Although their United Kingdom releases were The Beatles’ core focus throughout their career, the albums, singles and EPs released in America were significant, even if the tracklisting was often quite different to how John, Paul, George and Ringo had envisaged.
The Beatles’ early releases were on the Vee-Jay, Swan and Tollie labels, before EMI’s US counterpart, Capitol, sat up and took notice. Unfortunately for The Beatles, Capitol often insisted in dropping certain tracks, reassembling running orders and constructing new releases by economic and judicious use of the songs that were coming from London.
The Capitol albums also contained a handful of alternative mixes and instrumental tracks not available anywhere else. Some of these are available on the Capitol Albums volumes, and are worth investigating for anyone interested in variations in tracklisting and packaging across The Beatles’ canon.
Albums
‘I Saw Her Standing There’
‘Misery’
‘Anna (Go To Him)’
‘Chains’
‘Boys’
‘Love Me Do’
‘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’
‘Misery’
‘Anna (Go To Him)’
‘Chains’
‘Boys’
‘Love Me Do’
‘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’
‘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’
‘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’
‘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)
‘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’
‘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!’
‘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’
‘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’
‘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)
‘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’
‘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’
‘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’
‘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’
‘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’
EPs
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I guess the Beatles with Tony Sheridan singles/EPS were left out due to not being major releases? I know My Bonnie made it to #26 on the Billboard singles chart but…eh…
I missed out some of the minor, unofficial singles – there were loads released in the US, particularly in 1964 and 65. I’ll take another look and see if I can source some better info though, as I’d like the discography to be reasonably comprehensive.
OK, the Hamburg-era singles have now been added, along with artwork for all.
The Hamburg recordings were reissued a number of times in various guises throughout the 60s, so I haven’t included absolutely everything, but these are all the key works. I don’t think anything important is missed out.
Hey Happy Nat, are you still around?
JPMac
Any news on a Capitol Albums, Vol 3 release with Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Hey Jude, and The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, perhaps? Maybe The Beatles Story?
PS – Your website is a goldmine!!
Capitol murdered Revolver! Grr.
No, they just cruelly crippled it. But that was contemptible enough.
At Capitol, the dollar speaks louder than artistic integrity, intelligence or even mixes.
Having grown up with the Capitol versions, and being used to them, it was a real blessing when the CDs were issued with original, intended British versions. However, I do like the Yesterday…And Today album as a kind of “bridge” between Rubber Soul and Revolver. And I also like I’ve Just Seen A Face starting RS on the US version. RS in fact plays as an accoustic record in the US, missing Nowhere Man and If I needed Someone. But you are correct; Capitol put less songs on more albums to fill their coffers, and depite a few interesting accidents like noted above, it was criminal.
I was very lucky to come across imported British versions about the time Help came out here in the U.S. I was in high school at the time and it took the rest of my teens to get them all but it was worth the work of searching, not at all easy in those days. Almost fifty years later I still have all of those wonderful records. Better albums, better vinyl.
Yet again selective attention to facts rationalizes knee-jerk bashings of Capitol Records —
Not only was it not “criminal,” it was contributed to by The Beatles themselves.
Moreover, there was an issue in differences in UK and US laws which essentially REQUIRED what Capitol did.
We got Yesterday & Today. cover is worth thousands. There is always something good that is not discussed.
This ignores well-known facts in order to snobbily bash Capitol Records.
In fact, The Beatles themselves contributed to Capitol’s way of marketing their records. As result, a number of tracks, provided to Capitol to “fill out” another LP, were only later released in England.
As for the so-called “butcher” cover and the fantasy that has been imputed to it: according to John, it was an anti-war statement.
About the ‘butcher’ cover for ‘Yesterday’ album, most americans never saw it. I question it being presented in this list when most americans would have seen the other cover.
This is the cover of the album I (still) have.
The other cover should at least be included, because that is the official release. The “butcher” cover was recalled/withdrawn because of retailer complaints.
Are you sure about that? I’ve read somewhere that the intention if the butcher cover was a form of protest against the way Capitol released their albums in the US.
The Beatles did not pose for the infamous ‘butcher picture’ with any specific intent that it be used for an album cover…much less, a Capitol album (to protest Capitol’s ‘butchery’ of previous British albums). In fact, a short time before the controversial release of ‘Yesterday…and Today’ EMI Parlophone had used the same image in promotional ads for the upcoming British ‘Paperback Writer’ / ‘Rain’ single (I would be happy to provide a copy of this artwork if the website would like).
