THE EARLY BEATLES

A1 Love Me Do 2:19
A2 Twist And Shout 2:32
A3 Anna 2:56
A4 Chains 2:21
A5 Boys 2:24
A6 Ask Me Why 2:24
B1 Please Please Me 2:00
B2 P. S. I Love You 2:02
B3 Baby It's You 2:36
B4 A Taste Of Honey 2:02
B5 Do You Want To Know A Secret 1:55
Manufactured By – Toshiba EMI Ltd
Producer – George Martin
Written-By – Arthur Alexander (tracks: A3), Barney Williams (2) (tracks: B3), Bert Russell (tracks: A2), Burt Bacharach (tracks: B3), Goffin And King (tracks: A4), Lennon-McCartney (tracks: A1, A6, B1, B2, B5), Luther Dixon (tracks: A5), Mack David (tracks: B3), Phil Medley (tracks: A2), Ric Marlow (tracks: B4), Wes Farrell (tracks: A5)
Toshiba/EMI Japan issued this US release as part of Japan's "Country Flag" obi / EAS re-issue series of the Beatles Japanese LP catalog which began in 1976. This is title n° 20 in the series, with U.S. flag obi.

Originally released in US March 1965.

Recording notes:
-Pressed from a copy of a US master, as identified by the matrix stamp
-True stereo on all tracks except A1 "Love Me Do" and B2 "P.S. I Love You" are fake stereo.