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CHRONOLOGICAL US DISCOGRAPHY

1962

April 23: Single "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" (Decca 31382)

 

1963

February 25: Single "Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" (Vee Jay 498)

May 27: Single "From Me to You"/"Thank You Girl" (Vee Jay 522)

July 22: LP Introducing The Beatles (Vee Jay 1062 [stereo and mono])

September 16: Single "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You" (Swan 4152)

December 26: Single "I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" (Capitol 5112)
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1964

January 20: LP Meet The Beatles (Capitol ST 2047 [stereo] and T2047 [mono])

January 27: LP Introducing The Beatles (Vee Jay 1062 [stereo and mono])

January 27: Single "My Bonnie"/"The Saints" (MGM K13213)

January 30: Single "Please Please Me"/"From Me to You" (Vee Jay 581)

February 3: LP The Beatles With Tony Sheridan And Their Guests (MGM SE-4215)

February 26: LP Jolly What! The Beatles And Frank Ifield On Stage (Vee Jay 1085)

March 2: Single "Twist and Shout"/"There's a Place" (Tollie 9001)

March 16: Single "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That" (Capitol 5150)

March 23: EP The Beatles - Souvenir Of Their Visit To America (VeeJay VJEP 1903)

March 23: Single "Do You Want to Know a Secret"/"Thank You Girl" (Vee Jay 587)

March 27: Single "Why"/"Cry for a Shadow" (MGM K13227)

April 10: The Beatles Second Album (Capitol ST 2080 [stereo] and T2080 [mono])

April 27: Single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (Tollie 9008)

May 11: EP Four By The Beatles (Capitol EAP-2121)

May 21: Single "Sie Liebt Dich"/"I'll Get You" (Swan 4182)

June 1: Single "Sweet Georgia Brown"/"Take Out Some Insurance on Me, Baby" (Atco 6302)

June 9: LP The Beatles American Tour With Ed Rudy (Radio Pulsebeat News Documentary No. 2)

June 26: LP A Hard Day's Night (United Artists UAS 6366 [stereo]and UAL 6366 [mono])
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Middle of 1964: 33 1/3 EP The Beatles & Murray The 'K': As It Happened (BRS-1/2)

Middle of 1964: LP This Is The...Savage Young Beatles (Savage BM-69)

July 6: Single "Ain't She Sweet"/"Nobody's Child" (ATCO 6308)

July 13: Single "A Hard Day's Night"/"I Should Have Known Better" (Capitol 5222)

July 20: Single "I'll Cry Instead"/"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (Capitol 5234)

July 20: Single "And I Love Her"/"If I Fell" (Capitol 5235)

July 20: LP Something New (Capitol ST 2108 [stereo] and T 2108 [mono])

August 10: Singles "Do You Want to Know a Secret"/"Thank You Girl" (Oldies 45 OL149), "Please Please Me"/"From Me to You" (OL 150), "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (OL 151), and "Twist and Shout"/"There's a Place" (OL 152)

August 24: Single "Slow Down"/"Matchbox" (Capitol 5255)

September 7: LP The Big Hits From England And The USA (Capitol DT2125)

September 14: LP Hear The Beatles Tell All (Vee Jay VJ PRO-202)

October 1: LP The Beatles Vs. The Four Seasons (Vee Jay VJDX 30)

October 5: LP Ain't She Sweet (ATCO SD 33-169)

October 12: LP Songs, Pictures, And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles (Vee Jay VJLP 1092)

November 23: Double LP The Beatles Story (Capitol STBO 2222 [stereo] and TBO 2222 [mono])

November 23: Single "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman" (Capitol 5327)

December 15: LP Beatles '65 (Capitol ST 2228 [stereo] and T 2228 [mono])

December 18: Another Beatles Christmas Record issued to fan club
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1965

That Year: LP Ed Rudy With New U.S. Tour (The Beatles Great American Tour) or American Tour With Ed Rudy No. 3 (Radio Pulsebeat News L-1001/1002 Documentary No. 3)

