Fabulous Michael! Loved your thoughts and insights here! Believe me I’m in your camp with this release, very odd considering the other releases that should come first (Rubber Soul). I will NOT be getting the box set, not worth the high cost. I may get an individual album or two. Also very, very honored to get a shout out from you ! Long live The Tribe!! Cheers! Matt 🎼🎶🎵🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️🍻
I'm a huge Beatles fan, and I have bought the boxed sets , cds, remastered, ad nausem editions, including solo albums, almost all were well worth the purchase price. But these obsolete "American" butchered albums are a waste of resources in my opinion. Is a MAL edition of this British albums on vinyl next?? It never stops. This is gonna be a hard no on the set. GREAT VID, BTW. 🤜✌🤛🏼 Imo the following projects should be release *Star Club Tapes *Stowe School 1963, discovered concert at a high school *Let it Be, Sessions all the outtakes, etc. Nagra tapes, etc. *Complete Live at BBC recordings, including ones with Pete Best, with the MAL treatment.
Jeez, I really wish this was a reissue of the 2014 mono box set. Or even better, make those UK mono albums readily available separately as the 2012 stereo ones are. The prices people are asking for those are RIDICULOUS
Well at least we're getting the longer version of I'll Cry Instead on the mono Hard Day's Night album. I'm a Beatles freak but I think I'll let this one slide. I'll wait for the Rubber Soul deluxe package or the ultimate Anthology on Blu Ray or the complete Beatles Cartoons on Blu Ray or....
Plus the single-track vocal by Paul on "And I Love Her" on both the mono AHDN and Something New, unique on the US albums. The double-tracked version is on both the stereo and mono UK AHDN LP.
Apple could have included an EP containing the singles Lady Madonna, The Inner Light, Revolution AND Hey Jude. Should have been included with The White Album 50th set.
I have all the original albums, so I just want to stream them when they become available. Just because it would be nostalgic. The British releases are the way they were meant to be. Thank you for another great show Michael!! I was waiting for your info & take on this cheers from Houston
I didn’t know the details of this release but you really laid it out for the tribe. That’s why we follow you. Keep up your fantastic & passionate work Michael cheers 🎼🎸🕺🎵🎶💯✌️😎
Preach on, Rev. Noland! I remember seeing the cover of The Early Beatles and comparing it back to Meet The Beatles, I asked myself “How come they look 2 years younger on Meet The Beatles?!” It’s because they were 1 year younger! I learned about Beatles For Sale through Hunter Davies’ book The Beatles. It was written by a fan who respected the Beatles. That’s why people still read it. But I digress. Santa didn’t bring the red and blue albums last year. I’ll live. The biggest improvement was it gave Harrison some love on the Red Album. Only one thing I can imagine will dash our hopes of the Rubber Soul box set we both dream of. And that’s a re-release of The Anthology albums. Let’s pray I’m worried for nothing! That’s all I’ve got to vent about. Thanks for keeping us, the Tribe, informed!
Whatever I may think about those dexterized US compilations, they were no doubt the historical events. So I'd love to have them in my Beatles LP collection no matter in what form. The 60's originals are worn out and hard to find, but these new made vinyl records may be good for me.
Yes. Nostalgia is such a pain in the neck! In my 20s and 30s, I had no sentimental attachment to anything. Then, it started to hit and it gets worse and worse over time! Nostalgia is insidious!!
Thank you, Michael. I couldn't care less about this release. Where are the London Town, Back to the Egg, Press to Play and Return to Pepperland Archive sets? GIve us something that most people have been asking for.
I'm with ya Mike! The ultimate release of the early Capitol Albums was done 20 years ago already on The Capitol Albums Vol 1& 2. I'm not wasting my money on something I already have. Rubber Soul is also my personal favorite. C'mon Apple knuckleheads! Give us the Rubber Soul deluxe already!!! Great video as always! Kenny from Jersey
Interesting to note the Canadian version of Early Beatles and it's original counterpart Please Please Me is titled Twist and Shout and With the Beatles in Canada is Beatlemania With The Beatles both releaeed in 1964
The U S versions of the early Beatles albums are so inferior to the UK releases, which the Beatles prefered. Why would I want to spend money on these releases.
Congratulations! You hold the generally accepted opinion on the Internet. It doesn't add anything new to the conversation, but you can feel good about having the correct opinion. No doubt many here will like your comment to show their adherence to the socially acceptable opinion among well-regarded Beatles fans.
@patricetremblay4128 As a Liverpool lad who bought all the albums as they came out, I only have two American copies. 'Meet The Beatles" which I got for historical interest and only listened to once. And 'Rubber Soul' simply because I had learned that it was the U S pressing, which so inspired Brian Wilson. Interesting, but the song selection is not nearly as cohesive as the UK pressing.
This will be the mono mixes, no rechanneled stereo with all the reverb. Before judging lets wait until it comes out before the pitchfork and torches come out.
They are probably going to release a second box with: Beatles VI, Help US, Rubber Soul US, Yesterday and Today, Revolver US, and Hey Jude. That would equal the releases in CDs they did some time ago.
I hear this cash grab term coming up a lot but nobody is forcing you to buy it. Every release of any record is a cash grab because that's how business works. If there was no money in making records, nobody would make records.
I've wanted to see the American LPs reissued on vinyl for 10 years now. I just hope the vinyl isn't noisy like that 2022 Revolver release. Let people like me have our one single year in the sun. You'll get your Rubber Soul when you get it. 😊
Hi Micheal. I hope you are well! Totally agree with you. It’s disappointing ! The years are getting out of whack now. What about Hard days night/ Beatles for sale? This year 60 years anniversary. Keep well. Glenn Sydney
Hi Mike, it will sell and the fans will surely buy it, BUT, i think they should have just pressed and put out the Beatles In Mono vinyl box set from several years ago ,that thirst was never quenched brother..
IMHO the individual releases will do very well; Beatle nostalgia is strong & these configurations have never been available since the original releases, plus 100% all analog from the masters! I want the box & $300 USD is too steep but was able to secure a copy for much less than that, so I'm all in :)
Great video Michael! Going to pass on this box set. I have the mono albums all ready. I am hoping for the Rubber Soul box set next year. Anyway maybe the younger generation will buy them. Have a good one
Can't wait ! Can't help myself. Just knowing Bruce Spizer is associated with this release is enough for me to be sold. The technical specifications have my mouth watering.
