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Monday, July 13, 2009 

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We are showing for the first time exclusively on thebeatles.com an excerpt from the new mini-documentary about the making of the album Revolver. The mini-doc is one of 13 short films that are featured on the each of the remastered albums we are releasing on 09.09.09. Each film is narrated by the Beatles and Sir George Martin and illustrates how that particular album was created. Click HERE to watch.

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Amazon is also showing one of our new films at the Amazon.com Beatles Store. You can see the making of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band HERE.

Visit Amazon.com's Beatles Store to pre-order the Beatles remastered albums, The Beatles: Rock Band video game, and test your knowledge of the Fab Four.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 

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Ringo is delighted, having heard the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce will be honoring him with a star in 2010 on the Walk Of Fame. 
Ringo said, "A star for a Starr - what an honor and a privilege it is to be walked on! 
Peace & Love."
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 

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GEORGE'S FIRST-EVER CAREER-SPANNING SOLO HITS COLLECTION, "LET IT ROLL: SONGS BY GEORGE HARRISON," IS RELEASED TODAY BY CAPITOL/EMI

iTunes Exclusively Offers Previously Unreleased Bonus Track, "Isn't It A
Pity" (Earliest Demo Version), with Digital Album Purchase.

The album covers George's solo hits from 1970's All Things Must Pass
Through 2002's Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971
Concert For Bangladesh.  Today, Capitol/EMI releases the collection in CD and digital formats, and iTunes exclusively offers the digital album with a previously unreleased bonus track, George's earliest demo version of "Isn't It A Pity."

The CD version includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection's 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI's Abbey Road Studios.

Visit http://www.georgeharrison.com for Let It Roll music previews, videos, wallpapers and more

And send a Fathers Day ecard here!  http://georgeharrison2009.com/ecard

Included on the album
#1 Billboard Pop singles "My Sweet Lord", "Isn't It A Pity", "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)", and "Got My Mind Set On You".

Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, "Something", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", and "Here Comes The Sun" from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.

"The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself.  Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he's remembered are inextricably bound-and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope", Zanes writes.

To order your copy:
Official Store (UK):
http://www.recordstore.co.uk/gharrison/home.jsp?SearchField=TITLE&Search=let%20it%20roll

Amazon (US):
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026NWBY2?ie=UTF8&tag=emidigital-20&li
nkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=B0026NWBY2

iTunes (US):
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=319287686

iTunes (EUROPE):
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=318507628&s=143441GeorgeHarrison.com

Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)

1. Got My Mind Set On You
2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)
3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
4. My Sweet Lord
5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
6. All Things Must Pass
7. Any Road
8. This Is Love
9. All Those Years Ago
10. Marwa Blues
11. What Is Life
12. Rising Sun
13. When We Was Fab
14. Something [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh   15. Blow Away
16. Cheer Down
17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh
18. I Don't Want To Do It
19. Isn't It A Pity

iTunes Bonus Track: Isn't It A Pity (Earliest Demo Version)
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Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison
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Release date: 2009-06-16
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Friday, June 05, 2009 

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PAUL PERFORMS FIRST EVER CONCERTS AT NEW YORK’S CITI FIELD ON FRIDAY, JULY 17 & SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2009
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McCartney Returns to New York to Continue Inaugural Concert Tradition
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Tickets Go On Sale Monday, June 15 at  10:00 A.M ET

FLUSHING, N.Y., June 3, 2009 – Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Paul McCartney will perform the historic first concerts at Citi Field – the new home of the Mets – Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18.

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Tickets go on sale Monday, June 15 at 10:00 A.M. ET online exclusively at www.507TIXX.com <http://www.507tixx.com/>  and by phone at 718-507-TIXX. These concerts are rain or shine.

These inaugural concert events at Citi Field mark the latest in a series of landmark performances that link the beloved Beatle with New York City and the home of the Mets. 

Beginning with The Beatles’ legendary musical christening of Shea Stadium in 1965, and continuing with McCartney’s special appearance at Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” show that closed the stadium last year, McCartney’s summer shows at Citi Field will once again mark a momentous occasion in the history of New York – and rock n’ roll itself.

PAUL said: "I am really excited about playing Citi Field - The Beatles were the first to play at Shea Stadium and along with Billy Joel I was the last to sing at the old Shea.  So to be the first to play this stadium is incredible.  I am really looking forward to a buzzing show."

“Every time Paul McCartney steps on a stage is a special event because of the timelessness of the music and the enthusiasm and verve that this icon gives to each performance,” said Randy Phillips, President & CEO of AEG Live.  “Christening Citi Field as a venue will give this concert the added weight of the historical significance of The Beatles appearance at Shea Stadium 44 years ago.”

