News 04 Nov 2015

The Beatles 1+ blu-ray confusion for Amazon UK pre-orders

By Paul Sinclair

The Beatles / 1+ Deluxe CD+2blu-ray with restored videos and remixed audio

Amazon.co.uk have today sent some customers emails advising that the CD+2xblu-ray deluxe edition listing for The Beatles forthcoming 1+ release may “not have been clear”…

Fans who pre-ordered the top-of-the-range three-disc edition have been surprised to see what was previously a correct listing, change to a CD+2DVD listing. However, the original CD+2DVD listing still exists here for a cheaper price (the DVD version was always a bit cheaper).

When you visit the official Beatles website pre-order page and click on the Amazon link for CD+2blu-ray it takes you to the now changed listing.

The email note Amazon are sending out is along the lines of ‘…the product description on the title may not have been clear when you placed your order’. This blog believes this is incorrect and that Amazon have inadvertently changed something that was fine all along. There is now NO listing at all for the CD+2blu-ray edition of 1+ and two for the CD+2DVD edition. That can’t be right.

SDE has alerted Amazon to this situation who are in turn checking internally and with Universal Music. Best advice would be to do nothing at the present time. In this writer’s opinion the orders are likely to be correct, and even they are not, you aren’t going to have any issue returning them.

SDE will update when we know more. The Beatles 1 release is due out on Friday.

Latest Update: Amazon have confirmed to SDE that anyone who pre-ordered the CD+2xblu-ray 1+ will get that version. It seems that human error was the issue behind the change of the listing and the emails. Amazon have now reverted the listing back to being CD+2xblu-ray. Unfortunately, is seems that there was no need to cancel any orders, although I know some of you have done this and are now shopping elsewhere.

1+ Deluxe CD + 2 x blu-ray

• UK Pre-order: 1+ deluxe *was incorrectly listed as CD+2DVD
• USA Pre-order: 1+ deluxe
• CANADA Pre-order: 1+ deluxe
• GERMANY Pre-order: 1+ deluxe
• ITALY Pre-order: 1+ deluxe

1+ Deluxe CD + 2 x DVD

2LP vinyl with stereo remixes

• UK Pre-order: 1 2LP vinyl
• ITALY Pre-order: 1 2LP vinyl

1 standard edition CD + blu-ray

1 standard edition CD +DVD

1 single blu-ray only

standardDVD

1 single DVD only

1 CD only (with new stereo mixes)

The Beatles 1

CD + Bluray / CD + DVD

1. Love Me Do
2. From Me To You
3. She Loves You
4. I Want To Hold Your Hand
5. Can’t Buy Me Love
6. A Hard Day’s Night
7. I Feel Fine
8. Eight Days a Week
9. Ticket To Ride
10. Help!
11. Yesterday
12. Day Tripper
13. We Can Work It Out
14. Paperback Writer
15. Yellow Submarine
16. Eleanor Rigby
17. Penny Lane
18. All You Need Is Love
19. Hello, Goodbye
20. Lady Madonna
21. Hey Jude
22. Get Back
23. The Ballad of John and Yoko
24. Something
25. Come Together
26. Let It Be
27. The Long and Winding Road

Video Extras:

Paul McCartney audio commentary

Penny Lane
Hello, Goodbye
Hey Jude

Ringo Starr filmed introductions

Penny Lane
Hello, Goodbye
Hey Jude
Get Back

The Beatles 1+

CD+2Bluray or CD+2DVD

Disc 1 (same as above)

Disc 2 Video (DVD or Blu-ray)

1. Twist & Shout
2. Baby It’s You
3. Words Of Love
4. Please Please Me
5. I Feel Fine
6. Day Tripper *
7. Day Tripper *
8. We Can Work It Out *
9. Paperback Writer *
10. Rain *
11. Rain *
12. Strawberry Fields Forever
13. Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows
14. A Day In The Life
15. Hello, Goodbye *
16. Hello, Goodbye *
17. Hey Bulldog
18. Hey Jude *
19. Revolution
20. Get Back *
21. Don’t Let Me Down
22. Free As A Bird
23. Real Love

* alternate version

DISC 2 VIDEO EXTRA

Paul McCartney audio commentary

Strawberry Fields Forever

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