Coming out tomorrow, are remixed and expanded editions of the famed Beatles compilations “1962-1966” and “1967-1970,” aka “The Red Album” and “The Blue Album.”
They follow last week’s release of “Now and Then,” the final Beatles song, made from a John Lennon home demo from the late 70s that was considered for “The Beatles Anthology” in 1995 and finally finished thanks to new technology developed by Peter Jackson for the “Get Back” docuseries in 2021. Giles Martin, who co-produced the recordings, says that “Now and Then” was what led to the revamped compilations:
“We did ‘Now and Then’ and we had that and then there was discussion about ‘What do wo do with ‘Now and Then. So from that conversation it went, ‘Why don’t we just celebrate the ‘Red’ and the ‘Blue’ albums ’cause it’s 50 years of that. They’ve got most of the tracks we’re talking about anyway. So the delay in this [‘Now and Then’] coming out was the fact we remixed the ‘Red’ and the ‘Blue’ albums.”
The “Red” and “Blue” albums came out on April 2, 1973. The former debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, the latter at No. 1. Both have been certified Diamond for sales of more than 15 million and 17 million copies respectively.
For the new editions Martin created new mixes for nearly 40 tracks and added nine songs to each album — with “Now and Then” as the last track on the “Blue” album.
Martin — son of George Martin, the Beatles’ longtime producers — has been working with the band since 2008, when he created mixes for The Beatles: Rock Band game.
His other projects have included “1+” 50th anniversary editions of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “The Beatles” (aka “The White Album”) and “Abbey Road,” “Get Back” and last year’s “Revolver: Special Edition.” He’s also worked on reissues for the Rolling Stones and Elton John.
1962-1966 (2023 EDITION)
(2CD: stereo / Digital + Streaming: stereo & Dolby Atmos)
* = newly added track
- CD1
- 1: Love Me Do (2023 Mix)
- 2: Please Please Me (2023 Mix)
- 3: I Saw Her Standing There (2023 Mix) *
- 4: Twist And Shout (2023 Mix) *
- 5: From Me To You (2023 Mix)
- 6: She Loves You (2023 Mix)
- 7: I Want To Hold Your Hand (2023 Mix)
- 8: This Boy (2023 Mix) *
- 9: All My Loving (2023 Mix)
- 10: Roll Over Beethoven (2023 Mix) *
- 11: You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 Mix) *
- 12: Can’t Buy Me Love (2023 Mix)
- 13: You Can’t Do That (2023 Mix) *
- 14: A Hard Day’s Night (2023 Mix)
- 15: And I Love Her (2023 Mix)
- 16: Eight Days A Week (2023 Mix)
- 17: I Feel Fine (2023 Mix)
- 18: Ticket To Ride (2023 Mix)
- 19: Yesterday (2023 Mix)
- CD2
- 1: Help! (2023 Mix)
- 2: You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (2023 Mix)
- 3: We Can Work It Out (2023 Mix)
- 4: Day Tripper (2023 Mix)
- 5: Drive My Car (2023 Mix)
- 6 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2023 Mix)
- 7: Nowhere Man (2023 Mix)
- 8: Michelle (2023 Mix)
- 9: In My Life (2023 Mix)
- 10: If I Needed Someone (2023 Mix) *
- 11: Girl (2023 Mix)
- 12: Paperback Writer (2022 Mix)
- 13: Eleanor Rigby (2022 Mix)
- 14: Yellow Submarine (2022 Mix)
- 15: Taxman (2022 Mix) *
- 16: Got To Get You Into My Life (2022 Mix) *
- 17: I’m Only Sleeping (2022 Mix) *
- 18: Here, There And Everywhere (2022 Mix) *
- 19: Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 Mix) *
1967-1970 (2023 EDITION)
- (2CD: stereo / Digital + Streaming: stereo & Dolby Atmos)
- * = newly added track
- CD1
- 1: Strawberry Fields Forever (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 2: Penny Lane (2017 Mix)
- 3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Mix)
- 4: With A Little Help From My Friends (2017 Mix)
- 5: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2017 Mix)
- 6: Within You Without You (2017 Mix) *
- 7: A Day In The Life (2017 Mix)
- 8: All You Need Is Love (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 9: I Am The Walrus (2023 Mix)
- 10: Hello, Goodbye (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 11: The Fool On The Hill (2023 Mix)
- 12: Magical Mystery Tour (2023 Mix)
- 13: Lady Madonna (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 14: Hey Jude (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 15: Revolution (2023 Mix)
- CD2
- 1: Back In The U.S.S.R. (2018 Mix)
- 2: Dear Prudence (2018 Mix) *
- 3: While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2018 Mix)
- 4: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2018 Mix)
- 5: Glass Onion (2018 Mix) *
- 6: Blackbird (2018 Mix) *
- 7: Hey Bulldog (2023 Mix) *
- 8: Get Back (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 9: Don’t Let Me Down (2021 Mix)
- 10: The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2015 Stereo Mix / 2023 Dolby Atmos Mix)
- 11: Old Brown Shoe (2023 Mix)
- 12: Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix)
- 13: Come Together (2019 Mix)
- 14: Something (2019 Mix)
- 15: Octopus’s Garden (2019 Mix)
- 16: Oh! Darling (2019 Mix) *
- 17: I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (2019 Mix) *
- 18: Let It Be (2021 Mix)
- 19: Across The Universe (2021 Mix)
- 20: I Me Mine (2021 Mix) *
- 21: The Long And Winding Road (2021 Mix)
- 22: Now And Then *