The Beatles Stereo Box Set

The Beatles Stereo Box Set
Compilation album by The Beatles
Publication (s)	September 9, 2009
Label (s)	Apple / EMI / Universal Music
Format (s)	CD - Boxset , LP -Boxset, download -Boxset, USB flash disk box set
Genre (s)	Rock , pop
Title (number)	227/13 albums
running time	9 h 22 min 46 s John Lennon : rhythm guitar , vocals Paul McCartney : bass , acoustic guitar , drums , vocals George Harrison : lead guitar , vocals Ringo Starr : drums, vocals
production	George Martin , Phil Spector (on Let It Be )
chronology Love (2006) The Beatles Stereo Box Set The Beatles in Mono (2009)

The Beatles Stereo Box Set is a box set compilation of all of the British studio albums by the Beatles music group . The box contains the twelve albums that were released between 1963 and 1970, as well as Magical Mystery Tour and the two Past Masters albums Vol. One and Vol. Two , which contain songs that are not on the regular albums . All recordings were remastered and published in this box on September 9th, 2009, using the numerical mystery “09.09.09” as the release date. At the same time, the compilation The Beatles in mono , which contains the mono versions of the first nine British studio albums, as well as Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters .

Emergence

With the first legal release of the Beatles albums in CD format between February 26 and October 20, 1987, EMI decided that only the twelve British studio albums would be produced worldwide, in addition to the American compilation album Magical Mystery Tour added to the Beatles' core catalog. As with the first release of the Beatles albums on CD in 1987, the album versions that had been released in Great Britain were used. The US versions, some of which differed considerably, were not taken into account. The only exception is the album Magical Mystery Tour , for which the US version was used. Until the boxing The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 was released in 2004, no further US albums were legally released on CD.

With the box's release in 2009, the albums are all available in stereo on CD for the first time . So far, the Beatles' first four albums had been released exclusively in mono on CD . For the Help! and Rubber Soul , mixes were used that were made by George Martin in 1986 and released in 1987 when the Beatles' albums first appeared in CD format. The original mixes of the two albums from 1965 also appeared in the box The Beatles in mono instead . The albums were remastered at Abbey Road Studios by Paul Hicks (sound engineer for the mono albums), Guy Massey (sound engineer), Sam Okell (sound engineer for the stereo albums With The Beatles and Let It Be ), Steve Rooke (mastering Engineer), Sean Magee (mastering engineer for the mono albums) and Simon Gibson (audio restoration). The entire project was coordinated by EMI chief sound engineer Allan Rouse.

The entire remastering process was operated chronologically from 2005. In addition to cleaning the analog master tapes, the volume was increased, while care was taken to maintain the original dynamics of the recordings, so unwanted noise and background noise were also minimized in only around five minutes of all studio recordings. The Pro Tools software was used to transmit the analog master tapes with a 24-bit 192 kHz resolution. After the transfer, the audio restoration of defective tapes and the final inspection by Allan Rouse and Mike Heatley took place.

The box contains 227 songs, of which Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love is double, as the first song is on the album Revolver and Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love on the album Magical Mystery Tour and also on Yellow Submarine .

In addition, the box contains a DVD on which there is a short documentation for each album, consisting of video clips and modified pictures of the studio sessions; accompanied by played music tracks, outtakes or studio conversations of the respective album. The voiceover comments are from Paul McCartney , John Lennon , George Harrison , Ringo Starr, and George Martin . The individual CD albums each contain appropriate documentation in QuickTime format. The documentaries were compiled by Bob Smeaton and Julian Caiden. The individual fold-out CD cardboard covers were redesigned by Drew Lorimer. Furthermore, every CD contains an accompanying booklet which, in addition to photos of the Beatles, the original cover text z. Includes information about the album by Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley, and information about the recordings of Allan Rouse and Kevin Howlett, for example by Tony Barrow or Derek Taylor . The CDs were printed with the labels of the respective British LP first pressings, the CD Magical Mystery Tour had a label from Capitol Records .

In April 2010, the box was awarded multi-platinum for three million units sold in the USA (each CD in the box counts individually).

Cover design

The CDs / DVDs are in a black, elongated hard cardboard box, on the front of which is printed “The Beatles” in white letters and the green apple of the Apple logo , and “The Beatles” is also printed in white on both sides. The box has a magnetic closure, and it is also enclosed in a cardboard sleeve with the same imprints as the cardboard box, and the covers of the Beatles albums it contains are also printed on the back.

Missing stereo mixes

A number of Beatles songs were never stereo-mixed. This is due, on the one hand, to the fact that the original multitrack tapes were destroyed after they had been mixed in mono, and on the other hand there are two songs that have not yet been mixed in stereo despite the existence of multitrack tapes. The first category includes the titles Love Me Do , PS I Love You , I'll Get You and She Loves You . In the second category fall the two songs Only a Northern Song (it was only in the movie Yellow Submarine in stereo) and You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) .

