This eight album collection package was compiled and sold by World Records, EMI's mail order division.
It was never commercially released in the United Kingdom.
The collection consists of 124 Beatles tracks arranged chronologically from Love Me Do, the group's first Parlophone single, to Her Majesty, the final cut on Abbey Road.
All albums were issued on the EMI/Parlophone label. Albums are untitled.
Each album's cover features a previously unpublished color photo of the Beatles on the front and extensive liner notes detailing their career during the period represented by the album's songs on the back.
The Box Collection was designed to look like a wooden shipping crate, carrying the words "From Liverpool" stenciled in black ink across the top, along with a small snapshot of the Beatles pasted across the front of the crate.
Each album has its own unique cover and extensive sleeve notes.
This collection was only for sale through EMI's mail order division, World Records Ltd. (A member of the THORN EMI Group).
Original Sound Recording made by EMI Records Ltd. Printed and made in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.
This collection © 1980/World Records Ltd. Made in Colombia S.A., by EMI-Parlaphone (CBS) December 1980.
