The Beatles "Love" - A personal standpoint

Scouring the net, I've seen lots of discussion about the "new" Beatles album. It's funny to me, because it's like this cd has validated some people's perception of the band's greatness. And they should have been all along. I know I personally have been on a Beatles kick like I've never been in my life. I have to give April a big kudo for that, since she's a big influence on me in so many ways. We saw one of the first performances of the "Love" show here in town, when they were previewing the show back in early June. I dare say we even got to see it before Paul, Ringo, Yoko, or Olivia did. And seeing it affected me greatly.I was never a Beatles fan when I was little. I credit that with Cindy Winkler. She's this British girl I went to school with from like 3rd grade to HS graduation. She was odd. She loved cats, and she loved the Beatles. Her hygiene was questionable. She was very British. Being a stupid lowbrow kid, I used to join in on teasing her, like my older sister did to me. I feel really bad now. She said the Beatles were the greatest band ever. I remember arguing that Def Leppard was better in 4th grade. Yeah, well it wasn't my fault. I grew up in backwater Hanford, CA. What did I know?Anyways, I got my exposure over the years like most people. Got a passing appreciation with them after high school during my first music store job. And when the Anthology first came out. But after meeting April and seeing the show, I was totally won over myself.What strikes me the most is how everyone is talking about how well George and Giles Martin did the mash-ups. And I agree, the production is stellar, and revelatory. But what I found the most amazing is that as amazing as it sounds, when you think about how the music was originally recorded. Alot of their stuff (particularly the early stuff) is basically 4-track recordings. Now we have a 4-track ourselves, and it's the most primitive way to record something. I marvel at the sounds and collages they came up with using that technology. I mean, with the technology we have today, the recordings basically do not sound much different. Their quality of songwriting and arranging is unparralled. And ironically, it would probably be much difficult for them to write and record the things they did with the technology today, because it would be almost too many options (as I feel recording is these days, especially with all the Pro-Tool dependent bands out there).I guess this whole post is almost a moot point, because discussing the Beatles greatness is like discussing how the sky is blue on clean air days, or how life is nothing but death and taxes. But I don't know, I just felt compelled to put in my .02.