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1962–1966, also known as the Red Album, is a compilation album of songs by the English rock band the Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title.Released with its counterpart 1967–1970 (the "Blue Album") in 1973, the double LP peaked at number 3 in the United Kingdom.
The Beatles' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released on cassette , 8-track , compact disc (CD), on a USB flash drive in MP3 and 24-bit FLAC format, and on digital media streaming services.
Between 1963 and 1966, the Beatles' songs were released on different albums in the United Kingdom and the United States. In the UK, 30 songs were released as non-album singles, while appearing on numerous albums in the US. Since the remastering of the band's catalogue on CDs in the 1980s, the Beatles have a primary "core catalogue" of 14 albums ...
Note: Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 12, 16, 18, and 20 utilize the 2023 mixes of songs from that year's re-issue of the Beatles compilation album 1962–1966, while tracks 8, 14, 15, and 17 utilize the 2009 remasters of songs from The Beatles: Stereo Box Set, released that year.
According to EMI, the series was a re-promotion rather than a reissue campaign, since all the Beatles' singles had remained in print and were widely available. [5] The project resulted from the success of the 1973 double-album sets 1962–1966 and 1967–1970, [6] which the former Beatles had endorsed, and which contained all of their British single A-sides and double A-side tracks. [7]
A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles.Released in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966.
In December 1965, the Beatles' Rubber Soul album was released to wide critical acclaim. [2] According to author David Howard, the limits of pop music "had been raised into the stratosphere" by the release, resulting in a shift in focus away from singles to creating albums of consistently high quality. [3]
The Beatles arriving for concerts in Madrid, July 1965. From 1961 to 1966, the English rock band the Beatles performed all over the Western world. They began performing live as The Beatles on 15 August 1960 at The Jacaranda in Liverpool and continued in various clubs during their visit to Hamburg, West Germany, until 1962, with a line-up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart ...