Revolver

One of my favourite Beatles albums and it's been brought up to date with the new stereo mix that resolves the 'all vocals on one speaker, all instruments on the other' that typified the stone age mix of the original. There's a wealth of outtakes here too and a fantastic fat book of background and it all makes for a superb package that sits nicely on the shelf with its companions.

Excellent cd box , many thanks again.

Amazing

The best thing I liked was the presentation amazing .The books so big and beautifully made All cds played good no issues transported back to the good old 60's again .A must buy even through its so expencive .

I had forgot how good this LP was and now for me the 2022 stereo remix makes it even better.The soundstage is opened up, but it avoids the pitfalls of leaving gaps that a bus could drive through. To me it sounds tight, but clean. Listening to this and the session CDs shows how good the original master tapes were recorded.Giles Martin has very sympathetic ears to what his father George Martin originally achieved, production wise, and with the benefit of modern technology that separated the various instruments has enhanced that work.The five CDs, in the deluxe version, each add something extra to the total package. Even the mono mix CD, which was available in The Beatles In Mono box set is a welcomed addition, as many people, of my age (70) would have first heard it in this format, so sounds excellent and the mono mix doesn’t sound belittle the LP one little bit.As I’ve only had the box set 24hrs I have yet to read the accompanying book, but it’s looks as though it contains a wealth of information and facts.The deluxe box is the same size as a normal LP, but thicker, so will sit well with your LPs or Sgt Pepper Deluxe Boxed Set on the shelf.The only downside is the lack of a 5.1 mix on a Blu-ray Disc. An Atmos version is available on the likes of Apple Music, Tidal, etc. but a hard copy would have been the cherry on the cake.Since receiving the box set it has been played constantly and I’m now torn as to the question is this LP better than and aged better than Sgt Pepper?With this new technology, created for the Get Back film will we see the earlier Beatle albums being remixed and the horrible wide panning of vocals/instruments to the left and right channels remixed into a beautiful well balanced soundstage.I can’t recommend this collection or the less lavish versions more highly, a truly classic LP and the foundation for what was to come. Five+ stars.

People may or may not know, but back in the 60s the stereo versions the the Beatles albums were mixed not by the group but by the engineers. Why? Stereo wasn't yet "the thing". The Beatles supervised the Mono master, then went. Giles Martin (son of George M), has now started to mix them, from the master tapes, in true stereo. And he's done an excellent job.Until this release the very best sound on Revolver was the mono version in the mono box set. Go listen to how McCartney & Ringo play together on that. Superb. Now we have an equally fine stereo mix.A HIGHLY recommended album. Some rate this higher than Abbey Road, Peppers, or the White Album. They may be right.

First of all I have been waiting for this vinyl box set with some trepidation since I heard it was to be pressed by GZ, my past experiences with their pressings have been poor to say the least (see my Lennon plastic ono band reissue review) however my Revolver box set is pressed fine.That over with onto the content I have listened to the stereo version of Revolver since the early 1970,s and have always been frustrated by the early 60,s stereo mix I guess that stereo mixing for "pop" records at that time was in its infancy and the mix has always felt like they threw the kitchen sink at the recording, vocals panned hard to one channel instruments to the other, I later discovered that at the time the mono mix was the primary aim, as at the time few people had access to stereo record players, much later I listened to a mono Revolver and much preferred it. This stereo remaster changes that, at last revolver sounds like a rock recording in stereo rather than an early studio experiment in stereo sound. For those who have not ever heard the mono version then of course this box set also includes a copy and I think I still prefer it, for those who only ever listened to the original stereo Revolver it should be an education to hear revolver sound as the Beatles intended it at the time. The outtakes are interesting but not essential except to beatles compleatists though John's original demo for what became yellow submarine is of interest, the accompanying book is nice and overall the box set is worth having especially if you have not got a mono Revolver, so after all that why only 4 stars? Because the entry price is too high and so not the best value for money

Managed to get the vinyl box set for £77 in a price drop.Well worth the money... Beautifully presented and all the records are in perfect condition as is the box and book etc.Extremely well packaged.Great stuff.