Apple Records discography explained

This is the discography of Apple Records, a record label formed by the Beatles in 1968. During its early years, the label enjoyed a fair degree of commercial success, most notably with Mary Hopkin and Badfinger, as well as discovering acts such as James Taylor and Billy Preston who would go on to greater success with other labels. However, by the mid-1970s, Apple had become little more than an outlet for the Beatles' solo recordings (although, as the solo Beatles were actually still under contract to EMI, the Apple label was, in truth, only a cosmetic addition to their releases). After EMI's contract with the Beatles ended in 1976, the Apple label was finally wound up. The label was reactivated in the 1990s with many of the original Apple albums being reissued on compact disc, and the company now oversees new Beatles releases such as the Anthology and 1 albums as well as the 2009 Beatles remastering programme. In 2010, Apple set about remastering and reissuing its back catalogue for a second time.

For convenience, releases are divided into UK and US releases. However, some releases which were designated a UK-sequence catalogue number were only issued in certain mainland European countries. Additionally, with the Beatles still being under contract to EMI, all of the group's records (and the majority of their UK solo releases) retained the numbering systems of Parlophone (for the UK, New Zealand and South Africa), Capitol (for the US) and EMI (for Australia). The Republic of Ireland released eight Apple singles in 1970–71, six of which had unique catalogue numbers. Since the 2013 takeover of EMI by Universal Music, the titles have yet to be reissued with Universal catalogue numbers and UPCs.

