Composers: John Lennon; Paul McCartney.
Personnel: George Harrison (guitar); Alan Civil (horns); Paul McCartney (bass guitar); Ringo Starr (drums); Anvil Bhagwat (tabla).
Audio Mixer: Peter Bown.
Audio Remasterers: Sean Magee; Sam O'Kell; Steve Rooke; Guy Massey; Paul Hicks.
Liner Note Authors: Dan Davis; Derek Taylor; Mark Lewisohn; Alan Rouse; Dan Davis; Kevin Howlett; Tony Barrow; Peter Blake.
Author: Paul McCartney.
Director: Bob Smeaton.
Editor: Julian Caidan.
Photographers: Iain Macmillan; Bruce a. Karsh; Ethan Russell; Robert Freeman; Ian MacMillan; Michael Cooper.
The Beatles always stood apart from their peers, a self-evident statement that sadly extended to the treatment of their catalog in the digital age. Where all their contemporaries from the Byrds to the Who have had their catalogs remastered and reissued in deluxe editions, sometimes several times, the Beatles remained stuck in the early days of digital, their 14 albums plus PAST MASTERS singles collections remaining untouched since 1987. The 2009 reissue campaign corrects almost all the problems of the original 1987 CDs: the sound and artwork are improved, and all the original mono and stereo mixes finally see the light of day. Naturally, it's possible to quibble about some details of the presentation, particularly the decision to split the reissue into two separate box sets, one covering the stereo mixes and one the mono mixes, with only the stereo mixes available as individual discs but both boxes still constitute the best Beatles by far. Crucially, it's also inarguably the best-sounding Beatles music ever released, robust and rich even on the earliest rock & roll. None of the albums have been remixed--although HELP! and RUBBER SOUL retain George Martin's 1987 mixes, the original stereo mixes being bonuses on the mono set--so this doesn't shock the way the YELLOW SUBMARINE soundtrack did with its reimagined stereo mix. Nevertheless, these remasters surely do surprise with their clarity and depth, with each album feeling bigger and fuller than the previous CD incarnation, but not artificially so. It's not that these are pumped up on digital steroids; it's that the veil has been lifted, so everything seems full and fresh. Appropriately, there's more to savor from HELP! onward, as the Beatles' productions grew ambitious, but PLEASE PLEASE ME, WITH THE BEATLES, and A HARD DAY'S NIGHT all have a strong punch, while BEATLES FOR SALE is warmer than the previous disc.
As a package, the stereo box is slightly unwieldy--it's a large, vertical set with two stacks of discs in slick cardboard sleeves piled on top of each other. No extra book is included with the set, but each disc has its own booklet with dry, straightforward liner notes detailing the recording process instead of analyzing the music. Nevertheless, these do offer annotation, something sorely lacking from the first CDs, and they do replicate the original notes--in the case of MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR, including the entire storybook; in the case of SGT. PEPPER'S, all the 20th anniversary annotation is added-- finally bringing the Beatles to the same standard for reissues that every other major (and most minor) bands have had for years now. And the story, at least for the stereo box, is not the packaging --it's the glorious sound that makes this such a treat. There's also no question that those who waited 22 years to hear a better version of the Beatles will not be disappointed (although they may still wonder why it took so long for the Fabs to be treated as they deserve).
エディション | Remaster
録音 | ステレオ (Studio)
1.
[CD]
DISC 1:
1.
I Saw Her Standing There
2.
Misery
3.
Anna (Go to Him)
4.
Chains
5.
Boys
6.
Ask Me Why
7.
Please Please Me
8.
Love Me Do
9.
P.S. I Love You
10.
Baby It's You
11.
Do You Want to Know a Secret
12.
Tast of Honey, A
13.
There's a Place
14.
Twist and Shout
15.
Please Please Me Mini-Documentary
2.
[CD]
DISC 2:
1.
It Won't Be Long
2.
All I've Got to Do
3.
All My Loving
4.
Don't Bother Me
5.
Little Child
6.
Till There Was You
7.
Please Mister Postman
8.
Roll Over Beethoven
9.
Hold Me Tight
10.
You Really Got a Hold on Me
11.
I Wanna Be Your Man
12.
