The is the stereo benchmark for The Beatles’ catalog. It balances vintage character with modern fidelity—essential for new listeners and a noticeable upgrade for owners of the 1987 CDs.
For the obsessive: The mini-documentaries on the included DVD (one per album) are short, sweet, and feature archival audio of the band discussing the track listings. The Beatles - Stereo Remastered Box Set -2009- ...
Before 2009, the loudness war was decimating rock catalogues. Engineers were compressing dynamic range to make tracks jump out of iPod earbuds. The Beatles’ team—led by the legendary Sam Okell and captained by Paul Hicks, Sean Magee, and Guy Massey—took a radical stance: The is the stereo benchmark for The Beatles’ catalog
On 9/9/09—a date chosen for its numerical resonance with Revolution 9 —The Beatles’ catalog received its most ambitious and faithful overhaul since the original CDs debuted in 1987. The presented all 12 studio albums (from Please Please Me to Abbey Road ), plus Magical Mystery Tour and the double-disc Past Masters , painstakingly remastered by a dedicated team at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios. Before 2009, the loudness war was decimating rock catalogues