@Mick; I’m right there with you brother. Kevin from Edinburgh (everyone there voted remain y’know!) For example, the ER/YS from Argentina is 33rpm. John, I know they can sound silly but they are still good pop lyrics. 2 B: Ask Me Why, 1963 [SLEEVE ART: NORWAY] I’d spring for US Singles and US Albums (vinyl) boxes in a heartbeat but not this. Well said Craig it’s clear there are quite a few negatives creeping in which Paul does not deserve – he does a cracking job bringing everything together and would hate to think his efforts are not appreciated – they certainly are by me . The Parlophone and Apple sleeves, apart from Let it Be and Penny Lane. Insanely lazy and wasteful. But what can you do! The Singles Collection (2019) Buy The Singles Collection on vinyl. I only looked at this article to see whether or not the Movie Medley would be included. I’m also incredibly relieved that they haven’t included Carnival of Light as an extra single! Slightly off topic… went along to listen to Hornsey Road tonight. THE BEATLES: US SINGLES COLLECTION VOL.3 CD 21 tracks taken from vinyl of 11 US singles from 1967-1970 ! Thanks everyone.!”. :-). 2 B: I Am The Walrus, 1967 [SLEEVE ART: WEST GERMANY] The 46 tracks here represent recordings that the band worked on at the time and (mostly) wanted to be singles at the time. I opened this on Christmas day and my jaw dropped at how shit it was. These are the actual mixes - masters from the original singles too!! Your email address will not be published. I am in Ireland, do you know the returns situation with France ? Missed opportunity is an understatement. Would not wait too Long for the price to drop. I’m sure I remember reading something like that in an interview sometime anyway…. In fact the worst of the EU Amazons is the UK, their packing sucks. £185 doesn’t seem too pricey for such a desirable artifact. …but which version of “Free As A Bird” as I recall Jeff Lynne went back for the Anthology digital releases and reworked it a little bit. Paul…When I saw this on SDE I immediately thought “uh-oh: here we go again with the arguments about which tracks, versions, mixes, and covers will be used.” There’s no way Universal can make everyone happy. I’ll probable give this a miss, more for issues of space than anything else. Apple Corps Ltd. There was also a Beatles Movie Medley single that got to No.10 in ’82. It contains the official catalogue of the Beatles in stereo , and a new compilation called Rarities . It was released in Britain on 5 March 1976 by EMI,[1] following the expiration of the Beatles' contract with the company in January, and close to six years after the band's break-up. And that’s before I even proceed to playing a disc. I seriously don’t think they are selling this for over $20K. . I get the logic though. I disagree but everyone is free to buy orbit to buy. I guess timing is everything because I have checked several times since then and the price has been what you had posted. PLEASE get it right this time! Jackson had the 50% of the publishing rights, Sony/ATV bought his 50% in 1996, now they own the 100%. 1969 – ATV purchased the rights to Beatles catalog when the Beatles broke up. [5] The project resulted from the success of the 1973 double-album sets 1962–1966 and 1967–1970,[6] which the former Beatles had endorsed, and which contained all of their British single A-sides and double A-side tracks. 1962 [SLEEVE ART: U.S.] 1 A: Love Me Do 2 B: P. S. I Love You. They sound so rock and roll and it would be great to play them as a single! Feel free to go off and do something else. There were two versions of Love Me Do single released in 1962. Actually I just thought, if this is a worldwide release why just focus on the UK singles. I suspected something like this would come along one day. I hope I can afford it all. No interest in vinyl and they didn’t even have the consideration to reissue the 2 Anthology singles with their REAL B-Sides (double 7 inch would not only made it possible but would have boosted the price!). The U.S. Albums is a box set compilation comprising the remastered American albums released by the Beatles between 1964 and 1970. The Capitol/Apple sleeves were beautiful, mostly full-color and glossy, with p. Oh well, I don’t want to be accused of being xenophobic. between 1964 and 1970 emi/ parlophone/apple issued 66 singles in the philippines . I own French and Italian OVs that sound great although bought on flea markets. As is – nice set. Too bad no CD single version is available. I think 24 singles would sound better for a start! There are those who use vinyl, like wine, cars, paintings etc as an investment and not an object to enjoy, God forbid you actually played that first edition album in case you put the slightest mark on and devalued it!! Each of the discs in the 1976 collection was packaged in a green and black sleeve, on one side of which was a photo of the group fro… No Aussie No 1’s like Ob-la-di or While My Guitar Gently Weeps? 