THE BEATLES BOX SET

The Beatles Box Set - Remastered in StereoThe Beatles List Price: £201.99 Price: £157.97 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery.

Product Description

THE BEATLES The Beatles (2009 UK limited edition 17-disc [16 Enhanced CDs/1 All Region NTSC DVD] set.
This Stereo Box set contains all 13 original albums [from Please Please Me to Let It Be plus the Past Masters which has been remasteredand repackaged as a 2-CD set. Each original album comes with a bonus enhanced video of the Making Of each album using exclusive original footage from the Beatles own archive plus other rare footage and the voice-over is entirely spoken bytheBeatles themselves and George Martin!
These have also been collated onto one bonus DVD unique to this set. Housed in a high quality box with magnetic fastening with each album presented in a triple panel card package using conservation grade FSC paper and complete with a set of historical notes on each album to accompany recording notes on the actual process of making the records at the time)

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Please Please Me Documentary
2. Misery (2009 - Remaster)
3. Anna (Go To Him) (2009 - Remaster)
4. Chains (2009 - Remaster)
5. Boys (2009 - Remaster)
6. Ask Me Why (2009 - Remaster)
7. Please Please Me (2009 - Remaster)
8. Love Me Do (2009 - Remaster)
9. P.S. I Love You (2009 - Remaster)
10. Baby It's You (2009 - Remaster)
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret (2009 - Remaster)
12. A Taste Of Honey (2009 - Remaster)
13. There's A Place (2009 - Remaster)
14. Twist And Shout (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 2:

1. It Won't Be Long (2009 - Remaster)
2. All I've Got To Do (2009 - Remaster)
3. All My Loving (2009 - Remaster)
4. Don't Bother Me (2009 - Remaster)
5. Little Child (2009 - Remaster)
6. Till There Was You (2009 - Remaster)
7. Please Mister Postman (2009 - Remaster)
8. Roll Over Beethoven (2009 - Remaster)
9. Hold Me Tight (2009 - Remaster)
10. You Really Got A Hold On Me (2009 - Remaster)
11. I Wanna Be Your Man (2009 - Remaster)
12. Devil In Her Heart (2009 - Remaster)
13. Not A Second Time (2009 - Remaster)
14. Money (That's What I Want) (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 3:

1. A Hard Day's Night (2009 - Remaster)
2. I Should Have Known Better (2009 - Remaster)
3. If I Fell (2009 - Remaster)
4. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (2009 - Remaster)
5. And I Love Her (2009 - Remaster)
6. Tell Me Why (2009 - Remaster)
7. Can't Buy Me Love (2009 - Remaster)
8. Any Time At All (2009 - Remaster)
9. I'll Cry Instead (2009 - Remaster)
10. Things We Said Today (2009 - Remaster)
11. When I Get Home (2009 - Remaster)
12. You Can't Do That (2009 - Remaster)
13. I'll Be Back (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 4:

1. Beatles For Sale Documentary
2. I'm A Loser (2009 - Remaster)
3. Baby's In Black (2009 - Remaster)
4. Rock And Roll Music (2009 - Remaster)
5. I'll Follow The Sun (2009 - Remaster)
6. Mr Moonlight (2009 - Remaster)
7. Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey (2009 - Remaster)
8. Eight Days A Week (2009 - Remaster)
9. Words Of Love (2009 - Remaster)
10. Honey Don't (2009 - Remaster)
11. Every Little Thing (2009 - Remaster)
12. I Don't Want To Spoil The Party (2009 - Remaster)
13. What You're Doing (2009 - Remaster)
14. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 5:

1. Help! (2009 - Remaster)
2. The Night Before (2009 - Remaster)
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Need You (2009 - Remaster)
5. Another Girl (2009 - Remaster)
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl (2009 - Remaster)
7. Ticket To Ride (2009 - Remaster)
8. Act Naturally (2009 - Remaster)
9. It's Only Love (2009 - Remaster)
10. You Like Me Too Much (2009 - Remaster)
11. Tell Me What You See (2009 - Remaster)
12. I've Just Seen A Face (2009 - Remaster)
13. Yesterday (2009 - Remaster)
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 6:

