The Songs By the Beatles Still Speak to Us Today

Songs By The Beatles

What are your favorite songs by The Beatles? I love them all! The great songs by the Beatles bring back so many great memories. The lyrics by John Lennon, Paul McCartney and later George Harrison made The Beatles songs classics and made them the most popular group of all time.  From love songs to rock, the Fab Four did it all and have stood the test of time. The songs by the Beatles have truly stood the test of time.

If you love songs by The Beatles as much as I do, then you have got to take a look at The Beatles Box Set review I have put together for you here. You actually have 3 different option when it comes to the latest Beatles box set:

 

 

The Beatles Stereo Box Set

The Beatles Mono Box Set

The Beatles USB


What are the Songs by the Beatles that am I getting with The Beatles Stereo Box Set?

The Beatles Stereo Box Set is actually a box set compilation containing all 13 studio album recordings of the songs by the Beatles. It includes the Past Masters albums too. Each one is remastered in stereo. The set premiered in September of 2009, exactly the same day both The Beatles: Rock Band and the remastered Beatles Mono Box Set. The work for each stereo and mono versions was remastered by Abbey Road engineers Steve Rooke, Guy Massey, Sam Okell with Sean Magee and Paul Hicks.

Songs by The Beatles

Songs by The Beatles

The biggest thing you will notice is the sound quality. These Lennon and McCartney tunes never sounded so good! If you listen to these songs by the Beatles with headphone on a good audio system, you will be blown away.

**Bet You Didn’t Know: This box set received the award for Best Historical Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards.

 

How is it different from The Beatles Mono Box Set ?

This is important: The songs by the Beatles that are on the albums Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let It Be will not be a part of The Beatles Mono Box Set . These were actually recorded in stereo in 1968 ans 1969 when stereo was first introduced.

In addition to those albums not being included in the stereo box set, no stereo mixes exist for the 1963 single “She Loves You” and the B-Side “I’ll Get You” or the 1962 single “Love Me Do” and the B-Side “P.S. I Love You”. Believe it or not, it was a common practice at Abbey Road Studios in those days to erase and re-use master tapes as soon as they had been mixed into mono for the release of a single. Genius lost!

 

What songs by the Beatles do I get with the USB?

The wonderfully designed, apple-shaped 16GB USB drive is packed with the remastered songs by the Beatles. It is the audio for The Beatles‘ 14 stereo albums, in addition to each of the remastered CD graphic elements, which includes 13 mini-documentary films about the studio albums, duplications of the original UK album art, scarce pictures of the Fabs and enhanced liner notes. It’s completely compatible with a PC or a Mac.

It really is a cool and convenient way to take The Beatles catalog with you wherever you go. 30,000 of these were released in December of 2009 as a limited edition, but they are still available on Amazon if you are interested in this collector’s item. I personally like having the hard copy so I didn’t opt for the USB. In a way, I regret it because I travel a lot and would love to be able to just throw it up on my laptop. Nonetheless I’m happy with the hard copy. Here is what the USB looks like:

Pretty cool looking if you ask me….

 

My Favorite Part of the Stereo Box Set

The Beatles Stereo Box Set includes not only the songs by the Beatles, but a DVD compiling all of the mini-documentaries published on each album. This DVD features commentary from John, Paul, George, and Ringo as well as George Martin. This is so cool to me. I love hearing from the people that were actually there. Each Mini Documentary includes rare video clips and formerly unheard conversation. You will find sound outtakes from a variety of songs by the Beatles, combined with still photographs, segments of TV appearances, video footage from inside recording sessions, video footage of their last photography session, and content from all 5 Beatles films. This DVD is only included in the Stereo set, and is not part of the Mono edition.

 

What Others Are Saying

Both box sets and the USB have received rave reviews from most consumers across the net. The songs by the Beatles in the set have never sounded better. In fact both the Stereo and Mono versions have received an average 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon with the USB averaging 4 out of 5 stars on the same site.

Here are some comments we found:

  • “The sound quality of the songs are, without a doubt, the very best that I have ever heard before.”
  • “….the stereo adds an outstanding dimension to the sound.”
  • “Get Back is so clearer I felt I was listening to all instruments live in my room.”
  • “I have to say the remixing turned out real good….Paperback Writer sounds so good now.”
  • “The remastered sound is incredible…….”

 

Any Complaints?

I did find 2 reviews that were not crazy about the stereo version. They said they had to change the bass and treble on a song-to-song basis. I didn’t have this problem personally, but thought I would mention it. I found absolutely no bad reviews about the Mono Box Set and the way the songs by the Beatles sounded on this set.

 

How Much Should You expect to Pay?

Beatles.com has The Beatles Stereo Box Set for $190 and the Mono for $220.

The cheapest place we have seen is on Amazon. The Stereo Box Set ranges between $180 new and $100 used as of this writing. The Beatles Mono Box Set ranges between $190 new to $80 if you are willing to buy it used. The USB is a little more expensive since it is a limited edition: $265 new to $230 used.***

***These are estimates as price change slightly on Amazon day to day. Click any of the links to check on the latest prices.


Where Can I Read More Reviews?

In my opinion, the best place to read reviews from people that have actually bought the product is Amazon, hands down.

 

If you are huge fan, the songs by the Beatles have never sounded better than in these box sets.

 

Below you will find the songs by The Beatles in alphabetical order:

 

Across the Universe

Act Naturally

Ain’t She Sweet

All I’ve Got to Do

All My Loving

All Things Must Pass

All Together Now

All You Need Is Love

And I Love Her

And Your Bird Can Sing

Anna (Go To Him)

Another Girl

Any Time At All

Ask Me Why

Baby It’s You

Baby You’re a Rich Man

Baby’s in Black

Back in the USSR

Bad Boy

The Ballad of John and Yoko

Be-Bop-A-Lula

Because

Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!

