The Beatles - Past Masters (1988) (Stereo Box Set Remaster)

The classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release.

When Capitol decided to release the original British editions of the Beatles' albums instead of the bastardized American versions, they were left with a bit of a quandary. Since the Beatles had an enormous number of non-LP singles, some of their greatest hits — from "I Want to Hold Your Hand" through "Hey Jude" — would not be included on disc if Capitol simply served up straight reissues. They had two options: they could add the singles as bonus tracks to the appropriate CDs, or they could release a compilation of all the non-LP tracks. It should come as no surprise that they chose the lattermore…. In fact, they took it one further, issuing two separate compilations of non-LP tracks, which is fairly appropriate since the Beatles released far more singles and EPs in the first two years of their recording career than they did in the last five. Past Masters, Vol. 1 covers those first two years and, to be fair, there are some cuts that are unnecessary for anyone outside of the hardcore — only a handful of people will be able to spot the difference in the alternate "Love Me Do," while German versions of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "She Loves You" aren't even good for a chuckle. Still, the sheer number of astounding singles makes this essential, even with its faults. These 17 songs capture the exuberance of Beatlemania while confirming their talents as popcraftsmen ("This Boy," "Yes It Is") and proving that they could rock really, really hard ("I Feel Fine," "She's a Woman," the peerless "I'm Down"). Apart from the cuts that are merely rarities, this is a near-perfect compilation that captures the energy and spirit of the Beatles' early years.

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Tracklist:

CD 1

01 Love Me Do 2:23
02 From Me to You 1:57
03 Thank You Girl 2:04
04 She Loves You 2:21
05 I'll Get You 2:05
06 I Want to Hold Your Hand 2:26
07 This Boy 2:16
08 Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand 2:26
09 Sie Liebt Dich 2:19
10 Long Tall Sally 2:03
11 I Call Your Name 2:09
12 Slow Down 2:56
13 Matchbox 1:58
14 I Feel Fine 2:19
15 She's a Woman 3:03
16 Bad Boy 2:20
17 Yes It Is 2:42
18 I'm Down 2:31

CD 2

01 Day Tripper 2:49
02 We Can Work It Out 2:15
03 Paperback Writer 2:18
04 Rain 3:02
05 Lady Madonna 2:17
06 The Inner Light 2:36
07 Hey Jude Consoling a friend 7:08
08 Revolution 3:24
09 Get Back 3:14
10 Don't Let Me Down 3:34
11 The Ballad of John and Yoko 3:00
12 Old Brown Shoe 3:18
13 Across the Universe Version 3:49
14 Let It Be 3:50
15 You Know My Name (Look up the Number) / Brian Jones 4:19