Giles Martin's previous remixes of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and the White Album have generally been well received by fans, although controversy always exists when something fresh is being done with the original masters. In the case of "Abbey Road," it's the first of these three instances in which there was not a separate mono release from the 1960s to reconcile with the more familiar studio version, so what Martin will be doing to punch up the original tracks will remain a source of intrigue until late September. "The magic comes from the hands playing the instruments, the blend of The Beatles' voices, the beauty of the arrangements," Martin emphasizes in his written introduction for the new release. "Our quest is simply to ensure everything sounds as fresh and hits you as hard as it would have on the day it was recorded."