The Beatles: 50th Anniversary Edition

The remixed and expanded editions of The Beatles were released on 9 November 2018. These sets feature 50 previously unreleased studio recordings, in addition to the Esher demos recorded at Harrison's house. The four editions are a three-CD deluxe set, containing the original double album and one CD of demos recorded at Kinfauns, George Harrison's house in Esher; a seven-disc super deluxe edition, which adds three CDs of outtakes and a Blu-ray disc; a two-LP edition, comprising the original release; and a four-LP edition, two discs of which contain Esher demos. Following the announcement of these editions in September, a preview containing three versions of "Back in the U.S.S.R." was released on Spotify and iTunes. == Reception ==

Jordan Orlando of The New Yorker writes that the 2018 remix "reveals what might be called the greatest record ever made, not only in terms of its innovation and its strange, impenetrable, endlessly suggestive beauty but also because of its place at the apex of the Beatles’ career and its role as an aesthetic keystone for nearly all the rock-and-roll recordings that have followed". He additionally comments that "Rebuilt digitally, the album’s enormous soundscape is finally complete: the progressive generational muddiness is gone, revealing the dry snap of Ringo’s snare and Harrison’s full-throated gentle weeping and the thunderous effervescence of McCartney’s bass runs and Lennon’s halting intakes of breath." On Metacritic, the super deluxe edition receives an aggregate score of 100/100, based on 11 reviews – which the website defines as indicating "universal acclaim". == Track listings ==

Remix of original album 50th Anniversary Edition bonus tracks CD 3: Esher Demos == Personnel ==

• Giles Martin – mixing supervisor • Sam Okell - mix engineer == Charts ==