The Beatles Now and Then & Red And Blue Albums Details Announced

[@AlanKPet]

Good video, I have a different take on the new mixes. Coincidentally, I purchased the red and blue albums again a couple of months ago. I’ve always loved the way they were curated. Been a fan since day one when Meet The Beatles came out (bought in a grocery store!). I’m 75 and am very excited for the new mixes.

[@grahampr1]

The vinyl and cd’s are expensive but any new Beatles release is exciting and for me, is a must buy.

[@adrianmist6681]

That's exactly why it will always be expensive, because people are prepared to spend their money, personally I'm only interested in new music, not compilations.

[@h.jjimenez700]

How could you not get this it's going to be Awesome!

[@dwcinnc]

My life would have been perfect if I had never heard "Roll Over Beethoven"

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

Excellent video as always, guys. I’m excited. Regarding the omission of “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love”, I have it on good authority that we could be seeing a “Beatles Anthology” remix in the near future. Moreover, we could also be getting an expanded cut of “The Beatles Anthology” with more footage of Paul, George, and Ringo. Peter Jackson could once again be involved. Keep in mind that 2025 will be the thirtieth anniversary. Without going into great detail, let me just assure everyone that “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love” have not been forgotten. Moreover, we have yet to get a Blu-Ray of “The Beatles Anthology”. The DVD was released in 2004. It’s long overdue. Stay tuned!

[@bendowson3124]

A Bluray of Anthology would be a mammoth project as it was made in standard definition (576i) and so a true HD or 4K version would require everything to be re-edited from scratch.

[@musicworthbuying2]

Good insights I didn't know (Robert Kinsler here); thanks for letting us know!

[@Sweetish_Jeff_]

@@musicworthbuying2 My pleasure. Thank you and have a great weekend!

[@terrymann1341]

I've pre ordered the four cd box set and the 7" single and I can't wait to hear this final song from what to my mind is the greatest, most innovative and influential band of all time. I still have my copies of The Red and Blue albums that I got as birthday and Christmas gifts off my parents way back in '76 when I first became a Beatles fan and these two albums were my gateway into all of this fantastic music. Looking forward to hearing the new mixes of all the early stuff like she loves you and this boy. The pricing is a bone of contention to some degree with my fellow fans here in the UK, and over here there is quite a stir about the single on cassette rather than CD. (in fact here the CD is having a bit of a revival as sales of this physical format have gone up for the first time in nearly six years) I do think that all the various coloured vinyl editions of the single are a bit much and is there purely to wring out every last pound/dollar from the fans. But all this aside we have so much to look forward to, and what's most important of all is the music, I just know it's going to sound fantastic.

[@raypaulmedia]

Greetings Robert Kinsler. Cheers from an old So Cal friend.

[@ChromeDestiny]

I would have gone for a CD single if they did it like the Anthology singles and put on a handful of exclusive rare tracks but they didn't so pass.

[@briangonigal3974]

One more reason to get the CD version of the expanded Red & Blue albums instead of the vinyl is that the CD versions integrate the new tracks right into the chronological running order, but for the vinyl sets the first two records of each set just replicate the original 1973 running order, with all the new tracks segregated onto the third “bonus” disc, which just a really stupid way of doing it. FWIW, to my mind there’s never been any point to remixing Rubber Soul since it (along with Help!) we’re already remixed by Giles’ father for their initial appearance on CD back in 1987.

[@jordanscott2858]

Those remixes are just the original stereo mixes with 80's digital reverb on the vocals to better mask the hard panning that was an artifact of the 4-track technology at the time they were recorded. What they're going to do with the new mixes is actually make the vocals centered or more spread out to make a more modern stereo approach as they did with the 2017 stereo mix of Sgt. Pepper. While also similarly enhancing the instruments, primarily the drums and bass. If George Martin had the technology of today he probably would have made the stereo mixes more akin to what Giles has done. He wanted to remix the whole catalog but didn't have the time to do it back in 1987, I guess EMI were afraid of making the albums unrecognizable to fans who grew up with original vinyl and cassettes. So Help and Rubber Soul were just slightly enhanced for its remixes, and everything else was left untouched for decades. Only in 2009 did we get a CD release of the original stereo mixes of Help and Rubber Soul as part of The Beatles In Mono box set.

[@cuppadan]

For me, the new song and the stereo mixes of Love Me Do and some others are why I bought the red and blue boxes. Color lps and cds. Its the last time we will get to see a major change like this in the catalog in our lifetime. So yeah, soak it up and enjoy. After all, it's only money. But what joy it can bring!

