Sean Magee Talks Through His Process of Remastering The Beatles: The Singles Collection

Sean Magee talks us through his process of remastering The Beatles: The Singles Collection.

THE BEATLES: THE SINGLES COLLECTION

LIMITED EDITION COLLECTION OF NEWLY REMASTERED SEVEN-INCH VINYL SINGLES

We are proud to announce the release of this collectible box set presenting 46 tracks on 23 7-inch vinyl singles, in faithfully reproduced international picture sleeves, accompanied by a 40-page booklet with photos, ephemera, and detailed essays by Beatles historian Kevin Howlett.

These singles, plus an exclusive new double A-side single for the mid-1990s-issued tracks “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love,” are newly remastered from their original singles cutting master tapes and cut for vinyl at Abbey Road Studios for a new limited edition boxed set.

[leokimvideo]

It's great, every new generation can have a stab at re-creating the original sound. It's a job that will live on forever.

[minstrelofMir]

the beatles saved my hands -- as a kid my hands were twisted and did not open, after hearing the beatles and going mad on themby age11 i started a beatles copy band (1975) it opened my left hand, and without that id be very disabled, no i never got the fame i wanted but i did get the music, , and helped many along the way (2 became national champions, 2 became music teachers) and now there are 4 generations of guitar playing song writers in my family :-)

[rickenbacker]

It is amazing that a recording of over 50 years ago can still sound fresh. With the Beatles material, I am amazed at how nice it really sounds. Kudos to the original engineers. One listen to other artists material from the same period, there is no comparison... Thanks Abbey Road!

[CupidStunt]

I was spellbound by The Beatles music at age 9 - I'm 47 now & still love them !!!

[中田せゆう]

I'm Japanese
Beatles Love across the Border
The Beatles will continue to live in our hearts forever
And when my child grew a little
Similarly Surely love you Beatles

[jesseaarons]

I LOVE YOU THE BEATLES, BEST FOREVER!! <3 ♡

[jesserussell]

I love what you do Sean McGee and all the people at Abbey Road keep up the great work I love it being one of the biggest beetle fans ever thank you so much for making the music come alive for many generations to come.

[RonaldBrown]

I'm glad to hear that they're remastering the Singles Collection. And nice video discussing the process, very interesting stuff.

[dansmith]

Appreciate your efforts Mr. Magee! I’ve grown to love the 2012 vinyl reissues as well.

[eternalise]

More content like this, please! :) I've always found the behind the scenes details of projects like this and what goes into restoration and historical preservation in general very interesting. I will take engineers and producers demonstrating their processes and the tools and techniques of the past over critics/talking heads (who often weren't there/connected in any way to the projects or even born yet in many cases) rehashing the same opinions and stories we've all heard for decades.

There was a 4 min or so feature about 5 years back of Mark Volman himself discussing and testing out the vinyl singles for a Turtles single collection on a turntable, doing his own quality control (the mention of bass making the needle jump here reminded me of the Turtles video, as Volman demonstrated that very problem on their "You Baby" single) and discussing the issues of the past to replicate the tape masters while adjusting for things like vinyl, radio compression, jukeboxes etc. I always wished it were much longer; same for this.

[galenibble]

What a great native advertising you have here! Thank you for the video, it was incredibly exciting!

[holeypeacoat]

Actually after a spin on my turntable about a third of these are going into rotation on my ‘64 Wurlitzer 2800. It’s one of the main reasons I got it!

[OttoGrainer]

2:55 - _"We're not worried about level, what we're worried about is the cleanliness of the sound, and we also have the benefit of um..."_
Me: "MR. KITE!"

[jesserussell]

I love the Beatles singles collection box that came out in 2019 Noah such a fantastic find I actually bought it at one of my favorite music stores which is Music Millennium as I was trying to get the Beatles mono box at which of course is not a print. there’s something wonderful about the Beatles singles collection which is fantastic the packaging is great and I love the fact that you get to have a different record labels from different countries which is some thing that I love the music is great too. everything in the Beatles singles collection is just fantastic I love it.

[jadelauren]

Best band ever 💖I really appreciated this type of behind the scenes content!

[vwtch]

I want to mention something here which is never mentioned and which has been experienced by only a very small number of people. Listening to the Beatles (or any recorded music, of course) is quite substantially more enjoyable, and authentic, when played back on absolutely top notch audio equipment, especially in a large room with an acoustic design. One never forgets the impression music makes when heard on the best equipment available, and when it's the Beatles, well, life is never the same once one has experienced the band's music on top notch playback hardware.

[ustheserfs]

I think if you'd have told JPGandR back then this much preoccupation and painstaking technique would go into packaging their catalog they'd have smirked with amazement.

[Beatgeneration]

Someone should tell Sean that the piece in "she loves you" was where you hear the two pieces were spliced together on the vinyl but we can hardly hear it on the "1" cd.
Sean should listen back I think as it is not eliminated as he alludes to!

[jakechat]

I've seen people complain about the bad sound quality, but they're just trying to recreate the original sound, which is why they don't sound remastered or remixed. I really like the original sound personally.

[pleasepermitmetospeakohgre]

He made digital copies of the original masters for his own research, does that mean new isolated tracks could surface in the future.