First

This is GREAT. love it.

No bonus cuts. No coupling of the singles with the albums. In other words, shoddy reissues.

God Ric, some of you will never be happy!!!
Personally, I can’t wait for these reissues (plus the aforementioned new George Harrison release to be announced April 14, when his Hollywood Walk of Fame star is unveiled.)
Yeah, we don’t get bonus cuts. But we do get documentaries of each album which should be outstanding.
Rock Game On!

Sorry Ric, I meant DouglasLive with my response…

Yes, Smitty…be content with whatever Apple/EMI pushes out the poop chute. Just give’em your money…that’s what they want. Incidentally, plenty of room on a CD for the stereo AND mono mixes, but why not make them pay twice?!

Doesn’t anyone at EMI know you can fit mono & stereo versions on one disc? None of the pre-White Album LP’s run over 40 minutes.

Or do they really expect people to pay $150+ for the same album twice? Oh wait, we’re talking about record companies…

Someone should really send them a copy of the Pet Sounds CD.

No joke about this being “the one after nine oh nine?” I’m disappointed.

are they releasing these on vinyl?

Yeah, DouglasLive, don’t be such a loser. The thing about Beatles albums is they don’t need “bonus cuts”- the albums are all sequenced perfectly as they are. They do not need the gimmick of adding outtakes to sell them- I personally think altering the track sequence like that would detract from them. And if “Love” is any indicator, the sound will be anything but “shoddy”. As for coupling the singles with the albums, that’s what Past Masters is for.

Also, I wouldn’t expect anything more than the ‘documentaries’ being chopped up edits of Anthology content fit to focus on each album.

Also…where’s the LP reissues? That might actually be worth the purchase price if they were done right.

Can we trade in the old ones?

Drink the Kool Aid, Oddjob.

This is like pouring water down a tube of toothpaste to get that last bit out.

Hi from Liverpool , These have been long overdue, a music back catalogue of Historic proportions for a whole generation and generations to come , Rock n Roll

Lame comeback, DouglasLive. This isn’t “Star Wars Special Edition”. Beatles albums are what they are and there is no need to add fancy extras to make it a worthwhile product. Yes, EMI is making a profit- isn’t that the point of business? But the new ones should be a vast improvement over the old versions- which let’s face it, many of us bought 15-20 years ago anyway. I don’t mind spending an extra thirteen bucks every two decades or so for an upgrade.

I agree, they should combine the Mono and Stereo mixes of each album, onto a single CD (ala Pet Sounds).

Or, at least tack a few unreleased studio outtakes to the end of each album. Lord knows their vaults are chock full of amazing stuff. (See the recent discovery of Revolution 1, Take 20, for instance)

Sure, I’m happy we’re gonna get cleaned up sound quality. But it’s definitely not enough.

(And I agree with whoever said the documentaries will most likely be re-edits of the Anthology videos.)

all the albums should be redone exactly.. only on CDs where the audio quality should surpass everything before it.

the mono singles could be released on their own CDs…

everything the same except in miniature and extreme high quality is what i want..

they could throw in a couple of DVDs..

it should not take many words to describe the product.

Awesome! Can’t wait!

TAYLOR SWIFT is 100 X better than The Batles! I wish I could eat her from head to yummy toes!

Absolutely right Steve. Pet Sounds is an excellent example of having both the mono and stereo cuts on ONE cd.

After Warner Bros. I think EMI is in need of an overhaul. These companies don’t give two —– about the integrity of a work of art. I know this is off track, but just look at the shoddy way Warner released Stanley Kubrick’s work. Horrible!

It’s too bad the standards that are set by companies like Rhino and Criterion aren’t across the board. Oh well. Some day, someone will get the Beatles right.

I will pay the what is sure to be a ridiculous price for this and spend an entire day listening to everything back to back. This is awesome.

If you want re-mastered versions of the singles get “Beatles 1″.

Yeah, Oh Yeah, Ooooooohhhhh Yeahhhhhhhh, OoooooooooooooooYeahhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhh, Oh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhYahooo ooooo, Waouhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Hey heyyyyyyyy, Hahhaaaaaahhahaaaaa

The release date seems like a tribute to John Lennon. His favorite number was 9.

Check their site for more info on the remastered Beatles cds

thebeatles(dot)com

The release date seems like a tribute to John Lennon. His favorite number was 9.

Check their site for more info on the remastered Beatles cds

thebeatles(dot)com

I can’t wait to hear this.

finally….

Any of you who bitch about buying them again… well then don’t. If you are one who is crying and waiting for downloads which will be of lesser quality, all you have to do is buy old used CDs and load em in the ol computer.

Go to beatles.com and see these beautiful packages and read about the mastering process. If you have the old CDs and never heard the original albums on a really good stereo, you’ve only really heard half the music. Half the recording. Looks like Apple did it right. FINALLY. And for us collectors there will be a separate MONO box. All theh albums had very different mono mixes. These were the ones that the Beatles actually only approved back in the day. As for 5.1? I am sure they will come later and if you are into that, you will buy again. But these are the originals, updated for today. They will sound amazing., But do yourself a favor and listen to them on a great sound system and not on a computer or iPod.

For those wanting bonus tracks and mono & stereo tracks on the same disc–I think a key theme went right over your head. If you read the article again you should be able to spot comments about this project taking four years of craftsmanship using a hybrid of vintage and state-of-the-art equipment to allow these CDs to be the closest sounding thing to the original analog mixes on vinyl. Packaging will even be exact to the original record releases, and in blatant homage the CDs will look like vinyl records.

To me it’s obvious they’re preserving the albums for what they are. Revolver isn’t the original Revolver track list with a concatenation of outtakes and interviews. They’re preserving album oriented music, which is priceless during a time where digital downloads have created a market to deconstruct the album concept. With the popularity of things like iTunes, albums remain only as a purchasing package and no longer a musician’s canvas.

For me, I’ll stick with my records. But I completely respect how they’re presenting these remastered albums.

To those saying “put your current CDs in the computer and use those” –well enjoy them still sounding bad, no matter the format. If you listen to the Anthologies or even “Love” (and yes, I know those contain alternate versions, remixes and mash-ups) the sonic quality is above and beyond the existing CDs of the albums. These are long overdue. If you don’t want to buy them, that’s fine but this is certainly NOT a double-dip effort by the Beatles. These remasters will surely surpass the existing recordings.

henry_the_horse

Sorry I respectfully disagree.

Adding bonus tracks or having the mono and stereo on the same disc, does NOTHING to destroy the legacy of the original albums.

You still have the original album as it was. But instead of 40 minutes of dead air, or unused disc space, there would be further content. There is nothing wrong with that.

There IS something wrong with Apple/EMI making people double-dip and pay twice, so they can have it all. When they could clearly give people more value for their money.

You know, from a business standpoint, this is sheer proof that Capitol is beyond in dire trouble. First the Radiohead catalog came out, and then The Beatles. After losing the Pink Floyd catalog (or did they? I can’t remember, but I swear that Columbia had picked up the option on that), and then putting the new bean counter in place as CEO, it’s obvious we are watching Capitol go bye bye.

Now having said that, the fanboy in me missed out on the “White Album” reissue (the sassy one in the gatefold) and it’s nice to get another crack at that. I have the stuff on wax, which I love dearly, but it’ll be kinda cool to rock “Revolver” in the car.

Maybe that leak of Revolution 1 take 20 was something that the engineers in the studio were working on to include within the reissue of The White Album. Possibly it was leaked out.. If you listen to it, it sounds pretty cleaned up and new. Or maybe its just a fake.. reguardless, this is all great news!

T–H–A–N–K Y–O–U!!!!!! YEAH~!!!!!

There’s bound to be more underneath this…what about the online releases? Are the Beatles going to go it alone and take on that other apple in a square go behind the bike sheds after school?
I wonder!?!

Lets hope this comes with the announcement of a Paul and hopefully Ringo TOUR! wow!

Yeah, If they were remastering from the original source, the reels- its likely sessions from the album were on the reels and thats how the Revolution 1 take 20 was leaked out.
This is gunna be great! The boxset will be awesome..

…number nine?

this is my 9th wedding anniversary (09/09/09) what a great present from The Beatles!

Actually, a smart move to do this first and THEN do the i-tunes. They have to master for digital, just like they have to master for CD, LP etc.(sure they did both in this 4 year progect)

The superfans (and The Beatles ARE the worlds largest “cult band”) will pay the $250+ for the complete set the day it comes out. The rest will buy a few and get some for Christmas. THEN the move to i-tunes makes sense. (and then pick-n-choose fans can get the ten Beatles songs they want)

I would like to see the Stereo and Mono be packaged as a 2-disc set, so you can have the album integrity but not have to pay $14.99 twice

This article did neglect “Let It Be…Naked” which is actually remixed and remastered

I have as everyone waiting for this for years.
Everyone keps says that should do it like petsounds with the mono and stereo mixes on one cd. The capital reissues of the american versions included just that.
I could care less if they ever go digital download. I want CD quality not Cassette quality remember them?
In this age of Terabyte Hard drives we should dump mp3s and go for high quality wavs after all why compress the sound if you have the room. Well until 999 I will hook up up my Turntable and listen to Mobile Fidelity versions of the white album abbey road and rubber soul.

I’ve been a Beatles fan since I was 5 years old. And I have been waiting for this ever since then. I can’t wait for this.

Hey – anyone know if Apple Corp. was in on this? Just curious if the remaining living members of their LLC had to give authorization, or if Capitol just got a wild hair.

Yes, Apple was involved. They put together the packaging and content. EMI/Parlophone/Capitol can’t release anything by The Beatles without Apple’s approval.

Detailed info on what exactly is getting released is on The Beatles own site.

Go to www(dot)thebeatles(dot)com

Sure it will cost a bundle but sign me up .. everyone’s been waiting since ‘87 ! yeahyeahyeah !

Thanks RJ – I was just curious if they still had ties, or if it was a situation with Capitol where they just jumped the gun. I had a few friends signed to Capitol (Exies) who said they walked into some store and saw EPs that they never sanctioned release on – Radiohead even did a press release on their new combos saying the first time they knew of the reissue campaign was when they went into a Virgin Megastore.

Now if we can get “Anthology” on Blu-Ray, we’ll be getting somewhere….

I actually work right down the street from the Capitol building in Los Angeles, and man, that place looks like a ghost town.

I actually work right down the street from the Capitol building in Los Angeles, and man, that place looks like a ghost town.

Please don’t let them compress the shit out of these recordings, like they do with 99% of today’s music releases. I couldn’t stand to see the majestic Beatles stripped of their dynamics and clarity.

How much is it going to cost?

How much is it going to cost?

How much is it going to cost?

fucking sweet.

