Beatles

This landmark compilation has introduced of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collection has been expanded with 12 additional tracks added chronologically, including for the first time some of George Harrison's earliest songs and some classic Beatles versions of R&B and rock 'n' roll hits that were so influential on the band.<br/><br/>The 2CD collection now contains 38 tracks, 30 of which have new mixes for 2023. The booklet contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1962 - 1966collection is a joyous celebration of The Beatles' timeless musical legacy.

This landmark compilation has introduced generations of fans to the incredible history of the most storied band in music. For its 50th anniversary, the collection has been expanded with 9 additional tracks, including "Blackbird", "Glass Onion" and the new song, "Now And Then". The last Beatles song, "Now And Then" completes John Lennon's 1970s vocal and piano demo recording with parts played by Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, as well as a new arrangement for strings. <br/><br/>The 2CD collection now features 37 tracks, 6 of which have new mixes for 2023. The booklet contains new sleeve notes by journalist and author John Harris. For current fans and future generations alike, the new 1966 - 1970collection is a joyous celebration of The Beatles' timeless musical legacy.

The Beatles - Live in the 60s. Detta CD-boxset innehåller totalt 106 hits och klassiker från den ikoniska engelska poprockgruppens gyllene era. Det blir inte mer Beatles än så här. 6 CD Box.

"The Beatles Anthology" Documentary Series.<br/>Now a Nine-Part Series Featuring a Brand-new Episode Nine.<br/><br/>The Beatles' landmark "Anthology" documentary series has been restored and remastered. <br/>The series' original eight episodes trace the legendary journey that began in Liverpool and Hamburg and soon captivated the world. They bring to life the timeless stories - of Beatlemania, the band's groundbreaking arrival in the USA, their role at the forefront of the 1960s counterculture, their spiritual exploration in India, and their eventual breakup. And through it all, the constant thread: the music, always the music.<br/>There is now a completely new Episode Nine, including unseen behind-the-scenes footage of Paul, George and Ringo coming together between 1994 and 1995 to work on "The Anthology" and reflecting on their shared life as The Beatles. <br/>The restoration has been overseen by Apple Corps' production team, working with Peter Jackson's Wingnut Films & Park Road Post teams along with Giles Martin, who has created new audio mixes for the majority of the featured music.<br/><br/>The musical side of The Anthology Collection, originally curated by George Martin, now remastered by Giles Martin, in the form of three double albums of rare material, a shadow story to the one told in the documentaries. They are an enthralling insight into the early development of songs that became the recorded masterpieces that resonate just as loudly today as they did when they were first recorded. <br/>It also has an important new element. Anthology 4, newly curated by Giles, includes 13 previously unreleased demos and session recordings and other rare recordings. It also includes new mixes of The Beatles' Anthology-associated hit singles: the GRAMMY-winning "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love," given new life by their original producer, Jeff Lynne, using de-mixed John Lennon vocals. <br/>The original "Free As A Bird" music video has also been beautifully restored.<br/>Both new mixes are placed alongside the band's most recent UK No. 1 hit single, 2023's GRAMMY-winning "Now And Then," the last Beatles song. All three singles were created from rudimentary home demos John recorded in the 1970s, later completed with vocal and instrumental parts recorded by Paul, George and Ringo.<br/>Across all the Anthology albums, there are 191 tracks which will be released on November 21 by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMG for digital purchase and streaming, and in deluxe 12LP 180-gram vinyl and 8CD box sets. Both box sets include the original sleeve notes for Anthology 1, 2 and 3; the new Anthology 4 includes track notes written by Kevin Howlett and an introduction compiled from 1996 interviews recorded with The Beatles' close friend and adviser Derek Taylor.

Efter de rosade succéerna med deluxe-utgåvorna av "Sgt Pepper" och "White Album" (2017 och 2018) är det nu dags för nästa välmatade utgåva med tidlös Beatles-magi. Den 8 augusti 1969 fotograferades bandet på ett övergångsställe på Abbey Road i nordvästra London, nära skivbolaget EMI:s studio. Den 26 september släpptes "Abbey Road" - skivan med bandets sista studioinspelningar. Och en av de stora rockklassikerna. I likhet med tidigare deluxe-utgåvor kan Universal bjuda på en fantastisk, spännande musikalisk djupdykning: hela albumet i en ny, fräsch stereomix av Giles Martin. <br/><br/>180-gram 1LP vinyl featuring the new stereo album mix.<br/>Packaging faithful to the original album.

