Something New
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Something New ( English Something new ) is the fifth in the United States published album of the British band The Beatles . It was released on July 20, 1964. It is the Beatles' third album to be distributed by Capitol Records . Something New was also released in Germany on September 10, 1964, here it was their fifth album.
Emergence
Since United Artists had financed the first Beatles feature film A Hard Day's Night , the film company for the USA also got the right to distribute the soundtrack , which contained the seven songs on page one of the original British album A Hard Day's Night and the title I'll Cry Contained instead of page two. But United Artists did not have the right to remove Beatles singles from the album, Capitol Records reserved that. Furthermore, Capitol Records was allowed to release songs from the album A Hard Day's Night on their own albums, as long as they did not market it as a soundtrack album.
Less than a month after the release of the soundtrack album A Hard Day's Night , Something New was marketed in the US by Capitol Records. The album contains eight songs from the British album A Hard Day's Night , with the songs Tell Me Why , I'll Cry Instead , I'm Happy Just to Dance with You and If I Fell already on the United Artists album A Hard Day's Night appeared. The album also contains two songs from the EP Long Tall Sally (Slow Down and Matchbox) and the song Komm, give me your hand sung in German .
Something New reached number two on the US Billboard 200 and stayed there for nine weeks, while another Beatles album, A Hard Day's Night , took number one. So Something New was the second album, besides Introducing ... The Beatles , which only reached number two because another Beatles album was already number one in the USA. In January 1997 the album went double-platinum in the US for two million copies.
Something New was released in a mono and a stereo version.
The stereo version contains the original British versions of the songs. I'll Cry Instead was released in the USA in a version extended by almost 20 seconds on the mono version of the album Something New . The mono version of the album also contains other mixes of the songs Any Time at All (the piano was mixed in the background), When I Get Home (the piano was mixed in the foreground) and And I Love Her (single and not doubled vocals). The German version of the album contains a slightly longer version of And I Love Her , which was re-released on March 24, 1980 on the US album The Beatles Rarities .
The album Something New was also released in Peru and Canada .
In the UK, the album was made for export in early 1965 (catalog number: CPCS-101).
Cover design
The cover photo is from Ken Veeder. It was created in February 1964 during the Ed Sullivan Show when the Beatles were on a promotional tour of the United States.
Track list
The titles in bold are on the album A Hard Day's Night .
page 1
| No. | song | author | Lead vocals | length |
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| 1 | I'll Cry Instead | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 1:46 |
| 2 | Things We Said Today | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:35 |
| 3 | Any time at all | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:11 |
| 4th | When I get home | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:17 |
| 5 | Slow down | Larry Williams | Lennon | 2:56 |
| 6th | Matchbox | Carl Perkins | Rigid | 1:58 |
Page 2
| No. | song | author | Lead vocals | length |
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| 7th | Tell Me Why | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon | 2:09 |
| 8th | And I Love Her | Lennon / McCartney | McCartney | 2:30 |
| 9 | I'm happy just to dance with you | Lennon / McCartney | Harrison | 1:56 |
| 10 | If I fell | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon and McCartney |
2:19 |
| 11 | Come give me your hand | Lennon / McCartney | Lennon and McCartney |
2:19 |
Republication
The album Something New was first released on CD in November 2004 as part of the box The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 . The CD contains the mono and the stereo version of the album. In January 2014 Something New was re-released as part of the CD box The US Albums , it was also released separately and again contains the mono and stereo versions of the album. While the original submasters from Capitol Records and not the original masters from Abbey Road Studios were used in the boxes The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 , the albums in The US Albums Box were essentially remastered in September 2009 by the British Mono and stereo tapes used. New mixes were made for the songs Any Time at All (Mono), When I Get Home (Mono), And I Love Her (Mono) and I'll Cry Instead (Mono). The album has been available as a download from iTunes since January 17, 2014 .
Chart positions of the album
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| compilation | Something New | - | July 20, 1964 | Sep 10 1964 | nv | 2 | 38 | - | Capitol T 2080 (mono) ST 2080 (stereo) |
Odeon O 83756 (mono) STO and SMO 83756 (stereo) |
Outcouplings
Singles
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| Come on, give me your hand / she loves you | - | - | Feb. 4, 1964 | nv | nv | 5/7 S2 | - | - | Odeon O 22 671 |
| I'll Cry Instead / A Taste of Honey | - | - | June 19, 1964 | nv | nv | - / - | - | - | Odeon O 22 789 |
| I'll Cry Instead / I'm Happy Just to Dance with You | - | June 20, 1964 | - | nv | 25/95 | nv | - | Capitol 5234 | - |
| And I Love Her / If I Fell | - | June 20, 1964 | - | nv | 12/53 | nv | - | Capitol 5235 | - |
| And I Love Her / I Should Have Known Better | - | - | Aug 4, 1964 | nv | nv | - / 6 S3 | - | - | Odeon O 22 792 |
| Matchbox / Slow Down | - | Aug 24, 1964 | - | nv | 17/25 | nv | - | Capitol 5255 | - |
| Tell Me Why / If I Fell | - | - | 3rd Sep 1964 | nv | nv | - / 25 | - | - | Odeon O 22 797 |
Extended Plays (EPs)
| EP | Release Date | Best placement in the charts | Label catalog no. | |||||||
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| The Beatles' Voice | I'm Happy Just to Dance With You; And I Love Her / Tell Me Why; Any time at all | - | - | Oct 1964 | nv | nv | - | - | - | Odeon 41647 |
US promotional EP
| title | content | Publ. | Label catalog no. |
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| Something New (USA-Jukebox EP) | I'll Cry Instead / And I Love Her / Slow Down / If I Fell / Tell Me Why / Matchbox | Aug 1964 | Capitol SXA-2108 |
literature
- Mark Lewisohn: The Complete Beatles Chronicle. ISBN 0-600-61001-2 .
- Neville Stannard: The Long & Winding Road . ISBN 0-907-08096-0 .
- Ian MacDonald: Revolution in the Head . ISBN 978-0-099-52679-7 .
- Christoph Maus: The Beatles Worldwide . ISBN 978-3-9809137-1-3 .
- Christoph Maus: The Beatles Worldwide II . ISBN 3-9809137-2-4 .
Web links
- Something New
- German edition Something New
- Overview of the US albums
- Further overview of the US albums
Individual evidence
- ↑ Double platinum award
- ↑ Mixing the songs
- ↑ Peruvian Version- Something New
- ↑ Canadian version Something New
- ↑ British export album Something New
- ^ Cover photo of the album Something New
- ^ Cover of the album Something New
- ↑ Information about the mixes of the Box The US albums
- ↑ Jukebox EP Something New
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)