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Beatles For Sale: Completely Restored EMI TG12345 Abbey Road Recording Console Could Soon Be Yours, Courtesy Its Official Reverb and MJQ Ltd. Sales Listing Starting on October 29
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 23, 2024  |  9 comments

The music you make is equal to the console you make it on — or something like that. To that end, mega online gear retailer Reverb has just announced that the EMI TG12345 recording console used by The Beatles to record September 1969’s seminal Abbey Road LP is going up for sale through MJQ Ltd., their official artists partner, starting on October 29, 2024. Read on to see how you might be able to get your hands, and ears, on a true piece of recording history. . .

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The Beatles’ 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono 180g 8LP Box Set Is Poised to Please Please Us All on November 22
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 12, 2024  |  10 comments

I’m in love with The Beatles, and I feel fine — and I bet you’ll feel that way too after I tell you that a new 180g 8LP box set titled The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono is officially slated for release on November 22, 2024, via Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Read on to find out all the analog stats, details, and tracklisting info for all seven LPs (one of them is a 2LP set) in this truly Fab box. . .

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The Last Beatles Song, “Now And Then,” Is Coming November 2; The Beatles’ 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) And 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) Collections Expanded, Mixed In Stereo & Dolby Atmos For 2023 Edition Releases Out Via Capitol/UMe November 10
Mike Mettler  |  Oct 26, 2023  |  18 comments

The last Beatles song, “Now And Then,” will be released worldwide om November 2. Then, on November 10, The Beatles’ 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) and 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) collections will be released in 2023 Edition packages by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Read on for all the details, shared directly from a Beatles/UMe press release. . .

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Exclusive: Producer Giles Martin Talks About the Mixing and De-Mixing of The Beatles’ Revolver for Vinyl
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 15, 2022  |  30 comments

Last week, I told you about strawberry fields, where — sorry, wrong Beatles reference. One, two, three, four (cough) — last week, I told you how it will be on October 28, when Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will be releasing The Beatles seminal August 1966 album Revolver in a 180g 4LP/1EP Special Edition Super Deluxe box set. This week, I talk exclusively with producer Giles Martin about mixing and de-mixing Revolver, the “analog vs. digital” question, what Paul McCartney told him when they both listened to the new and original Revolver mixes together, and who ultimately makes the final calls on anything he mixes for The Beatles. Read on to find out just what he said, he said. . .

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The Beatles’ Revolver Half-Speed-Mastered 180g 4LP/1 EP Special Edition Super Deluxe Box Set Is Coming Our Way October 28
Mike Mettler  |  Sep 07, 2022  |  32 comments

Turn off your mind, relax, and drop the needle. If you’ve been wondering which Beatles album would next get the mega-deluxe treatment following last year’s Let It Be Super Deluxe 180g 4LP/1EP box set, wonder no more. On October 28, Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe will release August 1966’s seminal Revolver in a 180g 4LP/1EP Special Edition Super Deluxe box set. Read on to find out all the details, and what sources are being used. . .

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The Beatles Singles Collection Cut Mostly From Original Singles Tapes
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 19, 2019  |  23 comments
I have been assured by co-producer Guy Hayden that this 45rpm box was cut directly from TAPE and that whatever transfers were done (hence the credit) was done as they were for the AAA mono album box, to use as a reference before actual cutting in order to preserve the tapes.
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The Beatles Announce New Limited Edition All-Analog 7" Vinyl Singles Box With a Twist *
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 21, 2019  |  68 comments
* (Not now convinced these were cut from tape).The Beatles just announced The Beatles: The Singles Collection, a limited edition, collectible box set containing 23 180-gram vinyl singles cut by Sean Magee from the original mono and stereo singles mix tapes. Between 1962 and 1970 The Beatles released 22 singles. Of the 44 A and B sides, 29 were not included on the group's British albums—singles were usually omitted in Britain, though the released albums contained more tracks than were issued per album in The United States (you probably already knew that!).

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Michael & Malachi Exchange Thoughts on, Among Other Things, QRP’s “White Album” Pressing
Michael Fremer, Malachi Lui  |  Jul 03, 2019  |  18 comments
Malachi Lui: First and foremost, let’s note that while this is a review of Quality Record Pressings’ version of the Beatles “White Album” 2018 stereo mix, it’s really more of an excuse for me to humiliate Michael in the best ways as much as possible (laughs).

(For those who don't know, QRP pressed the 2 LP set worldwide. Optimal in Germany, pressed the 4 LP box set worldwide, containing the original 2 LP set plus the 2 LP Escher demos).

Michael Fremer: Always up for that! It’s a way of life.

ML: If you weren’t up for it, then I’d force you to be!

MF: Of course you would!

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The Origin of The Rarest and Most Sought After Pressing of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Bill Wright  |  Dec 20, 2016  |  24 comments
AnalogPlanet reader Bill Wright interviews Australian mastering engineer Don Bartley, who cut lacquers back in 1983 for what many consider to be the best sounding and certainly the rarest pressing of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, produced by EMI Australia for the 1983 Sydney Audio Show. Fewer than five hundred copies were pressed.

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The Beatles "1+" Packs Visual, Sonic and Emotional Punch
Michael Fremer  |  Oct 29, 2015  |  53 comments
It's easy to forget in today's image and video drenched world how little we got to see during the 1960s of The Beatles and other rock groups.

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Another Splendid Time Is Guaranteed For All Beatles Fans
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 10, 2014  |  3 comments
The Audio Salon In Santa Monica California announced today a Beatles event that sounds fascinating. I'd go if I lived out there.

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Beatles "Love" and "1" Source Information From Sean Magee
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 06, 2014  |  12 comments
The upcoming double 180g LP sets of Love and 1 will be digitally sourced according to mastering engineer Sean Magee.

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Beatles "Red" and "Blue" Album Reissues AAA All the Way!
Michael Fremer  |  Nov 03, 2014  |  44 comments
The two upcoming Beatles compilations, the "Red" (1962-1966) and "Blue" (1967-1970) were cut from the original analog tape used to produced the original LP sets—with a few exceptions, says Abbey Road mastering engineer Sean Magee.

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Anonymous Mastering Engineer's Take on The Beatles in MONO Box Set
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 12, 2014  |  46 comments
Wow, just read the Beatles in Mono "book shocker" thread... It's not surprising that they originally were going to cut from CDs, being that they're only the moldy mono mixes anyway right?... :)

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Beatles In MONO Event at Electric Lady Studios Monday, Sept. 8th
Michael Fremer  |  Sep 09, 2014  |  29 comments
Last night's Beatles in MONO listening session at Electric Lady Studios played to an overflow crowd of fans, young and old, male and female. The event and the one Wednesday night September 10th at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles, both sponsored by UMe feature Beatles engineer Ken Scott, reissue mastering supervisor Steve Berkowitz in a panel discussion moderated by Sound & Vision music editor Mike Mettler.

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