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“Like most people, I was initially confused by EMI’s decision to release remastered versions of all 13 albums by the Liverpool pop group Beatles, a 1960s band so obscure that their music is not even available on iTunes. The entire proposition seems like a boondoggle. I mean, who is interested in old music? And who would want to listen to anything so inconveniently delivered on massive four-inch metal discs with sharp, dangerous edges? The answer: no one. When the box arrived in the mail, I briefly considered smashing the entire unopened collection with a ball-peen hammer and throwing it into the mouth of a lion. But then, against my better judgment, I arbitrarily decided to give this hippie shit an informal listen. And I gotta admit—I’m impressed. This band was mad prolific.”

Just listened to the remastered Rubber Soul and Revolver back to back. Awesomeness.

I can’t see myself buying Sgt. Pepper’s or The White Album again, but will be happy to fill out my library with the rest of The Beatles’s discography in these new versions (once I’ve completed my current album list).

The new packaging is much nicer than the old CD plastic cases, too.