-- all tracks produced by George Martin
-- album title changed at last minute from "The Beatles Again" to "Hey Jude" (on label)
-- catalog prefix changed from "SO" to "SW" (on label)
-- title on Lp cover (spine) is always "Hey Jude" and catalog number SW-385
-- A1 through A3 make their North American stereo debut
-- A4 through A6 and B1 make their world-wide stereo debut
By the time this album was released, the following tracks had yet to appear on a US Capitol album:
Love Me Do (UK single with Ringo on drums)
From Me To You
Misery
There's A Place
Sie Liebt Dich
A Hard Day's Night
I'm Down
The Inner Light
Get Back (single version)
The single version of "Let It Be" and the B-Side "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" had not yet been released at that time
It would have been interesting if Capitol had made this a 2-LP set with all the chosen and passed-over tracks
He said yes! Added - image of the original back to the sleeve (the front being the same as the common edition). The spine says "Beatles Again" although the image is not easy to upload.
Just to be clear, this is a photo of the very first edition of the LP, which never made it to the stores (see notes above). Apparently only two copies are known to exist!
Images courtesy of well-known Beatles collector, Perry Cox. This copy is currently for sale - see Ebay link below.
There's an extremely rare edition on Ebay. There's no doubt it's bona-fide, as the seller is one of the world's most famous collectors. Would be nice to grab an image.