Hi I am looking forward to this set. I don't know yet if I buy the albums separately except for The Beatles Story interview album or buying the complete box set. It depends on the dificit in price. If it's more than 50 Euro, I'll buy the othr ssix albums separately. I have almost every American Capitol master on vinyl but in Stereo. So the Mono ones are very welcome if they have the original Dexter masters from Capitol. Take care
If you want a version of the albums that isn’t as good as the British versions then go right ahead. I bought Beatles 65 in the states about ten years ago and the sound was…..interesting. The transfer from the original master tapes left the US versions sounding a little thin. The answer was to swamp the whole thing in thick reverb. Kinda works on vinyl but on CD, the Capital mixes are all terrible
No thank you. I just got the 2019 remix box set of ABBEY ROAD last week on CD. ($77.80) I've had 37 years to get used to the British sequence of songs & i love them. I don't like mono or vinyl. > I got the original mono mix from 1966 with the cd Revolver box set & i prefer the new Giles Martin remix in stereo. ( I don't even have a working turntable)
Here are my thoughts. I have only been collecting Beatles LPS since the re-release of the red and blue albums. Now I do realize that the best versions of their early albums are the UK pressings but right now they are only available for a high price on the secondary Market. And wish to have the oldest stuff in mono I can deal with this. And from what I understand it's totally analog from start to finish. Now if they re- release the UK versions of their older albums that's a different story
These are old arguments, (the way Capitol packaged Beatle albums) these Capitol albums are American, and historically important. I never even saw (or knew of) the British Parlophone versions existed until '79 when regular record stores started carrying them. If you're a Beatles vinyl collector (that actually plays your records) you'll want these because these pressings of them promise to likely be the best pressings ever. Whats interesting, and what no one seems to have noticed, "HELP" and "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" are missing. Which likely means, like "RUBBER SOUL" they'll be coming in their own box sets later. If they're going on the 60th anniversary, that means next year "HELP" and "RUBBER SOUL" with "YESTERDAY and TODAY" the year after. And you know "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" will come with a Butcher Cover variation. I've been told the upcoming Parlophone Rubber Soul Box set may actually include a Capitol Mono version in it, making the the Capitol Mono rereleases complete. Many people, with me included, prefer the Capitol Rubber Soul. Regardless, if these new Capitols sound as good as the Revolver box set Mono, it will be well worth it. I'm hIf so, I'm happy to buy them because the old ones in unscratched playable condition are almost too valuable to play.
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine it WOULD be the cool way to mix it up, with the Parlophone Stereo and the Capitol Mono. The Both Mono and Stereo Yesterday and Today (one of them being Butcher, and the And a parlophone Capitol Help Stereo and Mono) Hell, it's all speculation but it WOULD BE COOL! 🤪
If you look at the price of the box at $299 and you can get the albums individually for a total of $179. Is it worth it for $120 extra when all you get is a box and The Beatles Story, which is kind of superfluous at best. Do we really need it? I’m kind of on the fence about it and the box is overpriced but I may pick up some of the albums. I hope they will do some more because I would love to have the American Help soundtrack which I prefer to the British version
I bought the American version of the Beatles albums back in the 1970s. Never knew about the UK versions. I did find and buy VJ's 'Introducing the Beatles' and the UK 'With the Beatles'. Once the UK versions came out on CD, I never listened to the American albums. Now I did buy Capitol's Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 boxed. I do listen occasionally to the American version of 'Rubber Soul', the only one of the American albums. I probably will buy the box set, but wont' play them since I've packed my turntable away over 25 years ago. I also did buy the Rolling Stones Mono album box set.
I missed out on UK mono box set and I never had any of the US albums, so I am going to get them. I am not going to get a box since it has ridiculous price in Canada- 530 CAD dollars. If you buy them individually it is about 50 CAD a piece, so I am not paying $200 CAD for a cardboard box and Beatles Story. I am a bit intrigued how these records sound so I will add them to my collection
I didn't think the price was as bad as a lot of people are saying. The McCartney singles crate was expensive, the Blue and the Red sets were expensive and you'd need to take out a mortgage to get the Mind Games Super Deluxe set. The American mixes on vinyl have been out of print for a long time. The UK remasters have come out in several releases since EMI standardised the canon in 1987. Another criticism has been the fact that the albums are very short so there's not much "bang for your buck". Well that's how the albums were back in the day and the manufacturing costs of an eleven track album are the same as for a fourteen track album. If you want quantity over quality there are plenty of other groups that can provide that. Personally, being from the UK, I prefer the UK albums but, I still have a genuine interest in the American ones.
Funny...I got the HEY JUDE LP when it came out. I had it on my Xmas List because I also thought it was a new album by The Beatles. No hype-stickers on the cover, what you saw on the sleeve was it.
Box sets released just in time for Christmas was always a reliable way of getting an uptick in sales for the all important holiday season in the past. This time, Capital want to recreate what American audiences heard when the US versions were first released. McCartney, Ringo and the estates of the deceased ex Beatles continue repackaging the same old music yet another time. Those old coots are both greedy and desperate. In this day and age, sales will continue being extremely low.
I got the Capitol Albums 1 and 2 box sets on CD when they came out years ago. They include all the decent Capitol albums in both stereo and mono mixes and they sound great. I have no need nor desire to get this crappy new cash grab.
I've only ever heard the UK versions. The first time I was aware of the US albums was when I watched the Compleat Beatles video in 1982 and wondered why the Revolver back cover had tracks missing. Did a good job with Magical Mystery Tour though!
Capitol sold a CD set a while back that were the American versions of the albums. It was great hearing the echo-drenched versions of "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman." The way we HEARD them on the radio in this country. And just so you know, John Lennon liked them too.
I love the way you explain the whole thing to us. The thought that we will be getting about four or maybe 5 albums was pretty funny 😁. I think the price for that box set, with no book, is at $299 right now. If you bought these separately, it would come to $180. So what is the point of buying the box set? You get the privilege of spending an extra $120 for the glorious Beatles Story and that fantastic box.😢 I will be like Matthew Sweet and get two or three albums.
Fun fact: On the USA storepage they forgot to include the Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand on the "something new something new" track list, though it is listed on the UK store page.
Hello Mike, thank you for your video! I for myself haven‘t any use for this edition. How often they want me to buy „She Loves you“? I‘ve been a huge fan for more than 50 years, but enough is enough. They should have put out Rubber Soul or the Beatles In Mono Box Set from 2014 which is - together with my pressings from the 70s - the Holy Grail of my collection. Since then I‘ve bought a lot of new editions, but not now! Greetings from Berlin, Harry
To me, this compilation is probably more of a temptation than anything else. These are the albums that I wore out growing up, and it would be tempting to want to relive that nostalgia. But I sense that the thrill would probably wear off not long after I shell out all that money. Back in the 60s and 70s, I didn't think twice about spending my money on anything with the Beatles' name on it. I had Introducing the Beatles and The Early Beatles, basically the same album except for two songs. I was a little late in discovering all the British Imports, only to find that we had been ripped off by quality and quantity. Still I'm content with the versions that I grew up with because of the memories that go with the soundtrack. I think I'll save my money.
Hey Michael! I already have "The U.S. Albums" cd boxset that has all 13 of the American Beatles albums in stereo and mono that came out in 2014. So I guess I'll hold onto my Beatles money for another year.
I’m very interested in the mono versions of the US albums. The box set is expensive, so I’m going to get them individually. Maybe not all of them, but the track listing of Meet The Beatles and Beatles 65 are interesting. Yesterday and Today is an interesting sequence as well. Otherwise I prefer the U.K. versions. I can listen to both stereo and mono versions of the US albums on Apple Music. The Beatles Second Album was actually the second Beatles album I got after the Rock and Roll compilation when I was a kid. So like you I have a bit of nostalgia for these versions.
This may be a heresy but I purchased these albums digitally. I even found a bootleg of the US HELP! album with the cool James Bond intro (remember when that was on the Red Album?) I don't see shelling out that kind of money for these, but, when they do release a special edition Rubber Soul, regardless, take my money!