That Year: LP The Great American Tour - 1965 Live Beatlemania Concert (Lloyds E.R.M.C. Ltd. Records)

February 1: EP 4 By The Beatles (Capitol R 5365)

February 15: Single "Eight Days a Week"/"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" (Capitol 5371)

March 22: LP The Early Beatles (Capitol ST 2309 [stereo] and T 2309 [mono])

April 19: Single "Ticket to Ride"/"Yes It Is" (Capitol 5407)

June 14: LP Beatles VI (Capitol ST 2358 [stereo] and T 2358 [mono])

July 19: Single "Help!"/"I'm Down" (Capitol 5476)

August 13: LP Help! (Capitol SMAS 2386 [stereo] and MAS 2386 [mono])

September 13: Single "Yesterday"/"Act Naturally" (Capitol 5498)

October 11: Singles "Twist and Shout"/"There's a Place" (Capitol Starline 6061), "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (6062), "Please Please Me"/"From Me to You" (6063), "Do You Want to Know a Secret"/"Thank You Girl" (6064), "Roll Over Beethoven"/"Misery" (6065), and "Boys"/"Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (6066)

December 6: Single "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" (Capitol 5555)

December 6: LP Rubber Soul (Capitol ST 2442 [stereo] and T 2442 [mono])

December 17: The Beatles Third Christmas Record issued to fan club
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1966

February 21: Single "Nowhere Man"/"What Goes On" (Capitol 5587)

May 23: Single "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" (Capitol 5651)

June 15: LP Yesterday And Today (Capitol ST 2553 [stereo] and T 2553 [mono]) Note: Released in infamous "Butcher Cover"

June 20: LP Yesterday And Today rereleased in new cover

August 5: Single "Eleanor Rigby"/"Yellow Submarine" (Capitol 5715)

August 8: LP Revolver (Capitol ST 2576 [stereo] and T 2576 [mono])

August 15: LP This Is Where It Started (Metro MS 563)

October 17: LP The Amazing Beatles And Other Great English Group Sounds (Clarion 601)

December 16: The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record issued to fan club
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1967

February 13: Single "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" (Capitol 5810)

June 2: LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol SMAS 2653 [stereo] and MAS 2653 [mono])

July 17: Single "All You Need is Love"/"Baby You're a Rich Man" (Capitol 5964)

November 27: LP Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol SMAL 2835 [stereo] and MAL 2835 [mono])

November 27: Single "Hello Goodbye"/"I Am the Walrus" (Capitol 2056)

December 15: Christmas Time Is Here Again issued to fan club
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1968

March 18: Single "Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" (Capitol 2138)

August 26: Single "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" (Apple 2276)

November 25: Double LP The Beatles (The White Album) (Apple SWBO 101 [stereo])

December 20: The Beatles 1968 Christmas Record issued to fan club
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1969

January 13: LP Yellow Submarine (Apple SW 153)

May 5: Single "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" (Apple 2490)

June 4: Single "The Ballad of John and Yoko"/"Old Brown Shoe" (Apple 2531)

October 1: LP Abbey Road (Apple SO 383)

October 6: Single "Something"/"Come Together" (Apple 2654)

December 19: The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record issued to fan club
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1970

February 26: LP The Beatles Again (Apple SO 385 and SW 385) Note: Later reissued as LP Hey Jude

March 11: Single "Let It Be"/"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (Apple 2764)

May 11: Single "The Long and Winding Road"/"For You Blue" (Apple 2832)

May 18: LP Let It Be (Apple AR 34001)

December 18: The Beatles Christmas Album issued to fan club. Contains all seven Christmas records.
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1973

March: Four-LP boxed set Alpha Omega (Volume 1) (Audio Tape Inc. ATRBH-3583 sold via mail order)

March: Four-LP boxed set Alpha Omega (Volume 2) (Audio Tape Inc. ATRBH, no catalog number)

April 2: Double LP Beatles 1962-1966 (Apple SKBO 3403)

