A Collection of Beatles Oldies
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A Collection of Beatles Oldies ( English A collection of old Beatles songs ) is the first compilation album and a total of eighth album by the British group The Beatles , which was released on December 10, 1966 in Great Britain. In Germany the album was only released on February 24, 1971, here it was their 18th album, including the compilation albums . The album was not released in the USA .
Emergence
Due to the upcoming Christmas festivities, it made sense to bring out an album. However, the Beatles pursued other activities and showed no interest in interrupting them. John Lennon was in Spain filming How I Won the War, directed by Richard Lester , George Harrison was in India , Paul McCartney in Kenya and was also busy composing the soundtrack for The Family Way . Ringo Starr was in the Bahamas and Spain.
Brian Epstein informed Parlophone at the end of October that, for the first time since 1963, the Beatles would not produce a new album or a single for the Christmas season. So it was decided to put together an album with older tracks that would include the eleven number one hits in the UK to date. For buyers in Europe, A Collection of Oldies ... but Goldies brought at least one track that was previously only released in the USA : a cover version of the rock 'n' roll piece Bad Boy by Larry Williams , the song originally appeared on the US American album Beatles VI . With the release of this album, all Beatles songs were released on both sides of the Atlantic. All subsequent studio album releases contained identical titles worldwide.
For the compilation album, George Martin remixed five songs, Paperback Writer on October 31, I Want to Hold Your Hand on November 7, She Loves You on November 8, and Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out on November 10, 1966 . Furthermore, the album contains slightly different versions of two songs: the stereo version of from Me to You the missing harmonica -Introduction of the mono version ; I Feel Fine begins with a two second long whisper that was not heard on the single version. The album contains a total of eight songs that were not previously available on LP in the UK: She Loves You , From Me to You , We Can Work It Out , I Feel Fine , Bad Boy , Day Tripper , Paperback Writer and I Want to Hold your hand .
The subtitle "... but Goldies" on the back of the album cover is an indication that six of the tracks on the LP had been awarded a gold record in Great Britain . Twelve of the pieces had sold more than a million times in the US, nine of which reached number one on the US charts. Not included on the album was the UK top ten hit Please Please Me , which reached number 2 in the UK.
The album was released in December 1966 in the following European countries, among others: Denmark , France , the Netherlands , Italy and Sweden . In the Federal Republic of Germany, the compilation album The Beatles' Greatest , which contains seven songs from A Collection of Beatles Oldies , was released on June 18, 1965 , so Odeon decided against a timely publication. The album was only released in the Federal Republic of Germany on February 24, 1971.
On the other hand, it is one of only four albums that came onto the market via the Amiga record label in the GDR . A Collection of Beatles Oldies was released in January 1974 in the GDR. After The Beatles from 1965, it was the second Beatles album to be released in the GDR.
In the USA, Capitol Records decided not to release the album , although no greatest hits album had been released to date .
The album A Collection of Beatles Oldies entered the UK charts at number 7 on December 14, 1966 and reached the highest chart position at number 6 the following week. It was the Beatles' first album in Great Britain to not hit number one on the charts reached.
The album was released in the UK in a mono and a stereo version. In the Federal Republic of Germany the album was only distributed in stereo mix.
Republication
The album has not yet been released legally on CD .
Explanations of the songs
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She loves you
- Released on August 23, 1963 as the fourth single. She Loves You reached number 1 on the British charts on September 4, 1963. 1.6 million singles were sold in the UK, making it the top-selling single there until 1978. (In 1978 it was replaced by the single Mull of Kintyre ).
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From me to you
- Released April 11, 1963 as the group's third single. The title reached number 1 on the charts and sold more than 250,000 times.
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We Can Work It Out
- Released December 3, 1965 as the group's eleventh single, along with Day Tripper, the Beatles' first double A-side single. Among other things, number 1 on the charts in Great Britain and the USA. The single sold a million copies in the UK.