1. Rubber Soul Documentary
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2009 - Remaster)
3. You Won't See Me (2009 - Remaster)
4. Nowhere Man (2009 - Remaster)
5. Think For Yourself (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Word (2009 - Remaster)
7. Michelle (2009 - Remaster)
8. What Goes On (2009 - Remaster)
9. Girl (2009 - Remaster)
10. I'm Looking Through You (2009 - Remaster)
11. In My Life (2009 - Remaster)
12. Wait (2009 - Remaster)
13. If I Needed Someone (2009 - Remaster)
14. Run For Your Life (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 7:

1. Taxman (2009 - Remaster)
2. Eleanor Rigby (2009 - Remaster)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (2009 - Remaster)
4. Love You To (2009 - Remaster)
5. Here, There And Everywhere (2009 - Remaster)
6. Yellow Submarine (2009 - Remaster)
7. She Said She Said (2009 - Remaster)
8. Good Day Sunshine (2009 - Remaster)
9. And Your Bird Can Sing (2009 - Remaster)
10. For No One (2009 - Remaster)
11. Doctor Robert (2009 - Remaster)
12. I Want To Tell You (2009 - Remaster)
13. Got To Get You Into My Life (2009 - Remaster)
14. Tomorrow Never Knows (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 8:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (2009 - Remaster)
2. With A Little Help From My Friends (2009 - Remaster)
3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2009 - Remaster)
4. Getting Better (2009 - Remaster)
5. Fixing A Hole (2009 - Remaster)
6. She's Leaving Home (2009 - Remaster)
7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite! (2009 - Remaster)
8. Within You Without You (2009 - Remaster)
9. When I'm Sixty Four (2009 - Remaster)
10. Lovely Rita (2009 - Remaster)
11. Good Morning Good Morning (2009 - Remaster)
12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) (2009 - Remaster)
13. A Day In The Life (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 9:

1. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary
2. The Fool On The Hill (2009 - Remaster)
3. Flying (2009 - Remaster)
4. Blue Jay Way (2009 - Remaster)
5. Your Mother Should Know (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Am The Walrus (2009 - Remaster)
7. Hello, Goodbye (2009 - Remaster)
8. Strawberry Fields Forever (2009 - Remaster)
9. Penny Lane (2009 - Remaster)
10. Baby, You're A Rich Man (2009 - Remaster)
11. All You Need Is Love (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 10:

1. Back In The U.S.S.R. (2009 - Remaster)
2. Dear Prudence (2009 - Remaster)
3. Glass Onion (2009 - Remaster)
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2009 - Remaster)
5. Wild Honey Pie (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (2009 - Remaster)
7. While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2009 - Remaster)
8. Happiness Is A Warm Gun (2009 - Remaster)
9. Martha My Dear (2009 - Remaster)
10. I'm So Tired (2009 - Remaster)
11. Blackbird (2009 - Remaster)
12. Piggies (2009 - Remaster)
13. Rocky Raccoon (2009 - Remaster)
14. Don't Pass Me By (2009 - Remaster)
15. Why Don't We Do It In The Road? (2009 - Remaster)
16. I Will (2009 - Remaster)
17. Julia (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 11:

1. The Beatles Documentary
2. Yer Blues (2009 - Remaster)
3. Mother Nature's Son (2009 - Remaster)
4. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (2009 - Remaster)
5. Sexy Sadie (2009 - Remaster)
6. Helter Skelter (2009 - Remaster)
7. Long, Long, Long (2009 - Remaster)
8. Revolution 1 (2009 - Remaster)
9. Honey Pie (2009 - Remaster)
10. Savoy Truffle (2009 - Remaster)
11. Cry Baby Cry (2009 - Remaster)
12. Revolution 9 (2009 - Remaster)
13. Good Night (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 12:

