As in the USA, The Beatles' releases in Canada were marketed by Capitol. Unlike America, however, Capitol in Canada issued the group's recordings from early 1963.
The first three Canadian albums were different from the US releases, although from the A Hard Day's Night soundtrack onwards they were largely identical. In 1968 Capitol Canada released three early US LPs in stereo to replace these.
Aditionally, Let It Be was released as a box set with the paperback book, as in the United Kingdom, whereas US fans had to do with just the LP. Other variations exist, including five singles unique to Canada.
Albums
Beatlemania! With The Beatles
25 November 1963
Capitol T-6051
25 November 1963
Capitol T-6051
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Please Mister Postman
Roll Over Beethoven
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart
Not A Second Time
Money (That's What I Want)
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Please Mister Postman
Roll Over Beethoven
Hold Me Tight
You Really Got A Hold On Me
I Wanna Be Your Man
Devil In Her Heart
Not A Second Time
Money (That's What I Want)
Twist And Shout
3 February 1964
Capitol T-6054
3 February 1964
Capitol T-6054
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
From Me To You
PS I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout
She Loves You
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
Love Me Do
From Me To You
PS I Love You
Baby It's You
Do You Want To Know A Secret
A Taste Of Honey
There's A Place
Twist And Shout
She Loves You
Long Tall Sally
27 April 1964
Capitol T-6063
27 April 1964
Capitol T-6063
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Saw Her Standing There
You Really Got A Hold On Me
Devil In Her Heart
Roll Over Beethoven
Misery
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Please Mister Postman
This Boy
I'll Get You
You Can't Do That
I Saw Her Standing There
You Really Got A Hold On Me
Devil In Her Heart
Roll Over Beethoven
Misery
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Please Mister Postman
This Boy
I'll Get You
You Can't Do That
A Hard Day's Night
26 June 1964
United Artists UAL 3366 (mono)
United Artists UAS 6366 (stereo)
26 June 1964
United Artists UAL 3366 (mono)
United Artists UAS 6366 (stereo)
A Hard Day's Night
Tell Me Why
I'll Cry Instead
I Should Have Known Better (orchestral instrumental)
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
And I Love Her (orchestral instrumental)
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
And I Love Her
Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (orchestral instrumental)
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night (orchestral instrumental)
Tell Me Why
I'll Cry Instead
I Should Have Known Better (orchestral instrumental)
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
And I Love Her (orchestral instrumental)
I Should Have Known Better
If I Fell
And I Love Her
Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (orchestral instrumental)
Can't Buy Me Love
A Hard Day's Night (orchestral instrumental)
Something New
20 July 1964
Capitol T-2108
20 July 1964
Capitol T-2108
I'll Cry Instead
Things We Said Today
Any Time At All
When I Get Home
Slow Down
Matchbox
Tell Me Why
And I Love Her
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
If I Fell
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Things We Said Today
Any Time At All
When I Get Home
Slow Down
Matchbox
Tell Me Why
And I Love Her
I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
If I Fell
Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
The Beatles' Story
23 November 1964
Capitol TBO-2222
23 November 1964
Capitol TBO-2222
On Stage With The Beatles
How Beatlemania Began
Beatlemania In Action
Man Behind The Beatles – Brian Epstein
John Lennon
Who's A Millionaire?
Beatles Will Be Beatles
Man Behind The Music – George Martin
George Harrison
A Hard Day's Night – Their First Movie
Paul McCartney
Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul
The Beatles Look At Life
'Victims' Of Beatlemania
Beatle Medley
Ringo Starr
Liverpool And All the World!
How Beatlemania Began
Beatlemania In Action
Man Behind The Beatles – Brian Epstein
John Lennon
Who's A Millionaire?
Beatles Will Be Beatles
Man Behind The Music – George Martin
George Harrison
A Hard Day's Night – Their First Movie
Paul McCartney
Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul
The Beatles Look At Life
'Victims' Of Beatlemania
Beatle Medley
Ringo Starr
Liverpool And All the World!