"There's no more appropriate artist in the history of rock and roll to play the first concert at Citi Field," said Jeff Wilpon, COO, New York Mets.  "The era of big-time rock and roll concerts started with Paul and The Beatles at Shea and we're thrilled to continue that tradition at our new home."

The Citi Field concerts on July 17 and July 18 will feature classics from McCartney’s extensive catalog, including Beatles, Wings and solo career hits as well as selections from his most recent album Electric Arguments, released under his alias The Fireman.

Additionally, the Citi Field shows will be McCartney's first U.S. appearances since his recent headlining stand at the first night of this year's Coachella festival and the same weekend's record-breaking one-off opening of the new Joint in Las Vegas. Reactions to the two sold out 2.5 hour performances were unanimously ecstatic from fans and critics alike:

"McCartney remains a sharp and agile performer, his voice as supple, warm and elastic as ever... Macca signatures Let It Be and The Long and Winding Road... still have the power to raise gooseflesh." -- USA TODAY

"The verdict from his Coachella debut on Friday? Never underestimate the power of a Beatle... The night belonged to Paul." -- LOS ANGELES TIMES

"For almost two and a half hours, he had the attention of what seemed to be the entire multigenerational festival" -- THE NEW YORK TIMES

"Everything you could ask for in a McCartney set. Stunning. Beautiful." -- LA WEEKLY

"The concert of a lifetime" -- LAS VEGAS CITYLIFE

The Beatles gave the first-ever concert at Shea Stadium on August 15, 1965, in front of more than 55,000 fainting, crying, and screaming fans.  It was, and remains to this day, the most historic concert ever, as it was the first time in history that a sports stadium was used for a rock concert.  The groundbreaking Beatles concert at Shea set new attendance records at the time; it was the first large-scale, outdoor concert that demonstrated such events could be hugely successful and profitable.

On July 18, 2008, Paul McCartney returned to Shea for the first time in 43 years for an unannounced guest performance at Billy Joel’s “Last Play at Shea” concert.  His signature Hofner bass in hand, McCartney jumped on stage – surprising not only Joel but also the sold-out audience of 55,000 – and launched straight into “I Saw Her Standing There.”  McCartney closed the night with his seminal anthem “Let It Be” featuring Joel on backing vocals, giving the legendary Shea Stadium a truly memorable send-off.  That show ended just as McCartney’s first-ever performance at Shea with The Beatles had started – with a deafening response from the massive crowd.
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Friday, June 05, 2009 

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LATEST: MARK RONSON ADDED AS THE LATEST SPECIAL GUEST OF YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND FOR A ONE-OFF PERFORMANCE.  THE SHOW IS ON JUNE 14 AT THE ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL AND WILL BE THE DEBUT APPEARANCE IN THE UK OF YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND.

Yoko Ono said: “I am thrilled to be asked to perform at Meltdown and especially excited to play the first ever UK show as Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band”

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Photo: Chris Floyd

The legendary YOKO ONO has confirmed Mark Ronson and Antony Hegarty as the latest addition to her live ensemble Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band, making their live British debut as part of Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown festival at Southbank Centre.
 
Ono, who rarely plays in the UK, will be playing a cross section of material from her whole career, including new material from her forthcoming album “BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY”, which will be released in the autumn on Chimera Music.

Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band will comprise for the live show;
YOKO ONO
SEAN LENNON
ANTONY HEGARTY
MARK RONSON
OHYAMADA “CORNELIUS” KEIGO (OF CORNELIUS)
HIROTAKA SHIMIZU (OF CORNELIUS)
YUKO ARAKI (OF CORNELIUS)
YUKA HONDA
SHAHZAD ISMAILY
PAMELIA KURSTIN
 
Tickets for the Meltdown show are now available, priced £25 and £20.

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Monday, June 01, 2009 

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Sir Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison Come Together for World Premiere of "The Beatles: Rock Band"

Unique Experiential Journey Through The Beatles' Career to Feature
Introduction of Three-Part Vocal Harmonies, 45 Songs On-Disc and Reveal of First Downloadable Album, Abbey Road

"All You Need Is Love" To Be Released Exclusively as Downloadable Song Through Xbox LIVE on 9/9/09 with Charity Proceeds to Benefit Doctors Without Borders

WATCH THE BRAND NEW TRAILER AT THEBEATLESROCKBAND.COM

Paul, Ringo, Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison today came to the E3 conference in Los Angeles for the world premiere of The Beatles: Rock Band.

The game was revealed at Microsoft's E3 press conference, and represents the first time fans will be able to experience The Beatles' musical career for themselves. From the early touring days in 1963 Liverpool to the immortal, final performance on the Apple Corps rooftop, fans can follow in the band's footsteps as they traverse the globe during the height of Beatlemania.

