The Beatles - 1964 US Albums in Mono - 8 x 180g Vinyl LP Box Set

2024

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.

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