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Singles issued by Capitol Canada but not Capitol U.S. are in the 70000 series. Singles issued by both Capitol Canada and Capitol U.S. are in the 5000 series. Paul White, who served as Capitol of Canada's marketing manager and worked in the artists and repertoire department was given the job of reviewing EMI discs for possible release in Canada. in January 1963, white received a stack of singles from EMI. included in the batch was the Beatles first single, "Love Me do / P.S. I Love You", which was released in England on Parlophone on October 5, 1962. he immediately thought that he definitely must release this record. As was often the practice at that time, white did not bother to obtain the master tape from EMI. Instead, "Love Me do" and "P.S. I Love You" were dubbed from the Parlophone 45. thus, when the single was released on february 4, 1963, on Capitol of Canada 72076, it featured the version of "Love Me Do" with Ringo on drums - and is one of the world's all time rarest 45 singles. this example is in near mint "as new" unplayed condition and it cannot be upgraded. This record is extremely vital to the Beatles history as it is the very first ever record attributed and titled to "The Beatles" in North America and issued sixteen days before the U.S. Vee-Jay 498 single "Please Please Me". Issued on February 4, 1963, it would not be until 16 months later that this single was issued in the U.S. on the Tollie label with a completely different version of the song with Andy White on drums. the very next Canadian reissue following this single was not released until the Winter of 1963. |
| 1963 |
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| Love Me Do/
P.S. I Love You |
Please
Please Me/ Ask Me Why |
From Me To
You/ Thank You Girl |
She Loves
You/ I'll Get You |
Roll Over
Beethoven/ Please Mister Postman |
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| (72076) |
(72090) | (72101) |
(72125) |
(72133) |
| 1964 |
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| All My
Loving/ This Boy |
Twist And
Shout/ There's A Place |
Do You Want
To Know A Secret?/ Thank You Girl |
Sie Liebt
Dich/ I'll Get You |
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| (72144) |
(72146) |
(72159) |
(72162) |
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