Hey Jude (album)

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Hey Jew
Compilation album by The Beatles

Publication
(s)

February 26, 1970 ( US ) ,
February 27, 1970 ( D ) ,
May 11, 1979 ( UK )

Label (s) Apple Records , Capitol Records , Universal Music

Format (s)

LP ; MC ; CD , download

Genre (s)

Beat music , psychedelic rock

Title (number)

10

running time

32 min 24 s

occupation

production

George Martin

chronology
Abbey Road
1969 		Hey Jew Let It Be
1970

Hey Jude is the 19th album by the British band The Beatles released in the USA . The compilation album was released on February 26, 1970. It is the 17th album by the Beatles, which was distributed by Capitol Records . Hey Jude was released in Germany on February 27, 1970, here it was their 16th album. It wasn't until May 11, 1979 that the album was released in Great Britain due to its great popularity.

Emergence

The selection of the songs for the album Hey Jude was not made by the Capitol Records label , but was initiated by Allen Klein . Klein had negotiated a more lucrative record deal for the group in 1969 as the new manager of the Beatles. Now he saw another album release as an opportunity to benefit financially from this new contract. Klein left the actual task of putting together songs for an album to his colleague Allan Steckler. Steckler chose songs that had not previously appeared on a Capitol Records album released in the US. His selection contained more material from the later years of the Beatles. The lack of songs on the Capitol albums was due, on the one hand, to the fact that the Beatles mostly did not subsequently decouple any tracks from published albums as single, and, on the other hand - in the case of I Should Have Known Better and Can't Buy Me Love - to the fact that that the rights to these songs were initially still with United Artists . Steckler did without the songs A Hard Day's Night , which was released as a single by Capitol Records in 1964 and on the soundtrack album by United Artists, I'm Down , the B-side of the single Help! , and The Inner Light , the B-side of the single Lady Madonna . Outside front also remained From Me to You , Misery and There's a Place , all for the first time in the US on the label Vee-Jay Records had appeared, and she loves you (German language version of She Loves You ) and the single version of Get Back .

Increasingly dissatisfied with Capitol Records 'work in marketing Beatles' products, Apple Records took a more active role in promoting the upcoming album. Steckler also decided not to commission the Capitol Studios with the mastering of the tapes, and instead chose Bell Sound Recording Studios in New York , where Sam Feldman created the master tape.

Originally it was planned to bring the album under the title The Beatles Again on the market. Shortly before the release, the title was changed to Hey Jude , in the hope of benefiting from the huge success of the single of the same name . The name change took place at such short notice that a number of records and audio cassettes had already been labeled with the old name. Records and corresponding audio cassettes under the old name came on the market.

The album was released in a stereo version only . For the release of the album, George Martin made stereo mixes for the songs Lady Madonna and Rain on December 2 and Hey Jude and Revolution on December 5, 1969 at Abbey Road Studios .

A mono version of Hey Jude was released in Brazil , but it was only a down-mixed stereo version and no separate mono version of its own.

In the UK, the album was made for export in March 1970 (catalog number: CPCS-106).

In Spain , when the album was released in 1970, which was titled Beatles Again there , the song The Ballad of John and Yoko was omitted, so that the second side of the album only contained three songs.

The album Hey Jude reached second place on the US charts in March 1970, where it remained for four weeks. In December 1991, the album was multi-platinum in the US for three million copies sold.

Cover design

The photos, which can be seen on the front and back of the album cover , were taken during the last joint photo shoots by the Beatles on August 22, 1969 on the then newly acquired property at Tittenhurst Park from John Lennon . The photographer was Ethan Russell.

Track list

page 1

No. song author Lead vocals length
01 Can't Buy Me Love Lennon / McCartney McCartney 2:19
02 I should have known better Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:39
03 Paperback Writer Lennon / McCartney McCartney 2:14
04th Rain Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:58
05 Lady Madonna Lennon / McCartney McCartney 2:14
06th revolution Lennon / McCartney Lennon 3:21

Page 2

No. song author Lead vocals length
07th Hey Jew Lennon / McCartney McCartney 7:06
08th Old Brown Shoe Harrison Harrison 3:16
09 Don't let me down Lennon / McCartney Lennon 3:30
10 The Ballad of John and Yoko Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:55

Republication

The album was not available on CD until 2014; all songs on the album can also be found on the albums A Hard Day's Night and Past Masters . It was released on CD in January 2014. The album is part of the collection box The US Albums , but is also available separately. The remastered British stereo tapes released in September 2009 were used for the albums in The US Albums Box. The album has been available as a download from iTunes since January 17, 2014 .

Chart positions of the album

album Release Date Best placement in the charts Label catalog no.
Type title GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany
compilation Hey Jew May 11, 1979 Feb. 26, 1970 Feb. 27, 1970 - 2 - Parlophone
PCS 7184 		Apple
SW 385 		Apple
1C 062-04 348

List of singles included on the album

single Release Date Best placement in the charts Label catalog no.
A side / B side GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom US United StatesUnited States DE GermanyGermany
Can't Buy Me Love / You Can't Do That 20 Mar 1964 19 Mar 1964 09 Mar 1964 01 01 / 48th 24 / - Parlophone R5114 Capitol 5150 Odeon O 22 697
Paperback Writer / Rain June 10, 1966 May 30, 1966 June 10, 1966 01 01 /23 01 Parlophone R5452 Capitol 5651 Odeon O 23 210
Lady Madonna / The Inner Light 15th Mar 1968 18 Mar 1968 15th Mar 1968 01 04/96 02 Parlophone R5675 Capitol 2138 Odeon O 23 733
Hey Jew / Revolution Aug 30, 1968 Aug 26, 1968 Aug 26, 1968 01 01 /12 01 Apple R5722 Apple 2276 Odeon / Apple 23 880
Get Back / Don't Let Me Down Apr 11, 1969 05th May 1969 Apr 21, 1969 01 01 /35 01 Apple R5777 Apple 2490 Apple 1C 006-04084
The Ballad of John and Yoko / Old Brown Shoe May 30, 1969 04th June 1969 May 30, 1969 01 08th / - 01 Apple R5786 Apple 2531 Apple 1C 006-04108

literature

  • Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years. ISBN 0-600-61207-4 , p. 194.
  • Neville Stannard: The Long & Winding Road , ISBN 0-907-08096-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The album Hey Jude with the label The Beatles Again
  2. ↑ Mono version of Hey Jude
  3. ↑ British export album Hey Jude
  4. ^ Spanish version of the album Hey Jude
  5. ↑ Multi-platinum award
  6. ↑ Front cover of Hey Jude ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / thebeatlesbeat.com
  7. ↑ Back cover of Hey Jude
  8. ↑ The Beatles Ready Box Set of All 13 US Albums . Billboard website. Retrieved December 13, 2013.