With The Beatles

The Beatles


With The Beatles - Front Cover	With The Beatles - Back Cover

Label Parlophone

Catalogue No.'s PMC 1206 (mono)
PCS 3045 (stereo)
CDP 7 46436 2 (C.D.)

Matrix No.'s

A-side B-Side

1st press Mono : XEX 447-1N XEX 448-1N

2nd press Mono : XEX 447-5N XEX 448-5N

2nd press Mono : XEX 447-6N XEX 448-6N

2nd press Mono : XEX 447-7N XEX 448-7N

Stereo: YEX 110-3 YEX 111-5

Release dates 22nd November 1963
26th February 1987 (CD)

Total time 32:43

U.K. Album Chart Detail :

Entry Date : 30th November 1963
Highest Position : 1 ... for 21 weeks from 7th December 1963 (CONSECUTIVELY !)
Weeks in Chart :
+
+
+ 51
2 from 7th March 1987 (CD release, reached no.40)
1 week, 22nd March 1997 (No. 72)
2 from 13th September 2009 (reached no.51)
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56 weeks in total
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Detail : The Beatles second official L.P. release.
Two weeks BEFORE release, "With The Beatles" had advance orders of 270,000, and
before the first week of release was out, the half-a-million figure had been beaten.
The album received a lot less worldwide newspaper coverage than expected as it was released on the same day as the assasination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas !
They were actually awarded a Silver disc (for sales of 250,000) on November 18th 1963, 4 days BEFORE release !
By mid January 1964 885,000 had been sold in the U.K. and by the end of 1964, the total was 980,000.
The ONE MILLION mark arrived by September 1965, making this album the FIRST EVER British album to sell 1,000,000 copies in the U.K.
(Note though, that it was NOT the first to sell one million in the U.K., one other album achieved this feat in November 1963
when the American soundtrack album "South Pacific" after six years on release made it. The Beatles did it in less than two !)
The American version of this album, Meet The Beatles bizarrely left off five of the tracks, but sold over 5 million copies.
This makes combined sales for The Beatles second album of over 6.5 million.
Chartwise, this L.P. replaced "Please Please Me" at the number one slot, and remained there for 21 weeks.
This gave The Beatles a continuous run of 51 weeks at the summit !
Also, in these early days of the British charts, ALL product was listed together regardless of format, and therefore
this L.P. even made it into the U.K. singles chart, reaching number 11, which was a record placing for an album.
The cover was a very artful half-shadow black-and-white shot of The Beatles taken by Robert Freeman inside the Palace Court Hotel in Bournemouth.
The album was also part of "The Beatles Collection" 13 album box set (see Beatles Collection).
On 26th February 1987 this album had it's first release on C.D. which was published in Mono(!) with a catalogue number of CDP 7 46436 2
And on the same day, the record shop H.M.V. produced a special 12" numbered 4 CD Box Set Comprising:
Please Please Me
With The Beatles
A Hard Days Night
Beatles For Sale
+ Bill Harry - "Book Of Beatle Lists" (see Book of Beatle Lists, The)
This set had a catalogue number of BEA CD 25, and was in a limited edition of just 2,500 copies.
The C.D. was also part of "The Beatles Box" 15 C.D. box set (see Beatles C.D. Box).

09/09/09 (Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine) - the album was re-released as part of the Beatles In Stereo Remasters collection.
13th September 2009 it re-entered the chart again at number 51 in the thirteenth highest position of SEVENTEEN chart positions The Beatles captured in one amazing week.
(see the box set detail for the chart position of all 17 titles together)
20th September 2009 - dropped thirteen places down to number 64.
27th September 2009 - dropped out of the Top 100 completely.
Tape Media
The album was also available on 4" reel-to-reel tape,
1964 - Catalogue number TA-PMC 1206 (3¾ ips twin-track mono tape) - first edition (mono only) in a cardboard box.
1968 - Catalogue number TA-PMC 1206 (3¾ ips twin-track mono tape)
TD-PCS 3045 (3¾ ips 4-track stereo) these editions in a "jewel" box.
Prior to 1973:
The album was released on stereo cassette tape (1⅞ ips) - Catalogue number - TC-PCS 3045.
The album was also released on 8-track stereo continuous play cartridge (3¾ ips) - catalogue no. 8X-PCS 3045
In November 1987 the album was re-released on cassette tape (mono only !) on the original catalogue number - TC-PMC 1206.

