The Beatles (White Album) Anniversary Releases - Giles Martin & Sam Okell

The Beatles (White Album) Anniversary Releases - Giles Martin & Sam Okell

15th October 2018
On November 9th, we will see the release of multiple deluxe editions of The Beatles, the seminal self-titled double album affectionately known, due to its stark packaging, as The White Album. All versions will include producer Giles Martin's 2018 stereo mix of the album, engineered by Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios and based on its original stereo mix by George Martin and The Beatles. Unearthing the Esher demos during the White Album remixing project brought with it some surprising revelations. Watch Giles Martin and Abbey Road award-winning engineer Sam Okell discuss how they approached the challenge: The Esher Demos, recorded in the basement of George Harrison's house on four-track reel shortly after The Beatles returned from India in May 1968. Seven of these demos were previously made available on Anthology 3, but the others remained previously unreleased until now. All formats were mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road, being cut at half-speed. In addition to the new stereo mix, 3CD and 4LP releases will come with 27 tracks from the Esher demos.

For the true Beatles fan, a deluxe box of six CDs and a Blu-ray disc will be offered. Along with Giles Martins 2018 mix, there will be three CDs of alternate takes, rehearsals and outtakes from the album and its associated singles.The discs are housed in a slip sleeved 164-page hardcover book with introductions from Paul McCartney and Giles Martin, track-by-track details, and pictures of the band, tape boxes, recording sheets, and print ads. To replicate elements of the original LPs package, four individual photos of the band and the fold-out poster with photo collages and lyrics will be included. Pre-order now.
 
 
 
 

Related News