Hello Michael: I've been digging your content for quite some time, but never felt compelled to comment. I have several copies of "Meet The Beatles;" a purple label copy that I bought brand new in '83, an amazingly clean 1968 copy that I bought used at an antique shop, and a very early mono Capitol Scranton pressing that had belonged to my wife's family,... it's really beat! The only copy of their second album that I have is in stereo. I have "The Beatles '65," but in stereo. I have "Something New," but again, only in stereo. I've never owned the UA soundtrack album. "The Beatles Story" was always an album that I could really care less about. Here in the U.S., mono was, for the most part discontinued by the end of '67. By 1968 The Beatles in mono had been phased out. I've always wanted these U.S. albums brand new and in mono. So for me, this is very welcome! However, I absolutely will not pay $300.00 for the box set! That's just greed-gone-wild as far as I'm concerned! But, I will be picking them up individually. I love your channel Michael and am now subscribed to the tribe! Take care!
Yes. It certainly wouldn't hurt to correct the drop-out that occurs in the left channel for a fair amount of "I Should Have Known Better." I don't know if every copy suffers from this, but my sole copy; a 1970 Winchester pressing does. It goes muddy, losing the left channel high end for a fair piece of the song. I agree with you, it would be nice to see that album get special treatment. It's an unusual album, but definitely essential when released and valued by those of us who bought it as a way of getting their singles only releases collected into a neat, compact package.
Honestly, it makes sense to rerelease The Beatles US catalog. Most Americans heard Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. The way Capitol Records released the singles is what made The Beatles popular here in the United States. The American albums and singles should be remastered, released on vinyl and digital downloads. The Rolling Stones catalog is this way and most fans enjoy it.
I was excited about this box set. I don't have the early records. When I saw it was $300, and I better not spend this much. I better stick with used records. " Those who keep seeking will find."
Don't know. I'm more of a cd person, and I have both their us and UK albums as well as other box sets, so I'm not sure I would go out of my way for this.
I own all the UK and the Us albums multiple copies of all of them. And I can honestly say. I never play the UK releases if I’m using my turntable I’ll always pull out meet the Beatles or US rubber soul or Yesterday and today over the Uk counterparts. Only UK album I play is Revolver.
I will be sticking with my original copies of these albums (not first presses or anything like that). Just the ones I purchased as a young trouble maker in the 1970's. I would have liked if they had released each of the albums as a double album (except of course The Beatles Story) with one disk being the original stereo mix and the other the original mono mix. With new artwork for the gatefold. That would interest me. Of course the price needs to be reasonable.
As a young Beatles fan I am interested in getting a couple of them. I can see the reason they went this route for a release it being the 60th anniversary of them arriving in America. I do think they’ll do the Rubber Soul release next year
I have my Beatles in Mono vinyl boxtet from 2014 and my stereo vinyl boxset. The Mono box was direct from the original UK analog master tapes. The stereo was mixed from the digital CD boxset. Are these new Capitol Album boxsets going to be the original Dave Dexter US mixes or use the UK mixes, like the US CD boxset ? Personally, I am happy with my UK albums and I think I’m going to pass this time. If any thing what we need is an all analog Stereo UK Album boxset reissue.
Very disappointing release. Not for me. Would have preferred a deluxe boxset featuring Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale with Long Tall Sally EP and I Feel Fine/She's A Woman 45. Basically their 64 material
There are two releases on cd. One large blue box with all in one pack, the other is so,it over 2. Both mono and stereo versions in the packs (at least the split two, I think it is with the big blue box).
As a young kid, I had my mom's copy of "The Early Beatles" album. It was my intro to music and drumming. Now, at 57 years old, that album with those cookie cutter love songs is irreplaceable to me. But, I am going to stick with my copies of those "Capitol Albums Vol 1 and 2" CDs that were released way back. They have both stereo and mono versions of the songs on them. Pretty good.
I agree that this set is not exactly what us Beatles fans have been dreaming of. I might get the United Artists' "A Hard Day's Night," because I never bought that one back in the 70s or 80s. I've heard about the repeated verse that was edited in for "I'll Cry Instead" (which I always thought was an excellent choice to open "Something New" with), and the different-sounding vocal on "And I Love Her" from the film's soundtrack (single-track instead of double-tracked, right?), plus "Ringo's Theme." I never bought "The Beatles' Story," and didn't even hear it until about a year ago, when I listened to it on RUclips.
Amazon is selling the individual albums so I'll buy "Meet the Beatles" just to have a clean version of it because it has a historical meaning. I'm a second generation Beatles fan so I always knew the UK albums were the albums the Beatles created. I've had the Beatles BC13 box set since the early 80's and it's still in great condition. ~~/)~~
The question really is are these the U.S. mixes. On their website it does not state they are. I might update my original vinyl, these are available separately 30 a piece.
Another missed opportunity... someone at Apple has got to be angered at the Mono Boxset poor initial sales in 2014, because ot seems to be the last thing on their list.
I'm from Denmark and prefer the original UK albums rather than the inferior, buthered US albums which contain only 11 or 12 tracks each. But I'm sure many US fans are thrilled. I was hoping that we would get the much anticipated, remixed Rubber Soul box set but it looks like we will have to wait yet another year or longer for that. Sometimes I wish they would listen to the fans.
I have even less interest in this then I did the Red and Blue rerereleases last year. Next year is also the 30th anniversary of "Anthology I". I would rather have seen an overhaul of the Anthology series and had saved "Now and Then" for "Anthology III". Believe it or not I was already familiar with the British versions way before the American ones. Back in the 70's I had somehow picked up the Apple / EMI 8-tracks from some store in the Chicago suburbs.
They will also be released individually. Some will be released as store exclusives on colored vinyl. (Meet The Beatles on light blue clear vinyl as an October Target exclusive). I myself just want whatever I can get on colored vinyl. I mostly just like Something New because the mono mixes differ from the UK Hard Day's Night mixes. These are supposed to be the true original US mono master mixes. I also want to get Beatles 65 because I have various variations of pressings of that album.
I bought the US Albums box set years ago. I'm good with those even though I never really listen to them. I don't like the song orders. I'm a second generation fan (b.1972), so I didn't hear most of the UK Beatles albums until I was old enough to buy my own stuff. The US albums are good for a completist like me, but after a while, it sucks buying stuff in rearranged order. The other thing I just thought of: I have the two volumes of the US Capitol albums. Those I do like, because the reverb is cool. They have a more open stereo sound while the US Boxed Set are the remastered versions of the songs which is a hit or miss with me. I like the remixes for the same reason as the two volume sets. The sound is different, so at least there's a redeeming value for me. Plus, they have the mono versions which I'm not a fan of, but I like studying sound, so that makes it worth getting. In the end, I wish we were getting Rubber Soul, but I can wait until next year. Hopefully, they remix the crappy Red Album versions of those. Actually, the red and blue records are the equivalents of the US Albums, in my opinion. Like, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, The Beatles stuff has to be listened to in its entirety. Best of collections rarely work except with Beatles 1 and Yellow Submarine Songtrack, especially for the remixes.
