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The Beatles Box Set
Box set by the Beatles
Released	15 November 1988
Recorded	4 September 1962 – 1 April 1970, primarily at Abbey Road Studios, London
Genre	Rock
Length	9:22:46
Label	Parlophone/Capitol/Apple
Producer	George Martin, Phil Spector (Let It Be)
The Beatles chronology
Past Masters (1988) The Beatles Box Set (1988) Live at the BBC (1994)

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The Beatles Box Set is a sixteen-disc box set compiling the entire recorded works of the Beatles as issued by the band between 1962 and 1970. It was released on 15 November 1988 in Britain and America, with the same catalogue number (Apple BBX2-91302) in each of those countries. While available also in vinyl LP and cassette formats, the box set was the first complete collection of original Beatles material to be released by EMI and Capitol Records on compact disc.

The Beatles Box Set included all of the original UK album releases by the band, together with the 1967 US album Magical Mystery Tour. The latter had been issued in the UK in November 1976, at which point the LP version superseded the original British EP of the same name. The box also contained the 1988 compilations Past Masters: Volume One and Past Masters: Volume Two, which grouped together singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and foreign releases not found on the band's UK studio albums. Although all these albums had been previously available in stereo on both LP and cassette, the versions of the first four albums included in The Beatles Box Set were the digitally remastered mono mixes issued on CD over 1987–88, which caused a considerable furor among Beatles fans and audiophiles.

The collection was encased in a black oak roll-top box and included a soft-cover book with commentary on the songs by Beatles recording historian Mark Lewisohn. The set was also issued in a black vinyl covered cardboard box in Japan. Although The Beatles Box Set failed to chart in either the UK or the US, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

A new Stereo Box, containing remastered versions of the Beatles' core albums and Past Masters, was released on 9 September 2009 along with The Beatles in Mono and new stereo reissues of the individual albums, including the first four albums given their stereo debuts on CD.

Album listing

See also

• The Beatles Collection
• The Beatles Box
• The Beatles: The Collection
• The Beatles Mono Collection
• The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
• The Beatles in Mono
• Outline of the Beatles
• The Beatles timeline

Notes

1. Monger, James Christopher. "The Beatles The Ultimate Box Set". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. ^ Womack, Kenneth (2014). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-313-39171-2.
3. ^ Womack, Kenneth (2014). The Beatles Encyclopedia: Everything Fab Four. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-313-39171-2.
4. ^ Originally released on Apple Records in both the UK and the US.

• 1988 compilation albums
• The Beatles compilation albums
• Apple Records compilation albums
• Parlophone compilation albums
• Capitol Records compilation albums
• Albums produced by George Martin
• Albums produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
• Albums produced by Phil Spector
• Albums recorded at Apple Studios
• Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios
• Albums recorded at Trident Studios
• Albums arranged by George Martin
• Albums arranged by George Harrison
• Albums arranged by Mike Leander
• Albums arranged by John Lennon
• Albums arranged by Paul McCartney
• Albums conducted by George Martin
• Albums conducted by George Harrison
• Albums conducted by John Lennon
• Albums conducted by Paul McCartney
• Compilation albums published posthumously
• Reissue albums