The package for the remastered Beatles "Abbey Road" album. See the slideshow at the bottom
for a picture of the "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" package.
(Copyright Apple Corps Ltd. 2009)
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This is the information sent to the press this morning.
THE BEATLES’ ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED BY APPLE CORPS LTD. AND EMI MUSIC FOR WORLDWIDE RELEASE ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 (9-9-09)
London, England – April 7, 2009 – Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated “The Beatles: Rock Band” video game. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original
album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released. UK
The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in
over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release. London
The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the
, and 'Magical Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles’ core catalogue when the CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14 titles over 16 discs. This will mark the first time that the first four Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc. These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set. UK
Within each CD’s new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the 'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past Masters'). As an added bonus, the mono “Help!” and “Rubber Soul” discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label designs retained.
Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.
The Stereo Albums (available individually and collected in a stereo boxed set)
The stereo albums have been remastered by Guy Massey, Steve Rooke, Sam Okell with Paul Hicks and Sean Magee
All CD packages contain original vinyl artwork and liner notesExtensive archival photos
Additional historical notes by Kevin Howlett and Mike Heatley
Additional recording notes by Allan Rouse and Kevin Howlett
* = CD includes QuickTime mini-doc about the album
- Please Please Me* (CD debut in stereo)
- With The Beatles* (CD debut in stereo)
- A Hard Day's Night* (CD debut in stereo)
- Beatles For Sale* (CD debut in stereo)
- Help!*
- Rubber Soul*
- Revolver*
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band* (also includes 1987 notes, updated, and new intro by Paul McCartney)
- Magical Mystery Tour*
- The Beatles*
- Yellow Submarine* (also includes original
liner notes) US Abbey Road *- Let It Be*
- Past Masters (contains new liner notes written by Kevin Howlett)
‘The Beatles in Mono’ (boxed set only)
The mono albums have been remastered by Paul Hicks, Sean Magee with Guy Massey and Steve Rooke
Presented together in box with an essay written by Kevin Howlett
+ = mono mix CD debut
- Please Please Me
- With The Beatles
- A Hard Day's Night
- Beatles For
Sale - Help! (CD also includes original 1965 stereo mix)+
- Rubber Soul (CD also include original 1965 stereo mix)+
- Revolver+
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band+
- Magical Mystery Tour+
- The Beatles+
- Mono Masters
Re-mastering the Beatles catalogue
The re-mastering process commenced with an extensive period conducting tests before finally copying the analogue master tapes into the digital medium. When this was completed, the transfer was achieved using a Pro Tools workstation operating at 24 bit 192 kHz resolution via a Prism A-D converter. Transferring was a lengthy procedure done a track at a time. Although EMI tape does not suffer the oxide loss associated with some later analogue tapes, there was nevertheless a slight build up of dust, which was removed from the tape machine heads between each title.
From the onset, considerable thought was given to what audio restorative processes were going to be allowed. It was agreed that electrical clicks, microphone vocal pops, excessive sibilance and bad edits should be improved where possible, so long as it didn’t impact on the original integrity of the songs.
In addition, de-noising technology, which is often associated with re-mastering, was to be used, but subtly and sparingly. Eventually, less than five of the 525 minutes of Beatles music was subjected to this process. Finally, as is common with today’s music, overall limiting - to increase the volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only. However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The Beatles’ music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the original dynamics of the recordings.
When all of the albums had been transferred, each song was then listened to several times to locate any of the agreed imperfections. These were then addressed by Guy Massey, working with Audio Restoration engineer Simon Gibson.
Mastering could now take place, once the earliest vinyl pressings, along with the existing CDs, were loaded into Pro Tools, thus allowing comparisons to be made with the original master tapes during the equalization process. When an album had been completed, it was auditioned the next day in studio three – a room familiar to the engineers, as all of the recent Beatles mixing projects had taken place in there – and any further alteration of EQ could be addressed back in the mastering room. Following the initial satisfaction of Guy and Steve, Allan Rouse and Mike Heatley then checked each new re-master in yet another location and offered any further suggestions. This continued until all 13 albums were completed to the team’s satisfaction.
New Notes/Documentaries Team
Kevin Howlett (Historical and Recording Notes)
Kevin Howlett’s career as an award-winning radio producer spans three decades. His music programmes for the BBC have included many documentaries about The Beatles, including 'The Beeb's Lost Beatles Tapes.' He received a Grammy nomination for his involvement with The Beatles’ album 'Live At The BBC' and, in 2003, produced the 'Fly On The Wall' bonus disc for 'Let It Be… Naked.'