Re: Beatles

If I’m reading Apples news letter correctly it sounds like that in the process of remastering the entire catalog they are also sterilizing the actual tape of all the imperfections that gave the music it’s character that we’ve all become so use to hearing. Yes, those days of in the 60’s of listening with headphones for all those little things that bleed through the tape could be over !!!!

I might be putting the chicken before the egg, being that I haven’t heard it as yet, but perhaps the name of this newly remastered series should be “The Beatles : Digitally Sterilized For Your Protection” which begs me to ask has Apple/EMI gone to far in trying to build the perfect beast.

I also wonder if there is any analog vinyl coming in the future….

One more thing, I’m going out to buy a new box of Q-Tip’s so I can listen to it’s on my audiophile stereo system just as the peep’s @ Abby Road (for better or worse) intended me to hear it.

Number: 9-9-09

RS

YES!!! Good to hear something about a great band on rolling stone! Im sick of hearing about Lil Wayne. Im so glad the beatles are doing this. And there game could bring rock back to what it needs to be!

think about that release date….hehe, seems the sense of humor is still intact.

Yeah, there’s a chance this might be like the Beach Boys catalog having a few misfires before it panned out.

Yet ANOTHER Capitol Records display of genius.

about fucking time.

And they’ll lose their shirt on it. If it’s not available for online download, sales will fall flat as an LP.

There aren’t enough die hard Beatles Fans in the world, to break even on this.

no where is George Martin mentioned on this project on the beatles.com site. according to the CNN article/announcement, they state this will be a better remastering for computers and ipod users.

YIKES! i fear the dreaded overcompressed/squashed dynamics of sound on this project. george martin did a darn fine job prior. if you’re not approving o fhis work, buy a better (real?) stereo!

Finally we will get what we should have back in 87. Stereo Beatles. After hearing Yellow Sub Songbook and Bootlegs from Russia, I can imagine how good it can sound. But what about the lost Beatles LP “Hollywood Bowl”. It’s a bootleg only
from Russia copied from vinyl Hello Apple What about Hollywood Bowl??

Loose their shirt ? They’ll make ANOTHER fortune . With me and may others I know contributing . This is the Holy Grail of remasters .

Finally. The Beatles showing us some LOVE again.

The Legends are back. Heck way, they were never really gone.

First, for the naysayers groaning about no iTunes…I don’t get it.
If I want these one my iPod, I’d gladly buy the new CD and then load it into the computer myself.

Okay…question for the audiophiles. If you have limited resources, which of the two sets would you be most inclined to get?
The stereo or the mono? I’m guessing that there are nuances going on in the Rubber Soul and beyond albums that they made. However, I’ve always found that mono has a much more urgent and live feel to it, which is especially important for the pre-Rubber Soul material.

So, if you had to get only one set, which would it be?

Also, is it safe to presume that LET IT BE will be the Spector produced album?

I heard that the Beatles remastered all their albums and I

JIZZED

IN

MY

PANTS

Hallelujah!!!

I’ve listened to the lot, over the years. Vinyl, cassette, CD even the high quality vinyl-digital transfers that have done the rounds. You can’t get enough Beatles. I think this round of releases plugs another gap. it upgrades us from the sound we’ve become used to (on CD) for the last 20 odd years. I can go back and listen to the other versions, but usually I’m listening to the CDs. Now I get a chance to play old CD versus new remaster… and I know I’m going to love it.

The mono alternatives are a welcome addition. At last we get to hear the different mixes, digitally… the faster ‘Don’t Pass Me By’ and Helter Skelter without the fade out-fade in, etc etc. That makes me happy.

What also makes me happy is the completeness of the collection. Every 60s released track is included.

What will follow? Well, I’m pining my hopes on some 5.1 remixes in DTS or DVD audio or whatever. That would really complete the picture.

As for MP3/ITunes… I don’t give two hoots. It’s a nasty, lossy, way of purchasing music. I much prefer having the real deal and sticking the ‘fast food’ version on the iPod manually.

Well, ebay consumers STOP BUYING THOSE BOOTLEGS!!. I think EMI/Apple had no choice. Over half the Beatle cd’s are boots of what we wanted stereo Beatles. Bummer is I bought many of these boots because I gave up on Apple. I hope they do things like “And I Love Her” extended, “I’m Looking Through You” with the false start, and “I Am the Walrus” with the strings interlude before ‘Yellow Matter Custard’

The Beatles were so rock ‘n’ roll…

I just hope this time they separate A Day In The Life from the sound-effects at the end of Sgt Pepper into 2 different tracks.
Or better yet just eliminate those sound-effects altogether.

Fuck these guys. How do you get away with digitally remastering a digital master?

All I can say is-YES!

fuck this…

I’m sticking with my lossless Dr. Ebbets remasters.

how about they just release these on vinyl in their original unadulterated majesty? i and most everybody else doesn’t need another cash cow remaster. i’ll be george and john and turning in their graves…

listen, I loved Abbey Road and latter period Beatles music. however

They’re so overrated in so many aspects

there I said it.

I’m not looking for attention or anything but I’ve heard so many other musicians with more talent.

Furthermore, their first 5 albums completely run together and it makes me crazy to listen to it.

Quite frankly none of their music matters to me until sgt. pepper and that was an attempt to equal/copy the pet sounds formula.

And lastly, JOHN LENNON IS A BLOWHARD
belittled his fellow band members. what a douche

Don’t hope for 5.1, it won’t happen any time soon. They haven’t been working on taking original recordings and making them into a 5.1 mix. (NOTE: a remix with added sounds from other tracks was done for love. If you do get more 5.1 it will be from more tracks being plugged into the LOVE show..)

“How do you get away with digitally remastering a digital master?”

It’s not a digital master of the digital master. It’s a digital master of the original mixes, right? Like what Born To Run, Who’s Next, Let It Bleed, Eliminator, The Stranger and other CDs I have had to purchased twice.

If they are overcompressed, The fans will riot. I think this is intended for the die-hards and will add sonic clarity, not squash the sound. I am very pleased with “#1’s”, “Love” and “Let It Be… Naked” so hopefully they are on the right path for this.

And for i-tunes? Why would you buy from them? Buy the CD and make your own high-quality mp3s for your ipod (256 VBR Mp3’s still sound closest to the CD). These CDs are beautiful!

I would love to be excited about this news but realistically what are the chances of the remastered CD’s NOT being horribly overcompressed, with little or no dynamic range left, just to make them sound as loud as possible?

Yes, that’s right… zero.

Best news so far this year. And I am also glad they didn’t add bonus tracks or any other shit: I also want the original and nothing more. I am most certainly going to buy the mono box (I usually listen to Ebbett’s mono versions now). But I guess in the end I will also get the stereo box, if only for the nice packaging. (Love the packaging!) From what I’ve read so far this seems to be exactly the release I was hoping for! (Although I’d rather had the mono versions on a seperate cd together with the stereo one in one case… Now I have to buy two boxes…)

“I’m sticking with my lossless Dr. Ebbets remasters.
how about they just release these on vinyl in their original unadulterated majesty?”

Er.. you are kidding, right? You do know that Ebbetts versions are needle drops… so what you are asking here is if someone wants to release digitised version of lp’s on lp again…? The Ebbetts releases are already released on vinyl: simply buy (for instance) the Blue Box on eBay and you’re done. Apart from that: how can you or anyone judge this release without having heard something? Impossible…

Does anyone know if the “White Album” will be included in the Mono box set?

To those who mention the possibility of 5.1 mixes in the future, that would be an amazing trick to pull off, considering most of the Beatles stuff was recorded on 4-track tape!

FINALLY!!!!!!

Man I’ve waited for this to happen since a lot of other artist started remastering their music in the late 90s.

If these new collections come even close to what the LOVE CD sound like then I will be in BEATLE heaven!!!!!

What does MICHAEL JACKSON say to all this??

I am so pleased! I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965 and at Dodgers Stadium in 1966 and now I have them back again, what a pleasure and thanks to
Apple Studios, Paul and Ringo and everyone else involved! My love for the Beatles will never die. Thanks.

I am so pleased! I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965 and at Dodgers Stadium in 1966 and now I have them back again, what a pleasure and thanks to
Apple Studios, Paul and Ringo and everyone else involved! My love for the Beatles will never die. Thanks.

I am so pleased! I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965 and at Dodgers Stadium in 1966 and now I have them back again, what a pleasure and thanks to
Apple Studios, Paul and Ringo and everyone else involved! My love for the Beatles will never die. Thanks.

I am so pleased! I saw the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965 and at Dodgers Stadium in 1966 and now I have them back again, what a pleasure and thanks to
Apple Studios, Paul and Ringo and everyone else involved! My love for the Beatles will never die. Thanks.

This would be a lot more appealing as 180 gram vinyl pressings…but that’s just me.

Cleaned up audio quality = Good

Separate cds for Mono and Stereo, when there’s enough room on a single cd for both (excluding the White Album = Bad

No outtakes / bonus tracks = Very bad

With no new content, other than documentaries, which is probably just re-edited Anthology footage, I don’t feel the need to re-buy the cds i already own.

I’ll probably still buy The Beatles: ROCK BAND on 9/9/09, though.

Would love them on 180g audiophile
Vinyl, Any Chance?

666, how suitable for a Tavistock creation.

I have a very good stereo and every Beatles CD sounds very good. This to me is just another scam of the record companies.

It’s about freaking time!!!!!!!! I own every Beatles album and would LOVE to own all of them again. I got to mark my calender for this one.

Buck,

It’s not a scam.

The Beatles cds that have been on the market for 20+ years DO sound good. But they are very outdated, and can sound much better.

(For a good comparison, listen to the original 1980’s, and compare them to the vast improved remastered versions of some of the more recent Beatles products, like ‘1’s’, ‘Let It Be Naked’, or ‘Love’. There IS a striking difference in the fidelity between the 1987 cds and the 2000s cds.

Whether or not its worth re-buying every album… I don’t know.

I may re-buy a few select albums. But I’m probably not going to re-buy all of them. If there were bonus tracks, like more Anthology-like outtakes, then I’d truly be sold.

It’s about fucking time. Thank you Boys

I’m glad they’re all coming out at the same time, none of that 2 this year, 2 next year bull.

That will be a great day for music

Will the Japanese issues be the SHM-CD format? If so they would be perfect. What about the 1962-66 and 1967-70 red and blue albums? These need to be re issued in the remastered format as well.

