Do We Need A Beatles Capitol Vinyl Album Box Set?
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Although some Beatles Capitol albums have been available on CD since 2004 not all used the original vintage mixes and have for the past 40 years been unavailable on vinyl. In this video, we look at their importance not just to 1st generation fans but to those who didn't get them first time around. We also look at the options for a Capitol 45s box set and what we think it should look like (concept art courtesy of 'MisterBiscuits').
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Years ago, I took all my original pressing Beatle (and solo) records - albums and singles - and gave them to a woman I worked with. She was much younger than I, and a huge Beatles fan. She was so overjoyed, she gave me about $80. I was going to give them to her for free, since they were sitting way in the back of my closet, doing nothing. Another coworker (who was also a Beatles fan) came along, nosing around...so I pulled out a 2nd copy of "She Loves You" (with picture sleeve) and told him to go away. No regrets - I'm sure this woman gave those records a good home.
A Capitol albums boxed set in both stereo and mono versions using the real US mixes is essential if you think about it. I grew up in Britain but started collecting US imports from HMV in Plymouth In 1971. I realised then that the US and Canada market was huge and that there were say 3 or 4 times as many American copies of the US Rubber Soul for instance as the UK version. To me, American albums sound great as they are thank you. I would love a mint set with dare I say it an official "Butcher Sleeve", and a singles box set also. Capitol should have realised this year's ago.
I bought Canadian imports of Help and The Beatles Story from HMV in Plymouth. I also remember seeing Hey Jude, but I didn't know the history of it and just thought it looked very odd and didn't buy it.
Speaking as a first generation Beatles fan , If Capitol wanted to blow the lid off , they would need to make the set with mixes exactly as issued first time around , not with substitute mixes , and for the icing on the cake , issue as a bonus both the separate mono and stereo butcher album covers with their respective mixes as from 1966 , I'd buy that set in a heart beat !!
Absolutely! A cleaned up, remastered US Rubber Soul would be amazing.
Great suggestion. It would be interesting to issue the Capitol albums as they appeared on their 60th Anniversary as a Stereo/Mono CD and a double vinyl album. It would also give us Oldies an incentive to live another seven years to collect the set.
I made up my own box set with a custom box I got from Etsy I even included a introducing the Beatles album
@djchancla2451 Sounds brilliant. The addition of The Christmas Album, The U.S. versions of Rock 'n' Roll Music and Rarities would certainly complete the collection, and legitimate, expanded copies of Sessions and Casualties would be the icing on the cake.
“None of us are getting any younger”. Spot on Andrew! I can’t believe it took Apple close to 50 (FIFTY!!) years to release footage from the original Let It Be video, to create Peter Jackson’s superb (if flawed) Get Back presentation. In my opinion, there is SO much that Apple PR could be doing with their precious back catalogue, but they’ve been dragging their heels for so long now.
Very frustrating!!
I think a stereo-only set would be fine for most people, especially considering a few of the Capitol mono albums are just folddowns anyway. A big reason why people are fascinated by these albums is because of Capitol's tinkering with the audio, and you get more of that with the stereo versions.
True, but “Yesterday…and Today” is pretty lousy in stereo, as the three Revolver UK tracks were simply in Duophonic before 1973 and feature unique mono mixes which have never been featured elsewhere. Also, the Rubber Soul UK and Help! UK tracks are pretty rough in stereo. It would be best to include the mono versions of every album that didn’t solely consist of fold-downs such as Help! (USA), and The Early Beatles (USA).
There are also many other unique mono mixes, such as the extended version of “I’ll Cry Instead” on “Something New” and “A Hard Day’s Night” (USA), “I Call Your Name” on “The Beatles’ Second Album” and the reverb-laden “I Feel Fine” and “She’s A Woman”.
@@classic_colinThe all true stereo version of Yesterday and Today (used originally for record club-exclusive pressings as well as the cassette/reel-to-reel/8-track releases) contains unique stereo mixes of “I’m Only Sleeping” and “Doctor Robert”. My copy (Apple label, Winchester pressing) has those two songs in real stereo, and “And Your Bird Can Sing” in Duophonic.
All of the Capitol albums (as well as the UA A Hard Day’s Night soundtrack…which eventually became a Capitol album) except for The Early Beatles and Help! - which only have stereo masters and were electronically folded down at the cutting stage - are essential in both stereo and mono. In my opinion, of course.
@@kalebaldwin5398 Oh, really? How do those U.S. true stereo mixes differ from the UK stereo mixes?
Hey Andrew, my first ever album was Beatles '65 (in mono) - spent the rest of the sixties trying my best to only get the new thing = 'stereo' - was really bummed when I had to buy Yesterday and Today in mono (record store only had it in mono) and double bummed when the next week at school - Dolores brought in her (steamed off) butcher copy of it. Anyway would buy a Capitols box set in a heartbeat - if they could be as good as the CD box sets. thanks for great video.