Mike Heatley (Historical Notes)
Mike entered the music business via HMV Record Stores in 1970, transferring to EMI Records' International Division three years later. He eventually headed up that division in the early Eighties before joining the company's newly created Strategic Marketing Division in 1984. In 1988, he returned to International, where he undertook a number of catalogue marketing roles until he retired in December 2008.
During his career he worked with many of EMI's major artists, including Pink Floyd, Queen, Kate Bush and Iron Maiden. However, during the last 30 years he has formed a particularly strong relationship with Apple, and has been closely involved in the origination and promotion of the Beatles catalogue, besides solo releases from John, Paul, George and Ringo.
Bob Smeaton (Director, Mini-Documentaries)
Bob Smeaton was series director and writer on the Grammy award winning 'Beatles Anthology' TV series which aired in the
UK and thein 1995. In 1998 he received his second Grammy for his ‘Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys’ documentary. In 2004 he gained his first feature film credit, as director on the feature documentary ‘Festival Express.' He subsequently went on to direct documentaries on many of the world's biggest music acts including The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Elton John, Nirvana and the Spice Girls. USA
Julian Caiden (Editor, Mini-Documentaries)
Julian has worked with Bob Smeaton on numerous music documentaries including 'Jimi Hendrix: Band of Gypsys' and the 'Classic Albums' series, featuring The Who, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Elton John and Nirvana among others. He has worked on documentary profiles from Richard Pryor to Dr. John to Sir Ian McKellen, Herbie Hancock and Damien Hirst and on live music shows including the New York Dolls and Club Tropicana.
The
Abbey Road Team
Allan Rouse (Project Coordinator)
Allan joined EMI straight from school in 1971 at their
Manchester Square head office, working as an assistant engineer in the demo studio. During this time he frequently worked with Norman (Hurricane) Smith, The Beatles’ first recording engineer.
In 1991, he had his first involvement with The Beatles, copying all of their master tapes (mono, stereo, 4-track and 8-track) to digital tape as a safety backup. This was followed by four years working with Sir George Martin as assistant and project coordinator on the TV documentary 'The Making of Sgt. Pepper's' and the CDs 'Live at the BBC' and 'The Anthology.'
In 1997, MGM/UA were preparing to reissue the film 'Yellow Submarine' and, with the permission of Apple, asked that all of The Beatles’ music be mixed for the film in 5.1 surround and stereo. Allan requested the services of
Abbey Road ’s senior engineer Peter Cobbin and assistant Guy Massey and, along with them, produced the new mixes.
Two years later, he proposed an experimental stereo and surround mix of John Lennon's song 'Imagine' engineered by Peter Cobbin. Following lengthy consultations with Yoko Ono, the album 'Imagine' was re-mixed in stereo and the Grammy award-winning film 'Gimme Some Truth' in surround and new stereo. This led to a further five of John’s albums being re-mastered with new stereo mixes and the DVD release of 'Lennon Legend' being re-mixed in 5.1 surround and new stereo.
Further projects followed, including The Beatles ‘Anthology', 'The First US Visit' and ‘Help’ DVD and the albums ‘Let It Be…Naked’ and ‘Love’ along with George Harrison’s 'Concert for
' DVD and album. Bangladesh
For a number of years now, Allan has worked exclusively on Beatles and related projects.
Guy Massey (Recording Engineer)
Guy joined
Abbey Road in 1994, and five years later assisted on the surround remix for The Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine.' This led to The Beatles’ 'Anthology' DVD and later, along with Paul Hicks and Allan Rouse, they mixed and produced 'Let It Be… Naked.' In 2004 he left the studios to become freelance and has engineered The Divine Comedy: 'Victory for the Comic Muse,' Air Traffic: 'Fractured Life,' James Dean Bradfield: 'The Great Western' and Stephen Fretwell’s 'Magpie,' co-producing the last two. Since leaving, Guy is still a vital member of the team, and has been the senior engineer for the re-mastering project and was responsible for surround and new stereo mixes for the DVD release of 'Help!'
Steve Rooke (Mastering Engineer)
Steve joined
Abbey Road in 1983 and is now the studio’s senior mastering engineer. He has been involved on all The Beatles’ projects since 1999. He has also been responsible for mastering releases by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
Paul Hicks (Recording Engineer)
Paul started at
Abbey Road in 1994, and his first involvement with The Beatles was assisting engineer Geoff Emerick on the Anthology albums. This was followed by 'Yellow Submarine Songtrack,' 'Anthology' DVD and 'Let It Be… Naked.' Like Guy Massey, he has also become a freelance engineer and since leaving the studios he has been responsible for the surround mixing of Paul McCartney’s DVD 'The McCartney Years' and The Beatles' 'Love.' Paul has been in charge of the mono re-masters.
