U K Record Releases by the Beatles 1962-1970


U K RECORD RELEASES BY THE BEATLES 1962-1970

By Joseph Brennan, [email protected].  Copyright 1994.

Showing original releases and reissues and compilations.  Parlophone
and Apple (released through Parlophone) use the codes R for singles
(7-inch 45rpm with one song per side), GEP for EPs (7-inch 45 rpm with
usually 2 songs per side), and PMC and PCS for LPs (12-inch 33.3rpm).

Under "Writer", L M H S are Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Starkey, always
shown here in that order, and * is any other writer.

Under "Recorded" is shown the date recording started; see Mark Lewisohn's
book "The Beatles Recording Sessions" or "The Beatles Chronicle" for full
details.


Date and Record
  Songs                                         Writer	Recorded


1962 Jan.  Polydor 66 833
  My Bonnie [(Twist)]				*	22 Jun 1961
  The Saints					*	22 Jun 1961

1962 Oct.  Parlophone R 4949
  Love me do [UK single]			LM	 4 Sep 1962
  P.S. I love you				LM	11 Sep 1962

1963 Jan.  Parlophone R 4983
  Please please me				LM	26 Nov 1962
  Ask me why					LM	26 Nov 1962

1963 Mar.  Parlophone PMC 1202 and PCS 3042 (stereo)
Please Please Me / The Beatles
  I saw her standing there			LM	11 Feb 1963
  Misery					LM	11 Feb 1963
  Anna						*	11 Feb 1963
  Chains					*	11 Feb 1963
  Boys						*	11 Feb 1963
  Ask me why					LM	26 Nov 1962
  Please please me				LM	26 Nov 1962
  Love me do					LM	11 Sep 1962
  P.S. I love you				LM	11 Sep 1962
  Baby, it's you				*	11 Feb 1963
  Do you want to know a secret			LM	11 Feb 1963
  A taste of honey				*	11 Feb 1963
  There's a place				LM	11 Feb 1963
  Twist and shout				*	11 Feb 1963

1963 Apr.  Parlophone R 5015
  From me to you				LM 	 5 Mar 1963
  Thank you girl				LM	 5 Mar 1963

1963 Jul.  Polydor 21 610
My Bonnie / Tony Sheridan and the Beatles
  My Bonnie [(Twist)] 				*	22 Jun 1961
  Why						*	22 Jun 1961
  Cry for a shadow				LH	22 Jun 1961
  The saints					*	22 Jun 1961

1963 Jul.  Parlophone GEP 8882
Twist and Shout
  Twist and shout				*	11 Feb 1963
  A taste of honey				*	11 Feb 1963
  Do you want to know a secret			LM	11 Feb 1963
  There's a place				LM	11 Feb 1963

1963 Aug.  Parlophone R 5055
  She loves you					LM	 1 Jul 1963
  I'll get you					LM	 1 Jul 1963

1963 Sep.  Parlophone GEP 8880
The Beatles' Hits
  From me to you				LM	 5 Mar 1963
  Thank you girl				LM	 5 Mar 1963
  Please please me				LM	26 Nov 1962
  Love me do					LM	11 Sep 1962

1963 Nov.  Parlophone GEP 8883
The Beatles No. 1
  I saw her standing there			LM	11 Feb 1963
  Misery					LM	11 Feb 1963
  Anna						*	11 Feb 1963
  Chains					*	11 Feb 1963

1963 Nov.  Parlophone PMC 1206 and PCS 3045 (stereo)
With the Beatles
  It won't be long				LM	30 Jul 1963
  All I've got to do				LM	11 Sep 1963
  All my loving					LM	30 Jul 1963
  Don't bother me				H	12 Sep 1963
  Little child					LM	12 Sep 1963
  Till there was you				*	30 Jul 1963
  Please Mr Postman				*	18 Jul 1963
  Roll over Beethoven				*	30 Jul 1963
  Hold me tight					LM	12 Sep 1963
  You really got a hold on me			*	18 Jul 1963
  I wanna be your man				LM	12 Sep 1963
  Devil in her heart				*	18 Jul 1963
  Not a second time				LM	11 Sep 1963
  Money						*	18 Jul 1963

