A Collection Of Beatles Oldies

Tracklist

Side A

  1. She Loves You
  2. From Me To You
  3. We Can Work It Out
  4. Help!
  5. Michelle
  6. Yesterday
  7. I Feel Fine
  8. Yellow Submarine

Side B

  1. Can't Buy Me Love
  2. Bad Boy
  3. Day Tripper
  4. A Hard Day's Night
  5. Ticket To Ride
  6. Paperback Writer
  7. Eleanor Rigby
  8. I Want To Hold Your Hand

Labels & dead wax

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Side A — A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
Side A
Side B — A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
Side B
Back sleeve — A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
Back sleeve

Why this pressing matters

Track A4 ("Help!") includes a famous and little known instrumental 007 intro.

Historical context & other notes

From the main release

A Collection of Beatles Oldies was released in December 1966, four months after Revolver. It contained sixteen songs recorded between 1963 and 1966 and it was the first time the singles "From Me To You", "She Loves You", "I Want To Hold Your Hand", "I Feel Fine", "Day Tripper", "We Can Work It Out", and "Paperback Writer" had appeared on a UK album. The only previously unreleased song was "Bad Boy", which had been recorded in 1865 for the Capitol Records album Beatles VI and It was included in this compilation create a reason for fans to buy the album.

Other releases

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