The Beatles 1964 US Albums Boxset
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Key Information:
180g 8LP Vinyl 2024 Deluxe Box Set
Cat No:
6571746
Barcode:
602465717464
Released:
22 November 2024
Description
By the end of 1964, The Beatles were exhausted. In June, they took their first world tour, travelling from Denmark to the Netherlands, then to Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand, often playing two shows a day to make good on the trip. Between mid-August and late September, they played 30 shows in 23 US cities, getting an introduction to pot from Bob Dylan in New York and, a couple of weeks later, drunkenly confessing their mutual love for each other while waiting out a hurricane in Key West—a night later recalled by Paul McCartney on 1982’s John Lennon remembrance “Here Today”. Their fame was inarguable, their pace unsupportable.
So while attributing any real cynicism to the title Beatles for Sale is probably a stretch, it’s not out of the ballpark—they were, on some level, a commodity, and finally feeling the squeeze of being trafficked like one. Here’s the first time you get to hear The Beatles really yell, not once (the snarling middle section of Lennon’s “No Reply”) but twice (the background vocals on “What You’re Doing”). Lennon’s songs in particular—“I’m a Loser”, “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” (“I’ve had a drink or two and I don’t care”), the bleakly jealous “No Reply”—showed a writer giving himself over to his least marketable moods.
Unable to balance the demands of writing with touring and general fame, they fell back on covers: Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music”, Buddy Holly’s “Words of Love”, “Mr. Moonlight”. It was rock and R&B that stood in sharper contrast to their originals than on previous albums, but which—along with the LP’s country inflections—helped extend the band’s dialogue with distinctly American music. And they managed to brighten up enough to work in “Eight Days a Week”.
So while attributing any real cynicism to the title Beatles for Sale is probably a stretch, it’s not out of the ballpark—they were, on some level, a commodity, and finally feeling the squeeze of being trafficked like one. Here’s the first time you get to hear The Beatles really yell, not once (the snarling middle section of Lennon’s “No Reply”) but twice (the background vocals on “What You’re Doing”). Lennon’s songs in particular—“I’m a Loser”, “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” (“I’ve had a drink or two and I don’t care”), the bleakly jealous “No Reply”—showed a writer giving himself over to his least marketable moods.
Unable to balance the demands of writing with touring and general fame, they fell back on covers: Chuck Berry’s “Rock and Roll Music”, Buddy Holly’s “Words of Love”, “Mr. Moonlight”. It was rock and R&B that stood in sharper contrast to their originals than on previous albums, but which—along with the LP’s country inflections—helped extend the band’s dialogue with distinctly American music. And they managed to brighten up enough to work in “Eight Days a Week”.
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track list
Side A
- 1. I Want To Hold Your Hand
- 2. I Saw Her Standing There
- 3. This Boy
- 4. It Won't Be Long
- 5. All I've Got To Do
- 6. All My Loving
Side B
- 1. Don't Bother Me
- 2. Little Child
- 3. Till There Was You
- 4. Hold Me Tight
- 5. I Wanna Be Your Man
- 6. Not A Second Time
Side C
- 1. Roll Over Beethoven
- 2. Thank You Girl
- 3. You Really Got A Hold On Me
- 4. Devil In Her Heart
- 5. Money
- 6. You Can't Do That
Side D
- 1. Long Tall Sally
- 2. I Call Your Name
- 3. Please Mister Postman
- 4. I'll Get You
- 5. She Loves You
Side E
- 1. A Hard Day's Night
- 2. Tell Me Why
- 3. I'll Cry Instead
- 4. I Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
- 5. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
- 6. And I Love Her (Instrumental)
Side F
- 1. I Should Have Known Better
- 2. If I Fell
- 3. And I Love Her
- 4. Ringo's Theme (This Boy) (Instrumental)
- 5. Can't Buy Me Love
- 6. A Hard Day's Night (Instrumental)
Side G
- 1. I'll Cry Instead
- 2. Things We Said Today
- 3. Any Time At All
- 4. When I Get Home
- 5. Slow Down
- 6. Matchbox
Side H
- 1. Tell Me Why
- 2. And I Love Her
- 3. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You
- 4. If I Fell
- 5. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand
Side I
- 1. On Stage With The Beatles
- 2. How Beatlemania Began
- 3. Beatlemania In Action
- 4. Man Behind The Beatles - Brian Epstein
- 5. John Lennon
- 6. Who's A Millionaire?
Side J
- 1. Beatles Will Be Beatles
- 2. Man Behind The Music - George Martin
- 3. George Harrison
Side K
- 1. A Hard Day's Night - Their First Movie
- 2. Paul McCartney
- 3. Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul
Side L
- 1. The Beatles Look At Life
- 2. Beatle Medley
- 3. 'Victims' Of Beatlemania
- 4. Ringo Starr
- 5. Liverpool And All The World!
Side M
- 1. No Reply
- 2. I'm A Loser
- 3. Baby's In Black
- 4. Rock And Roll Music
- 5. I'll Follow The Sun
- 6. Mr. Moonlight
Side N
- 1. Honey Don't
- 2. I'll Be Back
- 3. She's A Woman
- 4. I Feel Fine
- 5. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby
Side O
- 1. Love Me Do
- 2. Twist And Shout
- 3. Anna
- 4. Chains
- 5. Boys
- 6. Ask Me Why
Side P
- 1. Please Please Me
- 2. PS I Love You
- 3. Baby It's You
- 4. A Taste Of Honey
- 5. Do You Want To Know A Secret