1963 Nov.  Parlophone R 5084
  I want to hold your hand			LM	17 Oct 1963
  This boy					LM	17 Oct 1963

1963 Dec?  Polydor 46 612 and 237 112 (stereo)  [German import]
My Bonnie / Tony Sheridan
includes:
  My Bonnie [(Twist)]				*	22 Jun 1961
  The saints					*	22 Jun 1961

1964 Feb.  Parlophone GEP 8891
All My Loving / The Beatles
  All my loving					LM	30 Jul 1963
  Ask me why					LM	26 Nov 1962
  Money						*	18 Jul 1963
  P.S. I love you				LM	11 Sep 1962

1964 Mar.  Polydor 52 273  [German import]
  My Bonnie					*	22 Jun 1961
  The saints					*	22 Jun 1961

1964 Mar.  Polydor 52 275
  Cry for a shadow				LH	22 Jun 1961
  Why						*	22 Jun 1961

1964 Mar.  Parlophone R 5114
  Can't buy me love				LM	29 Jan 1964
  You can't do that				LM	25 Feb 1964

1964 Apr.  Polydor 46 422 and 237 622 (stereo)  [German import]
Let's do the Twist, Hully Gully, Slop, Surf, Locomotion, Monkey
includes:
  My Bonnie					*	22 Jun 1961
  The saints					*	22 Jun 1961
  Cry for a shadow				LH	22 Jun 1961
  Why						*	22 Jun 1961

1964 May.  Polydor 52 317
  Ain't she sweet				*	23 Jun 1961
  Take out some insurance on me			*	23 Jun 1961

1964 Jun.  Parlophone GEP 8913
Long Tall Sally / The Beatles
  Long tall Sally				*	 1 Mar 1964
  I call your name				LM	 2 Mar 1964
  Slow down					*	 1 Jun 1964
  Matchbox					*	 1 Jun 1964

1964 Jun.  Polydor 52 906  [German import]
  Sweet Georgia Brown				*	24 May 1962
  [Nobody's child -- not the Beatles]

1964 Jul.  Parlophone R 5160
  A hard day's night				LM	16 Apr 1964
  Things we said today				LM	 2 Jun 1964

1964 Jul.  Parlophone PMC 1230 and PCS 3058 (stereo)
A Hard Day's Night / The Beatles
  A hard day's night				LM	16 Apr 1964
  I should have known better			LM	26 Feb 1964
  If I fell					LM	27 Feb 1964
  I'm happy just to dance with you		LM	 1 Mar 1964
  And I love her				LM	27 Feb 1964
  Tell me why					LM	27 Feb 1964
  Can't buy me love				LM	29 Jan 1964
  Any time at all				LM	 1 Jun 1964
  I'll cry instead				LM	 2 Jun 1964
  Things we said today				LM	 2 Jun 1964
  When I get home				LM	 2 Jun 1964
  You can't do that				LM	25 Feb 1964
  I'll be back					LM	 1 Jun 1964

1964 Nov.  Parlophone GEP 8920
Extracts from the Film 'A Hard Day's Night' / The Beatles
  I should have known better			LM	26 Feb 1964
  If I fell					LM	27 Feb 1964
  Tell me why					LM	27 Feb 1964
  And I love her				LM	27 Feb 1964

1964 Nov.  Parlophone GEP 8924
Extracts from the Album 'A Hard Day's Night' / The Beatles
  Any time at all				LM	 1 Jun 1964
  I'll cry instead				LM	 2 Jun 1964
  Things we said today				LM	 2 Jun 1964
  When I get home				LM	 2 Jun 1964

