The Beatles- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) (2017)8/25/2023 ![]() (No new elements whatsoever have been added to the original recordings.) The muscular remix doesn't let one forget that, for all the studio wizardry, this album was played by four bandmates. The mighty McCartney/Starr rhythm section's instruments have gained newfound clarity and presence throughout the remix, resulting in a bolder rock sound that's nonetheless completely faithful to The Beatles' playing and the punchy attack of George Martin's mono mix. This Pepper is "heavy," as if a veil of gloss has been removed from both the drums and bass. Pepper's not only isn't "soft," but is a benchmark of melodic rock. (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) One listen to the new remix should prove that Sgt. Released in a year that also offered The Doors, Surrealistic Pillow, The Velvet Underground and Nico, Are You Experienced, Forever Changes, and Axis: Bold as Love, The Beatles' masterwork has been considered in some quarters to be "soft" - a "pop" record, first and foremost. Pepper without changing anything fundamental about John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Sir George's sprawling, experimental, eclectic, conceptual collection of songs that run the gamut from pop, rock, and psychedelia, to art songs, vintage music hall, and back again. He's succeeded mightily in adding new dimension to Sgt. Yet it is the stereo album that most people listen to today." So, Martin set out to recreate the feel and ambiance of the mono version, paying homage to its balances and imaging, while adapting them for a stereo soundscape. All care and attention to detail were applied to the mono LP, with The Beatles present for all the mixes.Almost as an afterthought, the stereo album was mixed very quickly without The Beatles at the sessions. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was primarily mixed as a mono album. The younger Martin explains his remix mission in an introductory note: "Why even attempt it? The original Sgt. The Beatles' eighth studio album, it was also their first to be issued with identical track listings in both the United States and United Kingdom. Pepper - as a crystallization of the moment rock-and-roll became art - are still being felt today.Īt its centerpiece, on Disc One of the box set, is Giles Martin and Sam Okell's new stereo mix of the original 1967 album produced by Giles' father George Martin and engineered by Geoff Emerick. This collection reveals that it's possible to hear a classic, arguably over-familiar record with new ears, and that the reverberations of Sgt. Curating this set was clearly not a task taken lightly by Apple Corps, Capitol Records/UMe, and reissue producers Jonathan Clyde, Guy Hayden, mix producer Giles Martin, and mix engineer Sam Okell. Yet, put simply, this 4-CD/1-DVD/1-BD super deluxe box (also available in smaller CD, 2-CD and 2-LP formats) raises the bar for archival releases. ![]() This would be a landmark collection for any number of reasons: that Pepper is routinely considered one of the greatest albums, if not the greatest album, of all time that this is the first-ever "Expanded Edition" of a Beatles album that the entire LP has been startlingly remixed both for stereo and 5.1 surround sound. I read the news today, oh, boy! It's a new day in Pepperland thanks to today's release of the most eagerly-anticipated reissue project of the year: the 50th anniversary deluxe box set of The Beatles' Sgt.
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