Beatles '65
15 December 1964
Capitol T-2228 (mono)
Capitol ST-2228 (stereo)
15 December 1964
Capitol T-2228 (mono)
Capitol ST-2228 (stereo)
No Reply
I'm A Loser
Baby's In Black
Rock And Roll Music
I'll Follow The Sun
Mr Moonlight
Honey Don't
I'll Be Back
She's A Woman
I Feel Fine
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
I'm A Loser
Baby's In Black
Rock And Roll Music
I'll Follow The Sun
Mr Moonlight
Honey Don't
I'll Be Back
She's A Woman
I Feel Fine
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Beatles VI
14 June 1965
Capitol T-2358 (mono)
Capitol ST-2358 (stereo)
14 June 1965
Capitol T-2358 (mono)
Capitol ST-2358 (stereo)
Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!
Eight Days A Week
You Like Me Too Much
Bad Boy
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Words Of Love
What You're Doing
Yes It Is
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Tell Me What You See
Every Little Thing
Eight Days A Week
You Like Me Too Much
Bad Boy
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party
Words Of Love
What You're Doing
Yes It Is
Dizzy Miss Lizzy
Tell Me What You See
Every Little Thing
Help!
The Night Before
From Me To You Fantasy (instrumental)
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
In The Tyrol (instrumental)
Another Girl
Another Hard Day's Night (instrumental)
Ticket To Ride
The Bitter End/You Can't Do That (instrumental)
You're Going To Lose That Girl
The Chase (instrumental)
The Night Before
From Me To You Fantasy (instrumental)
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
I Need You
In The Tyrol (instrumental)
Another Girl
Another Hard Day's Night (instrumental)
Ticket To Ride
The Bitter End/You Can't Do That (instrumental)
You're Going To Lose That Girl
The Chase (instrumental)
Rubber Soul
9 December 1965
Capitol T-2442 (mono)
Capitol ST-2442 (stereo)
9 December 1965
Capitol T-2442 (mono)
Capitol ST-2442 (stereo)
I've Just Seen A Face
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
It's Only Love
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
Run For Your Life
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
You Won't See Me
Think For Yourself
The Word
Michelle
It's Only Love
Girl
I'm Looking Through You
In My Life
Wait
Run For Your Life
Yesterday... And Today
20 June 1966
Capitol T-2553 (mono)
Capitol ST-2553 (mono)
20 June 1966
Capitol T-2553 (mono)
Capitol ST-2553 (mono)
Drive My Car
I'm Only Sleeping
Nowhere Man
Doctor Robert
Yesterday
Act Naturally
And Your Bird Can Sing
If I Needed Someone
We Can Work It Out
What Goes On
Day Tripper
I'm Only Sleeping
Nowhere Man
Doctor Robert
Yesterday
Act Naturally
And Your Bird Can Sing
If I Needed Someone
We Can Work It Out
What Goes On
Day Tripper
Taxman
Eleanor Rigby
Love You To
Here, There And Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said She Said
Good Day Sunshine
For No One
I Want To Tell You
Got To Get You Into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows
Eleanor Rigby
Love You To
Here, There And Everywhere
Yellow Submarine
She Said She Said
Good Day Sunshine
For No One
I Want To Tell You
Got To Get You Into My Life
Tomorrow Never Knows
Meet The Beatles!
1 February 1967
Capitol T-2047 (mono)
Capitol ST-2047 (stereo)
1 February 1967
Capitol T-2047 (mono)
Capitol ST-2047 (stereo)
I Want To Hold Your Hand
I Saw Her Standing There
This Boy
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Hold Me Tight
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not A Second Time
I Saw Her Standing There
This Boy
It Won't Be Long
All I've Got To Do
All My Loving
Don't Bother Me
Little Child
Till There Was You
Hold Me Tight
I Wanna Be Your Man
Not A Second Time
The Beatles' Second Album
1 February 1967
Capitol T-2080 (mono)
Capitol ST-2080 (stereo)
1 February 1967
Capitol T-2080 (mono)
Capitol ST-2080 (stereo)
Roll Over Beethoven
Thank You Girl
You Really Got A Hold On Me
Devil In Her Heart
Money (That's What I Want)
You Can't Do That
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Please Mister Postman
I'll Get You
She Loves You
Thank You Girl
You Really Got A Hold On Me
Devil In Her Heart
Money (That's What I Want)
You Can't Do That
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Please Mister Postman
I'll Get You
She Loves You
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day In The Life
With A Little Help From My Friends
Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
Getting Better
Fixing A Hole
She's Leaving Home
Being For The Benefit Of Mr Kite!
