Dear Vince:
Best wishes concerning your father's health crisis. Hopefully
the surgery will help him.
> a Beatles question: "I Want to Hold your Hand" was on the US Capitol release,
> "Meet the Beatles" which was not the same as any original British release.
> (Wasn't it not until "A Hard's Day Night" or even "Help" or after that that the
> US and British albums were the same?) But "I Want to Hold your Hand" is not on
> the cds of "With the Beatles" or "Please Please Me" or "Beatles for Sale" so
> which early Bristish album that is now on cd that I can buy is "I Want to Hold
> your Hand" on?
The first US Beatles album that was the same as the UK
release was Sgt Peppers.
In the UK the Beatles' singles were not on the albums.
Capitol Records decided to use all the extra tracks to create
their own Beatles titles, like "Meet the Beatles"
You can find all the singles on the CD's "Past Masters Vol 1"
(up to about '66 including "I Want To Hold Your Hand")
and "Past Masters Vol 2 ('66-'70).
Best, Randy
