New Beatles Box Sets

I think I have all the DC5 Epic LP's, but they're no Beatles :-) I was born in '64 and was given my first Beatles record, Rubber Soul, around the time the group broke up (not that I knew), when I was six. That record (American version) is still my favorite Beatles album overall, and probably my favorite album ever, period. I have mint mono and stereo American versions and some later international pressings, but not an original Parlophone.

Considering that the recordings are 40 years old , I think they sound quite lively. Better in fact than the British CD's (mostly.)
But, I didnt expect much, so, I am not disapointed.

If I am not mistaken, the Beatles CD's made the CD format take off.

Just think, of the Beatles pristine Master tapes perhaps hidden inside of Yoko's secret trunk. Yoko thinking she was keeping solo recordings of herself to be played back for her cat upon her death . Only to discover the Beatles unequalized first generation sessions!

Using the various high tech remastering techniques recreating the sound quality of the instruments from that era avaialable in SACD...
What that could do for the SACD format.

Jaybo: Your audiophile (or chef?) slip is showing -- there's no "block" in the butcher cover ;^) A friend of mine who's a hardcore Beatles collector owns I think three of them.

Hi Zaik,
For CDs from a sonic standpoint, I recommend The White Album, the anniversary edition if you can find it; Abbey Road is OK, the Japanese import is better but more $$. Otherwise, the rest are pretty bad sonically.