THE BEATLES COLLECTION.

WORLD RECORDS

RELEASE DATE: AUTUMN 1977

During the Autumn of 1977, EMI's mail order subsidiary, WORLD RECORDS, released this boxed set entitled THE BEATLES COLLECTION, of the 24 7" singles from "Love me do" to "Back in the USSR", available by mail order only, and not through the usual retail outlets.

This box do not have a special catalogue number.

The twenty-four singles were presented in the same green sleeves as the March, 1976, re-releases (UK COLLECTION WITH 23 SINGLES. EMI, 6th MARCH 1976 plus the "Back in the USSR" single of 25th JUNE 1976) and packaged in a special black leather look and gold embossed case.

The collection was heavily advertised in the national press with full page advertisements, and also with postal circulars, which included a promotional flexi-disc, to World Records regular costumers.