Beatles No.5 (Japan - 2014)

Track list

Disc 1

1. Long Tall Sally

   Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell

   2:03 • Studio version • C2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Mar 01, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Jun 22, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

2. Sie Liebt Dich

   Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Heinz Hellmer

   2:19 • Studio version • C2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Jan 29, 1964 • Studio : EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

   SessionMixing : Mar 12, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

3. Anna (go To Him)

   Written by Arthur Alexander

   2:55 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer A.B. Lincoln : Second engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Feb 11, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Feb 25, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

4. Matchbox

   Written by Carl Perkins

   1:59 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Vocals John Lennon : Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Jun 01, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Jun 04, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

5. You Really Got A Hold On Me

   Written by Smokey Robinson

   3:01 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Jul 18, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Aug 21, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Three, Abbey Road

6. She's A Woman

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   3:02 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocal Ringo Starr : Chocalho, Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Oct 08, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Oct 12, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

7. Ask Me Why

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:24 • Studio version • B2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Nov 26, 1962 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Nov 30, 1962 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

8. I Feel Fine

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:25 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Oct 18, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Oct 21, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road

9. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

   Written by Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Jean Nicolas, Lee Montague

   2:19 • Studio version • B2009 • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Handclaps, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Handclaps John Lennon : Handclaps, Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Handclaps, Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

   SessionRecording : Jan 29, 1964 • Studio : EMI Pathé Marconi Studios, Boulogne-sur-Seine, France

   SessionMixing : Mar 10, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

10. Chains

    Written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King

    2:23 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Harmonica, Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer A.B. Lincoln : Second engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

    SessionRecording : Feb 11, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Feb 25, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

11. Slow Down

    Written by Larry Williams

    3:00 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

    Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

    SessionRecording : Jun 01, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Jun 04, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

12. All I've Got To Do

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:03 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

    SessionRecording : Sep 11, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Sep 30, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

13. I Call Your Name

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:13 • Studio version • C2009 • Mono

    Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

    SessionRecording : Mar 01, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Jun 04, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

14. This Boy

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:13 • Studio version • A2009 • Mono

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Paul Hicks : Remastering Guy Massey : Remastering Steve Rooke : Remastering Sean Magee : Remastering Allan Rouse : Project co-ordinator

    SessionRecording : Oct 17, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Oct 21, 1963 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road

From Wikipedia:

The Japan Box is a boxed set compilation of the five albums released by the Beatles for the Japanese market between 1964 and 1965, originally released in Japan by Odeon Records. The albums consist of Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles’ Second Album, A Hard Day’s Night, The Beatles No. 5., and Help! The box set presents them in the Mini LP format. It also includes a 100-page book.

From SuperDeluxeEdition, July 16, 2014:

I suppose some fans of The Beatles could look at this latest repacking of five Fabs’ albums released in Japan during 1964 and 1965 as an unnecessary, pricey addition to the ever growing Beatles’ canon, seeing as all the music contained on these discs has already appeared in previous, relatively recent CD packages of one sort or another.

Or, this new superbly produced set could be viewed as the gift that keeps on giving from a spectacular back catalog and another chance to celebrate the nostalgia and the ongoing world-wide, 50th anniversary appeal of the Beatles.

Similar to Canada in the early days of Beatlemania, Japan was allowed to produce several rather unique Beatles releases on the Odeon label featuring substantial differences in track listings and cover artwork to their United Kingdom counterparts, before A Hard Day’s Night (stereo, although here with a different cover), and Help! (here in “Original Stereo Mix”) closed out the party and Japan was then soon after directed to sync up with the Beatles’ EMI and US album formats. […]

Sure, as far as sound goes – more on that later – we are treated to the already five year old mono and stereo remasters and perhaps a case could be made that using the original Japanese mastering from 1964 and 1965 would have made this set more authentic, if not less ear-worthy.

But Apple had already decided with the recent The Beatles: The US Albums box that 21st century masters would be used in these types of re-releases, so to employ an old cliche, basically, it is what it is. […]

As for sound, this set sounds a good as the remasters did 5 years ago, and utilizing the “Original Stereo Mix” for Help! is interesting, but recycled, as it also appeared as a bonus on The Beatles In Mono Box Set, circa 2009. However, it should be noted that some audio enthusiasts believe that no matter the source material, the Japanese manufactured issues are superior to the domestic versions. […]