Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music announce the digitally re-mastered individual CD releases of the original Beatles catalog which encompasses all 12 Beatles albums plus Magical Mystery Tour and Past Masters Vol. I & II.

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers that includes Guy Massey, Steve Rooke, Sam Okell with Paul Hicks and Sean Magee at EMI’s Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilizing state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalog has seen since its original release.

Within each CD’s new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

The Beatles Please Please Me was rush-released in March of 1963 to capitalize on the enormous success of the title track which had been the group’s second single and their first #1. Ten of the album’s fourteen tracks were recorded in just one day in February of 1963 and included a mixture of stage favorites and Lennon/McCartney originals. The four remaining songs had been committed to tape in 1962 having formed the B-side of their debut release and both sides of their second single.

The Beatles Please Please Me Track Listing

1.    I Saw Her Standing There
2.    Misery
3.    Anna (Go To Him)
4.    Chains
5.    Boys
6.    Ask Me Why
7.    Please Please Me
8.    Love Me Do
9.    P.S. I Love You
10.    Baby It's You
11.    Do You Want To Know A Secret
12.    A Taste Of Honey
13.    There's A Place
14.    Twist And Shout