I have both Capitol Albums boxsets when they came out in the early 2000's on CD. They have mono and stereo mixes of the albums (although Capitol messed up the Rubber Soul CD by not using the proper mono mixes at the time). I'm surprised that Apple is allowing Capitol to re-release these albums with the original Capitol mono mixes.
I bought "Beatles Story" soon after it was released. I actually liked it. Then. Let's face it; The Beatles COULD have been a flash-in-the-pan, so I can hardly blame Capitol for exploiting the cash cow while they could. As far as this set goes, I bought the CD collection of American releases about a year ago and really only for nostalgic benefit. I have great memories of playing those albums on my record player and later on my $50 plastic stereo. Oh, and "The Beatles Story" is in that set. It remains unplayed.
Nice review/update, Michael. I have these albums in so many vinyl (and CD) configurations, while I appreciate and understand this release (the anniversary and nostalgia), I have very little interest in this box. Also, I have zero problem with The Early Beatles or the Beatles Story. They were part of Capitol's original Beatlemania Year experience. While I get what you're saying re Story release, A) Was part of the 1964 experience. B) It actually charted pretty high (#7 Billboard). C) Came housed in a very attractive gatefold album cover. Again, nice job on your review.
If they really wanted to "standardize" the catalog back in the 80's, why have they released the "American" albums 3 times since then? They always intended to double dip and sell both versions for maximum profit. Everybody should just pick their favorite version, buy it one time and be done with it.
Are they improving the Dave Dexter mixes or are these something else? Last why Don,t they just remix the USA albums like they did in the capitol box set in stereo and mono and offer it in vinyl and cd?
Disappointing. As first gen Beatle fan from Australia, grew up with UK releases (Australian releases were the same and were pressed from UK metal masters on equipment sent to Aus by EMI). I have early pressings of the US releases, as I’m a mad collector, but never play them. They are from second and third generation tapes with added echo and of course don't follow the official UK releases. The albums also contain 11 to 12 tracks only, Hard Day's Night has four non Beatle orchestrated numbers and The Beatles Story is a waste of money. Won’t be buying this new release.
With you on all of that - I grew up in NZ, still have the singles but had to sell the albums (starving musician!). Zero interest in the butchered Capitol releases - no respect for the Beatles or the impeccable Abbey Road production and track sequencing . . . a travesty.
Nah, not feeling the need to picking this up. Heck, I don't currently own a turntable either! Ha! Andrew's Parlogram channel followed your video with his "Do We Need a Capitol Vinyl Album Box Set" video from 11 months ago! 😂
You know, Michael (great episode, BTW) I am surprised that The Beatles' camp (Paul/Ringo/Lennon's estate & Harrison's estate) agreed to this box set. I mean, of all the remixed songs they have (waiting to be released).......they decide to go with these LPs? You're right when you said The Beatles is a corporation and what is the main goal for a corporation......profit and more profit. Who cares about what the fans prefer. they'll probably buy this set anyway. Well, I'm not. Box set in U.S. is going to be $300 (U.S.) and, here in Canada (ouch) it's going to be..........a lot more. Also, Amazon informed me that each individual album will be $53.00. except "A Hard Day's Night", that will be $59.50. Say what??? Less songs, but, more moolah. Sorry, but this is out of reach for my budget. Also, in regards to this set, all of the albums were originally released in 1964, except, "The Early Beatles", which was released on March 22nd, 1965. Yeah, that makes even more sense to me. Okay, my rant is over. Thanks very much for listening.
I'm skeptical at best. Are we getting the actual Capitol Dave Dexter tapes or the 2014 releases that were nothing more than the Parlaphone tapes with some extra echo on it? Also, many of us already have the originals and they're easily very accessible...so what's the point? I say just give us the Rubber Soul box set and be done with it.
I was going to just buy the separate albums, reason I just have the early stuff on cd , vinyl rubber soul and back, box set a bit pricey so I'll buy the first one and see how it is, I'd just like to have all the Beatles lps on vinyl
I have pre ordered the Beatles 64 mono us 8lp box set , but what I would really like Apple to do is reissue the Beatles in mono box set , now that would be great if that happened . But the chance’s of Apple doing that are practically 0
Fabulous Michael! Loved your thoughts and insights here! Believe me I’m in your camp with this release, very odd considering the other releases that should come first (Rubber Soul). I will NOT be getting the box set, not worth the high cost. I may get an individual album or two. Also very, very honored to get a shout out from you ! Long live The Tribe!! Cheers! Matt 🎼🎶🎵🇺🇸🇬🇧❤️🍻
Love your channel Mathew! Hey folks, a link to Mathew’s channel is in the description box of this very video!
Go on over and sub the man up! ❤
This is a waste of time & money, they should be concentrating on the British albums first and remixing them that is what the fans want.
@@andrewlane8105 thank you !!
I've found over the years that being a Beatles fan is an expensive game to play.
LOL! So true ProgBloke! Sp true! 😂❤
Only if you play their game😅
I'm a huge Beatles fan, and I have bought the boxed sets , cds, remastered, ad nausem editions, including solo albums, almost all were well worth the purchase price. But these obsolete "American" butchered albums are a waste of resources in my opinion. Is a MAL edition of this British albums on vinyl next?? It never stops. This is gonna be a hard no on the set. GREAT VID, BTW. 🤜✌🤛🏼
Imo the following projects should be release
*Star Club Tapes
*Stowe School 1963, discovered concert at a high school
*Let it Be, Sessions all the outtakes, etc. Nagra tapes, etc.
*Complete Live at BBC recordings, including ones with Pete Best, with the MAL treatment.
They saved me money last year, and this year looks the same!
Jeez, I really wish this was a reissue of the 2014 mono box set. Or even better, make those UK mono albums readily available separately as the 2012 stereo ones are.
The prices people are asking for those are RIDICULOUS
I concur with you Apo! ❤
This boxset may have opened the doors for a reissue (im delusional)
I think if Capitol is going to re release one of their records they should do the highly underrated love songs compilation
It sold well back in the day, so yeah, why not Riz? ❤
Just as long as the 'Rock and Roll Music' compilation isn't reissued.
Well at least we're getting the longer version of I'll Cry Instead on the mono Hard Day's Night album. I'm a Beatles freak but I think I'll let this one slide. I'll wait for the Rubber Soul deluxe package or the ultimate Anthology on Blu Ray or the complete Beatles Cartoons on Blu Ray or....
Yeah, I’m still on the line Larry! Thanx for your input! ❤
Plus the single-track vocal by Paul on "And I Love Her" on both the mono AHDN and Something New, unique on the US albums. The double-tracked version is on both the stereo and mono UK AHDN LP.
I want a remastered version of Hey Jude as well. That was my introduction to the Beatles when I was a child
Apple could have included an EP containing the singles Lady Madonna, The Inner Light, Revolution AND Hey Jude.
Should have been included with The White Album 50th set.
Old Brown Shoe is my favorite Beatles track, so the Hey Jude album always ranked high for me. Even the album cover is great.
It was originally titled 'The Beatles Again,' but the title was changed almost as soon as the LP was released.
It's all in fun my friends! Enjoy it!
