As you've no doubt learned from any imaginable media outlet over the last several days, today is National Beatles Remasters Day.
Yep, 9/9/09 marks the release of the re-massaged material, and although the new CDs were already on display in the checkout line of my local grocery store yesterday afternoon, record shops everywhere are parlaying today's official street date with in-store Beatles galas. Take Amoeba, which is gearing up for a day of Beatles trivia, look-alike contents, auctions, giveaways and DJ sets across its three California locations.
Get down to your local indie shop. You may draw some dodgy looks if you roll up in Lennon shades and a blow-up Yoko doll safety-pinned to your belt, but if there's no costume contest they'll at least have some fresh-sounding Beatles spinning on the house system.
Haven't yet heard these new mixes...heading down to Amoeba Hollywood to take care of that now. But as remasters go, word is they are pretty damn impressive. Sharing them in compressed format would of course defeat the purpose, so don't look for any tracks here. Get off your ass and buy a hard copy.
In the meantime, whet your palate with a few remakes that put the beat in Beatles:
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