Music is subjective. You think the Beatles are overrated fine. It wasn’t about talent though, it was about innovation and creativity. The Beatles were not masters of their instruments in the way cock rock bands were but they knew how to get the most of the talents they did have. While the Beatles may not have a guitar god like Page, Hendrix or Van Halen and they may not have a drummer like Bonham or Moon they were far more versatile than any of those bands in terms of songwriting and instrumentation. On the White Album alone you have McCartney writing “I Will”, “Back in the USSR”, “Helter Skelter” and “Martha My Dear”, four songs that sound NOTHING like one another. You are entitled to de-value their work before Sgt. Pepper but on an album like Revolver for example, marks the first time loops were featured on record; something that Hip Hop lives off of. Rubber Soul marks the first use of Asian instruments on a pop record. While these accomplishments sound simple today with all of the huge overcompressed records, they were deliberate and bold innovations in their time. In saying that last point I do believe that most Beatle songs and albums stand up to the stuff that is released today. Perhaps “I Wanna Hold Your Hand” sounds a little dated but something like “Tomorrow Never Knows” from 1966s Revolver would blow anybody’s head off if it came out today; with these remastered albums the sonic integrity and clarity will match today’s releases and definitely will do justice to the recordings putting them on par sonically with today’s releases. In terms of songwriting, I don’t think anyone will come close. Think of it this way, every generation has a huge contingent of Beatle fans. Little kids like the simplicity of the earlier stuff but when they outgrow it, they can progress to the mid and later years. This has been happening since the 60s. The Beatles went from “Love Me Do” to “Come Together” in seven years. There’s so much measurable progression that EVERYBODY will find SOMETHING they like in the catalogue. I’m in my twenties and I’m a Beatle fanatic. Some of my friends have kids who are into them as well. You can’t say the same about any other band really even the great ones like Led Zep and the Stones. If you own Zep IV, you pretty much see what Zep were all about.

Amen to that. They pioneered so many things that have since become par for the course…By the way, can anybody tell me the name of pre-Beatles vocal and instrumental band that sang and played their own songs (what any pop/rock band is supposed to do nowadays)?

… Beach Boys excepted…

The only real contender I can think of to answer your question is Buddy Holly and the Crickets. You’re right though and the sad thing is that song doctors, big producers, guest instrumentalists, Pro-Tools MIDI improvements, Auto Tune, infinte tracks, overcompression etc have all become so commonplace that people forget that at one point music really was about people playing instruments in front of microphones with nowhere to hide if they didn’t have the chops. Today it’s a novelty if an artist writes their own songs, plays their own instruments and can pull it off live: when did that stop being the standard? As a musician should you not be able to play and sing your songs like they’re heard on record? That should be a pre-requisite so you don’t have idiots like ‘Lil Wayne setting the re-tune speed to 0 and believing they have talent.

I’m happy! I’m disappointed! 22 years and finally a CD upgrade-just as the CD is fading into the sunset: it never sounded good enough, and now it’s too good vis-a-vis downloads!? Where’s the definitive Vinyl? From a rebuilt JVC UHQR record press, maybe? Yellow Subamarine and Love teased us with delicious 5.1 mixes, and DVD-Audio sound quality(on Love)-but DVD-Audio and SACD are moribund formats. What about The Beatles In Blu? Both Box sets with HD Video and 5.1 mixes of everything that’s possible, could be put on 3 or 4 Blu-Ray discs, easily. No compression, essentially the same sound quality as the Abbey Road Lab Coats heard the last 4 years. I’m just a Dreamer!

I’ve been a die-hard Beatle-freak since DAY ONE, so this is great news to me. Lots of people will try to diss or dismiss them, but only a fool would attempt to ignore their contribution to popular music. Without them, what do you think the music industry and the recording industry and the rock-tour industry would be like today? They started every reason why every young person bothered with the rock scene in the first place, and everything that follows is history. They influenced recording techniques that are standard stuff today. They used to tour without having monitors to hear themselves with. They also never rested on their laurels, they were always trying something new. It’s fine for someone to say, “The Beatles aren’t my cup of tea,” but to try to diminish their significance in the world of modern music is simply ignorant or just naive. Talk to other famous musicians, listen to what they have to say about the Beatles. Wander through some back-issues of Rolling Stone, read some interviews with classic rock artists and some of the younger artists of today, and they will still tell you about how the Beatles influenced them. Finally, there have been some initial reports from people who have heard some of the new remasters and they claim the sound is spectacular. It seems to me this is truly the first time the Beatles’ catalogue is being treated with the respect it deserves.

Forget about iTunes dhani Harrison said there making there own website with free mp3’s. Also I think McCartney and Starr will be reuniting to tour and record. Now and Then I think should come out next year. Carnival of Light should be a bonus on Sgt. Peppers.

First of alla Dhani did NOT say the Beatles would definitely have their own site. But they are considering it. It will never happen at least not exclusively. It would be a stupid move. Yes they would get alot of sales but they would get 100 times more at iTunes and the other music sites and I am sure there would be many impulse buyers looking for tunes and see the Beatles catalogue and remasters. while browsing places like itunes. iTunes had a huge audience and a Beatles only sales site would have to promote that store from scratch. Yes they already sell shirts and collectables but their site doesn’t have anywhere the traffic of places like iTunes or eMusic.

wooh! this is wonderful news. where ever the beatles music ends up, i’ll be there waiting in line! so happy!

What about the Beatles Love Songs Album?! You can not get that on a CD and it is one of my favorites!

I think bonus tracks tacked onto the CDs would be extremely tacky (no pun intended). I want the original album the way it was originally released — no dumb “acoustic demo” versions of songs I just heard or live versions of songs that were just on the same CD.

If there were a way to release the CDs w/ sides 1 and 2 like the originals, that would be even better.

I love vinyl and would love them rereleased on vinyl as well, but I must say the convenience of the CD is something I wouldn’t want to give up — I like having both vinyl and CDs.

I think, from the sounds of it so far, they’ve handled this just right. The only thing I’m holding my breath for is the price for that complete box set….

herman | 4/7/2009, 11:34 pm EST

Fuck these guys. How do you get away with digitally remastering a digital master?
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I want what you are smoking! The Beatles catalog are originally Analog mastered! There was no digital masters in the 60’s! The original Analog masters were used to make these digital remasters.

Vinyl sucks- who neeeds scratches?
Cassettes sucked- who wants hiss?
If these sound as good as “Love,” then we’re really in for a treat- the greatest music of all time sounding even better and fresher. There is no other artist or group whose entire catalog I must own. For those who don’t understand, you’ll never know, get lost.

omg i love the beatles but i just see this as another attempt to make fans go out and buy every cd again. and vinyl that was so 19th century early 20th. viny stinks.
if you have vinyl which is fine. then you gotta buy the cd version for your car. so essentailly your buying twice

omg i love the beatles but i just see this as another attempt to make fans go out and buy every cd again. and vinyl that was so 19th century early 20th. viny stinks.
if you have vinyl which is fine. then you gotta buy the cd version for your car. so essentailly your buying twice

i apreciate there talent. but come on people you act like there the second coming of christ. there just a band. like all the others . not really that special. its the 21st century why would anyone have vinyl. record players are hard to come by. and you can only play them in your house. not in your car or anywhere. so why.

i apreciate there talent. but come on people you act like there the second coming of christ. there just a band. like all the others . not really that special. its the 21st century why would anyone have vinyl. record players are hard to come by. and you can only play them in your house. not in your car or anywhere. so why.

I can’t wait to see what the white album sounds like, classic album!!

For those who are not aware, and may be confused by the Help and Rubber Soul albums in the article not being the original mixes, here’s the explanation. In 1987 when the original CD’s were being prepared, George Martin deemed the 1965 master tapes of both Help and Rubber Soul not in good enough condition to be used, so they were remixed to digital two track from the four track analog multitracks.

“its the 21st century why would anyone have vinyl. record players are hard to come by. and you can only play them in your house. not in your car or anywhere. so why.”

EPIC FAIL!

With music recorded in analog the only way youre gonna hear how it was meant to sound is on vinyl.

record players are hard to come by???

are you a moron?

you can easily find them anywhere on the internet and most music stores. Its not like they only sell used ones, they continue making more advanced ones all the time.

Just wow..some people are so ignorant.

My love for you.

Sleep little
darling, and
always remember
the breath of
the sun and the
word of your
Princess….

Francesc o Sinibaldi

I hope stuff like Carnival of Light Revolution 1 take 20 and that bluesy 27:11 version of Helter Skelter make bonus tracks so happy I used my friends 87′ released cd’s Im definitly buying this set on Number 9 Number 9 Number 9 They did that on purpose releasing the Rock Band and remasters on that date 9/9/09.

What about Past Masters on both set?

Will the stereo set contain stereo versions of From Me To You and Thank You Girl?

Will the mono set contain mono versions of Get Back and Let It Be?

What about Past Masters on both set?

Will the stereo set contain stereo versions of From Me To You and Thank You Girl?

Will the mono set contain mono versions of Get Back and Let It Be?

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, in mono.
Thats the way it was supposed to be.
I have an original vinyl copy.
I bought it on the day of the release.

Revolver was supposed to be mono too.

I guess this mono set excludes anything after and including the White Album.

I’m pretty skeptical when it comes to remastered versions of classic rock albums. I’m sure these versions will sound better, but how many times will they end up repackaging “remastered” versions in the future. Can we please bury the 1960’s already?

I’m looking foward to the remastered albums,especially,
REVOLVER.F or those that dimisses
The Beatles as “just a band,”
need a reminder that without them,
Rock & Roll would’ve never been
an ART FORM.You add The Rolling
Stones & Bob Dylan,what you have
are the CORNERSTONE OF MODERN MUSIC.With out those three important artist,Rock & Roll would’ve been just a fad that bit
the dust in 1963.The Beatles are
as important today,as they were
through out the 1960’s.
I can assure you that no one picked
up a guitar after listening to Frankie Avalon!!!!

Bury the sixties? NO!

Neil Young is from the sixties. He just put out a new album.

Re-”The mono versions of Help! and Rubber Soul will boast bonuses: the albums’ original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD,”

Does that mean the original stereos of Help and Rubber Soul will only be available through the mono set? Not the stereo set?

The Beatles in Mono, set seems more and more the better set.

Parade Of Elephants

“For the ardent collector, there will be The Beatles In Mono boxed set. it will include the original 1965 stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul, available on CD for the first time. ”

“For those who are not aware, and may be confused by the Help and Rubber Soul albums in the article not being the original mixes, here’s the explanation. In 1987 when the original CD’s were being prepared, George Martin deemed the 1965 master tapes of both Help and Rubber Soul not in good enough condition to be used, so they were remixed to digital two track from the four track analog multitracks.”

The original 1965 stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul?

This will be available only through the MONO set?

This will be different from the Remastered STEREO set?

That means there will be three, Help! and Rubber Soul, sets.