April 2: Double LP Beatles 1967-1970 (Apple SKBO 3404)
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1976

May 31: Single "Got to Get You Into My Life"/"Helter Skelter" (Capitol 4274)

June 11: Double LP Rock And Roll Music (Capitol SKBO 11537)

November 8: Single "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"/"Julia" (Capitol 4347)
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1977

May 6: LP The Beatles At The Hollywood Bowl (Capitol SMAS 11638)

June 13: Double LP The Beatles Live! At The Star-Club In Hamburg, Germany: 1962 (Lingasong/Atlantic LS-2-7001)

October 21: Double LP Love Songs (Capitol SKBL 11711)
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1978

August 14: Single "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" - "With a Little Help from My Friends"/"A Day in the Life" (Capitol 4612)

August: Capitol reissues: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (SEAX-11840 Limited Edition picture disc), The Beatles (The White Album) (SEBX-11841 L.E. white vinyl discs), Beatles 1962-1966 (SEBX-11842 L.E. red vinyl discs), and Beatles 1967-1970 (SEBX-11843 L.E. blue vinyl discs)

November 15: LP Beatle Talk (Great Northwest Music Co. GWC-4007)

December: 13 LP set The Beatles Collection (EMI/Capitol BC-13 Limited Edition boxed set)

December: Rarities (Capitol SPRO-8969 [included with The Beatles Collection])

December: LP Abbey Road (Capitol SEAX-11900 Limited Edition picture disc)

That year: Double LP The Beatles Tapes (P.B.R. International 7005/7006)
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1979

January 24: LPs The Beatles: First Live Recordings Vol. I and Vol. II (Pickwick SPC-3361 and 3662)

December 12: LP Hear The Beatles Tell All (Vee Jay PRO-202)

December 28: LP Abbey Road (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab/Capitol MFSL 1-023). Half-speed master recording.
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1980

March 24: LP The Beatles Rarities (Capitol SHAL-12060)

May 16: Double LP The Historic First Live Recordings (Pickwick PTP-2098)

August: Reissues: LP A Hard Day's Night (Capitol SW-11921) and Let It Be (SW 11922)

October 27: LPs Rock 'N' Roll Music - Vol. 1 (Capitol SN-16020) and Rock 'N' Roll Music - Vol. 2 (Capitol SN-12021)
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1981

January 30: LP Magical Mystery Tour (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab/Capitol MFSL 1-047). Half speed master recording.

February: Double LP The Beatles Live At The Star Club, 1962, Hamburg, Germany (Hall of Music HMI 2200)

April 16: LPs Dawn Of The Silver Beatles (PAC Records UDL 2333-Limited Edition) and Lightning Strikes Twice (PAC Records UDL 2382)

October: LP The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan - In The Beginning (Circa 1960)(Polydor 24-4504)

November 30: Capitol reissued the following singles on its Starline label: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" (Starline A-6278), "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That" (A-6279), "A Hard Day's Night"/"I Should Have Known Better" (A-8281), "I'll Cry Instead"/"I'm Just to Dance with You" (A-6282), "And I Love Her"/"If I Fell" (A-6283), "Matchbox"/"Slow Down" (A-6284), "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman" (A-6286), "Eight
Days a Week"/"I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" (A-6287), "Ticket to Ride"/"Yes It Is" (A-6288), "Help!"/"I'm Down" (A-6290), "Yesterday"/"Act Naturally" (A-6291), "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" (A-6293), "Nowhere Man"/"What Goes On" (A-6294), "Paperback Writer/"Rain" (A-6296), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (A-6297), "Penny Lane"/"Strawberry Fields Forever" (A-6299), "All You Need is Love"/"Baby You're a Rich Man"
(A-6300).

That Year: LP The Beatles Talk Downunder (Raven Records PVC 8911)
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1982

January 7: Double LP The Beatles (The White Album) (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs Capitol MFSL 2-072). Half-speed master recording.