I found a big cache of shrink-wrapped OG pressing US Beatles albums a few years ago at a thrift store that I love but I don’t play much because I just prefer the UK albums. Maybe occasionally Rubber Soul or Yesterday and Today. That said it’s hard to go to a thrift shop here in the US and not see a beat up copy of Help! Or Hey Jude vastly overpriced ($30-60) because people think “Beatles = value.”
The only used UK album I’ve found in the wild is actually Sgt Pepper’s but the disc itself is worn down badly. Still cool to see the glossy cover and Parlophone label instead of Capitol.
Also another funny story. I visited the UK earlier this year and when I went to Abbey Road, a tour guide was taking a rich American family around. Stopping traffic for the crosswalk and everything while the rest of us had to risk getting run over. Anyway, the tour guide was in the gift shop piling the UK vinyl on this family and telling them that they couldn’t get these records back home so they should buy them all now. Not true at all, I’m pretty sure you can get the UK versions at Target’s new vinyl section now, but it was very funny. He had his phone out showing the differences between “With the Beatles” and “Meet the Beatles.”
Great suggestions, Andrew, since I grew up with the Capitol albums here in the States. And, yes, I would hope the sound quality is just as just as good as the Capitol CD sets! The singles collection in the blue box is superb, as you mentioned; great sound quality, and the reproduction foreign sleeves are first rate. A similar U.S. singles box would be a welcome addition to any Beatles collection (again, depending on sound quality). Hopefully, Capitol would emulate your conceptual design for a singles box set -looks amazing!
Being from the UK I only recently got into collecting the Capitol albums after picking up a copy of Beatles VI. The US albums influenced so many from The Byrds to Brian Wilson etc and deserve their place in Beatles canon. Meet The Beatles is a cracking album and I often play the US stereo Rubber Soul over the UK version. It’s a totally different musical proposition.
Good for my good friend @MisterBiscuits_ for getting some of his concepts in the vid!
I still have my original Capitol 45s in my brother's jukebox and I will say even though they are in rough condition the mixes are so HOT that you don't HEAR the scratches - I remember at 10 years old being disappointed hearing the LP mix of "I Want To Hold Your Hand" on my mono "Meet The Beatles" after being BLASTED by the Capitol 45 - other similar mixes "Eight Days A Week" "Nowhere Man" "Slow Down" "Can't Buy Me Love" the mixes are unique and made to shatter the walls!
Have been re-buying all the Capitol albums as I can find them at a decent price. Would love,love,love this set to be reissued. Would buy it in a second ! Enjoyed your video. Take care!
I do love the Capitol albums and was very happy when they announced the box set in 2004. I was one of the ones that purchased the 2006 set with the wrong mono mixes for Beatles VI and Rubber Soul. I tried searching for a proper copy but no luck so far. I do have the U.S. Albums box from 2014 which does have the correct mono mixes for those two records but the stereo mixes include the 1987 mixes from George Martin. I did recently purchase a Capitol box from the early 1970s which was meant for Capitol employees and contains 8 Beatles album on the Apple label….Thanks for doing this one Andrew!
Thanks for your thoughts, Bill!
Try the Japanese Capitol Vol 2 box - much better sleeves (larger and of a quality similar to the 2009 mono box CD set) and still available at reasonable prices.
@@crosstownchord thanks for the recommendation…. I just got it delivered today and it’s much better than the U.S. box, thanks again
@@billleary5779 Glad you like it, Bill - happy to help!
I would love to see a Capitol albums boxset and would definitely purchase one if it actually happened.
I dunno if I'd buy a box set, but having them available again coulid be interesting. Specially if the mono versions were also released. Those are harder to find in good state and price.
Even if Capitol stopped producing after 87, the stereo releases were never out of print till then, so not too hard to be found. And imo, some of those reissue purple/rainbow capitol of the 80s sound surprisingly good.
Capitol Beatles albums can frequently be found in the wild in very good and near mint condition. I am in Canada and have built up a substantial Beatles collection by purchasing used vintage vinyl in the wild. I regularly find Beatles albums that are Capitol US and Canada releases. No ring wear. No seam splits. Very good audio. Many of my Capitol releases could go toe to toe with early UK counterparts.
It’s something definitely missing from the Beatles catalogue. I think a set with a Past Masters-style album to include their non-album tracks would be great (I know it wouldn’t be a long album, but hey). Both mono and stereo would need to be included to fill all the gaps, but whether they’d be separate box sets or all in one, I don’t know.
I’m from the UK but came to the US albums quite early on, so I have an affection for them. And whatever you think about their ‘authenticity’ in terms of sound and track listing, they are still a cracking listen. Second Album is an absolute blast, a breathless, high tempo set that never lets up.
