THE BEATLES' ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED BY APPLE CORPS LTD. AND EMI MUSIC FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 (9-9-09)

7th April 2009

Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music 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 (9-9-09), 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.

[www.sunherald.com]


very exciting, finally. the only time the beatles albums were ever officially mastered for cd was in 1987, and they've always sounded like garbage. the best way to listen to the beatles since then has been the original vinyls or needledrop recordings by bootleggers like dr. ebbetts.

WANT!!!!!!!!

Finally I'll be able to listen to The Beatles on my headphones and not have to worry about only hearing half of the instrumentation if I take out my left or right headphone D:

I was just coming in to post about this, lol. Looks like I got beat to it.

It is completely AWESOME news!

@janedoepa: Thank you for that link and I just HAD to post this quote at the top of the page there -

"I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen."
Timothy Leary

That is just too good!

im a little confused about what 'savoy truffle' is about. but it's still awesome.

it goes to show what a good songwriter harrison was, i never really bothered to read into the origins of the song and i read all kinds of sinister meanings into it about his relationship with the other beatles at the time. all these other layers to it. it's probably a top 3 white album song for me.

I was at the ceremony of George Harrison posthumously getting his star on the Walk of Fame on Tuesday; it was great. Only downside was this fat bitch in front of me who kept yelling for Paul to sign her copy of Revolver "to make her friend jealous." If that's the only reason why you want Sir Paul McCartney to sign something of yours, then GTFO out of the fandom.

Pictures:

why the fuck would you want a remastered version of the beatles on cd? these days remastered just means compressed to fuckery by idiot producers/engineers just so they can have more fucking volume. pfft! my old versions will no doubt sound eons better than yet another fucking remaster job.

pask posted:

why the fuck would you want a remastered version of the beatles on cd? these days remastered just means compressed to fuckery by idiot producers/engineers just so they can have more fucking volume. pfft! my old versions will no doubt sound eons better than yet another fucking remaster job.

the beatles albums have only been mastered for cd once, in 1987, and very badly

for beatles albums before abbey road, you are not hearing what they painstakingly mixed the album as originally, unless you have a vintage MONO vinyl or a bootleg recording of one--say, by bootlegger dr. ebbetts. the beatles cds we have grown up on are just a poor representation of the works

this is why the new remasters of the MONO versions are so exciting for true beatles fans. potentially they may sound better than the original vinyls and bootleg recordings of these vinyls will sound



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I love my dads sgt.pepper record.

I like how Tom Hanks is there. That guy is, like, everywhere.

Haven't been in here in awhile. Just popping in to say hello!


Beatles in LOVE...awww....

kiki2u posted:

Haven't been in here in awhile. Just popping in to say hello!


Beatles in LOVE...awww....

HI KIKI!!!!!!! *hugs*

I love that video, and then I think to myself about Pattie cheating on George with Ron Wood (Rolling Stones) and I get pissed all over again. Oh well, George was no angel either.

birdflu777 posted:

I'm excited about The Beatles possibly coming to iTunes. I've heard things, and nothing's certain, but still.

It would only make sense, seeing as they've finally digitized and remastered the entire catalogue.

Plus, apparently Sir Paul has to pay for his divorce from that stupid, gold-digging, whore somehow.

kiki2u posted:

TBHA posted:

HI KIKI!!!!!!! *hugs*

I love that video, and then I think to myself about Pattie cheating on George with Ron Wood (Rolling Stones) and I get pissed all over again. Oh well, George was no angel either.

*hugs to you!*

I know, I know....its bittersweet. (WTF was Pattie thinking?? lolz)

VS



Really, Pattie? REALLY?