Hey Jude (Beatles album)

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Hey Jude
The Beatles – John, George, Paul, and Ringo – in front of an entrance to Tittenhurst Park, John and Yoko's home
Compilation album by
the Beatles
Released26 February 1970 (1970-02-26)
Recorded1964–1969
Studio
GenreRock
Length33:17
LabelApple
ProducerGeorge Martin
The Beatles North American chronology
Abbey Road
(1969) 		Hey Jude
(1970) 		Let It Be
(1970)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Rolling Stone Record Guide
[4]

Hey Jude (original title: The Beatles Again) is a 1970 collection of non-album

cassette during the 1990s. The album was issued on CD for the first time in 2014, as an individual release and in a box set titled The U.S. Albums
.

History

The Hey Jude album was conceived by

Vee Jay Records but had not yet been issued on a Capitol album. "Sie Liebt Dich", a German-language version of "She Loves You", and the single version of "Get Back" were also passed over. (The single version of "Let It Be" and its B-side, "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)
", had yet to be released.)

Steckler and Apple had become disappointed with the Capitol Records release schedules and determined to promote the new album themselves. Steckler also took the tapes to Sam Feldman at

mastering
, rather than delivering them to Capitol. He would do this for several releases thereafter.

Originally, the album was to be called The Beatles Again. Shortly before the record was released, however, the title was changed to Hey Jude in order to promote the inclusion of the top-selling song that led off side two. The title change occurred after the record labels were printed, and an untold number of copies of the LP were sold with labels with the title The Beatles Again. This was also true for cassette copies of the album, which retained the original title. Neither the front nor the back of the album jacket displayed the record's title (or the name of the band), but most copies were sold in a jacket whose spine read Hey Jude. In an attempt to clear up any confusion caused by the preprinted labels, initial copies of the album displayed a sticker on the cover bearing the title Hey Jude. The edition of the album with "The Beatles Again" label bore catalogue number SO-385 on the label but not on the jacket. This is because of a similarly timed decision to reduce the price from $6.98 (SO- prefix) to $5.98 (SW- prefix). The record jacket was prepared late enough so that it lists the catalogue number as SW-385. The SW-385 catalogue number appears on the label of later pressings that bear the title Hey Jude on the label.

Klein authorised the release of the album as a sales buffer during post-production of the delayed Let It Be album. In 2007 Neil Aspinall claimed that the back cover was supposed to be the front cover and vice versa but that Klein had reversed them in error.[6] However, at least three prototype cover designs are known to exist, with the earliest of those showing the photos "reversed": John Kosh seemingly made the determination that the photo that now appears on the front cover was better suited for that purpose. The front and back cover pictures were taken at the last-ever Beatles photo session, on 22 August 1969, at John Lennon's home Tittenhurst Park by Ethan Russell.

Release

The compilation was released in many countries, including the United States, Canada, Australia, Spain, Germany, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Venezuela and most of South America. It was also available to other countries as an "export" from Britain (Parlophone/Apple CPCS-106) but was not at first issued in Britain, although it was a popular import to the UK. The first issue in New Zealand was on the gloss black Apple label with the catalogue number CPCS-106. The matrix numbers were identical to those on the UK "export" issue. Because of its popularity worldwide, EMI issued Hey Jude in Britain on the Parlophone label on 11 May 1979 (catalogue number PCS 7184). Until the release of

Revolution" were also first mixed for stereo specifically for this album. Prior to the release of the "Get Back" single in the spring of 1969, all Beatles singles were issued in mono in the US. Several other countries adopted the original The Beatles Again title. Of these, the Spanish release omitted "The Ballad of John and Yoko", due to that song having been deemed offensive. (In addition to making repeated mention of Christ and crucifixion, the lyrics contain the line "Gibraltar near Spain" at a time when Spain's Franco administration was contending with the UK over the ownership of Gibraltar
.)

On the reel-to-reel and cassette tape releases, sides one and two are reversed. Although it is clear on the vinyl version that "Hey Jude" opens side two, when compiling this issue for audio tape, some compilers (at Capitol and Ampex) thought to make the change, which resulted in "Hey Jude" leading off the album. This was done because side two was the longer side, and it was the practice in some tape formats to lead the album with the longer side to avoid a large gap in the "middle" of the tape. The four-track tape cartridge, prepared by Ampex along with the reel-to-reel tape, has the songs in the original, chronological order. (The eight-track tape was treated to the usual re-ordering that eight-tracks received.)

The

Compact Disc era saw the standardisation of the Beatles' discographies worldwide, and for many years the Hey Jude compilation was not available in the CD format. Although no longer in print on LP, the Hey Jude album was still available on cassette tape until the 1990s. In January 2014, Hey Jude was issued on CD both individually and in an American Beatles album compilation box set titled The U.S. Albums.[7]

Track listing

All tracks written by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
1."Can't Buy Me Love" (single, 1964; later included on A Hard Day's Night, 1964)McCartney2:19
2."I Should Have Known Better" (from A Hard Day's Night, 1964; B-side, 1964)Lennon2:44
3."Paperback Writer" (non-album single, 1966)McCartney2:19
4."Rain" (B-side, 1966)Lennon3:02
5."Lady Madonna" (non-album single, 1968)McCartney2:19
6."Revolution" (B-side, 1968)Lennon3:25
Total length:16:08
Side two
No.TitleLead vocalsLength
7."Hey Jude" (non-album single, 1968)McCartney7:10
8."Old Brown Shoe" (George Harrison; B-side, 1969)Harrison3:21
9."Don't Let Me Down" (B-side, 1969)Lennon3:36
10."The Ballad of John and Yoko" (non-album single, 1969)Lennon3:02
Total length:17:09

Personnel

The Beatles

  • John Lennon – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, harmonica, percussion
  • Paul McCartney – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, lead guitar, piano, Hammond organ, drums, percussion
  • George Harrison – lead vocals, backing vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, bass guitar, Hammond organ, percussion
  • Ringo Starr – backing vocals, drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Charts

In the US, the album sold 2,321,769 copies by 31 December 1970 and 3,264,398 copies by the end of the decade.[8]

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Hey Jude
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[14]
sales since 2009 		Gold 25,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[15] 4× Platinum 400,000^
United States (RIAA)[16] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Hey Jude – The Beatles". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 23 April 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "CG: The Beatles". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
  3. ISBN 978-0195313734
    .
  4. ISBN 0-394-72107-1
    .
  5. ^ Sippel, John (9 June 1979). "Apple Sues Capitol For $16 Mil". Billboard. New York: Billboard Publications, Inc.
  6. ^ "Beatles Ready for Legal Downloading Soon" Friedman, Roger. Fox News, accessed on 13 February 2007
  7. ^ Ladies and Gentlemen, The Beatles Archived 2014-03-19 at the Wayback Machine TheBeatles.com
  8. ^ "How Many Records did the Beatles actually sell?". Deconstructing Pop Culture by David Kronemyer. 29 April 2009. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  9. ISBN 0-646-44439-5
    .
  10. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3793". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  11. ISBN 951-31-2503-3
    .
  12. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 31 May 2022. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "Hey Jude".
  13. ^ "The Beatles Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  14. ^ "Italian album certifications – The Beatles – Hey Jude" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved 26 November 2020. Select "2018" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Hey Jude" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".
  15. ^ "Canadian album certifications – The Beatles – Hey Jude". Music Canada. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  16. ^ "American album certifications – The Beatles – Hey Jude". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 13 May 2016.

External links

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