Amazon.com essential recording: The Beatles' last days as a band were as productive as any major pop phenomenon that was about to split. After recording the ragged-but-right Let It Be, the group held on for this ambitious effort, an album that was to become their best-selling. Though all four contribute to the first side's writing, John Lennon's hard-rocking, "Come Together" and "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" make the strongest impression. A series of song fragments edited together in suite form dominates side two; its portentous, touching, official close ("Golden Slumbers"/"Carry That Weight"/"The End") is nicely undercut, in typical Beatles fashion, by Paul McCartney's cheeky "Her Majesty," which follows. --Rickey Wright
Product Description: The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release.
Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. The newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
Album Description: Digitally remastered digipak edition of this classic 1969 album from The Beatles featuring 'Something', 'Come Together', 'Here Comes The Sun', 'Oh Darling', 'Because' and many more. The album has been remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. Within the CD's new packaging, the booklet includes detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. A newly produced mini-documentary on the making of the album is included as a QuickTime file on each album. The documentary contains archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere. Capitol. NOTE: Abbey Road was never released in mono and is not available in The Beatles In Mono boxset.
Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0094638246824 Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered Item Dimensions:18 Label: EMI Manufacturer: EMI Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: EMI Release Date: September 09, 2009 Studio: EMI
Customer Reviews
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For once it wasn't just a commercial gimmick. This remastered edition is truly sensational for any Beatles fan. Well worth it even if you own an older CD version. The sound is so much tighter, it sounds so much more like a band playing together, not just like an addition of random instruments (although some people have disagreed, but they should listen to the original vinyl). The result is excellent even on my smaller CD system. If you liked the 2003 "Let it be...Naked" remaster, you are going to ... Read More