The Beatles - Remastered

On the 9th September 2009, for the first time in 22 years, EMI are releasing all The Beatles albums fully remastered at 192/24 quality. Following four years of exhaustive work at Abbey Road, these releases promise to be the best sounding we have ever heard.

To celebrate this momentous occasion, Phase 3 Worthing will be honouring the world's most popular band.

For a week, starting on the 10th September, come and hear the Beatles remastered albums on some of the best Hi-Fi equipment available. We will be featuring comparisons with original vinyl and the amazing Linn DS products.

The Beatles fest will start on Thursday 10th September and continue until Saturday 12th. We will then re-commence on Tuesday 15th September for the whole of that week.

Equipment on demonstration will include:

    

• Linn LP12 SE
• Linn Akurate CD Player
• Linn Akurate DS
• Plinius SA103 Power amplifier
• Plinius M8 Pre Amplifier
• B&W 802D Loudspeakers

Just pop in, tell us your favourite Beatles album, and let's ROCK!

The Beatles Remastered - Mono

From Please Please Me to the White Album, all the original Beatles mixes are represented here in full, glorious mono! The Past Masters CD has been recreated as Mono Masters to properly reflect this period. This set duplicates the Past Masters track listing with the exception of those tracks that only ever appeared in stereo. However, as an added bonus, five tracks, never previously released in mono, are included in the package. These are "Only A Northern Song", "All Together Now", "Hey Bulldog" and "It's All Too Much" all from the Yellow Submarine project plus "Across The Universe". These titles were originally scheduled for release on an EP in 1969.

The essay in the Mono Masters booklet explains in some detail the history of these recordings and goes some way to highlight just why these versions are so eagerly anticipated. With the collector in mind, both the Help! and Rubber Soul discs now additionally contain bonus content in the shape of the original 1965 stereo mixes on CD for the first time, since Sir George Martin had actually remixed these for their CD debut in 1987 rendering these original mixes unavailable. All the albums (apart from Mono Masters) come in their original vinyl-style packaging reduced in exquisite detail to CD-sized format. This includes everything from the recreation of the vinyl label (printed on the cd itself) to the paper inner sleeve replete with the original text. The jackets themselves are exact reproductions of the original UK vinyl releases and since they are being manufactured in Japan, they are of the very highest quality and had the very highest possible attention to detail in the production.

Apart from the first four albums which have been available in mono on CD since 1987, the remaining titles are making their CD debut in this format and all plus the Mono Masters set have received the remastering treatment by a dedicated team of engineers and Abbey Road studios.

The Beatles Remastered - Stereo

Including eight years of groundbreaking recordings, the Beatles Stereo Box Set contains the individual albums, as well as a two CD Past Masters collection of non-album tracks. Painstakingly remastered over four years by a team of dedicated studio engineers at the legendary Abbey Road studios, they utilised vintage studio equipment in conjunction with state of the art modern recording technology to bring the catalogue to the highest fidelity it has seen since its original release.

Each of the 13 original albums also include a Quicktime mini-documentary, which feature rare photos and footage, as well as previously unheard conversations from Abbey Road studio sessions, to deliver a further insight into the the Beatles' recording process. All of these documentaries are also featured on a DVD packaged in the box set to provide more versatile viewing. The albums have all been repackaged in limited edition eco-friendly packaging, and contain additional rare photos and illuminating background notes.

This collection also marks the first time the first four Beatles albums have been available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc, making this without doubt the most complete stereo Beatles box set ever made.