Tracklist

A1	Love Me Do	2:19
A2	Twist And Shout	2:32
A3	Anna	2:56
A4	Chains	2:21
A5	Boys	2:24
A6	Ask Me Why	2:24
B1	Please Please Me	2:00
B2	P. S. I Love You	2:02
B3	Baby It's You	2:36
B4	A Taste Of Honey	2:02
B5	Do You Want To Know A Secret	1:55

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd

Credits

• Producer – George Martin
• Written-By – Arthur Alexander (tracks: A3), Barney Williams (tracks: B3), Bert Russell (tracks: A2), Burt Bacharach (tracks: B3), Goffin And King (tracks: A4), Lennon-McCartney (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B2, B5), Luther Dixon (tracks: A5), Mack David (tracks: B3), Phil Medley (tracks: A2), Ric Marlow (tracks: B4), Wes Farrell (tracks: A5)

Notes

Toshiba/EMI Japan issued this US release as part of Japan's "Country Flag" OBI / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog which began in 1976. This is title n° 20 in the series, with U.S. flag OBI.

Originally released in US March 1965.

Recording notes:
-Pressed from a copy of a US master, as identified by the matrix stamp
-True stereo on all tracks except A1 "Love Me Do" and B2 "P.S. I Love You" are fake stereo.

Packaging notes:
-Front and back covers are from the US design but this pressing is in a gatefold sleeve with new artwork for this release.
-Apple logo on the front jacket in place of where the Capitol logo would be.
-Includes bio-lyric sheet insert (in English & Japanese)
-Disc comes with clear rice-paper inner sleeve.
-OBI states ‎¥2,500
-Some copies imported to North America may have come with an "imported Japan" Capitol-EMI sticker that sealed the outer plastic sleeve (see photo)

Manufactured by Toshiba-EMI Ltd., Japan

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A run-out, stamped): ST-X-2809 1S 16 〄 7S-8GY
• Matrix / Runout (Side B run-out, stamped): ST-X-2-2809 1S2 〄

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
T 2309, T-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Album, Comp, Mono)	Capitol Records, Capitol Records	T 2309, T-2309	US	1965
ST 2309, ST-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Comp, RP)	Capitol Records, Apple Records	ST 2309, ST-2309	US	1971
ST 2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Capitol Records	ST 2309	US	2001
ST-2309	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Album, Comp, RE, Sub)	Capitol Records	ST-2309	US	1968
SOLP-7095	The Beatles	The Early Beatles ‎(LP, Comp, RE)	Odeon	SOLP-7095	Venezuela	1974

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