Past Masters

{{About|the Beatles album|other uses|Past Master (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Past Masters

| type = compilation

| artist = the Beatles

| cover = Past Maters.PNG

| alt =

| caption = The 2009 Past Masters album cover

| released = {{Start date|1988|3|7|df=y}}

| recorded = 4 September 1962 – 4 January 1970

| venue =

| studio = EMI, Trident, Olympic and Apple,{{nbsp}}London

Pathé Marconi, Paris

| genre = Rock

| length = {{Duration|m=93|s=29}}

| language = English, German ("Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" / "Sie Liebt Dich")

| label = Parlophone, Capitol, Apple

| producer = George Martin

| compiler = Mark Lewisohn

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title =

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = The Beatles

| type = compilation

| prev_title = 20 Greatest Hits

| prev_year = 1982

| title = Past Masters

| year = 1988

| next_title = The Beatles Box Set

| next_year = 1988

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|5|5}} (Vol. 1)
{{Rating|5|5}} (Vol. 2)
{{Rating|5|5}} (Vol. 1 & 2)

| rev2 = BBC

| rev2Score = (favourable)

| rev3 = Consequence

| rev3Score = {{rating|3.5|5}}

| rev4 = The Daily Telegraph

| rev4Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| rev5 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Oxford University Press|edition=4th|isbn=978-0195313734|title-link=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music}}

| rev6 = One Thirty BPM

| rev6Score = 100%

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7Score = 9.2/10

}}

Past Masters is a two-disc compilation album set by the English rock band the Beatles. It was originally released as two separate volumes on 7 March 1988, as part of the first issue of the band's catalogue on compact disc. The album contains all songs released commercially by the band that were not available on the Beatles' 12 original UK albums or the US Magical Mystery Tour LP. It was compiled by Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn, who also wrote the liner notes. The majority of the Past Masters set consists of A- and B-sides from the band's singles, including single versions of songs that appeared in a different form on the band's albums. Also included are the full contents of the UK-only Long Tall Sally EP, two German-language tracks, a song recorded for the American market, and a track released on a charity compilation album.

Although Past Masters is not a studio album and is instead a compilation, it is considered to be the Beatles' 14th (and final) major release. This occurred when the Beatles' core catalog was standardized in 1987, followed by the official re-releases in 2009.{{sfn|Lewisohn|1988|pp=200–201}}

Release history

Past Masters was originally issued as two separate CDs, Past Masters, Volume One and Past Masters, Volume Two, on 7 March 1988. The two volumes were included in The Beatles Box Set. A double LP set, titled Past Masters, Volumes One & Two (also titled simply Past Masters), was subsequently released in the US on 24 October 1988 and in the UK on 10 November 1988. Both volumes were also released as a double cassette bundle on 7 March 1988.

The double set was re-released on CD, titled simply Past Masters, on 9 September 2009, as part of the remastering of the original Beatles catalogue, and was included in The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings) box set. This release includes stereo mixes of both "From Me to You" and "Thank You Girl", whereas the original 1988 issue contained the two tracks in mono. Mark Lewisohn's name was removed from this reissue. The Beatles in Mono box set, released at the same time, includes the album Mono Masters, which contains a similar track list of dedicated mono mixes.

A remastered-for-vinyl version of the Past Masters double LP set was released on 12 November 2012.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/inside-the-beatles-vinyl-album-remasters-20121112|title=Inside the Beatles' Vinyl Album Remasters|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

Track listings

The dates provided are the dates when the tracks were originally released, not recorded.

All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted. Tracks are in stereo, except where noted.

