Long Tall Sally (EP)

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Long Tall Sally
Extended Play by The Beatles

Publication
(s)

June 19, 1964

admission

March 1 and June 1, 1964

Label (s) Parlophone

Format (s)

EP on vinyl and CD

Genre (s)

Rock, pop

Title (number)

4th

running time

9 min 6 s

occupation

production

George Martin

Studio (s)

EMI Studios , London

chronology
All My Loving
(1964) 		Long Tall Sally Extracts from the Film A Hard Day's Night
(1964)

Long Tall Sally ( English Lange large Sally ) is a published on 19 June 1964 EP of the British rock band The Beatles . It was the fifth EP of the Beatles to be released on Parlophone (catalog number GEP 8913) and the first EP to contain hitherto unreleased songs. The EP was only released in mono .

background

The EP Long Tall Sally was released in the period between the release of the Beatles' sixth single in March 1964 and the premiere of their first feature film Yeah Yeah Yeah in July 1964. Can't Buy Me Love was and was released in March 1964 Another number one hit not just in the UK but also in the US. The shooting for the first feature film lasted from the beginning of March 1964 to the end of April 1964.

On July 2, 1964, the EP entered the EP charts at number 2, and the following week it took first place, which it held for six weeks. In total, Long Tall Sally stayed in the EP charts for 37 weeks, including 23 weeks in the top 5. In the singles charts, the EP came to number 14 in Melody Maker and to number 11 in the New Musical Express (NME).

Cover design

The photo of the cover is from Robert Freeman . On the back of the cover there is an accompanying text by Derek Taylor , the press officer for the Beatles.

In Germany, the EP was published in August 1964 (catalog number: Odeon O 41638) with a different cover.

Track list

For the first time an EP was released that only contained new material for British buyers. It was also the first EP on which Ringo Starr appeared as a singer. In the US, Capitol Records distributed the four pieces on two albums. The songs from page 1 of the EP were used for The Beatles' Second Album , the songs from page 2 for Something New .

To put together the EP, the Beatles used three classic rock 'n' roll pieces that were part of their early live repertoire. There was also an early Lennon composition that had previously been published by another artist and was first recorded for this EP by the Beatles.

page 1

  1. Long Tall Sally ( Enotris Johnson , Robert Blackwell , Richard Penniman ) - 2:03
    am First released in the UK, previously released in the US on April 10, 1964 on Capitol's The Beatles' Second Album . The song was sung by Paul McCartney. This song, originally published by Little Richard in March 1956, was part of the Beatles' live repertoire. The recording was made on March 1, 1964, and it was possibleto achieve the perfect versionin the first take , so no further attempts were necessary.
  2. I Call Your Name ( Lennon / McCartney ) - 2:09
    am First released in the UK, previously released in the US on April 10, 1964 on Capitol's The Beatles' Second Album . This piece, written and sung by John Lennon, was made before the Beatles and is one of his earliest pieces. The piece first appeared in a version by Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas , who published it on July 26, 1963 as the B-side of the Lennon / McCartney composition Bad to Me . Also recorded on March 1, 1964.

Page 2

  1. Slow Down ( Larry Williams ) - 2:56
    First published on this EP, recorded June 1, 1964. Producer George Martin played the piano. Appearedin the USA on July 20, 1964 on the Capitol album Something New . The singer was John Lennon. This composition wasalreadypart of the Beatles' live repertoireat the Hamburg Star Club . The group had also played the song once before on one of their BBC radio appearances. This version appeared on the 1994 album Live at the BBC .
  2. Matchbox ( Carl Perkins ) - 1:58
    First published on this EP, recorded June 1, 1964 in the presence of Carl Perkins, who was not actively involved. Appearedin the USA on July 20, 1964 on the Capitol album Something New . Ringo Starr took over the vocals on this cover version of a Carl Perkins piece from 1957. The Beatles had previously played the piece on two of their BBC radio appearances. One of these recordings also appeared on the 1994 album Live at the BBC . It was also part of the band's program during their engagement in the Hamburg Star Club in 1962. There, however, John Lennon sang the title.

Re-releases

The EP Long Tall Sally was pressed until the 1970s. In December 1981, the EP was released as part of the The Beatles EPs Collection box set , which included all UK EPs. On May 26, 1992, this set was released with the slightly changed title The Beatles Compact Disc EP. Collection as CD edition.

Until 1976, the songs on the EP were not available on an album in the UK. That changed only with the publication of the compilation Rock 'n' Roll Music . This was the first time that the tracks could be heard in stereo mixes . The mono versions were included in the 1979 compilation Rarities . The songs first appeared on CD in 1988 on the album Past Masters · Volume One .

Another re-release took place in November 2014 as part of Record Store Day . The mastering was carried out at Abbey Road Studios . The mastering was based on the original analogue tapes.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruce Spizer: Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records . 498 Productions LLC, New Orleans LA 2011, ISBN 978-0-9832957-0-9 . P. 369 f.
  2. ^ Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions: The Official Story of the Abbey Road Years , Hamlyn, London 1988, ISBN 0-600-61207-4 , p. 41.
  3. ↑ Bruce Spizer: Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records . 498 Productions LLC, New Orleans LA 2011, p. 370.
  4. ↑ Record Store Day Republication