# Beatles British Albums box set CDs?

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**Created:** [February 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370 "2014-02-02T19:44:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370/1 "2014-02-02T19:44:16Z")

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I looking for all the British original versions of The Beatles albums in a CD box set. I thought this would be obvious, but I’m not seeing it on Amazon. Except for some $800 Russian bootleg, which I wouldn’t touch with Putin’s, um, discarded t-shirt.

Can anybody point me in the right direction?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370/2 "2014-02-02T19:51:10Z")

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[You mean like this?](http://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Original-Studio-Recordings/dp/B002BSHWUU/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1391370606&sr=1-2&keywords=beatles+box+set)

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370/3 "2014-02-02T20:19:04Z")

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Looks like it. I wonder why that didn’t appear in my search? I knew it had to exist.

So, Thanks.

Now, does anyone have opinions on this set?

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**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2014, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370/4 "2014-02-02T20:59:23Z")

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The other option to consider (remastered and released at the same time as the Stereo set linked to above) is the Mono box set:

> **[The Beatles - The Beatles in Mono (The Complete Mono Recordings) - Amazon.com...](https://www.amazon.com/Beatles-Mono-Complete-Recordings/dp/B002BSHXJA)**
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> The Beatles - The Beatles in Mono (The Complete Mono Recordings) - Amazon.com Music

Note it does not contain the (only-released-in-stereo-originally) albums Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road, or Let it Be.

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**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beatles-british-albums-box-set-cds/680370/5 "2014-02-03T20:38:02Z")

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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#):
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> Now, does anyone have opinions on this set?

I got it for Christmas the year it came out. It has everything that any Beatle fan could need, unless you’re a serious completionist. I ended up SwapaCD-ing all the other Beatle CDs I had once this was in my hands.