1. Yellow Submarine (2009 - Remaster)
2. Only A Northern Song (2009 - Remaster)
3. All Together Now (2009 - Remaster)
4. Hey Bulldog (2009 - Remaster)
5. It's All Too Much (2009 - Remaster)
6. All You Need Is Love (2009 - Remaster)
7. Pepperland (2009 - Remaster)
8. Sea Of Time (2009 - Remaster)
9. Sea Of Holes (2009 - Remaster)
10. Sea Of Monsters (2009 - Remaster)
11. March Of The Meanies (2009 - Remaster)
12. Pepperland Laid Waste (2009 - Remaster)
13. Yellow Submarine In Pepperland (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 13:

1. Abbey Road Documentary
2. Something (2009 - Remaster)
3. Maxwell's Silver Hammer (2009 - Remaster)
4. Oh! Darling (2009 - Remaster)
5. Octopus's Garden (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Want You (She's So Heavy) (2009 - Remaster)
7. Here Comes The Sun (2009 - Remaster)
8. Because (2009 - Remaster)
9. You Never Give Me Your Money (2009 - Remaster)
10. Sun King (2009 - Remaster)
11. Mean Mr Mustard (2009 - Remaster)
12. Polythene Pam (2009 - Remaster)
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (2009 - Remaster)
14. Golden Slumbers (2009 - Remaster)
15. Carry That Weight (2009 - Remaster)
16. The End (2009 - Remaster)
17. Her Majesty (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 14:

1. Let It Be Documentary
2. Dig A Pony (2009 - Remaster)
3. Across The Universe (2009 - Remaster)
4. I Me Mine (2009 - Remaster)
5. Dig It (2009 - Remaster)
6. Let It Be (2009 - Remaster)
7. Maggie Mae (2009 - Remaster)
8. I've Got A Feeling (2009 - Remaster)
9. One After 909 (2009 - Remaster)
10. The Long And Winding Road (2009 - Remaster)
11. For You Blue (2009 - Remaster)
12. Get Back (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 15:

1. Love Me Do (Original Single Version) (2009 - Remaster)
2. From Me To You (2009 - Remaster)
3. Thank You Girl (2009 - Remaster)
4. She Loves You (2009 - Remaster)
5. I'll Get You (2009 - Remaster)
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand (2009 - Remaster)
7. This Boy (2009 - Remaster)
8. Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand (2009 - Remaster)
9. Sie Liebt Dich (2009 - Remaster)
10. Long Tall Sally (2009 - Remaster)
11. I Call Your Name (2009 - Remaster)
12. Slow Down (2009 - Remaster)
13. Matchbox (2009 - Remaster)
14. I Feel Fine (2009 - Remaster)
15. She's A Woman (2009 - Remaster)
16. Bad Boy (2009 - Remaster)
17. Yes It Is (2009 - Remaster)
18. I'm Down (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 16:

1. Day Tripper (2009 - Remaster)
2. We Can Work It Out (2009 - Remaster)
3. Paperback Writer (2009 - Remaster)
4. Rain (2009 - Remaster)
5. Lady Madonna (2009 - Remaster)
6. The Inner Light (2009 - Remaster)
7. Hey Jude (2009 - Remaster)
8. Revolution (2009 - Remaster)
9. Get Back (2009 - Remaster)
10. Don't Let Me Down (2009 - Remaster)
11. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2009 - Remaster)
12. Old Brown Shoe (2009 - Remaster)
13. Across The Universe (2009 - Remaster)
14. Let It Be (2009 - Remaster)
15. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) (2009 - Remaster)

Disc 17:

1. Please Please Me Documentary
2. With The Beatles Documentary
3. A Hard Day's Night Documentary
4. Beatles For Sale Documentary
5. Help! Documentary
6. Rubber Soul Documentary
7. Revolver Documentary
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Documentary
9. Magical Mystery Tour Documentary
10. The Beatles Documentary
11. Yellow Submarine Documentary
12. Let It Be Documentary
13. Abbey Road Documentary

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1033 in Music
• Released on: 2009-09-09
• Number of discs: 16
• Formats: Box set, Collector's Edition, Original recording remastered
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 4.14 pounds

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Editorial Reviews

CD Description
Painstakingly remastered over a period of four years, The Beatles Stereo Box Set is a groundbreaking collection, with state of the art recording technology mixing with vintage studio equipment (at Abbey Road, of course) to produce the cleanest, highest ever quality versions of The Beatles’ work. The set comprises of all their individual albums--with a two-CD Past Masters album--plus documentaries, photographs and notes. A definitive collection for Beatles fans.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
433 of 443 people found the following review helpful.
Beatles Remastered....but should they have been Remixed?
By Mr. F. J. Coop
I've had the Beatles Stereo Box set for nearly a week now, and have listened to all the albums a number of times through and feel compelled to post my feedback to help anyone unsure about taking the £169.99 financial 'plunge'....