Singles

Catalogue NumberArtistTitleRelease Date
UKUSAus.NZUKUSAus.NZ
R 5722 2276A-8493 The Beatles"Hey Jude" / "Revolution"30.08.6826.08.6819.09.68
APPLE 1Frank Sinatra"The Lady Is a ChampBut Beautiful"
APPLE 2 1801APPLE-8526APPLE 2Mary Hopkin"Those Were the Days" / "Turn! Turn! Turn!"30.08.6826.08.68.68.68
APPLE 31802APPLE-8537 Jackie Lomax"Sour Milk Sea" / "The Eagle Laughs at You"30.08.6826.08.68.68
APPLE 41800John Foster & Sons Ltd.
Black Dyke Mills Band
"Thingumybob" / "Yellow Submarine"30.08.6826.08.68
APPLE 51803APPLE-8631APPLE 5The Iveys"Maybe Tomorrow" / "And Her Daddy's a Millionaire"15.11.6827.01.69.69.69
The Beatles"Back in the USSR" / "Don't Pass Me By"
APPLE 61804APPLE-8739APPLE 6"Road to Nowhere" / "Illusions"24.01.6903.03.6905.69.69
A-8693NZP.3318The Beatles"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" 20.02.69.69
The Beatles"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" / "I Will"
APPLE 7Mary Hopkin"Lontano Dagli Occhi" / "The Game" 07.03.69
APPLE 8Brute Force"King of Fuh" / "Nobody Knows" 16.05.69
APPLE 9Mary Hopkin"Prince En Avignon" / "The Game" 07.03.69
1805James Taylor"Carolina in My Mind" / "Taking It In"17.03.69
James Taylor"Knocking 'Round the Zoo" / "Something's Wrong"
APPLE 101806APPLE-8726APPLE 10Mary Hopkin"Goodbye" / "Sparrow"28.03.6907.04.69.69.69
R 57772490A-8763NZP.3325The Beatles with Billy Preston"Get Back" / "Don't Let Me Down"11.04.6905.05.6908.05.69.69
APPLE 11APPLE-8788APPLE.11Jackie Lomax"New Day" / "Fall Inside Your Eyes"09.05.69.69.69
R 57862531A-8793NZP.3329The Beatles"The Ballad of John and Yoko" / "Old Brown Shoe"30.05.6904.06.6919.06.69.69
1807Jackie Lomax"New Day" / "Thumbin' a Ride"02.06.69
APPLE 121808APPLE-8841APPLE.12Billy Preston"That's the Way God Planned It" / "What About You"27.06.6914.07.69.69.69
APPLE 13/
R 5795
1809A-8833NZP.3333Plastic Ono Band"Give Peace a Chance" / "Remember Love"04.07.6907.07.69.69.69
APPLE 14The Iveys"Dear Angie" / "No Escaping Your Love"
CT 1Various Artists"Wall's Ice Cream EP" 18.07.69
APPLE 151810APPLE-8895APPLE.15Radha Krishna Temple (London)"Hare Krishna Mantra" / "Prayer to the Spiritual Masters"29.08.6921.08.69.69.69
APPLE 16Mary Hopkin"Que Sera, Sera" / "Fields of St. Etienne" 19.09.6915.06.70
APPLE 171811APPLE-8960APPLE.17Trash"Golden Slumbers-Carry That Weight" / "Trash Can"26.09.6915.10.69.11.69
APPLE 181812APPLE-8953Hot Chocolate Band"Give Peace a Chance" / "Living Without Tomorrow"10.10.6927.10.69.69
APPLE 191814APPLE-8975Billy Preston"Everything's Alright" / "I Want to Thank You"17.10.6910.11.69.69
APPLES 10011813APPLE-8967APPLES.1001Plastic Ono Band"Cold Turkey" / "Don't Worry Kyoko"24.10.6920.10.69.69.69
R 58142654A-8943NZP.3245The Beatles"Something" / "Come Together"31.10.6906.10.6916.10.69.69
APPLE 201815APPLE-9016APPLE.20Badfinger"Come and Get It" / "Rock of All Ages"05.12.6902.02.70.69
APPLES 1002Plastic Ono Band"You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)" / "What's the New Mary Jane"
The Beatles"You're Going to Lose That Girl" / "Tell Me What You See"
APPLE 211817APPLE-9065APPLE.21Billy Preston"All That I've Got" / "As I Get Older"30.01.7016.02.70.70.70
APPLE 221816APPLE-9053APPLE.22Mary Hopkin"Temma Harbour" / "Lontano Dagli Occhi"16.01.7009.02.70.70.70
APPLE 23APPLE-9043APPLE.23Jackie Lomax"How the Web Was Woven" / "Thumbin' a Ride"06.02.70.70.70
APPLE 241820APPLE-9066APPLE.24Doris Troy"Ain't That Cute" / "Vaya Con Dios"13.02.7016.03.70.70.70
APPLES 10031818APPLE-9084APPLES.1003Lennon/Ono/Plastic Ono Band"Instant Karma!" / "Who Has Seen the Wind?"06.02.7020.02.70.03.70.70
R 58332764A-9083NZP.3257The Beatles"Let It Be" / "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)"06.03.7011.03.7012.03.70.70
APPLE 251821APPLE-9092APPLE.25Radha Krishna Temple (London)"Govinda" / "Govinda Jai Jai"06.03.7024.03.7004.70.70
1819Jackie Lomax"How the Web Was Woven" / "(I) Fall Inside Your Eyes"23.03.70
APPLE 26APPLE-9105APPLE.26Mary Hopkin"Knock, Knock Who's There?" / "I'm Going to Fall in Love Again"23.03.70.04.70.70
2832A-9163NZP.3371The Beatles"The Long and Winding Road" / "For You Blue"11.05.7011.06.70.70
The Beatles"Oh! Darling" / "Here Comes the Sun"
APPLE 271823APPLE-9190APPLE.27Mary Hopkin"Que Sera, Sera" / "Fields of St. Etienne" 15.06.70.70.70
APPLE 281824APPLE.28Doris Troy"Jacob's Ladder" / "Get Back" 28.08.7021.09.70
APPLE 29Billy Preston"My Sweet Lord" / "Long As I Got My Baby"
2969APPLE-9309NZP.3388Ringo Starr"Beaucoups of Blues" / "Coochy-Coochy"05.10.70.70.70
1822Badfinger"No Matter What" / "Carry on Till Tomorrow"19.10.70
APPLE 301825APPLE-9297APPLE.30Mary Hopkin"Think About Your Children" / "Heritage"16.10.7002.11.70.70.70
APPLE 31APPLE-9316APPLE.31Badfinger"No Matter What" / "Better Days"06.11.70.70.70
APPLE 32APPLE-9318APPLE.32James Taylor"Carolina in My Mind" / "Something's Wrong"06.11.70.71.71
2995A-9342NZP.3391George Harrison"My Sweet Lord" / "Isn't It a Pity"23.11.70.71.71
1826Billy Preston"My Sweet Lord" / "Little Girl"14.12.70
1827A-9401NZP.3395John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"Mother" / "Why"28.12.70.71.71
R 5884George Harrison"My Sweet Lord" / "What Is Life"15.01.71
1828A-9424NZP.3397George Harrison"What Is Life" / "Apple Scruffs"15.02.71.71.71
R 58891829A-9445NZP.3398Paul McCartney"Another Day" / "Oh Woman, Oh Why"19.02.7122.02.71.71.71
R 5892 A-9488NZP.3400John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"Power to the People" / "Open Your Box"12.03.71.71.71
1830John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"Power to the People" / "Touch Me"22.03.71
R 58981831A-9474NZP.3402Ringo Starr"It Don't Come Easy" / "Early 1970"09.04.7116.04.71.71.71
APPLE 331832APPLE-9478APPLE.33Ronnie Spector"Try Some, Buy Some" / "Tandoori Chicken"16.04.7119.04.71.71.71
APPLE 34APPLE-9565APPLE.34Mary Hopkin"Let My Name Be Sorrow" / "Kew Gardens"18.06.71.71.71
APPLE 351833 Badfinger"Name of the Game" / "Suitcase"
1834Jackie Lomax"Sour Milk Sea" / "I Fall Inside Your Eyes"21.06.71
A-9592NZP.3406Paul & Linda McCartney"Eat at Home" / "Smile Away".71.71
APPLE 361835APPLE-9599APPLE.36Bill Elliot and the Elastic Oz Band"God Save Us" / "Do the Oz"16.07.7107.07.71.71.71
R 5912 1836A-9615NZP.3408George Harrison"Bangla Desh" / "Deep Blue"30.07.7128.07.71.71.71
