| "Beatles (The) - In Stereo Vinyl Box 16LP Box Set With Book (Shop Collection Only)" |
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LP 1 - Please Please Me
Side 1
1. I Saw Her Standing There (2009 - Remaster)
2. Misery (2009 - Remaster)
3. Anna (Go To Him) (2009 - Remaster)
4. Chains (2009 - Remaster)
5. Boys (2009 - Remaster)
6. Ask Me Why (2009 - Remaster)
7. Please Please Me (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Love Me Do (2009 - Remaster)
2. P.S. I Love You (2009 - Remaster)
3. Baby It's You (2009 - Remaster)
4. Do You Want To Know A Secret (2009 - Remaster)
5. A Taste Of Honey (2009 - Remaster)
6. There's A Place (2009 - Remaster)
7. Twist And Shout (2009 - Remaster)
LP 2 - With The Beatles
Side 1
1. It Won't Be Long (2009 - Remaster)
2. All I've Got To Do (2009 - Remaster)
3. All My Loving (2009 - Remaster)
4. Don't Bother Me (2009 - Remaster)
5. Little Child (2009 - Remaster)
6. Till There Was You (2009 - Remaster)
7. Please Mister Postman (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Roll Over Beethoven (2009 - Remaster)
2. Hold Me Tight (2009 - Remaster)
3. You Really Got A Hold On Me (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Wanna Be Your Man (2009 - Remaster)
5. Devil In Her Heart (2009 - Remaster)
6. Not A Second Time (2009 - Remaster)
7. Money (That's What I Want) (2009 - Remaster)
LP 3 - A Hard Day's Night
Side 1
1. A Hard Day's Night (2009 - Remaster)
2. I Should Have Known Better (2009 - Remaster)
3. If I Fell (2009 - Remaster)
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (2009 - Remaster)
5. And I Love Her (2009 - Remaster)
6. Tell Me Why (2009 - Remaster)
7. Can't Buy Me Love (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Any Time At All (2009 - Remaster)
2. I'll Cry Instead (2009 - Remaster)
3. Things We Said Today (2009 - Remaster)
4. When I Get Home (2009 - Remaster)
5. You Can't Do That (2009 - Remaster)
6. I'll Be Back (2009 - Remaster)
LP 4 - Beatles For Sale
Side 1
1. No Reply (2009 - Remaster)
2. I'm A Loser (2009 - Remaster)
3. Baby's In Black (2009 - Remaster)
4. Rock And Roll Music (2009 - Remaster)
5. I'll Follow The Sun (2009 - Remaster)
6. Mr Moonlight (2009 - Remaster)
7. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (2009 - Remaster)
8. Eight Days A Week (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Words Of Love (2009 - Remaster)
2. Honey Don't (2009 - Remaster)
3. Every Little Thing (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party (2009 - Remaster)
5. What You're Doing (2009 - Remaster)
6. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (2009 - Remaster)
LP 5 - Help!
