A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966)

About this title: It was Christmas time, 1966. Though hard at work on the beginnings of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band, the Beatles had nothing for EMI to put out during the holiday season (aside from the annual Christmas record for the fan club). Revolver had come out in the first week of August, too early to exploit. What to do? So EMI issued this stopgap collection of 16 older recordings for the European market, in effect creating the first "Beatles Greatest Hits" album. Actually, it's not a predictable hits anthology, for it omits obvious hit singles like "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do," and ... read more

Tracks:

1. She Loves You [Lennon/McCartney]
2. From Me to You [Lennon/McCartney]
3. We Can Work It Out [Lennon/McCartney]
4. Help! [Lennon/McCartney]
5. Michelle [Lennon/McCartney]
6. Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney]
7. I Feel Fine [Lennon/McCartney]
8. Yellow Submarine [Lennon/McCartney]
9. Can't Buy Me Love [Lennon/McCartney]
10. Bad Boy [Williams]
11. Day Tripper [Lennon/McCartney]
12. A Hard Day's Night [Lennon/McCartney]
13. Ticket to Ride [Lennon/McCartney]
14. Paperback Writer [Lennon/McCartney]
15. Eleanor Rigby [Lennon/McCartney]
16. I Want to Hold Your Hand [Lennon/McCartney]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.