Blu-ray · Dolby Atmos · Stereo 24-bit / 96 kHz
Rubber Soul in Giles Martin's new mixes, in Dolby Atmos and high-resolution stereo.
The 2026 mixes are by Giles Martin and Sam Okell, drawn from the original four-track tapes; the Blu-ray carries them in Dolby Atmos and in 24-bit / 96 kHz stereo.
The story of the album
Released on 3 December 1965 and recorded in little more than a month at EMI Studios in London, today's Abbey Road, with George Martin producing, Rubber Soul marks the moment the Beatles began to treat the studio as an instrument. New sounds arrive for the band: George Harrison's sitar on "Norwegian Wood", the fuzz bass of "Think for Yourself", the harmonium of "The Word" and, on "In My Life", a piano recorded at reduced speed that sounds like a harpsichord.
It topped the charts for eight weeks in the UK and six in the US. The cover, a slightly stretched photograph by Robert Freeman, is the first Beatles sleeve without the band's name.
To pull apart voices and instruments recorded on the same tracks, the new mixes use the de-mixing developed by Emile de la Rey's team at Peter Jackson's WingNut Films, the same technology created for Get Back.
Two ways to hear the same album
DOLBY ATMOS
The new mix and the reason for this edition: voices and instruments separate and take their place around and above the listener.
24-BIT / 96 KHZ STEREO
The new high-resolution two-channel mix, made together with the immersive one.
Why this edition
Mixed from the original tapes
Giles Martin and Sam Okell went back to the 1965 four-track masters.
Two extra songs
"Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out", in their 2023 mixes.
The videos too
Films of both singles, each also in an alternate version.
20-page booklet
The Blu-ray in a digisleeve pack.
