The Capitol Albums, Volume 1
Box set by the Beatles
Released	15 November 2004
Recorded	1963–1964, EMI Studios, London and Pathé Marconi Studios, Paris
Genre	Rock and roll[1] R&B[2] pop[3]
Length	215:56
Label	Apple, Capitol
Producer	George Martin
The Beatles chronology
Let It Be... Naked (2003) The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 (2004) The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 (2006)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Blender	[5]
Robert Christgau	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
Pitchfork Media	6.0/10[8]
PopMatters	(favourable)[9]
Uncut	[10]

The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 is a boxed set compilation comprising the Beatles' 1964 American Capitol Records releases. The set, which features the first official stereo versions of a number of tracks on CD, was released in late 2004. The CDs were mastered from submaster tapes from the Capitol Records vaults which were prepared by Capitol A&R executive Dave Dexter Jr., who added reverb to several tracks and simulated stereo ("fake stereo") on some mono tracks.

The box set debuted on the Billboard 200 album chart on 4 December 2004 at number 35 with sales of 37,303 copies. It spent 6 weeks on the chart. The box was certified with gold and platinum awards on 17 December 2004 by the RIAA.

Disc listing

Each disc in the collection contains both the stereo and mono versions of each album. See below for links to articles pertaining to each individual album.

Promotional disc

In the weeks prior to the release of the box set, a promotional sampler disc was sent to radio stations and reviewers. It included eight tracks, with a stereo (tracks 1–8) and mono (tracks 9–16) version of each.^{[citation needed]}

All songs by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

1. "All My Loving"
2. "I Wanna Be Your Man"
3. "I Call Your Name"
4. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry)
5. "Things We Said Today"
6. "If I Fell"
7. "She's a Woman"
8. "I'm a Loser"

Release details

The CD box set was released in various countries in November 2004.