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| From | rob@splitsville.com |
| Subject | Re: Beatles catalog to see first mass reissue program |
| Date | Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:31:10 +0000 |
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Rat own with the statements below.
I bought multiple editions of Who albums over the years...I'm not doing it again for the Beatles.
I'm sure Yoko's paid off the mortgages on those Dakota apartments by now.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Cullen, Niall" <Niall.Cullen@diageo.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 05:03:23
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Subject: Re: Beatles catalog to see first mass reissue program
I have to agree Bob, what the world does not needs right now, is another
waste of your hard earned income,the Beatle cash cow knows no end.
4 years digitally remastering, send HR into Abbey Road,a lot of time
wasting me thinks ???
Niall
....or is this just another cash grab from a dying label and a last gasp
for the CD delivery system...
bob
--- On Tue, 4/7/09, govango <govango@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: govango <govango@yahoo.com>
Subject: Beatles catalog to see first mass reissue program
To: audities@smoe.org
Received: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 10:54 AM
From THEBEATLES.COM
michael
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.
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