12 tracks: Love Me Do single, From Me to You, Misery, There's a Place, Sie Liebt Dich, A Hard Day's Night, I'm Down, The Inner Light, Get Back single, Across the Universe Wildlife, Let It Be single, and You Know My Name. I even have a compilation title: Capitol Offense.
Sounds good. I hadn’t thought about whether or not the box would include the Hard Day’s Night album or not.
I'd say a compilation with the unique US mixes would be ok for those who are looking for the essential stuff different from the UK canon. A full box set should also be made for those who wish to have the whole package. And I believe a US singles box set wouldn't be difficult to make, since the RSD box set already had 4 of them.
That faux singles box set looks quite amazing! It has to be done right. The Japanese releases in the 70s had the Capitol albums released with their proper mixes. It would be great doing a stereo or limited run mono box set, should include a book with all the documentation of the mixes (they should get Bruce Spizer for help for the book).
Thanks! It was actually a concept I made a while back. I did make a re-edit of the backslip because if you notice I forgot to include the Nowhere Man single! Someone had pointed it out to me on the original Reddit post I made (good thing I still have the files lool). I'll have to go back and add in those additional singles from Swan, Tollie, & Veejay to see how that'd look. I'm passionate about this Beatles topic and really hope we get something great for the american discography hahaha
Growing up on the U S LPs and knowing nothing else till 1971 when I first heard the British LPs!! Shock!! Well I’ve owned both collections and still listen to both! Great job Andrew!!
Great idea! Yes, I would definitely buy a Captial albums vinyl boxset.. If it's done right. 👍
I already have the In Mono boxset, Singles Collection, plus all the best sounding UK & European albums suggested by you, so my next Beatles vinyl collecting goal is to (hopefully) get nice, minty copies of all the 'best sounding' US albums. Stereo and/or mono would be fine with me, though I prefer stereo. My family copies that I inherited are pretty trashed! 😬
Oooo! Well done show for us Yanks! I would love a box set of the 45’s. Great idea! I had collected all the 45’s and the covers were always fun to look at as they would bring back memories and smells of the 5 & dime store I bought them at. You could smell the seasons emanating from the pics!
Great show!
Thanks Brian. Glad it bought back some nice memories for you!
I used to buy my 45s in the late 60s and 70s at my local 5 and dime store in New York. Memories.
It’s great to hear that others had the same sensory experience like I do.
Cheers to sensory experiences!
No real need to as I have all of the U.S. Beatles lps on Capitol Records in mono and stereo. (as well as the few others on different labels). It would have to include something special with the lps to spark my want for a box set. Thanks for another great video, Andrew !!! P.S. I would be very happy if they released the U.S. Beatles Singles box set as you described. The original picture sleeves aren't as plentiful as the lps. Lots of fans didn't care about the sleeves when they came out. They just wanted the records. My cousin was one who threw away the sleeves. I wish I was there to take his unwanted sleeves.
Ditto! Me as well, multiple mint copies of each on Capitol mono and stereo, including 1st press Apple (with the "Subsidiary" logo on the B-side) and also including a STEREO "Butcher Album".!!!
@@georgegbalzano9239 I also have a butcher, mine is mono. Luckily, I bought most of mine as they came out, leaving only a few spots to fill in later. They are complete now. They aren't as plentiful as they used to be.
Actually, the 2014 US Albums set contains most of the unique US mixes, not only mono ones: it has the unique stereo The Word, I'm Looking Through You, We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper, plus the James Bond intro in Help! They missed a couple in the Second Album and the three Revolver tracks in Y&T. They used the remasters only for songs where the mixes were the same as the UK ones, and to replace fake stereo and folddown mono.
Some good ideas. I’ve managed to get all the Beatles US albums but I’m sure such a box set would be really popular.
I would definitely buy a Capitol boxed set because it would be a great addition to any Beatles collection!
A Capitol singles box set would be wonderful. On the other hand, a Capitol albums box set would be a great collection if they so included the mono mixes on side one and stereo mixes on side two. No matter what or how anything new is released It will more than likely end up in my collection.
They can only fit about 20 minutes on each side of an lp, so putting an entire album on one side is something you won't be seeing anytime soon.
Very true! I definitely wouldn't buy anything that had the sound quality of a K-Tel album.@@DimitrisDr3am
Great vid. Enjoyed that. As a Brit the capital albums are not where my focus is. But I’d still go for a box set. There are a couple of Beatle American releases I still listen to, to this day - Magical Mystery Tour which I first heard as the U.S album rather than the Brit Ep way back in 73. And the same year my parents had the U.S import of Band On The Run. The Brit version without Helen Wheels just seems wrong haha 😅
I'm with you on Helen Wheels, one of the few times a North American release is preferable. I almost bought a Japanese copy recently, but learned it had the UK track listing without Helen, and decided not to (I have a nice U.K. pressing anyway, so I probably wouldn't even bother playing another copy without HW).
