The Beatles Finally Let It Be by Bruce Spizer

Author:Bruce Spizer [Spizer, Bruce]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780983295778
Google: 9OiEzQEACAAJ
Amazon: 0983295778
Publisher: 498 Productions, LLC
Published: 2020-10-06T05:00:00+00:00

The Beatles Again: The Hey Jude Album

In September 1969, Allen Klein negotiated lucrative new contracts for the Beatles with EMI and Capitol Records. Abbey Road was the first album covered by the new arrangement, which gave the group a higher royalty rate. When Klein recommended that the Beatles Get Back TV special be converted into a feature-length film, the release of the Get Back album was delayed until 1970 to coincide with the release of the movie. According to Allan Steckler, who worked for Allen Klein at Abkco (Klein’s management and music publishing company), Klein was anxious to have another Beatles album delivered to Capitol under the terms of the favorable new contract. In late November 1969, Klein asked Steckler, who had been assigned to manage Apple, if there was any material available to put into a “new” Beatles album for the American market.

Steckler reviewed the Capitol catalog to determine what songs had yet to appear on an American album. He selected ten songs covering the Beatles entire career and programmed the running order. This information was forwarded to EMI with instructions to compile a stereo master tape for the LP. Four of the pre-1969 songs had never appeared on a British album and needed to be mixed for stereo. Existing stereo mixes were used for the other selections.

With the exception of “Don’t Let Me Down,” the album was programmed in chronological order. Side One rocks from start to finish, opening with “Can’t Buy Me Love” and closing with “Revolution.” Side Two, which contains only four songs, opens with “Hey Jude” and closes with “The Ballad Of John And Yoko.”

The album’s opening tracks, “Can’t Buy Me Love” and “I Should Have Known Better,” were featured in the film A Hard Day’s Night and were on the United Artists soundtrack LP, but had not been issued on a Capitol Beatles album. The former was issued as Capitol’s second Beatles single on March 16, 1964. It topped the charts and sold well over a million copies. The song appeared on Capitol’s 1964 compilation album Big Hits From England And The U.S.A. “I Should Have Known Better” was the B-side to the Capitol single “A Hard Day’s Night,” which was released on July 13, 1964. Billboard charted the flip side separately at number 53.

When “Paperback Writer” and “Rain” were issued on a Capitol single on May 23, 1966, the disc quickly shot to the top of the charts and sold over a million copies. The B-side “Rain” charted at 23.

“Lady Madonna” was the A-side of the Beatles first single of 1968, issued on March 18. Although the song sold over a million copies and received heavy air play, it stalled at number four in the Billboard Hot 100.

“Revolution” was the B-side of the Beatles first Apple single issued on August 26, 1968. Billboard separately charted the song at number 12. This rocking version was recorded specifically for the singles market. The original version of the song, titled “Revolution 1,” is on The White Album.

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