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The Beatles / 1964 US Albums in Mono vinyl box

8LP all-analogue vinyl box set

By Paul Sinclair

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In November, Apple Corps / Capitol / UMe will issue 1964 US Albums in Mono, an 8LP vinyl box set of Beatles’ albums compiled for U.S. release between January 1964 and March 1965 by Capitol Records and United Artists.

The seven albums (The Beatles’ Story is a double) are as follows:

  • Meet The Beatles!
  • The Beatles’ Second Album
  • A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • Something New
  • The Beatles’ Story (2LP)
  • Beatles ’65
  • The Early Beatles

As is reasonably well known these days, Capitol rushed out many of these records which featured different track listings to any of the UK counterparts, often including what were non-album singles in the UK. This gave American audiences a similar, yet completely different, introduction to the to the Fab Four in th early part of their career. This continued until 1967 when Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first album to feature an identical running order on both sides of the Atlantic.

All the albums in the new box set have been analog cut for 180-gram audiophile vinyl from their original mono master tapes. New vinyl lacquers were cut by Kevin Reeves at Nashville’s East Iris Studios. If you need more details, here you go: “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 an 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”.

The albums also feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American Beatles historian and author Bruce Spizer. All the records in the box will be available separately, except for The Beatles’ Story

1964 US Albums in Mono will be issued on 22 November 2024 via Capitol / UMe.

Tracklisting

1964 US Albums in Mono The Beatles /

    • LP 1: Meet The Beatles!
      SIDE ONE
      1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
      2. I Saw Her Standing There
      3. This Boy
      4. It Won’t Be Long
      5. All I’ve Got To Do
      6. All My Loving
      SIDE TWO
      1. Don’t Bother Me
      2. Little Child
      3. Till There Was You
      4. Hold Me Tight
      5. I Wanna Be Your Man
      6. Not A Second Time
    • LP 2: The Beatles’ Second Album
      SIDE ONE
      1. Roll Over Beethoven
      2. Thank You Girl
      3. You Really Got A Hold On Me
      4. Devil In Her Heart
      5. Money (That’s What I Want)
      6. You Can’t Do That
      SIDE TWO
      1. Long Tall Sally
      2. I Call Your Name
      3. Please Mister Postman
      4. I’ll Get You
      5. She Loves You
    • LP 3: A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
      SIDE ONE
      1. A Hard Day’s Night
      2. Tell Me Why
      3. I’ll Cry Instead
      4. I Should Have Known Better (Orchestral Instrumental)
      5. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
      6. And I Love Her (Orchestral Instrumental)
      SIDE TWO
      1. I Should Have Known Better
      2. If I Fell
      3. And I Love Her
      4. Ringo’s Theme (This Boy) (Orchestral Instrumental)
      5. Can’t Buy Me Love
      6. A Hard Day’s Night (Orchestral Instrumental)
    • LP 4: Something New
      SIDE ONE
      1. I’ll Cry Instead
      2. Things We Said Today
      3. Any Time At All
      4. When I Get Home
      5. Slow Down
      6. Matchbox
      SIDE TWO
      1. Tell Me Why
      2. And I Love Her
      3. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
      4. If I Fell
      5. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
    • LP 5: The Beatles’ Story
      SIDE ONE
      1. On Stage With The Beatles
      2. How Beatlemania Began
      3. Beatlemania In Action
      4. Man Behind The Beatles – Brian Epstein
      5. John Lennon
      6. Who’s A Millionaire?
      SIDE TWO
      1. Beatles Will Be Beatles
      2. Man Behind The Music – George Martin
      3. George Harrison
    • LP 6: The Beatles’ Story
      SIDE ONE
      1. A Hard Day’s Night – Their First Movie
      2. Paul McCartney
      3. Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul
      SIDE TWO
      1. The Beatles Look At Life
      2. Victims’ Of Beatlemania
      3. Beatle Medley
      4. Ringo Starr
      5. Liverpool And All The World!
    • LP 7: Beatles ’65
      SIDE ONE
      1. No Reply
      2. I’m A Loser
      3. Baby’s In Black
      4. Rock And Roll Music
      5. I’ll Follow The Sun
      6. Mr. Moonlight
      SIDE TWO
      1. Honey Don’t
      2. I’ll Be Back
      3. She’s A Woman
      4. I Feel Fine
      5. Everybody’s Trying To Be My Baby
    • LP 8: The Early Beatles
      SIDE ONE
      1. Love Me Do
      2. Twist And Shout
      3. Anna (Go To Him)
      4. Chains
      5. Boys
      6. Ask Me Why
      SIDE TWO
      1. Please Please Me
      2. PS. I Love You
      3. Baby It’s You
      4. A Taste Of Honey
      5. Do You Want To Know A Secret

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