The Early Beatles
| The Early Beatles | ||||
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| Released | 22 March 1965 | |||
| Recorded | 4 September 1962 – 20 February 1963 | |||
| Studio | EMI, London | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Length | 26:26 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | George Martin | |||
| Compiler | Dave Dexter Jr. | |||
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The Early Beatles is the Beatles' sixth album released on Capitol Records, and their eighth album overall for the American market. All eleven tracks on this album were previously issued on the Vee-Jay Records release Introducing... The Beatles, released in January, 1964. The front cover photo for this album features the same back cover photo for the British LP Beatles for Sale.
The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).