The Beatles on Capitol vinyl a second time?

 

The week was one that so far has involved some "could it be's" from Donald Trumps "they're eating your dogs, cats, you pets" rant at immigrants with no evidence which really makes little sense whatever your politics to something else that there are a good number of posts dotted about.

"Not more records!" I hear you cry but briefly a series of web pages and even a eight second teasing video were accessible via Universal Music and Apple's websites that related to six original American Capitol Records albums suggesting these were to be issued again on vinyl, in mono from November 22nd.

It also implied they'd be available individually or as part of a seven lp set that had exclusively the mainly talk based The Beatles Story double lp.

They appear to be issued in period advertising inner sleeves and feature the iconic rainbow rim capitol label design like the originals.

Needless to say the respective pages have been set to private to keep preying eyes out but screen shots were taken so are they actually going to restore these albums deleted in mid 1991 for a limited edition mono only release?

And just where is the much talked about Superdeluxe Rubber Soul featuring a remixed stereo version given we've had half of the album remixed for better stereo since last years three lp/extended two cd 1962-1966 compilation?

We shall see....

Pauses and policies

 

Funny day and next Monday's smaller blog may be delayed possibly with being elsewhere where I had been listening to a bunch of records that although ordered at different times all came on the same day although a couple were notified as being being to be delivered a day before so don't ask me how they jumped the gun with that.

One was brand new - a modern vinyl master of a classic older title that never sounded great with a mixture of studio issues and a misguided attempt to hark back to the days of almost mono "wall of sound" productions that comes over lacking real detail and two UK originals that needed the discs put in decent inners rather than in directly the printed paper ones  with artwork one.

There is talk in Grownup Land about arms sales to the State of Israel following some restrictions introduced Wednesday as it was said they could be used in violation of International Humanitarian Law Tm although some on the left asked "What about other sales to other states?".

They do have a point but the real reason why we sell arms and give export licenses was set out memorably in the Yes Minister episode Ethical Arms Policy to which I'd suggest anyone keen on this topic really out to watch and also do read up on French Arms sales and why the Fifth Republic allowed such sales.

The TL:dr is it keeps your arms industry going, contributes to the Exchequer and frankly if you didn't plenty of others with less scruples would while at least we do have some influence on countries such as Israel who do face constant threats from neighbouring Arab States and indeed Arab/Islamist groups that aren't formally part of nations armies.

Think of  it this way: I  can supply you with *anything* but having bought it you can use it however and for whatever purpose you like be it bombs or anything else.

IBM's card based computing system was the IT system that played a part in  making the Holocaust efficient, farm supplies can be used to make bombs and so one that results in you can tie yourself in knots trying prevent terrible things having to verify each and every one so generally we permit only acting in the most exceptional of cases such as Terrorism.