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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 23 Nov

The Beatles Remastered Stereo CDs

no comment Posted by ezwriter

The Beatles in Stereo was released in September of 2009 it instantly became the standard for The Beatles albums. These remastered versions sound far better than the old discs from the late 80s. When when I compare the remastered CDs to the old CDs it’s like the old CDs are under a pile of old blankets while the new remastered CDs sound very clear so that all of the vocals and instrumentation push through the mixes instead of being muffled.

The Remastered Beatles in Stereo Box Set isn’t the only box set by The Beatles released in September of ‘09 but it has been the biggest seller since it appeals to the widest range of fans. The Remastered Beatles Mono Box Set is excellent too but it appeals mostly to purists who want to listen to the mono mixes (because the mono mixes are what the band themselves worked on) than to an fan. Although there are definitely songs that sound better in mono than in stereo (especially some of the pre 1967 recordings) overall I think the stereo set does sound the best.


The fantastic thing about The Remastered Beatles in Stereo Box Set is that it lets you to acquire The Beatles entire 1960s discography with just one purchase and considering the high quality of most of their CDs, it makes sense to purchase all of The Beatles albums at one time instead of buying some and going back for the rest later.

As well as the wonderful ground breaking music included in this box set there are some really cool visual elements, most obviously the DVD with 13 mini documentaries on it (one for each studio album.) Along with the DVD there are also extended liner notes for each album (there is some interesting information in these notes, especially for fans that are new to The Beatles) and some interesting previously unpublished photos.

I am such a huge Beatles lover that I have ordered (or am planning on ordering) The Beatles Stereo Box, The Beatles Mono Box, The Beatles USB Stick, and The Beatles Rock Band. But if I had to pick just one of these items, it would be the complete stereo box because it’s the best way to listen to their music and after all, it is their influential albums that made them the most legendary band of all time.

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