The Beatles 1+, New Reissue With Blu Ray Music Videos

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A new career-spanning set that brings together the Beatles' 27 No. 1 hits and accompanying music videos will be released worldwide on Nov. 6.

Noteworthy in this extensively retooled version of the 2000 collection “1” are new stereo and surround-sound mixes of each of the 27 songs, running from “Love Me Do” in 1962 through “The Long and Winding Road” in 1970, along with newly curated videos for each and a bonus “1+” version of the album including 23 additional promotional films the Beatles made.

Apple Corps dug deep into The Beatles’ vaults to select a broad range of films and videos for their rarity, historical significance and quality of performance,” according to a statement issued Tuesday by Apple. “An 18-person team of film and video technicians and restoration artists was assembled by Apple Corps to undertake painstaking frame-by-frame cleaning, color-grading, digital enhancement and new edits.”

Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have provided new audio commentary and introductions for the films, and the new audio mixes are produced from the original analog tapes by Giles Martin, son of Beatles producer George Martin and producer of several Beatles reissue projects in recent years, and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios in London.

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