At Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 09:51:22 Billy wrote:

> >"Love Me Do" was the first Candian Capitol single, selling a whopping 78
> >copies. "Please Please Me" fared a bit better with 180 copies. After
> >"From Me To You" tanked (500 copies), White said the company was giving
> >him one more chance to get a hit with a Beatles record. "She Loves You"
> >made it to the CHUM Hit Parade, as did "Roll Over Beethoven/Please Mr.
> >Postman" which peaked at #2.
>
>Yikes I HAVE a copy of "Love Me Do" on Capitol Canada -  I guess mine would 
>be
>a reissue 45 after Beatlemania exploded? :)

Billy....you might have an original.

Despite the poor sales figures above, chances are that Capitol had a 
warehouse full of these singles and that retail was sitting on stock that 
had not been returned. I checked the CHUM charts and because of low sales 
none of these tracks made it onto the Hit Parade here except the "She Loves 
You" single...giving Paul White the last laugh in December 1963.

"I Want To Hold Your Hand b/w I Saw Her Standing There" charted BEFORE the 
Beatles arrival in New York -- January 20th in fact. Both tracks went #1 
three days BEFORE the Ed Sullivan appearance.

"Please Please Me" was released by Capitol, again, and finally charted in 
March 1964. Methinks that all that old stock was put to good use....

Jaimie,
Bullseye

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