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The Beatles - Abbey Road (Oss) (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Come Together 4:20
  2. Something 3:02
  3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer 3:27
  4. Oh! Darling 3:27
  5. Octopus's Gardern 2:50
  6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7:46
  7. Here Comes The Sun 3:05
  8. Because 2:46
  9. You Never Give Me Your Money 3:57
  10. Sun King 2:31
  11. Mean Mr. Mustard 1:06
  12. Polythene Pam 1:18
  13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window 1:53
  14. Golden Slumbers 1:31
  15. Carry That Weight 1:36
  16. The End 2:21
  17. Her Majesty 0:25

Notes

Abbey Road (Optimal Source Series)


Another in the continuing Optimal Source Series. I'm putting together albums from the best available existing sources. All of the albums in this series will be from multiple sources. These are mostly remastered sources, but some are remixed. For remixes, I've stayed away from remixes that are significantly different than original mixes. Usually the only difference is the stereo placement.

This is one of the albums I said I wasn't going to issue, but I've been convinced otherwise. It's up to everyone else if it says seeded. This is the De-Emphasized Toshiba Black Triangle. Since it's De-Emphasized, you can play this anywhere. You don't have to worry about the Pre-Emphasis bit when you burn it.

I DID compare this to other sources, and what I found was interesting. The Anthology DVD has some of the best sound I've heard. "Something" off of that is identical to the version on the Black Triangle. It makes me wonder if they didn't just use the Black Triangle version on the DVD.

This is the supposed 'Holy Grail' of Abbey Road versions.

"Black Triangles" are 1st -generation CDs released by EMI-Toshiba in Japan, during the initial launch of the CD format, in 1983. The name is derived from the label design that was used on the CD. Most stayed in print for less than a couple of years (some, like "Abbey Road", **much** less), and in general, they're highly sought after because they are reasonably flat transfers of the Japanese master tapes used for each title. "Abbey Road" and "Wings Greatest" are LP masters, for example, have no noise reduction, and are very dynamic-- particularly when you compare them to the officially-sanctioned versions that British EMI released after 1986.