So, what’s the big deal? These “new” versions will simply be the same mixes that were released on CD in 1987 (which were the same mixes as on the original albums). There will be no enhancements, no remixing, nothing. The musical “Love” gave us a glimpse of what might be if the Beatles complete discography were remixed. Otherwise, I can’t see any reason to get excited, especially since there will be a stereo box set, then a mono box set but with a couple of original stereo mixes. Sounds like a rip-off to me. Maybe George Martin has some contractual monopoly with The Beatles that will not allow entire albums to be remixed without his consent. I don’t know. Again, so what’s the big deal?

So, what’s the big deal? These “new” versions will simply be the same mixes that were released on CD in 1987 (which were the same mixes as on the original albums). There will be no enhancements, no remixing, nothing. The musical “Love” gave us a glimpse of what might be if the Beatles complete discography were remixed. Otherwise, I can’t see any reason to get excited, especially since there will be a stereo box set, then a mono box set but with a couple of original stereo mixes. Sounds like a rip-off to me. Maybe George Martin has some contractual monopoly with The Beatles that will not allow entire albums to be remixed without his consent. I don’t know. Again, so what’s the big deal?

When remastering, did they go back to the original multi-track tapes to make adjustments to equalization, etc. or did they simply work off the mix-downed stereo and mono masters? Working off the multi-track tapes would eliminate another layer of distortion as you would be closer to the source.

The announcement that they are using compression on the stereo masters to raise the volume is a step backwards, if they are really trying to achieve a more “live sound”. It is too bad they are not releasing the catalog onto hybrid SACDs which have greater dynamic range like the Rolling Stones and Moody Blues did with their eary albums. Those albums sound fantastic. EMI is being cheap in how they handle the most valuable catalog in all of music. It does not make sense to tweak the music in high resolution and then put it on cds which are low resolution.

In terms of which collection to buy, the stereo or mono versions, it all depends on whether or not you want it to sound as close to “live” as possible and what kind of system you will listen to it on. Stereo was invented to give a closer to reality sound than mono. The 1987 cds were released with the first 4 albums in mono. There was some justification for the first 2 albums being in mono as they were mixed down from two track masters, with all the singing in one channel on the stereo mix. However, the stereo mix has a lot more “hall ambience” in it than the mono mix, which is more dry. The 3rd and 4th albums (A Hard Days Night and Beatles For Sale) were recorded on a 4 track machine and the stereo mix down had the singing in the center. There was no excuse for not putting these two albums out in stereo.

On the stereo mix of A Hard Days Night album, you will be able to hear George’s Rickenbacker 360 12 string guitar in lead parts that were buried in the mono mix. A couple of the songs from the album have piano parts in them that you can hear on the stereo version, but on the mono version you wouldn’t even know they were played on the song. “I’ll Be Back” has John and George exchanging accoustic guitar licks in separate channels that is lost in the mono mix. And finally, the end of the title song is chopped off in the mono version.

As far as Rubber Soul is concerned, the original stereo master had all the singing in one channel. That is why the original mix was later abandoned when the cds were mastered in 87. The later mix has the singing centered. As to why George Martin originally put the singing in one channel on Rubber Soul is unknown. On the first two albums they were forced to do that because the 2 track masters had all the singing on one track.

To Mike below me:

these albums are being remastered, not remixed. What has suffered over the past twenty some odd years is the sound fidelity, not which speaker the guitars and such were panned to. It makes a world of a difference, as I constantly listen to my vinyl copies of the Beatle albums simply for the fact that the bass parts are a lot more ‘present’ than on the mediocre ‘85 CD releases. I for one am ecstatic that I will finally be able to really play Beatles stuff in my car and not have it sound as if it’s pumping from some oldies station.

Bravo George Martin

Here is a snippet from the Guardian:

On the bright side, Howlett remarked, “they sound louder than previous CD reissues.”

That should set alarm bells off.

According to Undercover in Australia:

The stereo albums have been remastered by Guy Massey, Steve Rooke, Sam Okell with Paul Hicks and Sean Magee

Hmm, no mention of George or Giles Martin.

No Blu-ray release, no DVD-A/SACD release, no vinyl release? Can’t say I’m interested. There’s very little reason to spend 4 years remastering all the old analog sources into digital (most likely to DXD or 24/192) just to release them on 16/44.1 CD and compress the dynamics to all heck.

Hopefully the Rock Band tracks won’t suffer the same fate. Here’s looking forward to the 2012 Blu-ray releases of all albums as they celebrate 50 years.

i’m going to buy them cause i’ve only got 2 beatles albums and they’re getting old. i have an ipod, but i don’t like listening to old music on except for some beatles songs.

Purple Chick

Fantastic, it’s just awesome to know the Beatles will live on. I don’t think anyone can say anything bad about these guys. These are one of the greatest, if not the greatest band of all time.

This sounds really exciting. The Beatles made the best popular music their will ever be and its awsome to see that even remasters of their album make front page news. Also, this is a great way to showcase the benefit of a physical album and not a digital copy.

This sounds really exciting. The Beatles made the best popular music their will ever be and its awsome to see that even remasters of their album make front page news. Also, this is a great way to showcase the benefit of a physical album and not a digital copy.

Finally! Although why they can’t release both the stereo & mono mixes on one disc is a mystery. It would also be great to have a bonus disc of all the unreleased material & the singles, which rarely appeared on the albums; the Anthology collections were sparse to say the least. An astounding number of unreleased tracks & alternative takes have appeared on YouTube, but at substandard quality, and I’m sure that there are plenty of people who would appreciate hearing the now legendary “Carnival Of Light”.

I agree with “Music Lover | 4/8/2009, 8:28 am EST”. They will over-compress the hell out of it, making it worthless. Why the HELL do today’s kids want the CDs to be so loud? Haven’t they figured out that when you turn the volume up, the sound becomes louder???

Can anyone document the claim about the condition of the Help and Rubber Soul masters? My recollection is that, at the time, Martin wanted to remix all of the early albums to improve and update their sound, but only got the opportunity to do so by the time those two albums came around.

Including the ridiculous 80s remixes in the stereo release seems to make a complete joke of faithfully restoring the original masters. I have a very bad feeling about this whole deal.

Any Beatle fanatic ( these box sets are obviously geared towards a niche market) will know that the mono recordings are truly things of beauty.

First off the Beatles were on hand during the mixes of these albums.They were very engaged with the process, and impacted these mixes dramatically. The mono mixes are simply different (and I feel superior) in many ways to the stereo. The “intent” of the band (in terms of a artistic statement) is perfectly represented with the Mono.

The bass tone is simply better. Way better.

These mixes “breathe” in a way the Stereo cant match.

I cant imagine that the mastering will succumb to a Metalica-like over compression/gain increase (which destroys dynamics). I simply don’t see it happening..not with the people working on this project.

I guess the safety net here is that if the mastering engineers screw this one up by making these recordings “modern”, then one can always just bust out the Dr Ebbets transfers.

Again I just cant see that happening

The mono releases are great news for Beatle fans!

Yep…I’d skip the Stereo.

Tayror Swift is better…
H-M-M-M
I have never heard of her or any of her music…
On the other hand the Beatles, I’m pretty sure I have heard of them, for decades. You dismal TWAT.

I agree with the one guy here who said “what’s the big deal”? After all, the are only remasters, and not remixes. What that means to me is that you will have Eleanor Rigby sounding like crap, as the 1980’s Revolver did, rather than fantastic in remixed form, as it did in Yellow Submarine in 1999. The vocals will still be on the right side, which is annoying on headphones (which is what most people listen to MP3’s with).

I can remix the albums with an equalizer and various Winamp tweaks, so I see the whole thing as a ripoff. I suspect we will all be forking out money again for the actual 5.1 remixes down the road.

I’m curious, George… If you think you can “remix” the Beatles albums with an equalizer, why do you care that these are “only remasters, not remixes”? Have fun! But a lot of people want to hear the music the way it was originally produced and released, in the highest fidelity possible.

Anyone who thinks the recording conventions of the Sixties are annoying shouldn’t be allowed to listen to the music, IMHO. They can listen to Taylor Swift instead.

Its about time these albums were given a 21st century makeover and especially the first 4 albums which have been unavailable in STEREO on CD (apart from BOOTLEGS). There was nothing wrong with the STEREO mix of BEATLES FOR SALE for example.

This is pretty nice. IMO, they should release on Vinyl. Best sound quality.

Also, “Number 9″=090909=666? Think about it

I guess I’m never going to get exactly what I want out of this. SACD, mono, Capitol versions.

I grew up in the U.S. I experienced The Beatles on Capitol’s releases. The UK versions are . . . foreign. I don’t care if that’s the way God intended them to be released and Capitol was run by Satanists. Rubber Soul is a better album on Capitol. So is Revolver. Yesterday and Today is a great album.
This has been decades of idiocy and nothing is resolved.

great. Why not .Will buy them all. Bet they’ll sound great. The original cd’s just aren’t good enough on me i-pod

Wow, some people surprise me with their “idiocy”.
To “Capitol versions?”, I grew up in the 80’s and had the confusion of buying the US and UK albums that were both available on LP once the UK CD catalog came out. Be thankful you got the Capitol Albums box sets-which has the one time that Capitol made a good chop job, their version of Rubber Soul. Please get over the fact that you like the different titles and running orders, and realize that the sound quality on those are terrible, with duophonic fake stereo “mixes” and added reverb etc. Beatles’ 65 is a joke compared to Beatles For Sale. Listen to “I Feel Fine” in stereo on ‘65, then listen to one of the single mixes as the band and Martin intended it. There is no point in confusing the market of new fans with 2 Rubber Soul’s and Revolver’s. Revolver US is better? It has three less songs and the rest are the same, save for maybe some slightly different mixes. Vinyl transfer bootlegs are out there for baby-boomer nostalgia, if you are savvy enough and they reproduce the crappy sound of the vinyl in 24 bit. SACD is a good idea but it didn’t catch on and is all but dead. Even then new Dylan remasters are no longer hybrids sadly.

Curious George can play with his winamp and EQ doing fake 5.1 all he wants, but the original mixes, especially mono, are they way they should remain. The mixes are great, it’s the mastering that is the problem. A separate 5.1 remix for a specialty market on Blu-ray would be nice, but remastering is a much bigger deal. Read Mojo’s review of their listening party at Abbey Road. They A/B compared new White Album remasters to the old CD’s and it was described as we had been “listening to them behind glass all these years”. Cleaning the mix-down masters and transferring them with modern sampling technology versus 16 bit 1986 digital technology will be a huge revelation to all of us, and this is a truly exciting announcement.

Please, please I hope the remastered “With the Beatles” has that awful loud timpany in Ringo’s drumming mixed down. Its grating especially in headphones.

sorry when is the stones bringing out their new album ? the beatles are past their sell by date same crap from this band no doubt ? i certainly wont be buying them.

sorry when is the stones bringing out their new album ? the beatles are past their sell by date same crap from this band no doubt ? i certainly wont be buying them.

