4 by 4

Track list

Side 1

1. Honey Don't

   Written by Carl Perkins

   2:55 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Vocals John Lennon : Acoustic 12-string guitar, Tambourine George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Oct 26, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Oct 27, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2. I'm A Loser

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:31 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmonica, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Aug 14, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Oct 26, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

Side 2

1. Mr. Moonlight

   Written by Roy Lee Johnson

   2:33 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Hammond organ, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : African drum, Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Aug 14, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionRecording : Oct 18, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionRecording : Oct 27, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

2. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

   Written by Carl Perkins

   2:23 • Studio version • A • Mono

   Paul McCartney : Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Tambourine George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Oct 18, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Oct 21, 1964 • Studio : EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road

From Wikipedia:

4 by the Beatles is an EP of music by English rock band the Beatles. Released on 1 February 1965, it is the third of three Beatles EPs released in the United States and the second of two by Capitol Records.

History

Although the Beatles’ first EP released by Capitol, Four by the Beatles, did not achieve the success the label would have hoped, it did well on the singles chart, which enabled Capitol to create a new series called the “4-By” series, which acted like a “super single”. The idea was to market a set of four songs to “complement the artist’s singles and albums and not compete with the performer’s current hit single“. Accordingly, the series’ name is a reference to the first Beatles EP from Capitol.

Although initially intended to appear as a single by releasing the “4-By” in a soft sleeve and thus “distinguish the ‘4-By’ product from EP’s“, 4 by the Beatles was packaged in a cardboard sleeve, similar to regular EP releases. Billboard did not chart the record as a single, either, but as an EP; on the Hot 100, it peaked at number 68, which is also the highest position it achieved on the Cash Box chart. Capitol deleted 4 by the Beatles from its catalogue on 31 December 1965.

4 by the Beatles features four songs that Capitol had released on Beatles ’65 in December 1964. All four of these songs were also released on their UK album Beatles for Sale. […]

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