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The Beatles' Long Tall Sally (1964)

Where the lyrics of The Beatles' Long Tall Sally take you, and where it was really made.

A Beatles album released only in Canada, its cover is almost identical to the US release The Beatles' Second Album.

Key places

Recording site Abbey Road Studios — Abbey Road Studios in London is listed as the recording studio for this album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: Jubilee line to St John's Wood station, then about a 5-minute walk.

Borrows its name and two tracks from the British EP Long Tall Sally
Four of the tracks had already been released on the Canadian album Beatlemania! With the Beatles
After this release, Beatles records in Canada matched the group's United States releases
Starting with the United Artists version of A Hard Day's Night and, on Capitol, Something New
Done under orders from Capitol president Alan W. Livingston
Earlier American Beatles albums were also issued in Canada

Manager Brian Epstein shaped them into a professional act
Producer George Martin developed their recordings after they signed with EMI
First hit Love Me Do came in late 1962
By early 1964 they were international stars
Part of the British Invasion of the US pop market
Retired from live performance in 1966
Turned to more sophisticated studio albums: Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the White Album and Abbey Road
Founded Apple Corps in 1968
Broke up in 1970

Abbey Road was the last album the group recorded together
On 20 September 1969, six days before release, Lennon told McCartney, Starr and manager Allen Klein that he wanted a divorce from the group
No public announcement of the split came until McCartney announced he was leaving in April 1970

Released in May 1964 as a mono record on the Capitol Records label, catalogue number T 6063
Released exclusively in Canada, the final Beatles album to be issued only there
Four of its tracks were already on the Canadian album Beatlemania! With the Beatles
Two tracks and the title came from the British EP Long Tall Sally

Deleted in 1967 and reissued in 1971 in Capitol's 6000 Series, along with two other unique Canadian Beatles albums
Issued in stereo for the first time in 1976
Most of the stereo tracks are in the reprocessed-for-stereo format, which creates a dual mono or simulated stereo sound

The album's cover design is almost identical to the US release The Beatles' Second Album.
It borrows its name and two tracks from the Beatles' British EP Long Tall Sally.
Four of its tracks had already appeared on the Canadian album Beatlemania! With the Beatles.
Capitol president Alan W. Livingston ordered Canadian Beatles releases to match the US releases after this album.