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January 10th 1964: First Beatles album released in US

Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 18:30 MJA Uncategorized 28

Introducing… The Beatles is the first Beatles album released in the United States. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol‘s Meet the Beatles!. The latter album, however, entered the U.S. album chart one week before the former. Consequently, when Meet The Beatles! peaked at #1 for eleven consecutive weeks, Introducing…The Beatles stalled at #2 where it remained nine consecutive weeks. It was the subject of much legal wrangling, but ultimately, Vee-Jay was permitted to sell the album until late 1964, by which time it had sold more than 1.3 million copies.[2] On 24 July 2014 the album was certified gold and platinum by the RIAA.  MORE

 

 

28 Comments on January 10th 1964: First Beatles album released in US

  2. Whilst I was but a tyke in ’64, my elder siblings were busy embracing the Beatles. My exposure was early and good.

    “Speaking the truth in times of universal deceit is a revolutionary act.” Geo. Orwell

  8. It has been reported that busloads of girls from local private schools were brought in and paid to act crazy at the Beatle concerts. The Beatles were brought into the US and elsewhere to pitch drug use to the youth through their own songs. The words had double meanings which were not understood by parents but were quickly assimilated into young brains which were being drug use programmed by the Beatles themselves. Their jivy music was meant to be destructive, and it worked, but was not recognized by the undiscerning.

  10. “…because she and the rest of the girls were screaming so loudly over the music!”

    I’ve always wondered why about the screaming. What were they experiencing that had them do that?

    I can see a parallel between worshiping God and what fans do at a concert. Physically the same. Probably more than that, too.

    Just take a look at this ac/dc concert and you get a glimpse of what I’m talking about.

    https://youtu.be/CSxfDJ7eayw?t=86

    Looks, to me, like Satan is perverting and stealing the natural desire to worship.

  11. I have the blue box LP collection. All the early LPs (before Peppers) are British Parlophone labels. They have 14 songs per LP as opposed to the US labels 12 per LP. Anything to make a buck.

  20. @irony ~ had 2 ‘counterfeit’ versions …. one, I got at the G.C. Murphy’s in P.G. Plaza in the mid ’70’s w/ the ‘Love Me Do’, ‘P.S. I Love You (first version) & another one that I picked up in a Thrift Store that was a very good counterfeit of Version 1
    still have my original Version 2 w/ ‘Ask Me Why’ & ‘Please, Please Me’ 🙂

  24. To all the “they sucked” crew, They were the bomb. They were a great band. Individually they even rocked. And they were a great band. Are you kidding me? The Beatles sucked? What the hell!?

  25. my sisters loved em. Saw the ed sullivan show that sunday night. I was 11. It was a rare sunday night when we didnt go to church. . My parents despised them. (We couldnt play cards, dance, sissys couldnt show their knees or elbows, no make up either.)

    I liked the beatles but wearied of them by the early 70’s. Can easily live without them still. I got all bent out of shape in the 80’s and banned that evil rock and roll from my life and switched to Christian contemporary for 5 years. Then i started listening to oldie stations and really enjoyed most everything. Now i cant stand top 40 oldie repitition. Same 15 songs no matter what station you listen to. (Christian contemporary the same)

    I listen to jim bohannan late night and once a week he has a music collector/historian that can tell you what your lp or 45 is worth. Very fascinating. I have NONE of my old collection of music. 🙁

    Rant complete.

  27. I have a copy of that LP, but there were a ton of counterfeits of the LP. I doubt if mine is the actual VJ release. I initially liked them, but after their 3d or 4th LP, I couldn’t take the drug infused tracks.

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