[@allisons3663]

The stereo remixes of the songs on 1962-1966 are the real reason to purchase these albums.

[@michaelharrington75]

The blue has a few songs with new mixes too. I am the walrus, Fool On The Hill, Magical Mystery Tour, Revolution, and Old Brown Shoe. They also made the blue album the only way to get the new song on CD! Released it on cassette tape, but no CD!

[@jesserussell7242]

I am very excited about that now and then releases it’s going to be so fantastic. and the red and the blue album which I will be getting both.

[@JimmyNotes]

I've been waiting all day to hear your thoughts on this. I am so excited to finally hear this song that I've been waiting for since I first heard about it in 2008. I'm also looking forward to hearing new mixes of the songs on the Red Album. A lot of the early songs seem to get over looked and I think the new mixes will help to change that.

[@TJRtheOriginal]

Good Point

[@dynjarren7523]

The Red and Blue new on Vinyl and CD should be good enough for most Beatles fans if they wore out their originals or want a new remastered version. It’s a greatest hits version of the Beatles that are an option if people don’t want to buy each album separately. It’s a great value.

[@Sekaoh]

Alongside that, it's "technically" a 50th anniversary for an album set, even if a lot of songs have been remixed

[@fifthbeatle]

Hey! I have a question for you: I don’t understand why there are 7inch AND 12inch records being pressed for Now and Then. The track listing is only 2 total songs (Now and then, Love Me Do), so why would 12 inches of vinyl space be required to play them? Typically, 10+ songs are on 12 inch vinyls so it doesn’t make sense to me. Thank you in advance :)

[@robertsaul234]

12inch single at 45rpm has a higher frequency response than the 7". Sounds better.

[@fifthbeatle]

@@robertsaul234 Oh, WOW! Thank you, I’ve been listening to records for years and that’s the first time I’m hearing about that. So the 7inch and 12inch both will be running at 45rpm? Also I actually bought the 10inch version of the single, and I was wondering why they made a 10inch version of it. What is the difference between 10inch and 12inch in this context?

[@robertsaul234]

@@fifthbeatle I really don't understand the principle of the 10" single. It may just be the novelty of it. Slightly wider grooves than the 7" so theoretically it should sound better. Maybe it will be slightly thicker than the 12". Thicker usually equals flatter.

[@Delius1958]

I can‘t believe that on vinyl they put the new tracks on extra LPs. Totally senseless, the songs are out of chronological context and are merely ‚We also ran’! What a bad decision. And no Rain, no I‘m Down, no Helter Skelter. - Thanks for the video and greetings from Germany, Harry

[@Delius1958]

@ksfhhnfan Thanks for the information! Apple just can‘t get it right. Think before press 🙄! Now the damage is done.

[@samsara6317]

I’m glad they did it. They got it right in 73 with the track sequencing

[@Delius1958]

@@samsara6317Yes, and the originals are out there and most of us own them. But now they wanted to do something different - and this time they haven‘t got it right - at least not on vinyl.

[@christianenriquez1603]

I’m just happy that “Hey Bulldog” finally made it on a greatest hits Beatles album 😭

[@interglotti3858]

​@ksfhhnfan it might just be down to what you can fit on one side of an LP, so they wouldn't have to make it a 4 LP set, I've had records that have changed the running order of the tracks

[@girlswanted7]

FYI The ‘new’ Beatles single Now and Then will be released as a CD single, it has just been confirmed. This format was notable for its absence when the release was announced last week, but it’s now happening. Like all other formats, the CD will feature ‘Now and Then’, plus the 2023 stereo remix of ‘Love Me Do’. The release date remains 3 November 2023 which rather suggests that this was in the planning all along. Pre-order links will be added as we get them, but for now you can pre-order from Rough Trade in the UK.

[@gbirving]

TJ have you mentioned buying these new cds or albums are also out as collectors items who love music and collect ? You have a privilege to want to tell people your opinions based on your knowledge and ultimately price is only what individuals want to pay.

[@tyronerodgers]

Robert Kinsler!!!

[@buppie2000]

Will they AI a stereo mix of She Loves You?

[@jordanscott2858]

Yes.

[@rcd4466]

If you own all the original Beatle albums (non compilation albums), is there ANY reason to buy comp albums like the red and blue? Other than to “collect” them and stick them on the shelf? To me, their only value is to newbies who want the hits but aren’t interested in getting the individual albums.

