A Collection of Beatles Oldies A Collection of Beatles Oldies A Collection of Beatles Oldies (subtitled But Goldies!) is a compilation album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released in the United Kingdom in December 1966, it features hit singles and other songs issued by the group between 1963 and 1966. The compilation served as a stopgap release to satisfy EMI's demand for product during the Christmas period, since the Beatles had only begun recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the follow-up to their "Revolver" album, late the previous month. It was the band's first official greatest hits collection, although the Beatles had
A Collection of Beatles Oldies of the Beatles' achievement just before the plunge into 'Strawberry Fields' and "Sgt. Pepper"".<ref name="Ginell/AM"></ref> According to a December 1971 report in "Billboard" on the preference for UK-pressed LPs among Los Angeles record-buyers, "A Collection of Beatles Oldies" was one of the most popular imported titles, and recognised as good value for its generous number of songs relative to the US industry standard. For many years after its release, the 1966 compilation remained the only British album to contain the Beatles' version of "Bad Boy". Although briefly available on the Music for Pleasure budget label, it was superseded by subsequent