The 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono is a 2024 box set by the English rock band the Beatles. It was officially released on 22 November 2024 by Capitol Records, UMG International and Apple Records. It marked the second time the Beatles' U.S. albums were released in the U.K., with their first release in the U.K. being The U.S. Albums in 2014.
The 1964 U.S. Albums in Mono box set consists of the Beatles' 7 North American albums released in 1964, with the exception of The Early Beatles, which was released in 1965, the albums included are: Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles' Second Album, the American version of A Hard Day's Night, Something New, The Beatles' Story, Beatles '65 and The Early Beatles. The albums were made from the original mono master tapes for the box set rather than the 2009 mixes used in the 2014 The U.S. Albums set.[1] All 7 albums had been out of print separately since 1995, with their last release being The U.S. Albums in 2014.[2]
Release
The box set was released to coincide with the documentary Beatles '64.[3] All 7 of the albums are also being sold separately except for The Beatles' Story.[4]
In an AllMusic review, Tim Sendra states that it is a "lavish, well-considered and executed set that makes for quite the splurge for a Beatles fan with a nice phonograph set."[6] In his review for The Second Disc, Marc Burrows called it "glorious, handsomely presented and lovingly put together" and "if there's one thing this box set, documenting seven albums released in a single year by a label wringing every drop of commercial potential from a cultural phenomenon, tells us… it's that some things never change."[12]Goldmine Magazine critic John French concluded that it does "bring back the magic" while noting that "To me, this is a holding pattern at Universal while they wait for a Giles Martin remix of Rubber Soul. Purely conjecture on my part, but it is in the interest of the label and all those that hold dear the desire to continue to provide Beatles material to the marketplace, where no new music exists."[13]
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