March 22: Single "The Beatles Movie Medley"/"I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" (Capitol B-5107).

March 22: LP Reel Music (Capitol SV-12199)

May: Three-album set Like Dreamers Do (Backstage BSR 1111).

That Summer: Series of 15 singles containing cuts from the Star-Club tapes: "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry Over You"/"Roll Over Beethoven" (Collectibles 1501), "Hippy Hippy Shake"/"Sweet Little Sixteen" (1502), "Lend Me Your Comb"/"Your Feets Too Big" (1503), "Where Have you Been All My Life"/"Mr. Moonlight" (1504),
"A Taste of Honey"/"Besame Mucho" (1505), "Till There Was You"/"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (1506), "Kansas City" - "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"/"Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves on the Trees)" (1507), "To Know Her Is to Love Her"/"Little Queenie" (1508), "Falling in Love Again"/"Sheila" (1509), "Be-Bop-a-Lula"/"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (1510), "Red Sails in the Sunset"/"Matchbox" (1511), "I'm Talking About You"/"Shimmy Shake" (1512), "Long Tall Sally"/"I Remember You" (1513), "Ask Me Why"/"Twist and Shout" (1514), "I Saw Her Standing There"/"Reminiscing" (1515).


September 27: LPs The Silver Beatles Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 (Phoenix PHX 352 and 353)

September 27: LP The Complete Silver Beatles (Audio Rarities AR-2452)

September: LP Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs UHQR 1-100). Half-speed master recording.

September: 13-LP boxed set The Beatles: The Collection (Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs [number n/a])

October 15: LP The Beatles - 20 Greatest Hits (Capitol SV-12245)

October: 2 LPs Like Dreamers Do (Backstage Records BSR 2-201)

October: LP The Beatles Talk With Jerry G. (Backstage BSR 1165)

November 19: Single "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (Capitol B-5189)

November: LP The Silver Beatles (Audio Rarities AR 30-003)

That Year: LP Timeless II (Silhouette Music S.M. 10010)
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1983

March: Seven-inch picture disc Timeless II 1/2: The Beatles Around The World (Silhouette Music S.M. 1451)

August: LP The Beatles Talk With Jerry G. Vol. 2 (Backstage BRS 1175)

December 19: Single "Ain't She Sweet"/"Sweet Georgia Brown" (Atlantic 13243)
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1984

Early January: Single "I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"I Saw Her Standing There" (Capitol 5112)

November: LP The British Are Coming (Silhouette SM-10013)

Late That Year: LP The Beatles Talk Downunder (And All Over) Volume 2 (Raven RVLP 1013)
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1985

July: LP The Golden Beatles (Silhouette S.M. 10015)

November: LP East Coast Invasion (Cicadelic CIC LP 1964)

December: LP The Beatles 'Round The World (Cicadelic CIC LP 1965)

December: One-sided picture disc single "Roll Over Beethoven" (Silhouette #1) released as part of a package with the LPs The British Are Coming (Silhouette SM-10013) and The Golden Beatles (Silhouette SM-10015)
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1986

February 8: LP All Our Loving (Cicadelic LP-1963)

July 23: Single "Twist and Shout"/"There's a Place" (Capitol B-5624)

August: LPs Things We Said Today (Cicadelic 1962) and Not A Second Time (Cicadelic CILP-1961)

November: LP Here There And Everywhere (Cicadelic 1968)
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1987

February 26: CD releases of Please Please Me (Capitol/EMI CDP 7 46435), With The Beatles (CDP 7 46436 2), A Hard Day's Night (CDP 7 46437 2), and Beatles For Sale (CDP 7 46438 2)

February: CD The Beatles Live In Hamburg '62 (KTEL CD 1473)

April 30: CD releases of Help! (Capitol/EMI CDP 7 46439 2), Revolver CDP 7 7 46441 2), and Rubber Soul (CDP 7 46440 2).

