Vinyl Album - The Beatles - Beatles For Sale - Parlophone

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Beatles
Title:	Beatles For Sale
Label:	Parlophone
Country:	UK
Catalogue:	PMC 1240
Date:	4 Dec 1964
Format:	Mono LP (also Stereo LP)
Genre:	Pop, Rock
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	117 Own, 6 Want
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Beatles	No Reply	Lennon, McCartney	8.7 Rate
A2	The Beatles	I'm A Loser	Lennon, McCartney	8.2 Rate
A3	The Beatles	Baby's In Black	Lennon, McCartney	7.5 Rate
A4	The Beatles	Rock And Roll Music	Berry	8.2 Rate
A5	The Beatles	I'll Follow The Sun	Lennon, McCartney	7.8 Rate
A6	The Beatles	Mr. Moonlight	Johnson	6.5 Rate
A7	The Beatles	Kansas City	Lieber, Stoller	7.0 Rate
B1	The Beatles	Eight Days A Week	Lennon, McCartney	8.4 Rate
B2	The Beatles	Words Of Love	Holly	7.3 Rate
B3	The Beatles	Honey Don't	Perkins	5.8 Rate
B4	The Beatles	Every Little Thing	Lennon, McCartney	8.1 Rate
B5	The Beatles	I Don't Want To Spoil The Party	Lennon, McCartney	7.7 Rate
B6	The Beatles	What You're Doing	Lennon, McCartney	7.8 Rate
B7	The Beatles	Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby	Perkins	5.9 Rate

Notes

UK Chart Entry: 12 Dec 1964
Highest Position: 1
Total Weeks on Chart: 46
Released in Mono and Stereo Versions
Produced by George Martin.
Photography by Robert Freeman

Some copies on side two had MADE IN Gt. BRI.TAIN ( with a . in BRI.TAIN).

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kab2112 SUBS 26th Jul 2023		I stand corrected - several sites have this as the first gatefold release, obviously they are wrong, as I was



Kevin Walsh1 26th Jul 2023		@kab2112, not by a long shot. Just off the top of my head, there’s this from 1958: https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/wbo1035 And from 1959: https://www.45worlds.com/vinyl/album/os2015 Heck, even The Beatles had three gatefold releases in the US from mid to late 1964: two on VeeJay, and one on Capitol.



kab2112 SUBS 22nd Jul 2023		(Apparently) This was the first L/P release to have a Gatefold Sleeve



Focus B 22nd Aug 2020		My own copy has 3N matrixes on both sides, Recording First Published 1964 and Sold In Uk etc. Not the Made In Gt.Britain error though.



kab2112 SUBS 9th Feb 2020		Added a side 2 label scan with the "MADE IN Gt. BRITAIN" spelled correctly. Must a a later pressing than the one put up by Getalife.



The Doors - Topic 1st Jan 2020		Review (This review was originally published by Apple Music) -- https://music.apple.com/us/album/beatles-for-sale/1441165005 By the end of 1964, The Beatles were exhausted. In June, they took their first world tour, traveling from Denmark to the Netherlands, then to Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand, often playing two shows a day to make good on the trip. Between mid-August and late September, they played more than 30 shows in two dozen US cities, getting an introduction to pot from Bob Dylan in New York and, a couple of weeks later, drunkenly confessing their mutual love for each other while waiting out a hurricane in Key West—a night later recalled by Paul McCartney on 1982’s John Lennon remembrance “Here Today.” Their fame was inarguable; their pace, unsupportable. So while attributing any real cynicism to the title Beatles For Sale is probably a stretch, it’s not out of the ballpark—they were, on some level, a commodity, and finally feeling the squeeze of being trafficked like one. Here’s the first time you get to hear The Beatles really yell, not once (the snarling middle section of Lennon’s “No Reply”) but twice (McCartney’s “What You’re Doing”). Lennon’s songs in particular—“I’m a Loser,” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” (“I’ve had a drink or two and I don’t care”), the bleakly jealous “No Reply”—showed a writer giving himself over to his least marketable moods. Unable to balance the demands of writing with touring and general fame, they fell back on covers: Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music,” Buddy Holly’s “Words of Love,” “Mr. Moonlight.” It was rock and R&B that stood in sharper contrast to their originals than on previous albums, but which—along with the album’s country inflections—helped extend the band's dialogue with distinctly American music. And they managed to brighten up enough to work in “Eight Days a Week.” 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



getalife 21st May 2019		All in a days work, £100, now if I can get a few more £s for my "Who" acetate + the other ones I may be able to get around to retiring. A side = XEX 503-4N also faint AOD B side = XEX 504-3N also faint AOP. The A could be a upside down V. ^



