Early November 1968
“The Beatles” double-album postponed by one week
Last updated on September 25, 2024
Early November 1968
Last updated on September 25, 2024
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By The Beatles • LP
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In late September 1968, Apple Records announced that The Beatles’ forthcoming album would be a double record set with 24 songs, initially scheduled for release on November 15 or 16, varying by source. However, in early November, it was announced that the release date had been pushed back to November 22.
NEW BEATLES LP POSTPONED
The Beatles’ new double album “The Beatles” has been postponed. The original release date was November 15 but this has been put back until November 22.
Apple press officer Derek Taylor said: “The original date was fixed some time ago, but it was necessary for various reasons to put the date back a week“.
From Melody Maker – November 9, 1968
NOVEMBER DOUBLE ALBUM DEBUT
Work on the final tracks for the Beatles’ two-disc LP album was completed at one of the group’s longest-ever sessions which started early on October 16 and was still in full swing at noon the following day!
During that marathon meeting final agreement was reached on the album title – simply “The Beatles” – and on the running order for the 30 recordings involved. Sleeve design work is still in progress, but the group favoured a simple, plain white cover with photographs inside. Because the last sessions were so late – nearly three weeks behind schedule – release will be on Friday, November 22 or November 29. […]
From The Beatles Monthly Book, November 1968, N°64
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
"With greatly expanded text, this is the most revealing and frank personal 30-year chronicle of the group ever written. Insider Barry Miles covers the Beatles story from childhood to the break-up of the group."
We owe a lot to Barry Miles for the creation of those pages, but you really have to buy this book to get all the details - a day to day chronology of what happened to the four Beatles during the Beatles years!
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