The Beatles discography

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The Beatles released twelve albums (thirteen if The White Album is counted twice) in seven years. Their discography is complicated due to different U.S. and UK releases, particularly in their early years at Capitol.

Historical background

The first four Beatles vinyl albums differ based on their location of release. Those released in the U.S. were of lower sound quality and had some of their songs omitted. Additionally, even though the first four Beatles albums were originally released as both monaural and stereo recordings in the United Kingdom, stereo record players were quite rare in the UK at the time. Naturally, then, George Martin and The Beatles only spent a lot of time on the mono mixes. Many early songs were later remastered by Capitol Records for the U.S. as artificial stereo with bass on one side and treble on the other side, with lots of added echo. However, this was only done when the stereo mix of the song was not available or did not exist, as in the case of She Loves You. The Capitol release of Rubber Soul, however, has gained a lot of fans in the years since the release of the British albums on CD. The additions of "I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love" from "Help!" and the omission of "Drive my Car," "Nowhere Man," "What Goes On," and "If I Needed Someone" gives the album a different, folky flavour.

When it came time to release The Beatles' catalogue on CD, the decision was made to use the original British versions of the albums, since those were the "way The Beatles originally intended them to be". The initial releases of the first four CDs were of the original mono mixes. In 2004, Capitol Records released the first four American albums on CD as a box set and they represent the current (as of 2006) official stereo versions. No official stereo mix of the first four British albums had been released on compact disc, but there were plenty of "official looking" bootleg CDs in circulation that include the U.S. stereo mixes and even bear the " Apple" logo. Martin and The Beatles started to spend more time on stereo mixes by 1965. However, many fans believe that the mono versions of Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the so-called White Album are superior to the stereo mixes.

As of 2006, many Beatles enthusiasts feel that the current EMI CD releases of the albums do not do them justice. The music was mastered to be played on vinyl, the cutting and playback of which is widely believed to add 'warmth' to the recording, and the CDs, produced during the early days of the format, do not compensate for the different medium. Given how important the sound quality of these albums was not only to The Beatles and George Martin, but also from a historical point of view, many purists still listen to The Beatles albums only on vinyl.

In the UK

This is a listing of the official studio albums released in the UK by The Beatles (not including compilations and the like).

