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Other known matrix variants
Known matrix stamper variants of this pressing (different mother numbers, stamper letters, or re-cuts).
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Variant 2 Stereo Scranton Pressing
- A
ST1-2108-A3 #3 IAM- B
ST2-2108-A1 IAM
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Variant 3 Mono Scranton Pressing
- A
T1-2108-F7 #2 IAM- B
T2-2108-G2 /2 IAM
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Variant 4 Mono RCA Indianapolis
- A
T1 2108 T10 2- B
T2 2108 T10 2
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Variant 5 Stereo Pitman Pressing
- A
ST-1-2108-X8 54 A 2- B
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched):
Tracklist
Side A
- I'll Cry Instead (2:04)
- Things We Said Today (2:35)
- Any Time At All (2:10)
- When I Get Home (2:14)
- Slow Down (2:54)
- Matchbox (1:37)
Side B
- Tell Me Why (2:06)
- And I Love Her (2:28)
- I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (1:56)
- If I Fell (2:19)
- Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand) (2:24)
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Mono pressing
Stereo pressing
How to authenticate this pressing
Specific verification cues for this exact variant.
First ''East Coast'' pressings have the credit ''Nicholas'' for track B5 instead of ''Nicolas''.
First ''West Coast'' pressings have this credit correctly. The tracklisting on the label tends to the right hand side and aligns with the ''M'' of ''Something'' from the title .
Historical context & other notes
Something New is the third Capitol Records Beatles' album, released in 1964 for the North American market only. It includes eight songs from the original British release of A Hard Day's Night, as well as the tracks "Slow Down" and "Matchbox" from the Long Tall Sally EP, the German-language version of "I Want to Hold Your Hand" and an extended version of "And I Love Her", repeating the closing riff six times instead of four.
The mono version of the album also contains alternative versions of "Any Time At All" (a different mix during the instrumental bridge), "When I Get Home" (the line "Till I walk out that door again" during the song's bridge has a different vocal passage from the UK mono mix), "If I Fell", and "And I Love Her".
All mono mixes of the five songs duplicated from the UK release of A Hard Day's Night album are identical on both releases, while the stereo edition of Something New was the only early Capitol Beatles album to contain all tracks in true full dimensional stereo.
Originally scheduled for 1st August 1964, the album was rush-released on 20th July 1964, ten days after the British release of A Hard Day's Night. This album was also released on the Parlophone label for sale only on American Armed Forces bases in Europe. These copies have great collector value.
Other releases
This album's releases in other countries, or special editions within the same market. Full per-country chronology lives in each country's hub page.
