THE BEATLES "BEATLES FOR SALE" 1995 LIMITED ED. UNPLAYED OUT OF PRINT PROMO LP

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THESE 12”/LP RECORDS COME FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, SOME ARE PROMO’S FROM THE NATIONAL RADIO NETWORK I WAS AT FOR 19 YEARS OTHERS FROM RECORD STORES, SWAPS,YARD SALES,CHARITY SHOPS, ETC.….ALL OF MY RECORDS COME IN A PROTECTIVE PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE…MEDIA MAIL IN THE U.S. $4 COVERS THAT AS WELL AS THE COST OF THE RECORD MAILER….I DO COMBINE SHIPPING, .50 EACH FOR THE U.S. FOR EACH ADDITIONAL RECORD. INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING BASED ON WEIGHT. CHECK OUT MY OTHER AUCTIONS.WHEN I CLICK ON EBAY’S “USED” THAT ONLY MEANS THE RECORD IS OPENED, IN MOST CASES IT IS UNPLAYED SO “NEW” IN THAT SENSE. I USE THE GOLDMINE STANDARD GRADING SYSTEM.

I ALSO HAVE MORE OF THE BEATLES “LIMITED EDITION” 1995 VINYL RE-ISSUES, PROMO STAMPED I WILL BE LISTING.

FROM MY GOOD BUDDIES AT CAPITOL/EMI RECORDS HERE IN L.A., I RECEIVED A BOX OF 13 OF THE 1995 LIMITED EDITION BEATLES L.P.S IN THEIR ORIGINAL U.K. CONFIGURATIONS. THEY ALL HAVE A GOLD INK EMBOSSED PROMO STAMPS, (SEE PHOTOS) ALL ARE IN EXCELLENT UNPLAYED CONDITION (SEE ABOVE) UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED)….ALL ARE CURRENTLY OUT OF PRINT, ALL ARE UNPLAYED ( I REALLY REALLY TOYED WITH THE IDEA OF KEEPING THEM AS THEY ARE FOR THE MOST PART PRISTINE, BUT, I HAVE THE MUSIC AND HOW MANY COPIES OF THIS DOES ONE NEED?). I AM LISTING THEM ONE AT A TIME, BUT WILL COMBINE SHIPPING FOR ANYONE WHO WINS MORE THAN ONE. THANKS FOR LOOKING. HERE GOES.

THIS IS THE 1995 LIMITED EDITION (C1-46438), OUT OF PRINT PROMO STAMPED BRITISH BEATLES LP TITLED “BEATLES FOR SALE”. IN LOVELY MONO. WITH THE PARLOPHONE LOGO ON THE FRONT COVER. IT IS IN EXCELLENT UNPLAYED CONDITION (SEE ABOVE). HERE’S MORE ON THIS RELEASE.

“Beatles for Sale” is the fourth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles, released on 4 December 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of the Lennon–McCartney partnership, John Lennon particularly now showing interest in composing songs of a more autobiographical nature. "I'm a Loser" shows Lennon for the first time coming under the influence of Bob Dylan, whom he met in New York while on tour, on 28 August 1964.

 Beatles for Sale did not produce a single for the UK – the non-album tracks "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman" performed that role. Nevertheless, that coupling was followed up in the United States by "Eight Days a Week", which became their seventh number one in March 1965.

The album hit the UK number one spot and retained that position for 11 of the 46 weeks that it spent in the Top 20. Beatles for Sale did not surface as a regular album in the US until 1987. In its place was Beatles '65 which featured eight songs from Beatles for Sale, plus the A and B-side of "I Feel Fine" and "I'll Be Back" from the UK's A Hard Day's Night album. Beatles '65 enjoyed a nine-week run at the top of the US charts beginning in January 1965.

