# Assembling the entire Beatles catalog

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembling-the-entire-beatles-catalog/239003 "2004-04-08T18:30:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![SpartanDC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembling-the-entire-beatles-catalog/239003/1 "2004-04-08T18:30:54Z")

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Awhile before I moved far from home, I sort of ransacked my mom’s collection of Beatles CDs, leaving her with only the tatters of a collection. This year, I’m going to fix all that by getting her EVERYTHING they did for Christmas.

But what’s the most efficient way to do that? Here’s the list of albums I know I’d have to buy so far:

Please Please Me  
With The Beatles  
A Hard Day’s Night  
Beatles For Sale  
Help!  
Rubber Soul  
Revolver  
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band  
Magical Mystery Tour  
The Beatles (White Album)  
Abbey Road  
Let It Be  
Past Masters, Vol. 1  
Past Masters, Vol. 2  
Live At The BBC  
Anthology I-III

Anything else? I remember hearing that The Beatles released a Christmas song every year to members of their fan club, and I’d like to include even those songs if they’re available anywhere… anyone know how to get them?

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembling-the-entire-beatles-catalog/239003/2 "2004-04-08T18:36:08Z")

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Yellow Submarine

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembling-the-entire-beatles-catalog/239003/3 "2004-04-08T18:47:29Z")

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[This](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005QAHB/qid=1081449817/sr=1-61/ref=sr_1_61/103-2766198-2960603?v=glance&s=music) also looks pretty good, though I’ve never heard it myself.

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assembling-the-entire-beatles-catalog/239003/4 "2004-04-08T19:42:28Z")

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You pretty much have the entire official canon in your list. There are two editions of _Yellow Submarine_, the original soundtrack and the remastered & remixed “Songtrack” that was released along with the DVD. You can also add _Let It Be … Naked_, which may or may not be worthy but **is** an official Beatles release. If you want to get really crazy, the Anthology DVDs feature 5.1 remixes of numerous Beatles tunes.

There were also CD single releases from Live at the BBC and the Anthology (one each for “Free as a Bird” and “Real Love”) that contain bonus material not on the albums.

The Christmas fan club recordings are not officially available, but are easy to get if you know where to look.