Within You Without You
When I'm Sixty-Four
Lovely Rita
Good Morning Good Morning
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)
A Day In The Life
Magical Mystery Tour
The Fool On The Hill
Flying
Blue Jay Way
Your Mother Should Know
I Am The Walrus
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby You're A Rich Man
All You Need Is Love
The Fool On The Hill
Flying
Blue Jay Way
Your Mother Should Know
I Am The Walrus
Hello, Goodbye
Strawberry Fields Forever
Penny Lane
Baby You're A Rich Man
All You Need Is Love
The Early Beatles
1 August 1968
Capitol ST-2309
1 August 1968
Capitol ST-2309
Love Me Do
Twist And Shout
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
PS I Love You
Baby It's You
A Taste Of Honey
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Twist And Shout
Anna (Go To Him)
Chains
Boys
Ask Me Why
Please Please Me
PS I Love You
Baby It's You
A Taste Of Honey
Do You Want To Know A Secret
Back In The USSR
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I'm So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
I Will
Julia
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution 1
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night
Dear Prudence
Glass Onion
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Wild Honey Pie
The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Martha My Dear
I'm So Tired
Blackbird
Piggies
Rocky Raccoon
Don't Pass Me By
Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
I Will
Julia
Birthday
Yer Blues
Mother Nature's Son
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
Sexy Sadie
Helter Skelter
Long, Long, Long
Revolution 1
Honey Pie
Savoy Truffle
Cry Baby Cry
Revolution 9
Good Night
Yellow Submarine
Only A Northern Song
All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
It's All Too Much
All You Need Is Love
Pepperland
Sea Of Time
Sea Of Holes
Sea Of Monsters
March Of The Meanies
Pepperland Laid Waste
Yellow Submarine In Pepperland
Only A Northern Song
All Together Now
Hey Bulldog
It's All Too Much
All You Need Is Love
Pepperland
Sea Of Time
Sea Of Holes
Sea Of Monsters
March Of The Meanies
Pepperland Laid Waste
Yellow Submarine In Pepperland
Come Together
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
Something
Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Oh! Darling
Octopus's Garden
I Want You (She's So Heavy)
Here Comes The Sun
Because
You Never Give Me Your Money
Sun King
Mean Mr Mustard
Polythene Pam
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window
Golden Slumbers
Carry That Weight
The End
Her Majesty
Hey Jude/The Beatles Again
26 February 1970
Apple SW-385
26 February 1970
Apple SW-385
Can't Buy Me Love
I Should Have Known Better
Paperback Writer
Rain
Lady Madonna
Revolution
Hey Jude
Old Brown Shoe
Don't Let Me Down
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
I Should Have Known Better
Paperback Writer
Rain
Lady Madonna
Revolution
Hey Jude
Old Brown Shoe
Don't Let Me Down
The Ballad Of John And Yoko
Two Of Us
Dig A Pony
Across The Universe
I Me Mine
Dig It
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
I've Got A Feeling
One After 909
The Long And Winding Road
For You Blue
Get Back
Dig A Pony
Across The Universe
I Me Mine
Dig It
Let It Be
Maggie Mae
I've Got A Feeling
One After 909
The Long And Winding Road
For You Blue
Get Back
great site.been a beatle fan since the old days.sitting in front of radiogram ,with my sister,singing she loves you.
keep up the good work
Damn, everytime I see the covers of “Beatlemania!” and “Twist And Shout” I think of the scratchy old copies I saw in dollar bins in the mid-80s and think “Why why why didn’t I buy them??”
I still have original copies.
I have a Canadian release on Mono ‘Meet the Beatles” with side 2 label printed on both sides.
Any thoughts on the miss print ?
I’ve been trying to locate a canadian mono meet the beatles . Let me know if you want to part with it .
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‘Don’t Bother Me’ on the Canadian Issue has a Glitch Vocal, by George, that’s not on the US Version…
Two questions about vinyl issues: 1. The Apple collection of various tracks titled “Hey Jude” on the album sleeve actually gives the album title as “The Beatles Again” on the disc itself. Which is the official title? 2. Another title question: is the correct album title “Yesterday… and Today” or “”Yesterday”… and Today”, with the second choice obviously punning on the hit song “Yesterday”, which is included. Any help out there?