The props and staging of the photo shoot weren’t even the Beatles’ idea. They were simply taking part in a photo shoot by renowned photographer Robert Whitaker (another of his photos would feature prominently on the back cover of the ‘Revolver’ album only a couple months later). The ‘butcher’ photo was entirely his baby.
Lennon’s claim that it represented The Beatles making a statement about the escalating war in Viet Nam is well documented…but inaccurate. As explained in greater detail elsewhere on this site; the ‘disturbing’ imagery was Whitaker’s comment on the Beatles and the price of their fame. I love the Beatles dearly…but John and Paul have both been known to revise their own history from time to time. This claim by Lennon was one such example.
I was late getting to the party that was The Beatle years. I was 11 in 1975 when I was introduced to their music. The first album I bought was Introducing The Beatles on Vee-Jay. I built my collection with the US releases and eventually acquired the UK releases(LP’s and EP’s). I guess you have to take the US releases for what they were and enjoy them on that level. After all, Capitol was almost forced to release their records by the parent company, EMI. Once they saw what they had they made sure that they played it for all it was worth.
Mr.Mustard has it right. They slaughtered Revolver. The UK version has 5 sung by John, 5 by Paul, 3 by George and Ringo’s 1 vocal. The US version has 3 Lennon songs missing and it sounds more like a McCartney album. Was Capitol bowing to the “bigger than Jesus hysteria”?
I do enjoy the more acoustic feel of the US Rubber Soul. Too bad they felt compelled to give us only 11 or 12 songs per disc.
Anyone know if the Live at the Star Club in Hamburg can be found on CD?
I actually have it someplace. I was sold as seperate discs, Vol 1 and Vol 2. with 11 tracks each. Doing some research, it looks like there were multiple releases of this. The one I have has this running order:
I Saw Her Standing There/Hippy Hippy Shake/Sweet Little Sixteen/Mr. Moonlight/Hully Gully/Nothin’ Shakin’ (But the Leaves on the Trees)/Little Queenie/Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby/I Remember You/Reminiscing/Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey/Roll Over Beethoven/Ask Me Why/Lend Me Your Comb/Where Have You Been All My Life/A Taste of Honey/I’m Talking About You/Twist and Shout/Red Sails in the Sunset/I’m Gonna Sit Right Down And Cry (Over You)/Matchbox/Long Tall Sally
I grew up with the Capitol releases, so i am still leaning to them in my Beatles listening, just a personal preference. “Beatles ’65” is a wonderful album, as is “The Beatles yesterday and Today”. Back when these albums were being released, and aside from Capitol’s clever marketing strategy, the capitol releases reflect the fast pace of the early Beatles era. All of the songs contained are short, usually less than 3 minutes each, and so are the capitol albums fast and furious, and perhaps faster paced as per life with the Beatles.
Honestly, listening to a Beatles Capitol release is an awe-inspiring experience, and never not quite enough, so you want to listen to more! The folks at Capitol actually had the right idea in a sense. One album wasn’t enough, the length wasn’t enough. People couldn’t wait to buy their next Beatle album, and it was common to listen to them over and over again.
To any american: the capitol releases were the only beatles records that mattered, but ONLY the official albums that were released worldwide: meet, hard days night, help, rubber soul, revolver, sgt peppers, white album and abbey rd. Those were the only essentials, pleasepleaseme (aka introducing aka the early)and for sale (beatles 65) were half cover albums and let it be was posthumous, not essential for the purist, only the collector.
“Words of Love” is a cover. And I wouldn’t be without it.
“Purists” collect all Beatles, and not less than that.
J Nagarya I strongly Agree with you! No Beatles purist would only collect the albums mentioned by Joshua Adams. I love all their early songs as much as the later songs, in fact I favor the early stuff before Sgt Pepper. It was the essence of the Beatles, captured the raw energy, the great harmonies, just so simple yet legendary melodies, the whole gamut! Those early recordings just captured the Beatles sound! They didn’t have a lot of studio effects like today’s music.
I find myself loving about 150 of the 250 or so songs they wrote!
Great site!
It was also the norm that radio stations played every track on the LPs. And in at least a few instances, the result was that LPs were #1 on both LP and singles charts.
In the Netherlands there was à release on cd in the 80’s but I cannot give any details at the moment.
Capitol was working with what they were provided by The Beatles themselves — including earlier release in the US than in the UK of tracks needed to fill out those so-called “butchered” LPs.
The Beatles were foremost about selling records — and they didn’t object when that happened.
Thank you for getting the truth out there.
