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November 22nd, 2024
Limited Edition Audiophile 180g 8LP Box Set
1964 was the year that the U.S. first fell head-over-heels for the Beatles, with an unprecedented run of albums and singles topping the charts and going on to sell millions of copies. But these albums are not simply replicas of the 1963 and 1964 albums released by Parlophone in the U.K. and rest of world. Seeing a different opportunity, Capitol Records and United Artists compiled these albums for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965.
To celebrate the momentous year when Beatlemania exploded across the U.S., seven Beatles albums are collected for a spectacular new 8-LP vinyl box set. Meet the Beatles!; The Beatles' Second Album; A Hard Day's Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Something New; The Beatles' Story (2-LP); Beatles '65; and The Early Beatles all feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer.
The albums' new vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at Nashville's East Iris Studios with constant reference to the original vinyl first pressings to ensure they are faithful to the original release, while also enabling more musical information to be heard than was possible before. 180- gram audiophile pressing. The Beatles' Story 2LP is exclusive to the box set.
Mastering Notes:
These albums were cut for vinyl from the original master tapes using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original albums. They were made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and a Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tapes.
TRACKLIST:
LP 1: Meet the Beatles!
Side 1:
I Want to Hold Your Hand
I Saw Her Standing There
This Boy
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got to Do
All My Loving
Side 2:
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Hold Me Tight
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not a Second Time
LP 2: The Beatles' Second Album
Side 1:
Roll Over Beethoven
Thank You Girl
You Really Got a Hold on Me
Devil in Her Heart
Money
You Can't Do That
Side 2:
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Please Mister Postman
I'll Get You
She Loves You
LP 3: A Hard Day's Night
Side 1:
A Hard Day's Night
Tell Me Why
I'll Cry Instead
I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
I'm Happy Just to Dance With You
And I Love Her (Instrumental)
Side 2:
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
And I Love Her
Ringo's Theme (This Boy) [Instrumental]
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
LP 4 & 5: The Beatles' Story
Side 1:
On Stage with the Beatles
How Beatlemania Began
Beatlemania in Action
Man Behind the Beatles - Brian Epstein
John Lennon
Who's a Millionaire?
Side 2:
Beatles Will Be Beatles
Man Behind the Music - George Martin
George Harrison
Side 3:
A Hard Day's Night - Their First Movie
Paul McCartney
Sneaky Haircuts and More about Paul
Side 4:
The Beatles Look at Life
Beatle Medley
'Victims' of Beatlemania
Ringo Starr
Liverpool and All the World!
LP 6: Something New
Side 1:
I'll Cry Instead
Things We Said Today
Any Time at All
When I Get Home
Slow Down
Matchbox
Side 2:
Tell Me Why
And I Love Her
I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
If I Fell
LP 7: Beatles '65
Side 1:
No Reply
I'm a Loser
Baby's in Black
Rock And Roll Music
I'll Follow the Sun
Mr. Moonlight
Side 2:
Honey Don't
I'll Be Back
She's a Woman
I Feel Fine
Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby
LP 8: The Early Beatles
Side 1:
Love Me Do
Twist and Shout
Anna
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Side 2:
Please Please Me
PS I Love You
Baby It's You
A Taste of Honey
Do You Want to Know a Secret