Disc 1Side 11. Back In The U.S.S.R.2. Dear Prudence3. Glass Onion4. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da5. Wild Honey Pie6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps8. Happiness Is A Warm GunSide 21. Martha My Dear2 .I'm So Tired3. Blackbird4. Piggies5. Rocky Raccoon6. Don't Pass Me By7. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?8. I Will9. JuliaDisc 2Side 11. Birthday2. Yer Blues3. Mother Nature's Son4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey5. Sexy Sadie6. Helter Skelter7. LongProduct DescriptionThe Beatles' acclaimed original studio album remasters released on CD in 2009 make their long-awaited stereo vinyl debut
Manufactured on 180-gram audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork the 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in The Beatles (The White Album) the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band's cut-outs and special inner bags for some of the titles
The titles include The Beatles' 12 original UK albums first released between 1963 and 1970 the US-originated Magical Mystery Tour now part of the group's core catalogue and Past Masters Volumes One & Two first released individually in 1988 featuring non-album A-sides and B-sides EP tracks and rarities. With this release The Beatles' first four albums make their North American stereo vinyl debuts
The Beatles (double album) packaging includes double-sided photo montage/lyric sheet and 4 solo color photos
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
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
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 tow