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The Beatles 1962-1966April 2, 1973 Apple Records A retrospective of the early Beatles music, beginning with Please Please Me and running through Revolver. It was impossible to include the many hits from the 1962-1966 era on the two discs with the technology offered in 1973, therefore many tracks regarded as 'hits' are not included. Amazingly, just before the release of this and its counterpart, The Beatles 1967-70, advanced pirated copies were being sold on TV as the Alpha Omega Series vol. 1-3, and for a time Capitol countered in their advertising as offering "official releases". The US version of 1962-66 differs only in that the beginning of "Help!" has the Ken Thorne-penned untitled instrumental often mistakenly referred to as "James Bond Theme" tacked onto the beginning (it was also presented this way on the US version of Help!). "A Hard Day's Night" was issued for the first time in the US on this release. Also, on this album, tracks issued previously on singles were being released for the first time in the US in true stereo (except for "From Me To You"). Tracks 1-4 of Disc 1 are presented in mono. The first four Beatles albums are mono, therefore Tracks 6-10 on Disc 1 are the only stereo mixes of the songs available on disc. Click on the song titles for detailed information including song backrounds, recording dates, chart positions, special notes, and much more. Disc 1
Disc 2
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