Recently acquired a very hard to find Canadian 1980’s retro black and rainbow labeled Yesterday & Today. The 3 previous douphonic tracks I’m only Sleeping, And Your Bird Can Sing and Dr. Robert are presented here in full glorious stereo. These tracks are also flat copies from UK masters and have no eq changes or limiting and therefore sound better than all the other songs which have been treated to Capitol’s limiting and processing. This LP seems to be more scarce than the US butcher cover.
I’m just missing the 1964 Canada Capital Long Tall Sally to finish my Canadian set. I was so happy to find an original 1967 Cnd mono Magical Mystery Tour Album. Nice to see Canada Capital release Beatles music in 1963, before their US counterpart.
Other variations exist, including five singles unique to Canada.
Any body know what these 5 unique singles were? 1) Thank You Girl 2) ?, 3) ?, 4) ?, & 5) ?
Canada 9 Beatles Capitol swirl: Love me do 1st version, Ask me whyPlease please me, From me to you/Thank you girl, She loves you/ I’ll get you, Beethoven/Postman, This boy/Loving, Sie liebt dich/I’ll get you, Secret/Thank you girl, Twist and shout/There’s a place. Beatle Lew.
Joe, great site, keep up the great work, from a beatlesbible fan in Canada!
The Butcher cover shown for Yesterday and Today album is incorrect. In Canada, this was the trunk cover only.
Joe, If I could just correct you on a few dates on Canada’s all important 3 unique To Canada Capitol Albums.
1) Beatlemania! With The Beatles was released November 25 1963, just 3 days after the UK LP
2) Twist And Shout was released February 03 1964 and finally
3) Long Tall Sally was released April 27 1964.
Our CND BeatlesBible reference is http://www.capitol6000.com Again, txs for the great job, just absolutely love this site.
Thank you! That’s a useful site. The books look expensive though…
Hi again Joe,
George here again, I can’t remember if I wrote to you before about some single missing from your list,
they are as follows.
1) Capitol Star line 45-6061 Twist & Shout / There’s A Place issued 18th Oct 1965
2) ” ” ” 45-6062 Love Me Do / P.S.I Love You issued 18th Oct 1965
3) ” ” ” 45-6063 Please, Please Me / From Me To You issue 18th Oct 1965
4) Apple 2531 Ballad Of John & Yoko / Old Brown Shoe.
Hope this info helps,
Regards, George
No, thank you sir!
Just for the record (no pun intended) in Canada, The U.S. versions of “Meet The Beatles”, then “Beatles Second Album” were released February 1st 1967 to make up for the delay of “Sgt Pepper”, (Like the U.K. put out “A Collection Of Oldies”).
Then finally they released the U.S. “Early Beatles” August 1st 1968 between “Magical Mystery Tour” LP and the long awaited “White Album”. This way, they had released all the U.S. Albums to the Canadian market, that they had previously missed, while keeping record sales up.
Source: http://www.capitol6000.com/beatlesdiscs.html
24.VIII.1964
SP: Slow Down / Matchbox
Capitol 5255 [Mono] Kanada
The Beatles
Slow Down – A side.
Kevin Holland: Good luck finding a mono copy of MTB. I’m looking for one too.
J Roger Gardy: The double “Don’t” in Don’t Bother Me appears only on a specific pressing on the purple Capitol label, circa 1978. Congratulations, it is a cool and semi-rare variation.
David Coll: A tiny number of genuine Canadian butcher sleeves have surfaced. It must have the Litho in Canda reference found on the other mid-60s sleeves. A paste-over butcher has been confirmed from Jamaica, although it was a standard US sleeve exported to Jamaica to house a Jamaica-pressed copy of Y&T. The Jamaican Y&T disc is far rarer than the butcher sleeve.
Kind of disappointed Canada didn’t follow Parlophone’s lead and release an EP here.
There is a Canadian E.P., Bongo. It’s called Four by The Beatles; EAP 1-2121.
Released MAY 11, 1964. Issued in a stiff cardboard picture sleeve.
There is a vary unique used stuff store where I live in Campbell River BC Canada. They have bins and bins and bins of used vinyl but none of it is categorized. You never know what you’re going to find. Today I lucked out and found good clean original copies of Beatlemania, Twist and Shout and Something New. My lucky day!.
What style label was used on the Canadian 1st pressing of “The Early Beatles”? I recently acquired an early Canadian copy.