Vinyl Album - The Beatles - Meet The Beatles - Capitol

Vinyl Album

Artist:	The Beatles
Title:	Meet The Beatles
Label:	Capitol
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	ST-2047 / ST-82047
Date:	13 Jan 1964
Format:	Stereo LP (also Mono LP)
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	53 Own, 6 Want
Price Guide:	$30
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PRICE GUIDE

$30

Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A1	The Beatles	I Want To Hold Your Hand	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	10.0 Rate
A2	The Beatles	I Saw Her Standing There	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	10.0 Rate
A3	The Beatles	This Boy	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	7.0 Rate
A4	The Beatles	It Won't Be Long	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.0 Rate
A5	The Beatles	All I've Got To Do	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.5 Rate
A6	The Beatles	All My Loving	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	9.5 Rate
B1	The Beatles	Don't Bother Me	George Harrison	8.0 Rate
B2	The Beatles	Little Child	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	6.0 Rate
B3	The Beatles	Till There Was You	Meredith Wilson	6.0 Rate
B4	The Beatles	Hold Me Tight	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.5 Rate
B5	The Beatles	I Wanna Be Your Man	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	7.0 Rate
B6	The Beatles	Not A Second Time	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	8.0 Rate

Notes

Produced by George Martin

--Tracks A1 and A3 are reprocessed stereo from mono masters
-- album scheduled for Jan. 20th release, but moved up one week
--All other tracks are true stereo (albeit not as "dry" as their UK stereo counterparts).

 Label variation One: No ASCAP or BMI affiliation after song titles (SCRANTON only) (Jan 1964) (an estimated 2,000 copies pressed and is very rare!)
 Label variation Two: All songs credited to ASCAP except track A1 which is credited to BMI (second SCRANTON and initial LOS ANGELES pressings) (Jan 1964)
 Label Variation Three: All songs credited to ASCAP except tracks A1, A2 and B5 which are credited to BMI (SCRANTON and LOS ANGELES) (Feb 1964) ("STEREO" in tightly spaced letters on LOS ANGELES pressings, loosely spaced on post mid-1965 LOS ANGELES pressings.)
 Label variation Four: All songs credited to BMI except tracks B1 and B3 which are credited to ASCAP (SCRANTON and LOS ANGELES )(March 1966)
 “Subsidiary Of Capitol” notation added to perimeter print (1968-1969)
 “Green label with purple C logo” (1969-1971)
 (release moved to Apple label 1971-1976)
 “Orange label / CAPITOL at bottom” (1976-1978)
 “Purple label / Mfd. By Capitol” (1978-1983)
 “Black Rainbow /print in colorband” (1983-1988)

-- Stereo promotional covers can be found with "PROMO" (1966-68) or "FREE" (1968-71) drilled in them, later promotional copies tend to have "cut-out" holes, slices, or drills in them.

-- Front covers can have the word "BEATLES" in an array of colors...ranging from Maroon. Brown, Tan to Olive Green (and some colors in-between)
-- back covers have the notation "Produced by George Martin" added after the initial press run
-- RIAA Gold Record Award seal added to front cover in 1968 (though later pressings can also be without this!)..."This is a Stereo record...." notation removed on back cover.
-- Cover changed from slicks on cardboard to one piece posterboard during 1976/77.

--Release re-numbered C1-

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Comments and Reviews


Santiago Molinero Sisto 26th Apr 2022		Review Hi, you person who reads this. Hope you like this review. First of all, this album is an important one, for young boys and girls who saw a “revolution” n these four man. If I were an American little boy of 8/10 years old, this album, in any sound, would meant something, a something that people loves and appreciate. Second a more deeper critic Cover: truly, is a tiny big difference, leaving in evidence the difference of UK and USA until 1966/7 with the covers and songs. Cold colors helps to notice this. The blue and serious faces are the best, with the promotion slogan. Songs orders: yeah, I admit that is just a take-and-put album, but the arrangement is very energetic and appreciated. First, a little twist with touches of love; second is a twist and energetic dance with a wondrous story by the hand of Lennon-McCartney; third one is a big difference between those first two, talking about a heartbreaking situation for a young man; fourth seems like the case of the first two, with changing tempos; fifth is the same as the fourth, with another kind of arrangement; sixth one is a good closing face. On the side two, first song, we star with a early George Harrison composition, which shows how dramatic and heart touching George can be. Seventh one, is like a cup of coffee, but a cup of energetic that makes your body moves. The third one is truly a good one by Paul cover. He did a great job, with the Spanish vocals and Spanish guitar. Fourth it isn’t my favorite, but I admit that h they did a great job, truly a decent one Fifth song is a good one by Ringo. Is like some kind of tradition, he appearing on each album, with good vocals. Sixth and last one is a good closing theme. In abstract, a big hit and smash by the Fab Four. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



GimmeVinyl 20th Sep 2020		Hindsight is always 20/20... I had a copy of the green label Capitol C Meet The Beatles given to me when I just hit my teen years. Of course, I didn't know the significance of the green label, nor knew if that particular pressing would be worth anything in the future.. needless to say, that LP got played a lot, and was abused.. and subsequently was lost track of by the early '80s... Unfortunately quite a few of the LPs that I had when I was a teen suffered the same fate. It wasn't until after I was out of high school that I started paying a lot more attention to proper record care..



edlongus SUBS 2nd Aug 2018		Another set of label variant scans added. With respect 2 nicoldo64, I took a shot at a clearer back cover without George Martin as producer.



checkm8 9th Apr 2016		Added "Label Variation Four" images.



nicoldo64 14th Jan 2014		Add First pressing without George Martin's mention as producer. without credits ASCAP or BMI .



JPGR&B SUBS 15th Dec 2013		On 7 February 1964, The Beatles arrived at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, greeted by scores of screaming, swooning fans who rushed the gate to catch a glimpse of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they took their first steps on American soil. Two nights later, on Sunday 9 February, 74 million viewers in the US and millions more in Canada tuned in to CBS to watch The Beatles make their debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of these history-making events, The US Albums, a new 13 CD Beatles collection spanning 1964's Meet The Beatles! to 1970's Hey Jude will be released on 20 January 2014 (21 January in North America) by Apple Corps/Capitol. The Beatles' US albums differed from the band's UK albums in a variety of ways, including different track lists, song mixes, album titles, and art... Source: Beatles.com