I have all the original albums, so I just want to stream them when they become available. Just because it would be nostalgic. The British releases are the way they were meant to be. Thank you for another great show Michael!! I was waiting for your info & take on this cheers from Houston
And a big hello right backatcha Boysie!
Yeah I pick them up when they show up on Pbthal’s auction! And just to collect and acknowledge them! ❤🤘😉
I didn’t know the details of this release but you really laid it out for the tribe. That’s why we follow you. Keep up your fantastic & passionate work Michael cheers 🎼🎸🕺🎵🎶💯✌️😎
Not for me either. I’ll hang out in hope of the rubber soul deluxe set coming out next year.
I’m leaning that way myself Mark! ❤
Funny this is people say they won’t buy it. Then they go and buy it right away when it comes out. 😂
Fear of missing out made me preorder. Getting the mono mixes is a huge plus, hoping for excellent sound quality as a minimum requirement
Preach on, Rev. Noland! I remember seeing the cover of The Early Beatles and comparing it back to Meet The Beatles, I asked myself “How come they look 2 years younger on Meet The Beatles?!” It’s because they were 1 year younger! I learned about Beatles For Sale through Hunter Davies’ book The Beatles. It was written by a fan who respected the Beatles. That’s why people still read it. But I digress.
Santa didn’t bring the red and blue albums last year. I’ll live. The biggest improvement was it gave Harrison some love on the Red Album.
Only one thing I can imagine will dash our hopes of the Rubber Soul box set we both dream of. And that’s a re-release of The Anthology albums. Let’s pray I’m worried for nothing!
That’s all I’ve got to vent about. Thanks for keeping us, the Tribe, informed!
Whatever I may think about those dexterized US compilations, they were no doubt the historical events. So I'd love to have them in my Beatles LP collection no matter in what form. The 60's originals are worn out and hard to find, but these new made vinyl records may be good for me.
Yes. Nostalgia is such a pain in the neck! In my 20s and 30s, I had no sentimental attachment to anything. Then, it started to hit and it gets worse and worse over time! Nostalgia is insidious!!
Thank you, Michael. I couldn't care less about this release. Where are the London Town, Back to the Egg, Press to Play and Return to Pepperland Archive sets? GIve us something that most people have been asking for.
A big A-Freakin’-Men to that Christopher! ❤👌👍
I'm with ya Mike! The ultimate release of the early Capitol Albums was done 20 years ago already on The Capitol Albums Vol 1& 2. I'm not wasting my money on something I already have. Rubber Soul is also my personal favorite. C'mon Apple knuckleheads! Give us the Rubber Soul deluxe already!!! Great video as always! Kenny from Jersey
Interesting to note the Canadian version of Early Beatles and it's original counterpart Please Please Me is titled Twist and Shout and With the Beatles in Canada is Beatlemania With The Beatles both releaeed in 1964
The U S versions of the early Beatles albums are so inferior to the UK releases, which the Beatles prefered. Why would I want to spend money on these releases.
There ya go Robert! ❤
Congratulations! You hold the generally accepted opinion on the Internet. It doesn't add anything new to the conversation, but you can feel good about having the correct opinion. No doubt many here will like your comment to show their adherence to the socially acceptable opinion among well-regarded Beatles fans.
@patricetremblay4128 As a Liverpool lad who bought all the albums as they came out, I only have two American copies. 'Meet The Beatles" which I got for historical interest and only listened to once. And 'Rubber Soul' simply because I had learned that it was the U S pressing, which so inspired Brian Wilson. Interesting, but the song selection is not nearly as cohesive as the UK pressing.
This will be the mono mixes, no rechanneled stereo with all the reverb. Before judging lets wait until it comes out before the pitchfork and torches come out.
They are probably going to release a second box with: Beatles VI, Help US, Rubber Soul US, Yesterday and Today, Revolver US, and Hey Jude.
That would equal the releases in CDs they did some time ago.
Like you, once I discovered the original British releases, I dumped those American albums. Very disappointed that’s there Rubber Soul remixed.
Same here Wren! ❤
I never own a Beatles album, and I’m interested in these American releases that’s why I’m getting this.
Well said BadRinger! And for new fans, if course this will be a great opportunity for them! ❤
I smell a cash grab. Sounds like something Kiss would do…
Agreed Brandon ❤
If $immon$ would ever read that he would be all over it! "Omigod, why didn't I think of that?! On it!!" 🤣
I already preordered my box set
In Memoirs, Paul says he loves the money
I hear this cash grab term coming up a lot but nobody is forcing you to buy it. Every release of any record is a cash grab because that's how business works. If there was no money in making records, nobody would make records.
I've wanted to see the American LPs reissued on vinyl for 10 years now. I just hope the vinyl isn't noisy like that 2022 Revolver release. Let people like me have our one single year in the sun. You'll get your Rubber Soul when you get it. 😊
They'll release a second vinyl boxset same time next year with the other later capital albums from the US cd boxset to maximise profits
Hi Micheal. I hope you are well! Totally agree with you. It’s disappointing ! The years are getting out of whack now. What about Hard days night/ Beatles for sale? This year 60 years anniversary. Keep well. Glenn Sydney
Yeah, I so agree with your analysis Glenn! Everything IS outta wack brother! ❤
Hi Mike, it will sell and the fans will surely buy it, BUT, i think they should have just pressed and put out the Beatles In Mono vinyl box set from several years ago ,that thirst was never quenched brother..
Agreed JL! It is sought after! ❤
I ordered Meet The Beatles and The Beatles 2nd album. This is mine first US Beatles albums, I'm happy ✌️
IMHO the individual releases will do very well; Beatle nostalgia is strong & these configurations have never been available since the original releases, plus 100% all analog from the masters! I want the box & $300 USD is too steep but was able to secure a copy for much less than that, so I'm all in :)
Great video Michael! Going to pass on this box set. I have the mono albums all ready. I am hoping for the Rubber Soul box set next year. Anyway maybe the younger generation will buy them. Have a good one
Fingers crossed on selling this to later Beatle fans Matt, and you too brother! ❤
Can't wait ! Can't help myself. Just knowing Bruce Spizer is associated with this release is enough for me to be sold. The technical specifications have my mouth watering.
1 benefit is at least they’re in Mono. I doubt I’ll get the box. But I may pick up a couple.
Hi
I am looking forward to this set.
I don't know yet if I buy the albums separately except for The Beatles Story interview album or buying the complete box set. It depends on the dificit in price. If it's more than 50 Euro, I'll buy the othr ssix albums separately.
I have almost every American Capitol master on vinyl but in Stereo.
So the Mono ones are very welcome if they have the original Dexter masters from Capitol.
Take care
And for the Beatle completist this will be a must have, I agree Oeje! 👌❤
Spot on! Nailed it.
I had “The Early Beatles” at the time even I knew something was off, but, it had several good songs I didn’t have att.
Why wasn't a Revolver hi def surround sound version released?
If you want a version of the albums that isn’t as good as the British versions then go right ahead. I bought Beatles 65 in the states about ten years ago and the sound was…..interesting. The transfer from the original master tapes left the US versions sounding a little thin. The answer was to swamp the whole thing in thick reverb. Kinda works on vinyl but on CD, the Capital mixes are all terrible
This as well as the Red and Blue reissues, are the releases no one has been asking for.
