The Beatles Are Coming (Again) to a Record Store Near You

Updates on new(!) releases for October and November

The 60th anniversary of The Beatles trip to the U.S. is being commemorated with the November 22 release of The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono.

The Beatles' 1964 U.S. Albums Collected For New Mono Vinyl Box Set & LPs Releases November 22

But for all you completists or curious onlookers, there is still more to be had when it comes to the Fab Four.

In the UK, October 19 is National Album Day with the 2024 theme Great British Groups. Since 2018, NAD (in association with BBC Radio 2) has been an annual celebration organized jointly by the BPI – the UK association of record companies and independent labels (BRIT Awards and Mercury Prize) – and ERA, the digital entertainment and retail association (Record Store Day).

In conjunction with NAD, a limited-edition reissue of A Hard Day’s Night pressed on 180g white vinyl, will release on October 19. As per the announcement from Apple:

Recorded between January and June 1964 and released that July, if ever there was a pointer to what an album could achieve, it's the 13 songs and 31 minutes of A Hard Day's Night, the third long-player by the Beatles. “Can’t Buy Me Love,” the first track from the forthcoming album to be released, topped the US and UK charts in April 1964.

For the US, Record Store Day (Black Friday version) is November 29. Two special releases will be available. First, a limited edition pressing of 10,000 copies of the group’s first Capitol single “I Want To Hold Your Hand” b/w “I Saw Her Standing There.” The single, from RSD’s website “was cut from the original US version of the master tapes, 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.”

Second, a 3” mini-record of “All My Loving” (along with its own carrying case) will also be released on November 29, with a limited pressing of 2500. This completes the Crosley x Beatles package from the Record Store Day promotion back in April, with all five songs the band performed on their Ed Sullivan show debut on February 9, 1964.

You can check out RSD’s website for a list of record stores near you or ones that are RSD-Pledged signed stores.