title: The Beatles Box Set
text: The Beatles Box Set is a sixteen-disc box set compiling the entire recorded works of the Beatles as issued by the band between 1962 and 1970. It was released on 15 November 1988 in Britain and America, with the same catalogue number (Apple BBX2-91302) in each of those countries. While available also in vinyl LP and cassette formats, the box set was the first complete collection of original Beatles material to be released by EMI and Capitol Records on compact disc.
  
  The Beatles Box Set included all of the original UK album releases by the band, together with the 1967 US album Magical Mystery Tour. The latter had been issued in the UK in November 1976, at which point the LP version superseded the original British EP of the same name. The box also contained the 1988 compilations Past Masters: Volume One and Past Masters: Volume Two, which grouped together singles, B-sides, EP tracks, and foreign releases not found on the band's UK studio albums. Although all these albums had been previously available in stereo on both LP and cassette, the versions of the first four albums included in The Beatles Box Set were the digitally remastered mono mixes issued on CD over 1987–88, which caused a considerable furor among Beatles fans and audiophiles.
  
  The collection was encased in a black oak roll-top box and included a soft-cover book with commentary on the songs by Beatles recording historian Mark Lewisohn. The set was also issued in a black vinyl covered cardboard box in Japan. Although The Beatles Box Set failed to chart in either the UK or the US, it was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
  
  A new Stereo Box, containing remastered versions of the Beatles' core albums and Past Masters, was released on 9 September 2009 along with The Beatles in Mono and new stereo reissues of the individual albums, including the first four albums given their stereo debuts on CD.
  
  Album listing
  
  See also
  The Beatles Collection
  The Beatles Box
  The Beatles: The Collection
  The Beatles Mono Collection
  The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings)
  The Beatles in Mono
  
  Notes
  
  1988 compilation albums
  The Beatles compilation albums
  Apple Records compilation albums
  Parlophone compilation albums
  Capitol Records compilation albums
  Albums produced by George Martin
  Albums produced by Chris Thomas (record producer)
  Albums produced by Phil Spector
  Albums recorded at Apple Studios
  Albums recorded at Olympic Sound Studios
  Albums recorded at Trident Studios
  Albums arranged by George Martin
  Albums arranged by George Harrison
  Albums arranged by Mike Leander
  Albums arranged by John Lennon
  Albums arranged by Paul McCartney
  Albums conducted by George Martin
  Albums conducted by George Harrison
  Albums conducted by John Lennon
  Albums conducted by Paul McCartney
  Compilation albums published posthumously
  Reissue albums