LOVE ME, DO / I SAW HER STANDING THERE
Parlophone A8105
Released: 16 January 1964
Parlophone A8105
Released: 16 January 1964
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'A' - ROYALTY STAMPS
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'B' - NO ROYALTY STAMPS
AU8105SBA.a
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
AU8105SBA.b
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'a' except spacing differences in some non-templated elements
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'a' except spacing differences in some non-templated elements
AU8105SBB.a
AU8105SBA.c
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'b' except:
- spacing differences in some non-templated elements
- italicised matrix code & song duration (both labels)
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'b' except:
- spacing differences in some non-templated elements
- italicised matrix code & song duration (both labels)
AU8105SBA.d
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'c' except:
- non-italicised "(McCartney - Lennon)" credit (both labels)
- non-italicised matrix code & song duration (both labels)
Unique element(s) of this label:
- significantly reduced 'leading' gap between 'composer' and
'artist' credits (B-side)
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
As per variation 'c' except:
- non-italicised "(McCartney - Lennon)" credit (both labels)
- non-italicised matrix code & song duration (both labels)
Unique element(s) of this label:
- significantly reduced 'leading' gap between 'composer' and
'artist' credits (B-side)
AU8105SBA.e
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
Slightly different typesetting of royalty stamp lines
CASTLE MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
Slightly different typesetting of royalty stamp lines
Riding the sudden Beatlemania tsunami, this would be the first locally-conceived Beatles single released by EMI (Australia), 'rush-released' on 16 January 1964. EMI (Australia) had initially passed on the UK 'Love Me, Do' single, so its release now, albeit with a different flipside taken from the Please Please Me LP, could cynically be seen as playing 'catch-up'. The version of 'Love Me, Do' featured on the single is the latter recording, with Andy White on drums.
'Love, Me Do', along with 'P.S. I Love You', were controlled in the UK by EMI's Ardmore and Beechwood publishing company, so was not included in the publishing deal that Leeds had made with Dick James and Brian Epstein in 1963. Thus, in Australia, the rights were taken by EMI (Australia)'s publishing arm, Castle Music (incidentally, Castle Music was named after the Sydney street on which EMI (Australia) was based - Castlereagh).
Deleted by mid-1970, the single was recut in June 1976 from PARLO 392/3 (the stereo Please Please Me album cassette production master tapes) and reissued in July, where it remained available until the late 1980s.
'Love, Me Do', along with 'P.S. I Love You', were controlled in the UK by EMI's Ardmore and Beechwood publishing company, so was not included in the publishing deal that Leeds had made with Dick James and Brian Epstein in 1963. Thus, in Australia, the rights were taken by EMI (Australia)'s publishing arm, Castle Music (incidentally, Castle Music was named after the Sydney street on which EMI (Australia) was based - Castlereagh).
Deleted by mid-1970, the single was recut in June 1976 from PARLO 392/3 (the stereo Please Please Me album cassette production master tapes) and reissued in July, where it remained available until the late 1980s.
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'C'
AUAB3405A8105
First appeared in Oct 1982 with the release of the Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection
Visit the "AB34" page for more information or to see an image of the picture sleeve
First appeared in Oct 1982 with the release of the Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection
Visit the "AB34" page for more information or to see an image of the picture sleeve
SILVER/BLACK - STYLE 'D' - EMI MUSIC GROUP - AUSTRALASIA
AU8105SBD.a
As per to AUAB3405A8105 except different spacing between catalogue number block and title block
As per to AUAB3405A8105 except different spacing between catalogue number block and title block
AU8105orange.a
As per AU8105SBB.a except:
- no STEREO
- entire label, including template elements, reduced in size
As per AU8105SBB.a except:
- no STEREO
- entire label, including template elements, reduced in size
ORANGE
CHART PERFORMANCE
BRISBANE |
SYDNEY |
MELBOURNE |
HOBART |
ADELAIDE (SA) |
PERTH (WA) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Chart Entry |
14-Dec-63 |
24-Jan-64* |
25-Jan-64 |
24-Jan-64* |
18-Jan-64** |
17-Jan-64 |
Highest Position |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Weeks In |
26 |
27 |
27 |
20 |
22 |
16 |
Listed as "I Saw Her Standing There" except * "I Saw Her Standing There/Love Me, Do", ** "Love Me, Do/I Saw Her Standing There"
Chart Entry |
25-Jan-64 |
- |
08-Feb-64 |
- |
- |
- |
Highest Position |
10 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
Weeks In |
14 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
Listed as "Love Me, Do"
While EMI (Australia) initially listed 'Love Me, Do' as the lead side, it would be the flip-side, 'I Saw Her Standing There', that would receive the most airplay and become the prominent charting track. Indeed, two months after release, in early March, Jack Argent (Managing Director of Leeds Music) announced that The Beatles had sold more than 250,000 records in Australia since Beatlemania started - and that number did not include LPs! Jack announced that 'I Saw Her Standing There' was the most popular of their recordings, with 50,000 copies of this single expected to sell before The Beatles touched down in June.
EMI (Australia) seemed unsure how to promote the single, with period promotional material listing either track as the lead side.
According to Jack, as at March 1964, Beatles records in order of sales stood at:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand
3. Love Me, Do
4. She Loves You
5. Twist And Shout
EMI (Australia) seemed unsure how to promote the single, with period promotional material listing either track as the lead side.
According to Jack, as at March 1964, Beatles records in order of sales stood at:
1. I Saw Her Standing There
2. I Want To Hold Your Hand
3. Love Me, Do
4. She Loves You
5. Twist And Shout