Too many prefer the “butcher” route rather than the truth.
Again, many thanks.
No it never did ive got the vynil the beatles went to court to stop it getting released on cd and they won
Hey Beatles Fan, If you want all the American Albums in digital form just go to YouTube and check out YouTube Accounts TheMusicalSteve and LennMcHarriStar. They are have a majority of the albums. You will have to search around though for Abbey Road and The Yellow Submarine Original Motion Picture Soundtrack. Use convertmemp3.com and you will have the complete collection. Make sure you set mp3 conversion rate to Highest Quality. All the albums are the infamous “Ebbetts” Soundboard Bootleg Recordings. Both YouTube account holders have taken the liberty of further digitally enhancing Ebbets’s clean vinyl transfers. All the mp3 transfers will show and play as 1 very long mp3 track. You can put them in a playlist on your Windows Media Player or whatever you use to play mp3’s. If you use Itunes you can load them to your Ipod.
So “From Me To You” and “I’m Down” (along with You Know My Name and Inner Light) never made it onto ANY U.S. LPs or EPs, only 45s??? Any others I’ve forgotten? Weird.
misery never appeared on a capitol album…only on the vee jay release
Actually Misery appeared on the Canadian press of Long Tall Sally which was a Capital album…
I have a copy of an old Capitol Album called Collectors Items.
It does have these: “From Me To You” and “I’m Down” (along with You Know My Name and Inner Light). And it has the single version of Thank You Girl. Hi-Hat All My Loving.
I couldn’t disagree more strongly about the comparison between the Beatles EMI and Capitol Product. Sure, EMI’s Hard Day’s Night, Help! and Yellow Submarine, were the better buy. compared to Capitols inclusion of George Martin’s singing strings. But the first four Beatles albums on Capitol are downright phenomenal; with great singles like She Loves You and I Want to Hold Your Hand included, we didn’t have to wait for greatest hits product like Past Masters. And speaking as a person who owned their Capitol records, I prefer listening to the albums that I, like many other Americans of a previous generation, grew up with, including Beatles Yesterday and Today and Hey Jude. I would be happy, as someone previously stated, that Capitol released a Beatles Vol. III including those albums.
The Beatles early capitol albums were murder!! Meet the Beatles was a lousy knockoff of With the Beatles. Capitol butchered Rubber Soul and Revolver. However, Sgt. Pepper was synchronised well with the UK albums as well as the following ones. I do like how Capitol modified the U.S. Magical Mystery Tour album.
Meet The Beatles was actually a much better album than the UK original With The Beatles. The US version had 3 more songs written by Lennon/McCartney one of which was their first #1 song, I Want To Hold Your Hand.
One thing Capitol did better than the Parlophone LPs was adding all those great singles that never made it to an LP in the UK, such as She Loves You, I Want To Hold Your Hand, etc… I’ll even give them credit for making MMT an LP instead of an EP. But other than that, they ruined the original recordings with the dexterized fake sound. And now with the new 2014 US CD set, they even rip you off by using the 2009 UK CD recordings, not even using the dexterized recordings. WTF!! Your better off getting the Capitol Vol.1 & 2 CD sets from 2004-06 if your intent on the true Capitol sound.
they never wanted the singles to be on the albums it was just the money grabbers at capitol who did, also the beatles hated the us releases because acording to john broke up the feel of their orginal tracklisting for the ablums butchered by them
Inconvenient facts:
Capitol “butchered” the LPs with the knowledge, participation, and contributions of The Beatles themselves.
The official beatles albums (not including the packaged albums capitol put out or the ones only issues in the UK): meet the beatles, hard days night, help, rubber soul, revolver, sgt pepper, white album and abbey rd. the US versions if youre american the UK if youre english.
I was always disappointed with Beatles VI. This was the worst of the Capitol albums. A Hard Day’s Night was an extreme disappointment, but it was not a Capital release.
Nothing at all wrong with “Beatles VI”. “The Early Beatles” is probably the “worst” of the Capitol releases.
I cannot complain much about how Capital released the albums, as we in the U.S. were very excited to get each and every Beatles album and by the time The Beatles last album was released in 1970, we could have 20 albums, while the Brits only had 13 albums. At the time, more albums was better. It is all good.
Sure, but the US “A Hard Days Night” album was only half an album. You actually had to buy the “Something New” Album to get the rest of the songs from the UK version. Same with the US Help! album, again half the songs were missing, hence you also had to buy another album or 2 to get the rest of the songs from the UK version. Same issue with Yesterday & Today was released because of the songs omitted from the UK Rubber Soul & Revolver albums. You got fleeced by buying 20 albums.
