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Abbey Road Anniversary Edition Official Details

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SDE:

Super deluxe edition, 3 CD+1 Blu-ray:

Disc 1: 2019 Stereo Mix

1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty

Disc 2: Sessions

1. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
2. Goodbye (Home Demo)
3. Something (Studio Demo)
4. The Ballad Of John And Yoko (Take 7)
5. Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)
6. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
7. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
8. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
9. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
10. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
11. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
12. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)

Disc 3: Sessions

1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. The End (Take 3)
3. Come And Get It (Studio Demo)
4. Sun King (Take 20)
5. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
6. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
7. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
8. Because (Take 1 – Instrumental)
9. The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
(Medley: You Never Give Me Your Money, Sun King, Mean Mr Mustard, Her Majesty, Polythene Pam, She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, Golden Slumbers, Carry That Weight, The End)
10. Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
11. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)

Blu-Ray:

Audio Features:

– Dolby Atmos
– 96kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
– 96kHz/24 bit High Res Stereo (2019 Stereo Mix)

2CD version:

Disc 1: 2019 Stereo Mix

1. Come Together
2. Something
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
4. Oh! Darling
5. Octopus’s Garden
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy)
7. Here Comes The Sun
8. Because
9. You Never Give Me Your Money
10. Sun King
11. Mean Mr Mustard
12. Polythene Pam
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
14. Golden Slumbers
15. Carry That Weight
16. The End
17. Her Majesty

Disc 2: Sessions

1. Come Together (Take 5)
2. Something (Studio Demo)
3. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)
4. Oh! Darling (Take 4)
5. Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
6. I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session & Reduction Mix)
7. Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
8. Because (Take 1 Instrumental)
9. You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
10. Sun King (Take 20)
11. Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
12. Polythene Pam (Take 27)
13. She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
14. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3 / Medley)
15. The End (Take 3)
16. Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)

3 LP

LP ONE: Side 1 (2019 Stereo Mix)
Come Together
Something
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus’s Garden
I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

LP ONE: Side 2 (2019 Stereo Mix)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty

LP TWO: Side 1 (Sessions)
I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (Trident Recording Session and Reduction Mix)
Goodbye (Home Demo)
Something (Studio Demo)
The Ballad of John and Yoko (Take 7)
Old Brown Shoe (Take 2)

LP TWO: Side 2 (Sessions)
Oh! Darling (Take 4)
Octopus’s Garden (Take 9)
You Never Give Me Your Money (Take 36)
Her Majesty (Takes 1–3)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Takes 1–3) / Medley)
Here Comes The Sun (Take 9)
Maxwell’s Silver Hammer (Take 12)

LP THREE: Side 1 (Sessions)
Come Together (Take 5)
The End (Take 3)
Come and Get It (Studio Demo)
Sun King (Take 20)
Mean Mr Mustard (Take 20)
Polythene Pam (Take 27)
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (Take 27)
Because (Take 1 Instrumental)

LP THREE: Side 2 (Sessions)
The Long One (Trial Edit & Mix – 30 July 1969)
Something (Take 39 – Instrumental – Strings Only)
Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight (Take 17 – Instrumental – Strings & Brass Only)

Abbey Road’s Super Deluxe box set presents 40 tracks – including “The Long One” Trial Edit & Mix for the album’s epic Side 2 medley – on three CDs (stereo) and one Blu-ray disc (Dolby Atmos, 96kHz/24 bit high resolution stereo, and 96 kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1). The four discs are housed in a slip-sleeved 12” by 12” 100-page hardbound book with McCartney’s foreword; Martin’s introduction; insightful, in-depth chapters written by Beatles historian, author, and radio producer Kevin Howlett covering the months preceding The Beatles’ Abbey Road sessions, track-by-track details and session notes, the cover art and photo shoot, and the album’s reception upon its release; plus an essay by music journalist and author ***David Hepworth*** looking at the album’s influence through 50 years. The gorgeous book is illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs, including many taken by Linda McCartney; never before published images of handwritten lyrics, sketches, and a George Martin score; Beatles correspondence, recording sheets, and tape boxes; and reproduced original print ads. The Super Deluxe digital audio collection presents all 40 tracks for download purchase and streaming in standard and MFiT formats, as well as in high resolution audio (96kHz/24 bit) for download.

