The Beatles (No. 1)

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The Beatles (No. 1)
Extended Play by The Beatles

Publication
(s)

November 1, 1963

admission

February 11, 1963

Label (s) Parlophone

Format (s)

EP on vinyl and CD

Genre (s)

Rock, pop

Title (number)

4th

running time

9 min 59 s

occupation

production

George Martin

Studio (s)

EMI Studios , London

chronology
The Beatles' Hits
(1963) 		The Beatles (No. 1) All My Loving
(1964)

The Beatles (No. 1) is an EP released on November 1, 1963 by the British rock band The Beatles . It was the Beatles' third EP released on Parlophone . All four tracks on the EP come from the album Please Please Me , the group's debut album. The EP was only released in mono .

background

By the time their third UK EP was released, the Beatles had established themselves as the dominant musical force in Britain. Her debut album Please Please Me was number 1 on the British album charts since May 1963, the single of the same name had reached number 2 in the singles charts, the following singles From Me to You and She Loves You topped the charts for months. Both EPs of the group made it to number 1 in the EP charts and were also able to place themselves in the singles charts. At the time of the release of The Beatles (No. 1) , the previously released Beatles EPs were still number 1 and 2 on the EP charts. The Beatles' best ranking (No. 1) was second.

In total, The Beatles (No. 1) stayed in the EP charts for 29 weeks, 11 weeks of which in the top 3. In the singles charts, the EP came to number 19 in the Melody Maker and to number 24 in the New Musical Express (NME).

Cover design

The photo of the cover is from Angus McBean. It was one of the photos he took for the cover of the album Please Please Me. On the back of the cover is an accompanying text from Tony Barrow, the Beatles' press officer.

Track list

As with Twist and Shout , the Beatles' first British EP, all four songs were from the group's first album. The two pieces on the first page were compositions by John Lennon and Paul McCartney , the pieces on the second page were cover versions .

page 1

  1. I Saw Her Standing There ( McCartney / Lennon ) 1) - 2:55
    • First published as track 1 from page 1 of the album Please Please Me , sung by Paul McCartney.
  2. Misery (McCartney / Lennon) - 1:47
    • First published as track 2 from page 1 of the album Please Please Me , sung as a duet by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Page 2

  1. Anna (Go to Him) ( Arthur Alexander ) - 2:54
    • First published as track 3 from page 1 of the album Please Please Me , sung by John Lennon.
  2. Chains ( Gerry Goffin / Carole King ) - 2:23
    • First published as track 4 from page 1 of the album Please Please Me , sung by George Harrison .
1)McCartney was named first in the early Beatles' releases. Only on the single She Loves You did the name change to Lennon / McCartney.

Re-releases

The EP The Beatles (No. 1) 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.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Catalog number GEP 8883
  2. ↑ Bruce Spizer: Beatles for Sale on Parlophone Records . 498 Productions LLC, New Orleans LA 2011, ISBN 978-0-9832957-0-9 , pp. 361 f.