[@charlover]

Here are my thoughts, it's true, I already own a lot of the mixes that have come out the last few years...and that is a drag. However, the thought of hearing the Red Album with the Peter Jackson technology is a must buy for me. It should be awesome, the Revolver last year was like they lifted cheese cloth from it, It was better than I had hoped for. So, that's where we respectfully disagree. And while the Blue album won't give me a lot of new remixed songs, the ones it will give me make it worth it. Especially the Magical Mystery Tour cuts. Cheers!

[@elementrypenguin3116]

I agree. I’m interested in hearing the early songs with the new technology.

[@kevmichael2064]

The Beatles are Forever!!!....it is The Greatest Band of all Time!!!......they are like a new band all the time!!!

[@girlswanted7]

For the most part this is awesome. I LOVE that the older material uses the de mixing technology and we get newer mixes (well needed). I also love that the 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022 mixes are being used too for the later material. There was NO reason for Giles to remix the newer mixes with exception of the early material remixed in 2015 for the 1 album. Thumbs up Apple for sticking to this otherwise there would be confusion over the newer mixes. The older material on the remixed 1 DID need to be redone with the de mixing technology to center the drums etc. My ONLY gripe is Real Love and Free As A Bird aren’t on this compilation in new glorious stereo 😂. Overall A for apple on this release.

[@jamesmarsh9747]

I’m undecided about the ‘new’ red + blue albums. On the one hand we are getting 2023 mixes of the early material, which could be amazing. On the other hand, as the songs from Rubber Soul now boast 2023 mixes (surely proof that that album is about to have a remix reissue shortly?) then should we wait? Will it spoil the RS remix when it finally arrives? And what about the blue album? We get 2023 remixes of Walrus and Bull Dog. Does that mean that those albums will be reissued in the near future? Part of me would love to get the two vinyl releases - I bought revolver reissue on vinyl, but not the other remixes from 2017 onwards - but the price tag is a bit too steep. And then there’s the completist side to all this which is that if we buy one then we’ll also want the other! I think I’ll buy the overpriced single on vinyl 7” and then I can move on!!

[@Elias_Veine_Wiig]

I agree, and I know a lot of Beatles fans all over the world also agree on that; that they are disappointed that «Free as a Bird» and «Real Love» wasn’t remastered an re-released, and think that they should have been. And many fans (not me, though) has mentioned that they wanted a CD single of «Now and Then». But, I guess Glies Martin will hear that from a lot of people, and hopefully, he would do a single EP for «Now and Then», including «Free as a Bird», «Real Love» and even «Carnival of Light» as well. That would have been a GREAT EP release! What do you think?

[@djdac7451]

You guys glossed over the most important part of the Red and Blue re-issues. Giles Martin has used the Peter Jackson technology, to separate vocals and instruments, to remix the early tracks, just like he has done on Revolver. We will hear songs like "Love Me Do", "She Loves You" (as well as the others), in true stereo!! Aside from the new song, THAT is the most exciting part!

[@Steve-jc3ww]

I am personally looking forward to a magical mystery tour remix and rerelease. Think of some of those songs.

[@girlswanted7]

Target has the Red/Blue CDs for $27.99 each. Not bad at all. I really hope you buy the physical media as I enjoy those reviews by you.

[@TigerRogers0660]

The "Red" & the "Blue"were my introduction to The Beatles back in 1973. I always felt the "Blue" covered the later period pretty well. The "Red" not so much (many more tracks could have been added as the songs were considerably shorter). Whoever came up with the list for the added tracks here TOTALLY missed the mark - not so much for the "Blue". (I would have not included Glass Onion & I Want You ). My big peeve is the "Red". Firstly why include 3 covers?? Secondly 3 of the 4 albums that weren't represented very well in the first place - "Please Please Me", "With The Beatles", "Revolver" - all get bonus tracks. BUT WHAT ABOUT "Beatles For Sale"? Does this album count for nothing?? I'M DISGUSTED!! Here's 5 tracks that should have been ESSENTIAL to this set - "I'm A Loser", "No Reply", "She's A Woman", "I'm Down" & "Rain".

[@LBrilliante]

Seriously... there is a lot of "received orthodoxy" based on the Lewisohn book. George Martin said he thought Beatles For Sale was their weakest album so of course.. now EVERYONE says that. George Martin says "Only a Northern Song" wasn't good enough for Pepper so when Giles is doing the 2017 Pepper remix and bonus set... it's not even included as a session extra on the OUTTAKES disc. By the same token because they've all gone along with "this album was weak" .. all those potential singles that never were from that album... "What You're Doing" "I'm A Loser" "Every Little Thing" "Don't Want to Spoil the Party" "Words of Love" "No Reply" "I'll Follow the Sun" .. ah nevermind. They include I Me Mine to make a kind of neat sampling of all three on Let It Be.. but the fact is that Harrison never did a full complement of songs for LIB... why not a tighter NEW EDIT of "It's All Too Much" and "Savoy Truffle" two songs which better represent George in the later years for what it is worth. How did "I'm Down" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "I'm So Tired" "I Need You" "I Should Have Known Better" not get selected. It's just a compilation album... and that's an outdated concept perhaps but even as a playlist that is listened to by casual or non-Beatles fans they really missed the mark here!

