This was definitely a welcomed sight when the woman at my local MCC handed me the stack of unpriced LPs lol. Got it for 75 cents but the LP of Rubber Soul is inside. There was also Twist and Shout, but again there was another copy of Rubber Soul inside for some reason. I guess after that I should have checked every record in the stack for the right LP, but I doubt Guy Lombardo and Supertramp had The Beatles inside.
Review2.XII.1963
LP: Beatlemania With The Beatles
Capitol T 6051 [MONO] Canada
The Beatles
Beatlemania! With The Beatles was The Beatles' first album released in Canada, as well as the first album of their material released anywhere in North America. The recording is exactly the same as the Beatles' second album released in the United Kingdom, With The Beatles, except for additional text being applied to the album's cover and the fact that this release was only available in monaural (catalogue number T 6051). It was released years later in Canada in a stereophonic version (catalog number ST 6051).
Sleeve date: November 1963 / EMI Vault date: December 2, 1963
According to Barry Norris, Toronto:
After listening to Tom Charrington play «Roll Over Beethoven» from the «new» Beatles LP on his CKGM 980 radio show on a Friday evening, Barry Norris went down the next day (eg Saturday morning) to the Woolworths store on Queen Mary Road in Montreal where he claims he saw the Beatlemania Capitol 6000 Lp and inspected it to see what the fuss was all about. Incredibly, this was the Saturday BEFORE President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (November 22/23, 1963), meaning that this Lp had been released in1963), meaning that this Lp had been released in Montreal before the December 2, 1963 «official vault record» release date. Barry would bet a «million dollars» on this date if he had the million available !
Ring label reads
"MFD. In Canada by Capitol Records of Canada..."
Without brackets around "Canada"
All songs written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.
Side one
"It Won't Be Long" – 2:13
"All I've Got to Do" – 2:04
"All My Loving" – 2:09
"Don't Bother Me" (George Harrison) – 2:29
"Little Child" – 1:48
"Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) – 2:16
"Please Mister Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) – 2:36
Side two
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) – 2:47
"Hold Me Tight" – 2:32
"You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) – 3:02
"I Wanna Be Your Man" – 1:59
"Devil in Her Heart" (Richard P. Drapkin) – 2:27
"Not a Second Time" – 2:08
"Money (That's What I Want)" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) – 2:47
Role Of Paul White
From 1957 to 1978, I, Paul White, worked at Capitol records of Canada in various jobs, including as Marketing Manager and in the Artists and Repertoire department. I became a Vice President at the Canadian Company. In my A & R job I reviewed releases from EMI Records in England (owners of Capitol Records U.S.) for possible release in Canada. Pre Beatles I had great success with Cliff Richard product among other "Brit" stars.
In early 1963 I received a copy of the Beatles Single Love Me Do - I liked the group's fresh new sound and released the single in February 1963 (Catalogue number 72076). I followed up with Please Please Me and From Me To You but sales on all three 45s were low and our Canadian President started to question the Beatles' saleability. I persisted, and the next single She Loves You landed in every major Canadian radio chart, becoming a huge seller, and taking the previous three releases along with it, so all four hit the charts and justified my faith.
Since Capitol Canada began releasing records almost a year before Capitol America we had Beatles records not released in the States. Even during the first half of 1964 while Capitol Records America was releasing Beatles records the records released in both countries were completely different. When we had two singles charted in the U.S. trade paper BILLBOARD through import from American dealers things changed. Alan Livingston, then President of Capitol America sent a directive to Capitol Canada demanding that Capitol Canada release identical Beatle records as released in America, using the same artwork supplied by the Hollywood, California office. Incidentally, this also meant that Capitol Canada had to "retro-release" Beatles records using the American format (Beatlemania, With The Beatles material would also be used on a Canadian issue of Meet The Beatles, etc.).
So, from mid-1964 Capitol Canada conformed to the American format for releasing all Beatles records.
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE BEATLES IS THE RESULT OF MY 30 YEARS FASCINATION WITH THE BAND.
THE CONCERTS, RADIO AND TV PROGRAMS, ALBUMS PUBLISHED AROUND THE WORLD, (DISCOGRAPHY IN OVER 60 COUNTRIES), TOP CHARTS, MOVIES WITH THE BAND, SCANS OF THE ARTICLES, RECORDED SESSIONS, THE PRIVATE LIFE OF THE BEATLES.
I INVITE YOU TO MY WEBSITE - EVERY BEATLE FAN WILL FIND SOMETHING FOR HIMSELF.