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Help!
- Released July 23, 1965 as the group's tenth single. In the first week after publication, half a million records were sold in Great Britain, a total of 900,000 singles were sold there.
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Michelle
- Released on December 3, 1965 on the Beatles' sixth album Rubber Soul . Michelle was not released as a single in the UK. On January 21, 1966, the single Michelle / Girl was released in Germany .
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Yesterday
- In the UK, Yesterday was released as a single on March 5, 1976. The track was released on September 13, 1965 as a single in the US with the B-side Act Naturally . In Germany, the single was released on September 14, 1965, but with Act Naturally as the A-side and Yesterday as the B-side.
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I feel fine
- Released November 27, 1964 as the group's eighth single. One million copies had been sold in the UK by December 1964. In the United States, one million records were sold within a week of its release.
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Yellow Submarine
- Released August 5, 1966 as the group's 13th single and the Beatles' second double A-side single, co-starring with Eleanor Rigby . The single sold 455,000 copies in the UK.
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Can't Buy Me Love
- Released March 20, 1964 as the Beatles' sixth single. The single sold 1.2 million copies in the UK.
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Bad Boy ( Larry Williams )
- This cover version of a Larry Williams track was created while recording the album Help! . In the United States, the song appeared in June 1965 on the Capitol album Beatles VI .
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Day gonorrhea
- Released December 3, 1965 as the group's eleventh single, Day Tripper was the Beatles' first double A-side single along with We Can Work It Out .
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A hard day's night
- Released July 10, 1964 as the group's seventh single. The single sold a million copies in the UK.
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Ticket to Ride
- Released as the ninth single in the UK on April 9, 1965. The single sold 700,000 copies in the UK.
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Paperback Writer
- Released as the Beatles' twelfth single. It was published on May 30, 1966 in the USA and on June 10, 1966 in Europe. The single sold 500,000 copies in the UK.
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Eleanor Rigby
- Released on August 5, 1966 on the album Revolver . It was the 13th single release in the UK and the second double A-side single released simultaneously with Yellow Submarine .
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I want to hold your hand
- Released on November 29, 1963 in Great Britain as the fifth single by the Beatles, it sold and sold 1.5 million copies there, making it the second best-selling single in Great Britain after She Loves You until 1978.
Cover design
The cover design of the LP does not show the Beatles, but a painted picture of David Christian, the photo on the back is by Robert Whitaker, it shows the Beatles at the beginning of July 1966 in the Hilton Hotel in Tokyo during their Japan tour.
Track list
| No. | song | author | Lead vocals | length | Initial release |
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| 1 | She loves you | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 2:19 | Single A-side |
| 2 | From me to you | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 1:54 | Single A-side |
| 3 | We Can Work It Out | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:11 | Single A-side |
| 4th | Help! | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:18 | from the album Help! |
| 5 | Michelle | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:40 | from the album Rubber Soul |
| 6th | Yesterday | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:03 | from the album Help! |
| 7th | I feel fine | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:21 | Single A-side |
| 8th | Yellow Submarine | Lennon / McCartney | Rigid | 2:36 | from the album Revolver |
| No. | song | author | Lead vocals | length | Initial release |
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| 9 | Can't Buy Me Love | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:08 | from the album A Hard Day's Night |
| 10 | Bad boy | Williams | Lennon | 2:18 | from the album Beatles VI |
| 11 | Day gonorrhea | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:49 | Single A-side |
| 12 | A hard day's night | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:31 | from the album A Hard Day's Night |
| 13 | Ticket to Ride | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 3:01 | from the album Help! |
| 14th | Paperback Writer | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:15 | Single A-side |
| 15th | Eleanor Rigby | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:02 | from the album Revolver |
| 16 | I want to hold your hand | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon and McCartney | 2:26 | Single A-side |
Chart positions of the album
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| compilation | A Collection of Beatles Oldies | Dec 10, 1966 | - | Feb. 24, 1971 | 6th | nv | - | Parlophone PMC 7016 (mono) PCS 7016 (stereo) |
- | Odeon 1C 062-04 258 |
Different publications in other countries
- In Japan , the album was released in stereo in February 1967. The record was also pressed on red vinyl.
