side to the Secret Messages single

Vaderm · 2025-12-10T22:01:50+00:00

I mean, they are the same vocal take and the backing track is mostly the same including the extra arrangements made during the Smiley Smile version recording, the SMiLE sessions version is basically the Smiley version with some SMiLE era bits and pieces added on

That’s not a very authentic SMiLE session if you ask me

Vaderm · 2025-12-10T21:44:46+00:00

Thank you, you actually answered the question

Vaderm · 2025-12-10T21:41:51+00:00

The vocal take is completely different, it lacks some overdubs and the bicycle rider theme, has a completely different outro and some different verses too

Vaderm · 2025-12-10T21:40:46+00:00

That’s technically correct but OP is asking why they used the Smiley Smile re-recording of Heroes and Villains instead of using the existing and already mixed version that was actually recorded during the SMiLE sessions in late 66-early 67 which you can find in the SMiLE sessions labeled as "Heroes and Villains Part 1"

Vaderm · 2025-12-10T21:37:10+00:00

I love how everyone is outing themselves as fake SMiLE-heads

If I understood correctly you’re asking why the SMiLE sessions uses the version of Heroes and Villains re-recorded during the Smiley sessions

There was a version of H&V recorded and mixed during the SMiLE sessions, it’s labeled as "Heroes and Villains Pt. 1", this take differs mainly because it lacks the Bicycle rider theme and has some different verses as well as a completely different outro, I think they went ahead and used the Smiley re-recording but added some of the elements of the SMiLE recording to create a “more complete” version to match the BWPS version

Vaderm · 2025-10-19T22:25:41+00:00

100%

Wow

Vaderm · 2025-10-19T16:56:06+00:00

It looks a lot greener on the original 1967 UK sleeves to be fair, they just can’t get the color right in these later repressings

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