Editing Beatles for Sale (section)

==Background==
When ''Beatles for Sale'' was being recorded, [[Beatlemania]] was at its peak.{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=90}} In early 1964, the Beatles had made waves with their television appearances in the US, sparking unprecedented demand for their records there. Over June and July, the band played concerts in Denmark, the Netherlands and Hong Kong, toured Australia and New Zealand,{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=238}} and then returned to Britain for a series of radio and television engagements and to promote their first feature film, ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]''.{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=145–54}} After performing further concerts in Sweden, they began recording the new album in London in mid August, only to then depart for a month-long tour of North America.{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=159–60}} While in New York, the Beatles met American [[Folk music|folk]] singer [[Bob Dylan]], who introduced the band members to [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]. Through Dylan's example, the Beatles, particularly [[John Lennon]],{{sfn|Philo|2015|p=85}} were encouraged to write more introspective lyrics than before.{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|pp=46–47}} For his part, Dylan said he recognised that the Beatles "were pointing the direction that music had to go",{{sfn|Philo|2015|p=75}}{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=59}} and he soon began writing songs that embraced youth culture and recording with a rock backing.{{sfn|Gould|2007|pp=252–53}}{{sfn|Philo|2015|pp=78–79}}

''Beatles for Sale'' was the Beatles' fourth album release in the space of 21 months.{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=53}} [[Neil Aspinall]], the band's road manager, later reflected: "No band today would come off a long US tour at the end of September, go into the studio and start a new album, still writing songs, and then go on a UK tour, finish the album in five weeks, still touring, and have the album out in time for Christmas. But that's what the Beatles did at the end of 1964. A lot of it was down to naiveté, thinking that this was the way things were done. If the record company needs another album, you go and make one."{{sfn|The Beatles|2000|p=161}} Noting the subdued and melancholy tone of much of the album, producer [[George Martin]] recalled: "They were rather war weary during ''Beatles for Sale''. One must remember that they'd been battered like mad throughout 1964, and much of 1963. Success is a wonderful thing but it is very, very tiring."{{sfn|Lewisohn|2005|p=53}}