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Preview the Beatles’ New ‘Here Comes the Sun’ Music Video, Launching 9/26 for the ‘Abbey Road’ 50th Anniversary Set

This is going to be a big week for the Beatles — as their legendary 1969 album Abbey Road will receive a lavish 50th anniversary re-release on Friday, Sept. 27.
Meticulously re-mixed by Giles Martin and mix engineer Sam Okell, the experience of hearing Abbey Road in a new format is breathtaking, as a recent listening session at Capitol Records in Los Angeles demonstrated — and fans are sure to love it.
On Sept. 26, a new music video for “Here Comes the Sun” will be premiered in advance of the set. On Monday, a special video teaser trailer was released to ramp up anticipation:
More on the new video, from the news release;
The “Here Comes The Sun” music video welcomes the viewer into Abbey Road Studios Studio Two, where The Beatles famously recorded most of Abbey Road, to experience a unique and moving sunrise above the bands instruments and gear. Working closely with Apple Corps Ltd., the video is directed by Trunk Animations director team Alasdair + Jock (Alasdair Brotherston and Jock Mooney) and produced by Trunks Maria Manton. The videos sun centerpiece was filmed as it was meticulously crafted on-set in Abbey Roads Studio Two. The video features photos from the Apple Corps archive, and photos and footage shot by Linda McCartney supplied by Paul McCartney.
As with most Beatles archival reissues, Abbey Road‘s 50th will come in a variety of formats, and boasts incredible detail:
Abbey Roads Super Deluxe box set presents 40 tracks including The Long One Trial Edit & Mix for the albums epic Side 2 medley on three CDs (stereo) and one Blu-ray disc (Dolby Atmos, 96kHz/24 bit high resolution stereo, and 96 kHz/24 bit DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1). The four discs are housed in a slip-sleeved 12 by 12 100-page hardbound book with McCartneys foreword; Martins introduction; insightful, in-depth chapters written by Beatles historian, author, and radio producer Kevin Howlett covering the months preceding The Beatles Abbey Road sessions, track-by-track details and session notes, the cover art and photo shoot, and the albums reception upon its release; plus an essay by music journalist and author David Hepworth looking at the albums influence through 50 years. The gorgeous book is illustrated with rare and previously unpublished photographs, including many taken by Linda McCartney; never before published images of handwritten lyrics, sketches, and a George Martin score; Beatles correspondence, recording sheets, and tape boxes; and reproduced original print ads. The Super Deluxe digital audio collection presents all 40 tracks for download purchase and streaming in standard and MFiT formats, as well as in high resolution audio (96kHz/24 bit) for download.
Abbey Roads limited edition Deluxe vinyl box set features all 40 tracks from the Super Deluxe collection on three 180-gram vinyl LPs. The albums new stereo mix LP is packaged in a faithfully replicated sleeve, with the two Sessions LPs paired in their own jacket, presented with a four-page insert in a lift-top box. The Deluxe 2CD set pairs the new stereo mix with versions taken from the session takes and demo recordings of its 17 songs, sequenced to match the albums running order. The two discs are presented in a digipak with a 40-page booklet abridged from the Super Deluxe book. The albums new stereo mix is also available in 1CD and 180-gram 1LP vinyl packages, for digital download in standard and MFiT audio, and on a limited edition picture disc vinyl LP illustrated by the albums front and back cover art images.