The Beatles (189 page)

“Please Please Me” / “Ask Me Why.” February 25, 1963. Vee Jay VJ 498

“From Me to You” / “Thank You Girl.” May 27, 1963. Vee Jay VJ 522

“She Loves You” / “I’ll Get You.” September 16, 1963. Swan 4152

“I Want to Hold Your Hand” / “I Saw Her Standing There.” December 26, 1963. Capitol 5112

“Please Please Me” / “From Me to You.” January 30, 1964. Vee Jay VJ 581

“Twist and Shout” / “There’s a Place.” March 2, 1964. Tollie 9001

“Can’t Buy Me Love” / “You Can’t Do That.” March 16, 1964. Capitol 5150

“Do You Want to Know a Secret” / “Thank You Girl.” March 23, 1964. Vee Jay VJ 587

“Love Me Do” / “P.S. I Love You.” April 27, 1964. Tollie 9008

“Sie Liebt Dich” / “I’ll Get You.” May 21, 1964. Swan 4182

“A Hard Day’s Night” / “I Should Have Known Better.” July 13, 1964. Capitol 5222

“I’ll Cry Instead” / “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You.” July 20, 1964. Capitol 5234

“And I Love Her” / “If I Fell.” July 20, 1964. Capitol 5235

“Matchbox” / “Slow Down.” August 24, 1964. Capitol 5255

“I Feel Fine” / “She’s a Woman.” November 23, 1964. Capitol 5327

“Eight Days a Week” / “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party.” February 15, 1965. Capitol 5371

“Ticket to Ride” / “Yes It Is.” April 19, 1965. Capitol 5407

“Help!” / “I’m Down.” July 19, 1965. Capitol 5476

“Yesterday” / “Act Naturally.” September 13, 1965. Capitol 5498

“Day Tripper” / “We Can Work It Out.” December 6, 1965. Capitol 5555

“Nowhere Man” / “What Goes On.” February 21, 1966. Capitol 5587

“Paperback Writer” / “Rain.” May 30, 1966. Capitol 5651

“Eleanor Rigby” / “Yellow Submarine.” August 8, 1966. Capitol 5715

“Strawberry Fields Forever” / “Penny Lane.” February 13, 1967. Capitol 5810

“All You Need Is Love” / “Baby You’re a Rich Man.” July 17, 1967. Capitol 5964

“Hello Goodbye” / “I Am the Walrus.” November 27, 1967. Capitol 2056

“Lady Madonna” / “The Inner Light.” March 18, 1968. Capitol 2138

“Hey Jude” / “Revolution.” August 26, 1968. Apple 2276

“Get Back” / “Don’t Let Me Down.” May 5, 1969. Apple 2490

“The Ballad of John and Yoko” / “Old Brown Shoe.” June 4, 1969. Apple 2531

“Something” / “Come Together.” October 6, 1969. Apple 2654

“Let It Be” / “You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).” March 11, 1970. Apple 2764

“The Long and Winding Road” / “For You Blue.” May 11, 1970. Apple 2832

Introducing the Beatles.
July 22, 1963. Vee Jay VJLP 1062 (mono), SR 1062 (stereo)

A: “I Saw Her Standing There” “Misery” “Anna (Go to Him)” “Chains” “Boys” “Love Me Do”

B: “P.S. 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”

Meet the Beatles.
January 20, 1964. Capitol T-2047 (mono), ST-2047 (stereo)

A: “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”

B: “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.
April 10, 1964. Capitol T-2080 (mono), ST-2080 (stereo)

A: “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”

B: “Long Tall Sally” “I Call Your Name” “Please Mr. Postman” “I’ll Get You” “She Loves You”

A Hard Day’s Night.
June 26, 1964. United Artists UA 6366 (mono), UAS 6366 (stereo)

A: “A Hard Day’s Night” “Tell Me Why” “I’ll Cry Instead” “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” (two instrumentals by George Martin & Orchestra)

B: “I Should Have Known Better” “If I Fell” “And I Love Her” “Can’t Buy Me Love” (two instrumentals by George Martin & Orchestra)

Something New.
July 20, 1964. Capitol T-2108 (mono), ST-2108 (stereo)

A: “I’ll Cry Instead” “Things We Said Today” “Any Time at All” “When I Get Home” “Slow Down” “Matchbox”

B: “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.
November 23, 1964. Capitol TBO-2222 (mono), STBO-2222 (stereo)

A: Interviews, excerpts from “I Want to Hold Your Hand” “Slow Down” “This Boy”

B: Interviews, excerpts from “You Can’t Do That” “If I Fell” “And I Love Her”

C: Interviews, excerpts from “A Hard Day’s Night” “And I Love Her”

D: Interviews, excerpts from “Twist and Shout” “Things We Said Today” “I’m Happy Just to Dance with You” “Little Child” “Long Tall Sally” “She Loves You” “Boys”

