Posts Categorized: Release

US single release: Yesterday

Although The Beatles chose not to release Yesterday as a single in the UK, their US record label Capitol Records decided otherwise and released it with the b-side Act Naturally.

US album release: Help!

The Beatles' eighth US album released by Capitol Records, Help!, was issued on this day as MAS-2386 (mono) and SMAS-2386 (stereo).

UK album release: Help!

The Beatles' fifth UK album, Help!, was released on this day as Parlophone PMC 1255 (mono) and PCS 3071 (stereo).

UK single release: Help!

The Beatles' 10th Parlophone single was released just before the world première of their second feature film, also called Help!.

US single release: Help!

The Beatles' 10th Capitol Records single was released just before the world premiere of their second feature film.

UK EP release: Beatles For Sale No 2

Although the Beatles For Sale album had been available for six months, and The Beatles had already begun performing and releasing songs from their forthcoming Help!, Parlophone issued this four-track EP in the UK.

US single release: Ticket To Ride

Ticket To Ride, The Beatles' ninth Capitol Records single, was the first release from the Help! album sessions. It was issued as Capitol 5407, with Yes It Is on the b-side.

UK single release: Ticket To Ride

The first song released to the public from The Beatles' forthcoming Help! album was the Ticket To Ride single, released as Parlophone R 5265.

US album release: The Early Beatles

Capitol Records were still keen to wring as much money as possible out of Beatles fans in America, leading to the release of The Early Beatles in March 1965.

US EP release: 4 By The Beatles

Capitol Records released their second and final Beatles EP on this day. 4 By The Beatles had the catalogue number Capitol R-5365, and was released only in mono.

US album release: Beatles '65

The Beatles' fifth album on Capitol Records included the majority of songs from Beatles For Sale, and added I'll Be Back, She's A Woman and I Feel Fine.

UK single release: I Feel Fine

I Feel Fine, The Beatles' eighth Parlophone single was a standalone release not intended for their forthcoming album Beatles For Sale.

US single release: I Feel Fine

Four days before its UK release, Capitol Records in America issued The Beatles' single I Feel Fine/She's A Woman, as well as a documentary album, The Beatles' Story.