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Calculatingly released in late November to coincide with the declining sales of “Please Please Me”, which was duly and predictably displaced at the top of the charts by “With The Beatles”. The tactical delay had created advance orders of 270,000 copies, and the LP topped a half–million albums sold in one week. The album would go on to spend 21 weeks at the top of the UK charts, meaning that the first 2 Beatles albums had kept the band at the top of the album charts uninterrupted just one week short of an entire year. As with the debut, there were 8 originals and 6 covers on the album – were they working to a set formula? Lennon’s take on Smokey Robinson’s “You Really Got A Hold On Me” is indicative of the bands strongest weapon at this time – John’s rasp!
The Jukebox Rebel
04–Oct–2009
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:13]  The Beatles - It Won’t Be Long (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop |
| A2 | [02:04]  The Beatles - All I’ve Got To Do (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop |
| A3 | [02:09]  The Beatles - All My Loving (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [02:29]  The Beatles - Don’t Bother Me (George Harrison) Pop |
| A5 | [01:48]  The Beatles - Little Child (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A6 | [02:16]  The Beatles - Till There Was You (Meredith Willson) Pop |
| A7 | [02:36]  The Beatles - Please Mister Postman (Georgia Dobbins, William Garrett, Freddie Gorman, Brian Holland, Robert Bateman) Pop |
| B1 | [02:47]  The Beatles - Roll Over Beethoven (Charles Berry) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B2 | [02:32]  The Beatles - Hold Me Tight (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B3 | [03:02]  The Beatles - You Really Got A Hold On Me (William Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [01:59]  The Beatles - I Wanna Be Your Man (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B5 | [02:27]  The Beatles - Devil In Her Heart (Richard P. Drapkin) Pop |
| B6 | [02:08] The Beatles - Not A Second Time (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) Pop |
| B7 | [02:47]  The Beatles - Money (That’s What I Want) (Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
