55 years ago today (1/10/64), Introducing the Beatles, the first Beatles album released in the United States was released. Originally scheduled for a July 1963 release, the LP came out on 10 January 1964, on Vee-Jay Records, ten days before Capitol’s Meet the Beatles!. The latter album, however, entered the U.S. album chart one week before the former. Consequently, when Meet The Beatles! peaked at No. 1 for eleven consecutive weeks, Introducing…The Beatles stalled at No. 2 where it remained nine consecutive weeks. Listen to “Twist and Shout” – first released on Introducing, here on a later remastered version via 2009..
