Product Overview
This is an RSD Black Friday release - it will not be available to purchase in-store until the 29th of November (Black Friday), with leftover stock available for purchase online the following Monday, the 2nd of December. Please note that this listing does not guarantee availability, nor does putting down your email - we are using emails to gauge interest on these releases and all purchases will be first come first serve on the day. The availability, quantity and price of all RSD Black Friday 2024 titles are subject to change and will be updated in the week prior to the 29th.
With a million orders for “I Want To Hold Your Hand” in the UK, the single shot to #1 in December 1963 knocking The Beatles’ own “She Loves You” from the top spot.
This was to be the first official single for The Beatles on Capitol records and was backed by an extraordinary marketing campaign. With “I Saw Her Standing There” replacing “This Boy” for the other side, the single was rush-released in the USA in January 1964, climbing to #1 on the Hot 100 by February 1st. Remaining on the chart for 15 weeks, it went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide, and with that, an unstoppable force was unleashed and Beatlemania had truly arrived.
This RSD Black Friday reissue single was cut from the original US version of the master tapes –- the same masters as used for the albums in the 1964 box set -- by Kevin Reeves in Nashville, using an all-analog cutting process and on the same 1970 lathe that was in Capitol and has been used on many classic album cuts over the years.
Tracklist:
I Wanna Hold Your Hand" b/w "I Saw Her Standing There
