Editing Beatles for Sale (section)

==Artwork==
The downbeat mood of ''Beatles for Sale'' was reflected in the album cover,{{sfn|Riley|2002|p=115}} which shows the unsmiling, weary-looking Beatles{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=255}}{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|pp=99–100}} in an autumn scene in London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]].{{sfn|Womack|2014|pp=110–11}} The cover photograph was taken by [[Robert Freeman (photographer)|Robert Freeman]], who recalled that the concept was briefly discussed with [[Brian Epstein]] and the Beatles beforehand, namely that he produce a colour image of the group shot at "an outside location towards sunset".{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}} Music journalist Lois Wilson describes the result as "the very antithesis of the early-'60s pop star".{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}} The cover carried no band logo or artist credit, and the album title was rendered in minuscule type compared with standard LP artwork of the time.{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}}

''Beatles for Sale'' was presented in a gatefold sleeve – a rare design feature for a contemporary pop LP{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}} and the first of the Beatles' UK releases to be packaged in this way.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=111}} Part of the inner gatefold spread showed the band members in front of a photo montage of celebrities, including film stars [[Victor Mature]], [[Jayne Mansfield]] and [[Ian Carmichael]], all of whom the Beatles had met during 1964.{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}} This inner gatefold image anticipated [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]]'s revolutionary cover design for the Beatles' 1967 album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''.{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=132}}{{sfn|Larkin|2006|p=487}}

According to music journalist [[Neil Spencer]], the album's title was an apt comment on the band's unprecedented commercial value as entertainers, given the wealth of Beatles-related merchandise introduced over the previous year.{{sfn|Spencer|2002|p=130}} The sleeve notes for ''Beatles for Sale'' were written by [[Derek Taylor]],{{sfn|Gould|2007|p=255}} who, until a recent falling out with Epstein, had been the band's press officer throughout their rise to international stardom.{{sfn|Talevski|1999|p=415}} In his text, Taylor focused on what the Beatles phenomenon would mean to people of the future:{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|pp=99–100}}

{{blockquote|There's priceless history between these covers. When, in a generation or so, a [[radioactive]], cigar-smoking child, picnicking on [[Saturn]], asks you what the Beatle affair was all about, don't try to explain all about the long hair and the screams! Just play them a few tracks from this album and he'll probably understand. The kids of AD 2000 will draw from the music much the same sense of well being and warmth as we do today.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=111}}}}