Beatles

** New MFSL UK LP COLLECTION
mono/stereo

IN CELEBRATION OF THE BEATLES 40TH ANNIVERSARY SIGNING TO EMI,
MILLENNIUM REMASTERS IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE BEATLES COLLECTION

MILLENNIUM REMASTERS is an ongoing project dedicated to transferring rare audiophile mono & stereo LP¹s to the CD format. All recordings are 24-bit analog to digital transfers mastered in full 24-bit. Most sources are audiophile-quality unplayed LP¹s to insure the cleanest possible end result. Each recording is hand declicked (if and where necessary) as opposed to any overall sound processing which generally leaves tell-tale signs in the recording.

This project was inspired a few years back when DCC released the gold disc of AQUALUNG by Jethro Tull. It was stated this piece was transferred from the original master tape. They were either lying or had cotton stuffed in their ears, for the piece was truly horrible. This caused us to pull out our old LP copy of AQUALUNG from MFSL. The album was (and is) a night and day difference from this audiophile CD. In an experiment the LP was transferred to CD and the results were quite impressive. We won¹t go into the debate about analog vs. digital, but many agree that analog is a more pleasant and higher quality listening experience. If done properly certain LP¹s can be transferred to digital producing a CD far superior to those commercially available from the record companies, retaining much of the warmth and dynamics of analog.

Back to the Beatles. THE BEATLES COLLECTION is an audiophile, archival quality set of transfers of The Beatles UK mono & stereo albums. The mono source is the early 80¹s UK MONO LP BOX SET (superior to the Japanese Red Vinyl version) . The stereo source is the early 80¹s MOBILE FIDELITY BOX SET (except for SGT PEPPER which was transferred from a sealed MFSL UHQR). All LP's were sealed providing a minimum of clean-up. The turntable used was a LINN SONDEK LP 12 with a MICRO BENZ cartridge and a LINN LK 1 phono preamp. This information is provided as it truly makes a difference in the fidelity and soundstage achieved. Each CD has the original UK mono cover with the MFSL cover on the fold. Each back has the original LP artwork with the CD having the proper Parlophone / Apple label.

The reason we did this set is two-fold. There has been a proliferation of MFSL Beatles titles issued on CD in the last year. The best ones go back to a set which was transferred about 6 years ago. Even the ones that have been cleaned-up or "24-bit mastered" are from these old transfers. No matter how enhanced these new versions may be, they cannot compensate for the short comings of these old transfers.
The new transfers have greater headroom with a fuller soundstage. There is more definition in the instruments and greater clarity in the vocals. In general, the recordings are cleaner and more open sounding.

Secondly, if and when the Beatles camp decide to issue remastered or remixed / remastered versions of the Beatles catalogue, we are convinced (from past and current experience) that it won¹t be done to most¹s satisfaction and we will be left with new unacceptable CD's to last us another 15 years. By the time someone fresh gets their hands on the tapes it may be too late.

Our hope is this set will satisfy both the die-hard Beatles collector and the audiophile. We have produced an archival set of mono / stereo UK original mixes in their best sound to date.

This set is a limited run of 100

All CD¹s are professional Taiyo Yuden CDR's. For those disappointed that these are not pressed "silver discs", please understand that most CD¹s along this vein are produced who knows where, and have extremely high blur (error) rates. Even commercially produced CD's have blur rates much higher than professional CDR's. We have created this archival set which will be playable for years to come.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST
MILLENNIUM REMASTERS**