The Early Beatles
Compilation by The Beatles
Released 22 March 1965
Tracklist
- 1Love Me Do2:194.0 ★
- 2Twist and Shout2:323.9 ★
- 3Anna2:563.4 ★
- 4Chains2:213.1 ★
- 5Boys2:242.9 ★
- 6Ask Me Why2:242.9 ★
- 7Please Please Me2:003.6 ★
- 8P.S. I Love You2:023.2 ★
- 9Baby It's You2:363.0 ★
- 10A Taste of Honey2:023.0 ★
- 11Do You Want to Know a Secret1:553.8 ★
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Release credits
- additional [2, 6], assistant [2-7, 9-11]
- bongos [8], drums (drum set) [1], percussion [8]
- assistant [9]
- acoustic guitar [1, 8, 8-9, 11], background vocals [2-3, 5-10], electric guitar [2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 9-10, 10-11], lead vocals [4, 11]
- celesta [9], producer [2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7, 9, 9-10, 10-11, 11]
- acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6, 8, 11], background vocals [1, 4-5, 8, 10-11], electric guitar [2, 4, 4-5, 5-7, 9, 9-10, 10-11], harmonica [1, 4, 7], lead vocals [2-3, 6-7, 9], vocal [1, 4]
- engineer [1-2, 2-3, 3-4, 4-5, 5-6, 6-7, 7-9, 9-10, 10-11, 11]
- background vocals [2-7, 9-11], electric bass guitar, lead vocals [1, 8, 10], vocal [4]
- additional [2], assistant [2-5, 9-11]
- drums (drum set) [2-7, 9-11, 11], lead vocals [5], maracas [8], percussion [11], tambourine [1]
- producer [1, 8]
- engineer [9]
Issues
T12" Vinyl (mono, East Coast)22 March 1965
T12" Vinyl (stereo, East Coast)22 March 1965
T12" Vinyl (mono, West Coast)22 March 1965
T12" Vinyl (stereo, West Coast)22 March 1965
T12" Vinyl (stereo, repress)1968
T12" Vinyl (stereo, lime labels)1969
T12" Vinyl (stereo, apple labels)1971
T12" Vinyl (stereo, apple labels, subsidiary text)1971
T12" Vinyl (Apple labels, "All rights..." rimtext)1975
T12" Vinyl (stereo, orange labels)1976
T12" Vinyl (stereo, purple labels)1978
T12" Vinyl (stereo, rim text inside the colorband)1983
T2014
T12" Vinyl22 November 2024
TCD (mono, DESS bootleg)2001
TCD (stereo, DESS bootleg)2001





