Label
The label that issued the recording, which changed with the country and with the year the band owned their own.
Values Over Time
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All Values(9)
| # | Value | Songs | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parlophone The EMI subsidiary label that released all UK Beatles records from 1962 through 1968 - George Martin's home label before Apple. | 140 | 31.0% |
| 2 | Capitol EMI's US subsidiary. Handled nearly all Beatles US releases from Meet The Beatles! (Jan 1964) onward. Repackaged many UK albums into different US tracklists (see US Release tag). | 133 | 29.4% |
| 3 | Apple US Apple's US arm, distributed by Capitol, on an original Apple issue between 1968 and 1970: the albums, the singles, and the 1970 Hey Jude compilation that put earlier songs on the label. | 74 | 16.4% |
| 4 | Apple The Beatles' own label (Apple Records), launched August 1968. Used for UK releases from Hey Jude onward and for the Let It Be era; all Apple UK releases were still distributed through EMI. Marks an original Apple issue, not the 1971 reissue of the back catalogue. | 73 | 16.2% |
| 5 | Vee-Jay Chicago-based independent that licensed early Beatles tracks for US release in 1963-64 before Capitol committed. Released Introducing The Beatles and the US version of A Hard Day's Night's singles. | 16 | 3.5% |
| 6 | United Artists Released the US soundtrack version of A Hard Day's Night (1964) - a very different album from the UK Parlophone release, with orchestral George Martin tracks alongside the band's songs. | 8 | 1.8% |
| 7 | Tollie Vee-Jay subsidiary label that issued the US single of Twist and Shout / There's a Place (1964) during the Beatlemania rush. | 4 | 0.9% |
| 8 | Swan Philadelphia label that licensed She Loves You for US release in Sep 1963 after Capitol passed. Reissued it to a #1 hit after Beatlemania broke in early 1964. | 3 | 0.7% |
| 9 | Regal Starline EMI's budget-price British label, launched in 1969. | 1 | 0.2% |