New Beatles remasters

He produced the original recordings but had nothing to do with the current remaster project.

That's correct. He had nothing to do with this project. Good thing as he is suffering from a significant hearing loss.

Is there going to be a remastered vinyl version? I read that in the CD remastering process they removed tape clicks, microphone pops and excessive sibilance so there was some digital manipulation. If this is done on the vinyl versions this would not be a pure analog remaster. Also read about possible blu-ray audio version. Anyone know? I am reminded of the film Men In Black where they showed a new alien technology that was going to replace the CD. Tommy Lee Jones's character then says: "Now I have to buy The White Album again"

I bought 4 of the stereo cds today. I did a comparison of the Sgt Pepper's vs the orig EMI cd pressing and a Japanese Toshiba import 1993 vintage. The remaster is a big improvement over the original EMI, but after several listenings of "She's Leaving Home" and "a Day in the Life", I definitely prefer the Japanese import. The remaster is louder than the Toshiba pressing at the same vol level, but the Toshiba pressing sounds much lusher with the same detail (maybe even more so) Unfortuneatley, this is the only Beatles import I own. If I could find others I'd buy them! But the remasters are close in sound and available.

I just ordered the mono set from Amazon for $230 after seeing that Best Buy wants $563 for it! Amazon is predicting shipment in 3 to 6 weeks.