''4 by the Beatles'' is an EP of music by English rock band

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. Released on 1 February 1965, it is the third of three Beatles EPs released in the United States and the second of two by

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History

Although the Beatles' first EP released by Capitol, '' Four by the Beatles'', did not achieve the success the label would have hoped, it did well on the singles chart, which enabled Capitol to create a new series called the "4-By" series, which acted like a "super single". The idea was to market a set of four songs to "complement the artist's singles and albums and not compete with the performer's current hit single". Spizer, Bruce (2000). ''The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles'', pp. 65–66. New Orleans, Louisiana: 498 Productions. Accordingly, the series' name is a reference to the first Beatles EP from Capitol. Although initially intended to appear as a single by releasing the "4-By" in a soft sleeve and thus "distinguish the '4-By' product from EP's", ''4 by the Beatles'' was packaged in a cardboard sleeve, similar to regular EP releases. ''

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'' did not chart the record as a single, either, but as an EP; on the

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, it peaked at number 68, which is also the highest position it achieved on the ''

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'' chart. Capitol deleted ''4 by the Beatles'' from its catalogue on 31 December 1965. ''4 by the Beatles'' features four songs that Capitol had released on ''

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'' in December 1964. All four of these songs were also released on their UK album ''

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Track listing

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Chart performance

References

External links

The Beatles Discography 1962–1970: American EPs page
{{Authority control 1965 EPs Albums produced by George Martin The Beatles EPs Capitol Records EPs

History

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