Video: 'Album Review 187: The Beatles - Rarities

(Saturday, May 31, 1980) — Rarities, a compilation album released The Beatles, peaked at #21 on today’s Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart for one week.

The album was inspired by an earlier compilation of the same name which was released as part of The Beatles Collection box set.

Most of the tracks on the Beatles Collection disc titled Rarities were already available on American Beatles LPs.

As a result, Capitol assembled an album of Beatles tracks that were considered rare in America.

They include tracks not previously issued on a Capitol or Apple LP and alternative versions of several well-known songs which were also not readily available in America.