1837A-9669NZP.3410Paul & Linda McCartney"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" / "Too Many People"02.08.71.71.71
R 5914 Paul & Linda McCartney"The Back Seat of My Car" / "Heart of the Country"13.08.71
APPLE 371838Ravi Shankar"Joi Bangla" / "Oh Bhaugowan" / "Raga Mishri"27.08.7131.08.71
APPLE 381839APPLE-9725APPLE.38Yoko Ono"Mrs. Lennon" / "Midsummer New York"29.10.7129.09.71.71.71
1840NZP.3412John Lennon"Imagine" / "It's So Hard"11.10.71.71
1841Badfinger"Day After Day" / "Money"15.11.71
APPLE 39APPLE-9742APPLE.39Mary Hopkin"Water, Paper And Clay" / "Jefferson"26.11.71.71
1843Mary Hopkin"Water, Paper and Clay" / "Streets of London"26.11.71
R 5932Wings"Love Is Strange" / "I Am Your Singer"
APPLE 40APPLE-9782APPLE.40Badfinger"Day After Day" / "Sweet Tuesday Morning"14.01.72.72.72
APPLE 41Yoko Ono"Mind Train" / "Listen, the Snow Is Falling"21.01.72
1846John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"The Luck of the Irish" / "Attica State"
The Beatles"All Together Now" / "Hey Bulldog"
R 59361847A-9866NZP.3423Wings"Give Ireland Back to the Irish" / "Give Ireland Back to the Irish (version)"25.02.7228.02.72.72.72
R 59441849A-9879NZP.3425Ringo Starr"Back Off Boogaloo" / "Blindman"18.03.7220.03.72.04.72.72
APPLE 42 1844APPLE-9888APPLE.42Badfinger"Baby Blue" / "Flying" 20.03.72.05.72.72
1845Lon & Derrek Van Eaton"Sweet Music" / "Song of Songs"20.03.72
6498/6499David Peel And The Lower East Side"F Is Not A Dirty Word" / "The Ballad Of New York City / John Lennon-Yoko Ono"20.4.72
R 59491851A-9924NZP.3427Wings"Mary Had a Little Lamb" / "Little Woman Love"12.05.7229.05.72.06.72.72
R 5953 1848NZP.3441John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band"Woman Is the Nigger of the World" / "Sisters, O Sisters"24.04.72.72
APPLE 431850APPLE-9948APPLE.43Chris Hodge"We're on Our Way" / "Supersoul"09.06.7229.05.72.72.72
6545/6546David Peel And The Lower East Side"The Hippie From New York City" / "The Ballad Of New York City / John Lennon-Yoko Ono"16.6.72
APPLE 441852APPLE-10077APPLE.44The Sundown Playboys"Saturday Nite Special" / "Valse De Soleil Coucher"17.11.7231.10.72.73.73
1853Yoko Ono"Now or Never" / "Move on Fast"13.11.72
R 59701842A-10047NZP.3446John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" / "Listen, the Snow Is Falling"24.11.7201.12.71.72.72
1854APPLE-10095Elephant's Memory"Liberation Special" / "Madness"30.11.72.12.72
1855Mary Hopkin"Knock Knock, Who's There?" / "International"13.11.72
APPLE 45Elephant's Memory"Power Boogie" / "Liberation Special"01.12.72
R 59731857A-10099NZP.3449Wings"Hi, Hi, Hi" / "C Moon"01.12.7204.12.72.01.73.73
1858Chris Hodge"Goodbye, Sweet Lorraine" / "Contact Love"31.01.73
APPLE 46Lon & Derrek Van Eaton"Warm Woman" / "More Than Words"09.03.73
R 5985 1861A-10200NZP.3453Paul McCartney & Wings "My Love" / "The Mess"23.03.7309.04.73.73.73
APPLE 471859Yoko Ono"Death of Samantha" / "Yang Yang"04.05.7326.02.73
R 59871863A-10270NZP.3456Wings"Live and Let Die" / "I Lie Around"01.06.7318.06.73.73.73
R 59881862A-10230NZP.3455George Harrison"Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" / "Miss O'Dell"25.05.7307.05.73.73.73
R 59921865A-10360NZP.3461Ringo Starr"Photograph" / "Down and Out"19.10.7324.09.73.73.73
1866George Harrison"Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" / "Sue Me, Sue You Blues"
1867Yoko Ono"Woman Power" / "Men Men Men"24.09.73
R 59931869A-10359NZP.3462Paul McCartney & Wings"Helen Wheels" / "Country Dreamer"26.10.7312.11.73.73
APPLE 48Yoko Ono"Run, Run, Run" / "Men Men Men"09.11.73
R 59941868A-10365NZP.3463John Lennon"Mind Games" / "Meat City"16.11.7329.10.73.74
R 59951870A-10430NZP.3465Ringo Starr"You're Sixteen" / "Devil Woman"08.02.7403.12.73.74.74
A-10424NZP.3466Paul McCartney & Wings"Mrs. Vandebilt" / "Bluebird".74.74
1871Paul McCartney & Wings"Jet" / "Mamunia" 28.01.74
R 59961871NZP.3466Paul McCartney & Wings"Jet" / "Let Me Roll It"15.02.7418.02.74.74
1872A-10484NZP.3471Ringo Starr"Oh My My" / "Step Lightly"18.02.74.74.74
APPLE 491864APPLE-10438APPLE.49Badfinger"Apple of My Eye" / "Blind Owl"08.03.7410.12.73.74.74
1873NZP.3479Paul McCartney & Wings"Band on the Run" / "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five"08.04.74.74
R 5997Paul McCartney & Wings"Band on the Run" / "Zoo Gang"28.06.74
R 59981874A-10630NZP.3441John Lennon"Whatever Gets You thru the Night" / "Beef Jerky"04.10.7423.09.74.74.74
R 59991875A-10626NZP.3487Paul McCartney & Wings"Junior's Farm" / "Sally G" 25.10.7404.11.74.74.74
R 60001876A-10671NZP3588Ringo Starr"Only You (And You Alone)" / "Call Me"15.11.7411.11.74.74.74
1877NZP.3493George Harrison"Dark Horse" / "I Don't Care Anymore"18.11.74.74
R 6001A-10696George Harrison"Dark Horse" / "Hari's On Tour (Express)"28.02.75.75
R 6002A-10629NZP.3494George Harrison"Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "I Don't Care Anymore"06.12.74.74.74
R 60031878A-10694NZP.3495John Lennon"
  1. 9 Dream
" / "What You Got"
31.01.7516.12.74.75.75
1879George Harrison"Ding Dong, Ding Dong" / "Hari's On Tour (Express)"23.12.74
1880Ringo Starr"No No Song" / "Snookeroo"27.01.75
R 6004A-10711Ringo Starr"Snookeroo" / "Oo-Wee"21.02.75.75
R 60051881A-10779NZP.3503John Lennon"Stand by Me" / "Move Over Ms. L"18.04.7510.03.75.75.75
John Lennon"Be-Bop-A-Lula" / "Move Over Ms. L"
NZP.3510Ringo Starr"No No Song" / "Call Me".75
1882Ringo Starr"(It's All Down To) Goodnight Vienna" / "Oo-Wee"02.06.75
1883John Lennon"Slippin' and Slidin'" / "Ain't That a Shame"
R 60071884A-10920NZP.3520George Harrison"You" / "World of Stone"12.09.7515.09.7529.09.75.75
R 6009John Lennon"Imagine" / "Working Class Hero"24.10.75
R 6011Ringo Starr"Oh My My" / "No No Song"09.01.76
R 60121885A-11017NZP.3528George Harrison"This Guitar (Can't Keep from Crying)" / "Māya Love"06.02.7608.12.75.76.76
G45 2John Lennon"Give Peace a Chance" / "Cold Turkey"12.03.84
G45 13Ringo Starr"It Don't Come Easy" / "Back Off Boogaloo"12.03.84
APP 1Various Artists"Apple EP" 21.10.91
R 64068583492The Beatles"Baby It's You" / "I'll Follow the Sun" / "Devil in Her Heart" / "Boys"06.03.9501.12.94
R 64228584972The Beatles"Free as a Bird" / "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)"04.12.9512.12.95
R 64258585442The Beatles"Real Love" / "Baby's in Black"04.03.9605.03.96
The Beatles"Now and Then" / "Love Me Do"02.11.2302.11.23

