The Capitol Albums, Volume 1

The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
Box set by
the Beatles
Released15 November 2004
Recorded1963–1964, EMI Studios, London and Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris
Genre
Length215:56
LabelApple, Capitol
ProducerGeorge Martin
The Beatles chronology
Let It Be... Naked
(2003) 		The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
(2004) 		The Capitol Albums, Volume 2
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Robert Christgau[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Pitchfork Media6.0/10[8]
PopMatters(favourable)[9]
Uncut[10]

The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 is a boxed set compilation comprising the Beatles' 1964 American Capitol Records releases. The set, which features the first official stereo versions of a number of tracks on CD, was released in late 2004. The CDs were mastered from submaster tapes from the Capitol Records vaults which were prepared by Capitol A&R executive Dave Dexter Jr., who added reverb to several tracks and simulated stereo ("fake stereo") on some mono tracks.

The box set debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 4 December 2004 at number 35 with sales of 37,303 copies. It spent 6 weeks on the chart. The box was certified with gold and platinum awards on 17 December 2004 by the RIAA.

Disc listing

Each disc in the collection contains both the stereo and mono versions of each album. See below for links to articles pertaining to each individual album.

Contents of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
Disc Title Catalogue number
1 Meet the Beatles! CDP 7243 8 66875 2 4
2 The Beatles' Second Album CDP 7243 8 66877 2 2
3 Something New CDP 7243 8 66876 2 3
4 Beatles '65 CDP 7243 8 66874 2 5

Promotional disc

In the weeks prior to the release of the box set, a promotional sampler disc was sent to radio stations and reviewers. It included eight tracks, with a stereo (tracks 1–8) and mono (tracks 9–16) version of each.[citation needed]

All songs by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

  1. "All My Loving"
  2. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
  3. "I Call Your Name"
  4. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
  5. "Things We Said Today"
  6. "If I Fell"
  7. "She's a Woman"
  8. "I'm a Loser"

Release details

The CD box set was released in various countries in November 2004.

Country Date Label Catalog
United Kingdom 15 November 2004 Apple Records, Capitol Records 8754002
France 15 November 2004 Parlophone
Germany 15 November 2004 Apple Records
Australia 15 November 2004 EMI 8753482
United States 16 November 2004 Apple Records, Capitol Records CDP 7243 8 66878 2 1
Canada 16 November 2004 Apple Records, Capitol Records
Japan 17 November 2004 Toshiba-EMI TOCP 67601-04

See also

References

  1. ^ "Meet the Beatles! - The Beatles - Songs, Reviews, Credits - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ Eder, Bruce. "The Beatles The Beatles' Second Album". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  3. ^ Anon. (26 December 1964). "Album Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. p. 50 – via WorldRadioHistory.com.
  4. ^ The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 at AllMusic
  5. ^ [1] Archived 4 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "The Beatles: "The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1"". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  8. ^ Leone, Dominique (23 November 2004). "The Beatles: 'The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1'". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  9. ^ Williams, Richard T. (12 January 2005). "The Beatles: The Capitol Albums, Vol. 1". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  10. ^ Chapman, Rob (February 2005). "Capitol gold: The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 1". Uncut. p. 88.