1964 was the year that the U.S. first fell head-over-heels for The Beatles, with an unprecedented run of albums

and singles topping the charts and going on to sell millions of copies. But these albums are not simply replicas of

the 1963 and 1964 albums released by Parlophone in the U.K. and rest of world. Seeing a different opportunity,

Capitol Records and United Artists compiled these albums for U.S. release between January 1964 and March

1965.

To celebrate the momentous year when Beatlemania exploded across the U.S., seven Beatles albums are

collected for a spectacular new 8-LP vinyl box set. Meet The Beatles!; The Beatles Second Album; A Hard Days

Night (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack); Something New; The Beatles Story (2-LP); Beatles 65; and The

Early Beatles all feature faithfully replicated artwork and new four-panel inserts with essays written by American

Beatles historian and author Bru