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Just in time for Christmas, Beatles For Sale arrived in record stores on December 4, 1964, with the Fab Four already international icons. The pace imposed on them is also totally inhuman. Contractually obliged to record two albums a year, perform consecutive marathon tours and appear on TV shows, it's clear that Beatlemania is at its peak. The consequences of this madness sees the Beatles include six guest appearances for this fourth studio album (Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Lieber & Stoller ...) and eight original songs. John, Paul, George and Ringo offer up rather gloomy faces on the album cover, and with titles as explicit that I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party or No Reply, they show (with grace) a darker, melancholic side than the public was perhaps accustomed to. The Beatles pass (almost) into adulthood... ©MZ/Qobuz, Translation/BM
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John Lennon, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist - Kazuko Katagiri, Translator
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Chuck Berry, ComposerLyricist - George Martin, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Bells, Percussion, Timpani, Bongos, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Hammond Organ, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, African Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist - Roy Lee Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - John Lennon, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Richard Penniman, ComposerLyricist - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Clapping, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Buddy Holly, ComposerLyricist - John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Perkins, ComposerLyricist - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Piano, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Timpani, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE HARRISON, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, 12-String Acoustic Guitar - George Martin, Producer, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
John Lennon, Guitar, Tambourine, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Mccartney, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GEORGE HARRISON, Guitar, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - George Martin, Producer - Ringo Starr, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Perkins, ComposerLyricist - The Beatles, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
Album review
Just in time for Christmas, Beatles For Sale arrived in record stores on December 4, 1964, with the Fab Four already international icons. The pace imposed on them is also totally inhuman. Contractually obliged to record two albums a year, perform consecutive marathon tours and appear on TV shows, it's clear that Beatlemania is at its peak. The consequences of this madness sees the Beatles include six guest appearances for this fourth studio album (Carl Perkins, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Lieber & Stoller ...) and eight original songs. John, Paul, George and Ringo offer up rather gloomy faces on the album cover, and with titles as explicit that I'm A Loser, Baby's In Black, I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party or No Reply, they show (with grace) a darker, melancholic side than the public was perhaps accustomed to. The Beatles pass (almost) into adulthood... ©MZ/Qobuz, Translation/BM
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:38
- Main artists: The Beatles
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Catalogue
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2015 Apple Corps Ltd ℗ 2015 Calderstone Productions Limited (a division of Universal Music Group)
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