The Beatles' Second Album

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The Beatles' Second Album
The Beatles' studio album

Publication
(s)

April 10, 1964

Label (s) Capitol Records , EMI , Universal Music

Format (s)

LP , CD , download

Title (number)

11

running time

26 min 56 s

occupation

production

George Martin

Studio (s)

Abbey Road Studios

chronology
Meet the Beatles!
(1964) 		The Beatles' Second Album A Hard Day's Night
(1964)

The Beatles' Second Album ( English The second Beatles album ) is the third album released in the US by the British band The Beatles . It was released on April 10, 1964. It is the second Beatles album to be distributed by Capitol Records .

Emergence

On January 10, 1964, the album Introducing… The Beatles by Vee-Jay Records was released in the USA , ten days later the album Meet the Beatles! . On April 10, 1964, the third album, The Beatles' Second Album , followed, which Capitol Records saw as the second album by the Beatles.

The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven

The album contains the remaining five songs from the British album With the Beatles , two songs from the EP Long Tall Sally ( Long Tall Sally and I Call Your Name) , the single She Loves You / I'll Get You (released by Swan Records) as well as the two single B-sides: Thank You Girl (single A-side: From Me to You , published by Vee-Jay Records ) and You Can't Do That (single A-side: Can't Buy Me Love ).

During the preparations for the album, Capitol Records was involved in various legal disputes with Vee-Jay Records, so that Capitol decided not to use songs from the album Introducing ... The Beatles . Nevertheless, the title Thank You Girl was used for the album The Beatles' Second Album , for which Capitol Records had to acquire a license. Swan Records only had the right to sell the songs She Loves You / I'll Get You as a single, so Capitol Records was able to use the number one single for the album. The two songs Long Tall Sally and I Call Your Name were only available in the UK on June 19, 1964.

From The Beatles' Second Album , Capitol Records began to publish only eleven songs on their Beatles compilation albums instead of twelve in order to save license fees. This release policy was repeated with the albums Something New , Beatles '65 , Beatles VI , Yesterday and Today and Magical Mystery Tour .

The Beatles 'Second Album became the Beatles' second number one album in the United States. It stayed at this position on the chart for five weeks. On May 2, 1964, the Beatles ranked 4th (Introducing… The Beatles) , 2nd (Meet the Beatles!) And 1st (The Beatles' Second Album) on the US Billboard 200 . In January 1997 the album went double-platinum in the US for two million copies.

The album was released in a mono and a stereo version. The mono version of the album is essentially the downmixed British stereo version. For the song You Can't Do That , George Martin made a mono mix for US releases. Early mono and stereo mixdowns were used for Long Tall Sally and I Call Your Name . In the reworked stereo version of the album, no stereo mixes of the songs She Loves You and I'll Get You were used, but so-called duophonic mixes (fake stereo).

The album The Beatles' Second Album was also in Colombia and Canada published.

The long-playing record was produced with a completely different cover design for American and British military personnel stationed in Germany (release: July 13, 1964, catalog number: Odeon ZTOX 5558) and reached number 50 on the German album hit parade.

In the UK, the album was made for export in early 1965 (catalog number: CPCS-102).

Cover design

The twelve cover photos for The Beatles' Second Album are by Joe Covello. They were created in February 1964 ( Ed Sullivan show, press conference at Kennedy Airport, concert at Washington Coliseum), when the Beatles were doing a promotional tour through the USA. The designer of the cover is George Osaki.