= ''Past Masters, Volume One'' {{anchor|Volume one}}=

Image:Past Masters 1.PNG

Contains recordings originally released between 1962 and 1965:

Eleven tracks from British singles (including B-sides)
Both tracks from the German single "Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand" / "Sie Liebt Dich"
All four tracks from the Long Tall Sally EP
The US-only track "Bad Boy", from the album Beatles VI (although the song was also on the 1966 A Collection of Beatles Oldies album released by Parlophone)

{{Track listing

| total_length = {{Duration|m=42|s=28}}

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Love Me Do

| extra1 = Paul McCartney with John Lennon

| note1 = 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

| length1 = 2:24

| title2 = From Me to You

| extra2 = Lennon with McCartney

| note2 = from 11 April 1963 A-side

| length2 = 1:58

| title3 = Thank You Girl

| extra3 = Lennon with McCartney

| note3 = from 11 April 1963 B-side

| length3 = 2:04

| title4 = She Loves You

| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney

| note4 = from 23 August 1963 A-side; mono

| length4 = 2:21

| title5 = I'll Get You

| extra5 = Lennon with McCartney

| note5 = from 23 August 1963 B-side; mono

| length5 = 2:06

| title6 = I Want to Hold Your Hand

| extra6 = Lennon with McCartney

| note6 = from 29 November 1963 A-side

| length6 = 2:27

| title7 = This Boy

| extra7 = Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison

| note7 = from 29 November 1963 B-side

| length7 = 2:16

| title8 = Komm, gib mir deine Hand

| extra8 = Lennon and McCartney

| note8 = Lennon/McCartney/Jean Nicolas/Heinz Hellmer) (from March 1964 German single; very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters

| length8 = 2:27

| title9 = Sie liebt dich

| extra9 = Lennon and McCartney

| note9 = Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Lee Montogue) (from March 1964 German single; very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters

| length9 = 2:20

| title10 = Long Tall Sally

| extra10 = McCartney

| note10 = Enotris Johnson, Robert Blackwell, Richard Penniman) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP

| length10 = 2:03

| title11 = I Call Your Name

| extra11 = Lennon

| note11 = from Long Tall Sally EP

| length11 = 2:09

| title12 = Slow Down

| extra12 = Lennon

| note12 = Larry Williams) (from Long Tall Sally EP

| length12 = 2:56

| title13 = Matchbox

| extra13 = Ringo Starr

| note13 = Carl Perkins) (from Long Tall Sally EP

| length13 = 1:59

| title14 = I Feel Fine

| extra14 = Lennon

| note14 = from 27 November 1964 A-side

| length14 = 2:20

| title15 = She's a Woman

| extra15 = McCartney

| note15 = from 27 November 1964 B-side

| length15 = 3:03

| title16 = Bad Boy

| extra16 = Lennon

| note16 = Williams) (from 14 June 1965 US album Beatles VI, 10 December 1966 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies

| length16 = 2:21

| title17 = Yes It Is

| extra17 = Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison

| note17 = from 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride"

| length17 = 2:43

| title18 = I'm Down

| extra18 = McCartney

| note18 = from 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!"

| length18 = 2:32

}}

= ''Past Masters, Volume Two'' {{anchor|Volume two}}=

Image:Past Masters 2.PNG

Contains recordings originally released between 1965 and 1970:

Fourteen tracks from British singles (including B-sides)
The "Wildlife" version of "Across the Universe" from the charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World