Side 1
1. Help! (2009 - Remaster)
2. The Night Before (2009 - Remaster)
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Need You (2009 - Remaster)
5. Another Girl (2009 - Remaster)
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl (2009 - Remaster)
7. Ticket To Ride (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Act Naturally (2009 - Remaster)
2. It's Only Love (2009 - Remaster)
3. You Like Me Too Much (2009 - Remaster)
4. Tell Me What You See (2009 - Remaster)
5. I've Just Seen A Face (2009 - Remaster)
6. Yesterday (2009 - Remaster)
7. Dizzy Miss Lizzy (2009 - Remaster)
LP 6 - Rubber Soul
Side 1
1. Drive My Car (2009 - Remaster)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2009 - Remaster)
3. You Won't See Me (2009 - Remaster)
4. Nowhere Man (2009 - Remaster)
5. Think For Yourself (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Word (2009 - Remaster)
7. Michelle (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. What Goes On (2009 - Remaster)
2. Girl (2009 - Remaster)
3. I'm Looking Through You (2009 - Remaster)
4. In My Life (2009 - Remaster)
5. Wait (2009 - Remaster)
6. If I Needed Someone (2009 - Remaster)
7. Run For Your Life (2009 - Remaster)
LP 7 - Revolver
Side 1
1. Taxman (2009 - Remaster)
2. Eleanor Rigby (2009 - Remaster)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (2009 - Remaster)
4. Love You To (2009 - Remaster)
5. Here, There And Everywhere (2009 - Remaster)
6. Yellow Submarine (2009 - Remaster)
7. She Said She Said (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Good Day Sunshine (2009 - Remaster)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (2009 - Remaster)
3. For No One (2009 - Remaster)
4. Doctor Robert (2009 - Remaster)
5. I Want To Tell You (2009 - Remaster)
6. Got To Get You Into My Life (2009 - Remaster)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (2009 - Remaster)
LP 8 - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Side 1
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 - Remaster)
2. With A Little Help From My Friends (2009 - Remaster)
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2009 - Remaster)
4. Getting Better (2009 - Remaster)
5. Fixing A Hole (2009 - Remaster)
6. She's Leaving Home (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (2009 - Remaster)
2. Within You Without You (2009 - Remaster)
3. When I'm Sixty Four (2009 - Remaster)
4. Lovely Rita (2009 - Remaster)
5. Good Morning Good Morning (2009 - Remaster)
6. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (2009 - Remaster)
7. A Day In The Life (2009 - Remaster)
LP 9 - Magical Mystery Tour
Side 1
1. Magical Mystery Tour (2009 - Remaster)
2. The Fool On The Hill (2009 - Remaster)
3. Flying (2009 - Remaster)
4. Blue Jay Way (2009 - Remaster)
5. Your Mother Should Know (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Am The Walrus (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Hello, Goodbye (2009 - Remaster)
2. Strawberry Fields Forever (2009 - Remaster)
3. Penny Lane (2009 - Remaster)
4. Baby, You're A Rich Man (2009 - Remaster)
5. All You Need Is Love (2009 - Remaster)
LP 10 - The Beatles
Side 1
1. Back in the U.S.S.R. (2009 - Remaster)
2. Dear Prudence (2009 - Remaster)
3. Glass Onion (2009 - Remaster)
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2009 - Remaster)
5. Wild Honey Pie (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (2009 - Remaster)
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2009 - Remaster)
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Martha My Dear (2009 - Remaster)
2. I'm So Tired (2009 - Remaster)
3. Blackbird (2009 - Remaster)
4. Piggies (2009 - Remaster)
5. Rocky Raccoon (2009 - Remaster)
6. Don't Pass Me By (2009 - Remaster)
7. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (2009 - Remaster)
8. I Will (2009 - Remaster)
9. Julia (2009 - Remaster)
LP 11
Side 1
1. Birthday (2009 - Remaster)
2. Yer Blues (2009 - Remaster)
3. Mother Nature's Son (2009 - Remaster)
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (2009 - Remaster)
5. Sexy Sadie (2009 - Remaster)
6. Helter Skelter (2009 - Remaster)
7. Long, Long, Long (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Revolution 1 (2009 - Remaster)
2. Honey Pie (2009 - Remaster)
3. Savoy Truffle (2009 - Remaster)
4. Cry Baby Cry (2009 - Remaster)
5. Revolution 9 (2009 - Remaster)
6. Good Night (2009 - Remaster)
LP 12 - Yellow Submarine
Side 1
1. Yellow Submarine (2009 - Remaster)
2. Only A Northern Song (2009 - Remaster)
3. All Together Now (2009 - Remaster)
4. Hey Bulldog (2009 - Remaster)
5. It's All Too Much (2009 - Remaster)
6. All You Need Is Love (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Pepperland (2009 - Remaster)
2. Sea Of Time (2009 - Remaster)