I would definitely purchase a U.S. Albums box set. My first Beatles album was "BEATLES VI" when I was 9 yrs old. I do like your idea of a singles box set as well, but I just don't have too much confidence in the people at Apple who are in charge of these aspects. They've missed many opportunities at times letting bootleggers beat them to the punch and sometimes proving fans with items they wished Apple would put together and release. Anyway, I hope they're listening this time around.
Great! No question, your ideas deserve to be heard and for my part it's absolutely incomprehensible why we can't acquire these boxes long ago! But it has to be done right, otherwise it's for nothing! Yes, and we all hope that this will be heard by the right people. Wishing us luck! 🎉
It was hard to find the correct 2006 Capitol Volume 2 box in Russia those days, because they imported the bad batch in a hurry and never tried to import the corrected volumes after that. It took me about 5 years to finally find the Japan square box edition in Moscow, so I was lucky. The 2014 US Albums box is cool-looking, but more like a souvenir thing, than something to listen to. As the US albums are full of unic mixes, I'd be happy to get them all redone correctly on vinyl.
Your videos are always informative and entertaining and there is no denying that you know your Beatles from left, right or center. Amazing work.
Thank you, Lars. Much appreciated!
The whole question about a Capitol boxed set is: if it is DONE RIGHT. Really right, no embarrassing errors or foul-ups this time; no omissions. Also, to be really complete would make it expensive...but that goes back to the fact that if it was really done well, people would pay for the quality, including me! Singles set as well.
Heck I wish they'd just reissue the now-outrageously-expensive mono box set, but I guess that'll never happen.
As others have noted…a Capitol LP box set would have to be made from the original US masters to be a “must own”. The 2004 CDs got it right
Wanting US Capitol albums is like wanting a blockbuster film made in colour with surround sound and 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio released in black and white with mono sound in cropped 4:3 aspect ratio because that's the way it was shown on TV in Outer Woop-Woop 30 years ago.
I've been done with Capitol since I bought my first parlophone album here in America in the early 70's. I'm not a collector, but I still look back with nostalgia those American LPS.
I would consider buying a Capitol box set but in the absence of one, I’ve been busy collecting the Capitol discs on vintage vinyl over the last year or so.
I'd love a Capitol LP box in Stereo & Mono....original Capitol US mixes....also the singles box would be a massive addition.....
The false start for « I’m Looking through You » was something I always thought to be integràl.
I feel there needs to be a box set of all British and American records. It would likely be ridiculously expensive, but worth it.
Very nice touch ending the video with the US-only "Thank You Girl" harmonica outro!
For anyone interested in the US albums, Dave Marsh's little book "The Beatles' Second Album" is a must read.
My compliments to you, sir, for another interesting video! As far as the US albums are concerned, I'll stick to my collection based on the UK albums. So no US Capitol box set for me, thank you. But I can understand how many fans would be interested.
A Capitol Vinyl Boxset (Regardless of LP or 7") would be GREAT! I've never owned much Capitol stuff except for "Beatles '65" and "The Movie Medley" (not even Magical Mystery Tour, I only have the 2x EP). So a vinyl boxset would be really practical! A singles boxset would include cool front covers, so this would be a very good idea!
I love going back to your older videos. Me personally I think they should have both 45’s and vinyl box sets for American Capitol albums in stereo and mono.😊
I visited the US as a young teenager with my parents in 1979 and - somewhat aware of the US album mix differences - used my holiday spending money to buy the ones of most interest. As it turns out, I've just recently completed the collection with the missing similar-era copies. Even so, I'd buy a boxset like the one you're suggesting, as well as the singles box (although I'd like to see the two US EPs in there as well).
Thanks.. I have all of the US Beatles albums on vinyl in stereo on late 70s or early 80s pressings as I started going fully into the Beatles in 1983. I have been slowly collecting mono copies out in the wild, but they are few and far between. If I got the an albums set on it would be a mono to complete my set. I wish I had got the two capitol box sets back in the day but they came our when I was in college and money was scarce.
The singles box would be a must buy for me. I love the selection ideas presented in this video.
Thanks for the wonderful video and see you next week.
The Capitol Beatles Album Yesterday and Today was produced on CD by Apple in 2014, featuring the suitcase picture on the front and the original track list on the back. The original vinyl Yesterday and Today featured Dave Dexter's duophonic mixes of the three tracks lifted from the UK Revolver album: I'm Only Sleeping, Dr. Robert, and And Your Bird Can Sing. In 1966, EMI had sent Capitol the mono mix tapes for the three songs, so Dexter did his magic to create the duophonic mixes. For the 2014 Yesterday and Today CD, Apple used the UK stereo mixes of the three songs.The difference is most noticeable on I'm Only Sleeping, its mono mix having less backwards guitar than the UK stereo mix. When I had the Capitol album in 1966, I listened to the duophonic mix. When I bought the CD in 2014 and heard the UK stereo version, I made my own duophonic mix from the mono using Garage Band.
