On September 27, executives from Apple Corps and Universal Music Group held a press event at the Dolby Theater in Manhattan. The event included Dolby Atmos demos of forthcoming Beatles releases. It included some big news—although the biggest news wasn’t obvious at first.
The obvious headline: The Beatles are releasing a new song. It’s called “Now & Then,” and all four Beatles play on it. You’ve probably heard about it by now, since there’s a massive marketing campaign. UMG is calling it “the last Beatles song.” For more information, see the Stereophile review on p.147.
Those attending the press event also and albums in expanded, 50th Anniversary form, as 2-CD and 3-LP sets and for streaming, with “demixed” remixes of every song from backward. (The remixes of —aka the “White Album”—and have already been reissued, and some of the multitrack tapes and live recordings were “demixed” for the reissue.)