Sean Magee (Mastering Engineer)
Sean began working at
Abbey Road in 1995 with a diploma in sound engineering. With a wealth of knowledge in analog and digital mastering, he has worked alongside Paul Hicks on the mono re-masters.
Sam Okell (Recording Engineer)
Sam’s first job as a member of the team was in 2006, assisting Paul Hicks on Paul McCartney’s DVD 'The McCartney Years,' and during that same year he was responsible for the re-mastering of George Harrison’s 'Living In The Material World' CD along with Steve Rooke. This led to him restoring the soundtrack to the Beatles film 'Help!' in surround and stereo, in addition to assisting Guy Massey with the song remixes.
Sam has re-mastered 'With The Beatles' and 'Let It Be.'
Simon Gibson (Audio Restoration Engineer)
Simon joined
Abbey Road in 1990. He has progressed from mastering mostly classical recordings to include a much wider range of music, including pop and rock, with his specialized role as an audio restoration engineer. Apart from the re-mastering project, his other work includes George Harrison’s 'Living In The Material World,' John Lennon’s 'Lennon Legend,' The Beatles’ 'Love' and the 'Help!' DVD soundtrack.
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About F**cking time!!! Yeah!
::does the happy dance:: I'm so excited!! There goes all my money that day!!!
let me be the 1st to complain that i don't like the way it's being re-issued !
:-D
Well, IT"S ABOUT TIME!!!!! For it to take 22 years is disgraceful for the greatest rock band of all time. BUT, I'm very happy. Hurry Sept!!!
Woohoo!! :D
The albums are short enough that they could have fit both the stereo and mono (where available) mix on one disc. It is too bad they are not doing that. Still...it is about time on the remastering.
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Extremely good news! Both stereo & mono versions could have been combined on each disc (would have made comparing differences easier) but I'm happy the remasters are finally going to be released. Hopefully Apple will be reasonable in pricing these box sets :-) Now we just need a 3rd box set with 5.1 versions.... oh, and "Shea Stadium" on DVD.... and the "Let It Be" DVD of course and.........................
YEAH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"It´s been a long, long .... long time ..."
FINALLY !!! ....I JUST CAN´T WAIT
Happy that they have gotten around to issuing the remasters...VERY VERY VERY VERY unhappy that they are not issuing the 5.1s. Let's all keep this good news in perspective...glad they are issuing something...but they are not issuing a key item, the 5.1s, that fans have been asking for.
Let's keep this news in perspective. While we can (and should) get all warm and fuzzy that they are issuing the remasters, I am VERY VERY VERY VERY disappointed that they are not issuing the 5.1s which both Ringo and Paul have stated have been worked on for years now. Glad Apple/EMI is giving us something...but many fans want the 5.1s especially after hearing LOVE, and we are sadly (and typically) disappointed by Apple/EMI...
EXTRA EXTRA HELL FREEZES OVER!!! Looks like it was done right. MONO too!! YEAH!!!
While I too agree that 5.1 would be ideal, I think this is a perfect way to go first. I am sure they will release several of the albums later in 5.1 and yes we will have to buy them again but when you think about it, 5.1 is not the way they were originally released and a kind of present days gimmick (although very entertaining). Look at it this way: More people seem to want the downloads which will be of even lesser quality. I for one am so glad that it seems that any downloads will come later. This will sell more due to the same release time as the Rock Band Game.
This is the most exciting Beatles release news since the Anthology. Love 5.1 was great and so was Yellow Submarine remastered, but the sheer size of this release makes it the biggest release since that time. I would have wanted the 5.1 as well, but overall am very excited. Plus, it's on the same day as Beatles Rock Band!
Nice to see that Apple and the Beatles are doing their part to boost the world economy. :-)
Sounds like they're doing it right. Can't wait to hear what's on the bonus "Mono Masters" discs. Rarities, I hope?
How about all those oddities, like "And I Love Her" with the extra bars? Be nice if they were included. Oh well, at least we have the mono mixes, and real stereo mixes of the first four albums.
And they DIDN'T remix them!! Gimme hallelujah. I hated the remixes on the "Songtrack". (And no, I don't want 5.1 mixes, either, although they could release them for fans who do.)
NO F**CKING WAY.
And just yesterday I was telling myself those would come out by the time I age. WOW. This is awesome news. IM SO EXCITED. It's about time. Thanks for the great news Steve!
