July 20, 1964 - On sale today in the U.S. is “Something New,” a new long-playing record by the Beatles.
The album is the third Capitol LP release and fifth American album release overall by the British rock ’n’ roll group. It includes eight songs from the British release of “A Hard Day’s Night,” as well as the tracks “Slow Down” and “Matchbox” from the “Long Tall Sally” EP and the German-language version of “I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
The album has been released in both mono and stereo versions. The mono version features the extended single mix of “I’ll Cry Instead,” while stereo editions include a shorter edit of the song from the UK release of “A Hard Day’s Night.” The mono release contains alternative versions of “Any Time At All” (a different mix during the instrumental bridge), “I’ll Cry Instead” (with the “missing” third verse), “When I Get Home” (the line “Till I walk out that door again” during the song’s bridge has a different vocal passage from the UK mono mix), “If I Fell” (Lennon's non-double-tracked introductory vocal), and “And I Love Her” (McCartney's non-double-tracked vocal).
The album has been released on the Parlophone label for sale only on American Armed Forces bases in Europe. The album was also issued in Germany on the Odeon label. The German stereo version contains a reprocessed stereo version of “Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand” and an extended version of “And I Love Her.”
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