Side 1

Track	Composer	Recording Information	Time
It Won't Be Long	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 30th July 1963 in 2 attempts. 8 takes, plus 2 edit pieces of the ending (takes 1-10) 7 takes (takes 11-17), plus 6 edit pieces (takes 18-23) Final mix being take 17 and edit piece 21	2:11
All I've Got To Do	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 11th September 1963 in 14 takes (8 false starts !), plus 1 overdub onto, Final mix - Take 15.	2:01
All My Loving	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 30th July 1963 in 11 takes, plus 3 edit pieces Final mix being take 11 with edit piece take 14	2:06
Don't Bother Me	Harrison	Recorded 11th September 1963 in 4 takes, plus 3 overdubs. Recorded 12th September 1963 in 10 more takes, numbered 10-19 Final mix being Take 13 with take 15 overdubbed.	2:26
Little Child	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 11th September 1963, 2 takes, plus, Recorded 12th September 1963, 16 takes (3-18) Final mix being take 7, with overdubs from takes 13, 15 and 18.	1:45
Till There Was You	Willson	Recorded 18th July 1963 in 3 takes (not used) Recorded 30th July 1963 with 5 more takes (takes 4-8) Final mix used take 8	2:14
Please Mister Postman	Holland	Recorded 30th July 1963 in 9 takes Final mix - being Take 7, with take 9 as an overdub.	2:34

Side 2

Track	Composer	Recording Information	Time
Roll Over Beethoven	Berry	Recorded 30th July 1963 in 5 takes, plus 3 edit pieces. Final mix was take 5, plus edit pieces 7 & 8	2:44
Hold Me Tight	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 11th February 1963 with 13 takes, but these were abandoned. Recorded 12th September 1963 in 10 takes, now numbered 20-29 Final mix being take 26 edited with take 29	2:29
You Really Got A Hold On Me	Robinson	Recorded 18th July 1963 in 7 takes (3 false starts), plus 4 edit pieces. Final mix - Take 7 plus edit pieces 10 and 11	3:00
I Wanna Be Your Man	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 11th September 1963, just 1 take, then, Recorded 12th September 1963 in 6 takes (2-7) Final mix was take 7 which had some more later overdubs.	1:56
Devil In Her Heart	Drapkin	Recorded 18th July 1963 in 3 takes, plus 3 overdubs Finishing with a finished version, Take 6.	2:25
Not A Second Time	Lennon-McCartney	Recorded 11th September 1963 in 5 takes, with takes 6-9 being overdubs onto, Final mix take 5.	2:05
Money	Bradford-Gordy	Recorded 18th July 1963 in 6 takes, plus 1 piano edit piece plus, 30th July 1963 - 7 more piano edit pieces (Takes 8-14) The mono mix was prepared 21st August 1963 BEFORE the next overdubs ... Overdubs 30th September 1963 onto take 7 Final stereo mix which had further overdubs, was "Take 7".	2:47

Mono/Stereo Differences

"Money"

The stereo version has a prominent guitar at the start, which is not on the mono version.
The mono and stereo piano intro's are different, and the instrumentation is different throughout.

Released Versions

First pressings (1963)

Never on gold lettering, this release first appears with the typical yellow block writing.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "The Parlophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Recording first published 1963", but NOT "Sold in the U.K..." statements.
Side 2: Label incorrectly spells track 3 as "You Really Gotta Hold on Me"
Side 2: The publishing credit for "Money" says "Jobete"
Very first pressings also spell "Domion" instead of Dominion !
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is larger than in later editions.

Second pressings (1963)

Same as first pressing, except ... the Side 2 labelling is corrected:
Track 3 now spelt "You Really Got A Hold On Me"
The publishing credit for "Money" now says "Dominion, Belinda (Ldn.) Ltd"

Third Pressings (1963)

The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "The Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label DOES have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is smaller.

Fourth Pressings (1969)

The standard yellow block writing Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label starts with "Gramophone Co. Ltd."
The label does NOT have "Sold in the U.K..." statement.
The word "mono" (or stereo) on the front cover is smaller.

Fifth Pressings (1969) - Stereo version ONLY

Now with a silver/black Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
The label has one EMI boxed logo.

Sixth Pressings (1973) - Stereo version ONLY

Silver/black Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
The label has TWO EMI boxed logos.

Seventh Pressings (1982) - Mono version ONLY

Now with a yellow/black Parlophone label.
The "All rights of the manufacturer" message around the edge of the label now starts with "EMI Records Ltd."
This release is on a lightweight vinyl.

Eighth Pressings (1995) - Mono version ONLY

Now with a Black and Silver Parlophone label.
The sleeve has a printed statement which reads:
"This album has been Direct Metal Mastered From a Digitally Re-mastered Original Tape to give the best possible sound quality"
This release is (surprisingly) on a lightweight vinyl.

Example 1st Pressing label :

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