On 10th November, The Beatles’ 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) and 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) collections will be released in 2023 Edition packages by Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe. Since their first incarnations appeared 50 years ago, these albums have introduced successive generations to The Beatles’ music. Now, both collections’ tracklists have been expanded, with all the songs mixed in true stereo and Dolby Atmos. New 4CD and 180-gram 6LP vinyl collections pair ‘Red’ and ‘Blue’ in slipcased sets. The UK single version of “Love Me Do” now kicks off 1962-1966 (2023 Edition), and “Now And Then” (The LAST BEATLES SONG) is featured on 1967-1970 (2023 Edition) to complete the career-spanning collections.
This last instalment of The Beatles’ recorded history will be followed by new editions of the two compilation albums always seen as the definitive introduction to their work. Since their 1973 debuts, 1962-1966 (‘The Red Album’) and 1967-1970 (‘The Blue Album’) collections have ushered countless listeners of all ages, from all parts of the world, into lifelong Beatles fandom. Expanded for their new 2023 Edition releases (out 10th November), the collections together span The Beatles’ entire recorded canon with 75 standout tracks, from their first single, “Love Me Do”, to their last, “Now And Then”. The collections’ 21 newly-added tracks (twelve on ‘Red’ , and nine on ‘Blue’) showcase even more of The Beatles’ very best songs.
In recent years, several 1967-1970 tracks and a few from 1962-1966 have received new stereo and Dolby Atmos mixes for The Beatles’ Special Edition album releases, including Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (2017), The Beatles (‘White Album’) (2018), Abbey Road (2019), Let It Be (2021), and Revolver (2022), as well as new stereo mixes for The Beatles’ 1 (2015). All tracks not also featured on those releases have been newly mixed in stereo and/or Dolby Atmos by Giles Martin and Sam Okell at Abbey Road Studios, aided by WingNut Films’ audio de-mixing technology. Both collections include new essays written by journalist and author John Harris.
The Beatles: 1962 – 1966 (2023 Edition)
Side A
1: Love Me Do (2023 mix)– 2’22”
2: Please Please Me (2023 mix) – 2’02”
3: From Me To You (2023 mix) – 1’58”
4: She Loves You (2023 mix) – 2’23”
5: I Want To Hold Your Hand (2023 mix) – 2’26”
6: All My Loving (2023 mix) – 2’10”
7: Can’t Buy Me Love (2023 mix) – 2’12”
Side B
8: A Hard Day’s Night (2023 mix) - 2’33”
9: And I Love Her (2023 mix) – 2’30”
10: Eight Days A Week (2023 mix) - 2’44”
11: I Feel Fine (2023 mix) – 2’21”
12: Ticket To Ride (2023 mix) – 3’03”
13: Yesterday (2023 mix) – 2’06” – 5
Side C
1: Help! (2023 mix) – 2’20”
2: You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away (2023 mix) – 2’12”
3: We Can Work It Out (2023 Mix) - from (2015 Mix) - 2’16”
4: Day Tripper (2023 mix) - 2’49”
5: Drive My Car (2023 mix) – 2’29”
6: Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2023 mix) – 2’05”
Side D
7: Nowhere Man (2023 mix) – 2’45
8 Michelle (2023 mix) – 2’43”
9: In My Life (2023 mix)– 2’27”
10: Girl (2023 mix) – 2’32”
11: Paperback Writer (2022 mix) – 2’19”
12: Eleanor Rigby (2022 mix)– 2’07”
13: Yellow Submarine (2022 mix)– 2’39”
Side E
1: I Saw Her Standing There (2023 mix) – 2’54”
2: Twist And Shout (2023 mix) – 2’36”
3: This Boy (2023 mix) – 2’17”
4: Roll Over Beethoven (2023 mix) – 2’46”
5: You Really Got A Hold On Me (2023 mix)– 3’02”
6: You Can’t Do That (2023 mix) – 2’35”
Side F
1: If I Needed Someone (2023 mix) – 2’23”
2: Got To Get You Into My Life (2022 mix)– 2’30”
3: I’m Only Sleeping (2022 mix) – 3’01”
4: Taxman (2022 mix) – 2’39”
5: Here, There And Everywhere (2022 mix) – 2’25”
6: Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 mix) – 2’58”.
