A BEATLES' HARD-DIE'S SITE: Apple Album Releases

This list only includes those Apple albums released on Apple label codes.
It does not include releases made against Parlophone codes.

SAPCOR 1 George Harrison Wonderwall Music 1/11/1968
SAPCOR 2 John Lennon Unfinished Music No. 1 (Two Virgins) 29/11/1968
SAPCOR 3 James Taylor James Taylor 6/12/1968
SAPCOR 4 Modern Jazz Quartet Under The Jasmine Tree 6/12/1968
SAPCOR 5 Mary Hopkin Postcard 21/02/1969
SAPCOR 6 Jackie Lomax Is This What You Want 14/03/1969
SAPCOR 7 Delaney And Bonnie The Original Delaney And Bonnie withdrawn
SAPCOR 7 by Delaney And Bonnie (above) was intended for release on 30th May 1969,
but this release appeared instead on Elektra and this Apple issue was withdrawn.
SAPCOR 7 Trash White Trash withdrawn
SAPCOR 7 by Trash (above) was intended for release on 20th June 1969,
but this release was shelved in the U.K.
SAPCOR 8 The Iveys Maybe Tomorrow withdrawn
SAPCOR 8 by The Iveys (above) was intended for release on 4th July 1969,
and although some copies have surfaced, officially this release was withdrawn.
SAPCOR 9 Billy Preston That's The Way God Planned It 22/08/1969
SAPCOR 10 Modern Jazz Quartet Space 24/10/1969
SAPCOR 11 John Lennon The Wedding Album 7/11/1969

SAPCOR 12 Badfinger Magic Christian Music 9/01/1970
SAPCOR 13 Doris Troy Doris Troy 11/09/1970
SAPCOR 14 Billy Preston Encouraging Words 11/09/1970
SAPCOR 15 John Taverner The Whale 25/09/1970
SAPCOR 16 Badfinger No Dice 27/11/1970
SAPCOR 17 Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band 17/12/1970
SAPCOR 18 Radha Krishna Temple Radha Krishna Temple 28/05/1971
SAPCOR 19 Badfinger Straight Up 4/02/1972
SAPCOR 20 John Taverner Celtic Requiem 12/1971
SAPCOR 21 Mary Hopkin Earth Song - Ocean Song 1/10/1971

SAPCOR 22 Elephant's Memory Elephant's Memory 10/11/1972
SAPCOR 23 Mary Hopkin Those Were The Days 24/11/1972
SAPCOR 24 Various Artists Phil Spector's Christmas Album 8/12/1972
SAPCOR 25 Lon & Derek Van Eaton Brother 9/02/1973
SAPCOR 26 Yoko Ono Feeling The Space 23/11/1973
SAPCOR 27 Badfinger Ass 8/03/1974
ZAPPLE 01 John Lennon Unfinished Music No.2 (Life With The Lions) 9/05/1969
ZAPPLE 02 George Harrison Electronic Sounds 9/05/1969
ZAPPLE 03 Richard Brautigan Listening to ... 23/05/1969
LYN 2154 The Beatles The Beatles Complete Christmas Album 18/12/1970
CORE 2001 Plastic Ono Band Live Peace In Toronto 1969 12/12/1969
SAPTU 101/2 Yoko Ono Fly 3/12/1971
SAPDO 1001 Yoko Ono Approximately Infinite Universe 16/02/1973
SAPTU 1002 Ravi Shankar In Concert 1972 13/04/1973

A Concise Beatles Timeline

1957 - At the age of sixteen, John Lennon forms the Quarry Men with friends from his school, Quarry Bank Grammar.

July 6, 1957 - After meeting Paul McCartney during a Quarry Men performance at Woolton Parish Church fete, John invites him to join the band.

February 1958 - George Harrison joins the Quarry Men.

January 1960 - A friend of John's from Liverpool College of Art, Stu Sutcliffe is asked to join the group as the bass guitarist. The band decides to change its name to Silver Beatles.

August 1960 - Pete Best becomes the group's drummer. The group makes a final change to their name and are now known as simply the Beatles. They go on to play various venues in Hamburg including such clubs as Indra, Kaiserkeller, Top Ten and Star.

December 27, 1960 - The Beatles return to Liverpool and play at Litherland Town Hall. With their popularity becoming secure, they go on to play gigs North West of Britain for the next two years.

April 1961 - Stuart Sutcliffe decides to quit the Beatles.

November 1961 - Brian Epstein becomes the Beatles' manager.
January 1, 1962 - The Beatles audition unsuccessfully for Decca Records in London.

April 10, 1962 - Stuart Sutcliffe dies of a cerebral hemorrhage.

June 6, 1962 - After auditioning for George Martin, a producer at EMI, he signs them. He goes to be their producer for their entire career.

August 16, 1962 - Pete Best is dismissed from the Beatles.

August 18, 1962 - Ringo Starr joins the band.

October 5, 1962 - "Love Me Do", the Beatles' first single, is released in the United Kingdom. It rises to #17 on the British charts.

January 11, 1963 - The Beatles' second single, "Please Please Me," is released in the U.K.. On February 22 it reaches number one on the British charts and stays there for two weeks.

February 11, 1963 - The Beatles record their first full album, "Please Please Me." The complete recording only took them one day.