3. Sea Of Holes (2009 - Remaster)
4. Sea Of Monsters (2009 - Remaster)
5. March Of The Meanies (2009 - Remaster)
6. Pepperland Laid Waste (2009 - Remaster)
7. Yellow Submarine In Pepperland (2009 - Remaster)
LP 13 - Abbey Road
Side 1
1. Come Together (2009 - Remaster)
2. Something (2009 - Remaster)
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (2009 - Remaster)
4. Oh! Darling (2009 - Remaster)
5. Octopus's Garden (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Here Comes The Sun (2009 - Remaster)
2. Because (2009 - Remaster)
3. You Never Give Me Your Money (2009 - Remaster)
4. Sun King (2009 - Remaster)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (2009 - Remaster)
6. Polythene Pam (2009 - Remaster)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (2009 - Remaster)
8. Golden Slumbers (2009 - Remaster)
9. Carry That Weight (2009 - Remaster)
10. The End (2009 - Remaster)
11. Her Majesty (2009 - Remaster)
LP 14 - Let It Be
Side 1
1. Two Of Us (2009 - Remaster)
2. Dig A Pony (2009 - Remaster)
3. Across The Universe (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Me Mine (2009 - Remaster)
5. Dig It (2009 - Remaster)
6. Let It Be (2009 - Remaster)
7. Maggie Mae (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. I've Got A Feeling (2009 - Remaster)
2. One After 909 (2009 - Remaster)
3. The Long And Winding Road (2009 - Remaster)
4. For You Blue (2009 - Remaster)
5. Get Back (2009 - Remaster)
LP 15 - Past Masters (Volumes 1 & 2)
Side 1
1. Love Me Do (Original Single Version) (2009 - Remaster)
2. From Me To You (2009 - Remaster)
3. Thank You Girl (2009 - Remaster)
4. She Loves You (2009 - Remaster)
5. I'll Get You (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand (2009 - Remaster)
7. This Boy (2009 - Remaster)
8. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (2009 - Remaster)
9. Sie Liebt Dich (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Long Tall Sally (2009 - Remaster)
2. I Call Your Name (2009 - Remaster)
3. Slow Down (2009 - Remaster)
4. Matchbox (2009 - Remaster)
5. I Feel Fine (2009 - Remaster)
6. She's A Woman (2009 - Remaster)
7. Bad Boy (2009 - Remaster)
8. Yes It Is (2009 - Remaster)
9. I'm Down (2009 - Remaster)
LP 16
Side 1
1. Day Tripper (2009 - Remaster)
2. We Can Work It Out (2009 - Remaster)
3. Paperback Writer (2009 - Remaster)
4. Rain (2009 - Remaster)
5. Lady Madonna (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Inner Light (2009 - Remaster)
7. Hey Jude (2009 - Remaster)
8. Revolution (2009 - Remaster)
Side 2
1. Get Back (2009 - Remaster)
2. Don't Let Me Down (2009 - Remaster)
3. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2009 - Remaster)
4. Old Brown Shoe (2009 - Remaster)
5. Across The Universe (2009 - Remaster)
6. Let It Be (2009 - Remaster)
7. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (2009 - Remaster)
Manufactured on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork, the 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in The Beatles (The White Album), the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band’s cut-outs, and special inner bags for some of the titles. Each album will be available individually, and accompanied by a stunning, elegantly designed 252-page hardbound book in a lavish boxed edition which is limited to 50,000 copies worldwide.
The book, exclusive to the boxed edition, is authored by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett and features a dedicated chapter for each of the albums, as well as insight into the creation of the remasters and how the vinyl albums were prepared. The 12”x12” book showcases a wealth of photographs spanning The Beatles’ recording career, including many images which were not included in the 2009 CD booklets.
The titles include The Beatles’ 12 original UK albums, first released between 1963 and 1970, the US-originated Magical Mystery Tour, now part of the group’s core catalogue, and Past Masters, Volumes One & Two, featuring non-album A-sides and B-sides, EP tracks and rarities.
Since it was recorded, The Beatles’ music has been heard on a variety of formats – from chunky reel-to-reel tapes and eight-track cartridges to invisible computer files. But there has never been a more romantic or thrilling medium for music than a long-playing twelve-inch disc. We ‘play’ records. The process of carefully slipping the disc out of the sleeve, cleaning it and lowering the stylus provides a personal involvement in the reproduction of the music.
In September, 2009, The Beatles’ remastered albums on CD graced charts around the world. Seventeen million album sales within seven months was resounding evidence of the timeless relevance of their legacy. Through five decades, the music of The Beatles has captivated generation upon generation.
