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- A 33 rpm, 8 record, vinyl, stereo and mono, boxed set, 'From Liverpool - The Beatles Box'. Released in 1980
- The Beatles Box is an eight-record box set of Beatles recordings, initially released on 3 November 1980 by World Records, a mail-order subsidiary of EMI. (It was also issued in two formats by Reader's Digest in New Zealand, Australia and Mexico). It was only available via mail-order, and not through record shops. This was the last Beatles release during John Lennon's lifetime. He was murdered just one month after it's release.
- All songs are credited to Lennon & McCartney, except where noted in the track listing below
- All tracks are produced by George Martin, apart from Record 8, side 1 tracks 4 to 8 by Phil Spector.
- This is an impressive 8 record, collection of 108 Beatles recordings; from the original, single recording of "Love Me Do" from 1962 to 'Her Majesty' from 1969's "Abbey Road" album.
- Each disc has separate sleeve notes by Hugh Marshall
- Each album has a unique laminated picture sleeve, and the set is housed in a 12" x 12", hinged, picture box. Poly-lined, paper inner sleeves
- The collection was compiled by Simon Sinclair and mastered by Harry T Moss ('HTM' as seen in the runout).
- The package design is by Frank Watkins and Out Of Town Creative

- Catalogue number:- SM701 - 8

- Matrix Runouts;- (LP 1A): SW.10373-1; (LP 1B): SW.10374-1; (LP 2A): SW.10375-1; (LP 2B): SW.10376-1; (LP 3A): SW.10377-1; (LP 3B): SW.10378-1; (LP 4A): SW.10379-1; (LP 4B): SW.10380-1; (LP 5A): SW.10381-1; (LP 5B): SW.10382-1; (LP 6A): SW.10383-1; (LP 6B): SW.10384-1; (LP 7A): SW.10385-1; (LP 7B): SW.10386-1; (LP 8A): SW.10387-1; (LP 8B): SW.10388-1;

- Record 1 Side one:- "Love Me Do" (original UK single with Ringo Starr on drums),"P.S. I Love You" (mock stereo remix from Please Please Me) ,"I Saw Her Standing There","Please Please Me","Misery","Do You Want to Know a Secret","A Taste of Honey" (Scott/Marlow),"Twist and Shout" (Medley/Russell)
- Side two:- "From Me to You","Thank You Girl" (mono),"She Loves You" (mock stereo remix from A Collection of Beatles Oldies),"It Won't Be Long","Please Mr. Postman" (Dobbins/Garrett/Gorman/Holland/Bateman),"All My Loving" (hi-hat intro)
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry),"Money (That's What I Want)" (Bradford/Gordy)
- Record 2 Side one:- "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" (from US Rarities LP)[3] (alternate version with six-bar ending; originally issued in Germany)
- Side two "Things We Said Today","I'll Be Back","Long Tall Sally" (stereo) (Johnson,Penniman,Blackwell),"I Call Your Name" (stereo),"Matchbox" (stereo) (Perkins),Slow Down" (stereo) (Williams),"She's a Woman" (stereo),"I Feel Fine"("whisper" version,[3] first issued on the UK version of 1962–1966)
- Record 3 Side one:- "Eight Days a Week","No Reply","I'm a Loser","I'll Follow the Sun","Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson),"Every Little Thing","I Don't Want to Spoil the Party","Kansas City"/"Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!" (Leiber/Stoller/Penniman)
- Side two:- "Ticket to Ride","I'm Down" (stereo),"Help!","The Night Before","You've Got to Hide Your Love Away","I Need You" (Harrison),"Another Girl","You're Going to Lose That Girl"
- Record 4 Side one:- "Yesterday","Act Naturally" (Russell/Morrison),"Tell Me What You See","It's Only Love","You Like Me Too Much" (Harrison),"I've Just Seen a Face","Day Tripper" (US Yesterday and Today mix),"We Can Work It Out"
- Side two:- "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"
- Record 5 Side one:- "Paperback Writer" (US Hey Jude stereo version),"Rain","Here, There and Everywhere","Taxman" (Harrison),"I'm Only Sleeping" (US Yesterday and Today stereo version),"Good Day Sunshine","Yellow Submarine"
- Side two:- "Eleanor Rigby","And Your Bird Can Sing" (US Yesterday and Today stereo version),"For No One","Doctor Robert","Got to Get You into My Life","Penny Lane" (US Rarities edit),"Strawberry Fields Forever"
- Record 6 Side one:- "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" (edited version from 1967–1970)[2]
- Side two:- "When I'm Sixty-Four","Lovely Rita","All You Need Is Love" (mono),"Baby, You're a Rich Man" (German Magical Mystery Tour stereo),"Magical Mystery Tour","Your Mother Should Know","The Fool on the Hill","I Am the Walrus" (US Rarities composite)[3]
- Record 7 Side one:- "Hello, Goodbye","Lady Madonna","Hey Jude","Revolution","Back in the U.S.S.R.","Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da","While My Guitar Gently Weeps" (Harrison)
- Side two:- "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" (minus the opening flamenco guitar intro),"Happiness Is a Warm Gun","Martha My Dear","I'm So Tired","Piggies" (Harrison),"Don't Pass Me By" (Starkey),"Julia","All Together Now"
- Record 8 Side one:- "Get Back" (LP version),"Don't Let Me Down","The Ballad of John and Yoko","Across the Universe","For You Blue" (Harrison),"Two of Us","The Long and Winding Road","Let It Be" (LP version)
- Side two:- "Come Together","Something" (Harrison),"Maxwell's Silver Hammer","Octopus's Garden" (Starkey),"Here Comes the Sun" (Harrison),"Because","Golden Slumbers","Carry That Weight","The End","Her Majesty" (preceding pause shortened from 15 seconds)

- Condition:- The box itself is in poor condition (see photos) although it is mostly intact. The individual sleeves are VG although one or two show some slight edge wear (where the sleeves have slightly stuck together) and are slightly 'wavy'. The vinyl itself is VG+, with no marks or scratches and plays without noticeable pops or surface noise.