Past Masters, Volumes One and Two

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Past Masters, Volumes One and Two
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released	24 October 1988 (U.S.) 10 November 1988 (U.K.)
Recorded	Abbey Road (mostly): 4 September 1962–4 January 1970
Genre	Rock
Label	Parlophone, Capitol, Apple
Producer	George Martin
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The Beatles chronology
Past Masters, Volume Two (1982) Past Masters, Volumes One and Two (1988) The Beatles Box Set (1988)

The Capitol label of the Past Masters, Volume One LP. Note the small Parlophone logo on the left

The Capitol label of the Past Masters, Volume Two LP. Note the small Parlophone logo on the left

Past Masters, Volumes One and Two is a compilation album by the The Beatles released in 1988 as a double LP. The two volumes were previously released a few months earlier on separate compact discs. It contains 33 recordings originally released between 1962 and 1970:

• 27 tracks from Beatles singles (including some B-sides),
• All 4 tracks from their Long Tall Sally EP,
• A U.S. album track, "Bad Boy", and
• A contribution to a various artists charity album.

The front of the double LP sleeve is similar to the front cover of the Past Masters, Volume One CD cover which is black with white lettering. The back of the double LP sleeve is similar to the front cover of the Past Masters, Volume Two CD cover which is white with black lettering. This was the final Beatles album released as a gramophone record before the recording industry stopped manufacturing them in large quantities in favour of the compact disc format of prerecorded music. Subsequent new Beatle albums were released in the vinyl record format in small quantities as limited editions.

This compilation, combined with the 12 original Beatle albums (which are also included in The Beatles Collection box set) along with the Magical Mystery Tour LP, allowed the record collector to possess every Beatle recording released commercially by EMI from 1962 to 1970.

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted. All tracks are in stereo except where noted as mono.

[edit] Side one

1. "Love Me Do" (from 1962-10-05 A-side, the original single version recorded on 1962-09-04 featuring Ringo Starr on drums, mono)
2. "From Me to You" (from 1963-04-11 A-side, mono)
3. "Thank You Girl" (from 1963-04-11 B-side, mono)
4. "She Loves You" (from 1963-08-23 A-side, mono)
5. "I'll Get You" (from 1963-08-23 B-side, mono)
6. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (from 1963-11-29 A-side)
7. "This Boy" (from 1963-11-29 B-side)
8. "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" (Lennon, McCartney, Nicholas, Heller) (from 1964-03-05 German single, mono)
9. "Sie Liebt Dich" (Lennon, McCartney, Nicholas, Montague) (from 1964-03-05 German single, mono)

[edit] Side two

1. "Long Tall Sally" (Johnson, Little Richard, Robert Blackwell) (from 1964-06-19 Long Tall Sally EP)
2. "I Call Your Name" (from 1964-06-19 Long Tall Sally EP)
3. "Slow Down" (Williams) (from 1964-06-19 Long Tall Sally EP)
4. "Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) (from 1964-06-19 Long Tall Sally EP)
5. "I Feel Fine" (from 1964-11-27 A-side)
6. "She's a Woman" (from 1964-11-27 B-side)
7. "Bad Boy" (Williams) (recorded on the composer's birthday 10 May 1965, from 1965-06-14 U.S. album Beatles VI, 1966-12-10 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies)
8. "Yes It Is" (from 1965-04-09 B-side)
9. "I'm Down" (from 1965-07-23 B-side)

[edit] Side three

1. "Day Tripper" (1965-12-03 double A-side with "We Can Work It Out")
2. "We Can Work It Out" (1965-12-03 double A-side with "Day Tripper")
3. "Paperback Writer" (1966-06-10 A-side)
4. "Rain" (1966-06-10 B-side)
5. "Lady Madonna" (1968-03-15 A-side)
6. "The Inner Light" (Harrison) (1968-03-15 B-side)
7. "Hey Jude" (1968-08-30 A-side)
8. "Revolution" (1968-08-30 single version - B-side)

[edit] Side four

1. "Get Back" (1969-04-11 single version - A-side)
2. "Don't Let Me Down" (1969-04-11 B-side)
3. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969-05-30 A-side)
4. "Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) (1969-05-30 B-side)
5. "Across the Universe" (1969-12-12 "Wildlife" version from a British various artists charity album titled No One's Gonna Change Our World for the World Wildlife Fund)
6. "Let It Be" (1970-03-06 single version - A-side)
7. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (1970-03-06 - B-side) mono

[edit] See also

• Past Masters, Volume One
• Past Masters, Volume Two