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It's amazing how great most of the vocals sound on most of the beatles records.
They're present and heavily compressed without being over sibilant.
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No joke. I don't seem to get quite the same result when I try it like that.
Didja read that Ken Scott article in mix?
"Oh, yeah. It was the '60s. Rules were meant to be broken. For a period of time on some of those songs, the standard procedure for mixing was full bass and full treble on every track. That was the EQ. One day, probably John came in and said, ÒJust put full bass and full treble on everything,Ó and he liked the sound of it and it caught on. Everyone wanted to do that on everything. That was just toward the end of the White Album.
I remember with ÒSavoy Truffle,Ó we were mixing it very loud when [Beatles producer] George Martin, who had been on vacation in Greece, walked in and passed a comment to George [Harrison]: ÒWow, that's very bright, isn't it?Ó and George said, ÒYup, and I like it.Ó And that's how it stayed. [Laughs]"
http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_ken_scott/