Starting out- a Beatles question

As somebody with a large (probably stupid large-500 total pieces) Beatles vinyl/digital collection, I agree with Musicslug and look for good digital copies.

The very best Beatles vinyl is clearly superior to the best digital but great original copies of the rainbow Capitol, yellow/black Parlophone, and Apple releases are both difficult to find and expensive. Original UK copies of Sgt. Pepper and Abbey Road can be breathtaking.

I purchased all of the MFSL vinyl on release but would not purchase them at current prices. They simply aren't that good, the best being Rubber Soul and Revolver.

Have fun but don't get caught up in some of the outrageous prices.

Perhaps patience will be rewarded. Looks like finally the remasters which were previously released will be made available on vinyl during the upcoming Christmas season. Amazon's UK site is taking pre-orders for a September 11th release.

I have heard, (whether true or not is still up in the air), that the newly remastered Beatles catalog will be mastered from digital copies. Given this, and the cost, (which will probably run around $30 a title), it makes getting the box sets on CD look a bit more attractive, at least from a monetary standpoint.

I have the mono CD box set myself, and I must admit that they sound really good. (I do have a few of the LPs in both stereo and mono, and I feel that CD box set did a very good job, better than the stereo box set did, IMHO.)

I recommend getting the UK parlaphone blue box if you can. They are priced reasonably well, (a few hundred dollars for a dozen albums), and they sound very good. (I agree that the MFSL set also sounds good, albeit different than the Parlaphone set does, but they are priced out of reach as they are all OOP and have a name recognition that the Blue Box lacks, luckily for all us!!!)

My two cents worth.

Beatles blue box, best value out there

I just bought a sealed copy of "Abbey Road" at Best Buy. It was $12.99. I always check them out, they usually have a dozen or so different albums at any one time and the prices are very low. Along with Abbey I boughr Radiohead "Rainbows" for $12.99 and Springsteen 2- album gatefold 180gr with MP3 download- Working On A Dream for 19.99.