The Beatles Box Set

For the original 1978 LP boxed set, see The Beatles Collection. For the 2009 remastered sets, see The Beatles Stereo Boxed Set and The Beatles in Mono.

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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in the United States in 1967 as an LP but not released in the UK in this format until 1976, when the US LP version superseded the original British EP.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
	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	1
The Beatles	Parlophone	Capitol	22 November 1968	25 November 1968	1	1
Yellow Submarine	Parlophone	Capitol	17 January 1969	13 January 1969	3	2
Abbey Road	Parlophone	Capitol	26 September 1969	1 October 1969	1	1
Let It Be	Parlophone	Capitol	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