The Beatles: Beatles for Sale (stereo mix) [APPLE]

Why you'll love it

Beatles for Sale catches the band between Beatlemania and Rubber Soul, folkier and more reflective, with "Eight Days a Week" up front.

This edition

• Stereo mix
• Remastered
• 180g vinyl
• Gatefold jacket

About the album

By late 1964 the Beatles had conquered the world and were, frankly, a bit knackered. You can hear it in the best way on Beatles for Sale, where the endless grin of the early records gives way to something moodier and more grown up.

John's "No Reply," "I'm a Loser" and "Baby's in Black" open the album with real heartache, "Eight Days a Week" fades in like nothing they'd done before, and country and rockabilly covers of Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly and Carl Perkins show where their roots lay. In the studio they played with feedback, timpani and African hand drums.

Most North American fans first heard these songs scattered across Beatles '65 and Beatles VI; this is the album as the band intended, in stereo. It's the bridge from "She Loves You" to Rubber Soul, and it's a lovely place to stand.

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Tracklist

Listen

On Apple (cat# PCS 3062), a reissue of the 1964 album.