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Worldwide, the British rock band the Beatles released 12 studio albums (17 in the US), 5 live albums, 51 compilation albums, 36 extended plays (EPs), 63 singles, 17 box sets, 22 video albums and 53 music videos. In their native United Kingdom, during their active existence as a band, they released 12 studio albums (including 1 double album), 1 compilation album, 13 EPs (including 1 double EP), and 22 singles (including 4 double A-sided singles). The early albums and singles released from 1962 to March 1968 were originally on Parlophone, and their albums and singles from August 1968 to 1970 were on their subsidiary label Apple. Their output also includes vault items, remixed mash-ups and anniversary box-sets.

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The Beatles are the biggest selling band of all time, selling over 500 million records.

With the first CD releases of their albums in 1987 and 1988, the Beatles' core catalogue was harmonised worldwide to encompass their 12 original UK studio albums, the 1967 US Magical Mystery Tour album and the newly assembled Past Masters: Volumes One and Two compilation albums consisting of all the studio recordings released during 1962 to 1970 that are not present on the UK studio albums or Magical Mystery Tour (mainly non-album singles, B-sides and EP tracks). When the core catalogue was reissued in remastered editions in 2009, the two volumes of Past Masters were combined into one double album. Since then, other past releases have been reissued in digital formats and on vinyl. The catalogue is currently distributed by Universal Music Enterprises' Calderstone Productions. This core catalogue contains all 217 tracks[lower-alpha 1] intended for commercial release, either as album tracks, EP tracks, or singles, that were put out by the Beatles from 1962 to 1970.[1][2]

The Beatles' international discography is more complicated due to different versions of their albums sometimes being released in other countries, particularly during their early years on Capitol Records in North America. Prior to 1967, it was common practice for British releases to be reconfigured for the American market. The first seven British Beatles albums were converted into ten LPs for the American market, adding material from singles and the UK EPs; the band were unhappy with these reconfigurations. With the exception of Magical Mystery Tour, studio releases from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1967 forward were uniform in both the UK and the US. The band's first eight albums were released on Parlophone. From 1968, in both the UK and the US, starting with the single "Hey Jude" and the album The Beatles (better known as "the White Album"), new releases appeared on the Beatles' own Apple record label, although Parlophone and Capitol catalogue numbers continued to be used for contractual reasons.

The Beatles' discography was originally released on the vinyl format, with full-length long plays (LPs), shorter EPs and singles. Over the years, the collection has also been released on cassette, 8-track, compact disc (CD), on a USB flash drive in MP3 and 24-bit FLAC format, and on digital media streaming services. The Beatles' UK discography was first released on CD in 1987 and 1988. Between 1962 and 1968, the Beatles released their songs in both mono and stereo versions.[3] The band's catalogue was remastered in both mono and stereo in 2009.[4][5]

Albums

Original UK studio albums

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  1. Release dates are per The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn,[6] unless otherwise noted.
  2. With the Beatles was released in Canada as Beatlemania! With the Beatles and in France as Les Beatles.
  3. The album also contains scores by George Martin and His Orchestra.

Original US studio albums

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  1. Release dates are per The Complete Beatles Chronicle by Mark Lewisohn,[27] unless otherwise noted.
  2. Lewisohn indicates the album may have also been released on 22 July 1963.[27]
  3. The original US release featured a different track listing to the UK release.
  4. The album also contains songs by George Martin and His Orchestra.
  5. Magical Mystery Tour as an album was created by Capitol for US release; it originally peaked at number 31 in the United Kingdom as an import of the United States issue. Parlophone instead issued a double EP. Parlophone eventually issued the album in the UK on 19 November 1976. It did not chart in Australia until October 1974.
  6. The album also contains scores by George Martin and His Orchestra.

Standardised studio albums

Since the first release of their music on CD during 1987–1988, the Beatles' studio albums have been standardised worldwide to the following albums:[30][31]

Live albums

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  1. The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl was re-released on 9 September 2016 as Live at the Hollywood Bowl for the Ron Howard documentary Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.

Compilation albums

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  1. The Beatles vs the Four Seasons was a repackaging of Introducing... The Beatles and Golden Hits of the Four Seasons.
  2. Past Masters was initially released as two separate CDs on 7 March 1988, with a two-LP vinyl set combining both volumes following on 24 October 1988 in the US and 10 November 1988 in the UK. The combined set was released on CD on 9 September 2009.
  3. The album also contains a song by George Martin and His Orchestra.
  4. Originally released as part of the 2009 The Beatles in Mono box set. Released separately as 2 CDs or 3 LPs on 9-9-2014 in the UK and the following day in the US.

