RELEASE DATE: 1st NOVEMBER 1988

THIS EMI BOXED SET WAS RELEASED ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 1st 1988. EMI ISSUED THIS BOX WITH ANOTHER TWO SUPERB BOXED SETS (EVERY SONG COMMERCIALLY RELEASED BY THE BEATLES BETWEEN 1962 AND 1970, ON LP, ON CASSETTE AND ON COMPACT DISC).

THE BOXED SET WAS CALLED SIMPLY "THE BEATLES". THE CATALOGUE NUMBER FOR THE FULL BOX WAS "TC-BBX 1", AND "TC-BOX 1" ONLY FOR THE EMPTY BOX

THE BOX INCLUDED A LITTLE BOOK THAT FEATURED NOTES ABOUT EVERY BEATLES SONG, AN A-Z SONG INDEX AND A FULL RECORDING CHRONOLOGY IN DATE ORDER.

EVERY PIECE OF MUSIC IN EACH BOX WAS TAKEN FROM THE DIGITAL MASTERS TAPES PREPARED IN 1987 FOR THE CDs, SO ALL OF THE CASSETTES WERE FROM THE CD MASTERS. HOWEVER, THE VERSION EDITED IN SPAIN DID NOT INCLUDE THE NEW MASTERS, BUT A PREVIOUS EDITION FROM 1986-87. ONLY THE LAST TWO CASSETTES (PAST MASTERS - VOLUME ONE AND TWO)WERE FROM 1988.