The Beatles - Meet The Beatles!
180 Gram Black Vinyl LP Record, Remaster
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Meet The Beatles! is the second studio album released in the US by British rock band The Beatles, originally released in January 1964 via Capitol Records.
Meet the Beatles! was released as their second album in the United States. It was the group's first American album to be issued by Capitol Records, on 20 January 1964 in both mono and stereo formats. It topped the popular album chart on 15 February 1964 and remained at number one for eleven weeks before being replaced by The Beatles' Second Album.
The album cover featured Robert Freeman's iconic portrait of the Beatles used in the United Kingdom for With The Beatles, with a blue tint added to the original stark black-and-white photograph.
Using the original 1964 mono master, new lacquers have been cut all-analogue by Kevin Reeves at Nashville’s East Iris Studios. By constantly referring to the original first pressing, the album is faithful to the original release while also enabling more musical information to be heard than was possible before. Featuring faithfully replicated artwork and a new four-panel insert with essay by American Beatles historian, Bruce Spizer. 180gram audiophile pressing.
By 1964 The Beatles had conquered the UK, Europe and other parts of the world, but the US was still uncharted territory. History shows that on February 9th 1964 they appeared on the Ed Sullivan show and suddenly the world changed. Watched by over 73 million people, the show was to launch Beatlemania in the USA and led to their first record-breaking tour in August of the same year.
Thus started one of the greatest stories in music history and a run of albums that has never been rivalled: 5 albums released between January and December 1964. Because they were so far behind the rest of the world, Capitol execs decided to release their own versions of albums that changed track lists, added singles, left some out, etc and for which they often created different mono mixes to those supplied by Abbey Road.
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of this incredible year, the original US albums are to be reissued, all released in 1964 and early 1965, using the original master tapes, cutting them on the original lathe used by Capitol Studios at the time (now housed in Nashville).
This is the first time since the 1980’s that these albums have been released on vinyl using the US masters as cut for the original albums in 1964/65.
This album is a 2024 reissue in mono on 180 gram audiophile black vinyl housed in single pocket sleeve with a printed inner sleeve, printed insert and plain polylined inner sleeve, pressed in France via Apple and Capitol Records.
(20244)
Tracklisting:
No. |
Track |
Time |
A1 |
I Want To Hold Your Hand |
2:24 |
A2 |
I Saw Her Standing There |
2:50 |
A3 |
This Boy |
2:11 |
A4 |
It Won't Be Long |
2:11 |
A5 |
All I've Got To Do |
2:05 |
A6 |
All My Loving |
2:04 |
B1 |
Don't Bother Me |
2:28 |
B2 |
Little Child |
1:46 |
B3 |
Till There Was You |
2:12 |
B4 |
Hold Me Tight |
2:30 |
B5 |
I Wanna Be Your Man |
1:59 |
B6 |
Not A Second Time |
2:03 |
SKU | 20244 |
Record Label | Capitol Records |
Label / Model # | Universal |
Catalogue Number | T 2047 |
Country | FR - France |
Release Date (Year) | 06 November 2024 |
Original Release Date (Year) | 20 January 1964 |
Barcode # | 602468019718 |
Shipping Weight | 0.3600kg |
Shipping Width | 0.010m |
Shipping Height | 0.314m |
Shipping Length | 0.314m |
Shipping Cubic | 0.000986000m3 |
Type | New |
Format | Limited Edition LP Record, 180 Gram Audiophile Black Vinyl, Single Pocket Sleeve, Printed Inner Sleeve, Printed Insert, Plain Polylined Inner Sleeve, Remastered Audio, Mono, Reissue |
Vinyl Colour | Black |
Format | VINYL LP |
Genre | Rock & Popular |
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