50th Anniversary all things Beatles White Album

...not half as bad, though.

 

"Not half!"

 

I just wanted to say that I finally got this box set and look forward to commenting on it once I've read the last five hundred pages of this thread.

Hopefully that will be before the next box set is released...

 

Since we didn't get a replica of a promo poster with this 'White Album' deluxe edition (as we did with the 'Sgt. Pepper' box), I printed out an 8-inch-long copy of this promo poster on glossy heavy paper stock and slipped it inside the book. It doubles as a very nice bookmark!

 

Here's the poster in HD, taken from an official PDF of the Deluxe Book:


Bonus:


Extra Bonus:

 

Yes, you'll notice I tweaked the color of the fonts on the far-right yellow panel of the poster.
And I used that high-res line drawing as cover art for a DVD I created to accompany the deluxe edition -- although I created a color version of the drawing as seen below. The DVD has all three videos for Hey Jude in excellent quality, both videos for Revolution, and, separately, the "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" intros and the special edits of the two songs, plus a few other bits and pieces.

 

I hope you included the clips of George and John separately singing a bit of 'Hey Jude' on TV- George on Smothers Brothers in Burbank, John on Frost Programme in London.

 

Should be on the Blu-ray menu, stereo and mono listed upfront on first screen.

 

I got the deluxe set for Christmas and was wondering, does the BEAT label bootleg contain any material that is not contained in this set? I generally don't hang onto bootlegs unless they have some unique content.

 

Thanks guys for doing Apple's job.

 

I heard something very interesting on Breakfast with the Beatles this morning, something that not only had I never heard, but in 47 years of listening to the Beatles, had never heard OF:

Chris Carter, without any explanation, played a version of Birthday that had several start/stop moments towards the end of the song, where after “you say it’s your birthday,” the music would stop, then quickly start up, and then stop again after “it’s my birthday too, yeah,” etc. It did this start/stop thing repeatedly until just about the end of the song. There might have been some other mix differences, too. The SiriusXM title for the song was Birthday (Edit). Is this version buried somewhere in the 50th Anniversary box? If so, I have not encountered it yet, although I have not made my way through the entire track list. Thanks!

 

Probably made from the Rock Band “multitracks”.

 

It was broadcast on SiriusXM, though, during the course of a regular program, without any fanfare. They don’t broadcast “fan made” material.

 

Any idea where this came from?

 

I’m contacting Chris Carter. I’ll let you know what he says.

 

My only complaint about the hardcover book in the super deluxe is a lack of MAD DAY OUT photos. There's, what, five of them in there? There should be 20+ Mad Day Out pictures in this special release. Are they really that expensive for Apple to get the publishing license? A separate tangible folio, like McCartney did in the WWL/RRS editions, that's a small Mad Day Out photo book would have been even better!

 

It’s something along those lines.

 

Heh heh.... but ALL kiddin' aside.... BIG expectations for an ATMOS remix of this one!!!! If we're not getting stereo subwoofers rattlin' and height speakers a hissin' and harmonies a tweetin' then Sam &Giles oughta let us know now!!!!!

 

I'm thinking the next two are going to be Christmas releases... I can see the 09/09 release date for Abbey Road as easily as 09/26 or 10/01 but just as easily a mid late November release date as a Christmas release and I don't see them doing may 2020 for Let It Be in that case especially if the movie is in the offing. What are the chances Rubber Soul and/or Revolver getting pushed out in the early part of either year?

 

I received the SDE on Christmas Day from Santa. I’ve listened to it all and read the entire book. But too me the 5.1 mix on the Blu-ray is IT! The only way to listen to this album in my mind. Much better mix than the weak Pepper surround version.

 

I hate to be harsh, but 0%.

 

Of course it's just speculation on my part but we ain't seeing any Rubber Soul or Revolver remixes until at least 2021 if they do decide to go backwards prior to Sgt Pepper's for the rest of the catalog.
Sell 1 remix big box at a time to max out sales.
But I hope they do them in 3 different groups like this,...

Box 1
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day's Night

Box 2
Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul

Box 3
Revolver
Magical Mystery Tour
Yellow Submarine

 

Awesome!! Thanks!