Beatles remasters 2009

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Originally posted by munch:
Ewen,
I heard a few of them last year.
I had to give them back though.
They are very good.
Stu

My god Stu how the hell did you get to hear these?

Wouldn't have thought many people had the chance to.

I believe it once I hold them in my hands.

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
I believe it once I hold them in my hands.

Oliver, I am the same we have all built our hopes up over the years only for them to be dashed.

These are important albums for me as I grew up during this era and my mother who was in her 50's at the time loved them.

It would make for a nice surprise if we would finally get them and the mastering was outstanding - one can always hope.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by MilesSmiles:
250 posts in less than 3h on the other forum - somethings happening.

That's cause they only like the Beatles over there.

No, they like both kinds of music - The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

More expenditure then - glad I have a decent CD player for when these hit the streets.
It's around £140 for the 12 albums, but why no Revolver.

Almost glad to say I'm not a Beach Boys fan (are they doing theirs as well then?), as I couldn't afford to be - I like Smile and Pet Sounds, of course, but I'll live with the copies I've got.

Not the Half Man Half Biscuit re-masters this year, please.

ATB Rotf

The 'Revolver' thing is strange, maybe they are re-working the artwork before they post the pics?

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No, they like both kinds of music - The Beatles and The Beach Boys.

Are you saying there are more Miles??

Here's the artwork for Revolver:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revolv...id=1239099439&sr=1-6

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Originally posted by Zepfan:
Here's the artwork for Revolver:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Revolv...id=1239099439&sr=1-6

Thks, just found it as well.

Here are the catalogue numbers from HMV's site:

3824162 Please Please Me
3824202 With The Beatles
3824132 A Hard Days Night
3824142 Beatles For Sale
3824152 Help
3824182 Rubber Soul
3824172 Revolver
3824192 Sgt Pepper
3824652 Magical Mystery Tour
3824662 The White Album
3824672 Yellow Submarine
3824682 Abbey Road
3824722 Let It Be
2438072 Past Masters (this one looks funny, but that's how the site has it)

Now official!

http://www.thebeatles.com

Sounds like they may have given the catalogue the treatment it deserves. Mono boxset

But they come in eco-friendly packaging

I'm all for reducing the impact on the environment but these cardboard sleeves are a joke. I've got several CDs in this type of sleeve and the CD gets scratched if you listen to the CD frequently. I have to buy a jewel case to put these releases in to stop them getting scratched. I suppose EMI want us to keep buying the remasters every couple of years when the CD has seen too much wear and tear.

Brillaint now that it is official. Wonder if Yoko had a hand on the release date since John was into the number 9 apparently.

The Beatles Official Newsletter

7th April 2009

We are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles
catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for
worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (09-09-09), the same
date as the release of the widely anticipated "The Beatles: Rock Band"
video game.

Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art,
including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner
notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be
embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same
date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at
EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising
state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio
equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the
original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is
the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.

The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track
listings and artwork as originally released in the UK, and 'Magical
Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles' core catalogue when the
CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past
Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14
titles over 16 discs. This will mark the first time that the first four
Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact
disc. These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries,
will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set.

Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical
notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the
'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of
each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on
each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs
and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique
and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The
Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles
recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the
albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono
masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past
Masters'). As an added bonus, the mono "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" discs
also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been
previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl
CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label
designs retained.

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will
continue. There is no further information available at this time.

Mmmm - can't wait for the video game.

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Originally posted by ewemon:
Brillaint now that it is official. Wonder if Yoko had a hand on the release date since John was into the number 9 apparently.

Shame he wasn't into the number 3 then.

Good News!!! Can hardly wait! Especially if these will be the quality of the Love album, as Munch reports.


Still . . . . no mention of vinyl?
Wouldn't you think with vinyl's steady rising popularity, there would be the vinyl issue released to coincide!?!

That's what I would really like to hear!!!


Max

Darn!!!!!!!!

I KNEW you would say something like that!

When given a choice .... do both

I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
.....
If I write it enough times ...

Will there be hi-res downloads too?

ROTF-
9
Nine times!!! You MUSTwrite this Nine times . . . . or else!!!

I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.
I've already got 'em on vinyl so I think I'll be happy with the CDs.

Sounds like a chorus from a B✠!✫☹☠s song ROTF.

Really would like to hear some mono versions (esp on vinyl! if it is likely to happen). John Lennon reckoned this was the only way to hear some of their albums.

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Originally posted by David Leedham:
Really would like to hear some mono versions (esp on vinyl! if it is likely to happen). John Lennon reckoned this was the only way to hear some of their albums.

There will be a special Mono Collectors Box as well on CD.