So I was always searching for a better version, and figured that somewhere out there was the master tapes, and that those would be the best.īob: And the CDs were good, because they didn't have the pops and clicks that my records always had. There was a time after the Beatles broke up where I wanted to know everything that I could, because I just loved them and there wasn't going to be any more. So I got a French pressing, I got the British pressing, I got the mono, the stereos. Robin: When did the thought first occur to you that these recordings could really sound a whole lot better? Of course, when they came out, you would have thought it was the best they could possibly sound.īob: No, in the early 1970s, I would always go to New York record stores and search for the Japanese or British pressings, because they were always the best. Robin: Any last words before your life is changed forever?īob: I've waited. It was like hearing it for the first time. So All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton and I met at one of NPR's best listening studios, sat down and listened to the new version of Sgt. The hard copies of the newly remastered Beatles recordings aren't out until next week, but we were able to download uncompressed digital copies today. But I got my own copy, and I listened to it every day for three years or so. "Weird" was probably the best word we could all muster when it was over. I remembered being thrilled and bewildered by the record. The Beatles were different from most bands in that regard those days. FM was just getting started and radio was mono. Pepper's, so it didn't get much play on AM radio. Some quick perspective: There were no 45s from Sgt. Lyrics on records just didn't happen before this. Opening it up, staring at the cover, seeing the stickers and reading the lyrics while the record played was a new experience. Alan hadn't even taken off the shrink wrap. He saw me on the street and invited me and my friend Jimmy over for a listen. My friend Alan bought the LP at the local Times Square Store, a department store in Queens.
I still remember the first time I heard it.
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