Mash-up albums

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Box sets

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  1. The set also contains songs by George Martin and His Orchestra.
  2. The Beatles EP Collection is a 15-disc box set comprising the 13 original EPs released by Parlophone in the UK – including mono and stereo editions of the Magical Mystery Tour EP – and a new disc entitled The Beatles EP, which contains stereo mixes of the tracks "The Inner Light", "Baby, You're a Rich Man", "She's a Woman" and "This Boy".
  3. The Beatles in Mono contains the exclusive album Mono Masters.

EPs

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Singles

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Billboard Year-End performances

Notes

  1. The original release of "My Bonnie" was credited to "Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers".
  2. Tollie Records was a subsidiary of VeeJay
  3. The first pressings of Introducing... the Beatles included "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You". After Capitol subsidiary Beechwood Music took legal action, the songs were replaced by "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me".
  4. This single was only released in select European territories.
  5. The single was intended for export, but some retailers sold it in the UK anyway. It did not chart there and is not considered an "official" UK single.
  6. Under the revised 1967 contract, Capitol agreed to release the unaltered UK versions of Beatles albums; these joint releases span both columns in this table. Capitol however continued to create additional albums from singles, EP tracks, and previously unused album tracks, specifically Magical Mystery Tour and Hey Jude.
  7. Billboard "Chart Beat" writer Fred Bronson affirms that "Come Together" and "Something" combined to hold the number-one position on the Hot 100, while another recognised author, Joel Whitburn, shows "Something" at number three, its highest position prior to the titles being combined halfway through the record's chart run.
  8. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "With a Little Help from My Friends" were released as a medley on side A with "A Day in the Life" on the B-side. In some European countries, the B-side was "Within You Without You".[76]
  9. "Baby It's You" was released as a CD maxi single with the tracks "I'll Follow the Sun", "Devil in Her Heart" and "Boys". These live versions of "I'll Follow the Sun" and "Boys" were later released on On Air – Live at the BBC Volume 2.
  10. "Free as a Bird" was released as a CD maxi single with the additional tracks "I Saw Her Standing There" and "This Boy".
  11. "Real Love" was released as a CD maxi single with the additional tracks "Yellow Submarine" and "Here, There and Everywhere".
  12. This live version of "Baby's in Black" was later released on Live at the Hollywood Bowl.
  13. "Love Me Do" (2023 mix) did not enter the NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, but peaked at number 10 on the NZ Hot Singles Chart.[80]

Flexi discs

The Beatles released seven consecutive Christmas records on flexi disc for members of their UK and US fan clubs, from 1963 to 1969, ranging in length between 3:58 and 7:48. These short collections had a mix of spoken and musical messages for their official fan clubs.

Other appearances

The Beatles notably very rarely appear on compilation albums with other artists.

Videography

Films

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Concert films, TV specials and documentaries

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Home videos

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Notes

  1. Magical Mystery Tour was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America in January 2015[81]
  2. The Beatles Washington D.C. Concert was re-released on 16 November 2010 as Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964 exclusively on iTunes with The Beatles Box Set.[82]
  3. Around the Beatles was included on the home video release The Beatles Live: Ready Steady Go! – Special Edition in 1985.
  4. What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. was re-edited and re-released on 13 November 1991 as The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit by MPI Home Video.
  5. The Beatles' performance in The Beatles at Shea Stadium was restored and released theatrically in 2016 with The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years.
  6. The Beatles' performance in The Beatles in Japan was first released on video in 1984 as Concert at Budokan 1966.

TV series

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  1. Repeat broadcasts continued until 9 May 1969.

Music videos

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  1. The version of the song used in the music video differs from the album version.

TV appearances

This list does not include TV specials or series devoted specifically to the Beatles, these are already listed in the Concert films, TV specials and documentaries and TV series sections [88][89][90]

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See also

Notes

  1. The musicologist Alan W. Pollack identifies 219 tracks for his Notes on... series, counting 212 tracks along with six additional tracks that he did not separately identify because they were merely alternate versions of other songs (such as variations between the single version and the album version of the same track). Pollack also includes the song fragment "Can You Take Me Back", found in the transition between "Cry Baby Cry" and "Revolution 9" on the White Album, which is often not counted by other catalogs of Beatles songs. Other notable catalogs of Beatles songs, such as Ian MacDonald's Revolution in the Head, differ from this list as well.

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