This is not the first time that the Fab Four’s albums were remixed in to stereo. The album ‘Rubber Soul’ and ‘Revolver’ were first to received the stereo remix back in 1965. (George Martin re-remixed them again in 1987 for CD release.) However, this is the first time that the first 4 albums (‘Please Please Me’, ‘With the Beatles’, ‘A Hard Day’s Night’, and ‘Beatles for Sales’) were released in stereo. In short, this set includes the following albums;

            Please Please Me (1963)
            With the Beatles (1963)
            A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
            Beatles for Sales (1964)
            Help! (1965)
            Rubber Soul (1965)
            Revolver (1966)
            Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Heart Club Band (1967)
            Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
            The Beatles (1968) (aka the White Album)
            Yellow Submarine (1969)
            Abbey Road (1969)
            Let It Be (1970)
            Past Masters (1962-1970)

Among these 14 albums, only ‘Help!’ and ‘Rubber Soul’ are still the 1987 stereo mixes done by George Martin. The clearer and cleaner sound of this stereo editing really gave a new feeling to these old albums. And since the Beatles has conquered the world with mono version since 1960s, this stereo release sure faces many critics. Many fans argued that those stereo releases of the pre-1965 albums were not as ‘rock’ as in the mono version, while the others said they like stereo version more. There are 4 songs (“She Loves You”, “I’ll Get You”, “Love Me Do”, and “P.S I Love You”) that still been released in mono format because their 2-track master sessions were destroyed back in the 60s. Moreover, “Only A Northern Song” and “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” still mysteriously remain a mono version. ‘Yellow Submarine’ is also the different remix from 1999 soundtrack album. The albums that clearly get the advantage from this remastered are those that originally released in stereo version. For instance, the sound in ‘Abbey Road’ was digitally cleaned and every layers of music could be heard clearer than ever.

However, this box set has a couple of weak points. The package is a bit too baggy, compare to the mono set, despite there is no significant extra-document inside. Each album only comes with the original booklet. Each disc also contains the mini-footage documentary video as a bonus, which, mysteriously, also includes in the bonus DVD for box set. (Why they need this bonus DVD anyway?) Aside from that, there is nothing else in particular. In summary, this box set is no different from buying every individual remastered stereo album, which also came out the same day.