The Beatles: The Collection was a vinyl box set of every Beatles album remastered at half speed from the original stereo master recordings, except for Magical Mystery Tour which was mastered from Capitol Records

Capitol Records

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' submasters with the last three tracks in rechanneled stereo. Each album was pressed on virgin vinyl by the Victor Company of Japan

Victor Entertainment

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 ensuring the best sound quality possible. The album covers were replaced with photographs of tape boxes and log sheet. The original album covers were included in a booklet which also featured a certificate of authenticity as this was a limited edition collection. Missing from this collection was all of the Beatles' singles that did not appear on their original UK albums.

Released with much anticipation in early October 1982, The Collection was lauded by critics and fans worldwide for the superb sound, and sold-out completely within the first year. MFSL repressed a second run of the Beatles Box Set for a total production run of 25,000 over the next two years or until October 1985. Today, The Collection fetches up to $1,000.00 for a mint condition set on online auctions.

Dr. Ebbetts, a well known name in Beatles fan circles, has created remasters of this set (and even more recently 1978's The Beatles Collection

The Beatles Collection

The Beatles Collection is a box set of vinyl albums released in the United States in November 1978 and the following month in the United Kingdom containing the official catalogue of The Beatles in stereo, and a new compilation called Rarities...

) through needle drop

Needle drop (audio)

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 transfers, which are available through various torrent download sites. Many fans feel these are still the ideal versions of The Beatles catalogue as far as sound quality, even outdoing the 2009 official remasters, though Dr. Ebbetts himself has judged the 2009 remasters as superior.

Contents

1. Please Please Me
   Please Please Me
   Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do" .Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney...
   
   - MFSL1-101
2. With The Beatles
   With the Beatles
   With The Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock group The Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963 on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut Please Please Me...
   
   - MFSL1-102
3. A Hard Day's Night
   A Hard Day's Night (album)
   A Hard Day's Night is the third studio album by The Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 as the soundtrack to their film A Hard Day's Night. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier, on 26 June 1964 by United Artists Records, with a different track listing...
   
   - MFSL1-103
4. Beatles for Sale
   Beatles for Sale
   Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released in late 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of Lennon and McCartney as lyricists, John Lennon particularly now showing interest in...
   
   - MFSL1-104
5. Help!
   Help! (album)
   Help! is the title of the fifth British and ninth American album by The Beatles, and the soundtrack from their film of the same name. Produced by George Martin for EMI's Parlophone Records, it contains fourteen songs in its original British form, of which seven appeared in the film...
   
   - MFSL1-105
6. Rubber Soul
   Rubber Soul
   Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock group The Beatles, released in December 1965. Produced by George Martin, Rubber Soul had been recorded in just over four weeks to make the Christmas market...
   
   - MFSL1-106
7. Revolver
   Revolver (album)
   Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock group The Beatles, released on 5 August 1966 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin. Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with their previous LP, the folk rock inspired Rubber...
   
   - MFSL1-107
8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
   Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band is the eighth studio album by the English rock band The Beatles, released on 1 June 1967 on the Parlophone label and produced by George Martin...
   
   - MFSL1-100
9. Magical Mystery Tour - MFSL1-047
10. The Beatles
    The Beatles (album)
    The Beatles is the ninth official album by the English rock group The Beatles, a double album released in 1968. It is also commonly known as "The White Album" as it has no graphics or text other than the band's name embossed on its plain white sleeve.The album was written and recorded during a...
    
    - MFSL2-072 (2 LPs)
11. Yellow Submarine
    Yellow Submarine (album)
    Yellow Submarine is the tenth studio album by The Beatles in the United Kingdom, released on Apple Records. It was issued as the soundtrack to the film of the same name, which premiered in the United Kingdom seven months prior to the album's release....
    
    - MFSL1-108
12. Abbey Road - MFSL1-023
13. Let It Be - MFSL1-109

See also

• The Beatles Collection
  The Beatles Collection
  The Beatles Collection is a box set of vinyl albums released in the United States in November 1978 and the following month in the United Kingdom containing the official catalogue of The Beatles in stereo, and a new compilation called Rarities...
  
  
• The Beatles Box
  The Beatles Box
  The Beatles Box is an eight-record compilation of Beatles recordings, initially issued in 1980 by World Records, a mail-order subsidiary of EMI.It was also issued in 2 formats by Reader's Digest in New Zealand....
  
  
• The Beatles Mono Collection
  The Beatles Mono Collection
  The Beatles Mono Collection is a box set of all Beatles albums that originally had dedicated Mono mixes , released in October 1982 by Parlophone and limited edition of 1000.-See also:*The Beatles Collection...
  
  
• The Beatles Box Set
  The Beatles Box Set
  The Beatles Box Set is the first complete set of original Beatles material released by EMI and Capitol in Compact Disc format. Released in 1988, for the first time a music fan could purchase the entire Beatles catalogue digitally formatted in a single set. The box set, available on CD, vinyl, or...
  
  
• The Beatles Stereo Box Set
  The Beatles Stereo Box Set
  The Beatles Stereo Box Set is a box set compilation comprising all of the remastered stereo recordings by The Beatles. The set was released on 9 September 2009, the same day both The Beatles: Rock Band and the remastered mono recordings were released...
  
  
• The Beatles in Mono
  The Beatles in Mono
  The Beatles in Mono is a box set compilation comprising the remastered monophonic recordings by The Beatles. The set was released on 9 September 2009, the same day the remastered stereo recordings and companion The Beatles Stereo Box Set were also released, along with The Beatles: Rock Band videogame...