Yesterday (EP)

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Yesterday
Extended Play by The Beatles

Publication
(s)

March 4th 1966

admission

1965

Label (s) Parlophone

Format (s)

EP on vinyl and CD

Genre (s)

Rock, pop

Title (number)

4th

running time

9 min 14 s

occupation
  • Sidney Sax: violin
  • Francisco Gabarro: cello

production

George Martin

Studio (s)

EMI Studios , London

chronology
The Beatles' Million Sellers
(1965) 		Yesterday Nowhere Man
(1966)

Yesterday ( English Yesterday ) is a published on March 4, 1966 EP of the British rock band The Beatles . It was the eleventh EP by the Beatles to be released on Parlophone (catalog number GEP 8948). All four tracks of the EP come from the album Help! . The EP was only released in mono .

background

The EP Yesterday was released seven months after the album Help! in August 1965. In the meantime, the follow-up album Rubber Soul was released in December 1965 , so that the EP Yesterday was no longer released soon.

On September 14, 1965, Act Naturally / Yesterday (number 6 in the charts) was the third single from the album Help! . In the US, the single Yesterday / Act Naturally was released on September 13, 1965 and reached number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 . In Great Britain, Yesterday was only released ten and a half years later, on March 8, 1976, as a separate single with the single B-side I Should Have Known Better .

On March 12, 1966, the EP entered the British EP charts, and Yesterday stayed in the EP charts for a total of 13 weeks, including six weeks at number 1. In the singles charts, the EP could not place.

Each of the Beatles acted as a singer on the four songs of the EP.

Cover design

The cover photo was taken by Robert Whitaker.

Track list

page 1

  1. Yesterday (Lennon / McCartney) - 2:09
    • Recorded June 14th and 17th, 1965. Sung by Paul McCartney.
  2. Act Naturally (Morrison / Russell) - 2:32
    • Recorded on June 17, 1965. Sung by Ringo Starr.

Page 2

  1. You Like Me Too Much (Harrison) - 2:39
    • Recorded on February 17th, 1965. Sung by George Harrison.
  2. It's Only Love (Lennon / McCartney) - 1:54
    • Recorded June 15, 1965. Sung by John Lennon.

Re-releases

The EP Yesterday was pressed into 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.

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