'The Beatles' (White Album) [50th Anniversary Box Set with 5.1 Blu-ray Disc!]

[kap'n krunch]

the White Album is the least accessible and most "mature" album of theirs...no young person will like it..was always weirded out by a few creepy songs (LongLongLong and Rev9) but it took me til I was over 21 and had dabbled into.. well, you know to TRULY get them AND the whole album!!!

 

[Snood]

Snood no like Rubber Soul?

Like it but not top 5

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

As for the albums, I've always had a love for Beatles For Sale (or Beatles '65 back in my day). The opening 3 songs, No Reply, I'm A Loser and Baby's In Black is a combo I can't get enough of.

Me too.

 

[markshan]

I’m So Tired

One of my very favorite Lennon songs.

 

[atrocity]

was always weirded out by a few creepy songs (LongLongLong and Rev9)

All that "turn me on, dead man" stuff didn't help! I think it's funny now, but it was sure creepy as a kid.

 

[4-earredwonder]

I just listened to the complete WHITE ALBUM tonight via my USB stick 24/44.1 version as played through my Meridian SooLoos via my Meridian 861 v.6 pre/pro in SUPER mode [Meridian's version of hyper synthesized discrete].

My Impressions: LOVED the entire album and even Revolution No. 9 as played through the Super DSP mode was.....well, indulgent and hyper discrete.....but hey, it WAS the early 70's. Sound~wise, it was compressed but then I lowered the volume 1 notch [from 66 to 65] which did alleviate the shrillness...a bit. But I really DO believe the absolute masters were NOT touched.......that the USB stick was probably derived from a 192/24 1:1 from the original masters and the 192 oversampling rate was downsampled to 44.1 to accommodate all those 17 Beatles albums on 1 USB stick.

I wonder aloud whether DSD 256 [QUAD DSD] from the ORIGINAL master tapes has ever been attempted and if so, how it would compare with the PCM masters.

I do NOT recall any shrillness nor compression while listening to the same tracks via the LOVE album. Those cuts remain smooth as silk........and without ever being privy to hearing the absolute masters, it would seem that ONLY Sir George himself knew what they sounded like and attempted to replicate that exact sound when remixing the LOVE album.....something I DO hope Giles replicates when doing The White Album's 5.1 [and Dolby Atmos] remixes.

A reverie of mine....I wish Sir George himself had remixed the entire Beatles catalogue in 5.1. I think they would've been, in a word, DEFINITIVE!

 

[kap'n krunch]

One of my very favorite Lennon songs.

it's a "Libra" song.. trust me , I was with an Oct 9th Libra (same day as Lennon and The Ox) for 20 years, and it's uncanny ...yeah that Astrology crap..a bunch of hooey...a..HA!!!
(Libras LOOOOVE their sleep!!)

 

[markshan]

it's a "Libra" song.. trust me , I was with an Oct 9th Libra (same day as Lennon and The Ox) for 20 years, and it's uncanny ...yeah that Astrology crap..a bunch of hooey...a..HA!!!
(Libras LOOOOVE their sleep!!)

Well, I'm s Scorpio, but I don't really buy into it.

 

[GOS]

 

[JediJoker]

Well, I'm s Scorpio, but I don't really buy into it.

Maybe I'm a Leo, but I ain't a liar!

 

[kap'n krunch]

Well, I'm s Scorpio, but I don't really buy into it.

...you probably DO NOT LIKE NOT BEING IN CONTROL... DO YA????..you big control freak!!!! heh heh heh

 

[Jeffrey Michael]

Well, I'm s Scorpio, but I don't really buy into it.

You will when Mercury goes into retrograde.

 

[Frogmort]

All of you guys wanting to edit down The White Album are crazy. I probably first discovered this album in the mid-80's right about the time I started discovering getting high. To me, this album is probably their most heavy-duty masterpiece. I couldn't imagine losing one single song. The entire album is a complete experience. A few years later I discovered psychedelics and began to really even appreciate Revolution #9. From my particular point of view, this is right up there as one of their very best albums, beginning to end. Heck, it's their only original double album, ain't it? How could someone not appreciate The Beatles, running wild and free?!

 

[LennonCobain]

Paul McCartney’s official Facebook profile picture has been changed to plain white. Maybe another clue for you all regarding The White Album box?

 

[Ranasakawa]

I hope it's not going to be too expensive
I'm broke

 

[EHughes]

I hope it's not going to be too expensive
I'm broke

Yea, this hobby can be expensive.
Being a double LP I wouldn't be surprised if this were priced around $100 or more.

 

[watsontr]

A bit like Jimi for me. Any Beatles is damn fine! That fancy version of the White Album I'll definitely get. Hoping for Abbey Road (so I can check against Bob's version!) and Let It Be to follow. Hope they back track as well after all that

 

[Scott65]

Hope they back track as well after all that

Let's hope they do "Get back"...

 

[4-earredwonder]

Yea, this hobby can be expensive.
Being a double LP I wouldn't be surprised if this were priced around $100 or more.

The Sgt.Pepper boxset is still in the $114~125 ball park so expect to pay MORE for The White Album.

 

[markshan]

The Sgt.Pepper boxset is still in the $114~125 ball park so expect to pay MORE for The White Album.

To an extent it is apples and oranges (no pun intended) but you are likely correct. They could take it in any direction they wanted. They could go G'n'R Appetite crazy and do things like include hand screened lithos of the four photos and turn every picture on the poster into a series of probably 30-40 individual trading cards with embossed serial numbers and photo history on the reverse of each one. They could include a glass apple and a glass onion paperweights (the onion could have a prizm in the center so you really are "looking through a Glass Onion"), maybe they could throw in a stuffed Martha and a Rocky Raccoon (I know, the song wasnt about an actual Raccoon, but this is merchandising, not history). They could press four vinyl records at 45 RPM. They could make a crazy, no expense spared collectors box. Or they could (in keeping with the original plain jacket) just include media and keep the price down.

To be honest though, since it's the biggest band in the history of history, they could (and should) do both with little fear that they won't still sell out everything, but I don't expect they will.

All I'm really hoping for is a Blu Ray with a decent surround mix and the David Frost videos restored. Anything else is optional in my world.