Not planned for release.[1] A special recorded "message" medley from Frank Sinatra to Maureen Starkey. One single-sided single pressed and the master tape has been destroyed.
Early UK editions credited to 'White Trash'.[1]
Only released in Italy – 17.01.69.
Not given a full release, as EMI would not distribute. Only 2000 copies were pressed in the UK. An unnumbered US Apple acetate also exists.
Only released in France[1] – 07.03.69.
Only released in Europe and Japan[1] – 18.07.69.
Mail order only EP featuring: The Iveys "Storm in a Teacup" / James Taylor "Something's Wrong" / Jackie Lomax "Little Yellow Pill" / Mary Hopkin "Pebble and the Man".[2]
Not issued. Planned release date – 19.09.69. APPLE 16 was also allocated to Mortimer's unreleased recording of "On Our Way Home".[1]
Not issued.[3] Planned release date - .12.69.[4]
Not issued in UK.[1] Issued as APPLE 28 in some European countries.
Issued as APPLE 27 in some European countries.
Not issued.
Not issued in UK. Planned release date for Lennon – 5.12.72.[5]
Cancelled release. Made it only to the acetate stage. Planned release date – 24.9.73.[6]
Re-issued with "Let Me Roll It" as the B side on 18.02.74.
Re-issued on 07.02.75 (UK) and 20.02.75 (US) with the same catalogue numbers but with the A and B sides reversed.
Released as part of a series of EMI "Golden 45's".[7]
Four track EP featuring: Mary Hopkin "Those Were The Days" / Billy Preston "That's the Way God Planned It" / Jackie Lomax "Sour Milk Sea" / Badfinger "Come and Get It".[8]
Re-issued from 1975 with the same catalogue number (and sometimes artwork) on Capitol after McCartney's contract moved from Parlophone.
Re-issued with the same catalogue number on the Parlophone label.
Originally issued on Parlophone.
Double A Side.
Released on Parlophone before the establishment of Apple Records (New Zealand).
Originally released APon green vinyl and reissued on black vinyl.[1]
Some issues list "McCartney's Wings".
Released as a 7" 45rpm and a 10" 78rpm.[9]
Demo copies have the tracks "Band On The Run" (Edited Version) / "Band On The Run" (Full Version).
Also released as a double A side and with reversed A and B side.
Released in "East Asia" (Hong Kong) by Parlophone, Catalogue number PEA-501.
Released in "East Asia" (Hong Kong) by Parlophone, Catalogue number PEA-502.
Due to extreme demands on production, EMI also contracted Decca and Philips to press this release.
Due to extreme demands on production, EMI also contracted Philips to press this release.
Due to industrial action, EMI also contracted Decca to press this release.
Originally planned for release with flipped sides.
Released in Japan as AR-2520 on 05.06.70.
Released in several European countries in early February 1972.
Released in Sweden in December 1968 and Norway in April 1969 as SD 6061.
Released in the Philippines as AL 60838.
Released in several European countries in March 1975.
Released in France as APF 506.

