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| 20 Greatest Hits | ||||
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| Released | 11 October 1982 (US edition) 18 October 1982 (UK edition) | |||
| Recorded | 11 September 1962 – 1 April 1970 | |||
| Studio | EMI, Trident and Apple studios, London and Pathé Marconi Studio, Paris | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 59:31 (US edition) 56:45 (UK edition) | |||
| Label | Capitol (US) Parlophone (UK) | |||
| Producer | George Martin and Phil Spector (US edition: side 2 track 8) | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
20 Greatest Hits is a compilation album featuring a selection of songs by The Beatles that were number one singles in the UK and US. It was released on 11 October 1982 in the United States and 18 October in the United Kingdom and marked the 20th anniversary of The Beatles' first record release, "Love Me Do", in the UK in October 1962. 20 Greatest Hits was the last Beatles album to be released with variations between the U.S. and UK versions (some Beatles hits in the US were not released as singles in the UK, such as "Eight Days a Week" and "Yesterday"). There is an extremely rare 8 track tape version of this album, of which approximately 10 to 15 copies still exist today. Capitol Records decided not to release the album in the format, as 8 tracks were not selling well in late 1982. However, in early 1983, they made a few copies available through Capitol Special Markets.
The band's 2000 compilation album 1 is a combination of both versions of 20 Greatest Hits.
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.