Along with ‘Something New’ LP, Capitol Will Release Three Beatles’ Singles For the Month
HOLLYWOOD — “Something New,” Capitol’s third Beatle album which goes on sale Monday, July 20, is one LP that lives up to its name.
Six of the tunes in the album have never before been released in the U.S. They were recorded by The Beatles after they completed their first film, “A Hard Day’s Night” (Capitol released the title as a single last week and sales have already surpassed the million mark.)
According to Stanley M. Gortikov, President, Capitol Records Distributing Corp. (CRDC) the pre-release sale for the album” has been fantastic. “Over a half-million have been shipped to Districts throughout the country and orders have kept the Scranton and Los Angeles plants working to capacity. In addition, Capitol has several outside sources pressing the disk.
“The initial demand has been amazing,” Gortikov said. “It has demonstrated that dealers have as much enthusiasm today as they did six months ago when we put out the first Beatle album.”
Gortikov attributed much of the excitement for the album to The Beatles forthcoming tour and United Artists picture which could make “Something New” one of the biggest selling LPs in Capitol’s history. “There’s also the fact,” he added, “that this album isn’t just a package with a new jacket surrounded by old tunes.”
Among the 11 songs on the album is the German version of “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand,” better known to the U.S. record buyer as “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” the first Beatle single released by Capitol. All of the songs in the LP are Lennon-McCartney compositions with the exception of “Slow Down” and “Matchbox.”
Capitol will follow the release of “Something New” with two more Beatle singles this month – “And I Love Her” (on the flip side is “If I Fell”) and “I’ll Cry Instead” (“I’m Happy Just To Dance With You”). Both are from the UA picture. This will bring the number of Beatle singles released by Capitol this month to three. END
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Information, credit and news source: Record World, July 25, 1964
