The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono (8LP Boxset)

1964 was the year that the U.S.A. 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 UK 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 8LP vinyl box set. Meet The Beatles!; The Beatles’ Second Album; A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track); Something New; Beatles’ Story (2LP); 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. 

Tracklist

Meet The Beatles! [LP1]
Side 1
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 2
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

The Beatles’ Second Album [LP2]
Side 1
1.    Roll Over Beethoven
2.    Thank You Girl
3.    You Really Got A Hold On Me
4.    Devil In Her Heart
5.    Money
6.    You Can't Do That

Side 2
1.    Long Tall Sally
2.    I Call Your Name
3.    Please Mister Postman
4.    I'll Get You
5.    She Loves You

A Hard Day’s Night (Original Motion Picture Sound Track) [LP3]
Side 1
1.    A Hard Day's Night
2.    Tell Me Why
3.    I Cry Instead
4.    I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
5.    I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
6.    And I Love Her (Instrumental)

Side 2
1.    I Should Have Known Better
2.    If I Fell 
3.    And I Love Her
4.    Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
5.    Can't Buy Me Love
6.    A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)

The Beatles Story [LP4]
Side 1
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 2
1.    Beatles Will Be Beatles
2.    Man Behind The Music - George Martin
3.    George Harrison

The Beatles Story [LP5]
Side 3
1.    A Hard Day's Night - Their First Movie
2.    Paul McCartney
3.    Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul

Side 4
1.    The Beatles Look At Life
2.    Beatle Medley
3.    "Victims" Of Beatlemania
4.    Ringo Starr
5.    Liverpool And All The World!

Something New [LP6]
Side 1
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 2
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 (I Want To Hold Your Hand…sung in German)

Beatles ‘65 [LP7]
Side 1
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 2
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

The Early Beatles [LP8]
Side 1
1.    Love Me Do
2.    Twist And Shout
3.    Anna
4.    Chains
5.    Boys
6.    Ask Me Why

Side 2
1.    Please Please Me
2.    P. S. I Love You
3.    Baby It's You
4.    A Taste Of Honey
5.    Do You Want To Know A Secret