In fairness, I have to admit to being a dedicated Beatles fan (for the past 40 years) - so I'm not going to give an unbiased view on the music collected together here in one place...it's a true treasure trove.

However, I do back up the point a number of other reviewers have put forward that, whisper it, some of these remasters don't actually sound that good - they're better than the 1987 releases, without a shadow of a doubt - but let's face it, it would be difficult for them not to sound better after 22 years of CD development!

Now don't misunderstand me, several albums in this Box Set sound substantially better compared to the late 1980's digital releases:

ABBEY ROAD is now a very satisfying, detailed and dynamic listen - this is especially apparent when you hear the musical 'duel' of guitars and drums that make up the album closer 'The End' - in truth, every track on this remaster is far better than the muddy mix on the 1987 CD.

THE BEATLES (White Album) now delivers a fine stereo image with real 'studio depth' and lots of power to vocals, Lead guitars and Bass guitar - beating the 1987 2CD set quite easily.

SGT PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND is now far more balanced as a stereo listen, especially satisfying on Headphones - all the instruments and vocals now sound believable and crisp, with Paul's melodic Bass playing really jumping forward - it makes the 1987 CD version redundant.

RUBBER SOUL and REVOLVER have a number of highlights - as does the PAST MASTERS set.....but the earlier albums, from PLEASE PLEASE ME to HELP! and the final LET IT BE disc are (at times) not really in the same sonic ball-park.

Now, how could I possibly be so critical of the sound on this Box Set? - Well, I've no doubts that the Abbey Road team have done their best - but they have simply squeezed the maximum they can out of 40 to 47 year old Album Master Tapes.

In comparison, over the past 5 years or so we have been treated to the remastered back catalogue of a growing number of equally prominant Artists such as The Doors (on DMC), Elvis Presley (on FTD) and The Rolling Stones (on ABKO) who, after initial 'slap-dash' releases in the 1980's and 1990's have all finally done justice to their heritage by making every effort to trawl tape vaults and sound archives to find, wherever possible, the First Generation Session Multi-tracks to Remix fresh Album Masters - anyone owning any number of these CD's will bear witness to the fact that as a consequence of all this extra effort, they sound truly 'STUNNING' - sounding like they were recorded yesterday....

In fact this technique isn't anything new to the Beatles' Technical Team either, the very same work was done on the 'Yellow Submarine - Songtrack' Album as well as the 'Let it Be - Naked' release - which is why they both sound superior to their respective 2009 remasters.

As such, I feel an opportunity has been lost to make this release a truly definitive one, especially when the Technical Lead for the Remaster Project at Abbey Road (Allan Rouse) has been quoted as saying (in the latest October 2009 issue of The Record Collector Magazine) that the Remastering process for all the Albums only took around 3 months - not the 4 years that is so often quoted in many reviews...it seems there was plenty of time to provide Remixed Album Masters from the Original 2, 4 and 8 track Session Multi-tracks....but this fantastic opportunity wasn't taken - perhaps it was stopped by the surviving members of the Group - but it's a real shame it didn't happen.....

So, is it worth buying this Stereo Box Set? Well, yes it is.....each CD album is held within its own glossy digipack which includes informative liner notes in a booklet stored within...the outer box (with its outer slip-case and magnetic securing clasp) has been beautifully designed and manufactured - as a result, the whole package gives the owner plenty of user appeal...

Is this the best The Beatles' Albums have sounded on CD? Well, at the moment yes.....but if they'd been Remixed from the Original Session Multi-tracks they would have sounded even better!