Albums

Catalogue No.ArtistTitleRelease Date
UKUSUKUS
SAPCOR 1 ST 3350George HarrisonWonderwall Music01.11.6802.12.68
PCS (PMC) 7067/68SWBO 101The BeatlesThe Beatles22.11.6825.11.68
SAPCOR 2T 5001 John Lennon & Yoko Ono29.11.6817.01.69
SAPCOR 3SKAO 3352James TaylorJames Taylor06.12.6817.02.69
SAPCOR 4ST 3353Modern Jazz QuartetUnder the Jasmin Tree06.12.6817.02.69
PCS (PMC) 7070SW 153The BeatlesYellow Submarine17.01.6913.01.69
SAPCOR 5ST 3351Mary HopkinPostcard21.02.6903.03.69
SAPCOR 6ST 3354Jackie LomaxIs This What You Want?14.03.6917.05.69
SAPCOR 7Delaney & BonnieThe Original Delaney & Bonnie
SAPCOR 8ST 3355The IveysMaybe Tomorrow
SAPCOR 9ST 3359Billy PrestonThat's the Way God Planned It22.08.6910.09.69
PCS 7088SO 383The BeatlesAbbey Road26.09.6901.10.69
SAPCOR 10STAO 3360Modern Jazz QuartetSpace24.10.6910.11.69
SAPCOR 11SMAX 3361John Lennon & Yoko OnoWedding Album07.11.6920.10.69
CORE 2001SW 3362Plastic Ono BandLive Peace in Toronto 196912.12.6912.12.69
SAPCOR 12ST 3364BadfingerMagic Christian Music09.01.7016.02.70
CPCS 106 SW 385 / SO 385The BeatlesHey Jude26.02.70
PCS 7101SW 3365Ringo StarrSentimental Journey27.03.7024.04.70
PCS 7102SMAS 3363Paul McCartneyMcCartney17.04.7020.04.70
PXS 1AR 34001The BeatlesLet It Be08.05.7018.05.70
SAPCOR 13ST 3371Doris TroyDoris Troy11.09.7011.09.70
SAPCOR 14ST 3370Billy PrestonEncouraging Words11.09.7011.09.70
PAS 10002SMAS 3368Ringo StarrBeaucoups of Blues25.09.7028.09.70
SAPCOR 15SMAS 3369London Sinfonietta / John TavenerThe Whale25.09.7015.10.70
PCS 7096The BeatlesLet It Be 06.11.70
SAPCOR 16SKAO 3367BadfingerNo Dice27.11.7009.11.70
STCH 639STCH 639George HarrisonAll Things Must Pass30.11.7027.11.70
PCS 7124SW 3372John Lennon/Plastic Ono BandJohn Lennon/Plastic Ono Band11.12.7011.12.70
SAPCOR 17SW 3373Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono BandYoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band11.12.7011.12.70
LYN 2154The BeatlesFrom Then To You 18.12.70
SBC 100The BeatlesThe Beatles Christmas album 14.02.71
PAS 10003SMAS 3375Paul & Linda McCartneyRam28.05.7117.05.71
SAPCOR 18SKAO 3376Radha Krishna Temple (London)The Radha Krsna Temple28.05.7121.05.71
SAPCOR 19 SW 3387BadfingerStraight Up04.02.7213.12.71
SAPCOR 20London Sinfonietta / John TavenerCeltic Requiem14.05.71
SW 3377Stelvio CiprianiCome Together20.09.71
SAPCOR 21SMAS 3381Mary HopkinEarth Song/Ocean Song01.10.7103.11.71
PAS 10004SW 3379John LennonImagine08.10.7109.09.71
SAPTU 101/2SVBB 3380Yoko OnoFly03.12.7120.09.71
SWAO 3384Original Soundtrack RecordingRaga07.12.71
PCS 7142SW 3386WingsWild Life07.12.7107.12.71
STCX 3385STCX 3385George Harrison And FriendsThe Concert for Bangladesh10.01.7220.12.71
SWAO 3388Original Soundtrack RecordingEl Topo27.12.71
5C 244-93536Mary HopkinThe Best of Mary Hopkin31.03.72
SW 3391David Peel & The Lower East SideThe Pope Smokes Dope 17.04.72
PCSP 716SVBB 3392John & Yoko/Plastic Ono BandSome Time in New York City15.09.7216.06.72
SAPCOR 22SMAS 3389Elephant's MemoryElephant's Memory10.11.7218.09.72
SAPCOR 23SW 3395Mary HopkinThose Were The Days24.11.7225.09.72
APCOR 24SW 3400Various ArtistsPhil Spector's Christmas Album 08.12.7201.12.72
SAPCOR 25SMAS 3390Lon & Derrek Van EatonBrother09.02.7322.09.72
SAPDO 1001SVBB 3399Yoko OnoApproximately Infinite Universe16.02.7308.01.73
SAPDO 1002SVBB 3396Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar KhanIn Concert 197213.04.7313.04.73
PCSP 717SKBO 3403The Beatles1962–196619.04.7302.04.73
PCSP 718SKBO 3404The Beatles1967–197019.04.7302.04.73
PCTC 251SMAL 3409Paul McCartney & WingsRed Rose Speedway04.05.7303.04.73
PAS 10006SMAS 3410George HarrisonLiving in the Material World22.06.7330.05.73
PCS 7165SW 3414John LennonMind Games16.11.7302.11.73
SAPCOR 26SW 3412Yoko OnoFeeling the Space23.11.7302.11.73
PCTC 252SWAL 3413Ringo StarrRingo23.11.7302.11.73
PAS 10007SO 3415Paul McCartney & WingsBand on the Run07.12.7305.12.73
SAPCOR 27SW 3411BadfingerAss08.03.7426.11.73
PCTC 253SW 3416John LennonWalls and Bridges04.10.7426.11.74
PCS 7168SW 3417Ringo StarrGoodnight Vienna15.11.7418.11.74
PAS 10008SMAS 3418George HarrisonDark Horse20.12.7409.12.74
PCS 7169SK 3419John LennonRock 'n' Roll21.02.7517.02.75
PAS 10009SW 3420George HarrisonExtra Texture (Read All About It)03.10.7522.09.75
PCS 7173SW 3421John LennonShaved Fish24.10.7524.10.75
PCS 7170SW 3422Ringo StarrBlast from Your Past12.12.7520.11.75
PCSP 7267243 8 31796The BeatlesLive at the BBC30.11.9430.11.94
SAPCOR 287243 8 30129BadfingerThe Best of Badfinger31.05.9595
PCSP 7277243 8 34445The BeatlesAnthology 121.11.9521.11.95
PCSP 7287243 8 34448The BeatlesAnthology 218.03.9618.03.96
PCSP 7297243 8 34451The BeatlesAnthology 328.10.9628.10.96
7243 5 214817243 8 34451The BeatlesYellow Submarine Songtrack13.09.9914.09.99
7243 5 269747243 5 26974BadfingerThe Very Best Of Badfinger23.10.0013.09.00
7243 5 299707243 5 29970The Beatles113.11.0013.11.00
7243 5 957137243 5 95713The BeatlesLet It Be... Naked17.11.0318.11.03
7243 8 754000946 8 66878 2The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Volume 115.11.0416.11.04
7243 3 603350946 3 57497 2The BeatlesThe Capitol Albums, Volume 203.04.0611.04.06
0946 3 79808 2 80946 3 79808 2 8The BeatlesLove20.11.0621.11.06
50999 9 65019 2 4 50999 9 65019 2 4George Harrison16.06.0916.06.09