No thank you.
I just got the 2019 remix box set of ABBEY ROAD last week on CD. ($77.80)
I've had 37 years to get used to the British sequence of songs & i love them.
I don't like mono or vinyl. > I got the original mono mix from 1966 with the cd Revolver box set & i prefer the new Giles Martin remix in stereo. ( I don't even have a working turntable)
Well said Joseph! ❤
I have multiple copies of all these albums. I honestly don't need anymore.
Here are my thoughts. I have only been collecting Beatles LPS since the re-release of the red and blue albums. Now I do realize that the best versions of their early albums are the UK pressings but right now they are only available for a high price on the secondary Market. And wish to have the oldest stuff in mono I can deal with this. And from what I understand it's totally analog from start to finish. Now if they re- release the UK versions of their older albums that's a different story
These are old arguments, (the way Capitol packaged Beatle albums) these Capitol albums are American, and historically important. I never even saw (or knew of) the British Parlophone versions existed until '79 when regular record stores started carrying them. If you're a Beatles vinyl collector (that actually plays your records) you'll want these because these pressings of them promise to likely be the best pressings ever. Whats interesting, and what no one seems to have noticed, "HELP" and "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" are missing. Which likely means, like "RUBBER SOUL" they'll be coming in their own box sets later. If they're going on the 60th anniversary, that means next year "HELP" and "RUBBER SOUL" with "YESTERDAY and TODAY" the year after. And you know "YESTERDAY AND TODAY" will come with a Butcher Cover variation. I've been told the upcoming Parlophone Rubber Soul Box set may actually include a Capitol Mono version in it, making the the Capitol Mono rereleases complete. Many people, with me included, prefer the Capitol Rubber Soul. Regardless, if these new Capitols sound as good as the Revolver box set Mono, it will be well worth it. I'm hIf so, I'm happy to buy them because the old ones in unscratched playable condition are almost too valuable to play.
An intriguing thought regarding the upcoming Rubber Soul Paul!
Hmm… I have heard they don’t have a lot to offer in alt takes with this album. ❤
@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine it WOULD be the cool way to mix it up, with the Parlophone Stereo and the Capitol Mono. The Both Mono and Stereo Yesterday and Today (one of them being Butcher, and the And a parlophone Capitol Help Stereo and Mono) Hell, it's all speculation but it WOULD BE COOL! 🤪
If you look at the price of the box at $299 and you can get the albums individually for a total of $179. Is it worth it for $120 extra when all you get is a box and The Beatles Story, which is kind of superfluous at best. Do we really need it? I’m kind of on the fence about it and the box is overpriced but I may pick up some of the albums. I hope they will do some more because I would love to have the American Help soundtrack which I prefer to the British version
I bought the American version of the Beatles albums back in the 1970s. Never knew about the UK versions. I did find and buy VJ's 'Introducing the Beatles' and the UK 'With the Beatles'. Once the UK versions came out on CD, I never listened to the American albums. Now I did buy Capitol's Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 boxed. I do listen occasionally to the American version of 'Rubber Soul', the only one of the American albums.
I probably will buy the box set, but wont' play them since I've packed my turntable away over 25 years ago. I also did buy the Rolling Stones Mono album box set.
I missed out on UK mono box set and I never had any of the US albums, so I am going to get them. I am not going to get a box since it has ridiculous price in Canada- 530 CAD dollars. If you buy them individually it is about 50 CAD a piece, so I am not paying $200 CAD for a cardboard box and Beatles Story. I am a bit intrigued how these records sound so I will add them to my collection
I didn't think the price was as bad as a lot of people are saying. The McCartney singles crate was expensive, the Blue and the Red sets were expensive and you'd need to take out a mortgage to get the Mind Games Super Deluxe set. The American mixes on vinyl have been out of print for a long time. The UK remasters have come out in several releases since EMI standardised the canon in 1987. Another criticism has been the fact that the albums are very short so there's not much "bang for your buck". Well that's how the albums were back in the day and the manufacturing costs of an eleven track album are the same as for a fourteen track album. If you want quantity over quality there are plenty of other groups that can provide that. Personally, being from the UK, I prefer the UK albums but, I still have a genuine interest in the American ones.
Funny...I got the HEY JUDE LP when it came out. I had it on my Xmas List because I also thought it was a new album by The Beatles. No hype-stickers on the cover, what you saw on the sleeve was it.
Box sets released just in time for Christmas was always a reliable way of getting an uptick in sales for the all important holiday season in the past. This time, Capital want to recreate what American audiences heard when the US versions were first released. McCartney, Ringo and the estates of the deceased ex Beatles continue repackaging the same old music yet another time. Those old coots are both greedy and desperate. In this day and age, sales will continue being extremely low.
I’m desperate for Shea Stadium Blu ray and a remix of Rubber Soul which is my favourite Album of all time.
I still have my mid-70s Capitol Beatles albums so I’m good. Happy for those who want them, though.
Be great to have the Star club tapes cleaned up by Peter Jackson he has the tapes & apple owns the copyright he even offered to do them for free
I got the Capitol Albums 1
and 2 box sets on CD when they came out years ago. They include all the decent Capitol albums in both stereo and mono mixes and they sound great. I have no need nor desire to get this crappy new cash grab.
I've only ever heard the UK versions. The first time I was aware of the US albums was when I watched the Compleat Beatles video in 1982 and wondered why the Revolver back cover had tracks missing. Did a good job with Magical Mystery Tour though!
Capitol sold a CD set a while back that were the American versions of the albums. It was great hearing the echo-drenched versions of "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman." The way we HEARD them on the radio in this country. And just so you know, John Lennon liked them too.
I love the US versions, preferably in stereo.
Great point TPO! ❤
I love the way you explain the whole thing to us. The thought that we will be getting about four or maybe 5 albums was pretty funny 😁. I think the price for that box set, with no book, is at $299 right now. If you bought these separately, it would come to $180. So what is the point of buying the box set? You get the privilege of spending an extra $120 for the glorious Beatles Story and that fantastic box.😢 I will be like Matthew Sweet and get two or three albums.
Fun fact: On the USA storepage they forgot to include the Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand on the "something new something new" track list, though it is listed on the UK store page.
Thanx fr the additional info SM! ❤
and 2 months later they STILL haven't fixed the error...
Hello Mike, thank you for your video! I for myself haven‘t any use for this edition. How often they want me to buy „She Loves you“? I‘ve been a huge fan for more than 50 years, but enough is enough. They should have put out Rubber Soul or the Beatles In Mono Box Set from 2014 which is - together with my pressings from the 70s - the Holy Grail of my collection. Since then I‘ve bought a lot of new editions, but not now! Greetings from Berlin, Harry
To me, this compilation is probably more of a temptation than anything else. These are the albums that I wore out growing up, and it would be tempting to want to relive that nostalgia. But I sense that the thrill would probably wear off not long after I shell out all that money. Back in the 60s and 70s, I didn't think twice about spending my money on anything with the Beatles' name on it. I had Introducing the Beatles and The Early Beatles, basically the same album except for two songs. I was a little late in discovering all the British Imports, only to find that we had been ripped off by quality and quantity. Still I'm content with the versions that I grew up with because of the memories that go with the soundtrack. I think I'll save my money.
