On 10th November, The Beatles’ 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) and 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) collections will be released in 2023 Edition packages by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Since their first incarnations appeared 50 years ago, these albums have introduced successive generations to The Beatles’ music. Now, both collections’ tracklists have been expanded, with all the songs mixed in true stereo and Dolby Atmos. New 4CD and 180-gram 6LP vinyl collections pair ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ in slipcased sets. The UK single version of “Love Me Do” now kicks off 1962-1966 (2023 Edition), and “Now And Then” (The LAST BEATLES SONG) is featured on 1967-1970 (2023 Edition) to complete the career-spanning collections.
This last instalment of The Beatles’ recorded history will be followed by new editions of the two compilation albums always seen as the definitive introduction to their work. Since their 1973 debuts, 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) and 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) collections have ushered countless listeners of all ages, from all parts of the world, into lifelong Beatles fandom. Expanded for their new 2023 Edition releases (out 10th November), the collections together span The Beatles’ entire recorded canon with 75 standout tracks, from their first single, “Love Me Do”, to their last, “Now And Then”. The collections’ 21 newly-added tracks (twelve on ‘Red’ , and nine on ‘Blue’) showcase even more of The Beatles’ very best songs.
In recent years, several 1967-1970 tracks and a few from 1962-1966 have received new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes for The Beatles’ Special Edition album releases, including Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017), The Beatles (‘White Album’) (2018), Abbey Road (2019), Let It Be (2021), and Revolver (2022), as well as new stereo mixes for The Beatles’ 1 (2015). All tracks not also featured on those releases have been newly mixed in stereo and/or Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios, aided by WingNut Films’ audio de-mixing technology. Both collections include new essays written by journalist and author John Harris.
The Beatles: 1967 – 1970 (2023 Edition)
Side A
1: Strawberry Fields Forever (2015 Mix) from (2017 Mix) –
4’10”
2: Penny Lane (2017 Mix) – 3’01”
3: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017 Mix) –
2’03”
4: With A Little Help From My Friends (2017 Mix) – 2’46”
5: Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (2017 Mix) – 3’29”
6: A Day In The Life (2017 Mix) – 5’03”
7: All You Need Is Love (2015 Mix)– 3’48”
Side B
8: I Am The Walrus (2023 Mix) – 4’36”
9: Hello, Goodbye (2015 Mix)– 3’28”
10: The Fool On The Hill (2023 Mix) - 3’00”
11: Magical Mystery Tour (2023 Mix) – 2’50”
12: Lady Madonna (2015 Mix) from (2023 Mix)– 2’17”
13: Hey Jude (2015 Mix) – 7’06”
14: Revolution (2023 Mix) – 3’25”
Side C
1: Back In The U.S.S.R. (2018 Mix) – 2’45”
2 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (2018 Mix) – 4’45”
3: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (2018 Mix) – 3’09”
4: Get Back (2015 Mix) – 3’12”
5: Don’t Let Me Down (2021 Mix) – 3’39”
6: The Ballad Of John And Yoko (2015 Mix)– 3’00”
7: Old Brown Shoe (2023 Mix) – 3’19”
Side D
8 Here Comes The Sun (2019 Mix) – 3’06”
9: Come Together (2019 Mix) – 4’20”
10: Something (2019 Mix) – 3’03”
11: Octopus’s Garden (2019 Mix) – 2’51”
12: Let It Be (2015 Mix) from (2021 Mix) – 3’53”
13: Across The Universe (2021 Mix) – 3’49”
14: The Long And Winding Road (2021 Mix)– 3’41”
Side E
1: Now And Then (2023) – 4’05”
2: Blackbird (2018 Mix) – 2’19”
3: Dear Prudence (2018 Mix) – 3’55”
4: Glass Onion (2018 Mix) – 2’18”
5: Within You Without You (2017 Mix) – 5’08”
Side F
1: Hey Bulldog (2023 Mix) – 3’12” –
2: Oh! Darling (2019 Mix) – 3’28”
3: I Me Mine (2021 Mix) – 2’26”
4: I Want You (She’s So Heavy) (2019 Mix) – 7’48”