1964 Nov.  Parlophone R 5200
  I feel fine					LM	18 Oct 1964
  She's a woman					LM	 8 Oct 1964

1964 Dec.  Parlophone PMC 1240 and PCS 3062 (stereo)
Beatles For Sale
  No reply					LM	30 Sep 1964
  I'm a loser					LM	14 Aug 1964
  Baby's in black				LM	11 Aug 1964
  Rock and roll music				*	18 Oct 1964
  I'll follow the sun				LM	18 Oct 1964
  Mr Moonlight					*	18 Oct 1964
  Kansas City/Hey hey hey hey			*	18 Oct 1964
  Eight days a week				LM	 6 Oct 1964
  Words of love					*	18 Oct 1964
  Honey don't					*	18 Oct 1964
  Every little thing				LM	30 Sep 1964
  I don't want to spoil the party		LM	29 Sep 1964
  What you're doing				LM	26 Oct 1964
  Everybody's trying to be my baby		*	18 Oct 1964

1965 Apr.  Parlophone GEP 8931
Beatles For Sale
  No reply					LM	30 Sep 1964
  I'm a loser					LM	14 Aug 1964
  Rock and roll music				*	18 Oct 1964
  Eight days a week				LM	 6 Oct 1964

1965 Apr.  Parlophone R 5265
  Ticket to ride				LM	15 Feb 1965
  Yes it is					LM	16 Feb 1965

1965 Jun.  Parlophone GEP 8938
Beatles For Sale No. 2
  I'll follow the sun				LM	18 Oct 1964
  Baby's in black				LM	11 Aug 1964
  Words of love					*	18 Oct 1964
  I don't want to spoil the party		LM	29 Sep 1964

1965 Jul.  Parlophone R 5305
  Help!						LM	13 Apr 1965
  I'm down					LM	14 Jun 1965

1965 Aug.  Parlophone PMC 1255 and PCS 3071 (stereo)
Help! / The Beatles
  Help!						LM	13 Apr 1965
  The night before				LM	17 Feb 1965
  You've got to hide your love away		LM	18 Feb 1965
  I need you					H	15 Feb 1965
  Another girl					LM	15 Feb 1965
  You're going to lose that girl		LM	19 Feb 1965
  Ticket to ride				LM	15 Feb 1965
  Act naturally					*	17 Jun 1965
  It's only love				LM	15 Jun 1965
  You like me too much				H	17 Feb 1965
  Tell me what you see				LM	18 Feb 1965
  I've just seen a face				LM	14 Jun 1965
  Yesterday					LM	14 Jun 1965
  Dizzy Miss Lizzie				*	10 May 1965

1965 Dec.  Parlophone R 5389
  Day tripper					LM	16 Oct 1965
  We can work it out				LM	20 Oct 1965

1965 Dec.  Parlophone PMC 1267 and PCS 3075 (stereo)
Rubber Soul / The Beatles
  Drive my car					LM	13 Oct 1965
  Norwegian wood				LM	21 Oct 1965
  You won't see me				LM	11 Nov 1965
  Nowhere man					LM	22 Oct 1965
  Think for yourself				H	 8 Nov 1965
  The word					LM	10 Nov 1965
  Michelle					LM	 3 Nov 1965
  What goes on					LMS	 4 Nov 1965
  Girl						LM	11 Nov 1965
  I'm looking through you			LM	10 Nov 1965
  In my life					LM	18 Oct 1965
  Wait						LM	17 Jun 1965
  If I needed someone				H	16 Oct 1965
  Run for your life				LM	12 Oct 1965

1965 Dec.  Parlophone GEP 8946
The Beatles' Million Sellers
  She loves you					LM	 1 Jul 1963
  I want to hold your hand			LM	17 Oct 1963
  Can't buy me love				LM	29 Jan 1964
  I feel fine					LM	18 Oct 1964

1966 Mar.  Parlophone GEP 8948
Yesterday / The Beatles
  Yesterday					LM	14 Jun 1965
  Act naturally					*	17 Jun 1965
  You like me too much				H	17 Feb 1965
  It's only love				LM	15 Jun 1965