1 A: All You Need Is Love The first letter is for recording, the second for mixing and the third for mastering. The pitchforks and torches are out over at Steve Hoofman, thanks to Michael Fremer’s “review”.Comedy gold. Especially the Yellow Submarine with the extended Ringo intro. All in all, appalling. The artwork is the element that is taken from various territories, but any other foibles related to country will, I’m sure, be ignored. Steph. Loved the link Ben supplied . The Beatles – The Singles Collection C ompiling The Beatles’ recording career across 22 singles, plus a new-to-vinyl double A-side 7″ that scoops up the Anthology -era ‘Threetles’ encore, this limited edition boxset has been remastered for vinyl at Abbey Road from the original mastertapes. 1 A: I Want To Hold Your Hand The Capitol picture sleeves are the same images used in the U.S., while the Apple label singles are in the original gloss black sleeves with cut-out window to show the label. About the sleeve art of these new singles, there are so many different sleeves around the world, that every country should release the singles in their own original cover art. I was hoping for a vinyl singles box set but I really associate the Beatles with the black Parlophone and Apple labels. My serious contribution to this is that it looks rather a beautifully done package. There is so much of that in the world today. 1965 [DO, DOUBLE A-SIDE / SLEEVE ART: FRANCE] As rubbish as it is, it was a single and a top ten hit in the U.K. issued by parlophone and credited to the Beatles. Those B-sides were just ‘filler’, relatively speaking. If it’s vinyl, it’s a pass for me. Therefore I can understand why they were dealt with slightly differently. Nice looking box which will sit nicely next to the mono one, but there are some horrible covers in there. @Woodsey Niles: I’ve never ordered from French Amazon before – it is way cheaper. The following step was learning to differentiate when a Paul or John were singing (even as a parent, I continue playing with my kids in the car “Who is singing this one?”. Thank you, Paul Another Beatles cash grab like the vinyl only Christmas “singles” box with no CD included. However, I have the Singles Collection issued, I think, in 1982, which includes singles issued in the 70’s, such as Yesterday, Back In The USSR and Sgt Pepper/With A Little Help From My Friends. 1 A: We Can Work It Out Well said Paul, you do a great job moderating this site It seems ridiculous that a music industry desperate for revenue have brought vinyl back with the same flaws and people have just bought into it . May we humbly ask that you consider getting “Back to the Egg/London Town” Archives Series out this fall as well? The original B-sides of those two Anthology-era singles – ‘Christmas Time (Is Here Again)’ and a live recording of ‘Baby’s In Black’ – are ignored). Buy it and keep it unplayed. if i was in the market th cd singles would be the set to go for. Let’s be honest be honest about this, ‘Free As A Bird’ and ‘Real Love’ are not the same as the other 22 singles. [11] Reflecting this resurgence of interest, BBC Radio 1 produced the program The Beatles Again, which highlighted the group's continued influence on pop music; in a feature article in Reveille, an EMI spokesman described the campaign as an "amazing" success, with teenagers as young as thirteen becoming fans of the Beatles. What I wanted to comment on, is the tone of some of these responses. to original/plain covers or the green 70s ones…. Always have and always will. “The Long And Winding Road”, Also missing: WhenI moved to the USA, I was 40 year old and I was so jealous of my kids because they were able to sing The Beatles so naturally. Maybe the Beatles lyrics that really shock me came with the last 5 albums and were mostly written by Lennon. Listen free to The Beatles – The US Singles Collection (Please Please Me, Ask Me Why and more). Would love to see an official release. £195 for a collection of reproduction singles and sleeves? Next, the quality of some of the pressings leave the sound very distorted (before anyone says it’s my cartridge, i’m using an Ortofon 2M Red that has less than 200 playing hours on it). 