THE BEATLES - Rarities LP (Capitol SHAL-12060) - NM - 1st Press Embossed Cover

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Rarities US cover Compilation album by  the Beatles Released 24 March 1980 Recorded 1962–1970 at EMI Studios, London, Pathé Marconi Studio, Paris; HMV Studios, Bombay Genre

• Rock
• , Psychedelia

Rarities is a compilation album released by Capitol Records in North America, featuring a selection of songs by the Beatles. The album was inspired by an earlier compilation of the same name which was released as part of The Beatles Collection box set. Most of the tracks on the Beatles Collection disc titled Rarities were already available on American Beatles LPs. As a result, Capitol assembled an album of Beatles tracks that were considered rare in America. They include tracks not previously issued on a Capitol or Apple LP and alternative versions of several well-known songs which were also not readily available in America. A highlight of the album was the gatefold sleeve featuring the controversial "butcher" photo from the 1966 Yesterday and Today album.

Although the Capitol Rarities album was geared towards the American market, it was also issued in several other countries, including Australia, Canada, France, Japan and New Zealand. The Rarities album has not been released on compact disc. All but three of the tracks were subsequently made available on other Beatles CDs, such as the Beatles' 2009 mono and stereo box sets.

After the album was released in 1980, Paul McCartney stated that it was "quite good".

Track listing

All songs written by Lennon–McCartney except where noted.

1. "Love Me Do"
   • Mono, original UK single on Parlophone 45-R4949 with Ringo Starr on drums; now available on Past Masters
2. "Misery"
   • Stereo, previously issued on Vee-Jay LP Introducing... The Beatles; available on Please Please Me
3. "There's a Place"
   • Stereo, previously issued on Vee Jay LP Introducing... The Beatles; available on Please Please Me
4. "Sie Liebt Dich"
   • Stereo, previously released only as a mono single in the US on Swan Records; now available on Past Masters
5. "And I Love Her"
   • Stereo, alternate version with six-bar ending; originally issued in Germany; available on The Beatles Box, not available on CD
6. "Help!"
   • Mono, with different vocals than the stereo LP; available on The Beatles in Mono
7. "I'm Only Sleeping"
   • Stereo, final UK Revolver mix (early mono and alternate stereo mixes were released in the US)
8. "I Am the Walrus"
   • Stereo, new edit compiled from US single and UK album releases: six note intro and extra beats before the "Yellow matter custard" verse; available on The Beatles Box, not available on CD

1. "Penny Lane"
   • Stereo, new version compiled from the German true stereo version with the US promotional mono version's extra piccolo trumpet solo added onto the ending; not available on CD. available on The Beatles Box
2. "Helter Skelter"
   • Mono, ends at first fadeout without Ringo Starr's "blisters" outburst (first pressings erroneously attribute the statement to John Lennon in the album's liner notes); [1] available on The Beatles in Mono
3. "Don't Pass Me By" (Starkey)
   • Mono, sped-up version with different violin in places; available on The Beatles in Mono
4. "The Inner Light" (Harrison)
   • Mono, previously released as the B-side of "Lady Madonna"; now available on Mono Masters
5. "Across the Universe"
   • Stereo, original version from No One's Gonna Change Our World, a British compilation album made for the World Wildlife Fund; now available on Past Masters
6. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
   • Mono, previously released as the B-side of "Let It Be"; now available on Past Masters
7. "Sgt. Pepper Inner Groove"
   • Stereo, a piece that ended the original British release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band but was not included on the American version of the album. It consists of a few seconds of 15 kilohertz tone (similar to a dog whistle) followed by two seconds of laughter and noise on the runout groove. The tone is not included on this album but the laughter and noise are featured just before the actual runout groove. It has since been restored, including the high-pitch tone, for all worldwide CD and cassette versions of Sgt. Pepper as well as the 2012 vinyl remaster of the LP. The track is only the snippet on the Rarities album, not repeated (mimicking an album "stuck" on the inner groove) as on the Sgt. Pepper album.