- In Colombia , the album was released in the spring of 1967 with a modified track list. The album contains only twelve tracks, including the songs Strawberry Fields Forever , Penny Lane , Slow Down , Matchbox and Rain .
List of British singles included on the album
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| From Me to You / Thank You Girl | Apr 11, 1963 | May 27, 1963 | Apr 8, 1963 | 1 | 116 / - | - / - | Parlophone R5015 | Vee Jay VJ 522 | Odeon O 22 416 |
| She Loves You / I'll Get You | 23 Aug 1963 | 16 Sep 1963 | Aug 31, 1963 | 1 | 1 / - | 7 / - | Parlophone R5055 | Swan 4152 | Odeon O 22 554 |
| I Want to Hold Your Hand / This Boy (USA: I Saw Her Standing There , Germany: Roll Over Beethoven ) | Nov 29, 1963 | Jan. 13, 1964 | Nov 29, 1963 | 1 | 1 / 14th | 1 | Parlophone R5084 | Capitol 5112 | Odeon O 22 623 |
| Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That | March 20, 1964 | March 19, 1964 | March 9, 1964 | 1 | 1 / 48th | 24 / - | Parlophone R5114 | Capitol 5150 | Odeon Ow22 697 |
| A Hard Day's Night / Things We Said Today (USA: I Should Have Known Better ) | June 10, 1964 | June 13, 1964 | June 1, 1964 | 1 | 1 /53 | 2 / - | Parlophone R5160 | Capitol 5222 | Odeon O 22 760 |
| I Feel Fine / She's a Woman | Nov 27, 1964 | Nov 23, 1964 | Nov 11, 1964 | 1 | 1 /4 | 3 | Parlophone R5200 | Capitol 5327 | Odeon O 22 851 |
| Ticket to Ride / Yes It Is | Apr 9, 1965 | Apr 14, 1965 | Apr 29, 1965 | 1 | 1 /46 | 2 | Parlophone R5265 | Capitol 5407 | Odeon O 22 950 |
| Help! / I'm Down | June 23, 1965 | June 19, 1965 | June 16, 1965 | 1 | 1 / - | 2 | Parlophone R5305 | Capitol 5476 | Odeon O 23 023 |
| We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper | December 3, 1965 | Dec 6, 1965 | December 3, 1965 | 1 | 1 /5 | 2 | Parlophone R5389 | Capitol 5555 | Odeon O 23 122 |
| Paperback Writer / Rain | June 10, 1966 | May 30, 1966 | June 10, 1966 | 1 | 1 /23 | 1 | Parlophone R5452 | Capitol 5651 | Odeon O 23 210 |
| Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby | Aug 5, 1966 | Aug 8, 1966 | Aug 5, 1966 | 1 | 2/11 | 1 | Parlophone R5493 | Capitol 5715 | Odeon O 23 280 |
literature
- Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years . ISBN 0-600-61207-4 .
- Neville Stannard: The Long & Winding Road . ISBN 0-907080-96-0 .
- Christoph Maus: The Beatles Worldwide . ISBN 978-3-9809137-1-3 .
