Editing Beatles for Sale (section)

==Release==
[[File:Beatles ad 1965 just the beatles crop.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Beatles pictured after the [[7th Annual Grammy Awards]] in April 1965, where their wins included the award for [[Grammy Award for Best New Artist|Best New Artist]]]]
''Beatles for Sale'' was released in the United Kingdom on EMI's [[Parlophone]] label on 4 December 1964.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=41}} On 14 November, four days after completing their UK tour, the Beatles filmed mimed performances of "I'm a Loser" and "Rock and Roll Music", along with both sides of the "I Feel Fine" single, for broadcast on a special edition of the TV show ''[[Thank Your Lucky Stars (TV series)|Thank Your Lucky Stars]]''.{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=176, 177}}{{sfn|Winn|2008|p=283}} The band also promoted the two records with a [[BBC Light Programme]] session, for which they recorded live versions of "I'm a Loser", "Honey Don't", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" and "I'll Follow the Sun", and an appearance on ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'', where ''Beatles for Sale'' was represented by mimed performances of "Baby's in Black" and "Kansas City&nbsp;/ Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey".{{sfn|Miles|2001|p=177}}{{sfn|Winn|2008|pp=284, 285}} The group included "I'm a Loser", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "Baby's in Black", "Honey Don't" and "Rock and Roll Music"{{sfn|Schaffner|1978|p=41}} in the set list for their ''Another Beatles' Christmas Show'' presentation, held at London's [[Hammersmith Odeon]] from 24 December until 16 January 1965.{{sfn|Miles|2001|pp=182, 187}}

The album began its 46-week run on the UK charts on 12 December, and a week later displaced ''A Hard Day's Night'' from the top position.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=111}} After seven weeks at number 1, ''Beatles for Sale'' was displaced by [[the Rolling Stones]]' ''[[The Rolling Stones No. 2]]'' but it returned to the top on 27 February 1965 for a week. After being again displaced by ''The Rolling Stones No. 2'', ''Beatles for Sale'' overtook it for a second time on 1 May, remaining there for another three weeks.<ref name="OCC/Albums">{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/all-the-number-1-albums__7949/|title=All The Number 1 Albums|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-date=7 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007071922/http://www.officialcharts.com/all-the-number-one-albums-list/_/1983/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was then displaced by ''[[The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan]]'', which was superseded a week later by ''[[Bringing It All Back Home]]'',<ref name="OCC/Albums" /> Dylan's first "electric" album.{{sfn|Philo|2015|p=79}} From the start of 1965 until mid-May, ''Beatles for Sale'' remained in the top three chart positions.<ref name="Mawer 1965">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020401/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1965.php|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1965.php|first=Sharon|last=Mawer|title=Album Chart History: 1965|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|date=May 2007|archive-date=17 December 2007|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref> Eight of the album's tracks were later issued on two four-song EPs:{{sfn|Womack|2014|pp=111–12}} ''[[Beatles for Sale (EP)|Beatles for Sale]]'' and ''[[Beatles for Sale No. 2]]'', released in April and June 1965, respectively.{{sfn|Everett|2001|p=252}} In the UK, ''Beatles for Sale'' was the top-selling album of 1964<ref name="Mawer 1964">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020355/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1964.php|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1964.php|first=Sharon|last=Mawer|title=Album Chart History: 1964|publisher=[[Official Charts Company|The Official UK Charts Company]]|date=May 2007|archive-date=17 December 2007|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> and the second-highest seller of 1965.<ref name="Mawer 1965" />

The concurrent Beatles release in the United States, ''[[Beatles '65]]'', included eight songs from ''Beatles for Sale'', omitting the tracks "Kansas City&nbsp;/ Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey!", "Eight Days a Week" (a number one hit single in the US in early 1965),{{refn|group=nb|Along with "No Reply" and "I'm a Loser", "Eight Days a Week" had always been considered for release as a single.{{sfn|Hertsgaard|1996|p=101}}}} "What You're Doing", "Words of Love", "Every Little Thing" and "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party". It instead included "[[I'll Be Back (song)|I'll Be Back]]", which was one of the songs cut from the US version of ''A Hard Day's Night'', and "I Feel Fine" and "She's a Woman".{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|pp=41–42}} The six omitted tracks received an LP release in America on ''[[Beatles VI]]'' in 1965. ''Beatles '65'' was released eleven days after ''Beatles for Sale'' and became the fastest-selling album of the year in the United States.

The cover of the Australian release of the LP featured individual photographs of the Beatles taken at one of the group's Sydney concerts in June 1964.<ref>{{cite news|first=Mark|last=Sawyer|title=Fixing a hole – the great lost Aussie Beatles collection|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/fixing-a-hole--the-great-lost-aussie-beatles-collection-20121005-275ea.html |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=6 October 2012|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> Issued as a single in Australia, "Rock and Roll Music" was a number 1 hit there for four weeks.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australian Number One Hits 1960s|url=http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus60.htm|publisher=World Charts|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731072733/http://www.worldcharts.co.uk/chartfeatures/aus/aus60.htm|archive-date=31 July 2013|access-date=1 January 2020}}</ref> The song also topped singles charts in Norway<ref>{{cite web|url=https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Rock+And+Roll+Music&cat=s|title=The Beatles – Rock and Roll Music (song)|publisher=norwegiancharts.com|date=23 April 2019|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=5 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805222422/https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=The+Beatles&titel=Rock+And+Roll+Music&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref> and Sweden.<ref>{{cite web|title=Swedish Charts 1962 – March 1966/Kvällstoppen – Listresultaten vecka för vecka > Mars 1965|url=http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts1962-march66.pdf|publisher=hitsallertijden.nl|language=sv|access-date=27 June 2018|archive-date=23 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323012135/http://www.hitsallertijden.nl/charts/swedish%20charts/SwedishCharts1962-march66.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

===CD release===
On 26 February 1987, ''Beatles for Sale'' was officially released on compact disc (catalogue number CDP 7 46438 2), as were the band's first three albums.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=386}}{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=109}} The following month, ''Beatles for Sale'' re-entered the UK albums charts, peaking at number 45.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=387}}<ref>{{cite web|author=Datablog|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/sep/09/beatles-albums-singles-music-rock-band|title=The Beatles: Every album and single, with its chart position|publisher=[[The Guardian|theguardian.com]]|date=9 September 2009|access-date=8 November 2019|archive-date=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527110359/http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2009/sep/09/beatles-albums-singles-music-rock-band|url-status=live}}</ref> Having been available previously only as an import in the US, the album was also issued on LP and cassette there on 21 July 1987.

Even though ''Beatles for Sale'' was recorded on four-track tape, the first CD version was available only in mono.{{sfn|Badman|2001|p=386}} The album was digitally remastered and issued on CD in stereo for the first time on 9 September 2009.{{sfn|Womack|2014|p=109}}<ref>{{cite news| work=[[Reuters]]| title=Original Beatles digitally remastered| date=7 April 2009| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5363RN20090407| access-date=10 April 2017| first=Mike| last=Collett-White| archive-date=30 November 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130032253/https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE5363RN20090407| url-status=live}}</ref>