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
- It Won’t Be Long
- All I’ve Got To Do
- All My Loving
- Don’t Bother Me
- Little Child
- Till There Was You
- Please Mr. Postman
Side B
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Hold Me Tight
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- Devil In Her Heart
- Not A Second Time
- Money
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