Question on The Beatles
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Question on The Beatles
why did they release so many non album singles? Paperback Writer, We can Work it out, She Loves You, Hey Jude, etc.
Aren't singles supposed to promote an album? What was Capital's marketing stragergy by doing this?
Aren't singles supposed to promote an album? What was Capital's marketing stragergy by doing this?
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Actually, I think it's always been more of a British thing than an American one, that continues to this day. A band like The Smiths had lots of 'non-album' singles. The difference is that The Smiths released so many compilations during their career (Hatful Of Hollow, Louder Than Bombs, The World Won't Listen) that the singles always ended up on albums anyway...
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Originally posted by Scot1548
Aren't singles supposed to promote an album? What was Capital's marketing stragergy by doing this?
Aren't singles supposed to promote an album? What was Capital's marketing stragergy by doing this?
Capitol's marketing plan was to get as many Beatle albums out on the market as possible up until 1964 there were only 4 UK releases. By repackaging the singles and making a bunch of "mish mosh" LP's they could effectively do just that.
As for the UK singles, it was a common practice in the UK to release a non-album single. Remember that Capitol and EMI/Parlophone in the UK are two seperate entitys.
This is a good site for the Beatles UK and US discography.
Beatles Discography