I have four CD’s called “The US Singles Collection Volume 1 - 4”, the first 3 Volumes Vinyl Ripped by the Great Dr. Ebbetts. Incredible sound quality from Mint, Pristine, First Edition Capital Singles with color cover artwork. I met the good Doctor at a BeatleFest in N.J. About 20 years ago. After purchasing a DVD of the 1964 Australian TV Concert, he showed me his other offerings. Wow, my eyes grew real big when he showed me the “US Singles Collection”.and my ears grew bigger when I got home and listened to them. Took me straight back to my youth in the 60’s with my transistor radio under my pillow listening to the Beatles. I would buy this collection if it was released by Capitol/Apple and was mastered for vinyl from the original US tapes with the original picture Sleeves. I don’t feel I need the US Albums on Vinyl. Once I heard the British mixes on the BC 13 Box in the late 70’s, I said goodbye to the US vinyl mixes forever. Although I did buy the two volumes of “The Capitol Albums” in 2004 & 2006, mostly because of the true Stereo Mixes on the early albums.
British are enough and we need a new all analogue stereo box and a more prints of the 2014 mono boxes. Greetings from México!!
Mix-ins of UK,North American,and German lp mixes are included in the Capiphone set,along with later fades on certain tracks,Singles and EP sets with ALL TRUE mono mixes,including the With the Beatles titles that were ending-shaved on the 2009 remasters.2 tracks that were shaved are now restored to the original fadeouts and on the EP sets.
I would love a Capitol set of albums mono and stereo and the singles would be icing on the cake for sure. Wish someone would get this in the works! Take care !
I treasure my Beatles Capitol CD boxes. Some of the brighter early EQ choices hold up. Plus the precious false start to I’m Looking Through You.
I know I am pretty late to this party, but I just saw your video, and this is a topic that has been in the back of my mind for quite a long time. From the time I first "met" The Beatles in 1964 until 1988, the Capitol albums and singles were the only Beatles music I knew. As such, they are the versions I love, and no amount of heckling from the purists is ever going make me embrace the British versions to the same degree. A new, complete set of Capitol albums would be a joy, as long as the sound is authentic to the originals. What I would like most of all would be a complete set of Capitol singles with the original picture sleeves. They should offer them in both vinyl and cd formats. I would happily buy both.
I'm a second-generation American Beatles fan, and I can attest to the fact that the US albums (the stereo versions, at least) were still in print up until the late 1980s. In fact, sometime around 1988, they were given new catalog numbers with a "C1" prefix, but in the runout grooves you can see the original catalog numbers crossed out. I have a mixture of these, which have plain purple labels, and earlier 1980s issues with rainbow labels. (I don't know if it's rare or worth much, but I have a copy of Yesterday & Today, catalog number C1-90447, which on the sleeve purports to be the stereo version, but which is, in fact, in mono. EDIT: I just checked on Discogs, and copies of this mispress are going for $80 or more!) I acknowledge that Capitol *butchered* the catalog, but honestly, I think the US LPs tend to be better sequenced than the pre-Pepper British albums. Despite the inclusion of duophonic mixes of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy," Meet the Beatles! is a vastly better album than either Please Please Me or With the Beatles, IMHO, and Yesterday & Today and the American Rubber Soul are pretty great, too. Would I buy a new box set of the Capitol albums? Eh, probably not--I've kept my 80s LPs in good shape, and I still play them from time to time. But I'm sure demand exists for such a thing.
Yes! My preference remains to hear Meet the Beatles and The Beatles' Second Album over With the Beatles. Purely by accident, Capitol made the era stronger by separating the R&B covers onto its own album and by creating a first side on MTB that includes "Hand," "Standing There" and "This Boy" created a knockout punch for anyone just hearing of the band. I'm second generation myself, having bought MTB in March 1980 and being blown away the first time I heard the album. I couldn't believe the energy. I really enjoy the duophonic mixes, if only because the reverb and compression creates a more exciting sound. Just as how Ringo's drums on "You Really Got a Hold On Me" sound so much more powerful on Second Album than on With the Beatles. (To say nothing of the miserable flatness of the performance as presented on the mono 1987 CD of With the Beatles.)
I'd buy a Mono/Stereo box if done right and priced fairly and not the usual premium that Apple puts on their items. (The Revolver box is still going for just under $100 on CD!!!)