You think in these hard economic times EMI-Capitol would give us some value for our money and combine the stereo with the mono.

With all that space available on Beatles cd’s it only seems fair

¡caray! es mucha mi expectación por escuchar los nuevos cds, estoy juntando la plata necesaria para los dos box set. Ese día al salir del trabajo, pasaré a comprarlos, lo primero que haré será poner el Revolver a todo volumen. las 5 canciones que más ansio escuchar con la nueva remasterización son:
1. Taxman
2. Helter skelter
3. While my guitar gently weeps
4. Tomorrow never knows
5. Old brown shoe
Y a mi me hubiera gustado que cada disco viniera acompañado de otro con tomas alternas DE ESTUDIO, no demos caseros, pero lo dejamos para el 2012. Saludos a los Golden!!

The Obvious solutiion is to do away with cd’s & Mp3 players all together. out law it make it a 20 year prison sentence to even possess a ipod 7 bring back vinyl Records I lived quite happilly from 1965-1986 without having a CD My album collection was awesome & I never had to hold my linernotes under the hubble telescope to read who played what or who was the 2nd engineer ir the lyrics etc….The sound The cover art everything was better & then with out compression the new musicians would have to actually learn about music dynamics
& in order for music to be pirated or bootlegged you had to own a freaking record plant to do so & thus the industry would not lose the gagillions of bucks they are loosing from limewire & such & then they can spend that money they are not loosing on artist development Imagine that a band with a shelf life of 40 years rather than counting crowes syndrome Or hootie Or spin doctor syndromes you would have guys in departments working with the bands making the evolve & not sound like a cookie cutter crap band that everyone seems to sound like today Ok who wants to sound Like Hanna montanna really come on answewr me on that one. The beatles remasters are a whole to do about nothing& I am sure they wont be a penny under 21.99, & the white albums & past master double disc sets will coust well over 30 dollars * If memory serves me correctly The original white album on vinyl back in 1968 cost about 8 dollars didnt it???

Whatever Stones fan, your “boys” look like they need to be buried already.

FFS Finally Remasters!!! It’s way overdo!!!

my uncle had a very expensive sony record player and it sounded better than any cd i ever heard,you can record albums to cd and keep the quality of the vinyl sound transfered to cd or ipod.beatlemania is coming back on sept9th.i dont care what rolling stone mag says i dont respect a music magazine who has put people on its cover like nsync and spice girls mojo never did that even when they were hot.

my uncle had a very expensive sony record player and it sounded better than any cd i ever heard,you can record albums to cd and keep the quality of the vinyl sound transfered to cd or ipod.beatlemania is coming back on sept9th.i dont care what rolling stone mag says i dont respect a music magazine who has put people on its cover like nsync and spice girls mojo never did that even when they were hot.

They should release on Hybrid SACD, everybody goes home happy.

I understand the SACD backlash on The Beatles Catalog. Early stuff it would probably not matter much, but latter Beatles becomes more dynamic and do a lot more mixing and recording separate tracks for their work.

I’m definitely for an SACD release

The Beatles remastered…..sounds like they have very little left to do at EMI. I can’t wait to buy them all over again…and again. Hhhm 24 carat MP3!

The Beatles-the best band ever. I saw them on Ed Sullivan & couldn’t believe my eyes or ears & I was only 12! A life-long love of music followed, and an ever growing admiration of the Beatles expertise of lyrics, melodies, harmonies, and songwriting period. I’ve never heard such versatility of style from one song to the next, album after album. I “inherited” the love for harmony from them, & became a singer/songwriter/guitarist myself-though I can’t begin to even touch their toes. I can’t believe there’s not tons of books about them & how they influenced the globe. I saw it happen. They united the youth from around the world, eventually. Some were stubborn-duh! Best Rock Band ever-changed the world-should have been one of the most influential items of the century!!

I’ll be buying the mono albums up to Revolver, and steros for the rest.

Why? I think I’m right in saying that, until Sgt Pepper, the Beatles were only present for the mono mixes of their albums. The stereo mixes were done by George Martin plus technicians. Which might explain why the mono mixes that have surfaced on bootlegs over the years are much punchier than the annoying stereo releases. The original mono Paperback Writer single sounded like heavy metal at the time.

Stereo albums in the US were bettered mastered and sold better, but UK record buyers bought mono albums.

9-9-09. Can’t wait!!

This is so exciting. And the mono mixes too! I think I’ll actually take a break from downloading and dish out the cash to buy these discs!

Anybody knows witch “Yellow Submarine version that’s getting re-released? The 1969 original, or the compilation from the late ’90s?
I’m curious to know because in the rolling stone article its at the bottom of the list!

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Are these cd’s exactly like the ones I already bought? Or how do they differ?

Finally, the first four albums of The Beatles in stereo!!! I can’t wait for this. I know, their first two albums were recorded on twin track tape machines. I love those instruments on the left and vocals on the right thing. However, their third and forth albums (A Hard Day’s Night & Beatles For Sale) were recorded on 4-track tape machines but the first official CDs in 1987 were presented only in mono for some reasons. This will be the first time I can hear these albums in stereo after all these years.

Check out the song “Money” on their second album (With the Beatles) in stereo. It sounds very much like it was recorded on 4-track tape machine. A real revelation. Hearing is believing!!!

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For people who haven’t figured it out yet,re mastering makes the songs sound clearer,it doesn’t make them sound a whole lot different then they originally did,well except the stereo mixes ofcourse,to me this isn’t a big deal,the Beatles were a great band,no one can deny that,but they were not the greatest band in the world,so get over it.Anyway this re-releasing is all about money,it always is.

Anyone that denies The Beatles are the greatest band of all-time are only displaying their ignorance.

Encourage SIr Paul and Ringo to have the remastered albums on Vinyl too! I also
ask that The Beatles Anthology be
remastered for Blu-Ray as well!!!

This would satisfy me if there was 7.1 surround sound specs to the Blu-Ray releases!!!

Sir Paul was GREAT in Boston when I saw him in 2002, I hope he comes back soon!

Long Live Sir Paul, Ringo, George, John, Billy Preston, & Sir George Martin!

Markus / lifelong Beatles fan
linuxglobe at twitter.com
Hudson, MA, USA

All Beatles albums should be Hybrid SACD stereo format at least, if not, I´m not interested in buying it, because is absurd that EMI remaster albums on high def to transfer it finally to standard CD.
SACD is the best technology nowadays because remaster bit-for-bit with no compression, it comes out in an amazing sound! like is the Dark Side of the Moon album by Pink Floyd.

I have to disagree with the “Unknown Producer.” The Beatles were and still are the “Greatest” Band Group ever!!! (not to mention the greatest song writers of rock Lennon/McCartney). 40 years after the break-up, they are still making number “1″ albums and will 40 years from now. I can’t wait until this re-meastered box set comes out. I’m not into mono, so I’m so ecstatic that they will also be in stereo.

100% agreed with Albert Smith posted on | 6/16/2009, You got the ears, man.

I allready bought few years ago some russian versions
( www. salerussia.com)
with both stereo and mono on the same CD and a booklet mentioning all the other musicians than the Beatles that played on each album.
All in 20bit remastered.Beautiful job, and for about 20$ each (postal included), exept the double albums…

I will buy one album of the new versions and compare it with the russian remastering before buying anything else…I suspect EMI to wanna make too much money with the Beatles fans who allready gave them millions…When you consider that EMI was givings peanuts to the Beatles for every album the Beatles sold..They became rich beacuse the sold lots and lots…but EMI was very cheap with them.

As for the stereo/mono thing. The Beatles were there for the mono mixes only, exept for Abbey Road.
In the 60 there very few fm-radio and people mostly listened to mono.It’s very interesting to hear the mono versions decided by the Beatles themselves.

I HATE the fake stereo US albums full of echo.But on the Capitol Boxes you can find good stereo versions of the songs of “Beatles For Sale” on the albums Beatles VI and Beatles 65.

I already have the Z-tec encoded Swedish pressings, which are FAR sonically superior to anything else.

LOVE was great on CD/DVD-Audio as an update/mash-up of well known tracks, but I was very happy to hear the Yellow Submarine CD have the treatment of some modern kit between the original Abbey Road tapes and tape machines and some modern mixing gear – is that what will be done (again for YS) for these other albums?

The sound quality from LOVE CD+DVD audio, Let it be naked, Yellow Submarine Songtrack, was very good, because the engineers at Abbey Road used the original 4-track/8-track/multi-track session tapes. Only this process make sense for the result of better Beatles sound! Sir G. Martin used the original 4-track tapes for HELP CD and Rubber Soul CD in 1987 (ADD). A bad result of remaster the original 2-track stereo Master tapes is the Beatles ONE CD or Revolver CD.
Most of the mono versions are available in good sound quality at the moment on CD-Single-Box, CD-EP-Box.
Experts say, there is no differenz in sound quality between SACD and DVD-audio, but SACD/DVD-audio is more better than normal CD.
ANYWAY, WE WILL SPEND OUR MONEY FOR THE BEST MUSIC ACROSS THE UNIVERSE!
Thorsten/engineer/g ermany

these will sound incredible,they did get it right this time, however to plese everyone is impossible.

To Chris and anyone else who said inaccurate ignorant things about The Beatles, your comments are *SO* Inaccurate & *Totally* *Ignorant*! You don’t know what you are talking about at all. I have been a huge highly impressed Beatles fan especially a big John Lennon & Paul McCartney fan since I was 9, I got my first Beatles book for my 11th birthday, & I had every Beatles album by age 13.

I was only 5 when they broke up too. When I was 11 I had a music teacher ask us students to guess what music artists he was talking about, when he said they were genuises & they wrote 200 songs most of them great, acclaimed popular songs in just an 8 year recording career, & I said, John Lennon & Paul McCartney,The Beatles & he said yes thats right.

The Beatles are the most critically acclaimed,popular, *Rock* band *ever* & for darn good reasons, & they are the most covered music artists ever! Everyone from Motown, to jazz, classicial, rock, pop, & even heavy metal has recorded their great timeless music! There are many music professors at good universities who teach college courses on what brilliant, innovative, creative & prolific singer song writers they were!

One of them is award wining music professor & classical composer Dr.Glenn Gass at Indiana University who has been teaching a course on rock music & The Beatles brilliance since 1982.

Even Eric Clapton says in an online 1977 interview that John Lennon was a pretty good guitar player, & he would have known since he played live in concerts with John as a member of his 1969 Plastic Ono Band. And both John & Paul are also as The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biograohy, not only such great song composers, but they were both among the best & most expressive singers in rock.

And many well known accomplished bass players including Stanley Clarke, Sting, Will Lee, Billy Sheehan, & Wilco’s John Stirratt and other musicians recognize Paul McCartney as one of the best, most creartive melodic bass players ever. I could on with more information but there’s too much to write that debunks the ignorant cr*p you said!

