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The sound is the best you will ever hear. If you don't have this (all) the Beatles remastered cd's. buy them as soon as you can. I'm a musician and i can hear the hands sliding on the guitars. It's like you are there watching them create these masterpieces.
Bought Yellow Sub, Let it Be, and Abbey Road in stereo (only way they come) and the Mono collection. shipped FAST and a definite MUST for Beatle Fans.
In addition to the four new songs several older Beatles songs were included in movie. Sonically it is a pleasure to listen to this new version. Side two of the original album was orchestral music written by George Martin, for the cartoon project of the same name. With only four new Beatles songs "Yellow Submarine" has never really been like a real album. Whether one prefers George Martin's Orchestra music over eight previously released Beatles songs, is probably also a matter of taste; again, I think 1999 release takes the plug at that, considering that it contains all the Beatles songs included in movie soundtrack, apart from "A Day in the Life". Comparing with the first CD version from 1990 is like comparing day and night.
Now we have the new 2009 remastered version.
The soundtrack version of "Yellow Submarine", released in 1999, distinguishes itself by having the bulk of those numbers in place of George Martin's orchestral music, which I guess most Beatles fans in reality can easily do without.
Personally, I think it is unfortunate that the opportunity to enhance the stereo effect has not been exploited.
The title track dates back to 1966 and "All You Need Is Love" was out on a single in 1967.
Whether it is also an improvement over the 1999 version is probably more a matter of taste.
Moreover, the songs on the 1999 version had been remixed and remastered, which at the time was really a revelation of sound.
The somewhat primitive stereo effect here was also markedly improved.
The 1999 release showed quite clearly that this would have been a vast improvement.
Among the four "new" tracks on the album, I would consider "Hey Bulldog" and "It's All Too Much" as classics.
Great Buy. Not a significant change from '87 to today but still great packaging & detail.
This CD sounds just like I remember the original: fun, sing-along. I owned this LP (album) back when and loved it. I was glad to find a CD, remastered or not. I don't think my ears detected the "remastering". I just like the album and this CD is IT.
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