Thought you would like to see this.
enjoy
A previous post said that Lennon wouldn't be too happy about this... maybe. But I bet John would approve of the release date: 9-9-09 !!! (With the love he had for the number 9) I can hear the promotional campaign already... "Number 9... Number 9...
While I am overjoyed that the music has been remastered, I feel like an opportunity is being wasted.
The fact that the albums will not contain bonus tracks is sad. There are plenty of outtakes still in the vault which would make ideal bonus tracks for each album. The Anthology cds were great, but there's still so much more they can put out.
Or the very least, the stereo and mono versions could have been released together on ONE cd. (Pet Sounds, anyone?)
Also, I have a feeling these new 'mini-documentaries' will be nothing more than short re-edits of the Anthology videos.
At last. The original albums issued properly.
Stop looking for things to be disappointed folks! One step at a time. Now that the standard consumers will be satisfied it clears the way for the other projects to be dealt with properly. 5.1 releases, rarities, DVDs will all follow in due course.
It has to start somewhere. Diluting the basic body of work with bonus tracks and so-on would only have clouded the marketing of this set of releases.
They've gone as far as they can by issuing the mono collection too. Anything more would have been a marketing nightmare. Remember the people who bought 'Anthology' thinking they were going to get the greatest hits?
Patience.
There's nothing to complain about with this! Beatlesfans (me included) bitch about every project with a shoulda, woulda, coulda! It's done and it has a legit release date. With this being a huge success, they can move on to the stuff in the can, Let It Be DVD, Shea etc... This will keep me more than satisfied until they get it together for another project.
No bonus tracks. Not one thin dime of my money
they can shove it.
Patience, Peter in Dublin??? Really?
At the rate they handles their releases... we'll all be dead by the time they get around to it.
As far as 5.1, I'm with Jimmy Page - that is really for live concert recordings.
If I'm reading this correctly it sounds like that in the process of remastering the entire catalog they are also sterilizing the actual tape of all the imperfections that gave the music it's character that we've all become so use to hearing. Yes, those days of getting STONED in the 60's and listing with headphones for all those little things that bleed through the tape could be over !!!!
I might be speaking to soon, being I haven't heard it as yet, but perhaps the name of this newly remastered series should be "The Beatles Digitally Sterilized" which begs me to ask has Apple/EMI gone to far in trying to build the perfect beast.
I also wonder if there is any vinyl coming in the future.... hell, yea... yea ... yea !!!
One more thing, I'm going out to buy a new box of Q-Tip's so I can listen to it's on my audiophile stereo system just as the peep's @ Abby Road (for better or worse) intended me to hear it.
(:-{()) 9-9-09 can't wait....
Well it´s really exciting news, BUT this re-issue it will sound better, I mean MUCH better ??
Will be any great upgrade in sound ???
It´s just remastering, like the "1" CD.
I would love that they would REMIX the tapes in new digital sound. That would be great.
I´m thinking in "Let It Be Naked" and "YS Songtrack" sound.
I hope that this Apple move would be alright
shameful. NO OUTTAKES????
I'll pass on this for sure.
Wish they'd spread the "Past Masters" tracks among the other CDs to make it easy to listen to the songs in the order of their release. A missed opportunity, I think. But this is still great news.
(Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue), I can't believe they haven't sorted this out yet a cheaper downloadable version would be good in these tight financial times but they probably want to charge the same as the physical cd's, i see no price has been released these won't be cheap and as i have said money is tight and that could hinder sales.
...especially since i bought in to the whole "remastered" thing last time around.
how much different can they really be??
and the movies are available "limited time only"???
This part below that I quoted sucks, in short these new remasters will continue the CD Loudness wars which recently hit a peak with Metallica's Death Magnetic.
There is no need to bump up the loudness and kill the dyanmic range, we have volume controllers for that and it does not kill the dynamic range. No matter how careful they are it still screws things up when used.
"Finally, as is common with today’s music, overall limiting - to increase the volume level of the CD - has been used, but on the stereo versions only. However, it was unanimously agreed that because of the importance of The Beatles’ music, limiting would be used moderately, so as to retain the original dynamics of the recordings."
waiting for your mail
I worry about the price... I want them both!
Is anyone planning on getting both box sets?
I wonder how Harmonix Music Systems/ MTV Games / Electronic Arts feels about this announcement.
I think a lot of Beatles' obsessives who were planning to rush out and buy the 'Beatles: ROCK BAND' game, just to have SOME new Beatles product, may decide to throw down their money on the new cd remasters instead.
No, Mono masters will simply be mono versions of the Past Masters discs (except for late songs that did't have a mono release).
The mono versions are great so I will probably get both box sets. While the limiting on the stereo versions is a concern, it will certainly be a step up from what's available commercially. I agree with some that the outtakes should be left for another day to give the release more integrity.