1966 May.  Parlophone R 5452
  Paperback writer				LM	13 Apr 1966
  Rain						LM	14 Apr 1966

1966 Jul.  Parlophone GEP 8952
Nowhere man / The Beatles
  Nowhere man					LM	22 Oct 1965
  Drive my car					LM	13 Oct 1965
  Michelle					LM	 3 Nov 1965
  You won't see me				LM	11 Nov 1965

1966 Aug.  Parlophone R 5489
  Yellow submarine				LM	26 May 1966
  Eleanor Rigby					LM	28 Apr 1966

1966 Aug.  Parlophone PMC 7009 and PCS 7009 (stereo)
Revolver / The Beatles
  Taxman					H	21 Apr 1966
  Eleanor Rigby					LM	28 Apr 1966
  I'm only sleeping				LM	27 Apr 1966
  Love you to					H	11 Apr 1966
  Here, there and everywhere			LM	14 Jun 1966
  Yellow submarine				LM	26 May 1966
  She said she said				LM	21 Jun 1966
  Good day sunshine				LM	 8 Jun 1966
  And your bird can sing			LM	26 Apr 1966
  For no one					LM	 9 May 1966
  Dr Robert					LM	17 Apr 1966
  I want to tell you				H	 2 Jun 1966
  Got to get you into my life			LM	 8 Apr 1966
  Tomorrow never knows				LM	 6 Apr 1966

1966 Dec.  Parlophone PMC 7016 and PCS 7016 (stereo)
A Collection of Beatles Oldies
  She loves you					LM	 1 Jul 1963
  From me to you				LM	 5 Mar 1963
  We can work it out				LM	20 Oct 1965
  Help!						LM	13 Apr 1965
  Michelle					LM	 3 Nov 1965
  Yesterday					LM	14 Jun 1965
  I feel fine					LM	18 Oct 1964
  Yellow submarine				LM	26 May 1966
  Can't buy me love				LM	29 Jan 1964
  Bad boy					*	10 May 1965
  Day tripper					LM	16 Oct 1965
  A hard day's night				LM	16 Apr 1964
  Ticket to ride				LM	15 Feb 1965
  Paperback writer				LM	13 Apr 1966
  Eleanor Rigby					LM	28 Apr 1966
  I want to hold your hand			LM	17 Oct 1963

1967 Feb.  Parlophone R 5570
  Penny Lane					LM	29 Dec 1966
  Strawberry Fields forever			LM	29 Nov 1966

1967 Jun.  Parlophone PMC 7027 and PCS 7027 (stereo)
Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band / The Beatles
  Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band		LM	 1 Feb 1967
  With a little help from my friends		LM	29 Mar 1967
  Lucy in the sky with diamonds			LM	 1 Mar 1967
  Getting better				LM	 9 Mar 1967
  Fixing a hole					LM	 9 Feb 1967
  She's leaving home				LM	17 Mar 1967
  Being for the benefit of Mr Kite!		LM	17 Feb 1967
  Within you without you			H	15 Mar 1967
  When I'm sixty-four				LM	 6 Dec 1966
  Lovely Rita					LM	23 Feb 1967
  Good morning good morning			LM	 8 Feb 1967
  Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (reprise)	LM	 1 Apr 1967
  A day in the life				LM	19 Jan 1967
  [edit for LP end (inner groove)]			21 Apr 1967

1967 Jul.  Polydor 236 201 (stereo)
The Beatles' First
includes:
  Ain't she sweet                               *	23 Jun 1961
  Cry for a shadow                              LH	22 Jun 1961
  My Bonnie                                     *	22 Jun 1961
  Take out some insurance on me                 *	23 Jun 1961
  Sweet Georgia Brown                           *	24 May 1962
  The saints                                    *	22 Jun 1961
  Why                                           *	22 Jun 1961
  Nobody's child                                *	23 Jun 1961