{{Track listing

| total_length = {{Duration|m=51|s=1}}

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Day Tripper

| extra1 = McCartney and Lennon

| note1 = from 3 December 1965 double A-side

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = We Can Work It Out

| extra2 = McCartney with Lennon

| note2 = from 3 December 1965 double A-side

| length2 = 2:16

| title3 = Paperback Writer

| extra3 = McCartney

| note3 = from 10 June 1966 A-side

| length3 = 2:19

| title4 = Rain

| extra4 = Lennon with McCartney

| note4 = from 10 June 1966 B-side

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Lady Madonna

| extra5 = McCartney

| note5 = from 15 March 1968 A-side

| length5 = 2:18

| title6 = The Inner Light

| note6 = George Harrison) (15 March 1968 B-side

| extra6 = George Harrison

| length6 = 2:37

| title7 = Hey Jude

| extra7 = McCartney

| note7 = from 30 August 1968 A-side

| length7 = 7:08

| title8 = Revolution

| extra8 = Lennon

| note8 = from 30 August 1968 single version B-side

| length8 = 3:25

| title9 = Get Back

| note9 = from 11 April 1969 single version A-side

| extra9 = McCartney

| length9 = 3:15

| title10 = Don't Let Me Down

| extra10 = Lennon with McCartney

| note10 = from 11 April 1969 B-side

| length10 = 3:35

| title11 = The Ballad of John and Yoko

| extra11 = Lennon

| note11 = from 30 May 1969 A-side

| length11 = 3:00

| title12 = Old Brown Shoe

| extra12 = Harrison

| note12 = Harrison) (30 May 1969 B-side

| length12 = 3:18

| title13 = Across the Universe

| extra13 = Lennon

| note13 = 12 December 1969 "Wildlife" version from the charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World

| length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Let It Be

| note14 = from 6 March 1970 single version A-side

| extra14 = McCartney

| length14 = 3:51

| title15 = You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

| extra15 = Lennon and McCartney

| note15 = from 6 March 1970 B-side; mono

| length15 = 4:19

}}

= ''Past Masters, Volumes One & Two'' (the double LP release)=

{{Track listing

| headline = Side one

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Love Me Do

| extra1 = Paul McCartney with John Lennon

| note1 = 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

| length1 = 2:24

| title2 = From Me to You

| extra2 = Lennon with McCartney

| note2 = from 11 April 1963 A-side

| length2 = 1:58

| title3 = Thank You Girl

| extra3 = Lennon with McCartney

| note3 = from 11 April 1963 B-side

| length3 = 2:04

| title4 = She Loves You

| extra4 = Lennon and McCartney

| note4 = from 23 August 1963 A-side; Mono

| length4 = 2:21

| title5 = I'll Get You

| extra5 = Lennon with McCartney

| note5 = from 23 August 1963 B-side; Mono

| length5 = 2:06

| title6 = I Want to Hold Your Hand

| extra6 = Lennon with McCartney

| note6 = from 29 November 1963 A-side

| length6 = 2:27

| title7 = This Boy

| extra7 = Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison

| note7 = from 29 November 1963 B-side

| length7 = 2:16

| title8 = Komm, gib mir deine Hand

| extra8 = Lennon and McCartney

| note8 = Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Hellmer) (from March 1964 German single; very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters

| length8 = 2:27

| title9 = Sie liebt dich

| extra9 = Lennon and McCartney

| note9 = Lennon/McCartney/Nicolas/Montague) (from March 1964 German single; very narrow stereo, wider stereo on 2009 remasters

| length9 = 2:20

| total_length = 20:23

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title10 = Long Tall Sally

| extra10 = McCartney

| note10 = Johnson, Blackwell, Penniman) (from 19 June 1964 Long Tall Sally EP

| length10 = 2:03

| title11 = I Call Your Name

| extra11 = Lennon

| note11 = from Long Tall Sally EP

| length11 = 2:09

| title12 = Slow Down

| extra12 = Lennon

| note12 = Williams) (from Long Tall Sally EP

| length12 = 2:56

| title13 = Matchbox

| extra13 = Ringo Starr

| note13 = Perkins) (from Long Tall Sally EP

| length13 = 1:59

| title14 = I Feel Fine

| extra14 = Lennon

| note14 = from 27 November 1964 A-side

| length14 = 2:20

| title15 = She's a Woman

| extra15 = McCartney

| note15 = from 27 November 1964 B-side

| length15 = 3:03

| title16 = Bad Boy

| extra16 = Lennon

| note16 = Williams) (from 14 June 1965 US album Beatles VI, 10 December 1966 UK album A Collection of Beatles Oldies

| length16 = 2:21

| title17 = Yes It Is

| extra17 = Lennon, with McCartney and Harrison

| note17 = from 9 April 1965 B-side of "Ticket to Ride"

| length17 = 2:43

| title18 = I'm Down

| extra18 = McCartney

| note18 = from 23 July 1965 B-side of "Help!"

