The Beatles – Love [DTS 5.1]
The Beatles as never before!!!!
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It begins with a twittering of birdsong lifted from “Across the Universe.” And once the triple-tracked a capella harmonies of “Because” enter, followed by snatches from “A Hard Day’s Night” and “The End,” leading into a fired-up “Get Back,” it becomes obvious that this is far more than just another Beatles compilation. This is Love, conceived by the Fabs’ former producer George Martin and son Giles as a stageshow soundtrack to Cirque de Soleil’s Las Vegas spectacular of the same name, but appears to have taken on a life of its own. Whereas the Beatles’ last release, 1, delivered the (over?) familiar hits in a nice, simple package, Love is a mélange of the familiar and obscure, all literally mixed together in one 78-minute audio collage which succeeds in reminding the listener just why the Beatles truly are, as Lennon put it, “toppermost of the poppermost.” There’s no new Beatles material per se, but the songs are all approached differently–some are cut together in a flawlessly mixed medley (check out “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You/Helter Skelter”), some reassemble different backing tracks and vocal performances to create new spins on old classics; but all the songs are revitalized considerably. Even in its weakest moments (which probably work better in the context of the show itself), Love is still a formidable prospect, and one has to admire Martin’s willingness to go out on a limb with such a project. While purists may complain that the cut ‘n’ paste nature of the project is simply tampering with perfection, at the very least it’ll make them reach for the originals and enjoy them all over again. For newcomers and everyone else, it makes a fine listen, both in its sonic clarity (the actual tracks are the best they’ve sounded on CD) and audacious nature. –Thom Allott
It begins with a twittering of birdsong lifted from “Across the Universe.” And once the triple-tracked a capella harmonies of “Because” enter, followed by snatches from “A Hard Day’s Night” and “The End,” leading into a fired-up “Get Back,” it becomes obvious that this is far more than just another Beatles compilation. This is Love, conceived by the Fabs’ former producer George Martin and son Giles as a stageshow soundtrack to Cirque de Soleil’s Las Vegas spectacular of the same name, but appears to have taken on a life of its own. Whereas the Beatles’ last release, 1, delivered the (over?) familiar hits in a nice, simple package, Love is a mélange of the familiar and obscure, all literally mixed together in one 78-minute audio collage which succeeds in reminding the listener just why the Beatles truly are, as Lennon put it, “toppermost of the poppermost.” There’s no new Beatles material per se, but the songs are all approached differently–some are cut together in a flawlessly mixed medley (check out “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You/Helter Skelter”), some reassemble different backing tracks and vocal performances to create new spins on old classics; but all the songs are revitalized considerably. Even in its weakest moments (which probably work better in the context of the show itself), Love is still a formidable prospect, and one has to admire Martin’s willingness to go out on a limb with such a project. While purists may complain that the cut ‘n’ paste nature of the project is simply tampering with perfection, at the very least it’ll make them reach for the originals and enjoy them all over again. For newcomers and everyone else, it makes a fine listen, both in its sonic clarity (the actual tracks are the best they’ve sounded on CD) and audacious nature. –Thom Allott
From Wikipedia
Love is a Grammy Award-winning
soundtrack compilation album of music recorded by The Beatles, released
in November 2006. It features music compiled and remixed for the Cirque
du Soleil show of the same name. The album was produced by George
Martin, who worked as the producer of almost all of The Beatles’ records
and even played piano on some Beatle tracks, and his son Giles Martin,
who said, “What people will be hearing on the album is a new experience,
a way of re-living the whole Beatles musical lifespan in a very
condensed period.”
The Album Notes
Release history
George Martin and his son Giles began work on Love after getting
permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, and Olivia
Harrison (the latter two representing John Lennon and George Harrison,
respectively). In discussing the project, Giles Martin noted that
elements were utilized from recordings in The Beatles catalogue, “the
original four tracks, eight tracks and two tracks and used this palette
of sounds and music to create a soundbed.” George Martin also promised a
prize to those who could crack a “code” found in the album.
Giles
Martin said in an interview that he was afraid they wouldn’t get the
green light to do the project, so he started by making digital back-ups
of the original multi-track recordings just to get started on the
project. He also said that he and his father mixed more music than was
eventually released, including “She’s Leaving Home” and a version of
“Girl” that he was particularly fond of.
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, the
two surviving members of The Beatles, have responded very positively to
the album. McCartney noted that “This album puts The Beatles back
together again, because suddenly there’s John and George with me and
Ringo”. Starr commended George and Giles Martin for the album and said
that the album is “really powerful for me and I even heard things I’d
forgotten we’d recorded.”