Yeah, me too Magneto! ❤
Hey Michael! I already have "The U.S. Albums" cd boxset that has all 13 of the American Beatles albums in stereo and mono that came out in 2014. So I guess I'll hold onto my Beatles money for another year.
Yep! Me too Steve. Either that or get a Beatle Box I don’t have!
I’ve just got back into vinyl, so I’ll be lookin’ brother! 🫣👀😂
I’m very interested in the mono versions of the US albums. The box set is expensive, so I’m going to get them individually. Maybe not all of them, but the track listing of Meet The Beatles and Beatles 65 are interesting. Yesterday and Today is an interesting sequence as well. Otherwise I prefer the U.K. versions.
I can listen to both stereo and mono versions of the US albums on Apple Music. The Beatles Second Album was actually the second Beatles album I got after the Rock and Roll compilation when I was a kid. So like you I have a bit of nostalgia for these versions.
Yeah The boxset is $100 ire than I reported in this video AC! ❤
This may be a heresy but I purchased these albums digitally. I even found a bootleg of the US HELP! album with the cool James Bond intro (remember when that was on the Red Album?) I don't see shelling out that kind of money for these, but, when they do release a special edition Rubber Soul, regardless, take my money!
Hello Michael:
I've been digging your content for quite some time, but never felt compelled to comment.
I have several copies of "Meet The Beatles;" a purple label copy that I bought brand new in '83, an amazingly clean 1968 copy that I bought used at an antique shop, and a very early mono Capitol Scranton pressing that had belonged to my wife's family,... it's really beat! The only copy of their second album that I have is in stereo. I have "The Beatles '65," but in stereo. I have "Something New," but again, only in stereo. I've never owned the UA soundtrack album. "The Beatles Story" was always an album that I could really care less about.
Here in the U.S., mono was, for the most part discontinued by the end of '67. By 1968 The Beatles in mono had been phased out. I've always wanted these U.S. albums brand new and in mono. So for me, this is very welcome! However, I absolutely will not pay $300.00 for the box set! That's just greed-gone-wild as far as I'm concerned! But, I will be picking them up individually.
I love your channel Michael and am now subscribed to the tribe! Take care!
I’m intrigued by the mono and will cherry pick individual releases.
Thanx so much for the info Nathan! And yes a mono release is nice, but they coulda done up Hey Jude real nice! ❤
Yes. It certainly wouldn't hurt to correct the drop-out that occurs in the left channel for a fair amount of "I Should Have Known Better." I don't know if every copy suffers from this, but my sole copy; a 1970 Winchester pressing does. It goes muddy, losing the left channel high end for a fair piece of the song. I agree with you, it would be nice to see that album get special treatment. It's an unusual album, but definitely essential when released and valued by those of us who bought it as a way of getting their singles only releases collected into a neat, compact package.
Honestly, it makes sense to rerelease The Beatles US catalog. Most Americans heard Introducing The Beatles and Meet The Beatles. The way Capitol Records released the singles is what made The Beatles popular here in the United States. The American albums and singles should be remastered, released on vinyl and digital downloads. The Rolling Stones catalog is this way and most fans enjoy it.
I was excited about this box set. I don't have the early records. When I saw it was $300, and I better not spend this much. I better stick with used records. " Those who keep seeking will find."
Don't know. I'm more of a cd person, and I have both their us and UK albums as well as other box sets, so I'm not sure I would go out of my way for this.
I definitely have missed hearing the Beatles the way I heard them originally, growing up.
I own all the UK and the Us albums multiple copies of all of them. And I can honestly say. I never play the UK releases if I’m using my turntable I’ll always pull out meet the Beatles or US rubber soul or Yesterday and today over the Uk counterparts. Only UK album I play is Revolver.
I will be sticking with my original copies of these albums (not first presses or anything like that). Just the ones I purchased as a young trouble maker in the 1970's. I would have liked if they had released each of the albums as a double album (except of course The Beatles Story) with one disk being the original stereo mix and the other the original mono mix. With new artwork for the gatefold. That would interest me. Of course the price needs to be reasonable.
As a young Beatles fan I am interested in getting a couple of them. I can see the reason they went this route for a release it being the 60th anniversary of them arriving in America. I do think they’ll do the Rubber Soul release next year
I’m definitely going to buy this boxset
Reissue buyers are schmucks if they own all the songs.
I have my Beatles in Mono vinyl boxtet from 2014 and my stereo vinyl boxset. The Mono box was direct from the original UK analog master tapes. The stereo was mixed from the digital CD boxset. Are these new Capitol Album boxsets going to be the original Dave Dexter US mixes or use the UK mixes, like the US CD boxset ? Personally, I am happy with my UK albums and I think I’m going to pass this time. If any thing what we need is an all analog Stereo UK Album boxset reissue.
Very disappointing release. Not for me. Would have preferred a deluxe boxset featuring Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale with Long Tall Sally EP and I Feel Fine/She's A Woman 45. Basically their 64 material
You;re suggestion sure makes more sense than this release Keith! Thanx! ❤👌
I couldn't have said it better myself 👍
I’ll get them on cd if they come out on cd.
There are two releases on cd. One large blue box with all in one pack, the other is so,it over 2. Both mono and stereo versions in the packs (at least the split two, I think it is with the big blue box).
Im excited, sentimentally speaking.
I'm confused. Have these been remixed? If not, what's the point?
Money.
I’ll be buying some of the individual vinyl lps but not the set. It’s too expensive
As a young kid, I had my mom's copy of "The Early Beatles" album. It was my intro to music and drumming. Now, at 57 years old, that album with those cookie cutter love songs is irreplaceable to me. But, I am going to stick with my copies of those "Capitol Albums Vol 1 and 2" CDs that were released way back. They have both stereo and mono versions of the songs on them. Pretty good.
These crappy versions mean nothing to the UK
I am so disappointed
Boom! Well said Wingo! ❤
I agree that this set is not exactly what us Beatles fans have been dreaming of. I might get the United Artists' "A Hard Day's Night," because I never bought that one back in the 70s or 80s. I've heard about the repeated verse that was edited in for "I'll Cry Instead" (which I always thought was an excellent choice to open "Something New" with), and the different-sounding vocal on "And I Love Her" from the film's soundtrack (single-track instead of double-tracked, right?), plus "Ringo's Theme." I never bought "The Beatles' Story," and didn't even hear it until about a year ago, when I listened to it on RUclips.
Amazon is selling the individual albums so I'll buy "Meet the Beatles" just to have a clean version of it because it has a historical meaning. I'm a second generation Beatles fan so I always knew the UK albums were the albums the Beatles created. I've had the Beatles BC13 box set since the early 80's and it's still in great condition. ~~/)~~
I’m probably going to go that route myself Chris! ❤
The question really is are these the U.S. mixes. On their website it does not state they are. I might update my original vinyl, these are available separately 30 a piece.
The next project should be The Beatles In Japan cd/dvd, instead of the american albums
Another missed opportunity... someone at Apple has got to be angered at the Mono Boxset poor initial sales in 2014, because ot seems to be the last thing on their list.
