Beatles Remasters On Vinyl: Please Post News Here (Part Two)

They need to get the entire vinyl catalog restored as all save the Capitol/Apple Abbey Road is out of print strictly speaking and it is probably easier to get RED and BLUE back in as a teaser and then press up the others ready for the core catalog relaunch.
But anyway it's all good as we're going to be getting the lps we were promised back in September 2009.

 

Have to wait and see what prices will once they are being sold?
Might good to just get the boxset, is it essential really to own them also on stereo & mono?

I already got both boxsets on cd..

 

You have a point, but if you´re looking for vinyl this will be the only way to get the mono albums at a reasonable price. So, if you liked the Mono Box and want to replicate the experience in vinyl, this is a great chance. You won´t get the full mono analog experience, but since the mono remasters where so great so can be safe on the SQ. However, I don´t think there´s going to be a sonic upgrade compared to the 2009 cd release.

 

RED and BLUE showing up at Amazon UK
http://www.amazon.co.uk/1962-VINYL-...=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300133318&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.co.uk/1967-VINYL-...=sr_1_6?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300133513&sr=1-6

 

35 quid!

 

The Blue Double will be a nice 'taster' for me if I should dive deeper in my savings for other albums and/or boxes!

 

I also see they have Abbey Road which I did NOT see on Amazon.de!!!!!
The Beave

 

Great News!

Even if it gets delayed it looks like this will be happening...

 

Of all the "alerts" we've had I think this is the one that looks most like the real thing but I will save my excitement until I see it in the news section on thebeatles.com.

 

Rubber Soul!
http://www.amazon.de/Rubber-Soul-Vi...r_1_15?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300191429&sr=1-15

 

What's even more interesting is if you search for Beatles vinyl then sort by Release Date, many of the titles appear at the top of the list with the Sept 12 release date, but both the 1962-66 and 1967-70 on vinyl are listed for a May 30, 2011 release date!

http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_no...A255882%2Ck%3ABeatles+vinyl&sort=-releasedate

 

And a quick check on Amazon.co.uk lists the entire catalog for Sept 12 but the red and blue albums for May 30 as well, and all of them now available for pre-order (but pricey at £27.49 for single albums and £35.50 for doubles). No sign of the box sets yet and nothing on the US or Canadian Amazon sites yet.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb...rh=n:229816,k:beatles+vinyl&sort=-releasedate

 

That's a pretty brilliant idea, IMO - a clever way to whet our appetites. If the Red & Blue sound amazing we'll all put in advance orders for the whole catalogue.



Hey, what's Stevie doing on the Past Masters album cover?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Past-Masters-VINYL-Beatles/dp/B0041KVV8U/ref=sr_1_10?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300192512&sr=1-10

http://www.amazon.de/Past-Masters-Vinyl-LP-Beatles/dp/B0041KVV8U/ref=sr_1_15?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1300192769&sr=1-15

 

I wonder where Milkey is. Maybe he'll start believing now.

 

Are there any details about the production of these LP's (facts or rumours)?

100% analogue stuff? Or will these be mastered from the high resolution digital source they used for the CD's as well?

 

Delve in here - if you dare: http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=193922

 

Me no dare

 

Er, you can't delve. That's just part one of this thread (which is part two). If you wanna delve, delve right here (but clean up when you're done ;-).

 

"Past Master Blaster (Jammin')".

 

Since these albums are showing up on Amazon, it would be nice for Apple/Beatles.Com to come out with an official announcement.

 

Which would hopefully provide details on sources, mastering info, etc.

Perhaps it's as Drifter mentioned, put out the red and blue albums in May to whet appetites then over the summer gradually build up the hype release info then hope these will sell like crazy.

Hopefully they won't tie up quality pressing factories the way the Doors and Zeppelin boxes did a couple of years back.

 

Do you think Apple must have a great deal of confidence in the sound quality of these albums, since they are being issued almost 4 months in advance of the rest of the Beatles official cannon? It could possibly backfire on them if the albums receive bad reviews. I would think the albums would be geared more towards the audiophile community than the remastered CDs.

 

Other than a mono box (if it happens), I don't think ANY of the forthcoming Beatles LPs are specifically aimed at audiophiles -- I think the Beatles simply want all their albums available as they were originally released, on vinyl.

 

That's a good point.

I am going to wait until I read the reviews on this forum regarding the Red and Blue albums before I decide to purchase them.

 

I strongly disagree; if that were the case, they would have rushed these out in 2009 at about the same time as the CDs.