Andrew, I literally spit my drink out when you said “and we’re not getting any younger!” So true. Even we second gen Beatlemaniacs (Im 48) are getting up there.
However, I do feel lucky that we are around for all these reissues of late.
So to answer your questions, OF course I would buy the Capitol set. Either singles or LPs. I regret not getting the Mono LP box set.
Keep up the GREAT work! Love your site.
I have all of them on early pressing vinyl. I would buy a high-quality set if they were true to the originals, reverb-drenched I Feel Fine and all of it. I grew up on these and still play them for nostalgia purposes. Just today I spun Something New. It broughtme back to when I was 13.
Between a couple friends and myself we had a bunch of Beatles stuff on tape and vinyl back in the day. Of course it was Capitol (or UA for AHDN).
I had "Revolver" and the White Album (XDR prints) on tape; "Yellow Submarine" (Apple label) and "Yesterday and Today" (rainbow label) on 33. A friend had the White Album (Apple label) and AHDN (UA black label) on 33 and "Sgt. Pepper" (with the sides flipped!) and "20 Greatest Hits" on tape. Another friend had "Meet the Beatles", "Rubber Soul", "Sgt. Pepper", "Yellow Submarine", "Let It Be", "Live at the BBC", "Rock & Roll Music Vol. 1" and "Past Masters".
Hey Caulderstone/Apple and Capitol! Get on the Mono American Albums Box! You’re missing out on this!
Great topic and well done video! I own all of the Capital releases mentioned in vinyl purchased in the mid to late 60's . Aside from the missing tracks included on other albums, these albums featured many songs that never appeared on the UK albums. Something New was a big favorite with "Things we said Today, and "I'll cry instead" All are in good condition. Interestingly, I never knew any other versions existed until my early twenties (early 80's) . Such great memories watching this - a HUGE thank you!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
Fun post, Andrew. Yes, I would love to see Capitol mono and stereo LP box sets done properly (like the UK mono set). I grew up with these records (I still have them!) and have always loved their punchy quality.
Well Andrew, You give Apple/Capitol a couple of nice blueprints here! Great job 👍
Thanks! 👍
Oh bravo on the bit at the very end! I don't think many know about that one.
Capitol albums and singles!! I would love both!!
Yes it should be all the original US albums including Introducing The Beatles also it would be nice since itll be the 60th anniversary of The Beatles U.S. visit next February
There's much more to put out than to rehash the Capitol LP's...Star Club, Stowe Tape, SDE's from Please Please Me to Rubber Soul. Anthology Live Box.
I always thought the false starts on 'I'm Looking Through You' sounded like a better opening............
When you suggested a US 45 box I thought “Nah”. Then I saw your mock up and thought “take my money!” Let’s have a US LP box first though, original Capital mixes and faithfully reproduced sleeves (or ‘Jackets’ I guess I should call them in this instance)
I didn't grow up with the original Capitol albums, but did buy the 2006 Vol. 2 set. I loved it then and still think the mastering Ted Jensen did stands up well. I would love a new Capitol albums vinyl box. The vintage copies that exist here in the US are almost always dogged to death and most US record stores charge inflated prices for records in poor condition because of the nostalgia factor. Nothing could be worse than a groove worn copy of a 3rd generation mastering of a Beatles record. Give us something like the Vol 1 and 2 Set in vinyl form and you'd have an interested customer!
Thanks for another great video Andrew 👍
I think your ideas for the U.S. box sets of albums and singles is excellent 👌 I couldn't agree more! These would be fantastic additions to our Beatles collections.
I do own quite a few U.S. original LP's, but in 40+ years of vinyl collecting in Australia, I could count on one hand how many U.S. 45's I've seen in record stores, new or second hand! We just DON'T get them here! So I would be first in line for the singles box!
All the best, Jase 😉
I love the idea of a formally re-issued but limited edition Capitol album and singles box set, but it would be purely for fans or collectors beyond the US at this point. If one goes searching around in the states, there is so much Beatles product on vinyl ranging from the original Capitol rainbow pressings through the 1988 American releases in good to excellent condition that one can build a nice collection for a reasonable price on their own. The Canadian re-issues from 1978 on also sound excellent for what it's worth and are relatively affordable. I'd likely buy a re-issued Capitol Beatles box set on vinyl purely for nostalgic reasons, yet if The Rolling Stones ABKCO pressings can be re-issued on vinyl in the 2020's, so can The Beatles on Capitol. Thanks for another excellent video, Andrew!
Back in the day, when the mono cd releases were announced but not yet released, Capitol US did flood the market with the stereo US Lp albums. I bought some to refresh my collection thinking they never would be issued on cd. Then we had the Capitol Master series arrive after a time. If we can stay alive long enough we can enjoy all the mixes from every country in the world. They will be offered someday. My collection is mostly complete due to shady imports and used record store finds. Hope this helps you!
