News
The Beatles Getting A Reissued 14-LP Vinyl Boxset In Original Mono
Perhaps no other rock band in the history of music has had such an impact on future generations as The Beatles. Their fusion of pop, rock, and psychedelic paved the way for countless artists and their music is still widely regarded as some of the best ever written. And now people will be able to hear the band as close to their original sound as possible with an upcoming 14-LP vinyl box set that features “…the band’s nine UK albums, the American-compiled Magical Mystery Tour and the Mono Masters collection of non-album tracks will be released in mono on 180-gram vinyl LPs with faithfully replicated artwork“.
The albums have been mastered for vinyl from the original tapes that at Abbey Road without any digital technology, keeping the signal chain as pure as possible. They made great use of notes left by the original engineers. The end result is perhaps the most pristine version of the band’s work since they were first released.
Below is a short film about the upcoming release, which will be coming out this September.
Albums:
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Day’s Night
Beatles For Sale
Help!
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Magical Mystery Tour
The Beatles (2-LP)
Mono Masters (3-LP)
In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war, but it was a cheerful illustrator from England who helped to define the terrifying war-torn imagery that inspired what we now know as Grimdark (a hybrid genre combining horror with sci-fi/fantasy).
Unfortunately for fans of Warhammer 40,000, Trench Crusade and countless other sources of Grimdark thrills, veteran artist John Blanche passed away this week after struggling with health issues for the past few years.
While the artist retired back in 2023, he leaves us with an enormous legacy of iconic artwork that continues to inspire gamers and storytellers around the world to this very day.
The news is especially gloomy as it was only last year that Daniel Lowman and Napoleon Dynamite himself Jon Heder released The Grim & the Dark: The Search for John Blanche, a documentary following Heder’s exploration of the Grimdark genre culminating in a heartwarming encounter with Blanche in his own home.
Below is one of my favorite pieces by Blanche, his highly influential depiction of Warhammer 40k’s God-Emperor of Mankind on his Golden Throne.
We send our deepest condolences to John Blanche’s family, friends, and fans.
You must be logged in to post a comment.