Not released. Planned release date – 30.05.69. Later issued on Elektra Records as Accept No Substitute.[10] SAPCOR 7 was also earmarked for a 20.06.69 album release by Trash.[11]
Not issued in the UK. Planned release date – 04.07.69.[12] Only released in Germany, Italy and Japan (with alternate catalogue numbers).
Regular album release to replace the Box Set package which accompanied the original UK issue.[13]
From Then to You and The Beatles Christmas Album are the same album, being a collection of the Beatles Fan Club-only Christmas flexi discs issued between 1963 and 1969. Similarly, these two albums were only available to members of "The Beatles Fan Club".
Only issued in mono despite stereo 'SW' prefix on US release. This album had previously been issued in full on Philles Records in the US and has since been reissued many times on various labels.
Released in Brazil in mono without the 'S' prefix.
Planned for release in Brazil in mono without the 'S' prefix but only released in stereo.
Reissued on vinyl 10.12.96 with "Do You Mind" bonus track. Released in New Zealand as SAPCOR 101.
This album has since been reissued on various labels.
This album was reissued in 1977 on Ring O'Records, Catalogue number 2320 104, with different artwork.
Tetragrammaton catalogue number as EMI refused to distribute.[14] [15]
Later re-issued on EMI's Music for Pleasure label in the UK with a different catalogue number: Mind Games (MFP 5058) in 1980,[16] Ringo (MFP 50508) in 1980,[17] Dark Horse (MFP 50510) in 1980,[18] Rock 'n' Roll (MFP 50522) in 1981,[19] and Blast from Your Past (MFP 50524) in 1981.[20]
Later re-issued on EMI's Fame label in the UK with a different catalogue number: Wild Life (FA 3101) in 1984,[21] Red Rose Speedway (FA 3193) in 1987.[22]
Originally planned for release as STAP-01.
Pressed in the UK for export only, not released in the UK.
This is the cassette release of the Dutch LP with catalogue number 5C 052-93536.

Zapple Records

Zapple was a short-lived subsidiary of Apple designed to release spoken word and avant garde recordings.

Catalogue No.ArtistTitleRelease Date
UKUSUKUS
ZAPPLE 01ST 3357John Lennon & Yoko Ono09.05.6926.05.69
ZAPPLE 02ST 3358George HarrisonElectronic Sound09.05.6926.05.69
ZAPPLE 03Richard BrautiganListening to Richard Brautigan

Not released by Zapple. Released by Harvest Records in 1973 (ST-424)[23] and on CD by Collectors' Choice Music in 2005 (CCM-540-2).[24]

Reissues

1990s remasters

Apple began the process of reissuing the back catalogue on compact disc in 1991, with many of the CDs containing bonus tracks. By this time, the releases in the UK and US were virtually identical. This list does not include Beatles or solo albums, which were re-released on compact disc by Parlophone or Capitol.

