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2010 13 Mar

The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set

no comment Posted by ezwriter

The Beatles are definitely not a “greatest hits” kind of band. You can’t purchase just Beatles 1 and be done with the Fab Four. I believe most of their best tracks were not their number one hits but were their more experimental recordings such as “Tomorrow Never Knows.”

If you really want to understand The Beatles incredibly influential music you have to listen to their LPs as a whole instead of just checking out the big hits. I believe that the Fab Four recorded quite a few of the best rock albums of all time and even their not so fantastic albums (like Beatles for Sale) have some fantastic tracks.

This is why I believe it’s such a fantastic idea to Buy The Remastered Beatles Stereo Box Set. The box includes every album (and every non-album song with the Past Masters double CD set) that The Beatles released in the 1960s.


It contains pretty much all of their officially released recordings except for The Anthologies and the Live at the BBC set. I think this makes sense because those releases aren’t a part of the band’s “official catalog”. They are sort of like the “special features” on a DVD while the original releases are the main movie.

There are some more of their releases that are not included in the box set, one of them being the 1999 release of a CD titled Yellow Submarine Songtrack that is completely different from the 1969 Yellow Submarine LP. It is actually far better in my opinion and definitely worth a listen because of it’s alternate mixes (it’s not just remastered, it’s remixed.) Love and Let It Be… Naked are also not included.

Along with The Beatles Stereo Box Set, I also highly recommend that you Buy The Beatles in Mono Box Set which features the original mono mixes for all of The Beatles songs up through Yellow Submarine. It may be hard to understand today, but when they were mixing their recordings they thought the mono version to be of much more importance than the stereo mixes up until about 1968.

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2009 6 Dec

The Beatles Remastered In Stereo & Mono

no comment Posted by ezwriter

In the late 1980s The Beatles music was first made available on CD but unfortunately the best job wasn’t done on the mastering of those discs and only the stereo versions of their classic albums were released.

The biggest issue was the digital mastering. Digital mastering at that time was still in it’s infancy. The knowledge and technology on how to best master music digitally for CD release has progressed significantly since then. For example mastering in the ’80s was done in 16bit and the mastering for the new Beatles remasters was done in 24bit. This allows for less digital distortion and for more of the original analog tape sound to be captured.

But the lack of mono versions of The Beatles albums was also a big problem for a lot of fans who either grew up with those mixes or who were curious to hear them.

Luckily now with the Beatles remasters, these problems have been solved. Both stereo and mono versions of The Beatles timeless albums are now available and they are both remastered digitally in such a way that lets the music to soudn better than ever.

The Beatles in Stereo USB Memory Stick

This Beatles USB is essentially a digital version of the stereo box set. It includes both 320kbps mp3s and 24bit FLAC files. Along with the audio files, this Apple USB stick also includes the visual parts of the box set such as the thirteen mini documentaries, the extensive liner notes, and the photographs.


This USB memory stick is compatible with both Mac and Windows computers. The mp3s should work with no problems with any mp3 player (whether it be a Zune, an iPod, or a lesser known brand.)

The Beatles in Mono Box Set

The release that has created the most excitement of hardcore Beatles fans is The Beatles Mono Box Set because it’s the first time that the original mono mixes have ever been released on CD.

Purist Beatles fans feel strongly that these mono mixes were really the way their music was supposed to be listened to and the purists have good reason for believing that. Mono was what most Beatles fans listened to in the ’60s and The Beatles spent the majority of their time working on getting the mono mixes just right. In comparison the stereo mixes were little more than an afterthought.

The Beatles in Stereo

2009’s most popular Beatles release has been this awesome box set. It’s been an enormous unit shifter and for good reason. It includes The Beatles entire 1962-1970 catalog in brilliantly remastered stereo. It sounds absolutely brilliant (these CDs are definitely far superior to the 1987 mastered Beatles CDs you probably have at the moment.)

The biggest improvements compared to the old discs can be heard in the way McCartney’s bass cuts through the mix like never before and Ringo’s drums sound far better than they used to as well. It’s also great to be able to hear each individual vocal part more clearly which we can do with these new remasters.

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