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Digitally remastered by Peter Mew (2000, Abbey Road Studios, London, England).
For the six years the Beatles were recording for Capitol Records, the Fab Four ascended to top of the American and British charts an astonishing 27 times. This single-disc compilation brings those hits together in one place to span every phase of the foursome's highly influential career. Early Merseybeat-flavored sides like "Love Me Do" (the band's first Stateside hit), "She Loves You," and "I Want To Hold Your Hand" struck a chord early on with hordes of screaming teens. Unfortunately, this found the band temporarily dismissed as mere teen idols despite these numbers coming as a result of the vaunted Lennon/McCartney songwriting partnership.
The timeless "Yesterday" struck a worldwide chord (and subsequently became one of the most played songs of all time) and Liverpool's favorite sons soon found themselves shifting gears. They were soon dabbling with flower power ("All You Need is Love"), character-driven storytelling ("Eleanor Rigby"), and allowing glimpses behind the Beatles curtain ("Hey Jude," "The Ballad of John & Yoko"). By the time "The Long and Winding Road" became the Beatles' chart-topping swan song, popular music's landscape had been permanently altered.
Includes a 30-page color booklet documenting artwork for all the number one singles recorded by The Beatles.
Recorded at Apple, Olympic Sound, Trident and Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Pathe Marconi, Paris, France, between 1962 & 1970. Includes liner notes by George Martin.
Engineers include: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick, Barry Sheffield.
Personnel: John Lennon, George Harrison (vocals, guitar); Paul McCartney (vocals); Ringo Starr (drums).
Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England (09/11/1962-??/??/1969); Olympic Sound Studios, London, England (09/11/1962-??/??/1969); Pathé Marconi, Paris FR (09/11/1962-??/??/1969).
Introduction by: George Martin.
Photographer: Richard Avedon.
The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr.
Q (12/00, pp.140-1) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Its salutary to hear how people once made music that looked to the future..."
Melody Maker (11/21/00, p.60) - 5 stars out of 5 - "...Irresistible....27 Number One singles....This is as much pop culture education on one CD as any music fan needs."
NME (Magazine) (11/11/00, p.33) - 9 out of 10 - "...Undeniable, this is the whole experience of pop unfolding before our very ears..."
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Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)    List All 29 Reviews uh-mazing!
i love this album. it has everything you loved about the beatles and more!
my faves are 'hello, goodbye', 'love me do', and of course 'yellow submarine.'
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Submitted by amy (houston, tx, usa)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 5 of 5 found this helpful.  The best collection CD from the fab four the BEATLES!
Beatles 1 has all twenty seven number one U.S. and U.K. hit singles by John, Paul, George and Ringo. The CD is excellent with some of my favorite beatle songs like "A Hard Days Night", "Ticket To Ride", "Penny Lane", "All You Need Is Love" and "Let It Be". Maybe the Beatles will someday make a second volume from this colletion with more U.S. and U.K. hit singles from the Billboard charts?
Submitted by CDJay (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada)
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Good, but . . .
This is a good album, but be aware that it is bandlimited to 16kHz.
Submitted by Ron (Madison, WI, USA) 
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No 1 of 1 found this helpful. Beatles forever
no more words
Submitted by A Donato (PORTUGAL)
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Some of this sound here was not in the first music that I heard when I was there by the river in that place across the pond.But it's half good where the lines are shown and called to the front. The hoffer tapes sound better than the shown tapes.
Submitted by Carla (Suffix.Rhode Island)
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