Web links
- Detailed information on the album (English)
- Further information about the album (English)
- Further information about the album 2 (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Cover of the GDR album A Collection of Beatles Oldies
- ↑ Cover of the album A Collection of Beatles Oldies
- ↑ Back cover of the album A Collection of Beatles Oldies
- ↑ Japanese version: A Collection of Beatles Oldies… But Goldies
- ↑ Colombian version: A Collection of Beatles Oldies… But Goldies
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Band members:
John Lennon • Paul McCartney • George Harrison • Ringo Starr
Studio albums / core catalog:
Please Please Me (1963) |
With the Beatles (1963) |
A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
Beatles for Sale (1964) |
Help! (1965) |
Rubber Soul (1965) |
Revolver (1966) |
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) |
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) |
The Beatles (1968) |
Yellow Submarine (1969) |
Abbey Road (1969) |
Let It Be (1970)
Live albums:
Live! at the Star Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962 (1977) |
The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (1977)
Albums with unreleased material:
The Beatles' First (1964) |
The Beatles Christmas Album (1970) |
Sessions (originally planned: 1985) |
Live at the BBC (1994) |
Anthology 1 (1995) |
Anthology 2 (1996) |
Anthology 3 (1996) |
On Air - Live at the BBC Volume 2 (2013) |
The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 (2013)
Remix albums / alternate versions:
Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999) |
Let It Be… Naked (2003) |
Love (2006)
International compilations:
1962–1966 (1973) |
1967-1970 (1973) |
Rock 'n' Roll Music (1976) |
Love Songs (1977) |
Rarities (1979) |
Reel Music (1982) |
20 Greatest Hits (1982) |
Past Masters (1988) |
1 (2000) |
Anthology Highlights (2011) |
Tomorrow Never Knows (2012)
British Compilations:
A Collection of Beatles Oldies (1966) |
The Beatles Ballads (1980) |
The Beatles Box (1980)
American compilations:
Introducing… The Beatles (1964) |
Meet the Beatles! (1964) |
The Beatles' Second Album (1964) |
A Hard Day's Night (Soundtrack) (1964) |
Something New (1964) |
The Beatles' Story (1964) |
Beatles '65 (1964) |
The Early Beatles (1965) |
Beatles VI (1965) |
Help! (Soundtrack) (1965) |
Rubber Soul (US version) (1965) |
Yesterday and Today (1966) |
Revolver (US version) (1966) |
Hey Jude (1970) |
Rarities (US version) (1980)
German compilations:
The Beatles Beat (1964) |
The Beatles' Greatest (1965) |
The Beatles GDR album (1965)
Box sets:
The Singles Collection 1962–1970 (1976/77/82) |
The Beatles Collection (1978) |
The Beatles EPs Collection (1981) |
The Beatles Box Set (1988) |
The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 (2004) |
The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (2006) |
The Beatles Stereo Box Set (2009) |
The Beatles in Mono (2009) |
The US Albums (2014) |
The Japan Box (2014) |
The Singles Collection Box (2019)
British EPs:
Twist and Shout (1963) |
The Beatles' Hits (1963) |
The Beatles (No. 1) (1963) |
All My Loving (1964) |
Long Tall Sally (1964) |
Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
Beatles for Sale (1965) |
Beatles for Sale (No. 2) (1965) |
The Beatles' Million Sellers (1965) |
Yesterday (1966) |
Nowhere Man (1966) |
Magical Mystery Tour (1967) |
Baby It's You (1995) |
Free as a Bird (1995) |
Real Love (1996)
British Singles:
Love Me Do (1962) |
Please Please Me (1963) |
From Me to You (1963) |
She Loves You (1963) |
I Want to Hold Your Hand (1963) |
Can't Buy Me Love (1964) |
A Hard Day's Night (1964) |
I Feel Fine (1964) |
Ticket to Ride (1965) |
Help! (1965) |
We Can Work It Out / Day Tripper (1965) |
Paperback Writer (1966) |
Yellow Submarine / Eleanor Rigby (1966) |
Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane (1967) |
All You Need Is Love (1967) |
Hello, Goodbye (1967) |
Lady Madonna (1968) |
Hey Jew / Revolution (1968) |
Get Back / Don't Let Me Down (1969) |
The Ballad of John and Yoko (1969) |
Something / Come Together (1969) |
Let It Be (1970) |
Free as a Bird (1995) |
Real Love (1996)