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The Beatles Box Set is the first complete set of original Beatles material released by EMI and Capitol (catalogue number BBX2-91302) in Compact Disc format. Released in 1988, for the first time a music fan could purchase the entire Beatles catalogue digitally formatted in a single set. The boxed set, available on CD, vinyl, or cassette, included all of the original UK releases. It included the LP version of Magical Mystery Tour, which had been released in the United States in 1967 as an LP but not released in the UK in this format until 1976, when the US LP version superseded the original British EP. It also contained the compilations Past Masters: Volume One and Past Masters: Volume Two, which featured singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and foreign releases not found on the other thirteen albums. Although all the original British albums had been previously available in stereo on both vinyl and cassette, the versions of the first four albums included in the boxed set were the digitally remastered mono mixes released on CD in 1987.
The collection also includes a soft-cover book by Mark Lewisohn which describes every track in the collection which is encased in a black oak rolltop box.
A new Stereo Box, containing remastered versions of the Beatles' core albums and Past Masters, was released on 9 September 2009 along with The Beatles in Mono and new stereo reissues of the individual albums, including the first four albums given their stereo debuts on CD.
Album listing
Album | Label | Release date | Peak position | |||
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UK | US | UK | US | UK | US | |
Please Please Me | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 22 March 1963 | 26 February 1987 | 1 | – |
With the Beatles | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 22 November 1963 | 26 February 1987 | 1 | – |
A Hard Day's Night | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 10 July 1964 | 26 February 1987 | 1 | – |
Beatles for Sale | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 4 December 1964 | 26 February 1987 | 1 | – |
Help! | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 6 August 1965 | 30 April 1987 | 1 | – |
Rubber Soul | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 3 December 1965 | 30 April 1987 | 1 | – |
Revolver | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 5 August 1966 | 30 April 1987 | 1 | – |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | Parlophone | Capitol | 1 June 1967 | 2 June 1967 | 1 | 1 |
Magical Mystery Tour | Parlophone | Capitol | 19 November 1967 | 26 November 1967 | 31[2] | 1 |
The Beatles | Parlophone[3] | Capitol[3] | 22 November 1968 | 25 November 1968 | 1 | 1 |
Yellow Submarine | Parlophone[3] | Capitol[3] | 17 January 1969 | 13 January 1969 | 3 | 2 |
Abbey Road | Parlophone[3] | Capitol[3] | 26 September 1969 | 1 October 1969 | 1 | 1 |
Let It Be | Parlophone[3] | Capitol[3] | 8 May 1970 | 18 May 1970 | 1 | 1 |
Past Masters, Volume One | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 7 March 1988 | 8 March 1988 | 49 | 149 |
Past Masters, Volume Two | Parlophone | Parlophone/Capitol | 7 March 1988 | 8 March 1988 | 46 | 121 |
See also
- The Beatles Collection
- The Beatles Box
- The Beatles: The Collection
- The Beatles Mono Collection
- The Beatles Stereo Boxed Set
- The Beatles in Mono
Notes
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- Albums produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
- Albums produced by George Martin
- Albums produced by Phil Spector
- Compilation albums published posthumously
- The Beatles compilation albums
- 1988 compilation albums
- Albums recorded at Abbey Road Studios
- English-language compilation albums
- Capitol Records compilation albums
- Parlophone compilation albums
- Apple Records compilation albums
- Albums arranged by George Martin
- Albums arranged by Paul McCartney
- Albums conducted by George Martin
- Albums conducted by Paul McCartney
- Albums arranged by Mike Leander
- Albums arranged by George Harrison
- Albums conducted by George Harrison
- Albums arranged by John Lennon
- Albums conducted by John Lennon
- Albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- Reissue albums