Artist: THE BEATLES
Album: PAST MASTERS - 2009 REMASTER (2CD DIGI)

Release date: 1988/ 2009
Media type: CD

Both volumes of Past Masters were released on a two-CD set as a part of The Beatles remastered catalogue on 9 September 2009, with two tracks previously issued on CD in mono only compiled in stereo: "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl". It is also included in The Beatles Stereo Box Set.

TRACKLIST CD1:

Tracks are in stereo unless indicated as mono. The songs are composed by Lennon/McCartney unless otherwise indicated. Dates provided are the dates when the singles or EP/album tracks were released, not recorded.

Volume one contains 18 recordings originally released between 1962 and 1965:
13 tracks from Beatles singles (including B-sides),
All 4 tracks from their Long Tall Sally EP, and
A U.S. album track, "Bad Boy"

1."Love Me Do" (from 5 October 1962, A-side, the original single version on Parlophone, catalogue number 45-R4949, recorded on 4 September 1962 featuring Ringo Starr on drums, mono) – 2:24
2."From Me to You" (from 11 April 1963 A-side, mono, stereo on 2009 remasters – 1:56
3."Thank You Girl" (from 11 April 1963 B-side, mono, stereo on 2009 remasters) – 2:04
4."She Loves You" (from 23 August 1963 A-side, mono) – 2:21
5."I'll Get You" (from 23 August 1963 B-side, mono) – 2:06
6."I Want to Hold Your Hand" (from 29 November 1963 A-side) – 2:25
7."This Boy" (from 29 November 1963 B-side) – 2:16
8."Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" (Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Hellmer) (from 5 March 1964 German single) (very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters) – 2:27
9."Sie Liebt Dich" (Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague) (from 5 March 1964 German single) (very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters) – 2:20

1."Long Tall Sally" (Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP) – 2:03
2."I Call Your Name" (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP) – 2:09
3."Slow Down" (Larry Williams) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP) – 2:56
4."Matchbox" (Carl Perkins) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP) – 1:59
5."I Feel Fine" (from 27 November 1964 A-side) – 2:18
6."She's a Woman" (from 27 November 1964 B-side) – 3:03
7."Bad Boy" (Williams) (from 14 June 1965 American album Beatles VI, 10 December 1966 British album A Collection of Beatles Oldies) – 2:20
8."Yes It Is" (from 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride") – 2:43
9."I'm Down" (from 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!") – 2:32

Tracks 8 and 9 on side one are labeled "mono" on the packaging but are actually extremely narrow stereo mixes created in 1988. They are not the original mono mixes released in Germany in 1964

TRACKLIST CD2:

Volume two contains tracks from several Beatles singles (including B-sides) and one album track (the "Wildlife" version of "Across the Universe") that were originally released between 1965 and 1970.


1."Day Tripper" (3 December 1965 double A-side with "We Can Work It Out") – 2:48
2."We Can Work It Out" (3 December 1965 double A-side with "Day Tripper") – 2:15
3."Paperback Writer" (10 June 1966 A-side) – 2:18
4."Rain" (10 June 1966 B-side) – 3:02
5."Lady Madonna" (15 March 1968 A-side) – 2:17
6."The Inner Light" (George Harrison) (15 March 1968 B-side) – 2:37
7."Hey Jude" (30 August 1968 A-side) – 7:08
8."Revolution" (30 August 1968 single version B-side) – 3:23

1."Get Back" (11 April 1969 single version A-side) – 3:15
2."Don't Let Me Down" (11 April 1969 B-side) – 3:35
3."The Ballad of John and Yoko" (30 May 1969 A-side) – 2:59
4."Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) (30 May 1969 B-side) – 3:20
5."Across the Universe" (12 December 1969 "Wildlife" version from a British various artists charity album titled No One's Gonna Change Our World for the World Wildlife Fund) – 3:49
6."Let It Be" (6 March 1970 single version A-side) – 3:50
7."You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (6 March 1970 B-side, mono) – 4:19