Long Tall Sally (EP)

''Long Tall Sally'' is the fifth UK EP release by British rock band the Beatles and the band's first UK EP to include songs not previously released on an album or single in the United Kingdom. (Side 1 had been released in America that April, on '' The Beatles' Second Album'', while Side 2 would be released in July on the North American album '' Something New''.) It was released by Parlophone in mono, with the catalogue number GEP 8913, and released in the United Kingdom on 19 June 1964. It was also released in Spain and France.

The EP includes three cover versions— the title track, "Slow Down" and "Matchbox"—as well as one Lennon-McCartney original, "I Call Your Name," a song originally given to Billy J. Kramer and his backing band The Dakotas. Kramer had released the song as the B-side of another Lennon-McCartney song, " Bad to Me", which reached number 1 in the UK and number 9 in the US. In 1988, all four of the songs from the EP were included on the compilation album ''Past Masters, Volume One''.

The picture on the EP cover was taken by Robert Freeman, as stated on the back.

Track listing

Personnel

According to Ian MacDonald:

The Beatles
*John Lennon lead vocals, rhythm guitar; lead guitar
*Paul McCartney bass; lead vocal
*George Harrison lead and rhythm guitars
*Ringo Starr drums; cowbell ; lead vocal

Additional personnel
*George Martin piano, producer
* Norman Smith engineer

Other releases

*In the United States, the EP was split and released on '' The Beatles' Second Album'' ("Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name") and '' Something New'' ("Slow Down" and "Matchbox").
*In Canada, the first two tracks were included on a full-length album of the same name, ''The Beatles' Long Tall Sally''.
*In 1976, the four tracks on the EP were issued as part of the double album '' Rock 'n' Roll Music'', a collection of 28 Beatles recordings. This marked the UK stereo debut of these tracks on an album.
*In 1978, the tracks were again included on the UK LP '' Rarities'', first released as part of ''The Beatles Collection'', then individually in the UK, with all four songs appearing in mono. The US version of ''Rarities'' featured a different track listing and did not include the ''Long Tall Sally'' EP songs, since they had all been previously released on American albums.
*In 1988, the EP was compiled with the Beatles' singles and released as part of the '' Past Masters'' collection, which, when combined with the 12 original British albums plus the American album ''Magical Mystery Tour'', made all of the Beatles' UK releases available on compact disc. Once again, the four songs were in stereo.
*The EP was reissued in 1992 as part of the 15-disc ''Compact Disc EP Collection'', featuring the songs in their original monophonic sound.
*In December 2004, Capitol Records issued a four-disc CD boxed set, ''The Capitol Albums, Volume 1'', which included reissues of the first four American Capitol albums on compact disc for the first time. The songs "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name" were on disc 2 (''The Beatles' Second Album''), with "Slow Down" and "Matchbox" on disc 3 (''Something New''). The songs on all four discs were presented in both mono and stereo.
*In 2009, the Beatles' UK recordings were remastered and reissued again, in both stereo and mono, with both formats available as boxed sets and the former also available as individual releases. The stereo releases included ''Past Masters'', while the mono box set contained a new mono version of the compilation, '' Mono Masters'', making all of the ''Long Tall Sally'' tracks available in both formats simultaneously.
*On 28 November 2014, the EP was reissued in limited numbers to independently owned record stores for Record Store Day.

References

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1964 EPs
Albums produced by George Martin
The Beatles EPs
Parlophone EPs