The Beatles Stereo Box Set

November 10, 2009 in Remastered Beatles
Tags: Remastered, stereo, The Beatles

The Beatles in Stereo Box Set is the most popular of the “three flavors of remastered Beatles” currently available. While the Beatles in Mono set may appeal more to a “niche” audience of hardcore Beatles fans, this set really appeals to most Beatles fans.

Simply put, it includes every single song The Beatles released from 1962 through 1970 in glorious remastered stereo (these CDs sound far better than the old CDs.)

The remastering work on this legendary music was done with the highest quality equipment available. The music was captured from the original analog tape source and then very carefully remastered at 192kHz/24bit quality.

If you’re worried about the “loudness war” (and I can certainly understand that fear) then don’t be. They really did a tasteful job. Yes the bass is louder and the drums punch through the mix, but I mean that in the best way possible. They did not ruin the dynamics of these songs in the process of giving them a bit more punch.

What Does The Beatles Remastered Stereo Box Set Include?

Remastered stereo versions of all 13 UK studio albums.
Remastered Past Masters double disc set of non-album tracks.
13 mini-documentaries on each album contained on one DVD.
Previously unpublished photographs.
Extended liner notes for each album.

Sure, there’s more stuff to get for a truly “complete Beatles collection” but someone could be a long ways there with this stereo box set. Every song The Beatles released during their active career in incredible sounding remastered stereo? Yeah, that’s a pretty good start to the ultimate Beatles collection.