Catalogue No.ArtistTitleRelease Date
CDP 7 97577 2James TaylorJames Taylor19.11.91
CDP 7 97578 2Mary HopkinPostcard19.11.91
CDP 7 97579 2BadfingerMagic Christian Music19.11.91
CDP 7 97580 2Billy PrestonThat's The Way God Planned It19.11.91
CDP 7 97581 2Jackie LomaxIs This What You Want?19.11.91
CDP 7 97582 2The Modern Jazz QuartetUnder The Jasmine Tree19.11.91
CDP 7 98497 2London Sinfonietta / John TavenerThe Whale30.06.92
CDP 7 98692 2The IveysMaybe Tomorrow30.06.92
CDP 7 98695 2Mary HopkinEarth Song/Ocean Song30.06.92
CDP 7 98698 2BadfingerNo Dice30.06.92
CDP 7 98701 2Doris TroyDoris Troy30.06.92
CDP 7 98706 2George HarrisonWonderwall Music30.06.92
0777 7 81252 2London Sinfonietta / John TavenerCeltic Requiem18.05.93
0777 7 81255 2Radha Krishna TempleThe Radha Krsna Temple18.05.93
0777 7 81279 2Billy PrestonEncouraging Words18.05.93
0777 7 81403 2BadfingerStraight Up01.06.93
0777 7 90428 2Plastic Ono BandLive Peace In Toronto 196901.05.95
7243 8 30129 2BadfingerThe Best of Badfinger31.05.95
7243 8 30197 2Mary HopkinThose Were The Days31.05.95
7243 8 53816 2The Modern Jazz QuartetSpace10.12.96
7243 8 53817 2Ravi Shankar & Ali Akbar KhanIn Concert 197210.12.96
7243 8 53899 2BadfingerAss10.12.96
7243 8 55239 2George HarrisonElectronic Sound10.12.96

2009 remasters

2009 saw the remastered reissues of the Beatles back catalogue. A worldwide release date of 9 September 2009 (09.09.09) was set to tie in with the release of music video game. Replacing the CD editions which had been issued in 1987, all of the original Beatles albums were reissued in new packaging with mini DVD documentaries and, unlike the 1987 issues, the first four albums (Please Please Me, With The Beatles, A Hard Day's Night and Beatles For Sale) were made available on CD in stereo for the first time. Also, the Past Masters collection of non-album material was now issued as a double CD set, as opposed to the two separate discs issued in 1988. In addition, two box sets were issued, one containing all 16 remastered stereo albums and a second limited edition box set containing the mono mixes of all the albums up to and including The Beatles (the later albums did not receive a separate mono mix). The stereo box also features a DVD "The Mini Documentaries" which contains all the short films that are on the CDs in CD-ROM format.

Although the Apple logo is shown on all the 2009 remasters, the labels on the actual discs are those that appeared on the original LPs. So all the albums from "Please Please Me" through "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" feature a Parlophone label. "Magical Mystery Tour", which was first released in an album version in the US, has a Capitol label. The remaining albums, originally released on Apple, feature the green "A-side" label, excepting "The Beatles" which features the green "A-side" label on disc 1, and the 'white' (cut apple) "B-side" label on disc 2. For the "Past Masters" double-CD set, the first disc has a Parlophone label, and the second disc a green "A-side" Apple label. The DVD that accompanies "The Beatles in Stereo" box set has a red Apple label (similar to that on the original US "Let It Be" LP).

In late 2010, the compilation albums 1962–1966 and 1967–1970 were issued again, in addition a box set "1962–1970" containing both sets, released in the UK and Europe, and a similar box set released in the US with added photo cards and a stamp. Shortly afterwards, the entire remastered catalogue was finally made available to download on iTunes after years of legal wrangling between the Beatles and Apple Inc.

Catalogue No.ArtistTitleRelease Date
0946 3 82413 2 4The BeatlesA Hard Day's Night09.09.09
0946 3 82414 2 3The BeatlesBeatles for Sale09.09.09
0946 3 82415 2 2The BeatlesHelp!09.09.09
0946 3 82416 2 1The BeatlesPlease Please Me09.09.09
0946 3 82417 2 0The BeatlesRevolver09.09.09
0946 3 82418 2 9The BeatlesRubber Soul09.09.09
0946 3 82419 2 8The BeatlesSgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band09.09.09
0946 3 82420 2 4The BeatlesWith The Beatles09.09.09
0946 3 82465 2 7The BeatlesMagical Mystery Tour09.09.09
0946 3 82466 2 6The BeatlesThe Beatles09.09.09
0946 3 82467 2 5The BeatlesYellow Submarine09.09.09
0946 3 82468 2 4The BeatlesAbbey Road09.09.09
0946 3 82472 2 7The BeatlesLet It Be09.09.09
50999 2 43807 2 0The BeatlesPast Masters09.09.09
5099969944901The BeatlesThe Beatles in Stereo (16 CD + 1 DVD Box Set) 09.09.09
5099969945120The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono (13-CD Box Set) 09.09.09
RED 6266 / 5099990675225The Beatles1962–196618.10.10
BLUE 6770 / 5099990674723The Beatles1967–197018.10.10
5099990991127 (UK/Europe)The Beatles1962–1970 (Box Set of 1962–1966 + 1967–1970)07.12.10

Also available as a USB flash drive.[25] Issued 07.12.09.