	Please Please Me (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1202 (Mono)/PCS 3042 (Stereo) Released: 1963- 03-22 and 1963- 04-26 (Mono and stereo respectively) Side one Side two " I Saw Her Standing There" " Misery" " Anna (Go to Him)" " Chains" " Boys" " Ask Me Why" " Please Please Me" " Love Me Do" " P.S. I Love You" " Baby It's You" " Do You Want to Know a Secret" " A Taste of Honey" " There's a Place" " Twist and Shout"
	With the Beatles (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1206 (Mono)/PCS 3045 (Stereo) Released: 1963- 11-22 Side one Side two " It Won't Be Long" " All I've Got to Do" " All My Loving" " Don't Bother Me" " Little Child" " Till There Was You" " Please Mr. Postman" " Roll Over Beethoven" " Hold Me Tight" " You Really Got a Hold on Me" " I Wanna Be Your Man" " Devil in Her Heart" " Not a Second Time" " Money (That's What I Want)"
	A Hard Day's Night (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1230 (Mono)/PCS 3058 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 07-10 Side one Side two " A Hard Day's Night" " I Should Have Known Better" " If I Fell" " I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" " And I Love Her" " Tell Me Why" " Can't Buy Me Love" " Any Time at All" " I'll Cry Instead" " Things We Said Today" " When I Get Home" " You Can't Do That" " I'll Be Back"
	Beatles for Sale (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1240 (Mono)/PCS 3062 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 12-04 Side one Side two " No Reply" " I'm a Loser" " Baby's in Black" " Rock and Roll Music" " I'll Follow the Sun" " Mr. Moonlight" " Kansas City/ Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" " Eight Days a Week" " Words of Love" " Honey Don't" " Every Little Thing" " I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" " What You're Doing" " Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
	Help! (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1255 (Mono)/PCS 3071 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 08-06 Side one Side two " Help!" " The Night Before" " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" " I Need You" " Another Girl" " You're Going to Lose That Girl" " Ticket to Ride" " Act Naturally" " It's Only Love" " You Like Me Too Much" " Tell Me What You See" " I've Just Seen a Face" " Yesterday" " Dizzy Miss Lizzy"
	Rubber Soul (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 1267 (Mono)/PCS 3075 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 12-03 Side one Side two " Drive My Car" " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" " You Won't See Me" " Nowhere Man" " Think For Yourself" " The Word" " Michelle" " What Goes On" " Girl" " I'm Looking Through You" " In My Life" " Wait" " If I Needed Someone" " Run for Your Life"
	Revolver (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 7009 (Mono)/PCS 7009 (Stereo) Released: 1966- 08-05 Side one Side two " Taxman" " Eleanor Rigby" " I'm Only Sleeping" " Love You To" " Here, There and Everywhere" " Yellow Submarine" " She Said She Said" " Good Day Sunshine" " And Your Bird Can Sing" " For No One" " Dr. Robert" " I Want to Tell You" " Got to Get You Into My Life" " Tomorrow Never Knows"
	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#1 UK) Label: Parlophone PMC 7027 (Mono)/PCS 7027 (Stereo) Released: 1967- 06-01 Side one Side two "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" " With a Little Help From My Friends" " Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" " Getting Better" " Fixing a Hole" " She's Leaving Home" " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" " Within You Without You" " When I'm Sixty-Four" " Lovely Rita" " Good Morning Good Morning" " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" " A Day in the Life"
	The Beatles (#1 UK) Label: Apple/Parlophone PMC 7067-7068 (Mono)/PCS 7067-7068 (Stereo) Released: 1968- 11-22 Side one Side two Side three Side four " Back in the U.S.S.R." " Dear Prudence" " Glass Onion" " Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" " Wild Honey Pie" " The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill" " While My Guitar Gently Weeps" " Happiness Is a Warm Gun" " Martha My Dear" " I'm So Tired" " Blackbird" " Piggies" " Rocky Raccoon" " Don't Pass Me By" " Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" " I Will" " Julia" " Birthday" " Yer Blues" " Mother Nature's Son" " Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" " Sexy Sadie" " Helter Skelter" " Long, Long, Long" " Revolution 1" " Honey Pie" " Savoy Truffle" " Cry Baby Cry" " Revolution 9" (Instrumental) " Good Night"
	Yellow Submarine (#3 UK) Label: Apple/Parlophone PMC 7070 (Mono)/PCS 7070 (Stereo) Released: 1969- 01-17 Side one Side two " Yellow Submarine" " Only a Northern Song" " All Together Now" " Hey Bulldog" " It's All Too Much" " All You Need Is Love" "Pepperland" (Instrumental) "Sea of Time" (Instrumental) "Sea of Holes" (Instrumental) "Sea of Monsters" (Instrumental) "March of the Meanies" (Instrumental) "Pepperland Laid Waste" (Instrumental) "Yellow Submarine in Pepperland" (Instrumental)
	Abbey Road (#1 UK) Label: Apple/Parlophone PCS 7088 Released: 1969- 09-26 Side one Side two " Come Together" " Something" " Maxwell's Silver Hammer" " Oh! Darling" " Octopus's Garden" " I Want You (She's So Heavy)" " Here Comes the Sun" " Because" " You Never Give Me Your Money" " Sun King" " Mean Mr. Mustard" " Polythene Pam" " She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" " Golden Slumbers" " Carry That Weight" " The End" " Her Majesty"
	Let It Be (#1 UK) Label: Apple/Parlophone PXS 1 (Box Set)/PCS 7096 (Regular LP) Released: 1970- 05-08 (Box Set) 1970- 11-06 (Regular LP) Side one Side two " Two of Us" " Dig a Pony" " Across the Universe" " I Me Mine" " Dig It" " Let It Be" " Maggie Mae" " I've Got a Feeling" " One After 909" " The Long and Winding Road" " For You Blue" " Get Back"

Compilations and other releases in the UK

• A Collection of Beatles' Oldies Parlophone Records ( 1966- 12-10) #7
• The Beatles' First Polydor Records ( 1967- 08-04) (British issue of the 1964 German LP)
• 1962-1966 (the "Red Album") Apple Records #3( 1973- 04-19) (Re-released in Sep 1993 and hit UK number 3)
• 1967-1970 (the "Blue Album") Apple Records #2( 1973- 04-19) (Re-released in Sep 1993 and hit UK number 4)

Note: Two double compilation albums, featuring as covers an alternate shot of the photograph originally taken for Please Please Me and a 1969 re-creation (originally for Get Back, which evolved into Let It Be) based upon that photograph.