Clue:
“Yesterday . . . and Today” was released on Capitol BEFORE “Revolver” was released on Capitol. And “Yesterday . . . and Today” on it had tracks from “Revolver” which had been provided to Capitol by The Beatles themselves. And there are other instances (“Bad Boy”) of them providing Capitol with tracks not released in the UK until later.
You missed VJ’s first “Beatlemania era” single where they paired the 2 previous A sides on one single.
Very nice discography! Except … it’s a US discography, and the singles shown in the Apple sleeves (“Hey Jude” etc.) are UK singles.
Ya, I noticed that too. Great job though, otherwise!
You must realize the business and legal reasons why the American records were so different – In the UK, artist royalties were paid on a per track basis, so the more songs on an album, the more money for the artists and the business. In the USA, royalties were paid per album, and the tradition was to include no more than 12 tracks. Also, Capital only got rights to certain early songs, sometimes having to piece an album together from dribs and drabs that hadn’t already been acquired by VeeJay, Swan and other small labels. All of this was more because the Beatles became popular here later than in Europe, not so much because of some tacit plan to maximize profit!
Exactly.
Facts are said to be “stubborn things”. But, there are times when unfounded fantasies (which serve as excuse to bash Capitol) are more stubborn than facts.
The Beatles themselves knew of and contributed to the “butchering” of their LPs.
There were actually two releases of VeeJay’s “Introducing the Beatles” (they each differed from the other by two tracks, which were released as singles).
The first was released on July 27, 1963. I heard the tracks from this on a Chicago radio station during October, 1963.
The second version was released on the 1964 date you provide.
And, through most of December, 1963, I heard “I Want to Hold Your Hand” (and then, also, and increasingly, “I Saw Her Standing There”) on a Boston radio show.
The DJ indicated that “I Saw Her Standing There” was the B-side to “I Want to Hold your Hand”. But the version he played began, “1-2-3-FAH!”.
Can someone give me some information on the Hey Jude Album? Did it ever get released on a CD? And why is it not part of the official Beatles’ Albums, for example – I have the box-set that was re-released in Australia about six years ago and this album was not included. Is this because it was never an Australian release? I have this album on vinyl and I have had dispute the fact that it even exists. I would love more information if anyone can help, I would so appreciate it as I have asked for information on this album for years, and no one could give me any answers.
Thanks, Jel from Australia.
Yes, the Hey Jude Album was released on CD in the “The U.S. Albums Box set”.
And is also now available as a standalone album.
Hey Jude album was included in the box set in the UK. I have it on original vinyl but was a US import at the time.
I thought the US Capitol releases were unique.There were some tracks that were not on UK releases.Some US tracks had different mixes.UA A hard Day’s Night Soundtrack and Capitol Help Soundtrack included George Martin Instrumentals.
undoubtedly, the Greatest Rock Band Of All Time, nothing can touch them, maybe Jimi Hendrix, Dylan. Growing up with them was like a dream; they just got better, and better, than it all ended.
i grew up listening to the beatles on wabc am radio new york on top of having all there albums originals which i still have
So there is a “Box Set” of all US released albums? How does one get it? Is it an Apple thing er what?
Here’s the Amazon.com link. It’s available elsewhere too.
“Ain’t She Sweet” a single on Atco was popular here in Los Angeles, particularly as there was such a voracious appetite for anything by the group. As I recall, Atco released a L P with this song, other odds & ends by the Beatles & perhaps filler by other artists. This song came to the fore as there was a lull in Capital releases. I remember Art Laboe (still broadcasting, in Fresno!) saying on the air, KRLA-AM, that there were no Beatles’ singles on their chart, because they hadn’t released a record recently, at that point. This created a vacuum, which “Ain’t She Sweet” (partially) filled. I have the single, but didn’t buy the album, as I didn’t think that it was very good. In retrospect…. I did buy a couple of the Capital reel-to-reel tapes of the albums, which are probably rare –
Please Include the Album Artwork for the Beatles Yesterday and Today album cover without the babies. I agree with someone who mentioned, most people here in the US never saw that babies cover that you have posted. I would agree that you should post both covers, not the one that was banned here.
Thank you.
Kind of interesting that you haven’t included the Anthology albums, the “1” album, the Love soundtrack, the Hollywood Bowl album… weren’t those all official American releases? Also, there were three compilations in the ’70s that were all pretty big sellers here: The so-called Red Album, the so-called Blue Album, and The Beatles Rock and Roll Music. Pretty sure that all three of those were Capitol releases.
