CD Box Sets & Beatles Rock Band Game: September 9 Is Beatles Day

The Holidays come early for Beatles lovers this year. September 9th is the day when the new remastered Beatles CDs finally come out after wait of 22 years.

In the ’80s when The Beatles first released their albums in the CD format, the technology was still new. The mastering job done on those CDs is considered sub par and that’s why Beatles fans have long been clamoring for remastered CDs.

The remastered CDs are not the only Beatles stuff coming out on 9/9/9, there’s also the original mono mixes of their albums through 1968′s The White Album being released on CD.

This is the first time that the original mono mixes of The Beatles albums are going to be available on CD.

Why should we care about mono mixes in 2009? Isn’t this an outdated way of listening to music? Well certainly nobody is mixing in mono these days, but it is worth hearing these original mixes because that’s how the albums were originally intended to be heard.

The mono mixes are what The Beatles (along with the bands producers and engineers) were mainly focused on. The stereo mixes were done as an after thought with little (if any) input from the band, while the mono mixes were worked on until they were considered to be perfect.

Some claim that the mono versions of Sgt. Pepper & Revolver are far better than the stereo mixes. Those of us who grew up with the stereo versions find that hard to believe, but I think we are very curious to hear what these old timers are talking about, too.

But new CDs are not the only Beatles gear coming out on September 9th, there’s also the new Beatles Rock Band game. It looks like a lot of fun.

The graphics and game play look really awesome from the previews I’ve seen. Even if you’re not a big video game person, I’d give the Beatles Rock Band a try if you’re a fan of the band. It promises to be great fun.