Sunday, July 20, 2025

The Beatles : Something New (Stereo/ Mono)





I GIVE HER ALL MY LOVE

THAT'S ALL I DO

AND IF YOU SAW MY LOVE

YOU'D LOVE HER TOO


 Something New

 is an album

 by the English

 rock band 

The Beatles

released in 1964

 for the 

North American

 market only.

The album is the third

 Capitol LP release 

'and fifth 

American album release

 overall by the band, 

following the

 United Artists release

 of 

A Hard Day's Night

The album includes 

eight songs

 from the

 original

 British release 

of 

A Hard Day's Night

as well as the tracks

 "Slow Down"

 and 

"Matchbox" 

from the 

Long Tall Sally EP

 and the 

German-language version of 

"I Want to Hold Your Hand". 

The mono version

 also featured

 the extended single mix of 

"I'll Cry Instead", 

while stereo editions

 included a 

shorter edit 

from the 

UK release of

 A Hard Day's Night.

Release History

Originally scheduled for

  August,1st 1964, 

the album was

 rush-released on

  July,20th 1964,

ten days after 

the British release of 

A Hard Day's Night.

 It was released in 

both mono 

and 

stereo versions.

 All mono mixes

 of the five songs 

duplicated from the 

United Artists

 soundtrack album

 are identical on

 both releases. 

Something New 

was the only early 

Capitol Beatles album

 to contain all tracks

 in true stereo. 

The mono release contains

 alternative versions of 

"Any Time At All" 

(a different mix during the instrumental bridge), 

"I'll Cry Instead" 

(with the "missing" third verse), 

"When I Get Home" 

(the line "Till I walk out that door again" 

during the song's bridge

 has a different vocal passage 

from the UK mono mix),

 "If I Fell" 

(Lennon's non-double-tracked introductory vocal), 

and 

"And I Love Her" 

(McCartney's non-double-tracked vocal).

This album was also released on

 the Parlophone label

 for sale only on

 American Armed Forces bases

 in Europe. 

These copies have great

 collector value. 

The album was also

 issued in Germany 

on the Odeon label. 

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