Looks like the The Beatles camp is getting set to announce the vinyl re-issue of six US LP’s from 1964. They are Meet The Beatles, Something New, The Beatles Second Album, Beatles ’65, A Hard Days’ Night, and The Early Beatles.
The official website briefly had pages published depicting pack shots of each album, but these have have since been taken down.
As you can see, each album comes with a replica inner sleeve from the time, and a sheet or booklet replicating the original tape box. It’s not yet known if the albums will only be available separately or if there’ll also be a box set containing all six LPs on the cards.
Speaking of those images of the tape boxes, before the pages were taken down each album had this Mastering Note text attached:
These albums were cut for vinyl from the original master tapes using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original albums. They were made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and an Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tapes.
So, fully analogue AAA pressings is very welcome news. As to whether they’re the original Capitol Mono or Stereo mixes the images seem to confirm Mono as the albums above all show catalogue numbers starting with the “T” prefix – meaning Mono.
These releases tie in well with the 60th anniversary celebrations of the Beatles conquering America and the rumoured The Beatles: The First U.S. Tour re-issue of the famous Mayles brothers film – also expected to be announced soon.