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  2. And it’s 50 years today since 4 blokes crossed a road for a photo.

    Abbey Road is my favourite Beatles album and alternates with The Man-Machine as my all-time favourite album, and yet I’ve only just learned that it’s 2 days younger than I am. So that’s my 50th birthday box sorted then! Although I wonder if it’s been wondering how on Earth it’s nearly 50, like I have been?

  4. The sessions discs look worth a listen – hopefully they’ll appear on Spotify like the white album and Pepper ones have.

    Having said that, a few of them look as if they’ve already surfaced before on the Anthology, like the original Something and Come And Get It. I do get the impression that with Abbey Road they made the most of polishing up a paucity of material, and there isn’t really much of significance on the cutting room floor.

    I mean, it’s a great album (probably the best album of 1969 as my poll will demonstrate once I eventually getting round to collating the results) but it has a real sense of “we don’t have much left in the tank so let’s just make the very best out of what we have”.

    Really, has any other band, on the point of splitting up, ever put aside their differences as well and made such a convincing last ditch effort at creating something of value?

    If anyone hasn’t heard “Goodbye”, by the way, go look it up. It’s a terrific little Paul song in the same jaunty acoustic vibe as Blackbird, Her Majesty, Mother Nature’s Son, etc. Not quite grade A Beatle product, but a great song. I can’t remember who he gifted it to. Cilla Black or someone?

    There is a little acoustic ditty/jam he did with Donovan in the same era called “Heather”. I would have expected to see that here. Or was that on the white album sessions disc?

  5. Looks like CDs 2 and 3 are pretty short as content fits on LPs. Interesting that in the 2 CD version the 2nd CD has more tracks than the ones in the SDE

    • They COULD have filled up the “Sessions” discs with the singles and all those “Anthology” tracks from the era (I’ve just tried it and bingo: it’s two 79 min. discs!), but they obviously tried to match the vinyl edition (fools…).
      On the other hand, Apple has probably already mapped out a “Complete Remixed-for-earphones Singles” set, and the inevitable 10-disc “Anthology Box” (or was that “Archeology”…?)

  7. You can imagine it easily; that swirling Bridget Riley vortex, that stirring late 60s theme tune, a figure falling through time and space, tumbling, tumbling, head over heels into some distant instance of existence, landing on their feet in a past year and hearing: “Here comes the sun…..”

    Abbey Road is the elixir – “Drink me and be 17 again” – that does it for me every time. I’m in the music room at Rose & Liz’s house; their dad’s amp is warmed up and the Dual stylus has just landed at the outer rim of side two of my friend Allen’s much loved copy of Abbey Road – thok – teck – teck – silence – anticipation – silence – and then the song begins. The french windows are open and it’s a glorious summer afternoon. We might go down to the bottom of the garden and thwack a few tennis balls around later, but first we’ll put our feet up and wallow in the sheer brilliance and glory of the Beatles at their absolute best. Marvellous.

    Show me the Tunnel, I’m jumping in. There’s nothing like it here in 2019, it was better then.

  12. I notice that this features the great Dolby Atmos, one of the finest exponents of the anal crumhorn that Wiltshire has ever produced. He’s on She Came In Through The Bathroom Window, one assumes.

  13. 2-cd version for £15 will be fine and, presuming Sainsbury’s stock it, it looks like it might be my first “new” purchase of 2019. I’ll play disc 2 on rotation for 5 days and then relegate it to the back room with the Pepper and White Album releases.

    The lady in our village who sells jam and marmalade via an honesty box has better business sense than the Record Industry and I suspect she is making more money.

  14. I had a thought. Yes it’s a great album and yes we all have it in our collections in some format or other. Personally I’ll buy the 3lp version and enjoy the selected outtakes and whatnot. There’s something for everyone to choose at one’s fancy.

    My thought was this: let’s be thankful for small mercies. In these times of holier than thou, politically correct or else and suchlike nonsense, Paul’s cigarette is still there on the cover. I’ll gladly settle for small details and delightful sounds in the grooves.

    • I initially read that as you were going to buy the “31p” version – thought you must have found an incredible deal on the dodgers or expecting this to be in the chazza’s a bit too soon…….

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