New Beatles remasters

Has this been posted yet? Pitchfork's overview with pics of comparison waveforms and reviews of every album?

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13425-stereo-box-in-mono/

While the new remasterings are exciting, the fact that they are not available for high res download (96 or 192K) is a huge let down, for me anyway. My credit card will stay firmly tucked away on this one. And while a bluray release would be interesting, its still a compromise in my book.

Why would blu-ray be a compromise? What readily available format would be better?

Bluray requires using the D/A of the bluray player, while downloading flac or wav files can be played directly into a high quality D/A. I have the PS Audio perfectwave dac and have compared the same song in 44.1 vs. 24/96. Obviously the 24/96 was much better.

It is so dynamic and clear and exciting to hear the bass, different guitar parts, and Ringo's drumming

Ringo is a much better drummer than I thought, and Paul is a much better bass player than I ever dreamed. The early albums have kick drum and bass line that I never heard. Also, I am listening to She Loves You, and I can hear both guitars for the fist time ever.

On the subject of drumming are Brian Purdie's overdubs on any of these? I don't think they are unless some of the masters were the ones for the later US releases (Bernard Purdie is rumoured to have overdubbed around 21 tracks mostly the Tony Sheridan Hamburg stuff with drummer Pete Best but also a few others (mainly to fatten the drums with more punch and consistency - apparently, George Martin was not hip on the evolving Blues drumming sound that Ringo used in the early days and preferred a more precise beat which Ringo later adopted)

Incidentally "She Loves You" is one of those rumored to have been overdubbed by Purdie.

The overdub rumor is false.

Funny, I bought the same 6 disks as the first 2 posters.

I was worried that the remasters were more hype than substance, but I'm very pleased with the stereo disks. So much so, that I'll buy the Mono box when more are issued.

I hoped these remasters would offer a clearer vision of some historically important music, which they do, but they are also simply a joy to listen to.

"What readily available format would be better?

SACD would be my choice.

Yeah, I remember now, Purdie had to sneak in and fix the drum bits because you know how weak Paul's drumming sounded before he died, right? It's ALL SO OBVIOUS!

(ha ha that was a joke ha ha)

I heard Englebert Huperdink added vocals to Sgt. Pepper. It is rumered to be him on "WHen I'm 64".