Title: The Beatles – Beatles ’65
Year/Genre: 1964, Rock/Pop
Matrix #: ST-2228
Condition: VG+++++++

Cultural Facts:

1. Released exclusively in North America by Capitol in December 1964, it pulled material from the UK’s Beatles for Sale.

2. Capitol padded the release with added reverb, a common U.S. practice that frustrated the band but defined early American pressings.

3. Arriving at the peak of Beatlemania, it sold over a million copies in just a few weeks, showing the intensity of the U.S. market.

Plays and looks great

09/10/23 EK