The sitar and tambura in “Within You Without You” sustain longer and come farther out into the room, and the complexity of the arrangement - the interaction of George Martin’s orchestral string arrangement with the Indian instruments - comes through with greater force. The electric guitar that begins “Getting Better” is sharper and livelier in the new mix, and bits of percussion and hand claps sound stronger and more full bodied. The guitar effects in this track are easier to hear, and John Lennon’s voice is set off more. The electronic harpsichord in “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds,” for example, spreads more widely across the soundstage, and is more enveloping. It’s the small details, however, that make the new mix so compelling. McCartney’s bass lines are also stronger throughout. His snare has more impact and his hi-hat is brighter. Giles Martin has brought Ringo Starr’s drums forward throughout the album, without overemphasizing them. On the 2009 CD, which used the original stereo mix, McCartney’s voice and other sound elements throughout Pepper are panned harder to left and right. The opening crowd noise sounds deeper and wider on the new CD, and Paul McCartney’s voice is closer to the center. I compared the new stereo remix to the 2009 CD remastering, which was not a remix. Giles Martin, George’s son, and Abbey Road engineer Sam Okell did the new stereo and surround mixes. The Beatles themselves were often involved in the mono mixes of their recordings. When Beatles producer George Martin and engineer Geoff Emerick mixed Pepper’s, they spent three weeks on the mix for mono playback, by far the more popular medium at the time, and three days on the stereo mix. Pepper (sic), plus high-resolution 5.1-and two-channel mixes of the album, along with the same treatment given to “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane.”ĬD 1 is a new stereo mix of the original album, CDs 2 and 3 comprise studio outtakes that give some insight into how the album developed, and CD 4 is the 1967 mono mix, plus “Strawberry Fields Forever” and five other tracks, all in mono.
The DVD and BD include a 1992 documentary, The Making of Sgt. To mark the occasion, Apple and Universal Music have released a lavish boxed set comprising four CDs, one DVD, and one BD. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band turned 50 years old.
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