Monday 22 March 1965 Release No Comments 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. The front cover photo for this album features the same back cover photo for the British LP Beatles for Sale. [4] The album was released in both mono and stereo versions. Early photo session with Pete Best Ringo Comes On Board The Cavern. "A Taste Of Honey" has a stunning McCartney vocal, and Lennon's vocal on "Anna" is one of his strongest in any period. Features Song Lyrics for The Beatles's The Early Beatles album. A2 Twist And Shout 2:32. Includes Album Cover, Release Year, and User Reviews. As no stereo masters of "Love Me Do" and "P.S. The Beatles ‎– The Early Beatles. The Early Beatles is The Beatles’ sixth album on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market, released on March 22, 1965. It has been in safe storage for a couple decades. The Early Beatles does not represent its songs in the sequence -- or in their exact content -- … Capitol Records ‎– ST 2309,Capitol Records ‎– ST-2309. Though Vee-Jay had compiled four albums, ten singles and one EP in the space of just fifteen months from these Beatles tracks, when issued by Capitol, The Early Beatles 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). ^shipments figures based on certification alone, Albums in the core catalogue are marked in, Remaining Vee-Jay tracks issued on LP by Capitol in the US, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies, "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties", "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – The Early Beatles", "American album certifications – Beatles, The – The Early Beatles", Recording Industry Association of America, Live! The Early Beatles does not represent its songs in the sequence -- or in their exact content -- that its makers intended; not by a long shot. The Early Beatles was certified Gold ($1 million in sales) on 8 January 1974 and Platinum (1 million copies sold) on 10 January 1997 by the RIAA. It contained 11 songs from Please Please Me; ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘Misery’ and ‘There’s A Place’ were omitted. "There's a Place" was a jewel of a beat ballad, and "Misery" was an odd, downbeat lament with beautiful harmonies and some of George Martin's most prominent contribution on piano to any Beatles record. In nearly all cases this is the year it was composed. Hey, Beatles fans - are you ready? The Early Beatles resembles more of an early compilation because all of the tracks had previously been featured on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing… The album sleeve is in very good condition on the front and back. The edge has some wear along the top and bottom left.The album itself looks very good. The origin of the phenomenon that became the Beatles can be traced to 1957 when Paul McCartney (b. James Paul McCartney, 18 June 1942, Liverpool, England) successfully auditioned at a church fête in Woolton, Liverpool, for the guitarist's position in the Quarry Men, a skiffle group led by John Lennon (b. Cut to early 1965 and the end of those licensing agreements -- Capitol was now entitled to release them in the U.S. and assembled The Early Beatles, which proclaimed: "11 of their hit 1964 recordings NOW ON CAPITOL" on the front cover, overlooking the fact that everything here was from 1963 (or, in the case of "Love Me Do" and "P.S. It contained eleven songs originally released on the band’s UK debut Please Please Me . Harrison, the son of a bus conductor and shop assistant, joined the Quarrymen as lead guitarist at age 15. The front cover photo for this album features the same back cover photo for the British LP Beatles for Sale. The Quarry Men briefly reunited when Harrison's group fell apart, and he recruited Lennon and McCartney to help him fulfill a contract with Liverpool's Casbah Coffee Club. The album consists of eleven of the fourteen tracks from the Beatles' first American album Introducing...The Beatles as well as their first British LP Please Please Me. at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962, The Beatles (The Original Studio Recordings), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Early_Beatles&oldid=995130546, Articles needing additional references from December 2009, All articles needing additional references, Short description is different from Wikidata, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Certification Table Entry usages for Canada, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments figures, Certification Table Entry usages for United States, Pages using certification Table Entry with shipments footnote, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz release group identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 19 December 2020, at 11:37. That said, this is also the way that tens of millions of listeners in the U.S. did hear this material between 1965 and 1983. 