The Collection (limited edition)

~ Release by The Beatles (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

The Beatles: The Collection was a vinyl box set of UK released Beatles LPs, remastered at half speed from the original stereo master recordings. Each album was pressed on virgin vinyl by the Victor Company of Japan (JVC) ensuring the best sound quality possible. The album covers were replaced with photographs of tape boxes and log sheet. The original album covers were included in a booklet which also featured a certificate of authenticity as this was a limited edition collection.
MFSL repressed a second run of the Beatles Box Set for a total production run of 25,000 until October 1985.
This release is a first pressing (1982)

Annotation last modified on 2021-06-27 09:57 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶12" Vinyl: Please Please Me
2▶12" Vinyl: With The Beatles
3▶12" Vinyl: A Hard Day's Night
4▶12" Vinyl: Beatles for Sale
5▶12" Vinyl: Help!
6▶12" Vinyl: Rubber Soul
7▶12" Vinyl: Revolver
8▶12" Vinyl: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
9▶12" Vinyl: The Beatles
10▶12" Vinyl: The Beatles
11▼12" Vinyl: Yellow Submarine
#TitleRatingLength
U1Yellow Submarine
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
acoustic guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
bass drum:
Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01)
bass guitar [1964 Rickenbacker 4001S]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl] and lead vocals:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
ocarina:
Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01)
tambourine:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1966-05-26)
additional background vocals:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer) (on 1966-06-01) and George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1966-06-01)
additional guest background vocals:
Pattie Boyd (on 1966-06-01)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01), Neil Aspinall (on 1966-06-01), Alf Bicknell (on 1966-06-01), Terry Condon (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01), Mal Evans (on 1966-06-01), Marianne Faithfull (on 1966-06-01), Brian Jones (Rolling Stones member) (on 1966-06-01) and John Skinner (Abbey Road staff member) (on 1966-06-01)
background vocals and spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01), Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1966-06-01)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1966, in 1987, in 2009)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-05-26) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-01)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1966-06-22)
recording of:
Yellow Submarine (from 1966-05-26 until 1966-06-01)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
57 Wimpole Street in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1966-03 until 1966-04)
3.6?:??
U2Only a Northern Song
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl]:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-13)
effects:
George Harrison (The Beatles), John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
electric bass guitar [1964 Rickenbacker 4001S]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-13)
glockenspiel and piano [1905 Steinway Vertegrand]:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-04-20)
organ:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-04-20)
organ [Hammond L-100]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-13)
trumpet:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-04-20)
lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-02-14, on 1967-04-20)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-02-13, on 1967-02-14) and Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-04-20)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-04-21)
remasters:
Only a Northern Song (original mono studio mix) by The Beatles (UK rock band, “The Fab Four”)
recording of:
Only a Northern Song (from 1967-02-13 until 1967-04-20)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2.75?:??
U3All Together Now
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
acoustic guitar [1964 Epiphone Texan FT-79] and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
acoustic guitar and handclaps:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
drums (drum set), finger cymbals and handclaps:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
electric bass guitar and handclaps:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
handclaps, harmonica and ukulele:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12) and Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-12)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-05-12)
recording of:
All Together Now (on 1967-05-12)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
2.85?:??
U4Hey Bulldog
recording engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl] and spoken vocals:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1968-02-11)
electric bass guitar and tambourine and lead vocals:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1968-02-11)
electric guitar:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1968-02-11)
electric guitar and piano and lead vocals and spoken vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1968-02-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recorded at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-02-11)
mixed at:
Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1968-11-29)
recording of:
Hey Bulldog (on 1968-02-11)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3.15?:??
U5It’s All Too Much
engineer:
Dave Siddle (engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
bass clarinet:
Paul Harvey (British wind musician and composer) (on 1967-06-02)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl]:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-25)
electric bass guitar:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-25)
electric guitar:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-25)
guest trumpet:
David Mason (trumpeter) (on 1967-06-02)
Hammond organ [Hammond C-3]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-25)