If the packaging is any sign - it's all good.
What was George Martin's involvement with this project?
This is so exciting! Thanks for posting all of the ADDITIONAL info on the "behind the scenes" stuff in regard to the press release, Steve. It was a great resource. I hope they release a 500 page book on the entire remastering/restoration process...I love reading about that stuff. So, HELL has frozen over...we got our remasters everybody!!! Now, we just need BEATLES ON BLURAY to follow this. From Antholgy to Yellow Submarine and everything in between. C'mon Apple you are on a roll!!!
This what we have ALL been waiting for...you guys don't know how GREAT these will sound !! We all will be Blown away. Forget the outtakes...We need the Beatles albums, the way they were meant to be heard.
We are going to LOVE this set. Forget the Outtakes...they will come later. We need the BEATLES ALBUMS THE WAY THEY Were MEANT TO BE HEARD !!!! And I was worried we'd all be Dead before they came out......
WOW!! A splendid time is guaranteed for all! How much is this all going to cost us?
This is GREAT! However NO ABBEY ROAD OR LET IT BE in MONO? AlsoThe engineers admit the sound quality might not be up to par when they re-mastered the MONO mix,so it might be a bit of a dissapointment,but still it will be great to finally hear a clean copy of SGT PEPPERS in MONO along with the WHITE ALBUM. It's also great were geting the 4 early CD's finally in STEREO!Start saving your money everyone!!!!!!
After all this waiting I must admit it is bittersweet.. I welcome the restorative process but really would have preferred the teams to have remixed as well as remastered.. I am willing to bet they did and that will be released for another cash grab.. Maybe through all the archiving retrieval they have found the stereo version of "Love Me Do"..
If Paul does any solo show in NYC area this year, it will be money going to that instead of these sets right away. I am one of the obsessives, but I am more obsessed about not going broke.
There's way too much information to absorb, as to just what can be expected versus what has been done. I'm not sure just what "limiting" means and if some albums were meant only to be heard in mono vesus stereo. I just know that I never liked the way they did "Rubber Soul" on CD with the instruments coming out of one side of the mix and the vocals on the other with no middle. Has this been fixed???? And what about the "Red" and "Blue" albums and "1??"
I am really excited about this release. 09-09-09 will be an expensive day, but well worth it IMO. I will be buying both box sets as well as Beatles Rockband (for a Nintendo Wii which I also need to buy soon!)
I'm really excited about the mini documentaries as well! Thats pretty cool!!
Here's to hoping they are as much like the original LPs as possible. I tend to love the way the original LPs sound. To be able to capture that original sound and listen to it in the car or on our newer sound systems is merely a convenience for all of us. But altering the sound to 5.1, adding bonus tracks, adding effects, cleaning "noise" and adding loudness, that seems to defeat the purpose of a digital remaster. (Google the meaning of remastered for a better understanding) I'll wait for further review before I rush off to purchase.
There is no mono Abbey Road or Let it Be in the mono set, because there are no original mono mixes for these albums. I do wish they'd include the stereo versions of these two albums in the mono set just for the sake of completeness. However, to release these two albums in mono would have necessitated creating new mixes in mono. From the sounds of things, there was no new mixing (or remixing) for these releases. So for those (myself included) that didn't like the early stereo mixes...or the stereo remix Rubber Soul created for CD...well, that's what we're likely getting a second time. (Note that the original stereo mixes of Help and Rubber Soul are being added to the mono set, just to make things more confusing.)
I'd like to know if the mini-documentaries and same liner notes as the stereo set are being included in the mono set (even though it sounds like the packaging for the mono discs will be different). If so, then I may have no need to buy the stereo set at all...and can just get Abbey Road and Let it Be as individual releases.
Any word on vinyl re-issues?
Can someone explain the difference between Mono & Stereo? My primary concern is wanting to hear all instruments better. For example "I Feel Fine" (off of Past Masters CD?) you can't really hear the rhythm guitar at all mostly because the vocals are so loud. Can this be fixed with new remastering?
I thought the Love CD did a pretty good job of making the songs sound better. Particularly with "I Am the Walrus" (maybe my fav song) and the violins & cellos being cleaner and panning better.
One song that I've always thought sounded terrible was "Got to Get You Into My Life" ('87 version). The song as a whole seems bottled up and the vocals are so weak which is odd seeing how the opposite is usually the case.
Another issue is surround sound, and if I'm not mistaken, these new releases will not be (as opposed to the Love soundtrack). How does that matter in relation to Stereo vs. Mono?
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