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Beatles For Sale - The FULL Collage |
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Label | Parlophone | ||||||||||||||||
Catalogue No.'s | PMC 1240 (Mono) PCS 3062 (Stereo) CDP 7 46438 2 (C.D.) |
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Release dates | 4th December 1964 26th February 1987 (CD) |
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Total time | 33:25 | ||||||||||||||||
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Detail : | The Beatles fourth official L.P. release. One month BEFORE it's release there were over half-a-million advance orders, which went up to 750,000 ... at the time, the highest advance orders for ANY album. Consequently it went straight to No.1 - knocking "A Hard Day's Night" off the top slot. It also entered the singles chart where it reached number 22. Sales topped 1,000,000 in Britain alone. The American equivalent album is "Beatles '65" which once again did NOT have a matching track list (what is wrong with these colonials ??) ... but counting the 3,000,000 sales of this album along with the U.K. proper release, we can estimate a worldwide sales figure of "Beatles For Sale" at over 4 million units. We could actually count in the sales of the next U.S. album, "Beatles VI", as this included the six tracks left off of Beatles '65 ! ... this means an extra million could be added, making over 5 million sales.
Incredibly, even though studio techniques were advancing (four-track recorders had now been introduced), three of the tracks
on this L.P. were recorded in just 1 take.
The cover to Beatles For Sale was one of the first "Gatefold" sleeves (was it ACTUALLY the first ??), and included cover
photography by Robert Freeman taken in Hyde Park, with sleeve notes by Derek Taylor. 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 46438 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) - Catalogue number - TC-PMC 1240 (originally released January 1965.)
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Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
No Reply | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 30th September 1964 in 8 takes Final mix - take 8. |
2:14 |
I'm A Loser | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 14th August 1964 in 8 takes Final mix - take 8. |
2:30 |
Baby's In Black | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 11th August 1964 in 14 takes (only five complete) Final mix - take 14. |
2:04 |
Rock And Roll Music | Berry | Recorded 18th October 1964 in just 1 take. | 2:30 |
I'll Follow The Sun | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 18th October 1964 in 8 takes Final mix - take 8. |
1:47 |
Mr. Moonlight | Johnson | Recorded 14th August 1964 the first 4 takes Recorded 18th October 1964 a further 4 takes (5-8) Final mix - take 4 edited with take 8. |
2:33 |
Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey | Lieber-Stoller/Penniman | Incorrectly only listed on the cover as "Kansas City", this is in fact a medley. Recorded 18th October 1964 in 2 takes ... but ... Final mix was Take 1. |
2:31 |
Track | Composer | Recording Information | Time |
Eight Days A Week | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 6th October 1964 in 13 takes Recorded 18th October 1964 takes 14-15, edit pieces for intro and outro Final mix - take 13 edited together with take 15. |
2:42 |
Words Of Love | Holly | Recorded 18th October 1964 in 3 takes Final mix is take 2, with overdubs from take 3. |
2:12 |
Honey Don't | Perkins | Recorded 26th October 1964 in 5 takes Final mix - take 5. |
2:55 |
Every Little Thing | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 29th September 1964 with 4 takes Recorded 30th September 1964 a further 5 takes (5-9) Final mix - take 9. |
2:01 |
I Don't Want To Spoil The Party | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 29th September 1964 in 19 takes (only 5 complete) Final mix - take 19. |
2:32 |
What You're Doing | Lennon-McCartney | Recorded 29th September 1964 first 7 takes - rhythm track only Recorded 30th September 1964 a further 5 takes (8-12) Recorded 26th October 1964 a further 7 takes (13-19) Final mix - take 19. |
2:31 |
Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby | Perkins | Recorded 18th October 1964 in just 1 take. | 2:23 |
"No Reply" | There are differences in the mix between the mono and stereo versions. |
"Words Of Love" | The stereo version is 9 seconds shorter than the mono version. |
First pressings were in Mono AND Stereo versions.Second pressings (1965) - Stereo version ONLY
The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Parlophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
Also note the tax coding "KT" in the middle of the A-side label.
Beatles For Sale - First Pressing Label A-side Beatles For Sale - First Pressing Label B-side
The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.Third Pressings (1969) - Stereo version ONLY
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 standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.Fourth Pressings (1969) - Stereo version ONLY
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label does NOT have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
Now with a silver/black Parlophone label.Fifth 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.Sixth 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.Seventh 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 gatefold 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.