''Beatles for Sale'' is an
EP released 6 April 1965 by
the Beatles. It is the group's eighth official EP and contains four tracks from the
parent LP of the same name. The EP is only available in
mono
Mono may refer to:
Common meanings
* Infectious mononucleosis, "the kissing disease"
* Monaural, monophonic sound reproduction, often shortened to mono
* Mono-, a numerical prefix representing anything single
Music Performers
* Mono (Japanese b ...
. Its catalogue number is
Parlophone GEP 8931. It was also released in Australia and India.
''Beatles for Sale entered the EP chart on 10 April and reached the top spot on 24 April. It remained there for five weeks, and spent another week at number one from 12 June.
As with previous releases, it features sleeve notes by the group's publicist, Tony Barrow. The parent LP (also called ''Beatles for Sale'') was issued in December 1964. In the weeks before Christmas copies passed over the disc-store counters at such a remarkable rate that ''Beatles for Sale'' became one of the world's fastest-selling albums.
Track listing
All songs written by
Lennon-McCartney apart from “Rock and Roll Music” written by
Chuck Berry.
;Side A
#"
No Reply" – 2:15
#"
I'm a Loser" – 2:30
;Side B
#
" Rock and Roll Music" – 2:32
#"Eight Days a Week
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" – 2:43
Personnel
* John Lennon – vocals, guitars
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, harmonica
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on 'I'm a Loser'
* Paul McCartney – bass guitar, vocals
*George Harrison
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– guitars
*Ringo Starr
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– drums
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, percussion
References
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1965 EPs
Albums produced by George Martin
The Beatles EPs
Parlophone EPs