4-by the Beatles

4-By The Beatles was the third of three released in US, but second of two Beatles' EPs released by Capitol Records (catalogue number R-5365) in the United States. Though the first Beatles' EP released by Capitol did not succeed as much as the label would have hoped, it did well on the singles chart, which enabled Capitol to create a new series called the "4-By" series, which acted like a "super single." The idea was to market a set of four songs to "complement the artist's singles and albums and not compete with the performer's current hit single." Accordingly, the series name is a reference to the limited success of that first EP by The Beatles that Capitol had released: Four by The Beatles. Although initially intended to appear as a...