“Oldies,” released in the UK in late 1966 as The Beatles’ first greatest-hits album, was an essential early compilation that covered all their hit singles not included on any album—a must-have until the later “Red Album” was released.
It has since gone out of print without ever being reissued on CD and has become a collector’s item. This release is a rare collection of original UK analog tape recordings—not standard vinyl records—and features open-reel monaural recordings in the first half. The second half features recordings from 8-track cartridge stereo tapes, whose production began in the UK in 1970. The track order on the 8-track tapes has been significantly rearranged, and the stereo recordings offer a dynamic sound with a different sonic texture than the vinyl records. This release revives the original UK analog tape sources—where the differences in mixing and sonic texture are clearly discernible when listened to through headphones—a quality unique to analog tape!
A COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES //
1966 ORIGINAL U.K. PARLOPHONE REEL-TO-REEL TAPE MONO
01. SHE LOVES YOU
02. FROM ME TO YOU
03. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
04. HELP!
05. MICHELLE
06. YESTERDAY
07. I FEEL FINE
08. YELLOW SUBMARINE
09. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
10. BAD BOY
11. DAY TRIPPER
12. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
13. TICKET TO RIDE
14. PAPERBACK WRITER
15. ELEANOR RIGBY
16. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
Reel-To-Reel Tape Parlophone – TA-PMC-7016 Twin Track Mono, 3" Cine Reel UK 1966
1970 ORIGINAL U.K. EMI 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE TAPE STEREO
17. SHE LOVES YOU
18. FROM ME TO YOU
19. WE CAN WORK IT OUT
20. TICKET TO RIDE
21. HELP!
22. YESTERDAY
23. DAY TRIPPER
24. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND
25. MICHELLE
26. I FEEL FINE
27. CAN'T BUY ME LOVE
28. BAD BOY
29. YELLOW SUBMARINE
30. A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
31. PAPERBACK WRITER
32. ELEANOR RIGBY
8-Track Cartridge EMI – 8X-PCS 7016 / EMI – 1E 362 04258 UK 1970
Direct Transfer from The Original Tapes 2026