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Adding to the experience is the introduction of three-part vocal harmonies to game play, allowing gamers to revel in the unparalleled vocal stylings of the Fab Four. Beatles fans will also be thrilled to hear previously unreleased authentic voice recordings from John, Paul, George and Ringo chatting between takes during studio sessions recorded at Abbey Road more than four decades ago.

Of The Beatles' epic catalogue, 45 songs will be available on-disc. Giles Martin, co-producer of The Beatles innovative LOVE album project and Music Supervisor / Creative Producer for The Beatles: Rock Band, unveiled the first ten songs that will be available on the game-disc: "I Saw Her Standing There," "I Want To Hold Your Hand," "I Feel Fine," "Taxman," "Day Tripper," "Back In The USSR," "I Am The Walrus," "Octopus's Garden," "Here Comes The Sun," and "Get Back."   Additional songs will be announced at a later date.  Along with these 45 songs, the entire Abbey Road album will be available for future download purchase, as will additional music from The Beatles' catalogue.

It was also announced today that "All You Need Is Love," will be released exclusively on Xbox 360video game and entertainment system from Microsoft as a downloadable song for The Beatles: Rock Band through Xbox LIVE on September 9, 2009 with all Apple Corps Ltd, MTV Games and Microsoft proceeds benefitting Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF).

Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, along with Yoko Ono Lennon and Olivia Harrison, personally selected the international emergency medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971 as the beneficiary of the proceeds from the sales of "All You Need Is Love" for The Beatles: Rock Band. Doctors Without Borders provides aid in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. The organization is committed to bringing quality medical care to people caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation.

The Beatles: Rock Band story mode will take fans on an interactive, experiential journey through The Beatles career. Along the way, venues, set lists, clothing and instruments will replicate the band's rise to fame, represented in The Beatles' touring period from 1963 to1966 and their studio days from 1966 to 1969.

The game begins during the band's earliest days at The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England. Gamers will then travel across the Atlantic to experience the band's unforgettable 1964 performance on The Ed Sullivan Show, the sold-out concert at New York's Shea Stadium in 1965, and conclude at The Beatles' memorable concert at Budokan in Tokyo, Japan in 1966. The Beatles' studio years will come to life in legendary Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios.  Highlighting the studio years are inspired artistic visual expressions known as Dreamscapes, intended to transport players to imaginative environments that capture the essence of The Beatles' genre-busting musical and fashion transformations during their later years. The game follows The Beatles to 1969 where story mode culminates with their final performance on the rooftop of the Apple Corps Headquarters.

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The Beatles: Rock Band will offer a new set of hardware replicas representing the instruments made famous by John, Paul, George and Ringo. Featured in the set are the Rickenbacker 325 and Gretsch Duo Jet guitars -hailed as two of the celebrated, signature instruments played by John Lennon and George Harrison throughout their careers. Also included is a Hofner bass controller - a large-scale replica of the bass famously used by Sir Paul McCartney. Rounding out the set is a Ringo Starr inspired, Ludwig - branded Rock Band 2 drum set with a classic pearl finish and vintage replica Beatles kick drum head.

The Beatles: Rock Band will be available simultaneously worldwide in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and other territories for the Xbox360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION3 computer entertainment system from Sony, and the Wii home videogame console from Nintendo on September 9, 2009. The game will be compatible with all Rock Band instrument controllers, as well as most Guitar Hero and other third party music video game peripherals and microphone.




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Monday, June 01, 2009 

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Stay tuned Monday, June 1st for exclusive coverage of The Beatles: Rock Band from E3!

We will be covering the World Premiere of the game LIVE and will bring the latest here:

