4 by the Beatles

4 by the Beatles is the third of three EPs released in United States, but second of two Beatles EPs released by Capitol Records (catalogue number R-5365) in the US.

For the similarly titled EP, see Four by the Beatles.
4 by the Beatles
EP by
the Beatles
Released1 February 1965
Recorded1964, EMI Studios, London
GenreRock
Length10:26
LabelCapitol
ProducerGeorge Martin
The Beatles EP chronology
Extracts from the Album A Hard Day's Night
(1964)		 4 by the Beatles
(1965)		 Beatles for Sale
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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History

Although the Beatles' first EP released by Capitol did not succeed as much as the label would have hoped, it did well on the singles chart, which enabled Capitol to create a new series called the "4-By" series, which acted like a "super single". The idea was to market a set of four songs to "complement the artist's singles and albums and not compete with the performer's current hit single".[1] Accordingly, the series name is a reference to the limited success of that first EP by the Beatles that Capitol had released: Four by the Beatles.

Although initially intended to appear as a single by releasing the "4-By" in a soft sleeve and thus "distinguish the '4-By' product from EP's", 4 by the Beatles was packaged in a cardboard sleeve, similar to regular EP releases.[1] Billboard did not chart the record as a single either, but as an EP; on the Hot 100, it peaked at number 68, which is also the highest position it achieved on the Cash Box chart.[1] Capitol deleted 4 by the Beatles from its catalogue on 31 December 1965.[1]

Track listing
  • The "4-By" featured four songs that had been released on Beatles '65 in December 1964.
Side one
Side two
  1. "Mr. Moonlight" (Johnson) – 2:39
  2. "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Perkins) – 2:25
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See also

References
  1. Spizer, Bruce (2000). The Beatles' Story on Capitol Records, Part One: Beatlemania and the Singles, pp. 65–66. New Orleans, Louisiana: 498 Productions. ISBN 0-9662649-1-6

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