The Beatles / “Meet The Beatles!” 50th Anniversary Japan Box
Following on from January’s US Albums box set, the Japanese are having their own Fab Four fiftieth celebration with Meet The Beatles!, a five-disc box set that contains the Japanese versions of Meet The Beatles, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles No. 5 and Help! for the first time ever on CD.
These will all be presented in the usually pin-point accurate Japanese mini-LP CD vinyl replica sleeves and unlike the discs in the US Albums box, the individual titles all come with OBIs replicating the original designs.
There are artwork differences across all the albums, the most noticeable being a unique cover for A Hard Day’s Night, and while Help! and A Hard Day’s Night share track listings with their UK counterparts, the other three albums are unique and do not replicate the US track listings.
The first two albums are mono while the other three are stereo and all the tracks are said to use the global 2009 remasters.
This comes with a 100-page booklet and the individual discs reside in a smart outer rigid board box.
The Meet The Beatles! box is out on 15 July 2014.
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- • USA Pre-order: The Beatles | Japanese Box | 5 Albums
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Track listings
Meet The Beatles (Mono)
- 1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
- 2. She Loves You
- 3. From Me To You
- 4. Twist and Shout
- 5. Love Me Do
- 6. Baby It’s You
- 7. Don’t Bother Me
- 8. Please Please Me
- 9. I Saw Her Standing There
- 10. PS I Love You
- 11. Little Child
- 12. All My Loving
- 13. Hold Me Tight
- 14. Please Mister Postman
The Beatles’ Second Album (Mono)
- 1. Can’t Buy Me Love
- 2. Do You Want To Know A Secret
- 3. Thank You Girl
- 4. A Taste Of Honey
- 5. It Won’t Be Long
- 6. I Wanna Be Your Man
- 7. There’s A Place
- 8. Roll Over Beethoven
- 9. Misery
- 10. Boys
- 11. Devil In Her Heart
- 12. Not A Second Time
- 13. Money
- 14. Till There Was You
A Hard Day’s Night (stereo)
- 1. A Hard Day’s Night
- 2. I Should Have Known Better
- 3. If I Fell
- 4. I’m Happy Just To Dance With You
- 5. And I Love Her
- 6. Tell Me Why
- 7. Can’t Buy Me Love
- 8. Any Time At All
- 9. I’ll Cry Instead
- 10. Things We Said Today
- 11. When I Get Home
- 12. You Can’t Do That
- 13. I’ll Be Back
Beatles No. 5 (stereo)
- 1. Long Tall Sally
- 2. Sie Liebt Dich
- 3. Anna
- 4. Matchbox
- 5. You Really Got A Hold On Me
- 6. She’s A Woman
- 7. Ask Me Why
- 8. I Feel Fine
- 9. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
- 10. Chains
- 11. Slow Down
- 12. All I’ve Got To Do
- 13. I Call Your Name
- 14. This Boy
Help! (Stereo)
- 1. Help!
- 2. The Night Before
- 3. You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
- 4. I Need You
- 5. Another Girl
- 6. You’re Going To Lose That Girl
- 7. Ticket To Ride
- 8. Act Naturally
- 9. It’s Only Love
- 10. You Like Me Too Much
- 11. Tell Me What You See
- 12. I’ve Just Seen A Face
- 13. Yesterday
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- • Amazon GERMANY Pre-order: The Japan Box (Limited Edition)
By Paul Sinclair
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