When I was 15, Beatles music was everywhere! I/we didn’t care who butchered what or in what order the songs were on any particular album. Most of us at that time didn’t even know about the UK versions so the albums we got were all we cared about. I never analyzed them or tried to figure out what this or that meant in the lyrics….we just sang along and enjoyed the ride. Don’t worry so much about what UK cuts are missing, or how bad Capitol records packaged an album. Just listen and drift back to the day when the music gave you goose bumps and your parents said “get a haircut!”
Hi, do you know a good source for have a precise date for the release of The Beatles’ Christmas Album in the US. I found the first of March 1971 on a french site (https://yellow-sub.net/beatles/discographie/la-discographie-originale-anglaise/75732-the-beatles-christmas-album-the-beatles-les-secrets-de-lalbum-paroles-tablature) ? But another source would be helpful. Thanks.
History cannot be erased or rewritten. A search of Billboards #1 albums from 1964 through 1966 will forever list the U.S versions of Beatles albums, that topped the charts in America. Whether you like them or not, those albums, with those titles, album covers, track listings and mixes are the ones that sold millions of copies here. They were sold for 2 decades, in that form. If the powers that be wanted them replaced with the British versions in America, 1970 would have been the time to do so, when The Beatles broke up. I grew up with the American versions, the only albums that charted here. They have historical significance, whether one chooses to own them, or not. I have room in my collection for the Amerian and the British catalog.
Many things factor into the differences between British and American albums. I know the quality of the vinyl was better in Great Britain, and I have often wondered if it was some sort of limitations of the poorer quality vinyl that led American music industry to adopt the no more than 10-12 songs per album. This limit has been the American tradition for years, except maybe for Broadway soundtracks. Even Michael Jackson’s Thriller had only 9 songs on it. I would also bet that the British albums cost more. And I also wonder if the band had any input at all into the makeup of the American albums. Think about it–until Sgt. Pepper, there was no such thing as a “concept album.” An album was just a collection of unconnected songs to a marketer, especially in the 1960s.
Was “There’s A Place” ever on any American release prior top the standardization of 1987, where it then appeared on Please Please Me?
It was on the Vee Jay records release Introducing The Beatles, which was the original US release of the Please, Please Me album which Capitol Records had passed on when it was originally offered to them by EMI.
A few corrections on the US singles discography… The MGM issue of “My Bonnie” is in the wrong factory sleeve. That sleeve and logo didn’t come into use until 1967.
The Tollie 9001 “Twist And Shout” PS is not a US issue. That sleeve was used for export copies only… To Italy, I believe.
The “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “Hey Jude”, “Get Back” & “Something” singles shown are the UK issues, not US.
Don’t know about the UK, but the US Apple factory sleeves had “The Beatles On Apple” at the top for their releases, and just “Apple” at the top for other artists (also for the Beatles’ solo releases).
As someone who grew up with the US albums, I think the real sin was that Capitol left off so many songs until after they broke up. There’s A Place/Misery/Sie Liebt Dich/Inner Light show up on Beatles Rarities. A Hard Day’s Night and From Me To You on 1962-66. I’m Down on Rock ‘N’ Roll Music. There was plenty of space on those 11-song albums for these. I’m Down, for instance, right before Day Tripper on Yesterday and Today. A Hard Day’s Night on Hey Jude. Misery on The Early Beatles.
It’s strange. I know that this is a complete list of records from Capitol, but I keep coming across a Capitol Help! EP. I don’t know if they’re bootlegs or not because they don’t appear on any lists like these. I did find a similar EP (same sleeve) was issued in Australia by EMI, but it has a different track listing. The ones under Capitol have four songs all from the film “Help!” and look legit in terms of it’s label. I’m afraid to buy the ones I see in record stores because I’m all about 1st pressings and I don’t want to stubble into purchasing a high quality bootleg.
There is no authentic US Capitol “Help!” EP. The record you are referring to is either a bootleg or some sort of non-US release.
Been reading posts UK vs US releases, I lived in UK from 1964 -1969 needless to say my preference is for UK releases. When you could finally afford a whole album, you didn’t get a bunch of songs you already had. This was a huge benefit of single releases not being included on albums. If you have all the UK released albums/CD’s and get Past Masters vol 1&2. (singles A&B sides) you pretty much have it all, without duplicates.
The British versions of albums, did not include songs released as singles. This was often missed, because they has so many great songs. This practice stopped I believe with Revolver.