Beatles Remaster Their Musical Domain

Apple Corps and EMI to release digitally remastered versions of band's back catalog in conjunction with The Beatles: Rock Band this fall

By Gina Serpe Apr 07, 2009 2:15 PMTags
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It's a good week to be a Beatlemaniac.

Fresh off a headline-grabbing reunion, the Beatles are set to become the remasters of their own domain, with Apple Corps and EMI Music today announcing plans to release a digitally retooled version of the Fab Four's catalog.

The worldwide release is set for Sept. 9, not so coincidentally the same day The Beatles: Rock Band video game is slated to come out.

Those who were fans back in the British boys' heyday will be happy to hear that each album will come ready-made for nostalgia. The CDs will feature the replicated original U.K. album art, expanded booklets with original and new liner notes and rare band photos. For early adopters, CDs will also be embedded for a limited time with a documentary about the album's production.

The albums' remastering have taken place at—where else?—London's famed Abbey Road Studios, and the process has spanned the past four years.

All 12 original Beatles albums will be reissued, along with Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters Vol. I and II. The collection also marks the first time the band's first four albums will be released in stereo in their entirety.

It's no iTunes announcement, but it'll have to do.