Other forms of publication

Apple USB memory stick

The Beatles (USB stick in a green metal apple)

On December 7, 2009, a 16 GB USB memory stick with all 14 albums and the contents of the DVD from the stereo box set was released . The USB stick, limited to 30,000 units, contains the music in two formats: on the one hand as FLAC (44.1 kHz, 24 bit) - a better quality than on the CDs - and on the other as MP3 . Based on the apple logo of Apple Records , the memory stick is located in a green metal apple .

Download version

On November 17, 2010, iTunes offered The Beatles Box Set for download. This “digital box” contains the newly remastered stereo versions of the twelve British studio albums, as well as Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters. The content also includes The Mini Documentaries and the Video Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 for download . The Video Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 , was recorded on February 11, 1964 and shows the Beatles' first concert in the United States. The concert film was released separately on iTunes on May 22, 2019.

Vinyl version

The Beatles Remastered Vinyl Box Set was released on November 9, 2012. This contains the remastered stereo vinyl long-playing records and is identical to the content of The Beatles Stereo Box Set . The 12 ″ vinyl long-playing records weigh 180 grams each. The box, limited to 50,000 units worldwide, also contains a 252-page hardcover book.

content

The contents of the box are identical to the compilation of The Beatles Box Set from 1988:

• Please Please Me
• With The Beatles
• A hard day's night
• Beatles for Sale
• Help!
• Rubber Soul
• revolver
• Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
• Magical Mystery Tour
• The Beatles
• Yellow Submarine
• Abbey Road
• let it be
• Past Masters

Promotion publication

At the same time, on September 9, 2009, a double promo CD entitled 09.09.09 Sampler was released , which contains a selection of 32 titles and was pressed for advertising purposes.

CD 1 I saw her standing there I want to be your man This boy Things We Said Today Eight Days A Week You've Got To Hide Your Love Away If I Needed Someone Rain Here, There And Everywhere Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite The Fool On The Hill Glass onion Mother Nature's Son Hey bulldog Something Two of Us

CD 2 Please Please Me All my loving If I fell Honey don't I'm down I need you Day gonorrhea Drive my car And Your Bird Sing She's Leaving Home I am The Walrus Back In The USSR Long, long, long All Together Now Come together I've got a feeling

Chart positions of the box

album		Release Date			Best placement in the charts			Label catalog no.
Type	title	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE
box	The Beatles Stereo Box Set	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	24	15th	3	Apple / EMI 6994490	Apple / Capitol 6994490	Apple / EMI 6994490

Chart positions of the CD albums

album		Release Date			Best placement in the charts			Label catalog no.
Type	title	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE	GB	US	DE
Studio album	W (CD) Please Please Me	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	0Sep 9 2009	38	155	?	Apple / EMI 3824162	Apple / Capitol 3824162	Apple / EMI 3824162
Studio album	W (CD) With the Beatles				51	179	?	Apple / EMI 3824202	Apple / Capitol 3824202	Apple / EMI 3824202
Studio album	W (CD) A hard day's night				37	?	?	Apple / EMI 3824132	Apple / Capitol 3824132	Apple / EMI 3824132
Studio album	W (CD) Beatles for Sale				56	?	?	Apple / EMI 3824142	Apple / Capitol 3824142	Apple / EMI 3824142
Studio album	W (CD) Help!				29	?	96	Apple / EMI 3824152	Apple / Capitol 3824152	Apple / EMI 3824152
Studio album	W (CD) Rubber Soul				10	8th	75	Apple / EMI 3824182	Apple / Capitol 3824182	Apple / EMI 3824182
Studio album	W (CD) revolver				9	10	59	Apple / EMI 3824172	Apple / Capitol 3824172	Apple / EMI 3824172
Studio album	W (CD) Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band				5	5	50	Apple / EMI 3824192	Apple / Capitol 3824192	Apple / EMI 3824192
compilation	W (CD) Magical Mystery Tour				33	?	100	Apple / EMI 3824652	Apple / Capitol 3824652	Apple / EMI 3824652
Studio album	W (CD) The BEATLES				21st	7th	49	Apple / EMI 3824662	Apple / Capitol 3824662	Apple / EMI 3824662
Studio album	W (CD) Yellow Submarine				89	?	?	Apple / EMI 3824672	Apple / Capitol 3824672	Apple / EMI 3824672
Studio album	W (CD) Abbey Road				6th	3	41	Apple / EMI 3824682	Apple / Capitol 3824682	Apple / EMI 3824682
Studio album	W (CD) let it be				49	?	86	Apple / EMI 3824722	Apple / Capitol 3824722	Apple / EMI 3824722
compilation	W (CD) Past Masters				31	?	61	Apple / EMI 2438072	Apple / Capitol 2438072	Apple / EMI 2438072

literature

• CD booklets

Web links

• Information about the The Beatles Stereo Box Set
• Details about the Beatles Remasters project
• further details on the Beatles Remasters project
• More details about the Beatles Remasters project

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Multi-platinum award
2. ↑ www.thebeatlesonline.co.uk: Details about the Apple USB ( Memento of the original from April 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Accessed February 19, 2011. 
3. ↑ USB stick in a green metal apple
4. ↑ [1]
5. ↑ Publication: Concert film Live at The Washington Coliseum, 1964
6. ↑ vinyl box
7. ↑ 09.09.09 Sampler