Oh yes.
If you ever watched the documentary where modern groups tried to recreate Sgt Pepper, they were amazed at how much effort was required to get the sounds that are so easy today.

One was playing on a synth, remarking the sounds he could produce in 1 minute would have taken the Floyd days to produce.

I suppose they just put more talented effort into their music. Today many groups sound like they're putting effort in, it's just less talented. Having to think about how to "create" music seemed to produce much better results...
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Fri 1 May 2009, 16:50, 1 reply)

The other thing I remember
Was that at one point they were using the same techniques.

The kaiser chiefs came on to record. They played the song and were confident they'd done it justice. They then listened to the beatles version, then to their version, and admitted that they were never going to be that good.
( Hdjejjwsjdjjf LOOK, Mon 4 May 2009, 13:31, closed)