The Beatles In Stereo Vinyl Box Set 16 LPs and Book - Factory Sealed Set
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This set brand new, still sealed and unplayed.
The Beatles - The Beatles In Stereo (NEW 16 x 12" VINYL LP & BOOK BOX SET)
Catalogue Number: 6338091
Barcode: 5099963380910
Label: CAPITOL
Format: VINYL LP
Manufactured on 180-gram, audiophile quality vinyl with replicated artwork, the 14 albums return to their original glory with details including the poster in The Beatles (The White Album), the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band’s cutouts, and special inner bags for some of the titles. The set is accompanied by a stunning, elegantly designed 252-page hardbound book which is limited to 50,000 copies worldwide. The hard bound coffee table book features an introduction by Sir George Martin, previously unseen photos and Abbey Road Studios memorabilia.
The book, which is exclusive to the boxed edition, is authored by award-winning radio producer Kevin Howlett and features a dedicated chapter for each of the albums, as well as insight into the creation of the remasters and how the vinyl albums were prepared. The 12”x12” book showcases a wealth of photographs spanning The Beatles’ recording career, including many images which were not included in the 2009 CD booklets.
Since it was recorded, The Beatles’ music has been heard on a variety of formats – from chunky reel-to-reel tapes and eight-track cartridges to invisible computer files. But there has never been a more romantic or thrilling medium for music than a long-playing twelve-inch disc. We ‘play’ records. The process of carefully slipping the disc out of the sleeve, cleaning it and lowering the stylus provides a personal involvement in the reproduction of the music.
When The Beatles’ albums were first released, the listener enjoyed a tangible relationship with the music in the grooves of a record. There was an emotional connection to the artifact carrying the sound, and this bond was strengthened by the LP sleeve. Rather than a merely functional object to protect the disc, it was elevated to a stylish accessory. Certainly, the cover of a Beatles album conveyed a message about the music it was wrapped around. For example, the dominant orange and brown hues and elongated faces on the front of Rubber Soul seem to embody the sound of the record. With the advent of the cassette tape in the seventies and the compact disc in the 1980s, album artwork was reduced in size and importance, losing much of its charm. That is partly why vinyl LPs have not, as predicted, been discarded.
The last 4 photos are of the actual set you will receive. The set is still tightly wrapped from the factory. I've taken a close up of the bar code to verify this is the US set. This is further verified with the Capital and Apple logos to the right of the bar code. What is interesting is that the first 5 LPs have the Parlophone logo at the upper left corner of the front of each LP. This tells me these 5 LPs are from the Beatles' British catalogue, not the US catalogue.
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