April: LP Moviemania (Cicadelic LP-1960)

June 1: CD Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol/EMI CDP7 46442 2)

July 21: CDs Please Please Me (Capitol CLJ 46435), With The Beatles (CLJ 46436), A Hard Day's Night (CLJ 46437), Beatles For Sale (CLJ 46438), Help! (CLJ 46439), Rubber Soul (CLJ 46440), and Revolver (CLJ 46441).

July: LP From Britain With Beat (Cicadelic LP-1967)

July: CD The Beatles: The Early Tapes (Polydor 823-701-2)

August 1: LP Hear The Beatles Tell All (Vee Jay PRO-202)

August 24: CD releases of The Beatles (The White Album) (Capitol/EMI CDS 7 46443 8) and Yellow Submarine (CDP 7 46445 2).

September 21: CD Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol/EMI CDP 7 48062 2)

October 19: CD releases Abbey Road (Capitol/EMI CDP 7 46446 2) and Let It Be (CDP 7 46447 2)
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1988

March 8: CDs Past Masters Volume 1 (Capitol CDP 7 90043-2) and Past Masters Volume 2 (CDP 7-90044-2)

October 24: Double LP Past Masters (Capitol/Parlophone C1-91135)

October 31: LP/CD/Cassette boxed set The Beatles (EMI LP: BBX 1, Cassette: TC BBX 1, CD: CD BBX 1)

December 2: CD singles "From Me to You"/"Thank You Girl" (Capitol/Parlophone C3-44280-2), "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (C3-44278-2), "She Loves You"/"I'll Get You" (C3-44281-2), "Please Please Me"/"Ask Me Why" (C3-44279-2).
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1989

February: CD single: "I Want to Hold Your Hand"/"This Boy" (Capitol C3-44304-2)

August 7: CD singles "Hello Goodbye"/"I Am the Walrus" (Capitol/Parlophone C3-44317-2), "The Ballad of John and Yoko"/"Old Brown Shoe" (C3-44313-2), "Get Back"/"Don't Let Me Down" (C3-44320-2), "All You Need is Love"/"Baby, You're a Rich Man" (C3-44316-2), "Something"/"Come Together" (C3-44314-2).

August: CD singles "I Feel Fine"/"She's a Woman" (Capitol/Parlophone C3-44321-2), "Help!"/"I'm Down" (C3-44308), "Ticket to Ride"/"Yes It Is" (C3-44307-2), "Can't Buy Me Love"/"You Can't Do That" (C3-44305-2), "A Hard Day's Night"/"Things We SaidToday" (C3-44306-2), "Hey Jude"/"Revolution" (C3-44319-2), "Paperback Writer"/"Rain" (C3-44310-2), "Let It Be"/"You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" (C3-44315-2), "Strawberry Fields Forever"/"Penny Lane" (C3-44312-2), "Yellow Submarine"/"Eleanor Rigby" (C3-44311-2), "We Can Work It Out"/"Day Tripper" (C3-44309-2), "Lady Madonna"/"The Inner Light" (C3-44318-2).

October 1: CD Savage Young Beatles (Romance Records SB-19)
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1991

July 1: The Beatles CD Singles (Parlophone [number n/a]). Contains all 22 original U.K. singles on CD.
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1994

December 6: Double CD Live At The BBC (Apple 7243 8 31 796 2 6)
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1995

March 20: CD single "Baby It's You"/"I'll Follow the Sun"/"Devil in Her Heart"/'Boys" (Apple [label n/a])

November 21: Double CD Anthology 1 (Capitol/Apple CDP 7243 8 344452 6)

December 12: CD single "Free As a Bird"/"I Saw Her Standing There"/"This Boy"/"Christmastime is Here Again" (Apple [number n/a])
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1996

March 5: CD single "Real Love"/"Baby's in Black"/"Yellow Submarine"/"Here, There and Everywhere" (Apple [number n/a])

March 18: Double CD Anthology 2 (Capitol/Apple CDP 7243 8 34448 23)

October 29: Double CD Anthology 3 (Capitol/Apple CDP 7243 8 344512 7)
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