Vinyl Fan 21st May 2019		I too have checked my copy of this LP and it has the . between the i and t in Britain. You learn something new everyday, glad I took another look. Thank you for pointing this out Getalife, I never would have noticed it because I had already retired my copy of this record. Now, someone will have to put a copy of this LP without the BRI.TAIN on the label that has Parlophone and not Gramophone on left side. The Dead Wax of my copy contains: Side 1 XEX 503-4N At the 9 o'clock position a 2 and 5 At the 3 o'clock position the letters RHM Side 2 XEX 504-3N At the 9 o'clock position looks like a 4 At the 3 o'clock position the letters GTL.



Peter_Davis 21st May 2019		Getalife - just checked - mine also has that dot in bri.tain. From my research I think you and I have first pressings, valued in 'Rare Record Price Guide 2020" at £100 (PMC 1240, G&L gatefold sleeve, outline Mono on front of sleeve) Am Ready to be corrected!



stoutfellow51 26th Nov 2018		Bloody hell Getalife, yes it does. A typo. error that most people, including me, would never have noticed. There is something about the packaging and overall handling, playing etc. of an LP which makes it just that bit more satisfying than a CD. The advantage of course with the CD as opposed to vinyl is in its unblemished and scratch-free sound.



getalife 26th Nov 2018		Totally agree, £13 I think I will hang on to mine. Does yours have a dot in MADE IN Gt BRI.TAIN side2. Revolver my favourite album.



stoutfellow51 26th Nov 2018		Contrary to what a lot of Beatles fans and critics might say this is one of my favourites, certainly in the Beatlemania era prior to Revolver. The one obligatory Ringo song (Honey Don't) is a lot better than I Wanna Be Your Man for instance and the likes of Eight Days A Week and I'm A Loser were both at one time contenders for single release. Decades after having a pristine brand new release way back in 1964 I have just managed to track down a very good copy of the exact same Mono first issue today for the princely sum of £13 - nostalgia knows no bounds, even in the digital age.



plerner SUBS 27th Jan 2016		And also my first album!



Reginald Fodstain 22nd Jan 2016		First album I ever bought too



getalife 6th Oct 2015		My first album, still have it though have not played it for many years.



Record Collector 5th Oct 2015		The remastered issue is a reproduction of the original a mini doco including



Neil Forbes 🍰 5th Oct 2015		I have a stereo issue of this, yes, it's the British issue and, because of the labels on mine, which are the same as those put up by Roboleyton(second set), I figure my pressing may be of about 1969 or 1970 vintage(or later).



An6y66 24th Feb 2014		the sleeve notes on the early lps and eps are brilliant to read looking back now !



getalife 24th Feb 2014		Added inner cover note, nothing about Medley or Hey Hey Hey. Like the bit in the notes about “The kids of AD2000 will draw from the music much the same sense of well being and warmth as we do today.”



An6y66 23rd Feb 2014		Oh yeah, another variant



TopPopper 23rd Feb 2014		One of them lists "Hey Hey Hey Hey" as a separate song, given as track 8! (and only gives three "Hey"s.)



An6y66 23rd Feb 2014		just noticed the '80s labels list kansas city as Medley:kansas city/hey hey hey, did the 80's sleeves correct the tracklisting to this aswell?



roboleyton 21st Jan 2014		1982 labels added, and 1987 labels with corrected XEX matrix.



Focus B 20th Jan 2014		Puzzling the later mono issue has stereo YEX matrix numbers on the label!



getalife 20th Jan 2014		Just notice, Side 2 “MADE IN Gt. BRITAIN” has a dot in BRI.TAIN