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With The Beatles (1963)

Buy With The Beatles on CD, on stereo vinyl, or on mono vinyl

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The first pop album to sell over a million copies, With The Beatles was recorded over a three month period. While the Beatles had five years to prepare for their first album, they had only five months to prepare for their second. Whereas before, songs were written at Paul’s home where the band rehearsed, many of the songs written for With The Beatles were written in hotel rooms or on planes or buses. Also, the Beatles began writing more personal songs, using the word “you” in the title, to connect more with their mostly female audiences. The initial 1987 CD release was mono only, and the 2009 remastered edition was issued in stereo while the mono mix was included in the Beatles In Mono box set.

All My Loving hi-hat intro version

The German edition featured a different mix of All My Loving known as the “hi-hat intro” version, in which the song begins with 5 hi-hat taps and a sharp intake of breath on the right channel. This mix was unique to several European releases.

Track list

Side A

Side B

Release history

Parlophone PMC 1206 (mono), released November 22, 1963
Parlophone PCS 3045 (stereo), released November 22, 1963
Parlophone PMCO 1206 (mono), released March 19, 1964 (Australia)
Parlophone PCSO 3045 (stereo), released March 19, 1964 (Australia)
Odeon O 83568 (mono), released November 12, 1964 (Germany)
Odeon STO 83568 (stereo), released November 12, 1964 (Germany)
Parlophone CDP 7 46436 2 (mono CD), released February 26, 1987
Mobile Fidelity MFSL 1-102 (vinyl), released January 1987
Capitol CLJ 46436, released July 21, 1987
Apple 0946 3 82420 2 4 (remastered stereo CD), released September 9, 2009
Parlophone PMC 1206 (remastered mono CD), released September 9, 2009 in The Beatles In Mono box set