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The Beatles Box Set - Remastered in Stereo

The Beatles Box Set - Remastered in Stereo
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almost brilliant
Review date: 2010-06-11 Rating: 10 out of 10

Whether you are a long time Beatles fan or not, you really should own this set. The remastering job is excellent and leaves no comparison to the 1987 mixes. This would at least be partly due to advances in technology but perhaps also different ears at work also. The packaging too is superb with excellent new detailed notes and some fantastic photos. The thing is when something is great you want more and you want better! So why weren't the mistakes tidied up? Why no bonus tracks? Maybe the purists wouldn't stand for it but I would love to have expanded versions of all the albums with the best outtakes from the Anthology sets added and if the purists weren't happy they still have their dusty old vinyl-or am I pushing it?!Still,I repeat buy this even if you have all of it from the '80's or even the '60's.You won't regret it.

Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set
Review date: 2010-05-28 Rating: 10 out of 10

From 'I Saw Her Standing There' on the 1st album to 'Get Back' on the last this is how I remember hearing these songs the first time around in the 60's on vinyl. There are moments when I hear an instrument on a particular track that I havnt heard for 30 years or since I switched from vinyl to the original cd's in the 80's.
Fully remastered this is also packaged superbly and there is a DVD with featurette's on the making of each album.
13 studio albums and a double CD of non album singles, b sides and ep tracks.
One of the greatest artistic achievements of the 20th century. Am I getting carried away? YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


The Beatles have Vanished
Review date: 2010-05-25 Rating: 8 out of 10

The Beatles Have Vanished - All Gloss and no substance
Somewhere in the retelling of the story, over and over, knocking off the edges along the way the Beatles have disappeared. The gloss has finally taken over.
As a life long Beatles fan (and onetime member of the `John and Yoko Peace Club') I always look forward to any new fragments unearthed but finally it seems there is nothing left except to go back and clean up what you already have. Sadly the picture of the Beatles seem gone all sentimental.
My first realisation came with `Lennon Legend' DVD, I expected to see the radical, avant garde, rude, irreverent yet honest indulgences that John and Yoko produced in their early promos films. Unfortunately the exciting groundbreaking material was replaced by a superhero who saved the world. What place does the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 have in a Lennon video, he was long gone by then and despite making people aware of various peace issue he didn't save the world. John was no angel and that was his charm. The "Lennon Legend" DVD manages to destroy all traces of reality they might as well have painted on tights and a cape. Indeed in the making of Beatles Rockband Yoko wasn't impressed with the initial depiction of Lennon. Yoko said the original John animation lacked confidence. "This guy was a hero and should look like one". So they had to changed the way he stand. She missed the fact that the way the Beatles stood was historically important, as teenagers they were among the first to miss compulsory National Service and did indeed slouch. Ringo, the oldest beatle missed his national service by 10 months and the basic training that gave young men the upright stance that Yoko insisted on for the Rockband John.
It's no wonder John throughout the 70's bemoaned the fact that no one thought of Beatles as a real "rock n roll band" he could obviously see the rose tinted view people had of the band even back then.
It must be remembered in the mid 60's that Lennon was known as the " Lazy Beatle" sometime even the "fat Beatle" who spent a lot of time stoned in bed he was very rarely seen out. McCartney was a single guy out on the town, who through his relationship with Jane Asher and her brother Peter was the in the hub of the experimental music scene in fact he was involved with the Indica gallery which Peter Asher set up with John Dunbar. In fact Yoko went to see McCartney about contributing to a present for composer John Cage before she held her Indica exhibition where she met John.
Yoko seems afraid that John won't be shown in a good light. Now It seems the light has gone out completely leaving a museum light, making out a blurry image in which every side is a "goodside". Not that McCartney isn't painting the same "The Beatles Could do no wrong" image. There was a whole world going on around the band and they were influenced by it as much as they influenced others. Indeed Ravi Shankar was playing in the UK as long ago as 1956 heavily influencing early 60's Folk scene long before George Harrison picked up a sitar.
With the release of `Let It Be - naked' may be there was a chance to reveal a little truth once more yet here was a "lovely piece" the promised re-release of the movie with extra outtakes never happened the material was seen as too controversial. It may be sad but not really controversial the group of really tight friends were falling apart, the outtakes I have seen include some jams that at worst reflect on the news stories of the time much as Lennon and McCartney did with "Luck of the Irish" and "Give Ireland back to the Irish" a few years later. However the subject then was Enoch Powell's "infamous rivers of blood speech" which was after all a comment on immigration and the recent race relations act rather being racism. Commonwealth, Enoch Powell, White Power (get off), No Pakistanis (version of Get Back) none of these were finished song more like adlibbed passing comments on what was in the days paper. There is even the avant-garde jam featuring Yoko's trademark wailing vocalizations the afternoon after George Harrison quit the band and sitting in his chair. Not pretty music but an essential piece of Beatles history.
There are a other pieces missing from officially released material numerous demos of songs written for other artist and McCartney's own experimental "Carnival of Light". It would be great to hear the Beatles Diversions raw, rough, and often bad but at least honest.

