![]() ![]() The astonishing result was their most innovative album to date – Rubber Soul …Īll songs published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC except tracks 8, Lark Music Ltd.ĭigital Remaster (C) 2009 The copyright in this sound recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd. The other four tracks from side two of the British album were shared between the American version of Rubber Soul and the Capitol release from June, 1966 “Yesterday” … And Today.Īfter a record breaking concert tour of the US and Canada in the summer of 1965, The Beatles were soon under pressure to write and record their second album of the year. ‘Yes It Is’ – the B-side of ‘Ticket To Ride’ – was compiled with three Help! tracks for Beatles VI. The non-movie songs recorded in the first half of 1965 were scattered over three other albums in the States. It climbed to number one on the album chart dated 11th September and after nine weeks for a further 33 weeks. In the USA, Help! was released as a film soundtrack album and featured the seven new Beatles songs in the film interspersed with instrumental music scored by Ken Thorne. Released on 6th August, the album entered the chart at number one and stayed there for nine of its 37 weeks in the Top Twenty. The front cover shows The Beatles making semaphore signals but, strangely, their shapes do not spell the word HELP. Before setting off for a brief European tour at the end of June, The Beatles recorded the songs needed to complete the album and also ‘I’m Down’ – the B-side of their next single ‘Help!’.įollowing the pattern set by A Hard Day’s Night, the fourteen songs on the British version of the Help! LP were divided so that the seven tracks heard in the film were assembled on side one and the non-movie material appeared on side two. ![]() On 12th Junes, 1965, it was announced that the group had been awarded MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list – an accolade previously never given to young pop stars. ‘Ticket To Ride’ was their first single of the year and, following its release on 9th April, it quickly rose to number one. Filming continued until May with location work in Austria, West London, Wiltshire and Berkshire and interior scenes shot at Twickenham Film Studios. Within three days of the last February session, the Beatles were acting in scenes for the movie shot in the Bahamas. With their previous album Beatles For Sale only two months into its chart run, The Beatles returned to Abbey Road studios in mid-February, 1965 to begin recording songs for their fifth LP and second movie, Help!.
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