[@TigerRogers0660]

@@LBrilliante Agreed!! It's disgraceful how "Beatles For Sale" has been treated over the last 3 or 4 decades. There was a big step forward with the originals on this album - both lyrically & musically (& sound wise). I think as well as the 2 tracks i mentioned, "I Don't Want To Spoil The Party" should have been included - something really fresh & new from The Beatles. Also agree with "It's All Too Much" - & particularly "Savoy Truffle" (a superb song that has been savaged over the years).

[@bearmanz]

I'm thinking "Love Me Do" and "She Loves You" maybe presented in an AI stereo mix. Any thoughts?

[@newdays007]

Nice job!

[@TJRtheOriginal]

Thanks!

[@neil865]

Things We Said Today I'll Follow The Sun Rain Love You To For No One She's Leaving Home Blue Jay Way Baby I'm A Rich Man The Inner Light Happiness Is A Warm Gun I Will Helter Skelter Cry Baby Cary Because You Never Give Me Your Money Golden Slumbers Carry That Weight The End Free As A Bird Real Love The above listed songs would make a greater album than almost any other band's greatest hits compilation and yet none of these songs are included on the new and expanded albums. My point isn't just that it's unfortunate that none of these songs are included, but rather that The Beatles were so great and prolific that even a 75 song compilation isn't enough.

[@TJRtheOriginal]

I hear you!

[@bryanlea8115]

The Red and Blue albums were the gateway into the Beatles for 14 year old me back in 1973 and I love them. I'm waiting for reviews of the re-release of the Red, but I've pre-ordered the Blue, which is a pre-made playlist of my favourite period of the Beatles' era, plus a remix of 'Hey Bulldog'. But like the original compilations, they aren't really for us old-stagers. These are the 21st century gateway albums that the 1973 sets were for that generation. In due course, I'll buy the remix of Rubber Soul (if it ever happens)because it's the very start of the Beatles' more experimental side, but going earlier than that, I'm less certain. The songs from Please Please Me through Help were much simpler, and mixed for the transistor radios of the day. Remixes of these (for want of a better term) 'more straightforward' songs risks losing the early 60s feel to them for me, in a way that remixes of their later works don't. That's why I'm holding off on the Red for now.

[@mikew5858]

If you don’t have them try to find volumes 1 and 2 of the Capitol albums with the original mixes, not the 2014 box set that had the Capitol formats but used the 2009 versions.

[@girlswanted7]

Imagine Live at the BBC Volume 1 & 2 being reissued with the de mixing technology. That is the perfect candidate for that type of technology.

[@frederickfranchi6408]

Damn TJR, those prices are too much for me 😮 I will pick up the 7 single and wait to hear it on vinyl before I comment just like the old days when we used to hear of an artist release and be excited to go down to the record store and pick the record up 👍

[@ajmhobby]

I was all excited and ready to jump on the vinyl versions of the Red and Blue album, until I heard the price. Even the CDs are pricey but more affordable. As much as I love the Beatles and as much as I want these albums, I may be forced to pass.

[@elvisleeboy]

I think that we diehard Beatles fans are very much on the backburner with this one. Although these updated albums are getting a physical release, I think the real emphasis here is on streaming and making the most popular Beatles songs available to stream in high quality mixes that sound contemporary. They are uninterested in giving the established fans what they want, like Free As Bird, Real Love and Rubber Soul, because they don't feature in what is their current focus, which is broadening the appeal of The Beatles. Lots of young people like The Beatles, but there also exists a huge demographic of young people who won't listen to music that sounds 'old'. Young people are used to music in which the bass and drums are at the forefront, so Beatles music, particularly their early work, will sound quaint and occasionally 'wimpy' to their ears. Queen have enjoyed success with appealing to younger people, because their music wasn't subjected to the limitations of early sixties technology, and things had advanced enormously by the 70s and 80s, so their music sounds closer to modern music when heard by the ears of younger people. As crazy as it seems, as it stands right now, I suspect that a few Wings songs, like Jet and Band On The Run would appeal more to that demographic of younger people than early Beatles stuff, simply because you can hear the bass and drums pumping on those Wings numbers. It's no accident that the most streamed Beatles song is Here Comes The Sun, from the last album they recorded, featuring the most advanced recording equipment they were ever to use, and which features the most modern sounding drums and bass of any of their recordings. That song would not sound out of place alongside modern songs, whereas several of their early songs in their original mixes would.