I'm from Denmark and prefer the original UK albums rather than the inferior, buthered US albums which contain only 11 or 12 tracks each. But I'm sure many US fans are thrilled. I was hoping that we would get the much anticipated, remixed Rubber Soul box set but it looks like we will have to wait yet another year or longer for that. Sometimes I wish they would listen to the fans.
I have even less interest in this then I did the Red and Blue rerereleases last year. Next year is also the 30th anniversary of "Anthology I". I would rather have seen an overhaul of the Anthology series and had saved "Now and Then" for "Anthology III". Believe it or not I was already familiar with the British versions way before the American ones. Back in the 70's I had somehow picked up the Apple / EMI 8-tracks from some store in the Chicago suburbs.
Spot on Doc! ❤
They will also be released individually. Some will be released as store exclusives on colored vinyl. (Meet The Beatles on light blue clear vinyl as an October Target exclusive). I myself just want whatever I can get on colored vinyl. I mostly just like Something New because the mono mixes differ from the UK Hard Day's Night mixes. These are supposed to be the true original US mono master mixes. I also want to get Beatles 65 because I have various variations of pressings of that album.
I bought the US Albums box set years ago. I'm good with those even though I never really listen to them. I don't like the song orders. I'm a second generation fan (b.1972), so I didn't hear most of the UK Beatles albums until I was old enough to buy my own stuff. The US albums are good for a completist like me, but after a while, it sucks buying stuff in rearranged order. The other thing I just thought of: I have the two volumes of the US Capitol albums. Those I do like, because the reverb is cool. They have a more open stereo sound while the US Boxed Set are the remastered versions of the songs which is a hit or miss with me. I like the remixes for the same reason as the two volume sets. The sound is different, so at least there's a redeeming value for me. Plus, they have the mono versions which I'm not a fan of, but I like studying sound, so that makes it worth getting. In the end, I wish we were getting Rubber Soul, but I can wait until next year. Hopefully, they remix the crappy Red Album versions of those. Actually, the red and blue records are the equivalents of the US Albums, in my opinion. Like, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, The Beatles stuff has to be listened to in its entirety. Best of collections rarely work except with Beatles 1 and Yellow Submarine Songtrack, especially for the remixes.
I have both Capitol Albums boxsets when they came out in the early 2000's on CD. They have mono and stereo mixes of the albums (although Capitol messed up the Rubber Soul CD by not using the proper mono mixes at the time). I'm surprised that Apple is allowing Capitol to re-release these albums with the original Capitol mono mixes.
Critics often point to The Beatles second album as a great compilation.
If it was on CD, maybe
I bought "Beatles Story" soon after it was released. I actually liked it. Then. Let's face it; The Beatles COULD have been a flash-in-the-pan, so I can hardly blame Capitol for exploiting the cash cow while they could. As far as this set goes, I bought the CD collection of American releases about a year ago and really only for nostalgic benefit. I have great memories of playing those albums on my record player and later on my $50 plastic stereo. Oh, and "The Beatles Story" is in that set. It remains unplayed.
Nice review/update, Michael. I have these albums in so many vinyl (and CD) configurations, while I appreciate and understand this release (the anniversary and nostalgia), I have very little interest in this box. Also, I have zero problem with The Early Beatles or the Beatles Story. They were part of Capitol's original Beatlemania Year experience. While I get what you're saying re Story release, A) Was part of the 1964 experience. B) It actually charted pretty high (#7 Billboard). C) Came housed in a very attractive gatefold album cover. Again, nice job on your review.
Thanx so much Anthony! I agree with you that Beatles completists will see this as an essential release, and it of course will sell like hotcakes! ❤
If they really wanted to "standardize" the catalog back in the 80's, why have they released the "American" albums 3 times since then? They always intended to double dip and sell both versions for maximum profit. Everybody should just pick their favorite version, buy it one time and be done with it.
I'm not interested in getting this box set because I'm happy to own the originals my Dad bought when they were released.
Are they improving the Dave Dexter mixes or are these something else? Last why Don,t they just remix the USA albums like they did in the capitol box set in stereo and mono and offer it in vinyl and cd?
Disappointing. As first gen Beatle fan from Australia, grew up with UK releases (Australian releases were the same and were pressed from UK metal masters on equipment sent to Aus by EMI). I have early pressings of the US releases, as I’m a mad collector, but never play them. They are from second and third generation tapes with added echo and of course don't follow the official UK releases. The albums also contain 11 to 12 tracks only, Hard Day's Night has four non Beatle orchestrated numbers and The Beatles Story is a waste of money. Won’t be buying this new release.
Very well said Stephen! I’m pinning your comment for all to peruse brother! ❤
Yeah, you have to be a completist collector with deep pockets to want these subpar mixes.
At least in Oz, the With the Beatles album cover is unique to the rest of the world.
With you on all of that - I grew up in NZ, still have the singles but had to sell the albums (starving musician!). Zero interest in the butchered Capitol releases - no respect for the Beatles or the impeccable Abbey Road production and track sequencing . . . a travesty.
@@mortonwilson795 hey hey, tēnā koutou katoa!
Nah, not feeling the need to picking this up. Heck, I don't currently own a turntable either!
Ha! Andrew's Parlogram channel followed your video with his "Do We Need a Capitol Vinyl Album Box Set" video from 11 months ago! 😂
You know, Michael (great episode, BTW) I am surprised that The Beatles' camp (Paul/Ringo/Lennon's estate & Harrison's estate) agreed to this box set. I mean, of all the remixed songs they have (waiting to be released).......they decide to go with these LPs? You're right when you said The Beatles is a corporation and what is the main goal for a corporation......profit and more profit. Who cares about what the fans prefer. they'll probably buy this set anyway. Well, I'm not. Box set in U.S. is going to be $300 (U.S.) and, here in Canada (ouch) it's going to be..........a lot more. Also, Amazon informed me that each individual album will be $53.00. except "A Hard Day's Night", that will be $59.50. Say what??? Less songs, but, more moolah. Sorry, but this is out of reach for my budget. Also, in regards to this set, all of the albums were originally released in 1964, except, "The Early Beatles", which was released on March 22nd, 1965. Yeah, that makes even more sense to me. Okay, my rant is over. Thanks very much for listening.
Rants are A-OK with me Rick! I’ve been known to rant a bit here and there myself, after all! ❤😉👌
I'm skeptical at best. Are we getting the actual Capitol Dave Dexter tapes or the 2014 releases that were nothing more than the Parlaphone tapes with some extra echo on it? Also, many of us already have the originals and they're easily very accessible...so what's the point? I say just give us the Rubber Soul box set and be done with it.
Wasn't Early Beatles a fold-down from the stereo? What's the point? Will they release the british mono mixes repackaged as the US albums box?
I was going to just buy the separate albums, reason I just have the early stuff on cd , vinyl rubber soul and back, box set a bit pricey so I'll buy the first one and see how it is, I'd just like to have all the Beatles lps on vinyl
I have pre ordered the Beatles 64 mono us 8lp box set , but what I would really like Apple to do is reissue the Beatles in mono box set , now that would be great if that happened . But the chance’s of Apple doing that are practically 0