Beatles ’65.
December 15, 1964. Capitol T-2228 (mono), ST-2228 (stereo)

A: “No Reply” “I’m a Loser” “Baby’s in Black” “Rock and Roll Music” “I’ll Follow the Sun” “Mr. Moonlight”

B: “Honey Don’t” “I’ll Be Back” “She’s a Woman” “I Feel Fine” “Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby”

The Early Beatles.
March 22, 1965. Capitol T-2309 (mono), ST-2309 (stereo)

A: “Love Me Do” “Twist and Shout” “Anna (Go to Him)” “Chains” “Boys” “Ask Me Why”

B: “Please Please Me” “P.S. I Love You” “Baby It’s You” “A Taste of Honey” “Do You Want to Know a Secret”

Beatles VI.
June 14, 1965. Capitol T-2358 (mono), ST-2358 (stereo)

A: “Kansas City” “Eight Days a Week” “You Like Me Too Much” “Bad Boy” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” “Words of Love”

B: “What You’re Doing” “Yes It Is” “Dizzy Miss Lizzie” “Tell Me What You See” “Every Little Thing”

Help!
August 13, 1965. Capitol MAS-2386 (mono), SMAS-2386 (stereo)

A: “Help!” “The Night Before” “You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away” “I Need You” (three instrumentals by George Martin & Orchestra)

B: “Another Girl” “Ticket to Ride” “You’re Going to Lose That Girl” (three instrumentals by George Martin & Orchestra)

Rubber Soul.
December 6, 1965. Capitol T-2442 (mono), ST-2442 (stereo)

A: “I’ve Just Seen a Face” “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” “You Won’t See Me” “Think for Yourself” “The Word” “Michelle”

B: “It’s Only Love” “Girl” “I’m Looking Through You” “In My Life” “Wait” “Run for Your Life”

Yesterday… And Today.
June 20, 1966. Capitol T-2553 (mono), ST-2553 (stereo)

A: “Drive My Car” “I’m Only Sleeping” “Nowhere Man” “Dr. Robert” “Yesterday” “Act Naturally”

B: “And Your Bird Can Sing” “If I Needed Someone” “We Can Work It Out” “What Goes On?” “Day Tripper”

Revolver.
August 8, 1966. Capitol T-2576 (mono), ST-2576 (stereo)

A: “Taxman” “Eleanor Rigby” “Love You To” “Here, There and Everywhere” “Yellow Submarine” “She Said, She Said”

B: “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.
June 2, 1967. Capitol MAS-2653 (mono), SMAS-2653 (stereo)

A: “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!”

B: “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.
November 27, 1967. Capitol MAL-2835 (mono), SMAL-2835 (stereo)

A: “Magical Mystery Tour” “The Fool on the Hill” “Flying” “Blue Jay Way” “Your Mother Should Know” “I Am the Walrus”

B: “Hello Goodbye” “Strawberry Fields Forever” “Penny Lane” “Baby You’re a Rich Man” “All You Need Is Love”

The Beatles
(White Album). November 25, 1968. Apple SO-383 (stereo only)

A: “Back in the U.S.S.R.” “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”

B: “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”

C: “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”

D: “Revolution I” “Honey Pie” “Savoy Truffle” “Cry Baby Cry” “Revolution 9” “Good Night”

Yellow Submarine.
January 13, 1969. Apple SW-153 (stereo only)

A: “Yellow Submarine” “Only a Northern Song” “All Together Now” “Hey Bulldog” “It’s All Too Much” “All You Need Is Love”

B: Seven instrumentals by the George Martin Orchestra

Abbey Road.
October 1, 1969. Apple SO-383 (stereo only)

A: “Come Together” “Something” “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer” “Oh! Darling” “Octopus’s Garden” “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”

B: “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.
February 26, 1970. Apple SW-385 (stereo only)

A: “Can’t Buy Me Love” “I Should Have Known Better” “Paperback Writer” “Rain” “Lady Madonna” “Revolution”

B: “Hey Jude” “Old Brown Shoe” “Don’t Let Me Down” “The Ballad of John and Yoko”

Let It Be.
May 18, 1970. Apple AR-34001 (stereo only)

A: “Two of Us” “I Dig a Pony” “Across the Universe” “I Me Mine” “Dig It” “Let It Be” “Maggie Mae”

B: “I’ve Got a Feeling” “One After 909” “The Long and Winding Road” “For You Blue” “Get Back”

PHOTOGRAPHS

The ten-year-old John Lennon in 1951, standing outside Mendips, his aunt Mimi’s home in Woolton.

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Paul’s fifth-form class at Liverpool Institute, c. 1955.

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Arthur Kelly and George Harrison (age twelve), just days after George got his first guitar.