Besame Mucho

Birthday

Blackbird

Blue Jay Way

Boys

Can’t Buy Me Love

Carol

Carry That Weight

Chains

Clarabella

Come and Get It

Come Together

The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill

Cry Baby Cry

A Day in the Life

Day Tripper

Dear Prudence

Devil in Her Heart

Dig a Pony

Dig It

Dizzy Miss Lizzy

Do You Want to Know a Secret?

Doctor Robert

Don’t Bother Me

Don’t Ever Change

Don’t Let Me Down

Don’t Pass Me By

Drive My Car

Eight Days a Week

Eleanor Rigby

The End

Every Little Thing

Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey

Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby

Fixing a Hole

The Fool on the Hill

For No One

For You Blue

Free as a Bird

From Me To You

Get Back

Getting Better

Girl

Glad All Over

Glass Onion

Golden Slumbers

Good Day Sunshine

Good Morning Good Morning

Good Night

Got to Get You Into My Life

Hallelujah, I Love Her So

Happiness is a Warm Gun

A Hard Day’s Night

Hello Little Girl

Hello, Goodbye

Help!

Helter Skelter

Her Majesty

Here Comes the Sun

Here, There and Everywhere

Hey Bulldog

Hey Jude

The Hippy Hippy Shake

Hold Me Tight

Honey Don’t

Honey Pie

The Honeymoon Song

How Do You Do It

I Am the Walrus

I Call Your Name

I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party

I Feel Fine

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

I Got a Woman

I Got to Find My Baby

I Just Don’t Understand

I Me Mine

I Need You

I Remember You

I Saw Her Standing There

I Should Have Known Better

I Wanna Be Your Man

I Want to Hold Your Hand

I Want to Tell You

I Want You (She’s So Heavy)

I Will

I’ll Be Back

I’ll Be On My Way

I’ll Cry Instead

I’ll Follow the Sun

I’ll Get You

I’m a Loser

I’m Down

I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)

I’m Happy Just to Dance With You

I’m Looking Through You

I’m Only Sleeping

I’m So Tired

I’m Talking About You

I’ve Got a Feeling

I’ve Just Seen a Face

If I Fell

If I Needed Someone

If You’ve Got Trouble

In My Life

In Spite of All the Danger

The Inner Light

It Won’t Be Long

It’s All Too Much

It’s Only Love

Johnny B. Goode

Julia

Junk

Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey

Keep Your Hands Off My Baby

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Lady Madonna

Leave My Kitten Alone

Lend Me Your Comb

Let It Be

Let’s Dance

Like Dreamers Do

Little Child

Little Queenie

Lonesome Tears in My Eyes

The Long and Winding Road

Long Tall Sally

Long, Long, Long

Love Me Do

Love You To

Lovely Rita

Lucille

Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds

Maggie Mae

Magical Mystery Tour

Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues

Martha My Dear

Matchbox

Maxwell’s Silver Hammer

Mean Mr. Mustard

Memphis, Tennessee

Michelle

Misery

Money (That’s What I Want)

Moonlight Bay

Mother Nature’s Son

Mr. Moonlight

My Bonnie

The Night Before

No Reply

Nobody’s Child

Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)

Not a Second Time

Not Guilty

Nothin’ Shakin’

Nowhere Man

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Octopus’s Garden

Oh! Darling

Old Brown Shoe

One After 909

Only a Northern Song

Ooh! My Soul

P.S. I Love You

Paperback Writer

Penny Lane

Piggies

Please Mr. Postman

Please Please Me

Polythene Pam

Rain

Real Love

Revolution

Revolution 1

Rip It Up/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Blue Suede Shoes

Rock and Roll Music

Rocky Raccoon

Roll Over Beethoven

Run For Your Life

Savoy Truffle

Searchin’

Sexy Sadie

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)

She Came in Through the Bathroom Window

She Loves You

She Said She Said

She’s a Woman

She’s Leaving Home

The Sheik of Arabia

A Shot of Rhythm and Blues

Shout!

Sie Liebt Dich

Slow Down

So How Come (No One Loves Me)

Soldier of Love

Some Other Guy

Something

Step Inside Love/Los Paranoias

Strawberry Fields Forever

Sun King

Sure to Fall (In Love With You)

Sweet Little Sixteen

A Taste of Honey

Taxman

Teddy Boy

Tell Me What You See

Tell Me Why

Thank You Girl

That Means a Lot

That’ll Be the Day

That’s All Right (Mama)

There’s a Place

Things We Said Today

Think For Yourself

This Boy

Three Cool Cats

Ticket to Ride

Till There Was You

To Know Her is to Love Her

Tomorrow Never Knows

Too Much Monkey Business

Twist and Shout

Two of Us

Wait

We Can Work It Out

What Goes On

What You’re Doing

What’d I Say

What’s the New Mary Jane

When I Get Home

When I’m Sixty-Four

While My Guitar Gently Weeps

Why

Why Don’t We Do It in the Road?

Wild Honey Pie

With a Little Help From My Friends

Within You Without You

The Word

Words of Love

Yellow Submarine

Yer Blues

Yes It Is

Yesterday

You Can’t Do That

You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

You Know What To Do

You Like Me Too Much

You Never Give Me Your Money

You Really Got a Hold On Me

You Won’t See Me

You’ll Be Mine

You’re Going to Lose That Girl

You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away

Young Blood

Your Feet’s Too Big

Your Mother Should Know

 

There you have it. All of the songs by the Beatles, the greatest group of all time. What is yours? The songs by the Beatles will truly stand the test of time.

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