The Beatles are the most popular band of all time but unfortunately up until 2009 their music has not been available in the best possible quality on Compact disk. Why? Because when The Beatles were first mastered for Compact disk in 1987 the work wasn’t done particularly well. This is because digital mastering in ’87 was still pretty new technology and a lot of advances have been made since then.
The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set includes beautiful remastered versions of every song The Beatles released from 1962 through 1970. That means every album from 1963′s Please Please Me through 1970′s Let It Be. It also includes all of the non-LP tracks that were released during that active period on the Past Masters compilation.
If you’re like many Beatles fans then you probably already own all of their albums on Compact disk and you’re questioning the wisdom of buying them all again just because they may sound a little bit better or they are in nicer packaging. But the truth is that they sound a lot better. The change is very noticeable. And really, this is the most fantastic modern music ever made, I think it deserves to be listened to in it’s best possible quality.
Some songs such as “Helter Skelter” sound so much clearer that it’s really seems like an entirely new recording. There’s so much in this music that I’m really hearing for the first time because of how much improved these remastered versions sound. Even Abbey Road (which is generally thought to be the most modern sounding Beatles LP) sounds much superior.
It’s mind-blowing how clear each part of the music sounds with these new remastered versions. I can hear each harmony vocal separately now! I can hear every guitar part. But all of this clarity does not come at the expense of analog “warmth.” I actually think these new compact discs sound far more “warm” than the old ones because of the advanced technology used to capture the sound off of the original analog tapes.
I strongly recommend The Beatles In Stereo Box Set for every fan of The Beatles. It also makes a tremendous Birthday or Holiday gift if you have a Beatles fanatic in your life.
Of course I also definitely recommend The Beatles Mono Box Set because in a lot of ways it’s even more of an remarkable experience, at least if you’re like me and you had never heard these original mono mixes before. It’s a amazing experience to be able to listen to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in it’s original mono for the very first time. To get to listen to all of the additional sound effects on the vocals and to get to listen to how “She’s Leaving Home” is faster and a semitone higher!
These mono mixes are really how the songs were originally meant to be listened to by the band so it’s a true joy to get to listen to them like that for any authentic Beatles fan.
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