The Beatles / “Meet The Beatles!” 50th Anniversary Japan Box

Nice complement to the Mono Box and the US Box and awesome packaging!

Japanese brought all the vintage guitars in the 1990s put them in glass cases and hang them on their walls. Prices for vintage guitars went through the roof! I gave trying to get a decent price in a 67 SG

The price on this is bound to drop as it did with the US albums set. That started out on Amazon at £145. I hung back and eventually got it for £107.
I don’t regret it at all. Will I get this J-box? No.

“Behave!”

Ha ha! The Hitman & Her! God, that takes me back. Cheers Paul, that made me smile! :)

Got to say I agree with Lenny. Using the 2009 audio and charging over £100 for it is mad.

Scott, if you know you don’t need it and are just buying it to sit on a shelf then you must have money to burn. Pulling the ‘I earn more money than you’ line is also pretty weak.

They are mini replica sleeves of five albums and nothing more. On a par with the Oasis set in terms of over-pricing, if not worse.

There was even a series on UK TV recently about compulsive collectors and how it has taken over their lives and made the lives of those around them such as the wives and children unbearable.

They continue with their irrational behaviour because they cannot stop themselves despite it hurting others.

I suspect you Scott would happily bankrupt your family and be homeless rather than miss out an Beatles collectables.

Oh and yes, sorry but I do consider people collecting plates to put on a wall equally bizarre and wasting money. Does that sound normal to you or is it considered normal because enough abnormal people have been doing it?

My observation and one that many people would agree with is that irrationally spending money on things you do not need as part of an ‘obsession’ is due to a mental condition. especially if you can’t stop yourself despite knowing it is against your better judgement.

That is not being rude, it is stating a fact. OCD and similar complaints are a mental illness.

No need to dance around the subject.

Lenny I agree with your statement;
“Please come back on here in a year and tell us how many times you have handled this box set or the contents. I guarantee it has sat like a museum piece”
Your entirely correct. It will not have been played !
That’s entirely my point, some of us out here are obsessive about the ownership of such pieces and need it regardless of all the points you raise.
There’s nothing sad about it in my opinion. Some are fortunate enough to have enough disposable income to indulge in their hobbies without the need for weighing it dollar by dollar. Collecting is a passion, a love, its not something you can put a price on. Some I guess don’t understand that, but no need to be judgemental about it.

£107 for five albums re-using the 2009 remasters? Are they serious?

I’m in admiration of of Apple Corps as a business. They realised they can repackage the same thing over and over and sell it to the same gullible punters over and over. Kerrrching.

As someone who lives in Japan, trust me, the Japanese Beatles fans will eat this up.

They take their fandom pretty seriously (insane) here.

I agree with Joe’s sentiments. ” If you don’t have a nostalgic attachment and/or don’t care for the Japanese versions of these albums, this set is not for you…SO DON’T BUY IT !”
Further “and, even if you don’t care for this set, you have to admit its encouraging to see them releasing so much Beatles stuff.” I agree Joe absolutely!
I agree I’d like to see Hollywood Bowl and also some of the other 70’s EMI product such as Rock n Roll, Love Songs, Rarities etc. Sure the content is all available in many various formats and versions and it can be recreated in terms of track listing on your “computer” but those points entirely dismiss the importance of what it means to the “obsessive” collector. Some us, myself included like to collect replica’s of original releases, and the Japanese to do it so well, and I’m completely happy that a small niche market is being catered for. Yes catering for small markets comes at a price but to those of us who want it will pay for it. If you don’t think its adding value to your personal collection as Joes says DONT BUY IT ! but lets not get too critical about the marketing process for THE BEATLES product. If your passionate enough to be adding comments here about deluxe editions then appreciate the diversity of collectors and their needs.

Still waiting for the anthology remasters, still waiting for let it be dvd,
When ? In 2020 ?

And to address the other gripe: No they’re not going to release boxes of every Beatles album from every country. There were three big markets: US, UK/EU, and Japan. We now have boxes with everything unique to each market. I’m sure it will stop there.

Even if you don’t care for this set, you have to admit it’s encouraging to see them releasing so much Beatles stuff. I’m thinking Hollywood Bowl can’t be far behind.

Obviously you can recreate these on your computer, you can do the same with any album. The point of this set is the entire package, having these perfect replicas of the albums. If you don’t have a nostalgic attachment and/or don’t care for the Japanese versions of these albums, this set is not for you…so don’t buy it.

I think this set made more sense initially, when it was being released in Japan only. But who knows? Maybe pre-orders were so strong they decided a worldwide release was needed.

And, it should be noted, that, unlike the original 1960’s U.S.A. L.P.’s(some of which featured unique mixes,added echo & processing etc.), that the original Japanese vinyl editions of these 5 albums used the original UK mixes verbatim. This means that the Japan CD box will have all the correct mixes.

However, this also means, that if you have the 2009 stereo & mono CD boxed sets, you can re-create these Japanese albums on your computer. Yes, it is correct that “The Beatles No.5” & the Japan track line-up versions of “Meet The Beatles” & “The Beatles Second Album” were originally issued only in mono sound. I easily made my own “the Beatles No.5” disc. Believe me, this collection of songs doesn’t hold together well as an album.

I agree with Pinky on this one – and the US box was a lot of dosh for not a lot, really. Where’s this malarkey going to end? The stereo vinyl box was a bit poor – it didn’t replicate the original flip top covers for a start. And now there’ll be a mono vinyl box later this year too. It’s too much money to spend on one great band. I think all we need are the 2009 stereo and mono boxes at the end of the day! But it’s such a shame that the 2009 stereo CD box was so naff in the packaging. I don’t know about anyone else but mine have started to deteriorate a bit in that the inner flap black and white images on the digipacks have stuck to the opposite side forming a negative image over the Apple logo. If you see what I mean?!!

I have the 2009 stereo and mono sets and when I bought the the US albums box I knew that I didn’t really need it.

This set certainly crosses the line though in terms of content and price.

Are we going to get £100 box sets from every country on the globe featuring the 2009 remasters and the country specific artwork?

I usually fall for anything Beatley but this is a rip off too far.

£107 for 5 discs? I’ll pass.