Overview

 The Beatles began their first studio session for Beatles for Sale on 8 June 1964, only seven days after their last session for A Hard Day's Night. Prior to the new recording sessions, the band toured Australia and New Zealand (after a two-show night in Hong Kong), played concerts in the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden and made several television, radio and live concert appearances in the UK. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said, "It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles," leading to the inclusion of several cover versions after the all-original A Hard Day's Night; the band's visible weariness on the album's cover is noted by narrator Malcolm McDowell during The Compleat Beatles. Yet during these sessions they were still capable of recording the single "I Feel Fine" and its B-side, "She's a Woman" (both written by Lennon–McCartney, and not included on the album).

Gram Parsons has noted the strong country influence on "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party". "I'm a Loser" is also notable for being perhaps the first Beatles song to directly reflect the influence of Bob Dylan, thus nudging folk and rock a little closer together toward the folk-rock explosion of the following year.

Charting

 Beatles for Sale and its modified US counterparts, Beatles '65 and Beatles VI, all reached number one on the charts in their respective countries, with Beatles for Sale taking over from A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom.

 On 26 February 1987, Beatles for Sale was officially released on Compact Disc (catalogue number CDP 7 46438 2), as were three other Beatles' albums, Please Please Me, With the Beatles and A Hard Day's Night. Almost 23 years after its original release, the album charted in the United Kingdom for a fortnight in 1987. Having been available only as an import in the US in the past, the album was also issued domestically in the US on LP and cassette on 21 July 1987. Even though this album was recorded on four-track tape, the CD version issued in 1987 was available only in mono.

Background

 When Beatles for Sale was being recorded, Beatlemania was just past its peak; in early 1964, they had made waves with their television appearances in the United States, sparking unprecedented demand for their records. Beatles for Sale was their fourth album in 21 months. Recording for the album began on 11 August, just one month after the release of A Hard Day's Night, following on the heels of several tours. Much of the production on the album was done on "days off" from performances in the UK, and most of the songwriting was done in the studio itself.

 Most of the album's recording sessions were completed in a three-week period beginning on 29 September. Beatles' producer George Martin recalled: "They were rather war-weary during Beatles for Sale. One must remember that they'd been battered like mad throughout '64, and much of '63. Success is a wonderful thing, but it is very, very tiring."

Album design

 The downbeat mood of the songs on Beatles for Sale was reflected in the album cover, which shows the unsmiling, weary-looking Beatles in an autumn scene photographed at Hyde Park, London. McCartney recalled: "The album cover was rather nice: Robert Freeman's photos. It was easy. We did a session lasting a couple of hours and had some reasonable pictures to use ... The photographer would always be able to say to us, 'Just show up,' because we all wore the same kind of gear all the time. Black stuff; white shirts and big black scarves."

This was the first Beatles album to feature a gatefold cover (the next would be Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, in 1967). The photo inside the gatefold cover showed The Beatles standing in front of a montage of photos, which some have assumed was the source of inspiration for the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, though there is no evidence for this.

The sleeve notes featured an observation by Derek Taylor on what the album would mean to people of the future:

 “There's priceless history between these covers. When, in a generation or so, a radioactive, cigar-smoking child, picnicking on Saturn, asks you what the Beatle affair was all about, don't try to explain all about the long hair and the screams! Just play them a few tracks from this album and he'll probably understand. The kids of AD2000 will draw from the music much the same sense of well being and warmth as we do today.

Editorial Reviews

A testament to the abundance of perseverance and talent within the Beatles' ranks, their fourth album was recorded in and around a busy North American and British tour schedule. Beatles For Sale also marked their last full-length release loaded with cover songs, as the Fab Four moved towards writing more of their own material. Interspersed between Beatles classics such as "Eight Days a Week" and the Dylan-inspired "I'm a Loser" are faithful renditions of songs by Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins (featuring the only lead vocals by Ringo Starr and George Harrison on this album). The frenetic, inspired take on Chuck Berry's "Rock And Roll Music" is only superseded by a tremendous medley of "Kansas City" and "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey," that finds Paul McCartney's exuberant vocals comparing admirably to his hero Little Richard, providing a vibrant centerpiece on Beatles For Sale

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