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Twist and Shout (1964)

Where the lyrics of Twist and Shout take you, and where it was really made.

This album is a Canadian-only mono LP built from songs of the British album Please Please Me, and a stereo reissue with the same title came out later in the 1970s.

Key places

Abbey Road Studios, Studio 2 (1964)

Recording site Abbey Road Studios — The release record links this album to a recording at Abbey Road Studios, Studio 2. Most of the songs come from Please Please Me, the group's first UK LP. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Jubilee line to St John's Wood station, then about a 5-minute walk.

Album story

Overview

• Twist and Shout: the Beatles' second album released in Canada
• Mono only, Capitol Records, catalogue number T-6054
• Released 3 February 1964 in Canada
• Released exclusively for the Canadian market
• Mostly drawn from Please Please Me, the group's first UK LP
• Contains both original Beatles songs and covers, including the title track "Twist and Shout"
• Stereo reissue in the 1970s under catalogue number ST-6054 (a reissue, separate from this original release)

Background

• Track selection differs from Please Please Me: "I Saw Her Standing There" and "Misery" were omitted
• "From Me to You" and "She Loves You" were added; both were UK single A-sides
• The two omitted songs appear on the next Canadian LP, The Beatles' Long Tall Sally
• Produced by Paul White, head of new artists and repertoire at Capitol of Canada in Toronto
• Follows Beatlemania! With the Beatles, the first Canadian disc that matched its British counterpart

Recording

• Recording location on record: Abbey Road Studios, Studio 2
• Mixing location on record: Abbey Road Studios, Studios 1 and 2 (same building)

Cover

• Front cover reuses the photo from the Twist And Shout maxi single, taken by Fiona Adams in London
• Back cover carries promotional text and short biographies of the four members under a Dezo Hoffmann photo
• Front and back covers differ significantly from Please Please Me

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960
• Grew out of Lennon's earlier band the Quarrymen
• Built its reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg
• Starr officially joined in 1962

Members

• John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr

Career

• Manager Brian Epstein shaped them into a professional act
• Producer George Martin developed their recordings after they signed with EMI
• First hit Love Me Do came in late 1962
• By early 1964 they were international stars
• Part of the British Invasion of the US pop market
• Retired from live performance in 1966
• Turned to more sophisticated studio albums: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the White Album and Abbey Road
• Founded Apple Corps in 1968
• Broke up in 1970

Around this album

• Abbey Road was the last album the group recorded together
• On 20 September 1969, six days before release, Lennon told McCartney, Starr and manager Allen Klein that he wanted a divorce from the group
• No public announcement of the split came until McCartney announced he was leaving in April 1970

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Canadian release used mono audio only
• Stereo record players were not popular in Canada at the time, so a stereo pressing was judged unprofitable
• Early copies were sold with a black and white promotional picture marked with the phrase "exclusive Capitol Records recording stars"
• Early copies were also manufactured with a limited edition 8x10 inch poster of the Beatles
• The single She Loves You reached the top of the Toronto CHUM chart in December 1963, and this album highlights that song
• Produced by Paul White of Capitol Records Canada
• Second Canadian LP after Beatlemania! With the Beatles

Reappraisal

• Wikipedia notes that the 1970s stereo reissue is considered the definitive version of the album
• The stereo reissue kept Love Me Do, P.S. I Love You and She Loves You in mono while the other tracks were stereo

Records

• Original Canadian release: Capitol T-6054, mono, 3 February 1964
• Stereo reissue in the 1970s: catalogue number ST-6054
• Toronto CHUM chart: She Loves You reached number one in December 1963
• Reissue jackets were printed by Parr's, the printer Capitol commissioned for the cardboard sleeves

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · ko.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The second version of Love Me Do on this album is one where Ringo Starr does not play drums
• Parr's printed the cardboard jackets, and later reissues credited Parr's as the printer Capitol commissioned
• Early copies came with a black and white promotional picture marked "exclusive Capitol Records recording stars"
• A limited-time bonus was a group photo taken by the same photographer as the back cover, Dezo Hoffmann, offered free with a purchase

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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