No need for long, boring speeches.
You should listen to all the Beatles albums to have a magical mystery experience of a life time. You'll see (or listen) the whole musical revolution, chord after chord. And when you're done for, it will feel like you were knocked sparko by geniuses.
Everything they did, well, at least 99,9% was made for the first time in music/art history (and copied ever since by other bands, especially The Rolling Stones). This remark is so obvious that you have Lennon saying it you in Dig a Pony, from Let it Be.
Studio albums
The official canon of Beatles studio albums consists of the original albums as released in their native UK from 1962 to 1970. The single exception is Magical Mystery Tour, which was released as a 6-song double EP in the UK, but as a longer 11-song LP in the U.S. (the LP included singles and B-sides released during that year). When the Beatles catalogue was released on CD in the 1980s, the longer U.S. version was chosen for release and is now considered a part of their official catalogue.
Compilation albums
- A Collection of Beatles Oldies Parlophone Records (1966-12-09) #7 (Considered official at time of release, but has since been deleted from catalogue)
- 1962–1966 (the "Red Album") Apple Records #3(1973-04-19) (Re-released in September 1993 and hit UK number 3)
- 1967–1970 (the "Blue Album") Apple Records #2(1973-04-19) (Re-released in September 1993 and hit UK number 4)
- Magical Mystery Tour Parlophone Records (1976-11-19) (Official UK issue of the American album which originally used the Capitol masters, which had "fake stereo" mixes for "Penny Lane," "Baby You're a Rich Man," and "All You Need is Love." Its re-release in 1987, which coincided with its release on compact disc, replaced the American fake stereo mixes with German mixes originally released on the Hör Zu! label in 1971. It became part of the official catalogue with its release on CD with every track in true-stereo. As an American import, the album peaked at #31 in 1968. Continued sales of the album as an import led to this release.)
- Past Masters, Volume One Parlophone Records (1988-03-07) (singles from 1962-1965 and other songs that were left off earlier albums) #49
- Past Masters, Volume Two Parlophone Records (1988-03-07) (singles from 1965-1970 and other songs that were left off later albums) #46
- (Past Masters as a 2-LP set was issued by Parlophone Records on 1988-11-10)
- The Beatles Box Set Parlophone Records (1988-11-15)
- Live at the BBC Apple Records (1994-11-30) (Contains 69 songs The Beatles recorded for various BBC radio shows that never were recorded for Parlophone/Capitol/EMI. #1
- Anthology 1 Apple Records (1995-11-21) (Containing early performances, live shows, demos, out-takes in the period 1958 to 1964 and the first "new" Beatles song since the band broke up in 1970) #2
- Anthology 2 Apple Records (1996-03-18) (Containing unreleased tracks, live shows, demos, and out-takes from 1965 to 1968 and the second "new" Beatles song since the band broke up in 1970) #1
- Anthology 3 Apple Records (1996-10-28) (Containing unreleased tracks, demos, and out-takes in the period 1968 to 1970) #4
- Yellow Submarine Songtrack Apple Records (1999-09-13) #8
- The Beatles 1 Apple Records (2000-11-13) (A collection of The Beatles' #1 hits on the Billboard [U.S.] and Record Retailer [UK] charts, including both sides of their double-A sided singles if both hit the top slot. The collection has 27 songs in it.) #1
- Let It Be... Naked Apple Records (2003-11-17) (Remastered and remixed cut from the original sessions, devoid of arrangements by "re-producer" Phil Spector. The first copies released shipped with a 21-minute Fly on the Wall bonus disc.) #7
- The Capitol Albums, Volume 1, Capitol Records (2004-11-16) (Box set compilation comprising The Beatles' 1964 American Capitol Records releases)
- The Capitol Albums, Volume 2, Capitol Records (2006-04-11) (Box set compilation comprising The Beatles' 1965 American Capitol Records releases)
- Love Apple Records (2006-11-20) #3 (A soundtrack to the Cirque du Soleil production Love, featuring remastered and remixed versions of the Beatles' songs by Sir George Martin and his son Giles Martin)
EPs
The following Beatles EPs were considered "official" at the time of their release and were reissued in 1981 (on vinyl) and 1992 (on CD) in the EP Collection boxed sets but have since been deleted from the current Beatles catalogue. All of the songs from the EPs are now available on various CD releases. Only two of the EPs contained songs that were not also featured on their albums or singles: the Long Tall Sally EP, whose tracks can now be found on the Past Masters, Volume One CD, and the Magical Mystery Tour EP, whose tracks are on the Magical Mystery Tour CD album.
- Twist and Shout (1963-07-12)
- The Beatles' Hits (1963-09-06)
- The Beatles (No. 1) (1963-11-01)
- All My Loving (1964-02-07)
- Long Tall Sally (1964-06-19) The first Beatles EP to feature otherwise unavailable material, including the Lennon-McCartney original "I Call Your Name".
- Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night (1964-11-04)
- Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night (1964-11-06)
- Beatles for Sale (1965-04-06)
- Beatles for Sale (No. 2) (1965-06-04)
- The Beatles' Million Sellers (1965-12-06)
- Yesterday (1966-03-04)
- Nowhere Man (1966-07-08)
- Magical Mystery Tour (1967-12-08); #2 (in the UK singles chart topped by "Hello, Goodbye"). The second Beatles EP to feature otherwise unavailable material. In the U.S., this was released as a longer LP with additional songs not found on this release. It is the U.S. LP version that is now considered official.
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