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". Skip In 00 : 02 prev next. Instead, EMI signed licensing agreements for those early singles with the Chicago-based VeeJay Records, who were willing to take a chance and ended up doing very well with these songs, once the group broke through in America at the end of 1963 and the beginning of 1964. That said, this is also the way that tens of millions of listeners in the U.S. did hear this material between 1965 and 1983. referencing The Early Beatles, LP, Album, Comp, ST 2309, ST-2309 This album was released in the states after Capitol USA won their battle with VJay. 2, it becomes clear that any way one slices this material up, it works, as it represents the Beatles at a point when they not only loved the sheer act of making music, but confronted the nightly reality that they had to win over listeners each time out, or lose their livelihood. The original mix on the UK mono issue of the Please Please Me album uses an edit to correct the mistake, while the stereo version of the same album does not. This is an auction for The Early Beatles album. The list gives the relevant page on which each song is detailed. The Cavern was sweaty, damp, dark, loud and exciting. What is here, however, is as beautiful as one remembers it from 1964, if you were lucky enough to be around for it, and still makes a great discovery process 45 years later, though there are differences. The Early Beatles is the Beatles’ sixth release on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market. It might not be as effective a closer, but it is a finale that works, and "Twist and Shout" doesn't come off badly -- if not given maximum impact -- sandwiched between "Love Me Do" and "Anna.". The Early Beatles was the sixth Beatles album released by Capitol Records in the USA. There was no weariness on the record, however, which -- capturing moments from two years earlier -- encompasses 11 of the most unabashedly joyous examples of music-making that anyone had ever heard. I Love You," "Baby It's You" and "Do You Want To Know A Secret" are all among my favorite early Beatles stuff. Influenced by rockabilly, his guitar licks would help shape the group’s early sound. Rock & Roll ,Beat. All songs written by Lennon-McCartney except where noted. 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 tracks on the album. Instead of Please Please Me's shattering rendition of "Twist and Shout," this album finishes with "Do You Want to Know a Secret," a John Lennon-Paul McCartney song given to George Harrison to sing, on which he acquits himself in a raw, honest performance, not as smooth as the Billy J. Kramer hit rendition but more memorable in the long run, precisely for its vocal flaws. The Early Beatles is the Beatles' sixth album released on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market. Astrid Kirchherr’s Iconic Photos of the Early Beatles. However, the early Beatles photos above provide a seldom-seen look at the band's beginnings in Hamburg and Liverpool, when rock's most revered band had yet to have its edges knocked off. The opening has some wear in a few spots. Any similarity between The Early Beatles and Parlophone's Please Please Me album or VeeJay's Introducing...The Beatles is not only understandable but unavoidable, as all three albums were constructed from essentially the same core body of songs -- The Early Beatles, however, has only 11 tracks, while Please Please Me boasted 14 and Introducing...The Beatles had 12. Lennon and McCartney continued their songwriting, and Harrison joined a group called The Les Stewart Quartet. THE BEATLES: EIGHT DAYS A WEEK - The Touring Year . All of the tracks on this album had previously been issued on the early 1964 Vee-Jay release Introducing… The Beatles. 1 of 12. next. The front cover photo for this album features the same back cover photo for the British LP Beatles for Sale. and the B-side of "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "There's a Place," and "Misery." The group, whose best-known line-up comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrisonand Ringo Starr, are regarded as the most influential band of all time. I Love You," from 1962), and using a group shot from 1965, which showed the four bandmembers looking surprisingly serious (especially Ringo) -- or is it just some weariness in their eyes? The Beatles. Sign up for the online class, The Early Beatles: How The Fab Four Came Together, and over a six-week period, you'll learn the history of the early Beatles from 1956 to 1962 -- from the formation of The Quarrymen to The Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios. The Early Beatles is the Beatles' sixth album released on Capitol Records, and their eighth album for the American market. And of course, any means by which one gets to hear 11 1963-vintage tracks by the Beatles is OK. Whatever particular order or specifics of the songs, the listening experience will stack up well against any other 11 songs by anybody else who was walking around back then. In fact, its most useful function, beyond just listening to it with delight, might be to pair it with Please Please Me and see the differences in how Americans and Britons discovered these songs. The Beatleswere an English rockband formed in Liverpoolin 1960. And of course, any means by which one gets to hear 11 1963-vintage tracks by the Beatles is OK. So this record still rates high, though not as high as it might, because it isn't the ideal format for the music. Three of Us May 18, 2020, 10:49am. The Beatles, early group portrait, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, wearing Pierre Cardin collarless jackets, backstage,... Shea Stadium is jam-packed with Beatles fans during a performance given by the British singing group at Shea Stadium. 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