Track list

The titles in bold are on the album With the Beatles .

page 1
No. song author Lead vocals length
01 Roll over Beethoven Chuck Berry Harrison 2:45
02 Thank you girl Lennon / McCartney Lennon and McCartney 2:01
03 You Really Got a Hold on Me Smokey Robinson Lennon 3:01
04th Devil in Her Heart Richard P. Drapkin Harrison 2:26
05 Money (That's What I Want) Janie Bradford / Berry Gordy Lennon 2:49
06th You Can't Do That Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:35
Page 2
No. song author Lead vocals length
07th Long Tall Sally Enotris Johnson ,
Robert Blackwell ,
Richard Penniman 		McCartney 2:03
08th I call your name Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:09
09 Please Mr. Postman Garrett / Dobbins /
Brian Holland /
Gorman / Bateman		 Lennon 2:34
10 I'll get you Lennon / McCartney Lennon 2:05
11 She loves you Lennon / McCartney Lennon and McCartney 2:19

Republication

The album The Beatles' Second Album was first released on CD in November 2004 as part of the box The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 . The CD contains the mono and stereo versions of the album. In January 2014, The Beatles' Second Album 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 You Can't Do That (Mono), Long Tall Sally (Mono) and I Call Your Name (Mono). 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 The Beatles' Second Album - Apr 10, 1964 - nv 1 50 A2 - Capitol
T 2080 (mono)
ST 2080 (stereo) 		-

Outcouplings

Singles

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
She Loves You / I'll Get You 23 Aug 1963 16 Sep 1963 Aug 31, 1963 01 01 / - 07 / - Parlophone R5055 Swan 4152 Odeon O 22 554
Roll Over Beethoven / Misery - Oct 11, 1965 - nv - / - nv - Capitol Starline 6065 -

Singles released in Canada were partially imported into the United States. Two of these imports reached chart positions, the songs from one of the two singles are on the album The Beatles' Second Album :

A side / B side Publ. Best pos. Label catalog no.
Roll Over Beethoven / Please Mr. Postmann 0Dec 9, 1963 68 Capitol 72133

Extended Plays (EPs)

EP Release Date Best placement in the charts Label catalog no.
title Songs 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
Four by the Beatles Roll Over Beethoven; All My Loving / This Boy; Please Mr. Postman - May 11, 1964 - nv 92 nv - Capitol
EAP-1-2121 		-

US promotional EPs

title content Publ. Label catalog no.
The Beatles' Second Interview (USA Promo EP) Open End Interview / Roll Over Beethoven / Please Mr. Postman / Thank You Girl  Apr. 1964 Capitol Pro-2598/9
The Beatles' Second Album (USA-Jukebox EP) Thank You Girl / Devil in Her Heart / Money / Long Tall Sally / I Call Your Name / Please Mr. Postman  Apr. 1964 Capitol SXA-2080

Japanese publication

In Japan , the second album The Beatles' Second Album (catalog number ODEON OR-7058) was released on June 5, 1964, exclusively in mono . The album contained not only 14 instead of 12 songs - as in the USA - but also a different track list. The first edition of the long-playing record was pressed on red vinyl.

Track list

page 1

  1. Can't Buy Me Love - 2:15
  2. Do You Want to Know a Secret - 1:59
  3. Thank You Girl - 2:01
  4. A Taste of Honey - 2:05
  5. It Won't Be Long - 2:11
  6. I Wanna Be Your Man - 1:59
  7. There's a Place - 1:53

Page 2

  1. Roll Over Beethoven - 2:48
  2. Misery - 1:48
  3. Boys - 2:28
  4. Devil in Her Heart - 2:29
  5. Not a Second Time - 2:03
  6. Money (That's What I Want) - 2:52
  7. Till There Was You - 2:13

Republication

The album The Beatles' Second Album was first released on CD in June 2014 as part of the box The Japan Box . The CD contains the mono version of the album.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Multi-platinum award
  2. ↑ Mixing the songs-1964
  3. ^ Mixtures of the songs-1963
  4. ↑ Colombian version: The Beatles' Second Album
  5. ↑ Canadian version: The Beatles' Second Album
  6. ↑ British export album The Beatles' Second Album
  7. ^ Cover of the album The Beatles' Second Album
  8. ↑ Information about the mixes of the Box The US albums
  9. ↑ USA promotional EP The Beatles' Second Interview
  10. ↑ USA promotional EP The Beatles' Second Album
  11. ↑ The Beatles' Second Album at Discogs (English)