With The Beatles - Front Cover | With The Beatles - Back Cover |
Label | Parlophone | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catalogue No.'s | PMC 1206 (mono) PCS 3045 (stereo) CDP 7 46436 2 (C.D.) |
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Release dates | 22nd November 1963 26th February 1987 (CD) |
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Total time | 32:43 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
U.K. Album Chart Detail : |
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Detail : | The Beatles second official L.P. release. Two weeks BEFORE release, "With The Beatles" had advance orders of 270,000, and before the first week of release was out, the half-a-million figure had been beaten. The album received a lot less worldwide newspaper coverage than expected as it was released on the same day as the assasination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas ! They were actually awarded a Silver disc (for sales of 250,000) on November 18th 1963, 4 days BEFORE release ! By mid January 1964 885,000 had been sold in the U.K. and by the end of 1964, the total was 980,000. The ONE MILLION mark arrived by September 1965, making this album the FIRST EVER British album to sell 1,000,000 copies in the U.K. (Note though, that it was NOT the first to sell one million in the U.K., one other album achieved this feat in November 1963 when the American soundtrack album "South Pacific" after six years on release made it. The Beatles did it in less than two !) The American version of this album, Meet The Beatles bizarrely left off five of the tracks, but sold over 5 million copies. This makes combined sales for The Beatles second album of over 6.5 million.
Chartwise, this L.P. replaced "Please Please Me" at the number one slot, and remained there for 21 weeks. The cover was a very artful half-shadow black-and-white shot of The Beatles taken by Robert Freeman inside the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth. The album was also part of "The Beatles Collection" 13 album box set (see Beatles Collection).
On 26th February 1987 this album had it's first release on C.D. which was published in Mono(!) with a catalogue number of
CDP 7 46436 2
The C.D. was also part of "The Beatles Box" 15 C.D. box set (see Beatles C.D. Box).
09/09/09 (Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine) - the album was re-released as part of the Beatles In Stereo Remasters collection.
Tape Media
Prior to 1973: In November 1987 the album was re-released on cassette tape (mono only !) on the original catalogue number - TC-PMC 1206.
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Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
It Won't Be Long | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 30th July 1963 in 2 attempts. 8 takes, plus 2 edit pieces of the ending (takes 1-10) 7 takes (takes 11-17), plus 6 edit pieces (takes 18-23) Final mix being take 17 and edit piece 21 |
2:11 |
All I've Got To Do | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th September 1963 in 14 takes (8 false starts !), plus 1 overdub onto, Final mix - Take 15. |
2:01 |
All My Loving | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 30th July 1963 in 11 takes, plus 3 edit pieces Final mix being take 11 with edit piece take 14 |
2:06 |
Don't Bother Me | Harrison | Recorded 11th September 1963 in 4 takes, plus 3 overdubs. Recorded 12th September 1963 in 10 more takes, numbered 10-19 Final mix being Take 13 with take 15 overdubbed. |
2:26 |
Little Child | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th September 1963, 2 takes, plus, Recorded 12th September 1963, 16 takes (3-18) Final mix being take 7, with overdubs from takes 13, 15 and 18. |
1:45 |
Till There Was You | Willson | Recorded 18th July 1963 in 3 takes (not used) Recorded 30th July 1963 with 5 more takes (takes 4-8) Final mix used take 8 |
2:14 |
Please Mister Postman | Holland | Recorded 30th July 1963 in 9 takes Final mix - being Take 7, with take 9 as an overdub. |
2:34 |
Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Roll Over Beethoven | Berry | Recorded 30th July 1963 in 5 takes, plus 3 edit pieces. Final mix was take 5, plus edit pieces 7 & 8 |
2:44 |
Hold Me Tight | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th February 1963 with 13 takes, but these were abandoned. Recorded 12th September 1963 in 10 takes, now numbered 20-29 Final mix being take 26 edited with take 29 |
2:29 |
You Really Got A Hold On Me | Robinson | Recorded 18th July 1963 in 7 takes (3 false starts), plus 4 edit pieces. Final mix - Take 7 plus edit pieces 10 and 11 |
3:00 |
I Wanna Be Your Man | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th September 1963, just 1 take, then, Recorded 12th September 1963 in 6 takes (2-7) Final mix was take 7 which had some more later overdubs. |
1:56 |
Devil In Her Heart | Drapkin | Recorded 18th July 1963 in 3 takes, plus 3 overdubs Finishing with a finished version, Take 6. |
2:25 |
Not A Second Time | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th September 1963 in 5 takes, with takes 6-9 being overdubs onto, Final mix take 5. |
2:05 |
Money | Bradford-Gordy | Recorded 18th July 1963 in 6 takes, plus 1 piano edit piece plus, 30th July 1963 - 7 more piano edit pieces (Takes 8-14) The mono mix was prepared 21st August 1963 BEFORE the next overdubs ... Overdubs 30th September 1963 onto take 7 Final stereo mix which had further overdubs, was "Take 7". |
2:47 |
"Money" | The stereo version has a prominent guitar at the start, which is not on the mono version. The mono and stereo piano intro's are different, and the instrumentation is different throughout. |
Never on gold lettering, this release first appears with the typical yellow block writing.Second pressings (1963)
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Parlophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Recording first published 1963", but NOT "Sold in the U.K..." statements.
Side 2: Label incorrectly spells track 3 as "You Really Gotta Hold on Me"
Side 2: The publishing credit for "Money" says "Jobete"
Very first pressings also spell "Domion" instead of Dominion !
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is larger than in later editions.
Same as first pressing, except ... the Side 2 labelling is corrected:Third Pressings (1963)
Track 3 now spelt "You Really Got A Hold On Me"
The publishing credit for "Money" now says "Dominion, Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd"
The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.Fourth Pressings (1969)
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is smaller.
The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.Fifth Pressings (1969) - Stereo version ONLY
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label does NOT have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is smaller.
Now with a silver/black Parlophone label.Sixth Pressings (1973) - Stereo version ONLY
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
The label has one EMI boxed logo.
Silver/black Parlophone label.Seventh Pressings (1982) - Mono version ONLY
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
The label has TWO EMI boxed logos.
Now with a yellow/black Parlophone label.Eighth Pressings (1995) - Mono version ONLY
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
This release is on a lightweight vinyl.
Now with a Black and Silver Parlophone label.
The sleeve has a printed statement which reads:
"This album has been Direct Metal Mastered From a Digitally Re-mastered Original Tape to give the best possible sound quality"
This release is (surprisingly) on a lightweight vinyl.