The Early Beatles (Mono)
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- US release date:
- Mar 22, 1965
- Publisher:
- Capitol
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Track list
Disc 1
1.
2:22 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B1] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Tambourine
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Andy White :
- Drums
- Ron Richards :
- Producer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2.
Written by Phil Medley, Bert Russell
2:36 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
3.
Written by Arthur Alexander
2:58 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
4.
Written by Gerry Goffin, Carole King
2:27 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B]
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Harmonica, Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
5.
Written by Luther Dixon, Wes Farrell
2:27 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B]
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Vocals
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
6.
2:28 • Studio version • C2 • Mono • Mono made from [C] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Nov 26, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Nov 30, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
7.
2:04 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Harmony vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Harmonica, Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Harmony vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Nov 26, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
8.
2:05 • Studio version • A2 • Mono • Mono made from [A1] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Lead vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Maracas
- John Lennon :
- Acoustic rhythm guitar, Backing vocals
- George Harrison :
- Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Andy White :
- Percussion
- Ron Richards :
- Producer
- Session Recording:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Sep 11, 1962
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
9.
Written by Burt Bacharach, Hal David, Barney Williams
2:42 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Rhythm guitar, Vocals
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Celesta, Producer
- Geoff Emerick :
- Second engineer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Stuart Eltham :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Recording:
- Feb 20, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
10.
Written by Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow
2:06 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Bass, Vocals
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Backing vocals, Lead guitar
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- A.B. Lincoln :
- Second engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
11.
2:01 • Studio version • B2 • Mono • Mono made from [B] by Capitol
- Paul McCartney :
- Backing vocals, Bass
- Ringo Starr :
- Drums, Percussion
- John Lennon :
- Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar
- George Harrison :
- Lead guitar, Vocals
- George Martin :
- Producer
- Norman Smith :
- Recording engineer
- Session Recording:
- Feb 11, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
- Session Mixing:
- Feb 25, 1963
- Studio :
- EMI Studios, Studio One, Abbey Road
About
From Wikipedia:
The Early Beatles is the Beatles’ sixth release on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market. All of the tracks on this album had previously been issued on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing… The Beatles. The front cover photo for this album features the same back cover photo for the British LP Beatles for Sale.
Vee-Jay had gained American distribution rights to the tracks before the group became popular in America (because Capitol, the US subsidiary of EMI which owns the Beatles’ record label Parlophone, had declined to release the group’s records in America), and their releases had initially failed to chart. But after the group became famous, Vee-Jay, still holding the rights to the early material, was able to reissue them in America and this time the records sold in the millions. Capitol filed a lawsuit to stop Vee Jay from distributing the tracks, but was not successful. In October 1964, Vee-Jay’s license to distribute the Beatles recordings they possessed expired, so Capitol finally got the American distribution rights for the album.
Though Vee-Jay had compiled four Beatles albums, ten singles and one EP in the space of just fifteen months from these tracks, when issued on Capitol, the album sold well, but its highest chart position was only number 43, making it the only original Capitol or United Artists released Beatles album not to reach numbers 1 or 2 in America (with the exception of the Capitol documentary album, The Beatles’ Story, which peaked at number 7). Capitol did little to promote the album since the label merely viewed it as a replacement for the Vee-Jay LP, rather than a “new” Beatles album. The Early Beatles sold one million copies by late 1973 and was certified gold on 8 January 1974 and platinum on 10 January 1997 by the RIAA. It was released in both mono and stereo versions. As no stereo masters of “Love Me Do” and “P.S. I Love You” exist, Capitol used EMI’s duophonic mixes of both songs. The mono pressing of the album was made with a two-to-one fold-down of the stereo tapes, as evidenced by John and Paul’s vocal collision and chuckle heard in the third verse of “Please Please Me“. The original mix on the UK mono issue of the Please Please Me LP uses an edit to correct the mistake, while the stereo version of the same LP does not. So the existence of the vocal error in a mono mix is unique to The Early Beatles.
The Early Beatles is available on compact disc as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 boxed set (catalogue number CDP 0946 3 57498 2 3), in both mono and stereo. A second CD version of The Early Beatles with the songs in both stereo and true mono was issued in 2014 individually and part of the Beatles The U.S. Albums boxed set. […]
Last updated on January 24, 2016