Audiophile 180g 8LP Box Set!
Contains 7 Beatles Albums including Box Set-Exclusive The Beatles' Story!
Analog Cut from the Original Mono Masters!
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.
Too often these albums were saddled with poor mixes, done without the band's input. This collection remedies that situation by using original analog tapes and taking great care to get the best possible sound. They also add stuff for collectors like new essays and images derived from the original tape boxes. It's a lavish, well-considered and executed set that makes for quite the splurge for a Beatles fan with a nice phonograph set.
Features
- 8LP Box Set
- Audiophile 180g Vinyl
- Mono
- LP 1: Meet The Beatles!
- LP 2: The Beatles' Second Album
- LP 3: A Hard Day's Night
- LP 4-5: Something New
- LP 6: The Beatles' Story (Exclusive to this Box Set)
- LP 7: Beatles '65
- LP 8: The Early Beatles
- Lacquers Cut All-Analog from the Original Master Tapes by Kevin Reeves at East Iris Studios in Nashville
- Faithfully Replicated Artwork
- New 4-Panel Inserts with In-Depth Essay on the History of the Album in Each LP by Bruce Spizer
- Slipcase Box
- Made in France
Selections
LP 1: Meet the Beatles!
Side One:
- 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 Two:
- 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 One:
- Roll Over, Beethoven
- Thank You Girl
- You Really Got a Hold on Me
- Devil in Her Heart
- Money
- You Can't Do That
Side Two:
- Long Tall Sally
- I Call Your Name
- Please Mr. Postman
- I'll Get You
- She Loves You
LP 3: A Hard Day's Night
Side One:
- 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 Two:
- 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 One:
- On Stage with the Beatles
- How Beatlemania Began
- Beatlemania in Action
- Man Behind the Beatles - Brian Epstein
- John Lennon
- Who's a Millionaire?
Side Two:
- Beatles Will Be Beatles
- Man Behind the Music - George Martin
- George Harrison
Side Three:
- A Hard Day's Night - Their First Movie
- Paul McCartney
- Sneaky Haircuts and More about Paul
Side Four:
- The Beatles Look at Life
- Beatle Medley
- 'Victims' of Beatlemania
- Ringo Starr
- Liverpool and All the World!
LP 6: Something New
Side One:
- I'll Cry Instead
- Things We Said Today
- Any Time at All
- When I Get Home
- Slow Down
- Matchbox
Side Two:
- Tell Me Why
- And I Love Her
- I'm Happy Just to Dance with You
- If I Fell
- Komm, Gib Mer Diene Hand (I Want to Hold Your Hand ... sung in German)
LP 7: Beatles '65
Side One:
- No Reply
- I'm a Loser
- Baby's in Black
- Rock and Roll Music
- I'll Follow the Sun
- Mr. Moonlight
Side Two:
- 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 One:
- Love Me Do
- Twist and Shout
- Anna
- Chains
- Boys
- Ask Me Why
Side Two:
- Please Please Me
- P.S. I Love You
- Baby It's You
- A Taste of Honey
- Do You Want to Know a Secret
