On February 7, 1964, The Beatles arrived at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, greeted by scores of screaming, swooning fans who rushed the gate to catch a glimpse of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr as they took their first steps on American soil. Two nights later, on Sunday, February 9, 73 million viewers in the U.S. and millions more in Canada tuned in to CBS to watch The Beatles make their American television debut on ‘The Ed Sullivan Show.’ In what remains one of the world’s top-viewed television events of all time, The Beatles performed five songs on the live broadcast and ‘Beatlemania,’ already in full, feverish bloom in The Beatles’ native U.K., was unleashed with blissful fervor across America and around the world. The British Invasion had begun. The U.S. albums were originally issued between 1964 and 1970 by Capitol Records, Apple Records, and United Artists in the United States. These new releases seek to replicate the unique listening experience heard by Americans at the time by preserving the sequences, timings, and artwork found on the albums. Capitol’s engineers in the 1960s took great care to produce what they believed to be the best possible sound for the playback equipment in use at that time. Due to the limitations of the record players of the day, engineers often compressed the sound by raising the volume of the softer passages and lowering the volume for the louder parts of the songs. They also reduced the bass frequencies since too much bass could cause the record to skip. In some cases, reverb was added to the tracks to make them sound more “American.” This CD is packaged in a miniature vinyl sleeve that faithfully recreates the original U.S. LP release down to the finest detail, including the inner sleeve. THE EARLY BEATLES was originally released March 22, 1965 in the U.S. This album is a limited edition release.
S**Z
Mono rules
Contains most of the Beatles first album (British version) minus the great "I Saw Her Standing There" and "There's a Place." The songs were originally parsed out to various labels but once Capitol signed the band they took possession of the songs and released them in the USA. It's only value is it presents the songs in both their mono and stereo versions and the mono version is terrific. The sound is "In the room" impactful, you feel on some songs you can almost reach out and touch one of the band. Since the stereo versions are also on the album, you can do an A/B comparison and hear why Beatles veterans insist it's the mono mix to go with on their early albums up through Sgt. Ppper.
P**N
It came early so that was great made it before Christmas.
It was a gift for my Grandsughter, and she was thrilled with it! 😊
S**
Beatles Best!
All time Original Beatles songs and sounds! I. E. . Not rerecorded.
B**L
Even Early the Beatles Were Great
Nice to have both the Mono and stereo tracks all on one disc. Good value. The sound quality of the Mono and the stereo tracks is excellent. My favorite tracks are Love Me Do, Twist and Shout and Please Please Me. This is the US Capitol Records version with some of the same songs as the first UK Beatles album Please Please Me. The stereo tracks are true stereo unlike the original Capitol LP which had fake stereo. My understanding is that the Mono tracks are true Mono unlike the original Mono LP that had fold down Mono taken from the stereo recordings.
A**R
Arrived promptly as promised
delivered as advertised.
D**S
Originality!
I am the biggest Elvis fan ever but i also grew up during the invasion of the Beatles They were different and what made them that way was their underrated musical talent, their smooth pitched blended vocals and their unique songwriting skills. I got this album as a child and loved the one song "Anna" so much it became one of my favorites. I ordered this CD for sentimental reasons and man they still sound the same awesome impact-full way today! Like Elvis, the Beatles were originals formed by their influences and blended into their own. Originality is what stands the test of time and the two most original still do. Elvis and The Beatles. After all these years The King and his Court!
C**N
Beatles EARLY Days
So Happy to have received this Classic!Perfect Condition!!
A**R
Gift of the Beatles
My wife is a Beatles fan so I wanted to get her a cd with their old songs. Couldn't find Meet the Beatles so this was a very good replacement.
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