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Alan Wendell Livingston (born Alan Wendell Levison; October 15, 1917 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman best known for his tenures at Capitol Records, first as a writer/producer best known for creating Bozo the Clown for a series of record-album and illustrative read-along children's book sets.
In 1987, Alan Livingston released for sale 24 "first state" butcher covers from his private collection. When the original cover was scrapped in June 1966, Livingston took a case of already-sealed 'butcher cover' albums from the warehouse before they were to be pasted over with the new covers, and kept them in a closet at his home.
The band’s frustrated manager Brian Epstein, however, went over Dexter’s head, calling the president of Capitol, Alan Livingston, to convince him to give the songs a spin.
After the release of this album, Beatles' records in Canada would match the group's United States releases, starting with the United Artists version of the A Hard Day's Night album, and, on Capitol, Something New. This was done under orders from Capitol president Alan W. Livingston. Earlier American Beatle album releases were also issued in Canada.
The single peaked at number 8 on the UK Singles Chart. The release came about due to the expiration of the Beatles' contract with EMI, which allowed the company to repackage the Beatles' recordings as they wished. EMI reissued all 22 of the Beatles' UK singles, plus "Yesterday", on the same day, leading to six of them placing on the UK chart. [41]
The Beatles first recorded the song on 20 April 1966 [24] at EMI Studios (subsequently Abbey Road Studios) in London. [25] The arrangement was markedly similar to the Byrds ' sound; [ 26 ] it featured lush vocal harmonies and jangle -style guitars, [ 27 ] with Harrison playing his Rickenbacker 360/12 electric guitar.
The Rickenbacker 360/12, a guitar popularised by the Beatles in 1964 and subsequently adopted by the Byrds. In addition to reflecting George Harrison's interest in Indian classical music, [2] "If I Needed Someone" was inspired by the music of the Byrds, who in turn had based their sound and image on those of the Beatles after seeing the band's 1964 film A Hard Day's Night.
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