Also Brian Wilson has said that when he heard The Beatles 1965 Rubber Soul album he was blown away and he said all of the songs flowed together, and it was pop music and folk rock at the same time and they did it it so great and he said thats what he couldn’t believe. He said this album is what motivated him to make Pet Sounds!

Also even their early music like I Want To Hold Your Hand and She Loves You were not as simple as some people assume,they had clever subtleties and unusual chords and arrangements. Even Bob Dylan and Roger McGuinn of The Byrds recognized it at the time and said so since.

I just noticed I made a few typing mistakes, I really wish there was an edit buton on here!

But I want to add that The Rolling Stones were good friends with & big fans of The Beatles. Mick Jagger was at 4 Beatles recording sessions & Keith Richards was at 2 of those with him including the TV broadcast of ALL YOU Need Is Love & A Day In The Life in 1967. The Beatles even wrote one of The Rolling Stones first hits,I Wanna Be You’re Man in late 1963.Mick Jagger was also with The Beatles in Bangor in August 1967 to study meditation with the Maharishi when they got the phone call that their manager Brian Epstein was found dead.

Also The Beatles worked their a**es off playing 8 hoyrs a night taking speed pills just to stay awake & play in the sleazy rough clubs in Hamburg Germany,smoking,cursing,on stage wearing tight black leather pants & jackets. And they were very popular in these German clubs even with the gangster thugs who often went in them.And they were popular playing in The Cavern Club in Liverpool before their manager Brian Epstein created their fake cleaned up image.

Even Ozzy Osbourne says, That The Beatles Are The Greatest Band To Ever Walk The Earth & he says not loving them is like not loving oxogen.

The Beatles are very popular with people in their teens & 20’s both guys & girls on Rate Your Music, Last.FM where their fan group has over 3,000 members more guys than girls, & the average age is 22 years old, & The Beatles were the 1 most listened to music artists on Last.FM in 2006,2007 & 2008! They are also very popular with people in their teens & 20’s & 30’s on YouTube.On all of these sites, many of these young people are calling The Beatles The Greatest Band Of All Time!

Also I forgot to mention that Roger McGuinn said in an interview a few years ago that The Beatles early music with their use of unusual interesting chords invented folk rock music!

And anyone with a good ear for music can tell that The Beatles first 5 albums do *not* all sound the same. They wrote many songs even in their early period on the same album that are pretty different from each other.

Their song A Hard Day’s Night sounds nothing like And I Love Her, Or If I Fell etc. And the 1965 folk rock album Rubber Soul sounds nothing like their album A Hard Day’s Night and Revolver sounds different from them both!

It’s also really amazing and impressive that they sounded as great as they did with such limited primitive recording technology they had at the time, only 2 track, 4 track and 8 at the end.

And how good they sounded live when they also had such limited primitive sound systems at the time.

Live they had no feedback monitors so they couldn’t even hear themselves sing and play but they managed to sing and play in tune and in sync with each other anyway,and they only had 100 watt amplifiers available,plus the screaming crowds.

By their last live performance their January 1969 roof top concert in the Let It Be Film they had improved sound systems and no screaming crowds, and they sound great but their sound systems were still pretty limited compared to todays.

It looks like the separate releases will only be the stereo versions, while the box set of the mono releases will be the only way to get mono; i.e., that the mono remasters will only be available in the box set, and not individually.

Is this right? Anyone hear any different?

PGB- You’re right, only the stereo versions will be available individually. I believe the reason behind this is to eliminate confusion in the stores among buyers. If both were available individually, the stores could order the wrong version, or somebody could end up buying the wrong version not realizing there’s a choice.

Most people will want the stereo versions of the albums. The collectors are the ones that are probably going to want the mono versions, and they will probably want to buy the whole collection at once. Hence the Beatles In Mono Box Set. I believe they have targeted each group pretty well with their marketing scheme.

I will probably buy both the Stereo and Mono Box Sets myself. But, I am still very disappointed that they are not making the sets available on hybrid SACDs or on Blu-ray disks for better sound quality.

Brad – you may be right about the potential confusion among buyers between stereo vs mono versions, although I prefer to think that most people have the intelligence to know the difference. (Am I expecting too much?!) However, the product covers for the individual stereo albums appear to have distinctive Apple logos on the side, and any photos I’ve seen of the mono sleeves don’t seem to have that logo, so they could market the individual mono remasters that way – perhaps in DigiPaks instead of jewel boxes – anyway, make them distinctive in some way.

But … I think you’re right that they never intended to release the mono albums individually, that the market for mono will be the “serious” collectors/aficionados (obviously the well-heeled too, as the mono box in $45 more (Cdn) on Amazon.ca than the stereo box, and the mono has less “product.” EMI does its market research, damn them!)

I will probably end up getting the mono box, plus individual albums in stereo that were “meant to be” (like Abbey Road for sure and maybe Let It Be – what an opportunity missed there, to remix the Spectorized tracks, to do it right this time. Isn’t it ironic that the King of Mono was asked to “produce” Let It Be, and it’s only in stereo?

Ah well, EMI didn’t get where it is today without knowing when to overcharge us! I say, wait a bit, and the competition between retailers will set in eventually.

I assume we’ve already got the Love, so All You Need Is Cash (or credit!)

I’m not going to give them a penny until I hear that they’ve mastered these properly with no compression and no clipping…I’m not holding my breath.

Give us the Blu-ray releases already, the CD format is tired, old and sonically handicapped.

Why don’t they do this right and give us something hi-rez? Or press some vinyl from the ANALOG masters?

I’ll stick with my best copies of the original LPs, they blow away any existing CDs and will probably best (no pun intended) whatever EMI puts out in the near future.

I agree with Douglas Live. Really what they should do is twofers like the Beach Boys reissues. Mono and stereo mixes together on one disc up to Sgt. Pepper, then two disc sets for Sgt. Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour and include Beatles Yellow Submarine material recorded as a bonus with MMT. Make the White Album a discount four cd set of the mono and stereo mixes then back to one disc each for Let it Be and Abbey Road. Include a bonus ep with every disc with the album’s non-album single a and b sides in mono and stereo and later just stereo for ones with no mono mix.

I would be really interested in seeing what formats this newly remastered Beatles’ catalogue is released in. I am hoping for DVD-A and 180 gram virgin vinyl as alternatives to the cd format.

This is only the best rock music ever produced, by the best rock musicians of all time, bar none. Just buy it, thank the Lord above that it will be available in your lifetime, and stop worrying!

Not sure about everyone else, but I personally found “1″, “Let it Be Naked” and “Love” to be pretty bad sounding. I do however like how the remixed “Yellow Submarine Songtrack” sounds. They got something there.

But “Let it Be Naked” was a major letdown for me. Something was missing on that remaster. I sure hope they do a better job this time.

One other thing: does anyone agree that the remastered songs on the new “Help!” DVD sound awesome? I can’t believe the difference between the songs from the DVD and from the old official “Help!” CD from 1987. Like day and night!

First things first. Anyone who has the moronic nerve to even dare suggest the Fabs were over rated is, quite simply an ignoramus. If anything they are still painfully under rated, particularly in Britain, where unfortunately we revel in tearing down what we so brilliantly create. The Beatles, with the help and swagger of Elvis, the tender creativity of Buddy Holly and the balls of every American R and B man (and I mean real R and B) are the founders of eevry future music scene. Look at today when all these artists and bands need to do side projects to demonstrate their versitality, the Fabs did it ALL in one project! From folk to rock to near death metal (helter skelter anyone, I mean, come on) to perfect pop ballards, (take your pick) to blues, country, musical hall, avant-garde and the definitive psychedelia (strawberry fields forever makes me shed a tear in wonder.) I love the Stones and all innovative sixties bands and I simply do not agree that you need to choose one over the other. Why cut your ears off to spite your face you fools. They made pop/rock music an art form, made serious critics stand up and take notice of this silly “youth” movement. They made Dylan plug his guitar in and record his most mecurial amazing music, they turned Brian Wilson into a mad genius. Poor Brian, the Beatles had four masters (yes Ringo included, I love his deadpan wit), poor Brian was mostly on his own. How could he keep up. Also, never under estimate the importance of the great George Martin, without him, dare I say it, and I am NUMBER ONE FAN, they would not have been quite the same. They cared about the sleeve art, the design, they always tried to improve. They could have released any old nonesense and people would still have bought it, but they CARED! Do you hear, they cared about us. They never dissed up and coming bands. Their music desrves the best sound quality possible. The Carnival of Light must be released, I don’t care how mad it is. I’m half mad myself, but in a good way.
They were hilarious, could have been a comedy team, they inspired Monty Python for crying out loud! They photographed so well and were the classic looking rock band. Am I going too far? Should I calm down? Have I strayed off the point?
Oh, one last thing, the cretin who said Lennon was a blowhard or something, learn some things about life you silly little person. Try living in his shoes before you pass judgement on those you’ve never known. I pass judgement because I never need to know you.
It’s the Beatles, buy and be happy! I’ll go now…

Agree totally with Alex about “Let It Be…Naked” sounding pretty bad (not to mention the idiotic title). The heavyweight LP is no improvement either. The original blows it away, even with overdubs intact.

I don’t understand why everyone wants these remixed. It’s ruining the original mixes they way the were back in the 60’s. I don’t want these in 7.1 sound that’s not how they’re supposed to be! The Yellow Submarine “Songtrack” was attempt to ruin the original album which was just fine the way it was! And so was that bloody “let it be….naked” RUBBISH! I for one am glad and thankful they are being reissued REMASTERED ONLY

If this ends up being over-compressed, I am going to be very disappointed. I am a young fan of the Beatles, having only become a fan of them about three years ago at the age of 15. However, with the exception of the Red/Blue greatest hits albums, I have held back on buying their albums since I heard about the upcoming remasters. I didn’t know I would have to wait three years!

Since then I have become quite cynical towards remasters. Though this is more of a problem with hard rock and metal, most modern remasters sound worse than the original releases. Many of them have serious clipping issues. I don’t think this will be the case with the Beatles, but you never know.

Ok to those of you who are saying Let It Be….Naked was shitty…or something was missing and they should have left the masterpiece alone…THE BEATLES DIDN’T LIKE LET IT BE. They recorded it..and it sounded like Let It Be Naked…and then the label gave it to Phil Spektor to add choirs and orchestration and all that…and they didn’t like it…but it got released anyway….so naked is probably the way they would have wanted it. And this isn’t going to make the albums sound worse or compromise integrity…they are not re mixing the songs…just remastering them…louder…clearer…more life. Although a vinyl remastered release would be lush.

