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     Pat Boland Member Username: Pat_boland Post Number: 60 Registered: 05-2005 |
At last, it's happening. 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. | ||
| cosmo vitelli Member Username: Cosmo Post Number: 89 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'll get these for Kev for christmas | ||
| Allen Belz Member Username: Abpositive Post Number: 1430 Registered: 09-2006 |
So will I...he needs more than one. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 131 Registered: 10-2008 |
cheers lads - i should make a right few quid by selling on this crap ;-) | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3030 Registered: 05-2005 |
shall we all start a christmas club payment schem with... er.... Zavvi or someone, in preparation!!! | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1437 Registered: 01-2005 |
If I get a re-mastered Let It Be, it will from the band out of Minneapolis, MN and not from Liverpool in the UK. Did anyone pop for the 'mats re-issues from last year? Tim and Pleased to Meet Me have gotten some great reviews, but some of the songs from Let It Be were edited according to some of the reviews in amazon. | ||
| skulldisco Member Username: Skulldisco Post Number: 135 Registered: 10-2008 |
Wish I had thought of that opening line Michael! I got all the remastered 'Mats stuff last year, wasnt Let It Be also included in the first round of remastered reissues of the pre Tim records from a few years back, I certainly bought my copy then. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1440 Registered: 01-2005 |
Kevin, The first Let It Be reissue was from 2002 and may not have included bonus cuts, and that's the one you have. The reissues from last year all have bonus cuts and a couple of the cuts from LET IT BE got snipped. I still only have my Twin Tone vinyl and Twin Tone cd from the 1980's, so I need an upgrade on Let It Be as well as Tim, Pleased To Meet Me and Hootenany. | ||
| spence Member Username: Spence Post Number: 3032 Registered: 05-2005 |
Next up for Kev, Crowded Hoose box set remastering extravaganza!  | ||
| Geoff Holmes Member Username: Geoff Post Number: 477 Registered: 05-2005 |
....oh, you heathens.... | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 1441 Registered: 01-2005 |
I for one would like to pick up 3-4 remastered Joni Mitchell albums from the 1970's that I don't have on cd. So far no word of any re-issues however, as she is stuck on the worse big lable for re-isssues; Warner Brothers/Reprise. I don't expect anything soon, if ever. |