Twist and Shout by The Beatles

Twist and Shout was Capitol's second Beatles album for Canada, issued in mono on 3 February 1964, just as the Liverpool band was blowing up into an international phenomenon. It mostly repackages songs from Please Please Me, their first British LP, with George Martin's crisp production intact.

Like its parent album, it mixes the band's own songs with covers, and the title track, their raw-throated run at "Twist and Shout", gives the whole thing its name. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr sound hungry and wide awake, and "She Loves You" is here too, all yeahs and high spirits. This is Beatlemania, pressed onto vinyl for the Canadian market.

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