The album was first played publicly on
Virgin Radio’s The Geoff Show. Virgin Radio DJ Geoff Lloyd, a
self-proclaimed fan of The Beatles, chose to play the entire album
uninterrupted to allow younger fans to experience an album premiere.
Love placed at #3 in the UK Albums
Chart during its first week of release, trailing Westlife’s The Love
Album and Oasis’ Stop the Clocks compilation. It was also successful in
the United States, debuting at #4 in the Billboard 200, where it was
certified Platinum in late 2006.
Love debuted at #1 in the United World
Chart selling 721,000 copies in its first week and knocked off the top
spot six new big releases that occupied other positions of the Top 10.
With a leap of 26,000 copies, Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come debuted at #2 and
with 300,000 copies less than Love, U2’s U218 Singles placed at #3. The
following week, the album continued occupying the top spot, this time
with a respectable 436,000 copies sold. Despite a sales increase of
467,000 copies in its third week, Love slipped down to #2 knocked by Il
Divo’s Siempre, which only sold 5,000 more. However, the following week
Love returned to #1 and the same time reached Platinum certification in
the United World Chart for 2 million copies sold.
Sales increased again during the next
week due to the Christmas period and spent a total of six weeks at the
top. It was finally displaced by U2 in late January 2007. After that,
Love fell quickly in the chart and only achieved 15 weeks inside the Top
40. With only four weeks out in stores during 2006, Love became the
fifteenth best-selling album of the year worldwide with 2,849,000 copies
sold. During the following six months the album continued to sell
steadily, at an average rate of 25,000 copies sold worldwide per week.
It did so particularly in the United States, where it is still in the
charts after 60 weeks.
At the 50th annual Grammy awards on
February 10th, 2008, the album won Grammys in two categories – Best
Compilation Soundtrack Album and Best Surround Sound Album.
Release details
The album was released in three
versions — a standard CD version, a two-disc CD and DVD-Audio package
and a two-disc vinyl package. The DVD-Audio disc contains a 5.1-channel
surround sound mix (96 kHz 24-bit MLP), downmixable to 2-channel. For
backwards compatibility it also contains separate audio-only DVD-Video
content with 2-channel stereo (48 kHz 16-bit PCM) and 5.1-channel
surround (448 kbit/s Dolby Digital and 754 kbit/s DTS).
| EC0929 | The Beatles – Love [DTS 5.1] |
| Label: | Apple Records / Capitol Records |
| Catalog#: | 0946 3 79810 2 3 |
| Format: | DTS CD 5.1 |
| Source: | DVD Audio |
| Released: | Nov 21, 2006 |
| Barcode: | 0 9463 79810 2 3 |
| Style: | Pop/Rock, Rock & Roll |
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The Beatles – Love [DTS 5.1]
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01. Because
02. Get Back
03. Glass Onion
04. Eleanor Rigby/Julia (Transition)
05. I Am The Walrus
06. I Want To Hold Your Hand
07. Drive My Car/The Word/What You’re Doing
08. Gnik Nus
09. Something/Blue Jay Way (Transition)
10. Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite!/I Want You (She’s So Heavy) /Helter Skelter
11. Help!
12. Blackbird/Yesterday
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
14. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
15. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds
16. Octopus’s Garden
17. Lady Madonna
18. Here Comes The Sun/The Inner Light (Transition)
19. Come Together/Dear Prudence/Cry Baby Cry (Transition)
20. Revolution
21. Back In The U.S.S.R.
22. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
23. A Day In The Life
24. Hey Jude
25. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
26. All You Need Is Love
Total Time: 01:20:38
Companies etc ▼
Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Apple Corps Ltd.
Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Published By – Harrisongs Ltd.
Published By – Startling Music Ltd.
Copyright (c) – EMI Records Ltd.
Copyright (c) – Apple Corps Ltd.
Published By – Sony / ATV Music Publishing
Published By – Harrisongs Ltd.
Published By – Startling Music Ltd.
