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The Beatles' Story

A Narrative and Musical Biography of Beatlemania on 2 Long-Play Records

Capitol Records STBO 2222 1971 2X12" 33rpm (Canada)

The Beatles' Story is the sixth album by the Beatles in the United States, issued on 23 November 1964 by Capitol Records in both mono and stereo formats (although the mono was merely a fold-down of the stereo mix). It is a documentary double album featuring interviews, press conferences, and song snippets with voice-overs, and was issued in response to interviews of the Beatles collected on the Vee-Jay Records release, Hear the Beatles Tell All.[citation needed] Originally, Capitol Records intended to release the group's 1964 performance at the Hollywood Bowl, but due to a lack of advanced studio technology and the excessive amount of loud screaming fans on tape the album was shelved. Another plan was to release a 2 LP 'Greatest Hits' album for the Christmas market. Four songs were to make their Capitol debut on this album: "A Hard Day's Night," "Misery," "There's a Place," and "From Me to You." The album was compiled, but never issued. The Beatles' Story entered the Billboard Pop Albums on 12 December at number 97, and on 2 January 1965 it reached its peak position at number seven, where it remained for four weeks before beginning its slide down the charts. It has been certified a gold record by the RIAA; it was also released in Canada and is currently out of print. It was released by Toshiba EMI in Japan on the Apple label (in stereo) in a box set with a deluxe 24 page 12"x12" booklet that contains the entire text of the script in English and Japanese.

The album contains a brief stereo excerpt of their 1964 Hollywood Bowl concert, which was unreleased until May 1977 on The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl. The album was only released on cassette in Canada (4XBB 2222) and Japan (ZR44-1019). The Beatles' Story was being prepared for release on digital audio tape in 1996, but when the format failed commercially the plan was scrapped.[citation needed] In 2014, The Beatles Story was made available on CD for the first time in the Beatles boxed set, The U.S. Albums.

Tracklist
A1  On Stage With The Beatles  
A2  How Beatlemania Began  
A3  Beatlemania In Action  
A4  Man Behind The Beatles - Brian Epstein  
A5  John Lennon  
A6  Who's A Millionaire?  
B1  Beatles Will Be Beatles  
B2  Man Behind The Music - George Martin  
B3  George Harrison  
C1  A Hard Day's Night  
C2  Paul McCartney  
C3  Sneaky Haircuts And More About Paul  
D1  The Beatles Look At Life  
D2  "Victims" Of Beatlemania  
D3  Beatle Medley  
D4  Ringo Starr  
D5  Liverpool And All The World!  
Notes
Manufactured in Canada by Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited.

Bright Red Capitol early 70s logo.

Side One: 12:53
Side Two: 13:07
Side Three: 9:18
Side Four: 14:36

Condition:  double LP in a gatefold cover is NEW and SEALED

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