--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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Number:489108 THUMBNAIL Uploaded By:nicoldo64 Description: Front First pressing
ReviewHi, 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.
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..
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...