Ja så skulle det endelig ske. Er meget spændt på at høre disse remasters. Hvis de er gode er der ikke andet for end at købe en masser af deres plader igen. Lad os håbe vi også ser dem på LP!
her. "Beatles fans and audiophiles alike should be excited that the
Liverpool quartet's entire 12-album catalogue will be live and
remastered in stere-eree-o on September 9—yes, 9.9.09—the same day that
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The Beatles: Rock Band" comes out.
EMI says that audio engineers spent four years remastering the
collection of albums, combining the latest sound technology with
vintage studio equipment to give it an updated, but authentic sound.
Each album will come with a short documentary about the respective
recordings, and the expanded booklets will have new photos and liner
notes included.
There's no word about modes of digital distribution
yet, but keep your ears peeled—EMI says they'll discuss that later. And
for those not sold on the difference between Stereo and Mono, just look
at The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds as an example of similar stereo/mono recordings from that era. The difference is like night and day, kids. Night. And. Day."
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London, England – April 7, 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."
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