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Beatles Buses Headed for New York, L.A.

Mobile double-decker record shops will carry vinyl reissues

November 9, 2012 7:30 AM ET

The Beatles will celebrate the vinyl release of their remastered studio albums with pop-up shops in the form of custom double-decker buses set to appear in New York and Los Angeles November 13th. 

The 14 stereo LPs – the 12 U.K. originals, the U.S.-originated Magical Mystery Tour and the B-sides and rarities collection Past Masters Volumes One & Two – will be available individually or in a box set that includes a hardbound book. In addition, the Beatles' mobile record store will have available CD versions of the albums, DVDs and Blu-Rays of the newly restored Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine films and a unique t-shirt exclusive to each city.

In New York, the pop-up bus will appear at 9:30 a.m. on Seventh Avenue between 49th Street and 50th Street; at noon on Broadway between Price Street and Spring Street; and at 2:30 p.m. on Broadway between Cortlandt Street and Liberty Street. In Los Angeles, the bus will appear at 9:30 a.m. at the Capitol Records building at 1750 North Vine St.; at noon at the ICE at Santa Monica skating rink, 1324 5th St. at Arizona Avenue; and at 2:30 p.m. at L.A. Live at Olympic Boulevard and Figueroa Street.

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