Beatles Red and Blue albums remastered
Written by admin on September 15, 2010 – 10:09 pm -| Following on from last year’s Beatles’ remasters collections, EMI will release remastered editions of the popular “Red” (1962-1966) and “Blue” (1967-1970) albums on October 19.
The 2-disc releases will include an expanded booklet with original liner notes, rare pictures, and essays by Bill Flanagan (editorial director and senior vice president at VH1). |
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The Beatles Red and Blue albums were originally released in 1973 and have sold in vast quantities since, with the Red album going 15 times platinum in the US and the Blue album going 17 times platinum. These are greatest hits collections, with only songs composed by the Beatles included.
The remastering on the Red and Blue albums was done by the same team at Abbey Road who remastered last year’s releases. |
Here’s the track lists for the Red and Blue albums:
“Red” (1962-1966)
CD 1
- Love Me Do
- Please Please Me
- From Me to You
- She Loves You
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- All My Loving
- Can’t Buy Me Love
- A Hard Day’s Night
- And I Love Her
- Eight Days a Week
- I Feel Fine
- Ticket to Ride
- Yesterday.
CD 2
- Help!
- You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away
- We Can Work It Out
- Day Tripper
- Drive My Car
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
- Nowhere Man
- Michelle
- In My Life
- Girl
- Paperback Writer
- Eleanor Rigby
- Yellow Submarine.
“Blue” (1967-1970
CD 1
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Penny Lane
- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
- A Day in the Life
- All You Need Is Love
- I Am the Walrus
- Hello, Goodbye
- The Fool on the Hill
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Lady Madonna
- Hey Jude
- Revolution.
CD 2
- Back in the U.S.S.R.
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Get Back
- Don’t Let Me Down
- Ballad of John and Yoko
- Old Brown Shoe
- Here Comes the Sun
- Come Together
- Something
- Octopus’s Garden
- Let It Be
- Across the Universe
- The Long and Winding Road.
In the UK, there is also a 4-CD set which will feature both the Red and Blue titles.
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The Beatles – 1962-1966 (Red) Remastered |
Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now |
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The Beatles – 1967-1970 (Blue) Remastered |
Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now |
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The Beatles – 1962-1970 (Red & Blue) Remastered |
N/A | Buy Now | Buy Now | Buy Now |
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One Comment to “Beatles Red and Blue albums remastered”
December 1st, 2010 at 6:38 am
I was a little disappointed to see that the Red album has again been issued as a double CD. The entire program runs only 66 minutes which could easily fit on a single CD. This is a kind of disrespect to fans, although to be fair, Capitol is not charging the highway robbery rate that they did on the previous issues.
What’s frustrating is that a TWO cd set could have been justified with the inclusion of some terrific Beatles’ tracks like “I Saw Her Standing There,” “If I Fell” and others that were left off the original release.
Anyway, I have great sentiment for the original release because it helped me discover the band way back when.