For producer Rick Rubin, surveying The Beatles’ recorded achievements is akin to witnessing a miracle. “If we look at it by today’s standards, whoever the most popular bands in the world are, they will typically put out an album every four years,” Rubin said in a 2009 radio series interview. “So, let’s say two albums as an eight year cycle. And think of the growth or change between those two albums. The idea that The Beatles made thirteen albums in seven years and went through that arc of change... it can’t be done. Truthfully, I think of it as proof of God, because it’s beyond man’s ability.”
There has always been demand for The Beatles’ albums on vinyl. Indeed, 2011’s best-selling vinyl LP in the United States was Abbey Road. Following the success of The Beatles’ acclaimed, GRAMMY Award-winning 2009 CD remasters, it was decided that the sound experts at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios should create new versions of The Beatles’ vinyl LPs. The project demanded the same meticulous approach taken for the CD releases, and the brief was a simple one: cut the digital remasters to vinyl with an absolute minimum of compromise to the sound. However, the process involved to do that was far from simple.
The first stage in transferring the sound of a master recording to vinyl is the creation of a disc to be used during vinyl manufacture. There were two options to consider. A Direct Metal Master (DMM), developed in the late seventies, allows sound to be cut directly into a stainless steel disc coated with a hard copper alloy. The older, alternative method is to cut the sound into the soft lacquer coating on a nickel disc - the first of several steps leading to the production of a stamper to press the vinyl.
A ‘blind’ listening test was arranged to choose between a ‘lacquer’ or ‘copper’ cut. Using both methods, A Hard Day’s Night was pressed with ten seconds of silence at the beginning and end of each side. This allowed not only the reproduction of the music to be assessed, but also the noise made by the vinyl itself. After much discussion, two factors swung the decision towards using the lacquer process. First, it was judged to create a warmer sound than a DMM. Secondly, there was a practical advantage of having ‘blank’ discs of a consistent quality when cutting lacquers.
The next step was to use the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe at Abbey Road. Following thorough mechanical and electrical tests to ensure it was operating in peak condition, engineer Sean Magee cut the LPs in chronological release order. He used the original 24-bit remasters rather than the 16-bit versions that were required for CD production. It was also decided to use the remasters that had not undergone ‘limiting’ - a procedure to increase the sound level, which is deemed necessary for most current pop CDs.
Having made initial test cuts, Magee pinpointed any sound problems that can occur during playback of vinyl records. To rectify them, changes were made to the remasters with a Digital Audio Workstation. For example, each vinyl album was listened to for any ‘sibilant episodes’ - vocal distortion that can occur on consonant sounds such as S and T. These were corrected by reducing the level in the very small portion of sound causing the undesired effect. Similarly, any likelihood of ‘inner-groove distortion’ was addressed. As the stylus approaches the centre of the record, it is liable to track the groove less accurately. This can affect the high-middle frequencies, producing a ‘mushy’ sound particularly noticeable on vocals. Using what Magee has described as ‘surgical EQ,’ problem frequencies were identified and reduced in level to compensate for this.
The last phase of the vinyl mastering process began with the arrival of the first batches of test pressings made from master lacquers that had been sent to the two pressing plant factories. Stringent quality tests identified any noise or click appearing on more than one test pressing in the same place. If this happened, it was clear that the undesired sounds had been introduced either during the cutting or the pressing stage and so the test records were rejected. In the quest to achieve the highest quality possible, the Abbey Road team worked closely with the pressing factories and the manufacturers of the lacquer and cutting styli.
An additional and unusual challenge was to ensure the proper playback of the sounds embedded in the ‘lock-groove’ at the end of side two of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Requiring a combination of good timing and luck, it had always been a lengthy and costly process to make it work properly. In fact, it was so tricky, it had never been attempted for American pressings of the LP. Naturally, Sean Magee and the team perfected this and the garbled message is heard as originally intended on the remastered Sgt. Pepper LP.
Highly-skilled technicians have worked long and hard to make The Beatles on vinyl sound better than ever. All we need to do is listen to the results of their dedicated labour on the remastered LPs. Handle with care. But most of all, enjoy the music.
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