''The U.S. Albums'' is a

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comprising the

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American albums released by

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between 1964 and 1970. The box set was released on 21 January 2014 in the United States, marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Beatles' first trip to the US and first American album from Capitol Records, '' Meet the Beatles!''

Disc listing

All 13 unique albums released by

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are included in the box set (eight of which were previously released in '' The Capitol Albums, Volume 1'' and ''

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''—which, unlike the ''U.S. Albums'' set, were sourced from the Capitol master tapes). The set contains remastered

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and

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versions of each album, except ''

The Beatles' Story ''The Beatles' Story'' is the sixth album by the English rock band the Beatles in the United States, issued on 23 November 1964 by Capitol Records. It is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, and snippets of origina ...

'' and ''

Hey Jude "Hey Jude" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles that was released as a non-album single in August 1968. It was written by Paul McCartney and credited to the Lennon–McCartney partnership. The single was the Beatles' first release o ...

'', which are presented only in stereo. Additionally, '' Yesterday and Today'', and the US versions of '' A Hard Day's Night'' and ''

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'' were released for the first time on CD in this box set. ''

'' (in stereo only) is the only album from the box set that is not available separately. * '' Meet the Beatles!'' (1964) * ''

The Beatles' Second Album ''The Beatles' Second Album'' is the second Capitol Records album by the English rock band the Beatles, and their third album released in the United States including ''Introducing... The Beatles'', which was issued three months earlier by Vee-Jay ...

'' (1964) * '' A Hard Day's Night'' (1964) * '' Something New'' (1964) * ''

'' (1964) * ''

Beatles '65 ''Beatles '65'' is an album by the English rock band the Beatles that was issued in the United States and Canada in December 1964. Released as the North American alternative to ''Beatles for Sale'', it was the band's fifth studio album culled by ...

'' (1964) * ''

The Early Beatles ''The Early Beatles'' is the Beatles' sixth album released on Capitol Records, and their eighth album overall for the American market. All of the tracks on this album had previously been issued on the early 1964 Vee-Jay Records release '' Intro ...

'' (1965) * ''

Beatles VI ''Beatles VI'' is the seventh Capitol Records studio album by the English rock band the Beatles in the United States and Canada (including ''The Beatles' Story''). It was the ninth album released into that market in less than one and a half ye ...

'' (1965) * '' Help!'' (1965) * '' Rubber Soul'' (1965) * '' Yesterday and Today'' (1966) * ''

'' (1966) * ''

'' (1970) The masters for the US versions of the albums are partially based on the original 1960s masters delivered by EMI and the 2009 remasters released in ''

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'' and ''

The Beatles in Mono ''The Beatles in Mono'' is a boxed set compilation comprising the remastered monaural recordings by the Beatles. The set was released on compact disc on 9 September 2009, the same day the remastered stereo recordings and companion '' The Beat ...

''. Unique stereo and mono mixes prepared in the UK for US release are sourced from the original tapes. Any unique versions prepared for US release were recreated for this set. The tapes used for the 2004 and 2006 Capitol boxed sets drawn from the Capitol tapes were not used in this set, with the exception of ''

''. The albums ''

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'', '' Magical Mystery Tour'', ''

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'' (the "White Album"), '' Yellow Submarine'', '' Abbey Road'' and ''

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'' are not included in this set as those albums were identical to available UK editions (although the US edition of ''

'' does not have the inner groove sound featured on the UK edition). Plus, the White Album was released only in stereo in the US. Originally, the American version of ''Magical Mystery Tour'' was also unique, as a Capitol Records compilation of the band's British EP and 1967 singles. When the Beatles catalogue was first issued on compact disc in 1987, the American ''Magical Mystery Tour'' running order was chosen as the official version of the release.

Mixes unique to this release

In nearly every case, the master delivered by EMI to Capitol was used as the source; in some cases, unique mixes were re-created. In cases where Capitol had used a folded-down stereo mix (such as for ''Meet The Beatles'', ''Help!'' and ''The Early Beatles'') for the mono version, this set uses a dedicated (2009 master) mono mix. In cases where Capitol uses a "

Duophonic Duophonic sound was a trade name for a type of audio signal processing used by Capitol Records on certain releases and re-releases of mono recordings issued during the 1960s and 1970s. In this process monaural recordings were reprocessed into a ...

" stereo mix, this set uses a dedicated stereo mix. For tracks released on the UK ''Help!'' and ''Rubber Soul'', the 1987 stereo remix (as remastered in 2009) was used.

''The Beatles' Second Album''

: "Long Tall Sally" (mono) : "I Call Your Name" (mono)

''Something New''

: "I'll Cry Instead" (mono) : "Any Time at All" (mono) : "When I Get Home" (mono) : "And I Love Her" (mono)

''A Hard Day's Night''

: "I'll Cry Instead" (mono) (same as on mono ''Something New'') : "And I Love Her" (mono) (same as on mono ''Something New'', but runs slower here) : "I'll Cry Instead" (mono) (no stereo version)

''Beatles '65''

: "I'll Be Back" (mono) : "She's a Woman" (mono) : "I Feel Fine" (mono)

''Rubber Soul''

: "Michelle" (mono) : "The Word" (stereo) : "I'm Looking Through You" (stereo)

''Yesterday and Today''

: "I'm Only Sleeping" (mono) : "Doctor Robert" (mono) : "And Your Bird Can Sing" (mono) : "We Can Work It Out" (stereo) : "Day Tripper" (stereo)

Charts

References

External links

"Ladies and Gentleman, The Beatles!
- press release on the Beatles' official website {{DEFAULTSORT:U.S. Albums, The 2014 compilation albums Albums arranged by George Harrison Albums arranged by George Martin Albums arranged by John Lennon Albums arranged by Mike Leander Albums arranged by Paul McCartney Albums conducted by George Harrison Albums conducted by George Martin Albums conducted by John Lennon Albums conducted by Paul McCartney Albums produced by George Martin Apple Records compilation albums Capitol Records compilation albums Compilation albums published posthumously Reissue albums The Beatles compilation albums Universal Music Enterprises compilation albums