Im a little confused. If these re-issues are simply taken from the Album masters (i.e The finished albums originally mixed at the time). Then I wouldn’t bother. They need to dig out the actual original 4 track tapes and remix from scratch. George Martin was a great producer but many of his original stereo mixes are terrible. Help and Rubber Soul and Magical mystery tour could sound magnificent if they were mixed properly.

These original mixes were made mostly for people with small box lo-fi record players. Too much treble, not much bass and the drums shifted to one side.

Let It Be… Naked was not really “Remastered” to improve the sound quality, but mainly because Paul didn’t like Phil Spector’s use of strings and choirs.

it’s the beatles guys.The legend just gets bigger

If they sound like LOVE I’ll be one happy kid.

Okay so these are the original mixes re-mastered only, no tinkering with the original sound…so does that mean that we will have to still suffer ‘I am The Walrus’ and ‘Only A Northern Song’ in horrible ‘duophonic’?

Okay so these are the original mixes re-mastered only, no tinkering with the original sound…so does that mean that we will have to still suffer ‘I am The Walrus’ and ‘Only A Northern Song’ in horrible ‘duophonic’?

How many out there think “Love Me Do”, “P.S.I Love You”, “She Loves You” and “I’ll Get You” will be released in true stereo for the first time on 9/9/09? Or, will they be in mono on both the mono and stereo versions of the CDs?

Think I will buy some new (well, old really) tubes for my Pathos amp to celebrate.

I really hope the drums are louder in the mixes. I hope all of them experience the boost in quality that “Lady Madonna” did on Love. But I’m sure there’s a bunch of audiophiles who would consider this blaspheme.

Silly me, I also like some of the Beatles album that don’t get talked about much, the one’s with the covers of others’ tunes, the second album and the early beatles. The Beatles ruled like nobody else ever has, even that self annointed King of Pop!

Very interesting and amusing subject. I read with great pleasure.

To Kevin UK,

I Am The Walrus should be in true stereo like it is on the Love album. The article stated that Love contained “remastered teasers” in 2006, and I will tell you, the stereo version of “Walrus” is the real deal. No stereo dropout in the middle of the song into duophonic. True stereo the whole way. And a good stereo mix too! I look forward to plunking down a few bones for Abbey, Pepper and Soul two weeks from now. If those fare well, I’m picking up the rest of the catalog. If not, I’m sure the net will be on fire about how the new remasters are not good. Of course, we’re going to have those that problem from Brian Wilson wannabes who detected a small “click” in the middle of “The Word” thereby discrediting the entire catalog.

Thank you for the post Jay US, hope you’re right, would be annoyed if true stereo mixes were used for The Yellow Submarine Songbook, Love and the Anthology DVD’s yet here, to “remian faithful” they would have been disgregarded. Not that I’m one for it being totaly smooth and blip free-I like to hear the giggiling (Good Day Sunshine) the incorrect count-in’s (Don’t Pass Me By) and the off mike swearing (Hey Jude) and all the errors that were deliberatley left in on the original mixes.

I really can not wait at last the beatles in true mono I’ve made my vow to buy two mono and two stereo (one to listen and one for keep safe for my collection )

The Beatles, The Fab Four, Beatlemania, Rain, have one thing in common. It is that wonderful music that sends chills up and down my spine. Every year that goes by i seam to have a different favorite. Tomorrow never knows one year, From me to you a different year, The ballad of John and Yoko and of course Something and I will. 27 number one tunes and no singles released from pepper and the white album. only a hermit could not really know of the impact this band has had on music since those days when AM radio was the stuff. i hope this rock band will release vinyl on 9/9/09 because i would take out a mortgage to buy it. George Harrison once said a comment about vinyl and compact disks. Harrison said he liked a little dirt on his rock and roll. And of course so do i. When i listen to anthology number three the best version of All Things must pass locks me up into a time zone. and i truly like that version. remember all the music and the just due pete best finally received on the first few tracks on anthology one. i am looking forward to the updated recording’s of the most famous rock band of all time. the standard is set for all to hear and maybe rock and roll will never die, and at least in my lifetime will be just fine to me.
have a toast to the fab four, The royality of rock and roll music.

These remasters… could have sounded alot better than they will. If they used a a high quality format like sacd ( hybrid, so it will play on any cd player) dvd audio or even blue- ray. To say this is the best The Beatles can sound, is a joke. Listen to how great Genesis sounds on sacd. The label had the opportunity to make things right, but again they missed the boat !

Will any of the proceeds go to the Michael Jackson estate? If so I can wait until the Jacksons sell before purchasing.

>no compression

Really? The Beatles sound is all about compression and always has been. The Fairchild 660 compressor/limiter they used is legendary.

Like many I am worried about the possibility they may follow the loudness/over-compression trend and have hardly any headroom for dynamics. On the other hand, I am slightly reassured by the quality of the Love album. But let us not forget: Love was a complete reMIX – it was remixed from the original 4-track and 8-track tapes. These new releases are just reMASTERS of the original stereo 2-track mixes. So don’t expect quite the same level of detail. Still – we’ll all hear the results soon. Can’t wait!

So… I have to ask. What were we all thinking 20 years ago when the record label first released the Beatles catalog on CD, and the sound was so supposedly terrible? Was anybody complaining about it at that time? Or was everyone saying, “wow, how wonderfully new and crisp this all sounds! You can hear right into the piano on Money now! Listen to those vocals on Paperback Writer!…” So here it is 2009, and the albums will all come out and sound wonderfully new and crisp again. “Wow, listen to the lead guitar on Savoy Truffle!” …Only…. what IS this music supposed to sound like? What IS the correct sound for the Beatles? Was it Mono? My understanding is that they all gave their four individual approvals of the stereo mixes that came out immediately after the mono versions of each album. I don’t recall George Harrison ever complaining back in 1967 how rancid the stereo version of Sgt. Pepper sounds…. Didn’t happen. So back to my question, in what way are these remasters really, truly going to be more authentic than the CDs I went out and bought in the late 1980s?

Bob Lefsetz wrote a good article on the remasters & applaudes them for not making them loud, but rather making them sound perfect. Google his name and you’ll find the revies he wrote on both the stero & mono versions.

I have the 1987 release of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band on CD, so when I get the 09-09-09 stereo boxset, I will open both versions of the entire album up in Audacity side-by-side and compare. For all those people who aren’t convinced, or want bonus tracks… what’s the point in that? Go buy Anthology 1, 2 and 3; leave the original tracklists as they are. I thing it’s very good value for money as well, and if they sound like they did on the LOVE soundtrack, I won’t stop listening.

It seems to me that if the goal is to get the best fidelity out of the original masters, there should be an SDDS release of these remasters! I strongly urge Apple Corps/EMI to follow this path as well.

Woops! I should have said the Beatles’ remasters should be released on SACD (super audio compact disc). SDDS is the Sony cinema format… Since they’ve gone to the trouble of remastering using much higher than CD quality technology, I would love the opportunity to hear it in the best available format (SACD).

Have to agree with some of the views on this forum. It was time for a complete remix of the original analog multitracks to a format like SACD or DVD-Audio. I mean CD is practically an obsolete format to audiophiles when you consider the alternatives. Or they could have been truly ambitious and released the albums with a high bitrate on SD cards or something. I mean the consumer is a lot more savvy than Apple give them credit for-a lot are going to rip them to flac and stick them on their audio device. Who wants a bunch of CDs in jewel cases anyway…

Hey, wait a sec . . . Genesis doesn’t sound good no matter WHAT you play it on.

How ironic, as the lo-fi mp3 player signals the death of the CD format, we get a proper remaster of the Beatles. Thank goodness some people out there still care. And comparing the old and new is half the fun..will keep us busy for weeks.

The Beatles CD:s have ben sounding bad for so long. Me and my freinds talked about it some weaks ago. I have been whaiting for this.

Vinyl only kids. It’s the only way 2 go.

hello fellow fans,by all these letters I asume all of you were not around when the beatles were makeing this music,I am 57 and its funny because we all new then the staying power they had,about these rip off box sets,can anyone tell me what f,,,kin assholes at capitol deceided not to include the single of help with the alternate vocal and mono mix,when I bought this in 65 I had the mono lp and I new what the difference was before anyone,I wrote capitol and even then they never did reply,no one should buy either sets and send them back they are overpriced and a ripoff,remember the hey jude lp,the get back a side and innerlight should have been on it ,not the two hard days night tracks,also the penny laane promo mix is a different mix then the mono on the single with the trumpet ending,and its not included,anyone agree

Quite siply new life from the band who breathed this into a world which needed this and responded.This is what is needed today from the Fab Four,reminding us of their genius,pure craftsmen.

Yeah I was around when the Beatles got started. As said vinyl is the only way to go. Since when were ‘The Beatles: Rock Band’ the Beatles were ‘a beat group’ hence The Beatles. Just another way to make money out of the mugs. Remember Phineas ‘there’s one born every minute’ and ‘never give ‘em an even break!’

I’ll wait for the SACD version. CD?? Give me a break. 44.1 K is too slow. DUH

Don´t compare this new edition of the same material with the same quality as the older versions(believe me, i´ve already heard the stereo box set) with LOVE and Let It Be Naked, that were REMIXED.

Just because we are young and like to play video games, doesn’t mean we don’t love “The Beatles”. We grew up listening to it, almost every song out there samples from them. The game will let us play games and listen to them at the same time. It’s not just a money maker, it’s a history lesson into your time.

i have very mixed feelings about this. the mono thing is pretty cool, but why isn’t EMI going to reissue more when the initial pressing sells out? great works of art are being tampered with. i’d like to know what George Martin and Geoff Emerick think

Am I being naive, or could you get the benefit of both the mono and stereo versions by just buying the stereo version and setting your hifi to ‘mono’?

@ Gregg McVicar | 8/28/2009, 3:52 pm EST

Who said anything about ‘no compression’? That would be silly, and no one would suggest such a thing.

My point was about OVER-compression.

I LOVE IT ,THE BEST FROM EMI

I LOVE IT ,THE BEST FROM EMI

I think that this time the version comes out as better as the LOVE 2003. It was great except the mixes which made it some kind of artificial computer handling. Let the original ones be as it is and when it comes to video, it would be nice if it comes with no extra cost or pay-when-you-download digitally. What we’re gonna see in the video. I think it must be a remake or some modification of the Anthology series, so why serious about that? The previews were also not so impressive.

The Beatles sounded pretty good on an AM station first time I heard ‘em.

My old copies need replacing,anyway…I’m sure these’ll do just fine.

Hope this ushers in a new era of Beatlemania:That’s change we can believe in!!!

I’ve only scanned through the posts, but has anyone addressed why other studio albums were ignored, such as Second Album, Beatles IV, Beatles ‘65, Something New, Yesterday & Today?

