"Artifacts II" is a continuation of The Beatles rarities collection begun with "Artifacts" in 1993. As with the original box set this set includes the most elusive and rarest tracks currently in the hands of private collectors - many of which have come to light only within the past year. More than thirty years have passed since The Beatles began writing and recording the music which would change the face of popular music forever. During those thirty plus years miles and miles of magnetic tape recorded and preserved The Beatles at work and at play, at home and in the studio, on the radio and on television, and on numerous stages around the world. Here, on "Artifacts II", is the best of the rest; And as on "Artifacts" we have arranged the music chronologically and included recording and background data to help in understanding the material. Think of these discs as historical audio documents of the Golden Age of The Beatles. Tracklist: Disc 1 - Youngblood: 1960-1963 01. Hallelujah I Love Her So 02. Wild Cat 03. Movin' And Groovin' 04. Hello Little Girl 05. Ain't She Sweet 06. Cry For A Shadow 07. What'd I Say 08. Love Of The Loved 09. The Sheik Of Araby 10. Three Cool Cats 11. Dream Baby 12. Please Mr. Postman 13. Besame Mucho 14. First Radio Interview (October 27, 1962) 15. I Saw Her Standing There 16. Lend Me Your Comb 17. Love Me Do 18. There's A Place 19. A Taste Of Honey 20. I Saw Her Standing There 21. Do You Want To Know A Secret? 22. One After 909 23. Thank You Girl 24. The Hippy Hippy Shake 25. Youngblood 26. Soldier Of Love 27. From Me To You 28. The Beatles' Christmas Record 29. All I Want For Christmas/Crimble Medley Disc 2 - Ticket To Ride: 1964-1965 01. Guitar Blues 02. I Wanna Be Your Man 03. I Call Your Name 04. I Got A Woman 05. A Hard Day's Night 06. Honey Don't 07. From Us To You 08. I'm Happy Just Dance With You 09. I Should Have Known Better 10. Leave My Kitten Alone 11. I'm A Loser 12. Twist And Shout 13. She's A Woman 14. I Feel Fine 15. Another Beatles Christmas 16. Christmas Outtake 17. Ticket To Ride 18. Yes It Is 19. Help! 20. Ticket To Ride 21. Waltzing Matilda 22. We Must Not Forget The General Erection/The Wumberlog (Or, The Magic Dog) 23. We Can Work It Out 24. Run For Your Life 25. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 26. Michelle 27. Think For Yourself 28. The Beatles Third Christmas Record Disc 3 - Northern Songs: 1966-1967 01. Rain 02. Backwards Speech 03. Tomorrow Never Knows 04. I'm Only Sleeping 05. For No One 06. Here, There And Everywhere 07. Got To Get To Into Your Life 08. Backward Speech 09. Strawberry Fields Forever 10. Strawberry Fields Forever 11. Strawberry Fields Forever 12. Pantomine: Everywhere It's Christmas 13. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number) 14. A Day In The Life 15. Penny Lane 16. Only A Northern Song 17. Magical Mystery Tour 18. I Am The Walrus 19. Christmas Time (Is Here Again) 20. All Together On The Wireless Machine Disc 4 - Alone Together: 1968 01. Lady Madonna 02. Across The Universe 03. Step Inside Love 04. Act Naturally 05. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill 06. While My Guitar Gently Weeps 07. Rocky Racoon 08. Not Guilty 09. Yer Blues 10. Revolution 11. Cry Baby Cry 12. Julia 13. The Maharishi Song 14. Blackbird 15. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey 16. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da 17. Don't Pass Me By 18. Sexy Sadie 19. Dear Prudence 20. Revolution 21. Helter Skelter 22. I'm So Tired 23. The Beatles 1968 Christmas Record Disc 5 - The Longest Road : 1969 01. Up Against The Wall 02. Across The Universe/Rock 'n' Roll Music 03. Not Fade Away 04. When I'm Sixty-Four 05. Gimme Some Truth 06. Polythene Pam 07. Take Me Home/A Quick One 08. Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzeneleen Bogen By The Sea 09. House Of The Rising Sun 10. Get Back 11. Let It Be 12. Hole In The Heart 13. Two Of Us 14. All Things Must Pass 15. Rocker 16. Don't Let Me Down 17. Teddy Boy 18. The Walk 19. Mailman, Bring Me No More Blues 20. The Long And Winding Road 21. You Never Give Me Your Money 22. Something 23. The Beatles' Seventh Christmas Record