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THE BEATLES STEREO BOX SET (LIMITED EDITION 16CD + DVD STEREO BOX SET)The Beatles The Beatles Stereo Box Set On Limited Edition 16 x CD + DVD These Catalog Remasters are Truly the Audio Event of the Century! All 12 Studio Albums plus Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters in a Stereo Box Set Also available: 13 x CD The Beatles In Mono Collector’s Box with 10 Studio Records in Mono! Finally! After a nearly 23-year wait, the Beatles are at long last getting the treatment they’ve always deserved. The most anticipated catalog reissues in music history have arrived and feature the pristine remastering that fans have craved since being subject to the highly inferior, much-maligned release of the British quartet’s records on CD in 1987. This time around, proper care and a painstaking series of steps were taken to ensure that music lovers would hear the Fab Four in all their glory. With EMI’s legendary Abbey Road Studios providing the backdrop, the four-year restoration process combined veteran expertise, state-of-the-art equipment, vintage studio gear, and rigorous testing to net what is without doubt the highest fidelity possible and authentic, jaw-dropping sound guaranteed to rival the original LPs. There is no longer any need to pay hundreds of dollars for Japanese pressings. At the start of the restoration process, engineers conducted extensive tests before copying the analog master tapes into the digital realm using 24-bit/192 kHz resolution and a Prism A-D converter. Dust build-ups were removed from tape machine heads after the completion of each title. Artifacts such as electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance, and poor edits were improved upon as long as it was determined that doing so didn’t at all damage the integrity of the songs. Similarly, de-noising technology was applied in only a few necessary spots and on a sum total of less than five of the entire 525 minutes of Beatles music. Compression was also used sparingly and only on the stereo versions to preserve the sanctity of the dynamics. A rigorous string of checks and balances ensured that the results exceeded expectations. Subject to numerous playback tests, songs were auditioned by the remastering team to determine if any lingering mistakes needed correction. The restored versions were also compared side-by-side against the original vinyl pressings (loaded into Pro Tools), and then again auditioned in the same studio where all recent Beatles projects, including Love, were mixed. Once all EQ issues had been addressed, another round of listening litmus tests occurred in still another location. Finalization required the approval of everyone involved in the remastering process. For this project, there was no such thing as too many cooks in the kitchen. Yes, it took a village to get it right. Each album features original U.K. vinyl album artwork, original U.K. track listings, expanded booklets containing original and newly penned liner notes, recording notes, rare photos, and fold-out packaging. All initial CD copies also come embedded with QuickTime mini-documentary films that reveal archival footage, unheard studio banter, and rare photographs that provide insight into the recording process and atmospheres surrounding each album. In addition, the 16-disc stereo box set comes with a DVD that collects all 13 documentaries in one place (the Past Masters set does not include a documentary) and features the debut of four Beatles albums in stereo. Everything comes housed in a tall, glossy, hard black lift-top case augmented with a magnetic clasp. Order your copy from Music Direct today! The Beatles Stereo Box Set Contents: Please Please Me (CD debut in stereo) The Beatles Stereo Box Set Track Listing |
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