handclaps and background vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-31) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-31)
tambourine:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-31)
lead vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-05-31)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recorded at:
De Lane Lea Studios in Soho, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-05-25, on 1967-05-31, on 1967-06-02)
recording of:
It’s All Too Much (from 1967-05-25 until 1967-06-02)
lyricist and composer:
George Harrison (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2.85?:??
U6All You Need Is Love
engineer:
Eddie Kramer (engineer)
producer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
accordion:
Jack Emblow (accordionist) (on 1967-06-25)
banjo and background vocals and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-19)
bass guitar [1964 Rickenbacker 4001 S]:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-25)
double bass:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-14)
drums (drum set):
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-26)
drums (drum set) [1964 Ludwig Super Classic Black Oyster Pearl]:
Ringo Starr (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-14)
guest piccolo trumpet:
David Mason (trumpeter) (on 1967-06-25)
guitar [1961 Sonic Blue Fender Stratocaster]:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-25)
harpsichord:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-14)
piano:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) (on 1967-06-19)
tambourine and lead vocals:
John Lennon (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-25)
tenor saxophone:
Don Honeywill (on 1967-06-25) and Rex Morris (on 1967-06-25)
trombone:
Harold Spain (on 1967-06-25) and Evan Watkins (on 1967-06-25)
trumpet:
Stanley Woods (trumpet player) (on 1967-06-25)
violin:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (on 1967-06-14), Eric Bowie (violinist) (on 1967-06-25), Pat Halling (on 1967-06-25) and Sidney Sax (violinist) (on 1967-06-25)
background vocals:
George Harrison (The Beatles) (from 1967-06-19 until 1967-06-25), John Lennon (The Beatles) (from 1967-06-19 until 1967-06-25) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (from 1967-06-19 until 1967-06-25)
guest background vocals:
Jane Asher (voice actor) (on 1967-06-25), Pattie Boyd (on 1967-06-25), Eric Clapton (on 1967-06-25), Marianne Faithfull (on 1967-06-25), Mick Jagger (on 1967-06-25), Mike McGear (Paul McCartney’s brother) (on 1967-06-25), Keith Moon (drummer) (on 1967-06-25), Graham Nash (on 1967-06-25), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones guitarist) (on 1967-06-25) and Gary Walker (US drummer, in The Walker Brothers) (on 1967-06-25)
conductor:
Mike Vickers (British musician, member of Manfred Mann)
orchestrator:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1967, in 1987) and The Gramophone Co., Ltd. (UK record company) (in 1967)
recorded at:
Olympic Sound Studios (1958–1966 before moving to Barnes) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-06-14), Abbey Road Studios: Studio 3 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-06-19), Abbey Road Studios: Studio 1 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-06-23, on 1967-06-25) and Abbey Road Studios: Studio 2 in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1967-06-26)
music videos:
All You Need Is Love (music video) by The Beatles (UK rock band, “The Fab Four”)
part of:
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 363)
recording of:
All You Need Is Love (from 1967-06-14 until 1967-06-26)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd. and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
quotes lyrics from:
She Loves You
quotes lyrics from:
Yesterday
quotes music from:
Greensleeves (generic entry for traditional and unknown arrangements)
quotes music from:
In the Mood
quotes music from:
Inventio Nr. 8 F-Dur, BWV 779
quotes music from:
La Marseillaise (national anthem of France)
3.95?:??
V1Pepperland
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Pepperland (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.25?:??
V2Sea of Time
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Sea of Time (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3?:??
V3Sea of Holes
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Sea of Holes (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.2?:??
V4Sea of Monsters
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Sea of Monsters (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.5?:??
V5March of the Meanies
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
March of the Meanies (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
2.8?:??
V6Pepperland Laid Waste
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Pepperland Laid Waste (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator and composer:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
3.25?:??
V7Yellow Submarine in Pepperland
engineer:
Geoff Emerick (British recording engineer)
producer:
John Burgess (British record producer), George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician) and Ron Richards
orchestra:
George Martin Orchestra (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
conductor:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
arranger:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1969)
recording of:
Yellow Submarine in Pepperland (from 1968-10-22 until 1968-10-23)
orchestrator:
George Martin (producer, arranger, composer, conductor, audio engineer, and musician)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd. and Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020)
version of:
Yellow Submarine
3?:??
12▶12" Vinyl: Abbey Road
13▶12" Vinyl: Magical Mystery Tour
14▶12" Vinyl: Let It Be

Credits

Release

manufactured by and distributed by:MFSL, Inc. (parent of Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, distributor and copyright holder)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012) (in 1963, in 1964, in 1965, in 1966, in 1967, in 1969, in 1970)
licensed from:EMI Records Ltd. (not for release label use! UK parent of EMI‐owned labels until Sept 2012)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2914755 [info]