1967 Jul.  Parlophone R 5620
  All you need is love				LM	14 Jun 1967
  Baby, you're a rich man			LM	11 May 1967

1967 Nov.  Parlophone R 5655
  Hello goodbye					LM	 2 Oct 1967
  I am the walrus				LM	 5 Sep 1967

1967 Dec.  Parlophone MMT 1 and SMMT 1 (stereo)  [2 EPs]
Magical Mystery Tour / The Beatles
  Magical Mystery Tour				LM	25 Apr 1967
  Your mother should know			LM	22 Aug 1967
  I am the walrus				LM	 5 Sep 1967
  The fool on the hill				LM	25 Sep 1967
  Flying					LMHS	 8 Sep 1967
  Blue Jay Way					H	 6 Sep 1967

1968 Mar.  Parlophone R 5675
  Lady Madonna					LM	 3 Feb 1968
  The inner light				H	12 Jan 1968

1968 Aug.  Apple R 5722
  Hey Jude					LM	31 Jul 1968
  Revolution [2]				LM	10 Jul 1968

1968 Nov.  Apple PMC 7067 and 7068, and PCS 7067 and 7068 (stereo)
The Beatles  [no title: known as the white album]
  Back in the U.S.S.R.                          LM	22 Aug 1968
  Dear Prudence                                 LM	28 Aug 1968
  Glass onion                                   LM	11 Sep 1968
  Ob-la-di, ob-la-da                            LM	 8 Jul 1968
  Wild honey pie                                LM	20 Aug 1968
  The continuing story of Bungalow Bill         LM	 8 Oct 1968
  While my guitar gently weeps                  H	 5 Sep 1968
  Happiness is a warm gun                       LM	24 Sep 1968
  Martha my dear                                LM	 4 Oct 1968
  I'm so tired                                  LM	 8 Oct 1968
  Blackbird                                     LM	11 Jun 1968
  Piggies                                       H	19 Sep 1968
  Rocky Raccoon                                 LM	15 Aug 1968
  Don't pass me by                              S	 5 Jun 1968
  Why don't we do it in the road                LM	 9 Oct 1968
  I will                                        LM	16 Sep 1968
  Julia                                         LM	13 Oct 1968
  Birthday                                      LM	18 Sep 1968
  Yer blues                                     LM	13 Aug 1968
  Mother nature's son                           LM	 9 Aug 1968
  Everybody's got something to hide 
    except me and my monkey                     LM	27 Jun 1968
  Sexy Sadie                                    LM	13 Aug 1968
  Helter skelter                                LM	 9 Sep 1968
  Long long long                                H	 7 Oct 1968
  Revolution 1                                  LM	30 May 1968
  Honey Pie                                     LM	 1 Oct 1968
  Savoy truffle                                 H	 3 Oct 1968
  Cry baby cry                                  LM	16 Jul 1968
  [Can you take me back]                                16 Sep 1968
  Revolution 9                                  LM	30 May 1968
  Good night                                    LM	22 Jul 1968

1969 Jan.  Apple PMC 7070 and PCS 7070 (stereo)
Yellow Submarine / The Beatles
includes:
  Yellow submarine                              LM	26 May 1966
  Only a Northern Song                          H	13 Feb 1967
  All together now                              LM	12 May 1967
  Hey bulldog                                   LM      11 Feb 1968
  It's all too much                             H	25 May 1967
  All you need is love                          LM	14 Jun 1967