Music can't be beaten but be aware
Review date: 2010-05-19 Rating: 8 out of 10

This is product for the die-hard Beatles fan - or for the newly initiated it is a great way of getting all the albums in one hit. It certainly brings back some of the excitement of buying them first time round. I would give ten-out-of-ten for the music but I would however like to have seen much better packaging for my money.

The stereo remixes are very good and clearer sounding. You can hear the odd thing you've not heard before. I don't think, hand on heart, that the albums sound significantly different from previous releases. It seems overpriced as you are paying almost £10 per disk. It is packaged in an oblong box covered by a flimsy cardboard sleeve, which won't last long unless you take extra care. (The packaging is somewhat reminiscent of the original "Let It Be" album with slip-case picture book. The slip case and picture book didn't last long before falling apart!) The oblong box holding the albums is robust though and has magnetic tabs to hold it closed. Inside the sleeves for each album are of reasonably robust cardboard and the albums are stacked in two sets with pull tabs to remove them. The booklet for each album is a nice touch and each album also has a mini documentary. A bonus DVD caries all the mini documentaries on one single DVD.

Overall the packaging could have been better for the money. The first set sent by Amazon was damaged on 2 of the corners (both flimsy sleeve and the more robust oblong box were dented quite badly). It is hard to know if this was down to poor packaging when posted to me or if the damage is related to some earlier part of the process.

A word of warning: I would recommend ensuring you buy this form a reputable supplier. Prior to purchasing from Amazon I bought one on EBay (from a 100% feedback seller) and got a Chinese copy - which was much poorer quality than the real thing: the spaces for the albums was much tighter (you could hardly pull them out); there was glue over some disks - so they wouldn't play properly; the Beatles' names were spelt wrongly (i.e. Ringo Start, George Harrisun); there was a booklet missing; and the mini-documentaries DVD commenced with a Chinese logo, and struggled to play properly.

Product Details/Specifications


Artist(s):
The Beatles

Recording label: Parlophone
Manufacturer: Parlophone
EAN: 5099969944901
Binding: Audio CD
Format: Box set, Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered,
Release date: 2009-09-09
Number of discs: 16

Disc 1 Tracks:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. Misery
3. Anna (Go To Him)
4. Chains
5. Boys
6. Ask Me Why
7. Please Please Me
8. Love Me Do
9. PS I Love You
10. Baby It's You
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret
12. Taste Of Honey, A
13. There's A Place
14. Twist And Shout
15. Please Please Me Documentary


Disc 2 Tracks:
1. It Won't Be Long
2. All I've Got To Do
3. All My Loving
4. Don't Bother Me
5. Little Child
6. Till There Was You
7. Please Mr Postman
8. Roll Over Beethoven
9. Hold Me Tight
10. You've Really Got A Hold On Me
11. I Wanna Be Your Man
12. Devil In Her Heart
13. Not A Second Time
14. Money (That's What I Want)
15. With The Beatles Documentary


Disc 3 Tracks:
1. Hard Day's Night, A
2. I Should Have Known Better
3. If I Fell
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
5. And I Love Her
6. Tell Me Why
7. Can't Buy Me Love
8. Any Time At All
9. I'll Cry Instead
10. Things We Said Today
11. When I Get Home
12. You Can't Do That
13. I'll Be Back
14. Hard Day's Night Documentary, A


