The Beatles Box
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The Beatles Box[1] | ||||
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Compilation album by The Beatles | ||||
Released | 3 November 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1962–1970, Abbey Road Studios, London, England, United Kingdom | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Language | English | |||
Label | Parlophone: World Records Ltd. (SM 701-8) | |||
Producer | Bryan Tyrrell and June Pengelly (Co-ordinators) | |||
Compiler | Simon Sinclair | |||
Professional reviews | ||||
The Anthology of the Beatles Records[2] | ||||
The Beatles chronology | ||||
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The Beatles Box was an eight album (L.P. or cassette, mono and stereo) boxed set issued by EMI/Parlophone, through its "World Records" subsidiary. Unlike The Beatles Collection released two years earlier, the set was actually new albums in new sleeves. The set was advertised vigorously in the national press from 5 November 1980 through 1981. This means it was at the forefront, right across the period of John's murder, and therefore, sales must have been quite good, but as this box set was sold only by mail order, the figures did not qualify for chart entry, and consequently are not publicly known.
All the songs throughout the eight LPs, which were selected by Simon Sinclair, are arranged chronologically, and the covers reflect this, in that each has a picture from the appropriate period on the front, and a well-written biography of the period by Hugh Marshall on the rear.
The Box itself is well designed looking like a wooden crate, with plenty of information and sold for £29:75. Incredibly, World Records were given some different mixes of some of the tracks, that were unavailable anywhere else at the time.[3]
Track listing
Record 1 — Side 1
- Love Me Do (original UK single with Ringo on drums)[2]
- P.S. I Love You
- I Saw Her Standing There
- Please Please Me
- Misery
- Do You Want To Know A Secret?
- A Taste Of Honey
- Twist And Shout
Side 2
- From Me To You
- Thank You Girl (mono)
- She Loves You (mock stereo remix from "A Collection of Oldies")
- It Won't Be Long
- Please Mr. Postman
- All My Loving (hi-hat intro)
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Money
Record 2 — Side 1
- I Want To Hold Your Hand
- This Boy
- Can't Buy Me Love
- You Can't Do That
- A Hard Day's Night
- I Should Have Known Better
- If I Fell
- And I Love Her (from U.S. Rarities LP)[2]
Side 2
- Things We Said Today
- I'll Be Back
- Long Tall Sally
- I Call Your Name
- Matchbox
- Slow Down
- She's A Woman (stereo)
- I Feel Fine ("whisper" version)[2]
Record 3 — Side 1
- Eight Days A Week
- No Reply
- I'm A Loser
- I'll Follow The Sun
- Mr. Moonlight
- Every Little Thing
- I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
- Kansas City/Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Side 2
- Ticket To Ride
- I'm Down
- Help! (mono)
- The Night Before
- You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
- I Need You
- Another Girl
- You're Going To Lose That Girl
Record 4 — Side 1
- Yesterday
- Act Naturally
- Tell Me What You See
- It's Only Love
- You Like Me Too Much
- I've Just Seen A Face
- Day Tripper (US Yesterday and Today mix)
- We Can Work It Out (U.S. Yesterday and Today mix)[2]
Side 2
- Michelle
- Drive My Car
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
- You Won't See Me
- Nowhere Man
- Girl
- I'm Looking Through You
- In My Life
Record 5 — Side 1
- Paperback Writer (stereo A Collection Of Beatles Oldies mix)[2]
- Rain
- Here, There & Everywhere
- Taxman
- I'm Only Sleeping
- Good Day Sunshine
- Yellow Submarine
Side 2
- Eleanor Rigby
- And Your Bird Can Sing (US Stereo)
- For No One
- Dr. Robert
- Got To Get You Into My Life
- Penny Lane (U.S. Rarities edit)[2]
- Strawberry Fields Forever
Record 6 — Side 1
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- With A Little Help From My Friends
- Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Fixing A Hole
- She's Leaving Home
- Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite
- A Day In The Life (from "The Beatles 1967-1970 [Blue Album]")
Side 2
- When I'm Sixty Four
- Lovely Rita
- All You Need Is Love
- Baby You're A Rich Man (stereo)
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Your Mother Should Know
- The Fool On The Hill
- I Am The Walrus (U.S. Rarities composite)[2]
Record 7 — Side 1
- Hello Goodbye
- Lady Madonna
- Hey Jude
- Revolution
- Back In The USSR
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Side 2
- The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill (minus the opening guitar obbligato.)
- Happiness Is A Warm Gun
- Martha My Dear
- I'm So Tired
- Piggies
- Don't Pass Me By
- Julia
- All Together Now
Record 8 — Side 1
- Get Back (LP version)
- Don't Let Me Down
- The Ballad Of John & Yoko
- Across The Universe ("Wildlife" version)
- For You Blue
- Two Of Us
- The Long & Winding Road
- Let It Be (LP version)
Side 2
- Come Together
- Something
- Maxwell's Silver Hammer
- Octopus's Garden
- Here Comes The Sun
- Because
- Golden Slumbers
- Carry That Weight
- The End
- Her Majesty
References
- ^ The Beatles Box at WorldCat
- ^ a b c d e f g h Bagirov, Alex (2007) [2007]. The Anthology of the Beatles Records. [Rostok, Germany]: Some Thing [Something Verlag]. pp. 476–477. ISBN 9783936300444. OCLC 227009755. http://www.something-books.com/. Retrieved 2009-07-18.
- ^ Calkin, Graham (2007). "The Beatles Album Collections". Graham Calkin's Beatles Pages. http://www.jpgr.co.uk/boxlp.html. Retrieved 18 July 2009.
http://wogew.blogspot.com/2009/11/beatles-box-of-1981.html
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