Cela faisait désormais quelques semaines que la rumeur courrait sur internet de la probable publication du deuxième coffret « Capitol Albums » des Beatles dans le courant du mois d’Avril 2006.
Un communiqué de presse émanant de Capitol Etats Unis nous apprend aujourd’hui que ce coffret sera publié le 11 Avril prochain, pour le plus grand plaisir de tous les fans de la discographie des Beatles.
Nous vous livrons ci-dessous le détail de ce communiqué :
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APRIL 11, 2006 — CAPITOL RECORDS TO RELEASE VOLUME 2 OF BEATLES U.S. RECORDINGS IN A BOX SET FEATURING THE EARLY BEATLES, BEATLES VI, HELP! AND RUBBER SOUL FIRST TIME EVER ON CD
On April 11, 2006, Capitol Records will release The Beatles Capitol Albums Volume 2, a collection of the four Capitol albums by The Beatles from 1965. The box set marks the CD debut of The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, the Help! soundtrack and the American version of Rubber Soul.
This is the much anticipated companion set to the Capitol Albums Volume 1 which brought together for the first time on CD the albums that began it all – Meet The Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, Something New and Beatles ’65.
« It has been an ambition of mine to see the release of these CDs in the form we grew up with in the U.S., » says Andrew Slater, President and CEO, Capitol Records. « The remastering should ensure that the sound quality lives up to the expectations of our memories. »
# The Early Beatles marks the stereo debut on CD of nine early Beatles classics, including Please, Please Me and Twist And Shout.
# Beatles VI marks the stereo debut on CD of five Beatles recordings, including cover versions of Kansas City and Words Of Love, as well as Lennon and McCartney?s What You?re Doing and Every Little Thing. The album also marks the CD debut of four Beatles songs in their original 1965 George Martin mono mixes.
# The Help! soundtrack album contains five instrumental tracks from the film making their CD debut, including From Me To You Fantasy and Another Hard Day?s Night. When the British Help! LP was issued on CD in 1987, it contained George Martin stereo remixes of the songs. The Capitol soundtrack album marks the CD debut of five songs in their original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes.
# The Capitol version of Rubber Soul contains, for the first time on CD, the original 1965 George Martin stereo mixes. When these songs appeared on CD in 1987, they were stereo remixes of the songs prepared by George Martin.
The Capitol Albums Volumes 1 & 2 have been carefully mastered from the original master tapes, taken from the vaults of Capitol Records, to ensure that they sound as they did when first released in 1964 and 1965. Each disc in the box sets presents each album in stereo and then in mono.
In the Sixties, American record labels often chose to reformat British records to suit the needs of the U.S. market. In America, singles were generally included on current albums, where as in the UK, albums and singles were most often separate releases. Higher music publishing costs in the U.S. also made it impractical to include as many songs on American albums. In addition, in the case of The Beatles, some of the recordings on the American albums were given more echo than the British versions, to ‘Americanize’ their sound.
In Volume 2, all but four of the tracks on the stereo albums are actual stereo mixes, with two being unique Capitol duophonic mixes. Capitol’s engineers created duophonic mixes from mono masters by emphasizing the treble in one channel, boosting the bass in the other, and running the two channels slightly out-of-sync to simulate a stereo sound. In addition, five of the mono tracks are unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdowns with added echo and reverb.
Because the 46 songs included in Volume 2 are presented in both stereo and mono mixes, there are 92 tracks in the box set. Out of this number, 82 tracks appear in versions not previously available on CD.
When The Beatles catalog appeared on CD for the first time in 1987, releases were standardized on a worldwide basis. A short time later, the U.S. albums, which had last appeared on vinyl and cassette, were deleted from the Capitol catalog. Since that time there has been increasing demand for these original U.S. albums to make their CD debut, which they now do as part of this specially priced and uniquely packaged 4 CD boxed set.
The Capitol Albums Volume 2 includes all 4 of the group’s 1965 Capitol album releases. Each of the discs is housed in a miniature replica of the original album cover. The box set contains a colorful 60-page booklet featuring a scrap book effect of rare photos and clippings from that amazing year.
Track Listings: (Stereo Recordings / Original Mono Recordings)
THE EARLY BEATLES (Released March 22, 1965)
_ Love Me Do $
_ Twist And Shout *?
_ Anna *?
_ Chains *?
_ Boys *?
_ Ask Me Why *?
_ Please Please Me *?
_ P.S. I Love You $
_ Baby It?s You *?
_ A Taste Of Honey *?
_ Do You Want To Know A Secret *?
_ * Stereo debut on CD (9)
_ $ First CD appearance of 1963 simulated stereo mix from first U.K. LP (2)
_ ? First CD appearance of unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdown (9)
_ BEATLES VI (Released June 14, 1965)
_ Kansas City *@
_ Eight Days A Week
_ You Like Me Too Much ?
_ Bad Boy ?
_ I Don?t Want To Spoil The Party *@
_ Words Of Love *@
_ What You?re Doing *@
_ Yes It Is ¤
_ Dizzy Miss Lizzie ?
_ Tell Me What You See ?
_ Every Little Thing *@
_ * Stereo debut on CD (5)
_ ? Mono debut on CD (4)
_ ¤ First CD appearance of unique Capitol duophonic mix (1)
_ @ First CD appearance of unique Capitol remixes with echo and reverb (5)
_ HELP! (Released August 13, 1965)
_ Help! ??
_ The Night Before ??%
_ From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental)??
_ You?ve Got To Hide Your Love Away ??%
_ I Need You ??%
_ In The Tyrol (Instrumental)??
_ Another Girl ??%
_ Another Hard Day?s Night (Instrumental)??
_ Ticket To Ride ¤
_ The Bitter End/You Can?t Do That (Instrumental)??
_ You?re Gonna Lose That Girl ??%
_ The Chase (Instrumental)??
_ ? First CD appearance in any version (6)
_ ? Mono debut on CD (5)
_ % First CD appearance of original 1965 George Martin stereo mix (5)
_ ¤ First CD appearance of unique Capitol duophonic mix (1)
_ ? First CD appearance of unique Capitol stereo-to-mono mixdown (11)
_ RUBBER SOUL (Released December 6, 1965)
_ I?ve Just Seen A Face %?
_ Norwegian Wood %?
_ You Won?t See Me %?
_ Think For Yourself %?
_ The Word %?
_ Michelle %?
_ It?s Only Love %?
_ Girl %?
_ I?m Looking Through You %?
_ In My Life %?
_ Wait %?
_ Run For Your Life %?
_ % First CD appearance of original 1965 George Martin stereo mix (12)
_ ? Mono debut on CD (12)
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