Past Masters vs Rarities I m creating a chart for my own use that includes U S albums since there are so many differences in the early albums As a U S fan I m faced with the issue of whether to have U S albums U K albums or both on my iPod I will post my chart on my talk page so that others can judge whether it s worthy of including here I realize there will be problems including the lack of Canadian albums My purpose is simply to record the first ALBUM appearance in both the U K and U S of each song I notice that a number of U K songs are listed as Past Masters when they actually first appeared on Rarities 1978 The Beatles album I don t know the reason for this if the purpose is to list the first appearance on an album Can someone explain Or should they be changed to Rarities