· "THE EARLY BEATLES" - The Beatles USA 1965

The Early Beatles is The Beatles' sixth release on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market. The album resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing... The Beatles. The front cover photo for this album is the same as the back cover photo for the British LP Beatles For Sale. Vee-Jay had gained American rights to the tracks before the group became popular in America (because Capitol, the US division of EMI which owns The Beatles' record label Parlophone, had refused to release the group's records), and their releases had initially failed to chart. But after the group became popular, Vee-Jay, still having the rights to the early material, were able to re-release them in America and this time the records sold in the millions. Capitol tried to stop Vee Jay from releasing the tracks, but were not successful. In October 1964, Vee-Jay's license to distribute the Beatles recordings they possessed expired, so Capitol were finally able to get the American distribution rights for the album. Though Vee-Jay had compiled four Beatles albums in the space of just fifteen months from these sessions (all of which charted), when released on Capitol, the album still sold, but its highest chart position was only number 43, thus making it the only original Capitol or United Artists released Beatles album not to reach numbers 1 or 2 (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 by the RIAA on 8 January 1974. 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. There was also some added echo and reverb to "Twist And Shout". This album is available on compact disc as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 2 box set, in both mono and stereo, although the mono album mix appears to be strictly a stereo-to-mono fold-down; the song "Please Please Me" features the lyric slip-up and layering in the last verse, as issued on the stereo release and on the original stereo UK album Please Please Me. The album includes eleven of the fourteen tracks from the group's first British LP Please Please Me. Tracks not included are: "I Saw Her Standing There" (issued on Meet the Beatles!), "Misery" and "There's a Place". The latter two tracks, first issued by Capitol in 1965 on "Starline" singles, would finally get a Capitol LP release in 1980 in the American version of the Rarities album. Two other tracks originally released by Vee-Jay in America but also not included in this album were "From Me to You" (which wasn't released on an LP in America until 1973 on the compilation 1962–1966) and "Thank You Girl" (which Capitol had already released on the LP The Beatles' Second Album).

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!zZ1HXCKB!R-w55A8B38_9N1KRf8X3izcuwTl6O3ztuCMSEAMfE9o


Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!XcdWFaTB!HeKU1Ujp-oI4T_bsm2AGOzyc77kwuQ_qbx9nCeGzr90

01- Love Me Do
02- Twist and Shout
03- Anna (Go to Him)
04- Chains
05- Boys
06- Ask Me Why
07- Please Please Me
08- P.S. I Love You
09- Baby, It's You
10- A Taste of Honey
11- Do You Want to Know a Secret?

· "BEATLES FOR SALE" (Argentinian LP)

Recording first published:
Mono, 29 January 1965
Stereo, 5 March 1965

 

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!TYlASAhC!ewRE2Q5Hs47MnFc8f6FWqGYoik1DWwrL312MJjOtpl4

Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!DFsAAaQK!R3Q1wyf811EauYGIJ409TSSlIPY2HP6VZnaj0W7zT8o

· "BEATLES 65" - The Beatles USA 1964

Beatles '65 is The Beatles' fifth Capitol release, but seventh American album. It was released in mono and stereo versions. Beatles '65 includes eight of the fourteen songs from Beatles for Sale (omitting "Eight Days a Week", "Words of Love", "Every Little Thing", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party", "What You're Doing", and the "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" medley, all of which showed up later in Beatles VI). It picked up "I'll Be Back" from the UK A Hard Day's Night and also includes the single "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman". These latter two songs were remixed into "duophonic" [fake] stereo and drenched in reverb by Capitol Records' executive Dave Dexter, Jr. to cover up the use of the mono mixes sent from England. The mono versions of both "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" were also remixed with added echo and reverb for the single and mono album release. The stereo version of "Mr. Moonlight" has a longer fadeout than the UK versions. In the US the album was a blockbuster hit, and jumped from number 98 straight to number 1, making the biggest jump to the top position in the history of the Billboard Album Charts up to that time. It remained at number 1 for nine straight weeks, starting on 9 January 1965. In what may be testament to the overwhelming market appeal of the Beatles, several albums were released and promoted in America during 1965 sporting a similar title. These included Sinatra '65 by Frank Sinatra and Ellington '65 by Duke Ellington on Reprise Records, Trio '65 by jazz pianist Bill Evans on Verve Records, and Brasil '65 by Sérgio Mendes on the Beatles' own Capitol label. This album was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label. On 16 November 2004, this album was released on CD for the first time as part of The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 box set.

Mono:  https://mega.co.nz/#!6QEx3CCS!MA_Xg1w0IQlT-CJXX-nB0maELuE8Z006Hyd3iTrpFr0

Stereo:  https://mega.co.nz/#!SVNGjTCR!HpFuOwionNKzILooqrNUEz4AMHxhN_K45lKoRfYpaBA

01- No Reply
02- I'm a Loser
03- Baby's in Black
04- Rock and Roll Music
05- I'll Follow the Sun
06- Mr. Moonlight
07- Honey Don't
08- I'll Be Back
09- She's a Woman
10- I Feel Fine
11- Everybody's Trying to Be my Baby

· "BEATLES FOR SALE" LP stereo

Another LP that I think sounds far better on its stereo version.
Opinions?

https://mega.co.nz/#!PJ12SRQb!NM1RRXvAxqAaJet8vd4DxBU0EcsS_67hVPtKTMC1PqM

01- No Reply
02- I'm A Loser
03- Baby's In Black
04- Rock and Roll Music
05- I'll Follow The Sun
06- Mr. Moonlight
07- Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
08- Eight Days A Week
09- Words Of Love
10- Honey Don't
11- Every Little Thing
12- I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
13- What You're Doing
14- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

