BEATLES ALBUM INFORMATION & BRIEF DESCRIPTION
| Date LP Released: |
October 21, 1977 |
| Dates LP Recorded: |
1962-1970 |
| Studio Recorded: |
EMI and Apple Studios, London UK |
| Record Label: |
Capitol Records |
| Album Producer(s): |
George Martin and Phil Spector |
| Album Total Length: |
59:05 |
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Brief Album Description:
Love Songs is a compilation album that comprises love songs recorded by the Beatles between 1962 and 1970. It was released by
Capitol Records in the United States on 21 October 1977 (catalogue number SKBL-11711) and on Parlophone in the United Kingdom
on 19 November 1977 (PCSP 721). The compilation peaked at #24 in Billboard's Top LPs & Tape chart during a 31-week stay that
began on 12 November 1977. The RIAA certified the album with sales of three million units in 2000 even though the compilation
was deleted in the late 1980s. The New Zealand release followed the US release with cat. no. and pressing plates, and was
released on 2 different EMI labels. The LP's original packaging included an 11 x 11" booklet, with the songs' lyrics printed,
calligraphy-style, on simulated parchment paper. For the first several pressings, the cover itself was simulated leather, and
the Beatles' image (a re-working of Richard Avedon's 1967 portrait, featured in Look Magazine) was simulated gold-foil.
The LP was also available on yellow vinyl.
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