The Beatles - Remastered Vinyl Boxset (180g) (Limited Edition)
Article: CDVP 275748
Carrier: 16 Year of release: 2012
Year of the first release: 1963
Performer of Beatles, The
Zhanr of Pop Rock + Rock & Roll
Country of Great Britain
Collection Collection edition + HITS of sales + Gift edition (Box Set)
Duration Apple Records + Universal Music Group International (UMGI)
: 10 hours 15 minutes
Sostoyaniye:
✔ New
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Review from the publisher
Albums included:
Past Masters (2LP) of The 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, 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in The Beatles (The White Album), Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart Club Bands cut-outs, and special inner bags for some of the titles. The albums are accompanied by a stunning, elegantly designed 252-page hardbound book in a lavish boxed edition which is being in limited quantities worldwide.
The book, exclusive to the boxed edition, is authored by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett and features a dedicated chapter for each of the albums, as well as insight into the creation of the remasters and how the vinyl albums were prepared. The 12 "x12" book showcases a wealth of photographs spanning The Beatles recording career, including many images which were not included in the 2009 CD booklets.
The titles include The Beatles 12 original UK albums, first released between 1963 and 1970, US-originated Magical Mystery Tour, now part of the groups core catalog, 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.
There has always been demand for The Beatles albums on vinyl. Indeed, 2011s 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 EMIs 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, 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 disk 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 disk coated with a hard copper alloy. The older, alternative method is to cut the sound into the soft lacquer coating on a nickel disk - 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 an of lacquer or copper cut. Using both methods, A Hard Days 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 disks of a consistent quality when cutting lacquers.
The next step was to use the Neumann VMS80 cutting lathe at Abbey Road. Following thoro