"The Beatles Collection: The Beatles Singles 1962-1970" - w/Promo Flexi-Disc

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The Beatles

The Beatles Collection

The Beatles Singles 1962-1970

World Records/EMI – 1978

During the autumn of 1977, EMI’s mail order subsidiary, World Records, released a Box Set entitled The Beatles Collection, The Beatles Singles 1962-1970, consisting of 24 7” singles, from “Love Me Do” to “Back In The U.S.S.R.” The Set was available by mail order only, and not through the usual retail outlets.

The 24 singles were presented in green Picture Sleeves and were housed in a special gold embossed box. The Collection was heavily advertised in the British press. In addition, a mailer was sent to World Records’ regular customers, containing an Informational Booklet and a Promotional Flexi-Disc containing mono excerpts of songs from the Collection.

Each of the records in the Collection was in a picture sleeve, green on one side, with a picture of the Beatles on the other side. However, there weren’t different pictures for each sleeve; instead, four pictures were used multiple times, each relating to the period in the Beatles career in which the single was released. There were, however, different photographs used for two unique discs in the set: one for “Back in the USSR / Twist and Shout”, and another for “Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better”. The Collection also included a four-page booklet detailing the history of the Beatles.

Later editions of the Collection included an additional one-sided sheet stating that the Set now included a 25th record: “Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends / A Day In The Life,” (which also came in a unique Picture Sleeve) and that previous boxes came without this particular record.

The Records:

1.   Love Me Do / P.S. I Love You

2.   Please Please Me / Ask Me Why

3.   From Me To You / Thank You Girl

4.   She Loves You / I’ll Get You

5.   I Want To Hold Your Hand / This Boy

6.   Can't Buy Me Love / You Can’t Do That

7.   A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today

8.   I Feel Fine / She’s A Woman

9.   Ticket To Ride / Yes It Is

10. Help ! / I’m Down

11. Day Tripper / We Can Work It Out

12. Paperback Writer / Rain

13. Eleanor Rigby / Yellow Submarine

14. Strawberry Fields Forever /Penny Lane

15. All You Need Is Love / Baby You’re A Rich Man

16. Hello, Goodbye / I Am The Walrus

17. Lady Madonna / The Inner Light

18. Hey Jude / Revolution

19. Get Back / Don’t Let Me Down

20. Ballad Of John And Yoko / Old Brown Shoe

21. Something / Come Together

22. Let It Be / You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

23. Back In The U.S.S. R. / Twist And Shout

24. Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better

25. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band / With A Little Help From My Friends / A Day In The Life

 This auction is for the 25 World Records/EMI 45s from The Beatles Collection, and the Informational Booklet and Promotional Flexi-Disc sent to World Records’ customers.   The Records and Picture Sleeves are in Very Good to Near Mint condition, with most grading Near Mint. The Informational Booklet is in Very Good+ condition, with a small tear at the bottom of the seam. The Promotional Flexi-Disc is in Near Mint condition.

Note: The auction does not include the special gold embossed box that housed the records, or the four-page booklet detailing the history of the Beatles.

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I have many Beatles group and solo items including LP's, 45's, CD's, promo's, books and memorabilia. Please call Ron at (619) 328-2891 if you have questions about this or any other Beatles item.