Live conference feed:
http://www.gametrailers.com/e3/
http://www.thebeatles.com

Live Twitter feed:
http://www.twitter.com/thebeatles

The latest info:
http://www.thebeatlesrockband.com

All will be posted here:
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Friday, May 08, 2009 
A previously unseen George Harrison lyric, found by author and collector Hunter Davies, goes on display at the British Library today (8 May). Written in early 1967 when George was aged 23 or 24, the untitled song was penned at a time when The Beatles had stopped touring to spend more time in the studio to work on what would arguably become their most famous record, Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The Beatles are still one of the world’s greatest bands, almost 40 years after their split. Hunter Davies found the lyric during his research for a new edition of The Beatles official biography, which has just been re released more than 40 years after its original publication. In its introduction, Hunter recalls how he collected Beatles lyrics discarded as scrap paper from the floor of Abbey Road studio and kept them as souvenirs. It’s almost certain that they would have been thrown out by the cleaners if he hadn’t picked them up. Written in George’s handwriting, which all true Beatles fans will recognize, it’s not a song that he ever recorded, or perhaps even put music to, as far as we can tell. The girl George was dreaming about remains a mystery although it could have been his then wife Pattie Boyd. The lyric [sic] is eight lines long and reads a bit like teenage angst: Im happy to say that its only a dream when I come across people like you, its only a dream and you make it obscene with the things that you think and you do. your so unaware of the pain that I bear and jealous for what you cant do. There’s times when I feel that you haven’t a hope but I also know that isn’t true. On the reverse side of George’s lyric are instructions on how to reach The Beatles manager, Brian Epstein’s country house in Sussex, written in Brian’s hand. This means that George must have written the lyric before August 1967 when Brian was found dead at his London home following an accidental sleeping pill overdose. Significantly, John Lennon would later claim that this signalled the beginning of the end for the Beatles. Hunter Davies, The Beatles official biographer, said: “I can’t believe I’d kept George’s lyric all these years but had forgotten about it until now! Although George is no longer around to tell us what the inspiration was for the song, I’m glad the lyric will be on display at the British Library for generations of Beatles fans to enjoy.” Jamie Andrews, Head of Modern Literary Manuscripts at the British Library, said: “George’s words are all that is left of the song - we can only guess what it would have sounded like so it is an invaluable and hugely interesting piece of Beatles memorabilia. The nation loves The Beatles so it’s great to see George’s lyric reunited with those of his band mates in the British Library next to John Lennon’s ‘Help’ and Paul McCartney’s ‘Yesterday’.” Although Beatles compositions were credited to ‘Lennon/McCartney’, in reality most of the songs were ninety percent Lennon or ninety percent McCartney, rather than being simple fifty/fifty splits. The handwriting of each lyric on display at the British Library illustrates this, for example, ‘Help’ is one of Lennon’s so it’s in his handwriting. ‘Yesterday’ and ‘Michelle’ are by McCartney so it’s in his handwriting. This makes George’s lyric all the more rare. Most of the British Library’s Beatles collection is on loan by kind permission of Hunter Davies, who plans to donate it to the Library after his death. The collection features a wide range of memorabilia that ranges from a fan club membership card to the lyrics of ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, written by John Lennon on the back of a birthday card to his son Julian. Also on display are concert tickets, a printed Christmas fanzine letter, a 45rpm single for A Hard Day’s Night, an untitled verse written by John Lennon, the first issue of the Beatles magazine and an early photo of the band. George’s lyric which has never been seen before, joins other Treasures of the British Library - such as Magna Carta and Shakespeare’s First Folio – in the Sir John Ritblat Gallery, which is free and open to the public. British Library information here:

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Friday, May 08, 2009 

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Collection Features Harrison's Solo Hits from 1970's All Things Must Pass Through 2002's Brainwashed, Remastered, Plus Live Recordings from 1971 Concert For Bangladesh

Capitol/EMI confirms the tracklist for George Harrison's first-ever career-spanning solo hits collection, Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison. To be released June 16 (June 15 internationally), the CD's special packaging includes a 28-page booklet featuring previously unseen and rare photos, and newly-written liner notes by Warren Zanes. The collection's 19 tracks have been digitally remastered by Giles Martin at EMI's Abbey Road Studios, and will be available in CD and digital formats.

"Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison is a gathering of material that takes us far into the territory that was ultimately a place unique to George Harrison," writes Warren Zanes in his liner notes essay for the new collection.

This collection is the first to span Harrison's entire solo recording career, including the #1 Billboard Pop singles "My Sweet Lord," "Isn't It A Pity," "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)," and "Got My Mind Set On You." Let It Roll also features live recordings of three timeless Harrison-penned Beatles songs, "Something," 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Here Comes The Sun," from his 1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden.

"The keyhole into the world of George Harrison is the music itself. Yet his songs and the accomplishments for which he's remembered are inextricably bound - and those accomplishments are, without question, eclectic in scope," Zanes writes.

George Harrison is a twice-inducted member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as a solo artist and as a member of The Beatles, and an 11-time Grammy Award winner for his recordings with The Beatles, Traveling Wilburys, and as a solo artist. On April 14, Harrison was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles.


Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison (CD, digital)

1. Got My Mind Set On You

2. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

3. The Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)

4. My Sweet Lord

5. While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

6. All Things Must Pass

7. Any Road

8. This Is Love

9. All Those Years Ago

10. Marwa Blues

11. What Is Life

12. Rising Sun

13. When We Was Fab

14. Something [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

15. Blow Away

16. Cheer Down

17. Here Comes The Sun [Live] - Concert For Bangladesh

18. I Don't Want To Do It

19. Isn't It A Pity


Pre-order links:

George Harrison official store: georgeharrison.com store

Amazon (US): Amazon US

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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 

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We are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (09-09-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game.

Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.

The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK, and 'Magical Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles' core catalogue when the CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14 titles over 16 discs. This will mark the first time that the first four Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc. These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set.

Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the 'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

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A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past Masters'). As an added bonus, the mono "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label designs retained.

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.
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