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HMBeatlesfan said
Have you ever hard of hardcore collectors. You know, those sort of people who would buy the same things with the slightest of differences multiple times, I'm sure they would buy all 3 sets in both vinyl and CD formats, along with the original records in both US and UK variants and the 1987 releases.
Hardcore fans will purchase whatever and Apple know they have fans like pinatas where any release is basically Apple beating them until money comes out like candy.
You could argue for the albums in whatever (whichever?) way you prefer them tho one thing is pretty much guaranteed - Apple will somehow balls it up.
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meanmistermustard said
Hardcore fans will purchase whatever and Apple know they have fans like pinatas where any release is basically Apple beating them until money comes out like candy.
If Apple knows that they have hardcore fans by the balls, then why hasn't this stuff been released:
Let It Be DVD
The US Albums vinyl
A Collection Of Beatles Oldies reissue vinyl
The Beatles original multitracks
Maybe you should try posting more.
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The multitrack, though I'd love to have them, would allow people to make and share their own remixes, so they would actually lose money if they released them.
I can't explain the others, though.
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HMBeatlesfan said
meanmistermustard said
Hardcore fans will purchase whatever and Apple know they have fans like pinatas where any release is basically Apple beating them until money comes out like candy.If Apple knows that they have hardcore fans by the balls, then why hasn't this stuff been released:
Let It Be DVD
Shows The Beatles in a bad light and we can't have no shiny Beatles, how would the world continue spinning? Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia all have reasons not to grant its release and we need all four to say yes. More chance of Apple withdrawing the latest 'Hollywood Bowl' CD, apologising for screwing it all up, refunding those who bought it, and giving us a proper complete release with a decent cover.
The US Albums vinyl
5 are being released as part of a Capitol anniversary collection so don't be surprised to see them all at some point. Apple are slow.
A Collection Of Beatles Oldies reissue vinyl
Why does anyone need this? Was never a Beatles idea anyway, EMI were filling the Christmas gap in 1966. It was meaningful once upon a time but made entirely pointless with 'Past Masters '.
The Beatles original multitracks
No chance for now (or in the next decade), Apple have only just gotten around to streaming. And why would they when they know it would enable fans to ignore all the lovely remixes, remasters and reissues they can give us. They won't even give us a follow up to the 1963 official bootleg download!!
Apple know the hardcore fans will buy the product so instead go for the casual fans as they want sales, believe the hardcore fans will buy anything, and have staunchly set out their target market. Apple still believe they can sell hundreds of thousands of copies of reissues and remasters without trawling the archives too deeply and so why bother. Apple haven't satisfied the hardcore fans for years.
You could add album box sets to the above list and here we are still waiting for anything. 'Pepper' is 50 next May/June (depending on what release date you go with as it was released early in some places) and that has been the pin in Apple's backside to get them creative in the past (1987 CD's, 1992 documentary) so that is the fingers crossed. If nothing comes then we might as well gather up some supplies and go into hibernation for the next decade or so.
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https://superdeluxeedition.com.....vinyl-box/
In November, Apple Corps / Capitol / UMe will issue 1964 US Albums in Mono, an 8LP vinyl box set of Beatles’ albums compiled for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965 by Capitol Records and United Artists.
The seven albums (The Beatles’ Story is a double) are as follows:
- Meet The Beatles!
- The Beatles’ Second Album
- A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- Something New
- The Beatles’ Story (2LP)
- Beatles ’65
- The Early Beatles
As is reasonably well known these days, Capitol rushed out many of these records which featured different track listings to any of the UK counterparts, often including what were non-album singles in the UK. This gave American audiences a similar, yet completely different, introduction to the to the Fab Four in th early part of their career. This continued until 1967 when Sgt. Pepper ’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first album to feature an identical running order on both sides of the Atlantic.
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8 LPs for £268!!! Not a chance.
I take it these are the proper US mixes with all their oddities and not what Apple did with the 2014(?) box where they substituted most with the 2009 UK remasters.
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meanmistermustard said
8 LPs for £268!!! Not a chance.I take it these are the proper US mixes with all their oddities and not what Apple did with the 2014(?) box where they substituted most with the 2009 UK remasters.
All the albums in the new box set have been analog cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes. New vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at Nashville’s East Iris Studios. If you need more details, here you go: “These albums were cut for vinyl from the original master tapes using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original albums. They were made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and an Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tapes”.
The albums also feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer. All the records in the box will be available separately, except for The Beatles’ Story
1964 US Albums in Mono will be issued on 22 November 2024 via Capitol / UMe.
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I know this is in rumor territory (and if there is a rumor thread let me know) but will they ever be releasing the mono US albums from VI onward?
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NMCA said
I know this is in rumor territory (and if there is a rumor thread let me know) but will they ever be releasing the mono US albums from VI onward?
The other US albums could get a release but there are also hopes for deluxe 'Help ' and 'Rubber Soul ' sets this year and there has also been rumours of a remastered 'Anthology' Blu_Ray so Apple could go in various directions. And no one thought the expanded 'Red' and 'Blue' sets would ever appear until Paul finished 'Now And Then ' so maybe something else could suddenly appear.
They released Volumes 1 & 2 of the Capitol Albums way back in 2004 and 2006 respectively yet there was never a volume 3 leaving a number of albums behind, it therefore wouldn't be the first time they put some out and not the rest. It wasn't until 2014 when Apple issued 'The U.S. Albums' that we finally got all the American releases, tho I think you had to buy the box for 'The Beatles Story' and it was all in stereo.
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