I’ve been corresponding with a stereo oldies penpal for over 20 years and in that time, we’ve traded info regarding rare stereo oldies and what CD they were released on. He’s also sent me cassettes and CD-ROMS with stereo gems that to this day have not been released in true stereo officially. Today he sent me a 20 second MP3 snippett of “Love Me Do” in two-track stereo. So folks, I think that implies the stereo remastered set should feature the “Please Please Me” CD in true stereo in it’s entirety.
Regards.

Where do I buy the remasterd collection in Flac-format with much higher samplerate than CD? I’m not intrested in the lossy CD-format which is an old tecnology.

How do you find Z-tec encoded Swedish pressings? Help, I need someone…

The Beatles albums should be release on Hybrid Super Audio CD (SACD) stereo because is the BEST current high resolution audio today ¡2.4 Mhz samplig rate!, I hope EMI release the albums on that format, otherwise it will not have any sense, because normal CD is 44.1 khz very low sampling rate, and hence, it will sound no very different to those ones released in 1987.

LOL, you audio snobs crack me up.

The Beatles’ catalogue sounded incredible when I first heard it on LP – and it’s not going to sound any better on SACD or FLAC or any other format.

Unless you have the hearing of a dog, which we all doubt, you guys are going on about something silly.

I have one of the few Mobile Fidelity LP’s of Abbey Road…….BRING BACK THE VINYL!

to kilo, the albums you mention were all repackaged American releases and not actually studio albums. all of the songs that are on those records are found in the british releases, with the exception of a few alternate versions of the songs.

For those of you that think that the CD Format is old and Outdated when compared to other Media! What Media are you comparing it with? If you’re comparing the CD Format to MP3’s then you’ve completely lost any real hearing that you may have ever had, because the sound Quality of MP3’s are absolutly horrid, MP3’s really suck compared to the sound Quality of the CD Format! The Beatles would sound very good on the SACD Format, but the SACD Format is a dead Format! The DVD Format would be great, it has a Sampling Rate that is seven times the rate of the CD Format, and three times the rate of the SACD Format, BlueRay is even better, but until those who are in charge of The Beatles Catalogue grows a pair and Releases The Beatles Catalogue in the DVD and BlueRay Formats then we’ll just have to listen to Genesis on the DVD Format, and Neil Young who just released his Catalogue from the early 60’s to 1972, he released in all Major Formats CD, DVD, and BlueRay!

Rog, thanks! The sound system in my truck has a USB port, so I have one flashdrive loaded with all the Beatles recordings, so I’ll be keeping the “missing” albums I mentioned and adding these… should make for awesome travel time!

My understanding is that the original tapes are not available, since they grew legs quite sometime ago and the current CD’s are made from a Japanese source for stamping albums there…

Anyone who has listened to LOVE of DVD-Audio knows that what they’re offering here is an inferior product.

Why is this material not being released in high definition? (Folks, there REALLY IS a noticeable difference. It’s not the figment of some audiophile’s imagination. I played LOVE for one friend of mine who is no audio aficionado, and even HE commented, “I feel like I’ve been ripped off my whole life!”)

This would be a great thing to release on Blu-ray and open the eyes of the general public to the breathtaking quality of high definition audio.

I can’t help but speculate that this is all a setup to get us to buy the whole catalog, not one, but two more times.

Dirk: We did complain at the time of the first CD release because it sounded bad even then. They did a terrible job on those first Beatle CDs. Second, for those who don’t know, Martin and the Beatles spent a lot of time on the mono mixes. Particularly on Sgt. Pepper. There are sounds on the mono version you don’t get on the stereo. Also some songs were mixed too slow on Pepper (She’s Leaving Home, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) when done for stereo. Until “The Beatles” (The White Album) was mixed, The Beatles didn’t even attend stereo mixing sessions!

I’m soo god damn happy this is comin out, i just wish all of the beatle DVD’s we remastered with the set and the love album aswell, almost every live footage recorded put on blueray with the other DVD’z. Interviews, of all the beatles even aafter they split up, and all of the anthologys….but then it would probly cost about a thousand bucks! AND i would stil buy it lol.

This is the Beatles in 2009, not 1969… things change… sounds changes… people change.
All this complaining about this hertz or that effect are missing the point…

LOVE sounded great by the way.

the beatles suck and i wish they would die i wish jon lennon would die he is the worst somebody should shoot him

IGNORANT!!!

I think we should use CDLPAC format, as oppose to CAPLDC format. Any half wit knows that the the result is at least 23.245% better this way.
Yes, I have no idea what I am taking about but I assure you, if most of the people here knows as much as I.
It is about the songs people, not the format.

Some extra bonus tracks or an extra bonus album with unreleased material had been nice as a special gift to all the fans in the box. Why not the 30 minutes version of Helter Skelter? Or a dvd/blu ray of the Swedish “live in studio” broadcast “Drop In” in early October 1963. One of the first The Beatles live performces outside The UK.

BUY THE MONO VERSION!

I am glad everyone is discussing better formats. CD is flat compared to LPs, I have noticed that since the beginning. Years ago an audio engineer assured me my ears were telling the truth, the CD sample rate was way too low. The best home audio setup I had was in the late 70s: a Dual turntable with a special elliptical cartridge, a Yamaha 75-watt reciever with VFET transistors, and AR-5 speakers, set up in the huge living room of a house we rented in Seattle. Now ironically all I’ve got is a boom box that plays CDS, and a Mac with its little speakers. Since CDs don’t compare to LPs, I am waiting for audio to move to a much better digital format, closer to or better than LP sound, at which time I hope I have enough $$$ to invest in the new disks. Until then- mediocrity rules!
PS I recently heard old Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel and Paul McCartney LPs on a friend’s very medium quality LP player- much worse than the setup I had had in Seattle- and it was FAR better than any CD setup- the music came ALIVE.

Yes, the cd format is indeed wanting in sonic quality. Even for those which are remastered, the sound lacks depth, breadth and “air”. You fail to get the sense of the acoustic space in which the music was initially recorded. I am deeply dissapointed with the cd format. Quarter inch reel to reel tape and vynil records were just so much easier to like in terms of sonics. The cd sound feels like it has been cut, deliniated, with a sharp scalpel. There is little feeling of “stage” and the space between each instrument, as well as for the dynamic range between low and high frequencies. I pine for a return to the sonic 70’s where a middle of the road stereo set up would produce sonic liquid gold!!!

the beatles rock.
everybody get over it!!!!!!

And on the eighth day, after much needed rest, unto to you I give eight arms to hold you while you listen to 14 books of gifts I have given freely to the creative.

In competitiveness they’ll have too to duel with Pete Townsend, Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck at that time with the Beatles singles
I feel fine/She’s a woman and
We can work it out/Daytripper
in a progressive way it was a real breakthrough/ a tour de force especially to be listened on Past Masters 2009 to be recommended by
me.
And don’t forget Get Back and Hey Jude also.

Jos Dullaard

The MONO Box Set sounds Fresh!!~
and I’ve only heard versions via YOU Tube!! The Sound Engeeners knocked it outta the park!~ I can’t wait for my MONO Set!!
the BAD why is the NONO set more expensive to the STETEO set? etc ..
hb~

Someone said Taylor Swift is a 100X better than The Beatles – why did they even visit here?! She’s talented, but are you kidding me???

Also, another person said John Lennon should die – Um, hello…Your sarcasm leaves much to be desired!

More importantly, I get the feeling that the Mono box set is the way to go, but I don’t know what to do – I want both, but can’t afford both right now.

yahoo!!! im the last one lol

Nah do u know if this collection will be aviable soon in Uruguay?

thanks

Perhaps vinyl when kept in pristine condition and played on a top end hi-fi system does sound much better than CD. But it is now an expensive hobby. For most of us CDs are what we are stuck with. I really doubt most people can tell the difference to be honest with you. And that is the market that Apple are aiming for. The new CDs sound clearer to my ears. And that’s what I was expecting. No brickwall limiting which was nice as well.

This collection will definitely not be available in Uruguay in the foreseeable future. John Lennon always insisted that if the Beatles’ songs were ever to be digitally remastered, they should not be distributed within Burkina Faso, Uruguay or Wales.

I bought the white album. The sound sucked. Mostly they either turned down or turned up the volume on the drums and in most cases pushed the cymbals and guitars to the background.

just returned the Beatles box set….job is shitty …. some of George’s work on Pepper, MgMyst t, And Hey Jude is completely missing….Backing vocals and some co-lead vocals are missing as well on some tracks,,,, the faux stereo on the first 4 albums doesn’t work for me as well …buyer beware ….

I like the Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees, The Abba, The Commodores,The Beach Boys etc, but not the Beatles . I think I t had something to do what they did to Michael Jackson’s .

When I just listened to the first remastered Beatles album I could not help thinking that this was the level where the Rolling Stones stayed for their entire career, whereas for the Beatles it was just the start!

I have a middle of the road 80’s Denon direct drive with an ADC PX-40 stylus running through a 100Watt JVC and out through Boston Acoustic towers. Mobile Fidelity’s White album and Led Zep 2 sound incredible. Play the CD’s at same time and switch back and forth to hear the difference – no comparison. Hard to explain, but the LP’s have a depth and richness that the CD’s don’t. Some say if I switch to a tube-type receiver, it’s even better. I am hoping the new re-mastered vinyl will retain this sound quality. We’ll see…

just up to now i never just heard beatles remastered,just hope and pray it’jj be soon.just a perfect work of art..must say its absolutely fantastic

The four Beatles cd’s remastered in stereo…now rest of the remastered collection sounds no different then the stereo cd’s
that was released in 80’s on Parlophone or apple lable.
The bottom line is they didn’t remastered the last 11 cd’s.

we are doing an biography about the greatest band that has inspired alot of people and has changed in many ways.Even thouh half of the beetles are dead there music will still live on and is suprising how there music is still the top sellers.(we are mainly doing a biography on john lennon and he affected many people in different ways such as his death.)

I have been a Beatles’ fan since I was a child. I can’t remember what age I was. I was not even enrolled in grade school then. All I know is that I like their songs.

i’m waiting for their albums!!they are great!!!!!beatles4ever!!!!!

2 left of them so what do you bi eve me or them

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JUST BOUGHT THOSE REMASTERED COPIES. WOW, SPECIALLY THEIR BACK VOCAL! INCREDIBLE HOW THOSE SONGS ARE STILL SO NICE TP LISTEN AT !!

ENJOY !! PRICELESS !!

Great idea but with most discs clocking in at around 30 minutes, surely more material cold have been added. Out takes for example, were only touched on in the Anthology series. I am still waiting for the full 30 minute Helter Skelter to be issued. Whatever happened to The Beatles who once complained at the USA verions of their a;bums where songs were chopped out to create half an album.

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great! the sound is amazing! and i love all the photos and liner notes! overall great buy!