Disc 4 Tracks:
1. No Reply
2. I'm A Loser
3. Baby's In Black
4. Rock 'n' Roll Music
5. I'll Follow The Sun
6. Mr Moonlight
7. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey
8. Eight Days A Week
9. Words Of Love
10. Honey Don't
11. Every Little Thing
12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
13. What You're Doing
14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
15. Beatles For Sale Documentary


Disc 5 Tracks:
1. Help
2. Night Before, The
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
4. I Need You
5. Another Girl
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl
7. Ticket To Ride
8. Act Naturally
9. It's Only Love
10. You Like Me Too Much
11. Tell Me What You See
12. I've Just Seen A Face
13. Yesterday
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy
15. Help Documentary


Disc 6 Tracks:
1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. Word, The
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life
15. Rubber Soul Documentary


Disc 7 Tracks:
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To
5. Here There And Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said She Said
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Dr Robert
12. I Want To Tell You
13. Got To Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
15. Revolver Documentary


Disc 8 Tracks:
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2. With A Little Help From My Friends
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
4. Getting Better
5. Fixing A Hole
6. She's Leaving Home
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite
8. Within You Without You
9. When I'm Sixty Four
10. Lovely Rita
11. Good Morning Good Morning
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2)
13. Day In The Life, A
14. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary


Disc 9 Tracks:
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. Fool On The Hill, The
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
7. Hello Goodbye
8. Strawberry Fields Forever
9. Penny Lane
10. Baby You're A Rich Man
11. All You Need Is Love
12. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary


Disc 10 Tracks:
1. Back In The USSR
2. Dear Prudence
3. Glass Onion
4. Ob La Di Ob La Da
5. Wild Honey Pie
6. Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill, The
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun
9. Martha My Dear
10. I'm So Tired
11. Blackbird
12. Piggies
13. Rocky Raccoon
14. Don't Pass Me By
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road
16. I Will
17. Julia


Disc 11 Tracks:
1. Birthday
2. Yer Blues
3. Mother Nature's Son
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
5. Sexy Sadie
6. Helter Skelter
7. Long Long Long
8. Revolution 1
9. Honey Pie
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Cry Baby Cry
12. Revolution 9
13. Good Night
14. Beatles Documentary, The


Disc 12 Tracks:
1. Yellow Submarine
2. Only A Northern Song
3. All Together Now (1)
4. Hey Bulldog
5. It's All Too Much
6. All You Need Is Love
7. Pepperland
8. Sea Of Time
9. Sea Of Holes
10. Sea Of Monsters
11. March Of The Meanies
12. Pepperland Laid Waste
13. Yellow Submarine In Pepperland
14. Yellow Submarine Documentary


Disc 13 Tracks:
1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
4. Oh Darling
5. Octopus's Garden
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. End, The
17. Her Majesty
18. Abbey Road Documentary


Disc 14 Tracks:
1. Two Of Us
2. Dig A Pony
3. Across The Universe
4. I Me Mine
5. Dig It
6. Let It Be
7. Maggie Mae
8. I've Got A Feeling
9. One After 909
10. Long And Winding Road, The
11. For You Blue
12. Get Back
13. Let It Be Documentary


Disc 15 Tracks:
1. Love Me Do
2. From Me To You
3. Thank You Girl
4. She Loves You
5. I'll Get You
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. This Boy
8. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand
9. Sie Liebt Dich
10. Long Tall Sally
11. I Call Your Name
12. Slow Down
13. Matchbox
14. I Feel Fine
15. She's A Woman
16. Bad Boy
17. Yes It Is
18. I'm Down


Disc 16 Tracks:
1. Day Tripper
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Paperback Writer
4. Rain
5. Lady Madonna
6. Inner Light, The
7. Hey Jude
8. Revolution
9. Get Back
10. Don't Let Me Down
11. Ballad Of John And Yoko, The
12. Old Brown Shoe
13. Across The Universe
14. Let It Be
15. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)


Disc 17 Tracks:
1. Please Please Me Documentary
2. With The Beatles Documentary
3. Hard Day's Night Documentary, A
4. Beatles For Sale Documentary (1)
5. Help Documentary
6. Rubber Soul Documentary
7. Revolver Documentary
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary
9. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary (1)
10. Beatles Documentary, The
11. Yellow Submarine Documentary
12. Abbey Road Documentary
13. Let It Be Documentary

Publishers: Parlophone

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