[@girlswanted7]

Doby Atmos is always streaming only nowadays.

[@beatmet2355]

I’m surprised neither of you is buying the red/blue albums because I haven’t seen anyone else saying that, either in comments or KZbin videos. Count me among ones abstaining from buying it. I’m curious to check out the remixes, so I will stream them. I won’t say I’ll never buy it, time will tell. And Now and Then? Since I rarely listen to either songs, I’m only mildly interested in hearing it.

[@richardhenle2650]

I think the issue is how low quality the sound really is on Real Love and Free as A bird compared to new technology

[@TJRtheOriginal]

My thought was that they should remix those two tracks and add them to the red and blue sets.

[@richardhenle2650]

@@TJRtheOriginal yes I agree I think it was a missed opportunity or even similar to what Journey has done with “Frontiers” put a separate seven inch/twelve inch in with the re release/remix with those tracks, it’s odd it’s still 67-70 and yet the track is 2023. The flip side could have been free as a bird and real love and make that a final recordings with new technology of the time

[@jordanscott2858]

This news has been a mixed bag for me. On one hand, I am greatly looking forward to the release of Now and Then after decades of being on the shelf, and I am intrigued to hear the new mixes on The Red Album since they haven't re-released the 1963 to 1965 albums yet, so it's a nice sneak peek at what's to come in the coming years. On the other hand, The Blue set is highly underwhelming since the majority of it will be reusing the pre-existing remixes of Pepper, The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be we already got their boxsets respectively. The only worthwhile tracks on Blue are the new mixes of I Am The Walrus, Magical Mystery Tour, Fool On The Hill, Revolution, Hey Bulldog, and Old Brown Shoe, the latter most especially was WAY overdue for a remix. It suffers from the same issue as the original mix of Long, Long, Long from The White Album where the instruments drown out George's vocals, so I'm glad they finally corrected that mixing choice. I'm disappointed that they didn't bother remixing All You Need Is Love, Lady Maddona, Hey Jude, the single version of Get Back, and The Ballad of John and Yoko, using the 2015 1 mixes since they had bothered to remix Let It Be's single mix for it's album boxset along with Don't Let Me Down which both were on the 2015 1 set. I'll stick to streaming The Blue album on Amazon and Tidal, it's not worth buying it on release for me and I'll set my priority to Red due to having more new material that hasn't been mixed before, besides the Help and Rubber Soul tracks but those were just slight enhancements of the original stereo mixes back when they were remixed by George Martin in 1987 that masked the hard panning the was a 4-track mix artifact, so they deserve the Revolver remix treatment that will bring those tracks in true modern stereo. These are just my opinions feel free to agree or disagree with me.

[@LBrilliante]

True... I mean they DID work on the 2017 - 2022 remixes in modern state of the art circumstances and Giles and Sam spent what they thought was sufficient time on them. Still you'd think they'd take another look at their work and perhaps they did. Ballad of John & Yoko & Old Brown Shoe SHOULD have been on the Abbey Road remix.. would it have killed them to add even a few more songs there. Mind You.. SEVEN Rubber Soul songs are on this compilation. Hell.. why not just put out Rubber Soul alongside it... The pricing on this box and single is so excessive they might as well give SOME fans a break here! Why keep us hanging on to pay you another $100 bucks next year.... fold the release into this year and let us out for 65 or 70 bucks on Rubber Soul too while you soak the casuals on that "Now & Then" single for $22 BUCKS!!!!

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

Rolling Stone magazine hints that its bloody great

[@erniericardo8140]

Does anybody really care what Rolling Stone has to say anymore-They Suck!!!

[@jamesmarsh9747]

P.S. John Lennon Mind Games remix box set is on the way in 2024! Beatles fans better get saving!

