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For the Alistair Taylor autobiography of the same name, see Alistair Taylor.
With the Beatles
A black-and-white photograph of the Beatles' faces on a black background with the band members wearing black turtleneck sweaters
Studio album by The Beatles
Released 22 November 1963 (1963-11-22)
Recorded 18 July – 23 October 1963
Studio EMI Studios, London
Genre
Length 32:24
Label Parlophone
Producer George Martin
The Beatles chronology
Please Please Me
(1963)Please Please Me1963		 With the Beatles
(1963)		 A Hard Day's Night
(1964)
Alternative covers
Australian cover
Australian cover
Canadian cover
Canadian cover
Canadian chronology
Beatlemania! With the Beatles
(1963)		 Twist and Shout
(1964)

A Hard Day's Night1964
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars[5]
The A.V. Club A[6]
Blender 4/5 stars[7]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars[8]
MusicHound 3/5 stars[9]
Pitchfork Media 8.8/10[10]
Paste 87/100[11]
Record Collector 4/5 stars[12]
Rolling Stone (favourable)[13]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4.5/5 stars[14]

With the Beatles is the second studio album by the English rock group the Beatles. It was released on 22 November 1963, on Parlophone, and was recorded four months after the band's debut Please Please Me. The album features eight original compositions (seven by Lennon–McCartney and "Don't Bother Me", George Harrison's first recorded solo composition and his first released on a Beatles album) and six covers (mostly of Motown, rock and roll, and R&B hits). The cover photograph was taken by the fashion photographer Robert Freeman, and it has been mimicked by several music groups over the years.

The album became the first Beatles album released in North America when it was released in Canada on 25 November under the augmented title Beatlemania! With the Beatles, with additional text on the album cover, and issued only in mono at the time, catalogue number T 6051 (a stereo Canadian release would come in 1968, catalogue number ST 6051). With The Beatles was unevenly "split" over the group's first two Capitol albums in the United States; nine tracks were issued on Meet the Beatles! (the eight original compositions plus "Till There Was You"), and the remaining five, all "covers", were placed on The Beatles' Second Album.

The LP had advance orders of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell a million copies in the United Kingdom, after the soundtrack to the 1958 film South Pacific.[15] With the Beatles remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me, so that the Beatles occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks. It even reached number 11 in the "singles charts" (because at the time UK charts counted all records sold, regardless of format). EMI Australia did not receive the cover art, and used alternate shots of the band in a similar style to the black-and-white photograph on other releases. The Beatles were unaware of this until fans showed them the cover during their only Australian tour, and informed the EMI publicity staff that they were not pleased with the substitution.[16]

On 26 February 1987, With the Beatles was officially released on compact disc (in mono only, catalogue number CDP 7 46436 2). Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on 21 July 1987. Along with the rest of the Beatles' canon, it was re-released on CD in newly re-mastered stereo and mono versions on 9 September 2009.

The album was ranked number 420 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2003,[17] and was included in Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[18]

Recording

Unlike Please Please Me, whose tracks not previously issued on singles (10 of the 14) were recorded in one day (11 February 1963),[19] With The Beatles was recorded over seven sessions across three months, from 18 July to 23 October. None of its 14 tracks were issued as singles in the UK. In between sessions, as Beatlemania took off across the UK, the group were busy with radio, TV, and live performances. The sessions featured:

  • 18 July: "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Money (That's What I Want)", "(There's A) Devil in Her Heart" and "Till There Was You".[20]
  • 30 July: "Please Mister Postman", "It Won't Be Long", "Money", "Till There Was You", "Roll Over Beethoven", and "All My Loving".[20]
  • 11 September: "I Wanna Be Your Man", "Little Child", "All I've Got to Do", "Not a Second Time" and "Don't Bother Me".[21]
  • 12 September: "Hold Me Tight" "Don't Bother Me", "Little Child" and "I Wanna Be Your Man".[22]
  • 3 October: "I Wanna Be Your Man" and "Little Child".[23]
  • 17 October: "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "This Boy", and "You Really Got a Hold on Me". This was the Beatles' first session to use four-track recording. "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" were the A-side and B-side of the Beatles' next single, released on 29 November.[24]
  • 23 October: "I Wanna Be Your Man".[25]

Track listing

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With the Beatles (side 1) – Parlophone yellow and black label.

All songs written and composed by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted. 

Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "It Won't Be Long"   Lennon with McCartney and Harrison 2:13
2. "All I've Got to Do"   Lennon 2:03
3. "All My Loving"   McCartney 2:08
4. "Don't Bother Me" (Harrison) George Harrison 2:28
5. "Little Child"   Lennon with McCartney 1:46
6. "Till There Was You" (Meredith Willson) McCartney 2:14
7. "Please Mister Postman" (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) Lennon with McCartney and Harrison 2:34
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. "Roll Over Beethoven" (Chuck Berry) Harrison 2:45
2. "Hold Me Tight"   McCartney 2:32
3. "You Really Got a Hold on Me" (Smokey Robinson) Lennon and Harrison with McCartney 3:01
4. "I Wanna Be Your Man"   Ringo Starr with McCartney and Lennon 1:59
5. "Devil in Her Heart" (Richard Drapkin) Harrison 2:26
6. "Not a Second Time"   Lennon 2:07
7. "Money" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy) Lennon with McCartney and Harrison 2:49

Personnel

According to Mark Lewisohn:[26]

The Beatles
  • George Harrison – lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead and acoustic guitars; handclaps; nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"
  • John Lennon – lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; harmonica and handclaps; nylon-string acoustic guitar on "Till There Was You"; Hammond organ on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and tambourine on "Don't Bother Me"
  • Paul McCartney – lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass guitar and handclaps; piano on "Little Child" and claves on "Don't Bother Me"
  • Ringo Starr – drums, tambourine, maracas, handclaps; lead vocals on "I Wanna Be Your Man" and Arabian loose-skin bongo on "Till There Was You" and "Don't Bother Me"
Production

Chart performance

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalogue
United Kingdom 22 November 1963 Parlophone Mono LP PMC 1206
Stereo LP PCS 3045
16 February 1987 CD CDP 7 46436 2
United States 26 February 1987 Parlophone CD CDP 7 46436 2
21 July 1987 Capitol Records Mono, LP CLJ-46436
Worldwide re-release 9 September 2009 Apple Records Remastered stereo CD 0946 3 82420 2 4
Remastered mono CD
13 November 2012 Remastered stereo LP 0094638242017

References

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  16. ↑ Baker & Dilernia 1985.
  17. ↑ Rolling Stone 2007.
  18. ↑ ^ Robert Dimery; Michael Lydon (23 March 2010). 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition. Universe. ISBN 978-0-7893-2074-2.
  19. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 99.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Lewisohn 1988, p. 117.
  21. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 121–122.
  22. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 122.
  23. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 123.
  24. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, p. 125.
  25. ↑ Lewisohn 1988, pp. 125–126.
  26. ↑ Lewisohn 1988.
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External links

Preceded by
Please Please Me by the Beatles
 UK Albums Chart number-one album
7 December 1963 – 24 April 1964		 Succeeded by
The Rolling Stones by The Rolling Stones
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