1 A: Love Me Do It should be the U. S. singles and have the U. S. sleeve art. Yellow Submarine has picture from 1964, Lady Madonna from 1967, Hey Jude from 1967, Get Back from 1968 etc. Thank goodness, a Beatles deluxe edition I don’t need to or want to buy. A CD option would have been nice but as this is going to cost me a small fortune anyway then I should probably be grateful. Regional variations are nothing new, and I fail to understand why folk are getting knickers in a twist about this box being the UK releases and/or the later two A sides being coupled. :-D Collectible Boxed Set Presents 23 180-Gram Vinyl Singles in Faithfully Reproduced International Picture Sleeves, Exclusive New Double A-Side Single for “Free As A Bird” and “Real Love,” Plus 39-Page Book. Yellow Submarine wasn’t the b-side but it was an extra track on the CD single. We aren’t always going to agree with Paul but at the very least we can be respectful and appreciative. This is described as a ‘limited edition’ box although we don’t know how limited it is. I heard on the Things we said today podcast the next release in now Flaming Pie, I’m hoping too for London Town and Back to the egg. THE BEATLES: US SINGLES COLLECTION VOL.1 CD 24 tracks taken from vinyl of 12 US singles from 1963-64 ! [19][20] The box set includes a 40-page booklet containing photos and Kevin Howlett's essays on the music. The Beatles US Singles Collection, Part 32. by John T. Marck. Hours of enjoyment to come. I too am blessed to own most of the original Capitol USA 45’s in those glorious color picture sleeves. As for the artwork – mixed bag. The Singles Collection will be released on 22 November 2019. Just bringing it up because I did read several comments that stated that people wish this was available on CD. Yeah… Paul felt ‘uneasy’ buying the whole lot (for £43m) given that half really belonged to John. I’ve got the box from the seventies and as a kid used to stare at the 45 logo when playing the singles which had quite an hypnotic effect! Agree NOT ! Think of the savings! 1 A: I Feel Fine I don’t know why I am telling this. The Beatles Crosley Record Carrier Case. The Beatles Collection: Help! Another label/artist cash grab. “Nowhere Man” Sounds awesome! Not much, but who’s going to be spinning the 7″s more than once or twice. The EPs aren’t included in The Singles Collection, so no ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ or ‘Long Tall Sally’, for example. 22 CDs … obviously without the Free As A Bird/Real Love single. Hi, I’ve ordered sgt Pepper and Abbey Road from Amazon France to the U.K. with no problems at all. Would like to have a 3-CD version of this: Disc One: from Love Me Do to She’s A Woman [21], Cover of the box available with the full set of singles, "Beatles to Release 'The Singles Collection' Vinyl Box Set", "The Beatles Announce 'The Singles Collection' Vinyl Box Set", The Beatles with Tony Sheridan and Their Guests, Jolly What! Do you mean their ubiquity or from a packaging perspective? You’re doing a great job, sad to read that it not appreciated by some people. Never had any issues with Amazon France delivering to the UK – I’ve had new new stuff 2/3 days after the release date. 2 B: Old Brown Shoe, 1970 [SLEEVE ART: UK] I can’t understand how that analogy could be applied to their music, social impact, influence or legacy. Wouldn’t it be nice to do this kind of package for all the US Singles, with all those original picture sleeves in glorious living color? They are a British band after all. At last The Inner Light, the b-side of 1968s Lady Madonna, gets a larger rerelease. The Beatles Collection is a box set of the Beatles' vinyl albums released in the United States in November 1978 and the following month in the United Kingdom. I Feel Fine thru Eleanor Rigby - all in mono. I hope and pray that nobody will ever dare to remix the mono mixes, as they are perfect. @Jarmo; No kidding..! These are the actual mixes - masters from the original singles too!! If anyone has a sensible answer – no, that doesn’t include you, Gary – then please let me and the rest of us know. What’s wrong with wanting the Capitol U.S. albums reissued? I think people are buying because of the nostalgia. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); the box set and reissue music site for fans who love holding the music in their hands. This is a load of twaddle, Apple. When you first posted this on your site,I immediately went and ordered it from AmazonUSA. Personally I think the world release variety of covers is more interesting. “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, Most if not all these tracks appeared on EPs in the UK, which were relegated to a different chart. He should have just bought it and then sold half to Yoko afterwards for ‘cost’. 2 A: Real Love [1996]. The singles collection was released on CD back in 1992 in the US. Either acknowledge them or don’t. The Beatles In Mono boxed set of LPs was a thing of beauty and wonder; probably the one music item I would aim to rescue in a fire. All hands clap in unified approval, and the price is thus set. I think someone somewhere is taking our pants down and slapping Beatle collectors Arses, any thoughts?. Not for me or my budget though. Penny Lane (US Promo Mix) thru For You Blue - all in mono, and a few in stereo. ), A case of ” I saw you coming”. The only comment I have to make about this new set is that we should all remember that the record company is in business to make money. LOL. Many of The Beatles singles were never on the studio albums of the time. JB have the preorder for $399…. “Yesterday” Created and transfered by … Maybe this has already been mentioned, but I didn’t read all 150+ comments. After that stereo. What a shame the amazing-sounding, amazing-looking analogue vinyl Beatles LPs from 2014 have long ago disappeared from stores and shelves. .Apple/Universal should clearly up its game.I’m sure there are better pressing plants around. So expect these to all be standard 45RPM. Most of my recent trips to the post office is to take back box sets from Amazon UK that split open in shipping because they sometimes just put an item in a box with no additional packing materials. The late 1960s singles were all stereo, with the exception of one b-side. 1963 [SLEEVE ART: ITALY] 1 A: Please Please Me 2 B: Ask Me Why. Not at all – it is the Beatles themselves. 22 CDs with everything contained here sans the Free As A Bird/Real Love single. So they later made a new master of it from a 7” vinyl record. United States of America 7" Singles. Compared to this they should have used the same covers. “If I Fell” will be buyng ! The packaging is admittedly far more attractive than CD’s but you don’t play the covers , and vinyl is a fatally flawed media for music . https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/poprock/detail/-/art/the-beatles-the-singles-collection/hnum/9509372, https://www.friktech.com/btls/uk/uk45slv.pdf, Yardbirds aka Roger the Engineer / super deluxe with signed print, Ram On: Tribute album features original Ram musicians and a host of talent, Paul and Linda McCartney’s ‘Ram’ reissued on half-speed mastered vinyl, David Bowie team ‘sorry’ as Brilliant Live Adventures campaign falls short, Level 42 / The Complete Polydor Years 1980-1984 unboxed, Future ‘Terence Trent D’Arby’ reissues to use Sananda Maitreya name, Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All The Rest 5CD super deluxe available in the UK, Mark King and Mike Lindup talk to SDE about the new Level 42 box set, Neil Young’s After The Gold Rush 50th anniversary set unboxed. There are lots of reasons why comments don’t get posted here, but it’s mainly for being offensive, aggressive, plain nasty etc. No German versions of “I Wanna Hold Your Hand / She Loves You”. See “The Beatles 1” CD reissued 2015: “All tracks remixed in stereo…” I prefer to listen to Oldies But Goldies in my lovely crackly Lp with the bent cover. Would they be played? I’m waiting on a replacement and expecting a recall because as i’m finding out i’m not the only one that received warped discs. Hi there! The Singles Collection 1962–1970 is a series of reissued singles by the English rock band the Beatles. There must not be enough time in the day to moderate all of the messages submitted! @The Other Paul; [12] During one week in April 1976, the band had an unprecedented 23 entries in the UK top 100 positions. Oh well. They know how to do this ! Not a comment about this release at all. Really annoyed at the way everything is going vinyl only , I personally don’t want vinyl and wish the labels would give the option of CD. Also I don’t care for the international picture sleeves – sometimes using a picture from a period