Devil in Her Heart
13.
Not a Second Time
14.
Money (That's What I Want)
15.
With the Beatles Mini-Documentary
3.
[CD]
DISC 3:
1.
Hard Day's Night [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"], A
2.
I Should Have Known Better [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
3.
If I Fell [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
4.
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
5.
And I Love Her [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
6.
Tell Me Why [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
7.
Can't Buy Me Love [from the Film "A Hard Day's Night"]
8.
Any Time at All
9.
I'll Cry Instead
10.
Things We Said Today
11.
When I Get Home
12.
You Can't Do That
13.
I'll Be Back
14.
Hard Day's Night Mini-Documentary, A
4.
[CD]
DISC 4:
1.
No Reply
2.
I'm a Loser
3.
Baby's in Black
4.
Rock & Roll Music
5.
I'll Follow the Sun
6.
Mr. Moonlight
7.
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
8.
Eight Days a Week
9.
Words of Love
10.
Honey Don't
11.
Ever Little Thing
12.
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party
13.
What You're Doing
14.
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
15.
Beatles for Sale Mini-Documentary
5.
[CD]
DISC 5:
1.
Help! [from the Film "Help! "]
2.
Night Before [from the Film "Help! "], The
3.
You've Got to Hide Your Love Away [from the Film "Help! "]
4.
I Need You [from the Film "Help! "]
5.
Another Girl [from the Film "Help! "]
6.
You're Going to Lose That Girl [from the Film "Help! "]
7.
Ticket to Ride [from the Film "Help! "]
8.
Act Naturally
9.
It's Only Love
10.
You Like Me Too Much
11.
Tell Me What You See
12.
I've Just Seen a Face
13.
Yesterday
14.
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
15.
Help Mini-Documentary
6.
[CD]
DISC 6:
1.
Drive My Car
2.
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3.
You Won't See Me
4.
Nowhere Man
5.
Think for Yourself
6.
Word, The
7.
Michelle
8.
What Goes On
9.
Girl
10.
I'm Looking Through You
11.
In My Life
12.
Wait
13.
If I Needed Someone
14.
Run for Your Life
15.
Rubber Soul Mini-Documentary
7.
[CD]
DISC 7:
1.
Taxman
2.
Eleanor Rigby
3.
I'm Only Sleeping
4.
Love You To
5.
Here, There and Everywhere
6.
Yellow Submarine
7.
She Said She Said
8.
Good Day Sunshine
9.
And Your Bird Can Sing
10.
For No One
11.
Doctor Robert
12.
I Want to Tell You
13.
Got to Get You into My Life
14.
Tomorrow Never Knows
15.
Revolver Mini-Documentary
8.
[CD]
DISC 8:
1.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
2.
With a Little Help from My Friends
3.
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
4.
Getting Better
5.
Fixing a Hole
6.
She's Leaving Home
7.
Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!
8.
Within You Without You
9.
When I'm Sixty-Four
10.
Lovely Rita
11.
Good Morning Good Morning
12.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
13.
Day in the Life, A
14.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Mini-Documentary
9.
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DISC 9:
1.
Magical Mystery Tour [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"]
2.
Fool on the Hill [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"], The
3.
Flying [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"]
4.
Blue Jay Way [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"]
5.
Your Mother Should Know [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"]
6.
I Am the Walrus [from the Film "Magical Mystery Tour"]
7.
Hello Goodbye
8.
Strawberry Fields Forever
9.
Penny Lane
10.
Baby You're a Rich Man
11.
All You Need Is Love
12.
Magical Mystery Tour Mini-Documentary
10.
[CD]
DISC 10:
1.
Back in the U.S.S.R.
2.
Dear Prudence
3.
Glass Onion
4.
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5.
Wild Honey Pie
6.
Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, The
7.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
8.
Happiness Is a Warm Gun
9.
Martha My Dear
10.
I'm So Tired
11.
Blackbird
12.
Piggies
13.
Rocky Raccoon
14.
Don't Pass Me By
15.
Why Don't We Do It in the Road?
16.
I Will
17.
Julia
11.
[CD]
DISC 11:
1.
Birthday
2.
Yer Blues
3.
Mother Nature's Son
4.
Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey