http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/Red_and_Blue_Albums_Remastered/
― Captain Ostensible (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
what kind of stupid clearance sale tries to offload the mono box???
I'm sure HMV has space for 2 boxes, they can just get rid of the thousand of obsolete-at-time-of-printing Ibiza 2010 compilations.
at under £100, I'd almost entertain the notion of buying a 'spare'.
That would be crazy, wouldnt it?.......wouldn't it?
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Thursday, 19 August 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Ooh, a fresh, hermetically sealed 'spare' untouched by human hands.
Good lord don't get me started.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 19 August 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Hm. My copy passes all of Pete's tests except for the big black sticker and, uh, the fact that I don't actually know if it's mono (I've only used the player with the speakers side by side!). I've heard that the booklet is likely to be either shoddy or missing too, and mine isn't. If it wasn't for Revolver still having that damn flutter...
My conclusion is basically that if this is a bootleg, it's so good it doesn't really matter. If the bootleg factory really is turning out copies with such crisp printing, beautiful colours, the Sgt Pepper cut-out moustache, etc. etc. they kind of deserve their ill-gotten gains.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 19 August 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting spiel on that Red and Blue reissues page says the reissues 'broke chart records'. Anyone know how the mono and stereo boxes and reissued albums actually sold? It felt that they kinda quietly underperformed in the end. Did any one album hit the million mark worldwide, or was that never gonna happen? I wonder which particular chart record they broke.
― piscesx, Thursday, 19 August 2010 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Skip to the end of "Helter Skelter." The mono version doesn't have Ringo's "I got blisters on my fingers." The stereo version does.
I don't know about buying a spare Mono box, but I'm already considering getting the stereo box, to which my wife responded, "Isn't that a little excessive?" She's right. I'll get it in ten years when I literally have $200 to burn for the pretty light it gives off, and have already donated to several charities that year.
― Pete Scholtes, Friday, 20 August 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
> Did any one album hit the million mark worldwide,
wikipedia page about the red album has some stats for germany - 2M sold.
― koogs, Friday, 20 August 2010 08:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Another good mono test is headphones.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 20 August 2010 09:42 (thirteen years ago) link
The space before the count in and Lennon's 'Bye' on the Sgt Pepper reprise is noticably longer on the mono version, if that helps.
― disastrous sixth series (MaresNest), Friday, 20 August 2010 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_albums_in_the_United_States
1973 The Beatles 1967–1970 Capitol 16× platinum 1973 The Beatles 1962–1966 Capitol 15× platinum
Both sold less than Led Zep IV (23* platinum) which came out before them so I don't know what records they broke - maybe for compilations?
― a harshbuzz to my manpain (onimo), Friday, 20 August 2010 10:40 (thirteen years ago) link
oh wait I read that as the Red and Blue albums breaking records, sorry.
― a harshbuzz to my manpain (onimo), Friday, 20 August 2010 10:43 (thirteen years ago) link
mm yeah i was talking about da remasterz / boxes from last year. it'd be interesting to find out what say the top 3 reissues were saleswise for the individual albums. we've become used to the beatles breaking all sorts of records by now so i'm wondering what 'broke chart records' means in the context of that press spiel linked above.
― piscesx, Friday, 20 August 2010 11:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Mine is mono - no blisters. It looks like it's a genuine set with one annoying flaw then - no bootleg's ever been put together as well as this.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 20 August 2010 12:17 (thirteen years ago) link
“Okay - this is fine - any Beatles release is better than none. BUT: Magical Mystery Tour DVD? Let It Be DVD? Hollywood Bowl CD? Final Capitol Albums Box Set? I know that you need a release every christmas bit the 'Let It Be' movie hasn't been available since before I was born!”
Cosign.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 20 August 2010 12:32 (thirteen years ago) link
And "The Beatles Christmas Album" (on Apple records, back in the day) as the final coda.
― Mark G, Friday, 20 August 2010 12:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Found some reissues sales stats here: http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/ever-so-quick-beatles-question
― sofatruck, Friday, 20 August 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link
UK:
Mono Box Week one...........3,305 Weeks one - four...4,896 Total for 09.......7,534 Total to date......7,781Stereo Box Week one...........7,671 Weeks one - four...11,804 Total for 09.......27,524 Total to date......28,611Please Please Me Week one...........5,107 Weeks one - four...11,989 Total for 09.......27,395 Total to date......29,922With the Beatles Week one...........3,909 Weeks one - four...8,863 Total for 09.......22,360 Total to date......24,329A Hard Day's Night Week one...........5,529 Weeks one - four...13,502 Total for 09.......29,518 Total to date......31,758Beatles for Sale Week one...........3,390 Weeks one - four...8,323 Total for 09.......20,384 Total to date......22,378Help! Week one...........6,152 Weeks one - four...15,492 Total for 09.......31,180 Total to date......33,491Rubber Soul Week one...........13,202 Weeks one - four...30,884 Total for 09.......60,035 Total to date......63,676Revolver Week one...........14,567 Weeks one - four...32,700 Total for 09.......62,601 Total to date......67,171Pepper Week one...........17,830 Weeks one - four...40,027 Total for 09.......80,768 Total to date......86,530The Beatles Week one...........8,553 Weeks one - four...19,899 Total for 09.......50,431 Total to date......54,175Magical Mystery Tour Week one...........5,567 Weeks one - four...13,407 Total for 09.......29,269 Total to date......31,914Yellow Submarine Week one...........2,044 Weeks one - four...5,240 Total for 09.......12,437 Total to date......13,571Abbey Road Week one...........16,507 Weeks one - four...37,372 Total for 09.......72,791 Total to date......79,849Let it Be Week one...........3,992 Weeks one - four...9,452 Total for 09.......24,653 Total to date......27,065Past Masters Week one...........5,748 Weeks one - four...13,407 Total for 09.......21,832 Total to date......27,065
Stereo Box Week one...........7,671 Weeks one - four...11,804 Total for 09.......27,524 Total to date......28,611
Please Please Me Week one...........5,107 Weeks one - four...11,989 Total for 09.......27,395 Total to date......29,922
With the Beatles Week one...........3,909 Weeks one - four...8,863 Total for 09.......22,360 Total to date......24,329
A Hard Day's Night Week one...........5,529 Weeks one - four...13,502 Total for 09.......29,518 Total to date......31,758
Beatles for Sale Week one...........3,390 Weeks one - four...8,323 Total for 09.......20,384 Total to date......22,378
Help! Week one...........6,152 Weeks one - four...15,492 Total for 09.......31,180 Total to date......33,491
Rubber Soul Week one...........13,202 Weeks one - four...30,884 Total for 09.......60,035 Total to date......63,676
Revolver Week one...........14,567 Weeks one - four...32,700 Total for 09.......62,601 Total to date......67,171
Pepper Week one...........17,830 Weeks one - four...40,027 Total for 09.......80,768 Total to date......86,530
The Beatles Week one...........8,553 Weeks one - four...19,899 Total for 09.......50,431 Total to date......54,175
Magical Mystery Tour Week one...........5,567 Weeks one - four...13,407 Total for 09.......29,269 Total to date......31,914
Yellow Submarine Week one...........2,044 Weeks one - four...5,240 Total for 09.......12,437 Total to date......13,571
Abbey Road Week one...........16,507 Weeks one - four...37,372 Total for 09.......72,791 Total to date......79,849
Let it Be Week one...........3,992 Weeks one - four...9,452 Total for 09.......24,653 Total to date......27,065
Past Masters Week one...........5,748 Weeks one - four...13,407 Total for 09.......21,832 Total to date......27,065
US:
1. Abbey Road, 272,220 2 Sgt Peppers: 211,856 3 The Beatles (White Album): 203,452 4 Rubber Soul: 160,642 5 Revolver: 138,380 6 Past Masters: 111,184 7 Help!: 106,568 8 Let It Be: 98,599 9 Magical Mystery Tour: 96,081 10 A Hard Day's Night: 93,245 11 Please Please Me: 73,489 12 With The Beatles: 67,405 13 Beatles For Sale: 64,373 14 Yellow Submarine: 46,460'The Beatles' stereo box set (16 CDs + DVD) 112,564 'The Beatles in Mono' mono box set (13 CDs) 38,219
― sofatruck, Friday, 20 August 2010 16:03 (thirteen years ago) link
Abbey road considerably outselling Pepper in the US, but not in the UK.
pseudo limited edition blurring the figures for the Mono box.
Good to see they kept the plastic apple USB sales out of this
anyone know if the Mono really is limited or was that just the initial idea before Apple inc realised how much money could be made off it.
cause if it is limited, HMV have no right putting that in a clearance sale.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 20 August 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link
White Album is also considerably less popular with Britishers than Americans it seems.
― sofatruck, Friday, 20 August 2010 20:03 (thirteen years ago) link
MMT needs more love, IMO
listen to "Flying", "Blue Jay Way"
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 21 August 2010 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I missed this when it was on the BBC a year ago. The Maysles' 'Making Of...' film of their 'First US Visit' film. Some fascinating stuff in here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1V1K_NwF-M&feature=related
― piscesx, Monday, 6 September 2010 05:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah, it's the one that has sold well during the Britpop years, sowe all got one already (the limited edition LP facsimile version, forexample)
― Mark G, Monday, 6 September 2010 07:07 (thirteen years ago) link
"Sweeping Catalogue Initiative Overseen by Yoko Ono and EMI Music Commemorates Lennon's 70th Birthday"
Lennon's solo stuff also getting remastered....probably mentioned elsewhere, but didn't come across it. Hope these sound as good as the Beatles stuff:
http://www.thebeatles.com/#/news/Tracklisting_and_artwork/
― Tim. E "LazRus" Lucas (Prose b4 Hoes...and Big Hoos), Monday, 6 September 2010 14:37 (thirteen years ago) link
The Beatles on iTunes at last?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2010/11/the-beatles-on-itunes-at-last.html
An agreement for legal downloading of the group’s cherished catalog of more than 200 songs recorded from 1962-1970 is about to be announced by Steve Jobs’ Apple Inc., the Beatles’ Apple Corps and EMI/Capitol Records, the Journal reports... A spokesman for Apple Inc. said Monday that the company had no comment on the report. The company is making what it claims will be an "exciting" announcement on Tuesday morning.
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 05:34 (thirteen years ago) link
hey dude, we've been chatting about that a bit over here
New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward
― markers, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 05:38 (thirteen years ago) link
But...isn't this the Beatles thread?
― That is the stench of tyranny (VegemiteGrrrl), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 05:46 (thirteen years ago) link
it's about time this gets done.
still have yet to buy a download but i still buy CD's...
― World Series champion San Francisco Giants (Bee OK), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd be interested who would forgo the 24bit FLACs within the plastic apple, but once it's on itunes would pay the £150 for the aacs in the boxset.
This is just for people making best ofs.... I'd be surpised if there were many album sales.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd be surpised if there were many album sales.
lol they'll be in Billboard next week as the first band to make the chart on 100% digital sales
― honkin' on joey kramer (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Nah, people will go out and buy CDs as well. Even if only one person does...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
it's gonna be a drag when the Beatles knock Dolphins Into the Future out of the #1 spot
― honkin' on joey kramer (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Man aerosmith I could use you in the other thread. People keep insisting this will be a massive failure and they won't sell at all.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:21 (thirteen years ago) link
But, yes, the true tragedy is Dolphins of the Future.
― "I am a fairly respected poster." (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:22 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Amazon selling the single-disc CDs (2009 remasters) today for $7.99. Wonder for how long.
― Jazzbo, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
People keep insisting this will be a massive failure and they won't sell at all.
People talk out their asses about this kinda stuff, no point in trying to stop them, when they're wrong next week they'll shift the ground to "I had no idea there were so many old people in the world!" or something
meanwhile my 12-year-old niece & all her friends will be going totally apeshit today pestering their parents to buy these for them
― honkin' on joey kramer (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:49 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, its the kids/pre-teens who are gonna drive these sales
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link
who knows, but honestly like that whole beatles number 1s CD thing blew my mind, like who needs that at this point? but i guess like 8 zillion ppl did...
― a strapping 40-year-old caorni rapper at a party (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:56 (thirteen years ago) link
w/ that Number 1 disc wasn't there some hype around the digital remastering?
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
No, apart from that there wasn't any.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
"Woah, those guys from Beatles Rock Band! I really liked those songs!"
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Also: no Carnival of Light/22-minute Helter Skelter = FAIL
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:05 (thirteen years ago) link
Didn't Wu-Tang just cover or sample the Beatles like in the past few months?
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:06 (thirteen years ago) link
dunno if this is true or not, but wiki says: " Another reason for the high sales of 1 was the clarity of new remastered versions of the songs, which offered a brighter and clearer sound in comparison of the poor quality of the original 1987 CD masters of The Beatles recordings."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Well, what I believe PMac said at the time was they went for the original masters as those were the ones that had been the "hits" back in the day, and that this would be the last time they'd be newly available.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Yes, the first CDs were such poor quality that they only CHANGED MY LIFE. I only listened to them 3000 times before throwing them away for sounding so bad.
― Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:10 (thirteen years ago) link
the My Guitar Gently Weeps "cover" was like 3 years ago
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:14 (thirteen years ago) link
and on the leak it was called "Beatles," which ruled
― honkin' on joey kramer (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:19 (thirteen years ago) link
it must be different from what ended up on 8 Diagrams then cuz ugh does that song suck
― the Whiney G. Weingarten Memorial 77 Clique (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
haha, I'm always on top of things.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link