Apple Records discography


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. 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 retained the numbering systems of Parlophone, Capitol and EMI. The Republic of Ireland released eight Apple singles in 1970–71, six of which had unique catalogue numbers.

Singles

Not planned for release. 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'.
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 – 07.03.69.
Only released in Europe and Japan – 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".
Not issued. Planned release date – 19.09.69. APPLE 16 was also allocated to Mortimer's unreleased recording of "On Our Way Home".
Not issued. Planned release date -.12.69.

Not issued in UK. 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.
Cancelled release. Made it only to the acetate stage. Planned release date – 24.9.73.
Re-issued with "Let Me Roll It" as the B side on 18.02.74.
Re-issued on 07.02.75 and 20.02.75 with the same catalogue numbers but with the A and B sides reversed.
Released as part of a series of EMI "Golden 45's".
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".
Re-issued from 1975 with the same catalogue number 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.
Originally released on green vinyl and reissued on black vinyl.
Some issues list "McCartney's Wings".
Released as a 7" 45rpm and a 10" 78rpm.
Demo copies have the tracks "Band On The Run" / "Band On The Run".
Also released as a double A side and with reversed A and B side.
Released in "East Asia" by Parlophone, Catalogue number PEA-501.
Released in "East Asia" 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.

Albums

Not released. Planned release date – 30.05.69. Later issued on Elektra Records as Accept No Substitute. SAPCOR 7 was also earmarked for a 20.06.69 album release by Trash.

Not issued in the UK. Planned release date – 04.07.69. Only released in Germany, Italy and Japan.
Regular album release to replace the Box Set package which accompanied the original UK issue.
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.
Later re-issued on EMI's Music for Pleasure label in the UK with a different catalogue number: Mind Games in 1980, Ringo in 1980, Dark Horse in 1980, Rock 'n' Roll in 1981, and Blast from Your Past in 1981.
Later re-issued on EMI's Fame label in the UK with a different catalogue number: Wild Life in 1984, Red Rose Speedway in 1987.
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.
Not released by Zapple. Released by Harvest Records in 1973 and on CD by Collectors' Choice Music in 2005.

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 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 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 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' "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.
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 09.09.09
5099969945120The BeatlesThe Beatles in Mono 09.09.09
RED 6266 / 5099990675225The Beatles1962–196618.10.10
BLUE 6770 / 5099990674723The Beatles1967–197018.10.10
5099990991127 The Beatles1962–1970 07.12.10

Also available as a USB flash drive. 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 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 25.10.10
50999 9 18373 2 5Badfinger/Mary Hopkin/Jackie LomaxApple Records Extras 25.10.10