The Beatles Release Expanded ‘Rubber Soul’ Special Edition
The set adds new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes, unreleased sessions, home demos and the 1965 single.
The expanded Special Edition of Rubber Soul by The Beatles is out today, October 2, 2026, from UMG and Apple Corps Ltd., with new mixes and previously unreleased material. The 1965 album has been newly mixed by producer Giles Martin and engineer Sam Okell in stereo and Dolby Atmos, with the set also including the original mono mix, the original Capitol U.S. album version and the contemporary “Day Tripper” / “We Can Work It Out” single.
A visualizer for “I’m Looking Through You (Second Version – Take 3)” has also been released. The recording comes from a six-hour November 6, 1965 session, when The Beatles made two further attempts at the song after first recording it on October 24. The take shows a faster tempo and revised arrangement while retaining two instrumental 12-bar sections. Paul McCartney later wrote a bridge to replace those sections for the final version, recorded on November 10 and 11.
Across the Super Deluxe editions, the collection includes 24 early session recordings, among them 20 previously unreleased takes and three previously unreleased home demos. The material includes early versions of “Day Tripper” and “We Can Work It Out,” along with “Little Girl,” a previously unheard John Lennon song outline. The 4CD and 5LP Super Deluxe editions also come with an 88-page hardbound book featuring a new introduction by McCartney and a foreword assembled from Lennon’s own words. The 2CD and 2LP Deluxe editions offer a shorter selection of session highlights, demos and the single.
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Originally released on December 3, 1965, Rubber Soul was recorded over four weeks in October and November of that year. Its track list includes “Drive My Car,” “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown),” “Nowhere Man,” “Michelle,” “Girl” and “In My Life.” Looking back on the record, McCartney called it “a strong advance on what had gone before,” while Ringo Starr described it as “the departure record” and said the group was “stretching a lot more in the writing and the playing.” The album’s anniversary campaign arrives ahead of a planned Beatles fan experience at 3 Savile Row in 2027 and a four-film Beatles project directed by Sam Mendes, scheduled for April 2028.
