Beatles – With The Beatles CD

The Beatles – With The Beatles

Friday, November 22, 1963, is still remembered by many who witnessed it as the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. Prior to this eventful day, Parlophone had released the Beatles' second album.

With The Beatles picked up where Please Please Me left off, combining more Lennon-McCartney originals with other highlights from their stage program. It also featured the songwriting debut of their twenty-year-old lead guitarist George Harrison.

While the majority of their debut album had been completed in one day, The Beatles had to record their second release in between other commitments, which included concert tours, numerous radio and television appearances (including the prestigious Sunday Night At The London Palladium) and their first international tour to Sweden. It was around this time that the term 'Beatlemania' was first coined, and this was very much in evidence when they took part in the Royal Variety Performance that year in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret. As if that wasn't enough, they also had to write, record and promote three new 45s, all of which reached number 1 in the UK charts.

None of the tracks on With The Beatles were released as singles in the UK and the distinctive black and white cover art by Robert Freeman was also groundbreaking for a pop album.

With The Beatles shot to number one in the UK, replacing Please Please Me, and stayed there for 21 of the 51 weeks it spent in the Top Twenty.

Like Please Please Me, it wasn't released in the US until 1987, but the cover photo was used on their debut album for Capitol Records, Meet The Beatles - which also featured nine of the tracks from the UK release as well as three other songs, including their first US hit, I Want To Hold Your Hand.

Tracklist:
1. It Won't Be Long
2. All I've Got To Do
3. All My Loving
4. Don't Bother Me
5. Little Child
6. Till There Was You
7. Please Mister Postman
8. Roll Over Beethoven
9. Hold Me Tight
10. You Really Got a Hold On Me
11. I Wanna Be Your Man
12. Devil In Her Heart
13. Not a Second Time
14. Money

Label: Apple Music
Released: 1963/2009