| length18 = 2:32

| total_length = 22:06

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side three

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title1 = Day Tripper

| extra1 = Lennon and McCartney

| note1 = from 3 December 1965 double A-side

| length1 = 2:50

| title2 = We Can Work It Out

| extra2 = McCartney

| note2 = from 3 December 1965 double A-side

| length2 = 2:16

| title3 = Paperback Writer

| extra3 = McCartney

| note3 = from 10 June 1966 A-side

| length3 = 2:19

| title4 = Rain

| extra4 = Lennon

| note4 = from 10 June 1966 B-side

| length4 = 3:02

| title5 = Lady Madonna

| extra5 = McCartney

| note5 = from 15 March 1968 A-side

| length5 = 2:18

| title6 = The Inner Light

| note6 = Harrison) (15 March 1968 B-side

| extra6 = George Harrison

| length6 = 2:37

| title7 = Hey Jude

| extra7 = McCartney

| note7 = from 30 August 1968 A-side

| length7 = 7:08

| title8 = Revolution

| extra8 = Lennon

| note8 = from 30 August 1968 single version B-side

| length8 = 3:25

| total_length = 25:55

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side four

| extra_column = Lead vocals

| title9 = Get Back

| note9 = from 11 April 1969 single version A-side

| extra9 = McCartney

| length9 = 3:15

| title10 = Don't Let Me Down

| extra10 = Lennon

| note10 = from 11 April 1969 B-side

| length10 = 3:35

| title11 = The Ballad of John and Yoko

| extra11 = Lennon

| note11 = from 30 May 1969 A-side

| length11 = 3:00

| title12 = Old Brown Shoe

| extra12 = Harrison

| note12 = Harrison) (30 May 1969 B-side

| length12 = 3:18

| title13 = Across the Universe

| extra13 = Lennon

| note13 = 12 December 1969 "Wildlife" version from the charity album No One's Gonna Change Our World

| length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Let It Be

| note14 = from 6 March 1970 single version A-side

| extra14 = McCartney

| length14 = 3:51

| title15 = You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)

| extra15 = Lennon and McCartney

| note15 = from 6 March 1970 B-side; mono

| length15 = 4:19

| total_length = 25:07

}}

Charts and certifications

= ''Past Masters: Volume 1'' =

== Charts ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1988)

!Peak
position

Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) | author=Kent, David | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=Turramurra | year=2005 | isbn=0-646-44439-5}}

|align="center"|79

{{album chart|UK|49|artist=The Beatles|refname=UK1|access-date=17 May 2016}}

{{album chart|Billboard200|149|artist=The Beatles|access-date=17 May 2016}}

== Certifications ==

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=Past Masters Volume 1|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=1991|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |access-date=30 September 2019 |publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |language=es |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume One|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=2009|access-date=28 December 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume One|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|access-date=17 May 2016|id=9383-1786-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume 1|artist=The Beatles|award=Platinum|relyear=1988|certyear=1997|access-date=17 May 2016}}

= ''Past Masters: Volume 2'' =

== Charts ==

class="wikitable sortable"

!Chart (1988)

!Peak
position

Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book | title=Australian Chart Book (1940–1969) | author=Kent, David | publisher=Australian Chart Book | location=Turramurra | year=2005 | isbn=0-646-44439-5}}

|align="center"|75

{{album chart|UK|46|artist=The Beatles|refname=UK2|access-date=17 May 2016}}

{{album chart|Billboard200|121|artist=The Beatles|access-date=17 May 2016}}

== Certifications ==

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|title=Past Masters Volume 2|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=1991|certref={{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date= 6 July 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |access-date=30 September 2019 |publisher=Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas |language=es |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume Two|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=2009|access-date=28 December 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume Two|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=1988|certyear=2013|certmonth=7|access-date=17 May 2016|id=9384-1786-2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Past Masters, Volume 2|artist=The Beatles|award=Platinum|relyear=1988|certyear=1997|access-date=17 May 2016}}

