Beatles for Sale is the fourth studio album by the Beatles. It was released on 4 December 1964 in the United Kingdom on EMI’s Parlophone label. The album marked a departure from the upbeat tone that had characterized the Beatles’ previous work, partly due to the band’s exhaustion after a series […]
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A Hard Day’s Night is the third studio album by the Beatles, released on 10 July 1964 by Parlophone, with side one containing songs from the soundtrack to their film of the same name. The American version of the album was released two weeks earlier, on 26 June 1964 by United […]
About “Words of Love” The Beatles recorded a cover version of the song on October 18, 1964 for the UK album Beatles for Sale. It first appeared in the U.S. on the album Beatles VI. It was also on a 7-inch extended play, Beatles for Sale No. 2, released by […]
About “Mr. Moonlight” The first known recording of the song was by blues pianist Piano Red, recording as “Dr. Feelgood and the Interns”. It was released as a b-side of a minor rhythm & blues hit single (titled “Dr. Feelgood”) in 1962. The record became something of a cult favorite […]
JOHN 1972: “John and Paul, but mainly Paul.” JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul completely. Maybe I had something to do with the chorus, but I don’t know. I always considered it his song.” PAUL 1984: “We recorded it in France, as I recall. Went over to the Odeon in Paris. Recorded […]
The Beatles’ quotes about “A Hard Day’s Night” RINGO 1964: “We went to do a job, and we’d worked all day and we happened to work all night. I came up still thinking it was day I suppose, and I said, ‘It’s been a hard day…’ and I looked around […]
JOHN 1980: “‘Every Little Thing’ is his song. Maybe I threw in something.” PAUL circa-1994: “‘Every Little Thing,’ like most of the stuff I did, was my attempt at the next single… but it became an album filler rather than the great almighty single. It didn’t have quite what was […]
JOHN 1972: “A nice tune, though the middle is a bit tatty.” JOHN 1980: “‘I’ll Be Back’ is me completely. My variation of the chords in a Del Shannon song.” PAUL circa-1994: “‘I’ll Be Back’ was co-written, but it was largely John’s idea.” About “I’ll Be Back” “I’ll Be Back” […]
JOHN 1972: “A nice one.” JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul again. Can’t you tell? I mean– ‘Tomorrow may rain so/ I’ll follow the sun.’ That’s another early McCartney, you know… written almost before the Beatles, I think. He had alot of stuff.” PAUL 1988: “I wrote that in my front parlour […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me again… another Wilson Pickett, Motown sound… a four-in-the-bar cowbell song.” About “When I Get Home” “When I Get Home” is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and recorded by the English rock band the Beatles on 2 June 1964, during the last session […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me. Just a song– It doesn’t mean a damn thing.” Info about “I Should Have Known Better” “I Should Have Known Better” was composed by John Lennon (credited to Lennon/McCartney), and originally released by The Beatles on the United Kingdom-version of A Hard Day’s Night, their soundtrack […]
JOHN 1974: “That was a very personal one of mine.” JOHN 1980: “That’s me!” About “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” “I Don’t Want to Spoil the Party” was written by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was released on the album Beatles for Sale in the United Kingdom in […]