Credits ▼
Arranged By [Strings], Recorded By [Strings] – George Martin
Artwork [Show Logo & Artwork] – Drew Lorimer, Janina Bunjamin, Philippe Meunier
Contractor [Additional Music Fixer] – Isobel Griffiths
Coordinator [Co-ordinator At Abbey Road] – Allan Rouse
Copyist [Additional Music] – Vic Fraser
Design [Packaging Design] – Drew Lorimer
Engineer [Original] – Geoff Emerick, Glyn Johns, Ken Scott, Norman Smith, Philip McDonald
Engineer [Remix, Assistant] – Chris Bolster, Mirek Stiles, Sam OKell
Engineer [Remix], Programmed By [Additional Pro Tools] – Paul Hicks
Mastered By [5.1] – Tim Young (tracks: DVD1-DVD26)
Mastered By [Stereo] – Steve Rooke
Music By [Music And Inspiration] – George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Producer – George Martin, Giles Martin
Programmed By [Pro Tools], Sequenced By, Arranged By [Strings], Recorded By [Strings] – Giles Martin
Recorded By [Additional Music, Assistant] – Olga Fitzroy
Recorded By [Additional Music] – Nick Wollage
Technician [Technical Assistant To Giles Martin] – Richard Barrie
Written-By – George Harrison (tracks: CD-9, CD-14, CD-18, CD-22, DVD-9, DVD-14, DVD-18, DVD-22), Lennon/McCartney (tracks: CD-1 to CD-8, CD-10 to CD-15, CD-17, CD-19 to CD-21, CD-23 to DVD-8, DVD-10 to DVD-15, DVD-17, DVD-19 to DVD-21, DVD-23 to DVD-26)
Artwork [Show Logo & Artwork] – Drew Lorimer, Janina Bunjamin, Philippe Meunier
Contractor [Additional Music Fixer] – Isobel Griffiths
Coordinator [Co-ordinator At Abbey Road] – Allan Rouse
Copyist [Additional Music] – Vic Fraser
Design [Packaging Design] – Drew Lorimer
Engineer [Original] – Geoff Emerick, Glyn Johns, Ken Scott, Norman Smith, Philip McDonald
Engineer [Remix, Assistant] – Chris Bolster, Mirek Stiles, Sam OKell
Engineer [Remix], Programmed By [Additional Pro Tools] – Paul Hicks
Mastered By [5.1] – Tim Young (tracks: DVD1-DVD26)
Mastered By [Stereo] – Steve Rooke
Music By [Music And Inspiration] – George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr
Producer – George Martin, Giles Martin
Programmed By [Pro Tools], Sequenced By, Arranged By [Strings], Recorded By [Strings] – Giles Martin
Recorded By [Additional Music, Assistant] – Olga Fitzroy
Recorded By [Additional Music] – Nick Wollage
Technician [Technical Assistant To Giles Martin] – Richard Barrie
Written-By – George Harrison (tracks: CD-9, CD-14, CD-18, CD-22, DVD-9, DVD-14, DVD-18, DVD-22), Lennon/McCartney (tracks: CD-1 to CD-8, CD-10 to CD-15, CD-17, CD-19 to CD-21, CD-23 to DVD-8, DVD-10 to DVD-15, DVD-17, DVD-19 to DVD-21, DVD-23 to DVD-26)
Notes▼
On the DVD-Audio disc of this release the tracklisting is identical but the lengths of tracks 20 and 21 differ significantly between the formats.
The DVD soundtrack is available in LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1.
All songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LCC, except 9, 18, 22 Harrisongs Ltd. and 16 Startling Music Ltd.
℗ 2006 EMI Records Ltd./Apple Corps Ltd.©2006 The Cirque Apple Creative Partnership / Apple Corps Ltd
CDP 0946 3 79810 2 3 appears as catalogue number on CD disc.
On the DVD-Audio disc of this release the tracklisting is identical but the lengths of tracks 20 and 21 differ significantly between the formats.
The DVD soundtrack is available in LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, and DTS 5.1.
All songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LCC, except 9, 18, 22 Harrisongs Ltd. and 16 Startling Music Ltd.
℗ 2006 EMI Records Ltd./Apple Corps Ltd.©2006 The Cirque Apple Creative Partnership / Apple Corps Ltd
CDP 0946 3 79810 2 3 appears as catalogue number on CD disc.
Barcode and Other Identifiers ▼
Barcode: 0 9463-79810-2 3
Matrix / Runout (DVD-A): 9310V4.1 09463 79810 92 AAD2
Mastering SID Code (DVD-A): IFPI L907
Other (DVD A Cat #): CDP 0946 3 79810 9 3
Barcode: 0 9463-79810-2 3
Matrix / Runout (DVD-A): 9310V4.1 09463 79810 92 AAD2
Mastering SID Code (DVD-A): IFPI L907
Other (DVD A Cat #): CDP 0946 3 79810 9 3
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