The Early Beatles

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A1	Love Me Do	2:19
A2	Twist And Shout Written-By – Bert Russell, Phil Medley	2:32
A3	Anna (Go To Him) Written-By – Arthur Alexander	2:56
A4	Chains Written-By – Gerry Goffin-Carole King*	2:21
A5	Boys Written-By – Dixon*, Farrell*	2:24
A6	Ask Me Why	2:24
B1	Please Please Me	2:00
B2	P.S. I Love You	2:02
B3	Baby It's You Written-By – Williams*, Bacharach*, David*	2:36
B4	A Taste Of Honey Written-By – Ric Marlow	2:02
B5	Do You Want To Know A Secret	1:55

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Mastered At – Capitol Mastering

Credits

• Mastered By – E*
• Producer – George Martin
• Written-By – John Lennon-Paul McCartney* (tracks: A1, A6 to B2, B5)

Notes

1986 colorband label reissue pressed by Specialty Records.
For the 1986 reissue with a hype sticker for Twist and Shout and differently formatted runouts, see The Early Beatles.

ST-2309 appears on the label.
ST 2309 appears on the spine and back cover, top-right.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Label): ST 1-2309
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Label): ST 2-2309
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout): ST-1-2309 G-25
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): ST-2-2309 G-26 1-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout): MASTERED BY CAPITOL
• Matrix / Runout (Side A and B Runout): SRC E
• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
T 2309, T-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T 2309, T-2309	US	1965
ST 2309, ST-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Comp, RP)	Capitol Records, Apple Records	ST 2309, ST-2309	US	1971
ST 2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Capitol Records	ST 2309	US	2001
ST-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Album, Comp, RE, Sub)	Capitol Records	ST-2309	US	1968
SOLP-7095	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Odeon	SOLP-7095	Venezuela	1974

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