· "BEATLES FOR SALE" LP mono

Beatles For Sale is The Beatles' fourth album, released in late 1964. The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of Lennon and McCartney as lyricists, Lennon particularly now showing interest in composing songs of a more autobiographical nature as "I'm a Loser", which shows Lennon for the first time seemingly coming under the influence of Bob Dylan, having met him for the first time in New York while on their North American summer tour on 28 August 1964.

https://mega.co.nz/#!bNkmCBiL!FkfLvTBSN9CCAM57YHAxcS_3kSUaYrdulrpy-WCd3ZQ

01- No Reply
02- I'm A Loser
03- Baby's In Black
04- Rock and Roll Music
05- I'll Follow The Sun
06- Mr. Moonlight
07- Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey
08- Eight Days A Week
09- Words Of Love
10- Honey Don't
11- Every Little Thing
12- I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
13- What You're Doing
14- Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby

· "BEATLES FOR SALE" LP recording sessions

During the summer of 1964, prior their longest North American tour, the group started to work on their fourth LP, which would be finished by the end of the year and released just in time for Christmas sales...

https://mega.co.nz/#!bE1TDSZI!CoWtgALpYIGR2abvj1_5RVHo2JsOXydgkaCeRat1bBY

01- Baby's in Black (take 7 - studio chat)
02- Baby's in Black (Paul 3d voice - frag.)
03- I’m a Loser (take 1)
04- I’m a Loser (take 2)
05- I’m a Loser (take 3)
06- I’m a Loser (take 4)
07- I’m a Loser (take 5)
08- I’m a Loser (take 6)
09- I’m a Loser (take 7)
10- I’m a Loser (take 8)
11- Mr. Moonlight (take 1)
12- Mr. Moonlight (take 2 - partial)
13- Mr. Moonlight (take 4)
14- Leave My Kitten Alone (take 4)
15- Leave My Kitten Alone (take 5 - stereo mix)
16- Every Little Thing (take 4)
17- What You're Doing (take 11)
18- No Reply (take 1)
19- No Reply (take 2)
20- No Reply (Unknown take - studio chat)
21- No Reply (take 8)
22- Eight Days a Week (take 1 + 2)
23- Eight Days a Week (take 4)
24- Eight Days a Week (take 5)
25- She’s a Woman (take 1)
26- She’s a Woman (take 2)
27- She’s a Woman (take 3)
28- She’s a Woman (take 4)
29- She’s a Woman (take 5)
30- She’s a Woman (take 6)
31- Eight Days a Week (take 15)
32- Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey (take 2)
33- I Feel Fine (take 1)
34- I Feel Fine (take 2)
35- I Feel Fine (take 5)
36- I Feel Fine (take 6)
37- I Feel Fine (take 7)
38- I Feel Fine (take 8)
39- I Feel Fine (take 9)
40- I Feel Fine (take 9 with vocals)
41- What You're Doing (remake - take 5)
42- Leave My Kitten Alone (mono mix from take 5)
43- Studio chat (possibly from the Honey Don't  session)
44- Honey Don't (probably an out-fake)

·"LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL 1964" (Aborted album) - The Beatles

On February 12, 1964 Capitol Records considered recording The Beatles' concert at Carnegie Hall in New York, but at last minute they could not obtain the necessary approval from the Musicians Union to record the performance. Six months later, Bob Eubanks booked The Beatles' August 23, 1964 performance at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles where Capitol did record their performance with the intent of releasing a live album at least in America. Only four days after the concert (on 27 August 1964) the recording was mixed by Capitol Records’ producer Voyle Gilmore and balance engineer Hugh Davies. On September 3 an acetate was cut, and on September 16 that acetate containing the intended commercial release was sent to the Beatles. Brian Epstein, George Martin and the Beatles themselves were not fully satisfied with the results considering it was inadequate for a commercial release due to the sound quality of the recording, and the project was stopped. Capitol, however, utilized a 48-second excerpt of "Twist & Shout" from that 1964 Hollywood Bowl concert on the 1964 documentary double album, The Beatles' Story. In 1969 the original master tape was sent to Abbey Road, in London, and thirteen years later of being recorded (and after being properly filtered, equalized, and edited this time by George Martin) half of this concert was finally released as part of the LP The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, album which for some unknown reason remains unreleased on CD until this day. Here you’ll be able to add to your collection that original mono mix for the 1964 acetate, plus the original stereo unedited master tape of the same concert. Enjoy it!

https://mega.co.nz/#!OUkEABBS!G9pJPik0PTI2Qqw2R8S31miD2HdMjuJEZ7BthB5WHuE

Original acetate mono mix:
01 - Twist & Shout
02 - You Can’t Do That
03 - All My Loving
04 - She Loves You
05 - Things We Said Today
06 - Roll Over Beethoven
07 - Can't Buy Love
08 - If I Fell
09 - I Want To Hold Your Hand
10 - Boys
11 - A Hard Day’s Night
12 - Long Tall Sally

Original stereo master tape:
13 - Introduction
14 - Twist & Shout
15 - You Can’t Do That
16 - All My Loving
17 - She Loves You
18 - Things We Said Today
19 - Roll Over Beethoven
20 - Can't Buy Love
21 - If I Fell
22 - I Want To Hold Your Hand
23 - Boys
24 - A Hard Day’s Night
25 - Long Tall Sally