Past Masters, Volume Two

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Past Masters, Volume Two
Past Masters, Volume Two cover
Compilation album by The Beatles
Released 7 March 1988
Recorded Abbey Road, Trident Studios, Twickenham Film Studios, and Saville Row: 16 October 1965–4 January 1970
Genre Rock
Length 51:00
Label Parlophone, Capitol, Apple
Producer George Martin
Professional reviews
The Beatles chronology
Past Masters, Volume One
(1988)		 Past Masters, Volume Two
(1988)		 Past Masters, Volumes One and Two
(1988)

Past Masters, Volume Two is a compilation album by The Beatles released on compact disc in 1988. It contains tracks from several Beatles singles (including some B-sides) and one album track (the "Wildlife" version of "Across the Universe") that were originally released between 1965 and 1970.

When the Beatles' albums were first released on compact disc, this collection (along with a second collection entitled Past Masters, Volume One) was put together so that the Beatles' entire catalogue of released work would be available on CD. One American LP, Magical Mystery Tour, was released on CD which include the Beatles' 1967 singles explaining why no 1967 recordings are included here. None of these songs (in the versions included on this album) are found on any of the Beatles' original non-compilation albums released in the UK up to 1970, although several songs feature on the U.S. compilation album Hey Jude.

This album was also released as a double LP set combined with Volume One, which meant the sides for this album were labelled as "3" and "4".

[edit] Track listing

All songs composed by Lennon/McCartney, except where noted. All tracks are in stereo except where noted as mono.

  1. "Day Tripper" (1965-12-03 double A-side with "We Can Work It Out")
  2. "We Can Work It Out" (1965-12-03 double A-side with "Day Tripper")
  3. "Paperback Writer" (1966-06-10 A-side)
  4. "Rain" (1966-06-10 B-side)
  5. "Lady Madonna" (1968-03-15 A-side)
  6. "The Inner Light" (Harrison) (1968-03-15 B-side)
  7. "Hey Jude" (1968-08-30 A-side)
  8. "Revolution" (1968-08-30 single version - B-side)
  9. "Get Back" (1969-04-11 single version - A-side)
  10. "Don't Let Me Down" (1969-04-11 B-side)
  11. "The Ballad of John and Yoko" (1969-05-30 A-side)
  12. "Old Brown Shoe" (Harrison) (1969-05-30 B-side)
  13. "Across the Universe" (1969-12-12 "Wildlife" version from a British various artists charity album titled No One's Gonna Change Our World for the World Wildlife Fund)
  14. "Let It Be" (1970-03-06 single version - A-side)
  15. "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (1970-03-06 - B-side) mono

[edit] See also

v • d • e
The Beatles' compilations
Bert Kaempfert recordings
(Polydor/Bear Family)
My Bonnie (Tony Sheridan and the Beat Brothers, Germany, 1962) • The Beatles' First (Germany, 1964 / UK, 1967) • In the Beginning (Circa 1960) (1970) • The Early Tapes of The Beatles (1984) • Beatles Bop - Hamburg Days (2001)
1962–1970 (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Hits: A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) • 1962–1966 (1973) • 1967–1970 (1973) • 20 Greatest Hits (1982) • 1 (2000)

Themes: Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) • Love Songs (1977) • The Beatles' Ballads (1980) • Reel Music (1982)
Non-album tracks: Hey Jude (US, 1970 / UK, 1979) • Rarities (UK, 1978) • Rarities (US, 1980) • Past Masters, Volume One (1988) • Past Masters, Volume Two (1988)
Alternate versions: Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) • Let It Be… Naked (2003)
Other: The Beatles' Christmas Album (US) / From Then to You (UK) (1970) • Love (2006)

Unreleased: Sessions (due date 1985)
Live albums (Parlophone/
Capitol/Lingasong)
Anthology (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
Anthology 1 (1995) • Anthology 2 (1996) • Anthology 3 (1996)
Box sets (Parlophone/
Apple/Capitol)
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