[@derekroberts6654]

there’s 3 songs i wouldve added: 2 on Red: “No Reply”, “Rain” 1 on Blue: “Helter Skelter” i would also have loved it if they had used the demo “India, India” which i personally love. it’s on youtube if you want to look for it. There would certainly would not been need for AI tweaking there… (“we were all expecting “Rubber Soul” this year” why is everyone so determined to ignore “Magical Mystery Tour” is it really that bad?😂😂😄🤣🤪 well at least we got MOST of the album on Blue album now)

[@michaelharrington75]

Yep. No Reply should have been added. Maybe another song or two from Beatles For Sale, like I'm A Loser, and I'll Follow The Sun? The red album had lots of room for more songs. They could have added a few more. I would rather have had Don't Bother Me as a Harrison inclusion over Roll Over Beethoven. Do You Want To Know A Secret was a big hit in the US.

[@BassicVIC]

I don’t see the point of new expanded versions of the Red / Blue albums. I do think Now And Then should be put into the Anthology as originally intended.

[@astrosjer822]

For me any “new” Beatles is fine with me. The 4CD slipcase is the way to go for me. Like many I am not happy about the single artwork or no CD single but a lousy cassette single? 🤔

[@Dugan035]

Exactly where is the 4CD slipcase available? I can't seem to find it on any US sites.

[@brucetowell3432]

If an average vinyl LP can go anywhere nowadays for 20 to 30 dollars...i think the what 75 dollar price is reasonable, considering you are getting added tracks and added mixes. Oh well I'm a Beatles collector 1st generation fanatic will get it. I'm actually still pissed about the cost of the McCartney Singles Collection, that too me was a total robbery do to that they set such a limited amount, thus getting the much higher cost.

[@richardhenle2650]

To be honest Julian said all the same about "Free As A Bird" and "Real Love" he felt they were not good clear recordings at all, and was not behind them for the most part, I do agree with Julian on that, I hope one day, those two songs get cleared up, because John's voice sounds so muddy, and unclear and like its a tape and everything else is current

[@TJRtheOriginal]

I hope they get a proper remix too for all the same reasons you mentioned.

[@richardhenle2650]

@@TJRtheOriginal yeah I’m not sure why they didn’t go for those two tracks, I still feel Real Love is a great song, and I am sure new technology could fix a lot. I also think “Now and then” has a very personal meaning to Paul and of course he and Ringo being the only remaining members, he wanted to do this now while alive as opposed to someone doing Beatle tracks after they were all not here. I do feel with Lennons estate and Harrison’s neither would have let a sub par sounding track out and with this much light and media on it

[@ARAMP1]

I'm with TJR....If they had included Free As A Bird and Real Love...If they had included a bluray with the surround mix, etc I would have picked it up. But as it is, it's a pass for me.

[@kevmichael2064]

Tomorrow Never Knows...and Hey Bulldog!!!!...is the best!!!

[@micolsen9824]

Beatles for sale is overlooked here. No Reply, I'm A Loser or Every Little Thing could have been included. And, You Really Got a Hold on me is a really odd choice. And speaking of oddities, how about....within You without You for a sampler collection like the red/blue?

[@rocky-o]

hey tj...i appreciate the thought, but dont get me the cds for christmas..i dont buy cds, i dont play cds..i dont even havee anything to play cds oni'm in my 60s and have spent my whole life listdening to vinyl..but thanks anyway (lol)...stay well..thats present enough for me.. peace..rocky.

[@TJRtheOriginal]

I understand bro….No worries….and no hard feelings either LOL. I’m in sixties too, so I I do appreciate the well wishes, and wish you all the best too. PS Superfan enjoyed your comment too🙂

[@rager-69]

Using AI to achieve the greater separation of tracks for Revolver and presumably Rubber Soul, makes me wonder if they will go back to Sgt Pepper at some point for another remix.

[@TheAnarchitek]

Free as a Bird and Real Love do not need to be on any of the albums released in the Beatles' lifetimes! The Red and Blue sets SHOULD have the Capitol-era changes, adding the John Barry intro (originally on the single, the US release of Help! and the Red album), the false-start version of I've Just Seen a Face, and the kick-drum-ending to Get Back, at the top of the list.

[@Zholobov1]

I love vinyl releases and have always preferred them to the CD ones. But after buying the 2021 All Things Must Pass Remix vinyl box along with its Deluxe CD box replica I found it wasn't necessary having the big vinyl edition I just don't want to play because constantlyv turning over the records sides is such a bore. This one new release seems to me quite nice in its CD format. I don't like the new bonus track to be put on separate records on the vinyl release. So I think this time I'm gonna pass on the vinyl version... maybe... 😊

[@girlswanted7]

TJR, you know in the end you’re buying it! The 2023 mix of Revolution and I am the walrus is worth the price of admission alone. Also, how can you give an honest genuine review without actually owning the sets. You will definitely cave in…

[@TJRtheOriginal]

I can listen to them on streaming and still honestly speak to the remixes themselves.

