The Capitol Albums, Volume 1

The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
Box set by
the Beatles
Released15 November 2004
Recorded1963–1964, EMI Studios, London and Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris
Genre
Length215:56
LabelApple, Capitol
ProducerGeorge Martin
The Beatles chronology
Let It Be... Naked
(2003) 		The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
(2004) 		The Capitol Albums, Volume 2
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Robert Christgau[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Pitchfork Media6.0/10[8]
PopMatters(favourable)[9]
Uncut[10]

The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 is a boxed set compilation comprising the Beatles' 1964 American Capitol Records releases. The set, which features the first official stereo versions of a number of tracks on CD, was released in late 2004. The CDs were mastered from submaster tapes from the Capitol Records vaults which were prepared by Capitol A&R executive Dave Dexter Jr., who added reverb to several tracks and simulated stereo ("fake stereo") on some mono tracks.

The box set debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 4 December 2004 at number 35 with sales of 37,303 copies. It spent 6 weeks on the chart. The box was certified with gold and platinum awards on 17 December 2004 by the RIAA.

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