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The Beatles 1962-1966

April 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!). 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

1. Love Me Do Lennon/McCartney
2. Please Please Me Lennon/McCartney
3. From Me To You Lennon/McCartney
4. She Loves You Lennon/McCartney
5. I Want To Hold Your Hand Lennon/McCartney
6. All My Loving Lennon/McCartney
7. Can't Buy Me Love Lennon/McCartney
8. A Hard Day's Night Lennon/McCartney
9. And I Love Her Lennon/McCartney
10. Eight Days A Week Lennon/McCartney
11. I Feel Fine Lennon/McCartney
12. Ticket To Ride Lennon/McCartney
13. Yesterday Lennon/McCartney

Disc 2

1. Help! Lennon/McCartney
   Instrumental intro appears on US version only
2. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away Lennon/McCartney
3. We Can Work It Out Lennon/McCartney
4. Day Tripper Lennon/McCartney
5. Drive My Car Lennon/McCartney
6. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) Lennon/McCartney
7. Nowhere Man Lennon/McCartney
8. Michelle Lennon/McCartney
9. In My Life Lennon/McCartney
10. Girl Lennon/McCartney
11. Paperback Writer Lennon/McCartney
12. Eleanor Rigby Lennon/McCartney
13. Yellow Submarine Lennon/McCartney

Apple SKBO 3403 - April 2, 1973
Apple PCSP 717 - April 19, 1973
Capitol SEBX 11842 (Red Vinyl) - August 1978
Parlophone PCSPR 717 (Red Vinyl) - September 30, 1979
Capitol C1-90435 - July 28, 1988
(CD) Apple CDP 7 97036 2
September 20, 1993 (UK)
October 5, 1993 (US)
Capitol C1-97036 (Red Vinyl) - February 22, 1994