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The Beatles Collection is a box set of
vinyl
albums released in November 1978 and the following month in the
United Kingdom containing the official catalogue of The Beatles in stereo, and a
new compilation called Rarities. The American issue by Capitol Records
contained the British pressings of the same twelve original Beatles
albums, with an American pressing of Rarities. The
American pressing of Rarities differed from its British
counterpart in that it included the previously released
English-language versions of "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold
Your Hand," rather than the German-language version found on the
British pressing.[1] The
American edition of the boxed set was a limited edition of only
3,000 numbered copies.[2] The
limited availability of the American release resulted in the
British release becoming popular as an import into the U.S.[3]
The boxed set did not include a number of Beatles recordings,
including those released on the Magical
Mystery Tour album. The album had been released in the
United States in 1967, but it was not counted among the group's
official catalogue because it was not issued in the United Kingdom
until 1976. The collection also failed to include the non-album
singles that had been previously released on the twin compilation
packages, 1962–1966 and 1967–1970.
Along with the LPs listed below with their sleeves, the
collection also include the inserts contained in the individual
albums including the cardboard cutout sheet in Sgt. Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band and the photos and poster in The
Beatles.[4]
Audiophile company Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
released a similar box set in 1981 called The Beatles - The
Collection consisting of the twelve British versions of the
albums (Rarities was not included) pressed off the
original Abbey Road studio master tapes using a technique called
"Half Speed Mastering" and pressed on Japanese "virgin" vinyl. The
set was highly acclaimed for its sonic accuracy and only
approximately 10,000 were released. In this case, the actual covers
for each album was a photo of the studio master tape along with the
engineer's log sheet. The original album covers were put together
in a full sized booklet.
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