different from the time the single was issued. Years ago I bought the full set in a Black box with Gold lettering – was it World Record Club? 1 A: Hello, Goodbye 2 A: Penny Lane, 1967 [SLEEVE ART: MEXICO] dont they ever ASK FANS ? They sold well at the time and are not rare. Jumping from Revolver-era to White Album-era songs is too abrupt. I would expect we’ll eventually see a UK EP box. Previous Beatles UK vinyl 45RPM singles boxes mistakenly used stereo fold downs for some of the tracks ,such as Yellow Submarine and All You Need Is Love. I wonder if the double A would be the new mixes from the ‘1’ DVD? Quite happy with Free As A Bird and Real Love together on one single. https://www.discogs.com/The-Beatles-US-Singles-Collection/release/12407929 2 B: The Inner Light, 1968 [SLEEVE ART: SOUTH AFRICA] 2 B: Thank You Girl, 1964 [SLEEVE ART: AUSTRIA] [2] The collection comprises all 22 of the Beatles' UK singles,[3] which were originally issued between October 1962 and March 1970 on either the Parlophone or Apple record labels,[4] together with a new single pairing "Yesterday" with "I Should Have Known Better". For those who want this material on CD, I suggest that you search out the 1992 box sets “The Beatles CD Singles Collection” and “The Beatles Compact Disc EP Collection” which can still be found for reasonable prices. I maintain that a single-CD comp of the fan club Xmas messages would be a perennial holiday seller. :) I pressed buy, but really wish this wouldn’t be released until next year. I’m a bit disappointed that the Larry Williams covers ” bad boy”, “slow down”, and “matchbox” aren’t included! [Ghost of George Lennon writes “Only A Northern Dream” to back up Niles’ claim]. Prob is a lot of early- mid era singles released in U.K. had plain covers. Who in the world buys something as awful as this…. I have most of the originals in varying degree of condition (as a child I sadly knew not how to properly care for vinyl). Ah I see. I would have bought this set, if it was released as a Japanese style 3″ CD singles boxset. Not quite. However,when I checked out,my total was $29 less than was posted on your site. I hope they make the vinyl EPs as 10″s. UPDATE: JB-HIFI are no longer selling it, but Discrepency Records still are but have upped the price by AU$20 to AU$399.99 & still offering FREE Delivery. I agree, I think about it every time I’m listening to past masters. Finally after 50 years their catalog has some consistency. Granted, Magical Mystery Tour sort of works as an album on its own (a nice supplement to Sgt. Most of the singles has picture from wrong year. I just wish that the quality of the vinyl was much better. The arrival of those Red & Blue LPs in 1973 were like the 2nd coming of Christ (if I may be so bold as to channel John Lennon). From 1962 to 1970, The Beatles released 22 UK singles; of those 44 A and B-side tracks, 29 were not included on the group’s British albums at that time. I see what you mean now :). Although it includes Free As A Bird / Real Love, it still feels a little incomplete to me. Pepper & White Album 50th box sets) or really wrong (see above). The quality of these pressings pales in comparison to the RSD red box 45rpm release from a few years ago. Cheers Rob. 1 A: Paperback Writer In another post, a long time back, a couple of posters mentioned an online site that sold a variety of vinyl inner and outer sleeves (bulk purchases). Collection wise, these look fantastic. They never released a mono & stereo version of the same record. There are vinyl only obsessives on here asking “why would anyone want a cd version?”. Why am I being compelled to buy this? I bought most of the 20th anniversary 7″ singles that were released between 1982 and 1990, i always think of these as the definitive editions as they all had excellent picture sleeves. The new remix is on the dvd, but was not used for this vinyl re-issue? 1 A: Ticket To Ride The master tape for version one was apparently destroyed. @geoff kavanagh thanks for the memory jog ! At this point, can’t think of anything about this release that I don’t like so I’m absolutely in. The information of where the covers originated from were included on the original press release and are available on the official Beatles website store. I’m not surprised it has been left out, as if it never happened. Missed out in 2013 because i got a total refund after we compared on thw cheap turntable... 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