US market release information – Capitol/Vee-Jay/UA albums, US singles, and US release dates
| # | Value | Songs | % of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Identical release Same album or single released in both UK and US markets with identical content, possibly on a different date. | 130 | 47.8% |
| 2 | Introducing The Beatles First US album, released by Vee-Jay Records in January 1964. Contains 12 tracks from the UK Please Please Me, minus 'Please Please Me' and 'Ask Me Why'. | 14 | 5.1% |
| 3 | Rubber Soul (US) Capitol release, December 1965. Different tracklist from UK: dropped 'Drive My Car', 'Nowhere Man', 'What Goes On', 'If I Needed Someone'; added 'I've Just Seen a Face' and 'It's Only Love' from UK Help! | 13 | 4.8% |
| 4 | Yesterday and Today Capitol US-only compilation, June 1966. Tracks pulled from UK Help!, Rubber Soul, and Revolver plus singles. Famous for the 'butcher cover' controversy. | 12 | 4.4% |
| 5 | Meet The Beatles! First Capitol Records album, released January 1964. Contains 9 tracks from With The Beatles plus 3 singles ('I Want to Hold Your Hand', 'I Saw Her Standing There', 'This Boy'). | 12 | 4.4% |
| 6 | The Early Beatles Capitol reissue of Vee-Jay material, released March 1965. Same content as Introducing The Beatles under the Capitol banner. | 12 | 4.4% |
| 7 | The Beatles' Second Album Capitol compilation released April 1964. Leftover With The Beatles tracks plus singles and EP tracks not on Meet The Beatles! | 11 | 4.0% |
| 8 | Beatles VI Capitol compilation released June 1965. Remaining Beatles For Sale tracks plus early Help! tracks and singles. | 11 | 4.0% |
| 9 | Revolver (US) Capitol release, August 1966. 11 tracks – 3 songs ('I'm Only Sleeping', 'And Your Bird Can Sing', 'Doctor Robert') had already been placed on Yesterday and Today. | 11 | 4.0% |
| 10 | Beatles '65 Capitol release, December 1964. Mix of Beatles For Sale tracks with recent singles including 'I Feel Fine'. | 11 | 4.0% |
| 11 | Something New Capitol compilation released July 1964. Remaining A Hard Day's Night tracks plus Long Tall Sally EP tracks. | 10 | 3.7% |
| 12 | Hey Jude Capitol US-only singles compilation released February 1970. 10 tracks collecting non-album singles from 1964-1969. | 10 | 3.7% |
| 13 | A Hard Day's Night (US) United Artists release, June 1964. Unlike the all-Beatles UK version, the US release included orchestral score tracks by George Martin on side two. | 8 | 2.9% |
| 14 | Help! (US) Capitol release, August 1965. Only 7 Beatles tracks (versus 14 on the UK album), with 5 Ken Thorne orchestral score tracks filling side two. | 7 | 2.6% |
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