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The Beatles / Rubber Soul reissue

Box sets and a blu-ray

By Paul Sinclair

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The Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul will be reissued in October across a number formats, including, for the first time for the Fab Four, a standalone blu-ray audio.

The album has been newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell in Atmos and Stereo and the key formats are as follows

  • 4CD super deluxe box with new stereo mix, a disc of sessions/demos, ‘the single’ + mono mix and US version5LP + 7″ super deluxe. As above, except on vinyl
  • 2LP and 2CD versions with a second disc of session/demos highlights & ‘the single’
  • Blu-ray Audio with 2026 Atmos & 2026 Stereo mixes + ‘the single’ + videos

All of the new Rubber Soul formats feature the album’s new stereo mix, sourced directly from the original four-track master tapes. The audio has been remixed with the help of de-mixing technology developed by the award-winning sound team led by Emile de la Rey at Peter Jackson’s WingNut Films Productions Ltd.

Rubber Soul 4CD super deluxe box set (click image to enlarge)

The super deluxe box set versions feature 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes and three previously unreleased home demos – among them early versions of Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out, plus Little Girl, a previously unheard John Lennon song outline never before released or even rumoured. The boxes also include the original mono album (but not the original 1965 stereo mix, last seen in the 2009 Mono CD box), the original Capitol US album version and the 1965 double A-side single.

Both box sets offer an 88-page hardbound book featuring a brand new written introduction by Paul McCartney, and a foreword compiled from John Lennon’s own words, alongside rare photographs, in-depth album background and track notes.

In addition to the above formats, there’s also single CD and single LP versions, and some D2C vinyl versions including a Zoetrope edition.

Rubber Soul will be reissued on 2 October 2026 via UMR/Calderstone. Pre-order the blu-ray and special bundles via the SDE shop using this link or the buttons below. The Suede blu-ray pre-order ENDS today.

Tracklisting

Rubber Soul The Beatles / Blu-ray Audio

    • All tracks below in Dolby Atmos (48/24) and 96/24 stereo (both newly mixed by Giles Martin and Sam Okell). The stereo version is the same non-limited file(s) used to cut the vinyl.
      2026 Atmos & 2026 Stereo
      1. Drive My Car
      2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
      3. You Won’t See Me
      4. Nowhere Man
      5. Think For Yourself
      6. The Word
      7. Michelle
      8. What Goes On
      9. Girl
      10. I’m Looking Through You
      11. In My Life
      12. Wait
      13. If I Needed Someone
      14. Run For Your Life
      BONUS TRACKS (2023 Atmos & 2023 Stereo)
      1. Day Tripper
      2. We Can Work It Out
      VIDEO CONTENT (sync’d to 2023 Atmos & 2023 Stereo)
      1. Day Tripper
      2. Day Tripper (Alternate Version)
      3. We Can Work It Out
      4. We Can Work It Out (Alternate Version)

Tracklisting

Rubber Soul The Beatles /

    • CD 1: New stereo mix
      1. Drive My Car
      2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
      3. You Won’t See Me
      4. Nowhere Man
      5. Think For Yourself
      6. The Word
      7. Michelle
      8. What Goes On
      9. Girl
      10. I’m Looking Through You
      11. In My Life
      12. Wait
      13. If I Needed Someone
      14. Run For Your Life
    • CD 2: Sessions, Demos and the Single
      1. Wait (Take 3 – instrumental backing track)
      2. Run For Your Life (Takes 1-5 – instrumental backing track)
      3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (First version – Take 1)
      4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Second version – Take 2)
      5. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Third version – Take 3)
      6. Drive My Car (Takes 1 and 2 – instrumental backing track)
      7. Day Tripper (Songwriting work tape)
      8. Day Tripper (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
      9. Day Tripper (Takes 2 and 3 – instrumental backing track)
      10. If I Needed Someone (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
      11. In My Life (Take 1)
      12. In My Life (Extract with unused organ solo)
      13. We Can Work It Out (Paul’s demo)
      14. We Can Work It Out (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
      15. Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2)
      16. Nowhere Man (Second version – Take 5 – instrumental backing track)
      17. I’m Looking Through You (First version – Take 1)
      18. I’m Looking Through You (Second version – Take 2)
      19. I’m Looking Through You (Second version – Take 3)
      20. Michelle (Guitar rehearsal)
      21. Michelle (Take 1)
      22. What Goes On (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
      23. The Word (Takes 1 and 2 – instrumental backing track)
      24. Girl (Take 2 – instrumental backing track)
      25. Beatle Talk (Think For Yourself vocal overdubs)
      26. Little Girl (John’s demo)
      27. Day Tripper (2023 mix)
      28. We Can Work It Out (2023 mix)
    • CD 3: Original Mono Master
      1. Drive My Car
      2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
      3. You Won’t See Me
      4. Nowhere Man
      5. Think For Yourself
      6. The Word
      7. Michelle
      8. What Goes On
      9. Girl
      10. I’m Looking Through You
      11. In My Life
      12. Wait
      13. If I Needed Someone
      14. Run For Your Life
    • CD 4: Original Capitol US Album
      1. I’ve Just Seen A Face
      2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
      3. You Won’t See Me
      4. Think For Yourself
      5. The Word
      6. Michelle
      7. It’s Only Love
      8. Girl
      9. I’m Looking Through You
      10. In My Life
      11. Wait
      12. Run For Your Life

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