Details of Beatles Vinyl Master Recording BOX Set?

Its amazing to me that the Beatles catalog has gone through few relatively few re-masterings on CD.

Many lesser acts have had their catalogs re-mastered umpteen times already.

I suspect the audio buff market that is the natural target for remastered works is a pittance compared to the overall market for Beatles material.

Even in the BEatles case, more re-mastering is bound to happen.

Beatle fans/audophiles take note:

I've noticed the "Beatles-a-rama" internet radio station (which I think is just superb in every way) generally plays the rarer (and very crude) U.S. stereo versions of the older Beatles tunes rather than the mono-versions that have been the mainstay of the Beatles CD catalog for the most part.

Mapman,

Have you checked out the Capitol "remasters" of the early releases? Granted its on CD but each disc includes mono and stereo versions. Not bad. But we await the upcoming remaster and hope for vinyl!

I've seen the Capital remasters box sets but haven't heard them...I haven't jumped yet because the standard CD issue mono versions aren't bad.

I thinking maybe at least some of the stereo versions from the Capital remasters CD sets are what they play on Beatles-a-Rama, because many sound pretty darn good for an internet radio source that is surely not lossless , but it's possible they could also be playing from original Capital vinyl stereo releases in some cases.

If you like Rubber Soul, the only mono version is in the Capital box set. THe stereo versions are quite annoying with the voice on one speaker only - thanks to "Sir" George on that one!

Back in the days of Rubber Soul, stereo was still in its relative early stages in terms of market penetration. I guess Sir George thought that the voice in on speaker mix helped make the songs more ear catching and appealing to the newby stereo masses.

I think perhaps he earned his knighthood not just because of his skills as a technician and his ear for music, but also for his willingness (along with the Beatles) to explore new ground. In the case of the early stereo masters, lets just say from an audophiles perspective that he went too far at first in regards to stereo separation.

Things did improve in terms of stereo mixing though after Rubber Soul, I would say. Abbey Road is one of the best ever in my opinion, but I think Alan Parsons had a hand or two in that.