March 22, 1963 - The album "Please Please Me" is released in the U.K. and becomes a huge success. It remains number one on the UK charts for 29 weeks.

July 12, 1963 - The album "Please Please Me" is released in the United States under the title of, "Introducing the Beatles".

October 1963 - Beatlemania spreads throughout Europe.

October 13, 1963 - Beatles appear on ITV's "Sunday Night at the London Palladium" which is televised to over 15 million viewers.

November 4, 1963 - Performing for the Queen Mother, Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon, the Beatles play at the Royal Command Performance. Before starting the song "Twist and Shout", John entertains the crowd with a comment, "Will the people in the cheaper seats clap their hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry."

November 22, 1963 - The Beatles release "With the Beatles" in the U.K., It reaches the number one spot on the British charts and stays there for 21 weeks.

November 29, 1963 - The single "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is released in the U.K. and immediately hits number one on the charts.

December 26 , 1963 - "I Want To Hold Your Hand" is released in the United States and spends seven weeks in the number one spot on the charts.

1964 - 66

January 20, 1964 - "Meet the Beatles" is released in the United States. It remains in the number one position on Billboard's chart for 11 weeks.

February 7, 1964 - The Beatles arrive in the United States.

February 9, 1964 - The Beatles perform on "The Ed Sullivan Show". According to the Nielsen ratings, they are watched by over 73 million people. During the show they perform five songs, "She Loves You," "I Saw Her Standing There," "All My Loving," "Till There Was You" and "I Want To Hold Your Hand."

February 11, 1964 - The Beatles perform at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, D.C.

February 12, 1964 - The Beatles perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

February 16, 1964 - The Beatles make their second appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show." They perform "From Me to You," "This Boy," "All My Loving," "I Saw Her Standing There" and closed with "I Want to Hold Your Hand."

February 23, 1964 - The Beatles appear for the third time on "The Ed Sullivan Show," this time with a taped performance "Twist and Shout" and "Please Please Me" and closed the show once again with "I Want To Hold Your Hand".

March 2, 1964 - The Beatles begin filming their first film, "A Hard Day's Night." They take eight weeks to complete it.

March 31, 1964 - The Beatles hold the top five slots on Billboard's chart: (1) Can't Buy Me Love, (2) Twist and Shout, (3) She Loves You, (4) I Want To Hold Your Hand (5) Please Please Me.

April 4, 1964 - The Beatles hold 14 slots on Billboard's Hot 100 chart.

July 6, 1964 - "A Hard Day's Night" premieres in London.

July 10, 1964 - The album "A Hard Day's Night" is released in the United Kingdom. It shortly reaches number one on the charts. In August the album is released in the United States where it also reaches number one.

August 11, 1964 - "A Hard Day's Night" opens in America.

August 19, 1964 - The Beatles begin a USA/Canada tour with a concert at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California.

December 4, 1964 - The album "Beatles For Sale" is released in the U.K. and as with previous releases it hits number one.

February 23, 1965 - Shooting begins on the Beatles' second film, "Help!"

June 12, 1965 - The Beatles are named Members of the British Empire by the Queen, and in October they are presented with medals at Buckingham Palace.

July 29, 1965 - The Beatles second movie, "Help" opens in London.

August 6, 1965 - The album, "Help" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

August 15, 1965 - The Beatles perform at New York's Shea Stadium. The concert grosses $304,000 U.S. dollars. The Beatles' share was $160,000.

December 3, 1965 - The album, "Rubber Soul" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

August 5, 1966 - The album, "Revolver" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

August 29, 1966 - The Beatles perform their last live concert, in San Francisco, California.

1967 - 70

June 1, 1967 - The album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States. It also receives four Grammy Awards including Best Album.

June 25, 1967 - The Beatles perform "All You Need is Love" in "Our World," a two-hour satellite television program transmitted live by satellite to five continents and 24 countries.

August 27, 1967 - Brian Epstein dies. The Beatles are told of his death while they are visiting Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Bangor, Wales.

November 27, 1967 - The album, "Magical Mystery Tour" is released in the U.S. and hits number one. It is released in the U.K. eleven days later missing three of the songs found on the U.S. release.

December 26, 1967 - "Magical Mystery Tour," an hour-long television special airs in the U.K.

February 1968 - The Beatles spent a few weeks in Rishikesh, India, to attend a seminar hosted by Maharishi.

May 14, 1968 - John and Paul appear on "The Tonight Show" to announce that their new company, Apple.

July 17, 1968 - "Yellow Submarine" premieres in London. It opens in America several months later.

November 22, 1968 - The album, "The Beatles" (better known as the White Album) is released and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

January 13, 1969 - The soundtrack album, "Yellow Submarine" is released in the U.S. and reaches number two both in the U.K. and the United States. Number one is still held by the White Album.

January 30, 1969 - The Beatles perform together for the last time live on the roof of Apple's London office. The performance can be seen in the movie documentary "Let It Be."

September, 1969 - John decides to leave the Beatles, but he does not announce it publicly because of current contract negotiations with EMI.

September 26, 1969 - The Beatles last album, "Abbey Road" is released in the U.K. and reaches number one both in the U.K. and the United States.

April 10, 1970 - Paul announces that he has left the Beatles.

May 8, 1970 - The Beatles last album, "Let It Be" which unknown to many was recorded before "Abbey Road"

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