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From: T P Uschanov 
Newsgroups: rec.music.beatles.moderated,rec.music.beatles
Subject: Re: UK vs US album standards
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In rec.music.beatles.moderated Bob Gill  wrote:
> Yeah, I don't think 11 was ever a standard in any real sense _ that's just the
> number that Capital used in several cases with Beatles albums. Off the top of my
> head, I think Beatles '65, Beatles VI, the Beatles' 2nd Album and
Revolver had 11.
> Maybe the Early Beatles too.

Apart from "Meet the Beatles" and "Rubber Soul" (and
the special case 
of "Help!"), all the Capitol albums until "Sgt. Pepper"
had 11 cuts.

>> I think the reason the comparison crops up is that it was virtually
>> unheard of for a US album to NOT contain a hit single -- either
>> included after it had already been a chart success, or pulled from the
>> album for subsequent release. The US "Rubber Soul" is one of the
>> very few that comes to mind.
> 
> True. I think that's the first US album by a British Invasion group
> that didn't have a single on it. At least it's the first I'm aware of.

Well, Manfred Mann's "Mann Made" beat it by a month and a day.

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