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| | Label: Capitol Records/Apple Records
Salesrank: 129390
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| Our Price: $82.50 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Editorial Review:
2004 Ted Jensen-remastered first-time release of this U.S. Beatles LP originally released in 1963. Includes full 12-track list first in the stereo versions and then all 11 songs in their mono versions. Produced by George Martin.
Meet The Beatles Reviews:
Differences And Similarities With "Meet The Beatles" And "With The Beatles" 
2008-05-08 - No you guys! The reason there are two different covers and two different song lists are because "With The Beatles" was their second UK release. Capitol released a similar album entitled, "Meet The Beatles". The UK version had 14 songs. The US version had had 12. "With The Beatles" was the Beatles second LP in the UK. "Please, Please Me" was their first. "Meet The Beatles" was the first Capitol release in the US. The only relationship in similarity between the UK's "With The Beatles" and the USA's "Meet The Beatles" are the following songs: 1. It Won't Be Long 2. All I've Got To Do 3. All My Loving 4. Don't Bother Me 5. Little Child 6. Till There Was You 7. Hold Me Tight 8. I Wanna Be Your Man 9. Not A Second Time. Those are 9 songs that the UK and US versions share on both albums. Now the U.K. version has these additional songs: 1. Please Mr. Postman 2. Roll Over Beethoven 3. Devil In Her Heart 4. Money 5. You Really Got A Hold On Me.
The rumor was that Capitol didn't want to pay royalties to other songwriters whose music appeared on the UK version. The other rumor is that Capitol wanted to hold back the US versions of Beatle albums to eleven or twelve tracks apiece so they could compile those tracks for another US version only album. Most of the world were getting the UK versions of "With The Beatles", but Capitol Records had a completely different vision for marketing the Beatles.
Additional tracks the appeared on the US's "Meet The Beatles" that didn't appear on the UK's "With The Beatles" were two monster singles, "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "I Saw Her Standing There".
When Capitol released "Meet The Beatles" on CD, it released twelve tracks in stereo and following those tracks, mono versions as they were mixed on the original Capitol master tapes. Some of the songs were in true stereo while other tracks were in simulated stereo. This is probably the reason that the UK CD version, "With The Beatles" is in mono. It seemed that the band didn't take kindly to Capitol's fake stereo mixing and they wanted the same song list on the US version as the UK version. Not only that, but the UK stereo version of "With The Beatles" had a combination of true mono and stereo tracks on different songs. There wasn't any fake stereo on any of their mono tracks.
Their First-Stateside
2008-03-05 - This was indeed their first album in the US. How do I know? Because I became a royal pest to my mother until she bought it for me when I was 10 years old in Md...quite a few years ago. It was all I could think about when I saw them on the Ed Sullivan show! If you want classic-this is the place to begin.
confused
2007-11-05 - I'm confused because there are two Beatles covers that are the same but they have different tracks. MEET THE BEATLES and WITH THE BEATLES. What's the deal with that? Which one was the real release? Why two albums with the same cover but different songs? I rate all Beatles albums or CD's 5 stars.
track list
2007-06-03 - Here's the track list for the CD....
1. I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND (2;25)
2. I SAW HER STANDING THERE (2:55)
3. THIS BOY (2:15)
4. IT WON'T BE LONG (2:13)
5. ALL I'VE GOT TO DO (2:04)
6. ALL MY LOVING (2:09)
7. DON'T BOTHER ME (2:29)
8. LITTLE CHILD (1:47)
9. TILL THERE WAS YOU (2:15)
10. HOLD ME TIGHT (2:33)
11. I WANNA BE YOUR MAN (2:00)
12. NOT A SECOND TIME (2:11)
12 tracks or 11 tracks? 
2006-06-29 - I'm confused. First you claim 12 tracks are featured followed by 11 tracks. Which is it?