I listened to Beatles 65 today, and I like the version of "I Feel Fine" on it
She's a Woman and I Feel Fine just don't sound right without the reverb. There's just something about it that makes them sound right like that.
Yes, I'd be interested in a Capitol albums box set, Andrew! A great suggestion!
In 1979 when i started collecting Beatles records there were plenty of Capitol albums in Stockholm Sweden. They were pretty cheap and as a 8 year old beatlefan i got Help Rubber soul and Abbey road with the purple label.
A US singles box and British EP Box yes...However I might be in a minority but I’ve got a bit of Box Set fatigue! And they are beyond my budget. I collected about 80% of the 2014 Mono individual albums (couldn’t stretch to the box) but actually found that fun and extended my enjoyment of them.....
My preference now would be for flip back/laminated represses of the stereo analogue Albums, along with the Monos released individually. Oldies too! Same with the US albums. This will never happen but I cannot believe they would not sell shedloads. You only have to see what people are prepared to pay for tatty old copies..
I don’t think Apple fully understand Beatles collectors or what they want..
Keep up the great work Andrew
That visual spread of all the US single sleeves… I have a few later ones I bought, and played to death, when they came out. My Let It Be/You Know My Name has simply the black sleeve, just “Apple” and the hole. And there’s my Lady Madonna! I love that silly photo, all mop-top smiles from our post-Pepper hippies.
Although the UK albums were the definitive versions of course, the US albums were interesting, their Second Album is a really good compilation. Was lucky enough to get the 2 Capitol box sets with the proper mixes but it was a shame there was no vol 3.
A good Capitol singles box set should also include the two EPs that Capitol released in the U.S.
I want a re of the mono box, at this point I'd be happy with a capital mono box , as long as it was pure and not fold downs.
Another top shelf video. The remastered Red and Blue albums to me are a waste of time. The tracks on the blue album have been 90% remixed already. The problem with the pre Revolver albums is that The Beatles didn’t spend much time in the studio so outtakes are not plentiful. A capitol albums box would be great instead of what’s coming
Back in the early 2000's, I decided to acquire a set of Capital Beatles with the Apple lables. My original set sounds like it should, noisy and well played.
Glad I did it, but they are rarely played. I like the memory of the sound, but they are poorly mastered.
I do not need an updated set. The 2014 mono set was exactly what was needed. I would like to have a complete Stereo remastered set using the Peter Jackson software. That's it.😉
As a Spaniard I have always had the official discography as a reference.
Naturally, as a 13-year-old boy, it was disconcerting for me to see "Extracted from meet The Beatles" or "Something new" on the back cover of "Rock and Roll music" LPs.
Over time I discovered American LPs, which were a surprise to me and, of course, very exotic.
The question of Capitol's LP box, like the singles, would be interesting, not only for the collector (The main reason), but the question.
Would people be willing to shell out a large amount of money for such collections?
I would love to have a single box, but I'm afraid we'll have to leave it for the future and settle for the originals that arise along the way.
Thank you very much Andrew for such enjoyable programs (from which you always learn something new).
Greetings from Spain
I don't have a turntable, and already have everything on CD. So as of right now, no, I myself would not buy either of these sets. However, I would like to see BOTH become available for the vinyl collector.
I'll say this having grown up as I guess a 2nd generation fan in the late 70's as a child hearing the music for the 1st time here in America. At the time, there were commercials all the time on tv for those Capitol compilations like "Love Songs", "Rock And Roll Music", and I do remember seeing one for "Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl" when that was released. If Capitol wants to do it right, it'll be massive...but worth it. Somehow make the box with both Mono and Stereo using the TRUE American mixes that everyone knows then absolutely they should put it out. Oh and you can count me in for an American Beatles Singles Box set too again with the true Mono mixes that came out as The Beatles were releasing them. That would be great with the packaging and recreating the Sleeve art and Record label art.
As a teenage American fan in the 70s my albums from back then could use an upgrade. I do have the Capitol cd box sets and I would buy a new vinyl set though it wouldn’t be my priority for new releases especially considering Apple’s rate of releases these days. As you said, we’re not getting any younger. I’ll admit that since the original cds came out in 1987 I’ve felt the British releases are the way the albums should be listened to. I don’t have much of a nostalgic feeling for the US track order. But oddly enough when I hear the instrumentals on the US AHDN and Help I’m instantly transported back in time.
Great video, as always Andrew. I would definitely buy a box of both albums and singles, but growing up in Canada would definitely miss the three unique Canadian Capitol albums, Beatlemania!, Twist And Shout and Long Tall Sally. I'd also love to see some of the unique Capitol of Canada singles in the 45 box. Some Capitol of Canada singles even made the U.S. charts as imports. While I love the idea, I doubt Apple will see fit to release any such box, unfortunately.
