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The beauty of "Pepper" is that while the final multitrack master IS only 4-track, they recorded in stages. I believe the final Master to be either the third or fourth bounce. According to George Martin from years back, they DO have all the stage tapes. They went back to the stage tapes and digitally sync'd them for the 'Love' mixes. Depending on how many bounces they did, digitally you could have anywhere from 12 to 16 tracks!
My point precisely. I'm sure every scrap of the Sgt. Pepper sessions was transferred to the digital domain [leaving the original analogue masters stored safely in the vaults] and of course the yeoman's task is cohesively assembling all those stems into a worthy 5.1 remix and by transferring to BD~A everything is kept in the PCM domain (versus transferring to DSD for SACD).
Conversely, that task will be under the closest of scrutiny ensuring that the final remix is a mirror copy of the original intent as it will be dissected and vivisected all over the worldwide internet by Beatle purists who know every nook and cranny of the original MONO mix.
But then again, you will NEVER please everybody but as long as Paul, Ringo, Yoko and Olivia bestow their blessings on the final result.........hopefully, there WILL be peace in the valley and a MUCH anticipated multichannel piece of Rock legend in our grateful possession.
Maybe 2017 won't be a bust after all for collectors of multichannel music.