1969 Apr.  Apple R 5777
  Get back [single]				LM	27 Jan 1969
  Don't let me down				LM	28 Jan 1969

1969 May.  Apple R 5786 (stereo)
  The ballad of John and Yoko			LM	14 Apr 1969
  Old brown shoe				H	16 Apr 1969

1969 Sep.  Apple PCS 7088 (stereo)
Abbey Road / The Beatles
  Come together                                 LM	21 Jul 1969
  Something                                     H	 2 May 1969
  Maxwell's silver hammer                       LM	 9 Jul 1969
  Oh! darling                                   LM	20 Apr 1969
  Octopus's garden                              S	26 Apr 1969
  I want you (she's so heavy)                   LM	22 Feb 1969
  Here comes the sun                            H	 7 Jul 1969
  Because                                       LM	 1 Aug 1969
  You never give me your money                  LM	 6 May 1969
  Sun king/Mean Mr Mustard                      LM	24 Jul 1969
  Polythene Pam/She came in through 
    the bathroom window 			LM	25 Jul 1969
  Golden slumbers/Carry that weight             LM       2 Jul 1969
  The end                                       LM	23 Jul 1969
  Her majesty					LM	 2 Jul 1969

1969 Oct.  Apple R 5814 (stereo)
  Something					H	 2 May 1969
  Come together					LM	21 Jul 1969

1970 Mar.  Apple R 5833 (A-side in stereo)
  Let it be [single]				LM	31 Jan 1969
  You know my name (look up the number)  	LM	17 May 1967

1970 May.  Apple PXS 1 (box with stereo LP and book)
Let it be / The Beatles
  Two of us                                     LM	31 Jan 1969
  Dig a pony                                    LM	30 Jan 1969
  Across the universe [Spector]                 LM	 4 Feb 1968
  I me mine                                     H	 3 Jan 1970
  Dig it!                                       LMHS	26 Jan 1969
  Let it be [Spector]                           LM	31 Jan 1969
  Maggie Mae                                    *	24 Jan 1969
  I've got a feeling                            LM	30 Jan 1969
  One after 909                                 LM	30 Jan 1969
  The long and winding road                     LM	31 Jan 1969
  For you blue                                  H	25 Jan 1969
  Get back [Spector]                            LM	27 Jan 1969

1970 Nov.  Apple PCS 7096 (stereo)
Let it be / The Beatles
[ reissue of PXS 1 without box and book ]

1970 Dec.  Regal Starline SRS 5013 (stereo)
No One's Gonna Change Our World
[benefit album for World Wildlife Fund]
includes:
  Across the universe [Wildlife]		LM	 4 Feb 1968

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35 songs (or major alternate versions) were not available on Beatles
LPs in the UK at the end of 1970:

Love me do [UK single]		single, 1962
Thank you girl			B side of From me to you, 1963
I'll get you			B side of She loves you, 1963
This boy			B side of I want to hold your hand, 1963
Komm, gib mir deine Hand	German single A-side, 1964
Sie liebt dich			B-side of German single, 1964
Long tall Sally			EP, 1964
I call your name		EP, 1964
Slow down			EP, 1964
Matchbox			EP, 1964
She's a woman			B-side of I feel fine, 1964
Yes it is			B-side of Ticket to ride, 1965
I'm down			B-side of Help!, 1965
Rain				B-side of Paperback writer, 1966
Penny Lane			single, 1967 (with Strawberry Fields forever)
Strawberry Fields forever	single, 1967 (with Penny Lane)
Baby, you're a rich man		B-side of All you need is love, 1967
Hello goodbye			single, 1967
Magical Mystery Tour            EP set, 1967
Your mother should know         EP set, 1967
I am the walrus                 EP set, 1967; and B-side of Hello goodbye
The fool on the hill            EP set, 1967
Flying                          EP set, 1967
Blue Jay Way                    EP set, 1967
Lady Madonna			single, 1968
The inner light			B-side of Lady Madonna, 1968
Hey Jude			single, 1968
Revolution [2]			B-side of Hey Jude, 1968
Get back [single]		single, 1969
Don't let me down		B-side of Get back, 1969
The ballad of John and Yoko	single, 1969
Old brown shoe			B-side of The ballad of..., 1969
Let it be [single]		single, 1970
You know my name		B-side of Let it be, 1970
Across the universe [Wildlife]  on special LP only (see above)

Note that the "Collection of Beatles Oldies" LP, 1966, contains numerous
songs not otherwise on LP; this list would be longer without that.