• Rock 'n' Roll Music Parlophone Records ( 1976- 06-10) #11
• Magical Mystery Tour Parlophone Records ( 1976- 11-19) [sic] (Official UK issue of the American album using the Capitol masters, except for "Penny Lane," "Baby You're a Rich Man," and "All You Need is Love," which were the German mixes released on the Hör Zu! label in 1971. It became part of the official catalogue with its release on CD with every track in true-stereo. As an American import, the album peaked at #31 in 1968. Continued sales of the album as an import led to this release.)
• The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl Parlophone Records ( 1977- 05-06) (Live performances from 1964- 08-23 and 1965- 08-30 at the Hollywood Bowl) #1
• Love Songs Parlophone Records ( 1977- 11-19) #7
• The Beatles Collection Parlophone Records ( 1977- 11-02) (A 14-record box set containing all of The Beatles' original Parlophone/Apple LPs along with Rarities)
• Rarities Parlophone Records ( 1978- 12-02) (B-sides, songs in German ("Sie Liebt Dich" and "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand") and others) #71
• Hey Jude Parlophone Records ( 1979- 05-11) (Official UK issue of American album)
• The Beatles' Ballads Parlophone Records ( 1980- 10-13) (compilation) #17
• Reel Music Parlophone Records ( 1982- 03-29) (compilation of tracks from The Beatles' films) Did not chart
• 20 Greatest Hits Parlophone Records ( 1982- 10-18) #10
• Past Masters, Volume One Parlophone Records ( 1988- 03-07) (singles from 1962-1965 and other songs that were left off earlier albums) #49
• Past Masters, Volume Two Parlophone Records ( 1988- 03-07) (singles from 1965-1970 and other songs that were left off later albums) #46

Note: The reason for the Past Masters compilations are so that every song The Beatles released in 1962-1970 could be on a CD. They include singles and B-sides, two songs sung in German, the contents of an EP released in 1964 that had four additional songs, the "single" versions of the songs "Get Back" and "Let It Be", and a version of "Across the Universe" that had bird-like sound effects. Past Masters was also issued as a 2-LP set on 1988- 11-10.

• The Beatles Box Set Apple/Parlophone Records ( 1988- 12-05) (contains the official Apple/Parlophone Beatle catalogue on CD including the two Past Masters volumes along with a soft cover book by Mark Lewisohn describing every track in this collection which is contained in a roll top wooden box)
• Live at the BBC Apple Records ( 1994- 11-30) (Contains 69 songs The Beatles recorded for various BBC radio shows that never were recorded for Parlophone/Capitol/EMI. This collection only emphasises how much The Beatles as the #1 band on the globe worked like dogs in 1963 and 1964, sometimes recording 18 songs in a session for the BBC.) #1
• Anthology 1 Apple Records ( 1995- 11-21) (Containing early performances, live shows, demos, out-takes in the period 1958 to 1964 and the first "new" Beatles song since the band broke up in 1970) #2
• Anthology 2 Apple Records ( 1996- 03-18) (Containing unreleased tracks, live shows, demos, and out-takes from 1965 to 1968) #1
• Anthology 3 Apple Records ( 1996- 10-28) (Containing unreleased tracks, demos, and out-takes in the period 1968 to 1970) #4
• Yellow Submarine Songtrack Apple Records ( 1999- 09-13) #8
• The Beatles 1 Apple Records ( 2000- 11-13) (A collection of The Beatles' #1 hits on the Billboard [U.S.] and Record Retailer [UK] charts, including both sides of their double-A sided singles if both hit the top slot. The collection has 27 songs in it.) #1
• Let It Be… Naked Apple Records ( 2003- 11-17) (Remastered and remixed cut from the original sessions, devoid of arrangements by "re-producer" Phil Spector. The first copies released shipped with a 21-minute Fly on the Wall bonus disc.) #7
• The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 Apple/Capitol/Parlophone Records ( 2004- 11-15) (A re-issuing of the first four Beatles albums that Capitol released in the U.S. Both versions, mono and stereo)
• The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 Apple/Capitol/Parlophone Records ( 2006- 04-11) (A re-issuing of The Beatles albums that Capitol released in the U.S. in 1965. Both versions, mono and stereo)
• Love Apple Records ( 2006- 11-20)

Christmas records

The Beatles also recorded annual Christmas records for their fan club members. From 1963 to 1969 these were released as 7" flexidiscs on LYN. In 1970 the 7 previous records were put onto a 12" vinyl record. These remain largely unavailable today, with the exception of one track, "Christmas Time Is Here Again", which was edited and released on the Free As a Bird CD single in 1994:

• The Beatles Christmas Record, LYN 492 ( 1963)
• Season's Greetings from The Beatles, LYN 757 ( 1964)
• The Beatles 3rd Christmas Record, LYN 948 ( 1965)
• Everywhere It's Christmas, LYN 1145 ( 1966)
• Christmas Time Is Here Again, LYN 1360 ( 1967)
• Beatles 1968 Christmas Record, LYN 1743/4 ( 1968)
• Happy Christmas 1969, LYN 1970/1 ( 1969)
• From Then to You, (UK) Apple LYN 2154 / The Beatles' Christmas Album (U.S.) Apple SBC 100 ( 1970)

In Canada

The division of Capitol Records in Canada released three albums and a number of singles in 1963 and 1964 before aligning with the American division and releasing the same albums as in the U.S. Unlike the U.S., Capitol of Canada said yes to The Beatles from day one, as many British artists had obtained hit records in Canada previously, unlike in the USA. The first Canadian release was " Love Me Do" on 1963- 02-04.

• Beatlemania! With the Beatles, Capitol Canada ( 1963- 11-25)
• Twist and Shout, Capitol Canada ( 1964- 02-03)
• The Beatles' Long Tall Sally, Capitol Canada ( 1964- 05-11)

In the U.S.

In the United States, as noted above, The Beatles albums were rearranged, retitled and remixed. Some of the U.S. releases were nearly identical to their UK counterparts, often only varying by one or two songs. Most releases contained songs that were also found on other records, which made things difficult for the American Beatles fan trying to purchase the band's entire catalog. By 1967, all U.S. releases matched the UK releases exactly. Some of the U.S. releases included:

	Introducing... The Beatles (#2 U.S.) Label: Vee-Jay VJLP 1062 (Mono)/VJSR 1062 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 01-06 and 1964- 02-10 (Versions 1 and 2 respectively) Side one Side two " I Saw Her Standing There" " Misery" " Anna (Go to Him)" " Chains" " Boys" " Love Me Do" (" Ask Me Why" on Version 2) " P.S. I Love You" (" Please Please Me" on Version 2) " Baby It's You" " Do You Want to Know a Secret" " A Taste of Honey" " There's a Place" " Twist and Shout"
	Meet the Beatles! (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2047 (Mono)/ST 2047 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 01-20 Side one Side two "I Want to Hold Your Hand" " I Saw Her Standing There" " This Boy" " It Won't Be Long" " All I've Got to Do" " All My Loving" " Don't Bother Me" " Little Child" " Till There Was You" " Hold Me Tight" " I Wanna Be Your Man" " Not a Second Time"
	The Beatles' Second Album (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2080 (Mono)/ST 2080 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 04-10 Side one Side two " Roll Over Beethoven" " Thank You Girl" " You Really Got a Hold on Me" " Devil in Her Heart" " Money" " You Can't Do That" " Long Tall Sally" " I Call Your Name" " Please Mr. Postman" " I'll Get You" " She Loves You"
	A Hard Day's Night (#1 U.S.) Label: United Artists UAL 3366 (Mono)/UAS 6366 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 06-26 Side one Side two " A Hard Day's Night" " Tell Me Why" " I'll Cry Instead" " I Should Have Known Better" (Instrumental) " I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" " And I Love Her" (Instrumental) " I Should Have Known Better" " If I Fell" " And I Love Her" "Ringo's Theme (This Boy)" (Instrumental) " Can't Buy Me Love" " A Hard Day's Night" (Instrumental)
	Something New (#2 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2108 (Mono)/ST 2108 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 07-20 Side one Side two " I'll Cry Instead" " Things We Said Today" " Any Time at All" " When I Get Home" " Slow Down" " Matchbox" " Tell Me Why" " And I Love Her" " I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" " If I Fell" " Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand"
	The Beatles' Story (#7 U.S.) Label: Capitol TBO 2222 (Mono)/STBO 2222 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 11-23 Side one Side two Side three Side four "On Stage With the Beatles" "How Beatlemania Began" "Beatlemania in Action" "Man Behind the Beatles – Brian Epstein" " John Lennon" "Who's a Millionaire?" "Beatles Will Be Beatles" "Man Behind the Music – George Martin" " George Harrison" "A Hard Day's Night – Their First Movie" "Paul McCartney" "Sneaky Haircuts and More About Paul" "The Beatles Look at Life" "'Victims' of Beatlemania" "Beatle Medley" " Ringo Starr" "Liverpool and All the World!"
	Beatles '65 (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2228 (Mono)/ST 2228 (Stereo) Released: 1964- 12-15 Side one Side two " No Reply" " I'm a Loser" " Baby's in Black" " Rock and Roll Music" " I'll Follow the Sun" " Mr. Moonlight" " Honey Don't" " I'll Be Back" " She's a Woman" " I Feel Fine" " Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby"
	The Early Beatles (#43 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2309 (Mono)/ST 2309 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 03-22 Side one Side two " Love Me Do" " Twist and Shout" " Anna (Go To Him)" " Chains" " Boys" " Ask Me Why" " Please Please Me" " P.S. I Love You" " Baby It's You" " A Taste of Honey" " Do You Want to Know a Secret"
	Beatles VI (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2358 (Mono)/ST 2358 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 06-14 Side one Side two " Kansas City/ Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" " Eight Days a Week" " You Like Me Too Much" " Bad Boy" " I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" " Words of Love" " What You're Doing" " Yes It Is" " Dizzy Miss Lizzie" " Tell Me What You See" " Every Little Thing"
	Help! (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol MAS 2386 (Mono)/SMAS 2386 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 08-13 Side one Side two " Help!" (with " James Bond Theme" intro) " The Night Before" " From Me to You Fantasy" (Instrumental) " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" " I Need You" "In the Tyrol" (Instrumental) " Another Girl" "Another Hard Day's Night" (Instrumental) " Ticket to Ride" "The Bitter End/ You Can't Do That" (Instrumental) " You're Gonna Lose That Girl" "The Chase" (Instrumental)
	Rubber Soul (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2442 (Mono)/ST 2442 (Stereo) Released: 1965- 12-06 Side one Side two " I've Just Seen a Face" " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" " You Won't See Me" " Think For Yourself" " The Word" " Michelle" " It's Only Love" " Girl" " I'm Looking Through You" " In My Life" " Wait" " Run for Your Life"
	Yesterday… and Today (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2553 (Mono)/ST 2553 (Stereo) Released: 1966- 06-20 Side one Side two " Drive My Car" " I'm Only Sleeping" " Nowhere Man" " Dr. Robert" " Yesterday" " Act Naturally" " And Your Bird Can Sing" " If I Needed Someone" " We Can Work It Out" " What Goes On" " Day Tripper"
	Revolver (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol T 2576 (Mono)/ST 2576 (Stereo) Released: 1966- 08-08 Side one Side two " Taxman" " Eleanor Rigby" " Love You To" " Here, There and Everywhere" " Yellow Submarine" " She Said She Said" " Good Day Sunshine" " For No One" " I Want to Tell You" " Got to Get You Into My Life" " Tomorrow Never Knows"
	Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol MAS 2653 (Mono)/SMAS 2653 (Stereo) Released: 1967- 06-02 Track listing is identical to the UK release. It should be noted, though, that the two seconds of gibberish placed on the concentric groove of the UK release was left off the U.S. release.
	Magical Mystery Tour (#1 U.S.) Label: Capitol MAL 2835 (Mono)/SMAL 2835 (Stereo) Released: 1967- 11-27 Side one Side two " Magical Mystery Tour" " The Fool on the Hill" " Flying" " Blue Jay Way" " Your Mother Should Know" " I Am the Walrus" " Hello, Goodbye" " Strawberry Fields Forever" " Penny Lane" " Baby, You're a Rich Man" " All You Need Is Love"
	The Beatles (#1 U.S.) Label: Apple/Capitol SWBO 101 Released: 1968- 11-25 Track listing is identical to the UK release.
	Yellow Submarine (#2 U.S.) Label: Apple/Capitol SW 153 Released: 1969- 01-13 Track listing is identical to the UK release.
	Abbey Road (#1 U.S.) Label: Apple/Capitol SO 383 Released: 1969- 10-01 Track listing is identical to the UK release.
	Hey Jude (#2 U.S.) Label: Apple/Capitol SW 385 Released: 1970- 02-26 Side one Side two " Can't Buy Me Love" " I Should Have Known Better" " Paperback Writer" " Rain" " Lady Madonna" "Revolution" "Hey Jude" " Old Brown Shoe" " Don't Let Me Down" " The Ballad of John and Yoko"
	Let It Be (#1 U.S.) Label: Apple/United Artists AR 34001 Released: 1970- 05-18 Track listing is identical to the UK release.

