The Beatles announce long-awaited Rubber Soul box set featuring unheard demos

29 July 2026, 14:06 | Updated: 29 July 2026, 15:51

The Beatles finally get back to their major special editions project with the re-release of Rubber Soul.

Not a year goes by without a fantastic Beatles announcement, with fans being spoiled by everything from Peter Jackson's Get Back docuseries to the "final" single 'Now and Then' in recent years.

But these lovely surprises have meant that the giant reissues project that kicked off in 2017 with the 50th anniversary re-release of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band has slowed down.

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In the immediate years that followed we got The Beatles (aka The White Album) in 2018, Abbey Road in 2019 and Let It Be in 2021 and Revolver in 2022, but it's been a long four years since.

The revamped 1962-1966 (aka The Red Album) and 1967-1970 (aka The Blue Album) compilations in 2023 hinted that The Beatles' earlier albums would also get the remastering and re-release treatment and that's exactly what's happening.

The Beatles have now announced the long-awaited release of a special edition of Rubber Soul, their sixth studio album that was originally released on December 3, 1965.

The album will be available in 4CD an 4LP+7" versions, as well as 1CD, 2CD, 2LP, 1LP and Blu-ray versions and it will feature a host of unheard and previously unreleased home demos and session recordings – including a previously unknown John Lennon demo.

"Across the Super Deluxe collections, fans can explore 24 early session recordings, including 20 previously unreleased takes and three previously unreleased home demos - among them early versions of 'Day Tripper' and 'We Can Work It Out', plus 'Little Girl', a previously unheard John Lennon song outline never before released or even rumoured," reads the official Beatles website.

The first two discs of the 4CD version feature a 2026 remix of the album by Giles Martin and Sam Okell and a disc of outtakes, plus 2026 mixes of the 'Day Tripper'/ 'We Can Work It Out' single.

Discs three and four feature the the mono version and US version of the album. Rubber Soul: The Super Deluxe Edition will be released on October 2, 2026.

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The full tracklisting of the 4CD version is as follows

Disc 1

1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life

Disc 2

1. Wait (Take 3 – instrumental backing track)
2. Run For Your Life (Takes 1-5 – instrumental backing track)
3. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (First version – Take 1)
4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Second version – Take 2)
5. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (Third version – Take 3)
6. Drive My Car (Takes 1 and 2 – instrumental backing track)
7. Day Tripper (Songwriting work tape)
8. Day Tripper (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
9. Day Tripper (Takes 2 and 3 – instrumental backing track)
10. If I Needed Someone (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
11. In My Life (Take 1)
12. In My Life (Extract with unused organ solo)
13. We Can Work It Out (Paul’s demo)
14. We Can Work It Out (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
15. Nowhere Man (First version – Take 2)
16. Nowhere Man (Second version – Take 5 – instrumental backing track)
17. I’m Looking Through You (First version – Take 1)
18. I’m Looking Through You (Second version – Take 2)
19. I’m Looking Through You (Second version – Take 3)
20. Michelle (Guitar rehearsal)
21. Michelle (Take 1)
22. What Goes On (Take 1 – instrumental backing track)
23. The Word (Takes 1 and 2 – instrumental backing track)
24. Girl (Take 2 – instrumental backing track)
25. Beatle Talk (Think For Yourself vocal overdubs)
26. Little Girl (John’s demo)
27. Day Tripper (2023 mix)
28. We Can Work It Out (2023 mix)

Disc 3 (Rubber Soul - Mono)

1. Drive My Car
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Nowhere Man
5. Think For Yourself
6. The Word
7. Michelle
8. What Goes On
9. Girl
10. I'm Looking Through You
11. In My Life
12. Wait
13. If I Needed Someone
14. Run For Your Life

Disc 4 (Rubber Soul - US Version)

1. I've Just Seen A Face
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
3. You Won't See Me
4. Think For Yourself
5. The Word
6. Michelle
7. It's Only Love
8. Girl
9. I'm Looking Through You
10. In My Life
11. Wait
12. Run For Your Life