The Beatles Box Set

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The Beatles Box Set
Compilation album by The Beatles
Publication ; (s)	November 15, 1988
Label (s)	Parlophone / Capitol Records / Apple Records / EMI
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Rock , pop
Title (number)	227
running time	9 h 22 min 46 s
occupation	John Lennon : rhythm guitar , vocals ; Paul McCartney : bass , acoustic guitar , drums , vocals; George Harrison : lead guitar , vocals; Ringo Starr : drums, vocals;
production	George Martin ,; Phil Spector (on Let It Be ) ;

The Beatles Box Set is a compilation of all of the British studio albums by the Beatles music group . The box contains the twelve albums that were released from 1963 to 1970, as well as the American compilation album Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters . The box was released on November 15, 1988.

Emergence

The CD was launched in 1982, and in the 1990s, CD sales dominated over long-playing records . In December 1983 in Japan by the EMI - Odeon with Abbey Road released worldwide the first CD of the Beatles. Due to legal problems, production was discontinued in 1985.

With the first legal publication of the Beatles albums in CD format between February 26 and October 20, 1987, the EMI decided that only the twelve British studio albums should be produced worldwide, and the American compilation album Magical Mystery Tour became added to the Beatles' core catalog. Until the release of the Box The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 in 2004, no further US American or "non-British" albums were legally released on CD. The Beatles Box Set contains the following albums:

There is little reliable information about the production of the CD versions of the Beatles albums. The first four albums Please Please Me , With the Beatles , A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale have the SPARS code AAD on the back of the CD sleeves , which means that the four analogue master tapes of the albums are transferred and transferred with an analogue tape recorder were then digitally mastered . George Martin decided to release these four albums exclusively in mono , which was partially incomprehensible among buyers, as stereo versions of the albums existed and the sound engineer Mike Jarrett, according to his own statement, had prepared digital stereo and mono master tapes.

An EMI spokesman said: “We also prepared stereo CDs for these [four] albums, but when George Martin was called to check them out, he found the sound quality so poor that he saw no alternative to these four in To remix mono [...]. "

The master tapes of the albums were transferred with a two-head tape recorder , which was contemporary for the mid-1980s , making sure that the original mixes were preserved.

George Martin said in an interview that it would have been possible to release A Hard Day's Night and Beatles for Sale in stereo, but since he was only asked in December 1986, it was no longer possible for him to get the release date in February 1987 to produce new stereo mixes. In retrospect, however, Martin was very satisfied with the mono versions.

For the Help! and Rubber Soul , George Martin made new digital stereo mixes in 1986, probably at AIR Studios with Geoff Emerick , these two albums bearing the SPARS code ADD . Mike Jarrett previously transferred the four-track tapes to a digital mixing console. George Martin technically centered soundtracks on some songs or added an echo.

In Canada , the Help! and Rubber Soul with the original mix from 1965.

The albums Magical Mystery Tour , Abbey Road and Let It Be have the label Digitally re-mastered on the back covers . The albums were not remixed , but real stereo mixes by George Martin and Geoff Emerick with the semi-artificial I Am the Walrus from the German Apple / Hörzu release from 1971 were used on the Magical Mystery Tour album and not the Duophonic versions (Fake -Stereo) of the original US version from 1967.

With the exception of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band , the CD albums were not equipped with much, so the plastic CD sleeves contained eight-page CD booklets, some of which contained pictures and cover texts of the original albums .

The remaining Beatles songs that were not on the studio albums were combined on the new compilation album Past Masters , so that all Beatles songs were available in CD format from March 1988.

The box contains 227 songs, of which Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love are double, as the first song is on the album Revolver and Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love on the albums Magical Mystery Tour and Yellow Submarine .

The mastering project of the Beatles catalog was supervised by the sound engineer of Abbey Road Studios Mike Jarrett alongside George Martin .

The Beatles' long-playing records were also remastered and production of the original long-playing records was discontinued.

The publications were made in black CD and LP wooden boxes, the CD box containing 15 CDs and the LP box 14 LPs, since Past Masters is a double LP album. The LP box was limited to 6000 units.

Both boxes each contain a 60-page booklet that contains explanations of the career and the songs.

In February 2001, the box was awarded platinum in the USA for one million units sold (each CD in the box counts individually).

Chart positions of the CD albums

album		Release Date			Best placement in the charts			Label catalog no.
Type	title	GB United Kingdom	US United States	DE Germany	GB United Kingdom	US United States	DE Germany	GB United Kingdom	US United States	DE Germany
Studio album	Please Please Me! W (CD) Please Please Me	76902093050 ♠Feb. 26, 1987	76916511925 ♠July 21, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	032!32	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46435 2	Capitol CDP 7 46435 2	EMI CDP 7 46435 2
Studio album	With the Beatles! W (CD) With the Beatles			76893720800 ♠ 1987	040!40	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46436 2	Capitol CDP 7 46436 2	EMI CDP 7 46436 2
Studio album	A hard days night! W (CD) A hard day's night			76893720800 ♠ 1987	030!30th	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46437 2	Capitol CDP 7 46437 2	EMI CDP 7 46437 2
Studio album	Beatles for Sale! W (CD) Beatles for Sale			76893720800 ♠ 1987	045!45	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46438 2	Capitol CDP 7 46438 2	EMI CDP 7 46438 2
Studio album	Help! W (CD) Help!	76908418750 ♠Apr 30, 1987		76893720800 ♠ 1987	061!61	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46439 2	Capitol CDP 7 46439 2	EMI CDP 7 46439 2
Studio album	Rubber Soul! W (CD) Rubber Soul			76893720800 ♠ 1987	060!60	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46440 2	Capitol CDP 7 46440 2	EMI CDP 7 46440 2
Studio album	Revolver! W (CD) revolver			76893720800 ♠ 1987	055!55	?	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46441 2	Capitol CDP 7 46441 2	EMI CDP 7 46441 2
Studio album	Sgt.Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band! W (CD) Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band	76911674625 ♠0June 1, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	003!3	141	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46442 2	Capitol CDP 7 46442 2	EMI CDP 7 46442 2
compilation	Magical Mystery Tour! W (CD) Magical Mystery Tour	76922558550 ♠22 Sep 1987	76953349825 ♠0July 1, 1988	76893720800 ♠ 1987	052!52	163	?	Parlophone CDP 7 48062 2	Capitol CDP 7 48062 2	EMI CDP 7 48062 2
Studio album	The BEATLES! W (CD) The BEATLES	76919767800 ♠Aug 24, 1987	76919860825 ♠Aug 25, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	018!18th	087!87	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46443 8	Capitol CDP 7 46443 8	EMI CDP 7 46443 8
Studio album	Yellow Submarine! W (CD) Yellow Submarine	76919860825 ♠Aug 25, 1987	76919860825 ♠Aug 25, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	060!60	180	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46445 2	Capitol CDP 7 46445 2	EMI CDP 7 46445 2
Studio album	Abbey Road! W (CD) Abbey Road	76925349300 ♠Oct 20, 1987	76925349300 ♠Oct 20, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	030!30th	069!69	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46446 2	Capitol CDP 7 46446 2	EMI CDP 7 46446 2
Studio album	Let it be! W (CD) let it be	76925349300 ♠Oct 20, 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	76893720800 ♠ 1987	050!50	088!88	?	Parlophone CDP 7 46447 2	Capitol CDP 7 46447 2	EMI CDP 7 46447 2