The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album (Mono)
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The Beatles [click here to see more vinyl featuring The Beatles]:
- Lead and backing vocals, rhythm and acoustic guitars, harmonica, handclaps - John Lennon
- Lead, harmony and backing vocals, bass guitar, handclaps, cowbell - Paul McCartney
- Lead, harmony and backing vocals, lead guitar, handclaps - George Harrison [click here to see more vinyl featuring George Harrison]
- Drums, cowbell, maracas, conga, handclaps - Ringo Starr [click here to see more vinyl featuring Ringo Starr]
Piano on "You Really Got a Hold on Me", "Money (That's What I Want)" and "Long Tall Sally" - George Martin
Written by Chuck Berry (A1), John Lennon & Paul McCartney (A2, A6, B2, B4-B5), Smokey Robinson (A3), Richard Drapkin (A4), Janie Bradford (A5), Berry Gordy, Jr. (A5), Robert "Bumps" Blackwell (B1), Enotris Johnson (B1), Richard Penniman (B1), Robert Bateman (B3), Georgia Dobbins (B3), William Garrett (B3), Freddie Gorman (B3), Brian Holland (B3)
1LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33 RPM
Size : 12'’
Mono
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Capitol
Original Label : Capitol
Recorded 5 March 1963 & 1 March 1964 at Studio EMI, London
Engineered by Norman Smith
Mixed by Dave Dexter Jr., Norman Smith
Produced by George Martin
Lacqued and mastered by Kevin Reeves at Nashville's East Iris Studios
Liner note by Bruce Spizer
Photography by Joe Covello
Originally released in April 1964
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A:
1. Roll Over Beethoven
2. Thank You Girl
3. You Really Got A Hold On Me
4. Devil In Her Heart
5. Money (That's What I Want)
6. You Can't Do That
Side B:
1. Long Tall Sally
2. I Call Your Name
3. Please Mister Postman
4. I'll Get You
5. She Loves You
Reviews :
"The Beatles' Second Album was the first album of the group's work to be assembled by Capitol Records exclusively for the American market (as opposed to, say, Meet the Beatles!, which was a reconfigured and shortened version of With the Beatles). As such, it offends some historical purists, who don't think of it as a real album. Regardless of its origins, however, The Beatles' Second Album stands as probably best pure rock & roll album ever issued of the group's music. In the process of pulling songs from various British and American EPs, singles (including "She Loves You") and B-sides, as well as tracks left over from the editing of With the Beatles for American release, the compilers somehow managed to avoid any trace of the pop ballads favored by Paul McCartney that usually slowed down the group's other early albums, and the result was the longest uninterrupted body of hard rock & roll and R&B in their entire output. No other long-player by the group featured them doing more covers of songs by black American artists or songwriters, including Little Richard ("Long Tall Sally"), Chuck Berry ("Roll Over Beethoven"), Smokey Robinson ("You Really Got a Hold on Me"), Barrett Strong ("Money"), and others, and just to show how rich a vein this all was at the time of its release, the version of "Roll Over Beethoven" here actually charted briefly as a single, while "Long Tall Sally" served as their concert finale." AllMusic, Review by Bruce Eder
Using the original 1964 mono master, new lacquers have been cut all-analog by Kevin Reeves at Nashville's East Iris Studios. By constantly referring to the original first pressing, the album is faithful to the original release while also enabling more musical information to be heard than was possible before. Featuring faithfully replicated artwork and a new 4-panel insert with essay by American Beatles historian, Bruce Spizer. 180-gram audiophile pressing.
Album was cut for vinyl from the original master tape using a completely analog signal path and with constant reference to first generation pressings of the original album. It was made using a Studer A80 master recorder with analog preview & program paths, and a Neumann VMS70 cutting lathe originally installed in Capitol Studios in 1971. This specific all-analog cutting technique allows faithful representation of the full musical range and dynamics present on the original tape.
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4.5 / 5 ; Discogs : 4.23 / 5 ; Encyclopedia of Popular Music : 3 / 5 ; The Rolling Stone Record Guide : 5 / 5