= ''Past Masters'' =

== Charts ==

style="width:20em;"\|Chart (2010) !Peak position
class="wikitable sortable" !Chart (2009) !Peak position
{{album chart\|Australia\|34\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Austria\|40\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Flanders\|53\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Wallonia\|27\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan){{cite web\|url=https://archive.today/20091010145056/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html\|title=ALBUMS : Top 100\|access-date=21 April 2025}} \|align="center"\|16
{{album chart\|Germany4\|61\|id=117965\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Italy\|47\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|90\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|New Zealand\|33\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Portugal\|20\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Spain\|44\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Sweden\|36\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|47\|artist=The Beatles\|album=Past Masters\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
{{album chart\|UK\|31\|artist=The Beatles\|refname=UK3\|access-date=19 May 2016}}
US Billboard 200{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/the-beatles/chart-history/tlp/\|publisher=Billboard\|access-date=2 December 2021\|title=The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200)\|language=en\|date=2 December 2021}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2010-01-09\|title=Billboard 200, Week of January 9, 2010\|publisher=Billboard\|access-date=2 December 2021}} \|align="center"\|154

== Certifications ==

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|title=Past Masters|artist=The Beatles|award=Gold|relyear=2009|certyear=2010|access-date=19 May 2016}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|title=Past Masters|artist=Beatles|award=Silver|relyear=2009|certyear=2023|id=19148-1786-2|access-date=20 July 2023}}

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web | first=Stephen Thomas | last=Erlewine |title=Review: Past Masters, Vol. 1 | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/past-masters-vol-1-mw0000194815 | publisher=Rovi Corporation | access-date=16 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Stephen Thomas | last=Erlewine |title=Review: Past Masters, Vol. 2 | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1540/review|pure_url=yes}} | publisher=Rovi Corporation | access-date=16 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=William | last=Ruhlmann |title=Review: Past Masters, Vol. 1 & 2 | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1497/review|pure_url=yes}} | publisher=Rovi Corporation | access-date=16 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Mike | last=Diver |title=The Beatles Past Masters Review | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/z3mq | publisher=BBC | date=8 September 2009 | access-date=20 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Cap | last=Blackard |title=Album Review: The Beatles – Past Masters (Remastered) | url=https://consequence.net/2009/09/album-review-the-beatles-past-masters-remastered/ | publisher=Consequence of Sound | date=27 September 2009 | access-date=22 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Neil | last=McCormick |title=The Beatles – Past Masters, review | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/6138871/The-Beatles-Past-Masters-review.html | publisher=The Daily Telegraph | date=8 September 2009 | access-date=22 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Sean | last=Highkin |title=Reviews: The Beatles – Past Masters (Remaster) | url=http://onethirtybpm.com/reviews/the-beatles-past-masters/ | publisher=One Thirty BPM | access-date=22 April 2011}}

{{cite web | first=Douglas | last=Wolk |title=Album review: The Beatles – Past Masters | url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13408-past-masters/ | publisher=Pitchfork Media | date=10 September 2009 | access-date=20 April 2011}}

{{cite web | title=The Beatles: Remastered | publisher=Apple Corps | url=http://www.beatles.com/#/news/The_Beatles_Remastered2/ | access-date=22 April 2011 }}

{{ cite book | first=Chris | last=Ingham | title= The Rough Guide to The Beatles | publisher=Rough Guides Ltd. |date=October 2003 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=htl2U1fPq8QC&dq=past+masters+beatles&pg=PA88 | isbn=1-84353-140-2 | access-date=29 April 2011 }}

{{ cite book | first=Mark | last=Lewisohn | title=The Beatles – Past Masters, Volume 1 – Booklet | publisher=Parlophone |date=March 1988 }}

}}

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