REMASTERING THE BEATLES' ORIGINAL STUDIO ALBUMS FOR VINYL.<br/>180 gram. <br/><br/>There has always been demand for The Beatles' albums on vinyl. Indeed, 2011's best-selling vinyl LP in the United States was Abbey Road. Following the success of The Beatles' acclaimed, GRAMMY Award-winning 2009 CD remasters, it was decided that the sound experts at EMI's Abbey Road Studios should create new versions of The Beatles' vinyl LPs. The project demanded the same meticulous approach taken for the CD releases, and the brief was a simple one: cut the digital remasters to vinyl with an absolute minimum of compromise to the sound. However, the process involved to do that was far from simple.<br/><br/>The first stage in transferring the sound of a master recording to vinyl is the creation of a disc to be used during vinyl manufacture. There were two options to consider. A Direct Metal Master (DMM), developed in the late seventies, allows sound to be cut directly into a stainless steel disc coated with a hard copper alloy. The older, alternative method is to cut the sound into the soft lacquer coating on a nickel disc - the first of several steps leading to the production of a stamper to press the vinyl. <br/><br/>A 'blind' listening test was arranged to choose between a 'lacquer' or 'copper' cut. Using both methods, A Hard Day's Night was pressed with ten seconds of silence at the beginning and end of each side. This allowed not only the reproduction of the music to be assessed, but also the noise made by the vinyl itself. After much discussion, two factors swung the decision towards using the lacquer process. First, it was judged to create a warmer sound than a DMM. Secondly, there was a practical advantage of having 'blank' discs of a consistent quality when cutting lacquers. <br/><br/>The next step was to use the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe at Abbey Road. Following thorough mechanical and electrical tests to ensure it was operating in peak condition, engineer Sean Magee cut the LPs in chronological release order. He used the original 24-bit remasters rather than the 16-bit versions that were required for CD production. It was also decided to use the remasters that had not undergone 'limiting' - a procedure to increase the sound level, which is deemed necessary for most current pop CDs. <br/><br/>Having made initial test cuts, Magee pinpointed any sound problems that can occur during playback of vinyl records. To rectify them, changes were made to the remasters with a Digital Audio Workstation. For example, each vinyl album was listened to for any 'sibilant episodes' - vocal distortion that can occur on consonant sounds such as S and T. These were corrected by reducing the level in the very small portion of sound causing the undesired effect. Similarly, any likelihood of 'inner-groove distortion' was addressed. As the stylus approaches the centre of the record, it is liable to track the groove less accurately. This can affect the high-middle frequencies, producing a 'mushy' sound particularly noticeable on vocals. Using what Magee has described as 'surgical EQ,' problem frequencies were identified and reduced in level to compensate for this.<br/><br/>The last phase of the vinyl mastering process began with the arrival of the first batches of test pressings made from master lacquers that had been sent to the two pressing plant factories. Stringent quality tests identified any noise or click appearing on more than one test pressing in the same place. If this happened, it was clear that the undesired sounds had been introduced either during the cutting or the pressing stage and so the test records were rejected. In the quest to achieve the highest quality possible, the Abbey Road team worked closely with the pressing factories and the manufacturers of the lacquer and cutting styli.<br/><br/>An additional and unusual challenge was to ensure the proper playback of the sounds embedded in the 'lock-groove' at the end of side two of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Requiring a combination of good timing and luck, it had always been a lengthy and costly process to make it work properly. In fact, it was so tricky, it had never been attempted for American pressings of the LP. Naturally, Sean Magee and the team perfected this and the garbled message is heard as originally intended on the remastered Sgt. Pepper LP. <br/><br/>Highly-skilled technicians have worked long and hard to make The Beatles on vinyl sound better than ever. All we need to do is listen to the results of their dedicated labour on the remastered LPs. Handle with care. But most of all, enjoy the music.

När det här soundtracket till Richard Lesters film med samma namn släpptes i mitten av juli 1964 hade Beatles-febern spritt sig även till andra sidan Atlanten. I april låg The Beatles både etta, tvåa, trea, fyra och femma på den amerikanska Billboard-listan. Att soundtrack-LP:n som gavs ut bara tre månader senare innehöll endast en av dessa singelhits - Can't Buy Me Love - är talande för både för bandets enorma kreativitet och storhet. För första gången hade bandets ovärderlige producent George Martin tillgång till en fyrakanalsbandspelare i studion, vilket är en av flera bidragande orsaker till att soundet kunde vidareutvecklas ytterligare. - Claes Olson<br/><br/>Alla Beatles studioalbum har för första gången har remastrats digitalt. Varje album behåller sin ursprungliga design, och har kompletterats med unika bilder och utökade CD-häften med nyskrivna kommentarer. Under en begränsad period kommer varje CD också att innehålla en kort dokumentärfilm om respektive album. <br/><br/>Albumen har remastrats under en fyraårsperiod av ett hängivet team på EMI's Abbey Road Studios i London. Med hjälp av den allra modernaste tekniken, kompletterad med den ursprungliga studioutrustningen från sextiotalet, har teamet varit noggranna med att behålla äktheten och integriteten i de ursprungliga analoga inspelningarna. Resultatet av denna omsorgsfulla process är den bästa ljudåtergivningen av albumen sedan de releasades för första gången.<br/><br/>Releaserna inkluderar alla 12 Beatlesalbumen i stereo, med låtordning och utseende som de ursprungligen releasades i England och i Sverige, samt 'Magical Mystery Tour', som har varit en del av The Beatles albumkatalog allt sedan CD-skivorna först releasades 1987. Dessutom är nu 'Past Masters Vol I och II' sammanslagna till en dubbel-CD, vilket gör att det totalt är 14 album som releasas, varav två är dubbel-CD. Detta är första gången som de första fyra Beatlesalbumen releasas i stereo i sin helhet på CD. Dessa 14 album, tillsammans med en DVD som innehåller de korta dokumentärerna om varje album, finns också tillsammans i en stereobox.<br/><br/>I varje CD-häfte ingår detaljerade inspelningsdetaljer och en historisk tillbakablick på respektive album. Med undantag av 'Past Masters', så innehåller varje album QuickTime-filer med nyproducerade minidokumentärer om respektive inspelning, regisserade av Bob Smeaton. Dokumentärerna innehåller arkivfilmer, unika bilder och aldrig tidigare publicerat småprat i studion mellan tagningarna, vilket ger en unik och mycket personlig insyn i studioatmosfären.<br/><br/><center><object width="500" height="305"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/iP0t6u2FZyw&hl=sv&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/iP0t6u2FZyw&hl=sv&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="305"></embed></object></center><br/><center><object width="500" height="305"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/osj6ew4vKNE&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/osj6ew4vKNE&hl=sv_SE&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x3a3a3a&color2=0x999999" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="305"></embed></object></center>