2010 remasters

With the 1990s reissues out of print, many of the original Apple albums were re-released for a second time in new remastered versions in October 2010. These remasters were also made available on iTunes, just a few weeks before the Beatles back catalogue was finally released for download. Several of the iTunes versions included exclusive tracks not available on the standard CD issue, although these tracks were included on a bonus double CD as part of the Apple Box Set, which collected all of the remastered albums in one package. All of the 2010 remasters had been previously issued in the 1990s reissue programme apart from a 21-track compilation entitled which included a number of single-only tracks which now received their first official release on compact disc.

Catalogue No.ArtistTitleRelease Date
50999 6 42438 2 5BadfingerMagic Christian Music25.10.10
50999 6 42439 2 4BadfingerAss25.10.10
50999 6 42440 2 0BadfingerStraight Up25.10.10
50999 6 46397 2 7Various ArtistsCome and Get It – The Best of Apple Records (SAPCOR 29)25.10.10
50999 9 05807 2 7BadfingerNo Dice25.10.10
50999 9 05809 2 5Mary HopkinPostcard25.10.10
50999 9 05810 2 1Mary HopkinEarth Song/Ocean Song25.10.10
50999 9 05811 2 0James TaylorJames Taylor25.10.10
50999 9 08239 2 3Billy PrestonEncouraging Words25.10.10
50999 9 08241 2 8Billy PrestonThat's the Way God Planned It25.10.10
50999 9 08243 2 6Doris TroyDoris Troy25.10.10
50999 9 08245 2 4The Modern Jazz QuartetUnder the Jasmine Tree + Space25.10.10
50999 9 08255 2 1Jackie LomaxIs This What You Want?25.10.10
50999 9 08635 2 3London Sinfonietta / John TavenerThe Whale + Celtic Requiem25.10.10
50999 9 17672 2 6Radha Kṛṣṇa TempleThe Radha Kṛṣṇa Temple25.10.10
50999 9 18372 2 6Various ArtistsApple Box Set (17-CD Box Set)25.10.10
50999 9 18373 2 5Badfinger/Mary Hopkin/Jackie LomaxApple Records Extras (SAPCOR 30)25.10.10

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bengtsson . Lasse . Applefacts . Home2.swipnet.se . 2000 . 21 April 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120204140608/http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-29168/applefacts.htm . 4 February 2012 .
  2. Web site: Calkin . Graham . The Walls Ice Cream E.P . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  3. Book: Urish . Ben . Bielen . Kenneth G. . The Words and Music of John Lennon . 2007 . Greenwood Publishing Group . 978-0-275-99180-7 . 14.
  4. Web site: Calkin . Graham . John Lennon - You Know My Name . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  5. For Badfinger:
    For Lennon: Web site: Calkin . Graham . John Lennon – Woman Is The Nigger Of The World . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  6. Book: Eight Arms to Hold You. Madiger, Chip . Easter, Mark. 440–441, 456. 2000. 44.1 Productions. 0-615-11724-4.
  7. For Lennon: Web site: Calkin . Graham . John Lennon – Give peace A Chance . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
    For Starr: Web site: Calkin . Graham . Ringo Starr – It Don't Come Easy . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  8. Web site: APP1 . Schomakers.com . 21 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Saturday Nite Special . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  10. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Delaney And Bonnie . Jpgr.co.uk . 24 April 2013.
  11. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Apple Records Album Releases . Jpgr.co.uk . 24 April 2013.
  12. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Maybe Tomorrow . Jpgr.co.uk . 24 April 2013.
  13. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Let It Be . Jpgr.co.uk . 24 April 2013.
  14. Book: Blaney, John. John Lennon: Listen to This Book. 2005. Paper Jukebox. [S.l.]. 978-0-9544528-1-0. illustrated. 10.
  15. Web site: John Lennon Discography . Homepage.ntlworld.com . 21 April 2013 . 28 May 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130528170131/http://homepage.ntlworld.com/carousel/pob/pob04.html . dead .
  16. Book: Blaney, John. John Lennon: Listen to This Book. 2005. Paper Jukebox. [S.l.]. 978-0-9544528-1-0. illustrated. 128.
  17. Web site: Ringo Starr - Ringo (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 21 April 2013.
  18. Web site: George Harrison – Dark Horse (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 21 April 2013.
  19. Book: Blaney, John. John Lennon: Listen to This Book. 2005. Paper Jukebox. [S.l.]. 978-0-9544528-1-0. illustrated. 204.
  20. Web site: Ringo Starr - Blast From Your Past (Vinyl, LP) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 21 April 2013.
  21. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Wild Life . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  22. Web site: Calkin . Graham . Red Rose Speedway . Jpgr.co.uk . 21 April 2013.
  23. Web site: Richard Brautigan – Listening To Richard Brautigan (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 21 April 2013.
  24. Web site: Richard Brautigan – Listening To Richard Brautigan (CD) at Discogs . Discogs.com . 21 April 2013.
  25. Web site: Tito . Greg . The Escapist : News : Unboxing The Beatles Limited Edition Stereo USB . Escapistmagazine.com . 14 December 2009 . 24 April 2013.