[@girlswanted7]

⁠​⁠@@TJRtheOriginalThat is true and on Amazon there is Ultra HD which is higher than CD quality (supposedly). I enjoy streaming, but physical media is a completely different experience. Your rationale for purchasing Past Masters makes sense because it not only includes the singles on Red/Blue, but B Sides not on Red/Blue. That being said it’s about when, not if you get the Red/Blue boxes. I assume you want the new and improved artwork (essays etc). You also are a Beatles fanatic (like me) but more importantly have a You Tube channel. I enjoy your reviews and hope you are able to make this purchase! Streaming is great, but we don’t actually own the music and have to continue to pay month and after month! I’m definitely not buying the single as I don’t see a point especially because it isn’t being released on CD.

[@benbrown4805]

I was going to buy both CDs Red and Blue but reading the track listing I am not going buying ethier. I find it really annoying that Real Love and Free as Bird are not included they are both hit singles both top ten hits for god sake so why not include them. IIt wouldn't have taken much they could have just lifted the Remixed versions from the Beatles +1 album I would have bought the CD version of now and then but guess what there isn't one surely a slip up there. I would put it past The Beatles to release a singles box set in a few years time.

[@donnicholas7552]

I'm going to pass on buying the new single. I am curious as to what the finished product will sound like though. The Red and Blue albums sound interesting. I had those on vinyl, when they were first released.

[@johnurban7333]

$20 isn't bad. It's probably cheaper than it was in 1973 considering what the dollars worth today.

[@ronmartin4212]

The Capiphone project-60th anniversary!!Next year!!

[@jeanpepin6497]

The prices are absolutely ridiculous

[@alanwallace4130]

Adjusted for Uk inflation the original uk red and blue albums would be £57. That was foe double albums, these are triple albums so it looks like the prices are comparable to each other.

[@dynjarren7523]

Now and Then will probably stink just like Real Love and Free as Bird did. This nonsense of the others working on a Lennon Demo that was unreleased and calling it a new Beatles song has got to stop. This kind of nonsense only detracts from the Beatles legacy. But people at Apple 🍏 probably need new product to sell and promote to create some excitement. Talk about flogging a dead Horse! Give me a Break! Now and Then the Beatles lay an Egg!

[@briancunningham3155]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why "Now and Then" is being released on 7" vinyl and CASSETTE! I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of us haven't had a cassette player in many years. It sounds as of they're forcing us to purchase the blue album which I had no intention of buying.

[@briangonigal3974]

I think the cassette release is pure novelty, probably a nod to the cassette tape that the original Lennon demo was recorded on. If the renderings of the cassette single are accurate, the cassette is made up to look like a blank tape like those that you would buy to record your own stuff on, with a “blank” label with the title “Now And Then” written on it as if with a marker pen. Most likely 90% of the people who buy the cassette single won’t even own a machine to play it on.

[@gbirving]

I'm excited and pre ordered the red and blue albums. The vinyl single and cassette which is a great touch as Lennon had the track on cassette. Many people can afford the prices some can't is it fair ? Life ain't fair tbh so let's just enjoy we have choice in our part of the world 🌍🌎 and hope "wars are over" soon. ✌️🙏

[@GeoffT650]

Great overview, as many been a diehard fan as long as I can remember. My thoughts 1, on the fence about covers being on there 2, £20 for a single is mental! 3, where the hell is “Rain” that’s the elephant in the room for me.

[@gavinthorburn5385]

Very disappointed free as a bird and real love wasnt ai improved and added but nice release all the same

[@peterbailey978]

EXCELLENT VID yes I agree. will not be buying The Red and Blue albums NO Blu-Ray Disk 5.1 Very Disappointing.!!!!!

[@girlswanted7]

If you’re willing to buy Rubber Soul why would you not buy this? It has over 20 songs with the 2023 new mixes. I guess the outtakes but.. You’ll cave.. lol Even if you buy all the albums for future remixes it won’t have Revolution and other singles exclusive to this set.

[@TJRtheOriginal]

Because I know that the others albums and past masters will eventually all get released in remixed form and I will get those tracks that I don’t have, then. In the meantime, streaming will be fine......But “if” I find a good deal on these sets, I might still pick them up. I just have no plans to pre order or get them in the near future.

[@girlswanted7]

I can’t see them releasing past masters as it’ll be too redundant. Maybe you’re right, who knows 🤷🏻‍♂️. But it’s like buying a Beatles book. I want the additional artwork, essays, pictures, etc. For each release that is.

