Beatles Remastered Vinyl

I'll believe it when they are available. I had them preordered on Amazon last year only for them to be withdrawn. But, thanks for the heads up. I will wait with fingers crossed. A nice Xmas present I think.

I like the Christmas present idea. Time to start dropping hints to the girlfriend.

Matt,

Don't pre-order if they take your money straight away with the order.

Good news if it comes off.

I saw the same thing last year on a few sites.

I am like Steve, will hang on for a official announcement.

Some of a family that lives in Peasmarsh have heard nothing.

Stu.

Try taking an egg shell, breaking it into 10,000 pieces, and then gluing the pieces back together again - in hopes of achieving "perfect" sound. 

Lovely.

Good advice Stu. It is now on the Acoustic Sounds site as well so maybe we will hear something officially soon.

Are they saying they actually have it?  Hard to tell.  I actually live a few miles from their HQ here in Chicago.  Maybe I'll just drive over and see.

Ah   Now I see  Available Nov 13

They did the same thing last year.

It ain't happening in November or any time this or even early next year.

Just got off the phone to the horses mouth so to speak.

Stu.

GregU,

Whereabout in Chicago do you live if you don't mind me asking? Hard to find local Naimees. I live in Wheaton but get into the city pretty often.

Varyat

I'm in the city  Andersonville    Are you going to the Naim event at Pro Musica Oct 5?

GregU,

Did not know about the event- what are they showing? NDS?

Yes.  See details here: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/19165748688368743

Couldn't agree more Big Brother, it's another digital to vinyl release.

Regards,

Chris N

The Beatles Stereo Albums 180g 16LP Limited Edition Box Set
You've Waited Long Enough: The Definitive Analog Beatles Catalog Is Here
All 12 Studio Albums plus Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters in a Stereo Box Set
Sourced from the Original Master Tapes
Cut at Abbey Road Studios by a First-Rate Team of Producers and Engineers
This box set is not eligible for any discounts.
Twist and shout, shout, shout: The Beatles are at long last getting the treatment they’ve always deserved on vinyl. The most anticipated catalog reissues in music history have arrived and feature the pristine remastering that fans have craved for decades. Your wishes have come true: Every Beatles album. Every official Beatles song. Faithfully reproduced album jackets. All in this glorious box set.
Proper care and a painstaking series of steps were taken to ensure that music lovers would hear the Fab Four in all their glory. With EMI’s legendary Abbey Road Studios providing the backdrop, the four-year restoration process combined veteran expertise, state-of-the-art equipment, vintage studio gear, and rigorous testing to net what is without doubt the highest fidelity possible and authentic, jaw-dropping sound guaranteed to rival the original LPs. There is no longer any need to pay hundreds of dollars for Japanese pressings.
At the start of the restoration process, engineers conducted extensive tests before copying the analog master tapes into the digital realm using 24-bit/192 kHz resolution and a Prism A-D converter. Dust build-ups were removed from tape machine heads after the completion of each title. Artifacts such as electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance, and poor edits were improved upon as long as it was determined that doing so didn’t at all damage the integrity of the songs. Similarly, de-noising technology was applied in only a few necessary spots and on a sum total of less than five of the entire 525 minutes of Beatles music. Compression was also used sparingly and only on the stereo versions to preserve the sanctity of the dynamics.
A rigorous string of checks and balances ensured that the results exceeded expectations. Subject to numerous playback tests, songs were auditioned by the remastering team to determine if any lingering mistakes needed correction. The restored versions were also compared side-by-side against the original vinyl pressings (loaded into Pro Tools), and then again auditioned in the same studio where all recent Beatles projects, including Love, were mixed. Once all EQ issues had been addressed, another round of listening litmus tests occurred in still another location. Finalization required the approval of everyone involved in the remastering process. For this project, there was no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen. Yes, it took a village to get it right.
Each album features original U.K. vinyl album artwork, original U.K. track listings, expanded booklets containing original and newly penned liner notes, recording notes, rare photos, and fold-out packaging. Everything comes housed in a tall, glossy, hard black lift-top case augmented with a magnetic clasp.

No news on a MONO box set?

Richard

Price?

Pre-order price of  $399 at most US sites. UK? No idea.

Matt

Go over to the Steve Hoffman forums and read the PAGES and PAGES which have been written during the past few days. Most people are extremely disappointed with this impending announcement. In a nutshell (to save you from reading everything) these appear to simply be the exact same files used for the 2009 box set and pressed on vinyl. Nothing new in terms of improvements or better sound. People over there are quite upset with EMI. 

Gregg

Gregg,

A depressing read.

Richard

Gregg,

I have had a good read over on the Hoff forum.

There are a lot of plonkers over there imo.

The 2009 remaster Stereo and Mono CDs and Apple Stick sound brilliant imo.

So much better than anything thats come before that includes the Hoffman remasters from years ago.

So if this vinyl set does come off?

IMO it should be good.

I wont be buying it at £400 though.

Or the WHO vinyl box set thats due out at the same time for around the same money.

EMI are now French owned .

Stu.

Stu

The best are obviously the original mono UK Parlophones - which all of you guys in the UK have a monopoly on 

The next best are the mono box sets - the one from the UK and the one (which took me more than a year to assemble) from Japan - the Japanese Red Vinyl monos.  EMI/Parlophone sent the original mono tapes over to Japan (1982) and the Japanese did a pristine job on beautiful high quality Japanese vinyl.  Great sounding - the next best thing compared to the (unobtanum) originals.

Next up, and reasonably priced, is the famous Blue Box - BC13 - being the UK version (as each country had their own version.  These can be had on eBay for around $250-300.

I have the 2009 Mono CD box - pales in comparison to the vinyl's - although I should really rip them and listen on the Klimax DS 

Best

Gregg

Gregg,

Every vinyl remaster of any Beatles album i have ever heard just Kills what the originals did.

They were raw and thats how they should sound imo.

Same goes for the CD remasters.

The 2009' Stereo/ Mono/Stick sets are still the best imo.

Only Let It Be Naked is better.

You need to rip your Mono set.

Stu.

I have no idea how they fit so many lp's in this little thing!

The news of this release did have me thinking for a moment that it might be time to buy a turntable, but eh the answer is, no, this is not the reason. 

Bart,

Many many years ago in Holland i bought one CD with every Beatles album on it.

Work that out?

At that time people were still paying  over £10 for one CD album and MP3 was not even out then.

Stu.

Stu I was being facetious   The files on there do sound pretty good, but very polished.  I agree with you re Let it Be Naked.

I'm old enough to have had a few of those tracks on 45's from Capitol Records.  As a 3 yr old I was into the Beatles, and my parents indulged my interest.  Been carrying on for 50 more years.

Simply mastering these files onto vinyl seems a bit silly to me, but then I'm not a current era vinyl guy.