Apart from the Ringo version of Love Me Do, what are some other unique Canadian Beatles singles? I remember there was one (Ticket to Ride/Yes It Is) with the name of the upcoming Beatles movie as "Eight Arms to Hold You" on the label instead of Help!, but that may have also been released that way in the U.S.
All below released on Capitol of Canada:
Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You (2/18/63)
Please Please Me / Ask Me Why (4/01/63)
From Me To You / Thank You Girl (6/17/63)
She Loves You / I'll Get You (9/16/63)
(all above released on Tollie, Vee Jay and Swan in the U.S.)
Roll Over Beethoven / Please Mr. Postman (12/09/63)
All My Loving / This Boy (3/09/64)
Twist And Shout / There's A Place (3/16/64) (Tollie in U.S.)
Do You Want To Know A Secret / Thank You Girl (5/26/64) (Vee Jay in U.S.)
Sie Liebt Dich / I'll Get You (6/15/64) (Swan in U.S.)
@@scott2894Ah yes, as soon as I hit enter, I saw that Roll Over Beethoven single on Discogs, a true outlier in the Canadian Beatles discography. I didn't realize All My Loving wasn't a single in the U.S. (in the U.K. it was the title track on an EP), at least not until 1971. I heard it a lot on oldies radio as a kid, and that would explain why. Apparently copies of the Canadian single were imported into the U.S. (and a distributor even had picture sleeves printed up for it), but it's odd that such a strong Beatles track didn't get the same attention in the U.S. as in Canada and elsewhere.
Yes, I absolutely would, especially if they were AAA like the 2014 UK Mono box set, even if I own all of the N. American Capitol albums on vinyl already.
Hi there.
This is Mike, I bought my first vinyl collection way back in 1976 and it was the Capitol ones. Living in Ecuador back then there was not to many Beatles to buy, so my first trip to US I had to buy all of them. So I did my saving 3 months to purchase this collection, of course individually. Still have them all, somegot damage in one of our moving.
I would love to have and buy the NEW CAPITOL ALBUM BOX SET.
I hope like you said, someone out here is listing to us.
Thanks
Mike Bilbao
The Something New album also had unique mono mixes, particularly, the take of I’ll Cry Instead with the extra verse.
Every time I go into a used record store the first thing I look for is a Beatles Capitol Rainbow album. I've collected most in VG quality but I'm still looking for those I don't have and I'll keep looking. I would also be interested in the Beatles Capitol Rainbow 45's.
Definitely a stereo and mono LP box set would do the trick for me!
I would LOVE a Capitol Mono/Stereo vinyl combo set.
Why they used the UK mixes most of the time on the CD set, perplexes me so much.
Thank you for pointing this out (to those who may be listening?)
Bestest from Barty
I think a set of Capitol albums would be great! Unlike the 2014 CD box set, they should only include the original Capitol tapes. I still have my set of albums from the mid-70s in great condition! - Roger
I also think it would be cool to have Introducing The Beatles released somehow.
Thank you for your recommendations, Andrew. You have given us a lot to consider.
I would greatly enjoy a U.S. Capitol albums box. I have all of them already...a mix of some Apple label, orange label, and purple Capitol dome label reissues that were gifted to me or that I bought from the mid-70's to the mid- 80's when I was much younger. If they do this two requests...one, please use the original Capitol U.S. master tapes...with Duophonic and echo there, and reissue the original Magical Mystery Tour mix with the unique mixes you mentioned. I would also grab a U.S. singles box too.
Yes I will. Both in mono and stereo. and all the US singles too would be a swell idea
I had the Beatles IV Lp and the pressing quality was astonishing. Capitol seemed to remir the original tapes louder and clearer than the original england mixes.
Yes, those were the first Beatles records I heard
The only 3 Capitol albums I would consider buying would be Magical Mystery Tour, Meet The Beatles and The Beatles Second Album (the latter two would be in exchange for a UK With The Beatles) but this would be if I go for a near-full discography set.
And in case anyone was wondering what a near-complete discography set would look like for me, It’d have PPM, MTB, TH2ndA, AHDNUK, I Feel Fine/She’s A Woman, BFS, Help!UK, WCWIT/DT, Rubber SoulUK, Paperback Writer/Rain, the two albums I already have (Revolver and SPLHCB), US MMT, Hey Jude/Revolution, White Album, Yellow Submarine (album, I enjoy the instrumentals), Abbey Road and Let It Be. Meet The Beatles and 2nd Album are mainly there so I don’t have to get I Want To Hold Your Hand, She Loves You and the better 2 songs on Long Tall Sally separately.
Also, does anyone know of you can carefully damage a record so that it permanently skips a song (so I can have Help! always end on Yesterday)