Compilations and other releases in the U.S.

• In The Beginning (Circa 1960), Polydor Records ( 1970- 05-04) #117
• 1962–1966 (the "Red Album"), Capitol Records ( 1973- 04-02) #3
• 1967–1970 (the "Blue Album"), Capitol Records ( 1973- 04-02) #1
• Rock 'n' Roll Music, Capitol Records ( 1976- 06-07) #2
• The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, Capitol Records ( 1977- 05-04) #2
• Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962, Lingasong ( 1977) #111
• Love Songs, Capitol Records ( 1977- 10-21) #24
• The Beatles Collection, Capitol Records ( 1979- 12-01) (Unlike the British release, the American issue was a limited edition with only 3,000 copies made. The British release which was not a limited edition became a popular import for the U.S. market as a result.)
• Rarities, Capitol Records ( 1980- 03-24) #21
• Rock 'n' Roll Music Vol. 1, Music For Pleasure ( 1980- 10-27) #11
• Rock 'n' Roll Music Vol. 2, Music For Pleasure ( 1980- 10-27) #7
• Reel Music, Capitol Records ( 1982- 03-22) #19
• 20 Greatest Hits, Capitol Records ( 1982- 10-11) #50
• Please Please Me, Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 02-26)
• With the Beatles, Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 02-26)
• A Hard Day's Night (British version), Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 02-26)
• Beatles For Sale, Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 02-26)
• Help! (British version), Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 04-15)
• Rubber Soul (British version), Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 04-15)
• Revolver (British version), Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1987- 04-15)

(The above 1987 CD releases mark the first official releases for The Beatles' early British albums in the U.S.)

• Past Masters, Volume One, Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1988- 03-07) #149
• Past Masters, Volume Two, Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1988- 03-07) #121

(Past Masters as a 2-LP set was issued by Capitol Records on 1988- 10-24)

• The Beatles Box Set Parlophone/Capitol Records ( 1988- 11-15)
• Live at the BBC, Capitol Records ( 1994- 12-06) #3
• Anthology 1, Capitol Records ( 1995- 11-21) #1
• Anthology 2, Capitol Records ( 1996- 03-19) #1
• Anthology 3, Capitol Records ( 1996- 10-29) #1
• Yellow Submarine Songtrack, Capitol Records ( 1999- 09-14) #15
• The Beatles 1, Capitol Records ( 2000- 11-14) #1
• Let It Be… Naked, Capitol Records ( 2003- 11-18) #5
• The Capitol Albums, Volume 1, Capitol Records ( 2004- 11-16) #35
• The Capitol Albums, Volume 2, Capitol Records ( 2006- 04-11) #46
• Love, Capitol Records ( 2006- 11-21)

Extended plays (EPs)

UK EPs

• Twist and Shout ( 1963- 07-12)
• The Beatles' Hits ( 1963- 09-06)
• The Beatles (No. 1) ( 1963- 11-01)
• All My Loving ( 1964- 02-07)
• Long Tall Sally ( 1964- 06-19)
• A Hard Day's Night (Extracts from the film) ( 1964- 11-04)
• A Hard Day's Night (Extracts from the album) ( 1964- 11-06)
• Beatles for Sale ( 1965- 04-06)
• Beatles for Sale (No. 2) ( 1965- 06-04)
• The Beatles' Million Sellers ( 1965- 12-06)
• Yesterday ( 1966- 03-04)
• Nowhere Man ( 1966- 07-08)
• Magical Mystery Tour ( 1967- 12-08); #2 (in the UK singles chart topped by " Hello, Goodbye")
• The Beatles ( 1981- 12-07) (a rarities' EP featuring " The Inner Light", " Baby You're a Rich Man", " She's a Woman" and " This Boy")

U.S. EPs

• Souvenir of Their Visit to America (Vee Jay Records) ( 1964- 03-23)
• Four by the Beatles ( 1964- 05-11)
• 4-by the Beatles ( 1965- 02-01)
• Baby It's You ( 1995- 03-23) (Maxi-CD single)
• Free as a Bird ( 1995- 12-12) (Maxi-CD single)
• Real Love ( 1996- 03-05) (Maxi-CD single)

Singles

Bootlegs

See The Beatles Bootlegs for a run down of some of the more popular unauthorized bootleg material.