Why The Beatles' US Albums Were Different

“I just want it known I'm allowed to put four songs on the album, whatever happens.” John Lennon had a plan to keep the Beatles going into the 1970s. Paul McCartney rejected it. The rest is history

As most Beatles fans know, John Lennon quit the group first, on September 20, 1969, bringing the Fab Four to what most would agree was an untimely end. What many don’t know is that just two weeks before he announced his departure, Lennon proposed that the group record another album as well as release a new single in time for the holidays.The evidence comes from a tape recording made on September 8, 1969, at Apple Corps headquarters in London, of…

Why The Beatles' US Albums Were Different

For the first half of The Beatles’ recording career, fans in the United States often bought albums with different titles, different covers and dramatically different track listings from those released in the UK and Australia. The changes were driven by commercial decisions, royalty structures and differing market expectations rather than by the band themselves. by Paul Cashmere As renewed interest in The Beatles’ mid-1960s catalogue continues ah…