The Beatles Japanese LP/Box

The Toshiba EMI Recordings
The Beatles Box From Liverpool
(Update: 4th. March 2020)

This eight-album package was compiled and sold by World Records, EMI's mail order division. It was never commercially released in the United Kingdom. The set consisted of 124 Beatles tracks arranged chronologically from Love Me Do, the group's first Parlophone single, to Her Majesty, the final cut on Abbey Road.

All albums were issued on the EMI/Parlophone label. The eight individual LPs were untitled. Each cover featured a previously unpublished color photo of the Beatles on the front and extensive liner notes detailing their career during the period represented by the album's songs on the back. The box was designed to look like a wooden shipping crate, carrying the words "From Liverpool" stenciled in black ink across the top, along with a small snapshot of the Beatles pasted across the front of the crate.

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TITLE	The Beatles Box From Liverpool
RELEASE DATE	21th January. 1981/First Press
BOX: FRONT	BOX: BACK	LABEL	DISK

CATALOG NUMBER	EAS-77011-77018
LABEL	EMI/Odeon Custom Label
MIX	STEREO (except as noted)
VINYL COLOR	BLACK
RECORD COMPANY'S NAME	Cover: "Toshiba EMI kabusikigaisya" Label: MFD. BY TOSHIBA-EMI LTD. IN JAPAN
SYMBOL/PRICE	I-3,600YEN
OBI	Custom Obi
COVER FORM	Box + Thick cover
COMMENTS	Come with a 12-page booklet of liner notes and a 20-page lyrics booklet. The design of the box and LP covers are very similar to their U.K. counterparts. "The Beatles Box (UK)" was the mail order box set released on 3rd. November 1980 by World Records, a mail-order subsidiary of EMI. It mostly contained the Beatles "greatest hits" spread out over 8 albums, but also contained some rarities. Track Differences: Across The Universe - (Version 2) produced by Phil Spector. All My Loving - begins with five taps on Ringo's "hi-hat" cymbal. All You Need Is Love - the mono version. And I Love Her - contains six bars of acoustic guitar in the fadeout instead of the usual four. Baby You're A Rich Man - the true stereo version, previously found just on the German Magical Mystery Tour LP. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill - appears as it does on The Beatles ("white album"), minus the opening guitar obbligato. The End/Her Majesty - the pause between the two songs lasts for only five seconds. On Abbey Road, the time between tracks is fifteen seconds. Get Back - the album version, produced by Phil Spector. I'm Only Sleeping - the extremely rare version with the slightly delayed guitar solo, previously found just on the U.S. stereo eight-track tape edition of "Yesterday" And Today. I Am The Walrus - the composite version put together by Capitol Records engineers John Palladino and George Irwin for the U.S. commercial Rarities. I Feel Fine - the true stereo version that begins with tapping drum sticks, whispering, coughing and Ringo closing his "hi-hat" cymbal. Let It Be (Version 2) "reproduced for disc" by Phil Spector. Love Me Do - (Version 1) the rare one with Ringo on drums. Penny Lane - the composite version from the U.S. commercial Rarities. She's A Woman - the true stereo version previously available just in Australia and in Singapore/Malaysia/Hong Kong. Strawberry Fields Forever - the true stereo version. Thank You Girl - the original mono version without John's extra harmonica fills. This Boy - the mono version.
DISK-1
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Love me do (mono) P.S. I love you (sim. stereo) I saw her standing there Please please me Misery Do you want to know a secret A taste of honey Twist and shout	From me to you Thank you girl (mono) She loves you (sim. stereo) It won't be long Please Mister postman All my loving Roll over Beethoven Money

DISK-2
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		I want to hold your hand This boy (mono) Can't buy me love You can't do that A hard day's night I should have known better If I fell And I love her	Things we said today I'll be back Long tall Sally I call your name Matchbox Slow down She's a woman I feel fine

DISK-3
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Eight days a week No reply I'm a loser I'll follow the sun Mr. Moonlight Every little thing I don't want to spoil the party Kansas City / Hey Hey Hey Hey	Ticket to ride I'm down Help! The night before You've got to hide your love away I need you Another girl You're going to lose that girl

DISK-4
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Yesterday Act naturally Tell me what you see It's only love You like me too much I've just seen a face Day tripper We can work it out	Michelle Drive my car Norwegian wood (This bird has flown) You won't see me Nowhere man Girl I'm looking through you In my life

DISK-5
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Paperback writer Rain Here, there and everywhere Taxman I'm only sleeping Good day sun shine Yellow submarine	Eleanor Rigby And your bird can sing For no one Dr. Robert Got to get you into my life Penny lane Strawberry fields forever

DISK-6
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Sgt. Pepper's lonely hearts club band With a little help from my friends Lucy in the sky with diamonds Fixing a hole She's leaving home Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite! A day in the life	When I'm sixty four Lovely Rita All you need is love Baby, you're a rich man Magical mystery tour Your mother should know The fool on the hill I am the walrus

DISK-7
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Hello goodbye Lady Madonna Hey Jude Revolution Back in the USSR Ob-la-di Ob-la-da While my guitar gently weeps	The continuing story of Bungalow Bill Happiness is a warm gun Martha my dear I'm so tired Piggies Don't pass me by Julia All together now

DISK-8
FRONT	BACK	SIDE 1	SIDE 2
		Get back Don't let me down The ballad of John and Yoko Across the universe For you blue Two of us The long and winding road Let it be	Come together Something Maxwell's silver hummer Octopus's garden Here comes the sun Because Golden slumbers Carry that weight / The end / Her Majesty