[@sunshinecoolwater9528]

I'm excited to hear the single, but I'm not going to purchase all the variants of what's being released. Apple and especially McCartney's last few solo releases, have really taken advantage of the fans. Collecting Beatles and solo releases will bankrupt many fans.

[@anthonyaswe4174]

Well, I am commenting on this before reacting to Hackney Diamonds, mainly because I am still formulating a take on the new Stones music. However, I am no stranger to the Red and Blue albums, as they were (as for many people in my age group), my first introduction to The Beatles. And the suddenly unearthed "new" song not withstanding, I consider this redux of the Red and Blue albums a complete and total waste. And that's not a comment on the music itself which I love, but on this constant revamping, with no real ends in mind, short of, once again, juicing the catalog with more "heritage" releases, in the name of snazzing up the marketplace with one more chunk for the completists to add to the library. Clearly a coffee table release, I do not see any interesting or dynamic or insightful reason to plump up these old compilations with a bunch of songs that didn't make the original sets. I don't get it. The Red and Blue albums were not meant to be some definitive for-the-vault edition, but were very much a product of their times--excellent best of's, featuring many of their most popular songs and a great chunk of superb album tracks. What's the point of loading them up with all of these other songs? Basically, they've just created another compilation and call it the Red And Blue album. I've often thought these sets were on par with, say the Hot Rocks sets for the Stones (they were even released in the same year). People have criticized Hot Rocks because it ignores their psychedelic output, and isn't deep enough. But for a two record best of, it still stands to me as perhaps the Stones greatest comp because of its compactness. More Hot Rocks picked up the slack, with psychedelia, early blues and deep cuts. I wouldn't change a track, and if you did, you'd just be releasing London Years....or 40 Licks....or Grrrr. I mean, just do another compilation if you want all these other tunes on it. And, quite frankly, I think, say Dear Prudence and Glass Onion are so quintessentially White Album, they are best discovered and experienced as album tracks, not as a highlight on a comp. And I could say the same about others....The issue of the remix is something else, but just from the standpoint of a redux, I think its a waste.

[@sjdrifter72]

I'm not excited about a mediocre song getting the AI treatment and won't be forking over my hard earned money on yet another re-release.Until Carnival Of Light is finally released, I just don't give a damn.

[@jaktek4242]

The cover art of the single is hideous. I thought it was a temp image until the release date and it would then be revealed. (I’m still holding out a bit of hope that’s the case. The vinyl is way too expensive and they didn’t even include Real Love and Free as a Bird. Those could have benefited with a fresh remix as well. I’ll be looking on Discogs in about 6 months or an Amazon discounted price. Screw getting the colored vinyl from the Beatles store. They’re tacking on an extra $15 to ship pushing the final cost to over $200 with tax and freight. I’ve purchased all the new releases in the past several years via preorder. Not this time. This just feels like a cash grab.

[@PeKe999]

I am a Beatlesfan for more than 45 years, a little obsessed maybe. But what a disappointment. What do we get? One new song Remixes from we which we already have more than half. And a film on KZbin. That's it. The Stones did a release. A show, a good setting, a presentation with Jimmy Fallon. And what do we get? A little more than nothing!!! This is the worst Beatles release in years

[@LanceHall]

So they are recycling many of the SDE remixes that sound little like the originals and are now replacing the originals. Talk about lazy and disrespectful. Every track should have gotten fresh remixes that more reflect the original mixes not the horrible bloated digital messes Giles cooked up.

[@crazyprayingmantis5596]

The artwork for this and the Stones album might be the worst of all time, awful 😖

[@erniericardo8140]

Totally agree that artwork on the Beatles is generic and awful.

[@davepounds8924]

Hey guys!! This is a cash grab plain and simple Red and Blue with remixes you already have??? Another Frankenstein put together so called new song from a Lennon piano demo?? Harrison said it was a piece shit so it was rejected for Anthology Let’s not get too hysterical here!!

[@rogerskillin8385]

The cover art is horrible

[@erniericardo8140]

Totally sucks, Cant believe that Ringo and Paul, as well as the Lennon and Harrison Estates would allow this tastless cover to be released for the Last Beatle song.

[@dynjarren7523]

The Shining is incredibly overrated as a film. It’s because it’s Kubrick and Nicholson and Stephen King. There’s nothing scary about a big hotel in winter unless your out in the cold without a jacket freezing to death. That’s a scary notion. Otherwise the film is dull. And Kubrick is one of the great directors but not this one. It’s a swing and a miss!

[@ThomasPicone]

As John might have said to Paul,Ringo etc,al "time to give it a rest, mates