Beatles Canadian Cover Versions
Found on the album Long Tall Sally T-6063
Written by Piers Hemmingsen, January 2012
Side 1 of Long Tall Sally
| You Really Got A Hold On Me | The Miracles | Phonodisc / Tamla T 54073 |
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| Canadian pressing | ||
| Devil In His Heart | The Donays | Brent 7033 |
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| USA pressing | ||
| Roll Over Beethoven | Chuck Berry | Quality K1503 |
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| Canadian pressing | ||
Side 2 of Long Tall Sally
| Long Tall Sally | Little Richard | Phonodisc / Regency 501 |
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| Canadian pressing | ||
| Please Mr Postman | The Marvelettes | London / Tamla TM.7003 |
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| Canadian pressing | ||
The only "new" cover song on Capitol T-6063 was the title track itself ... Long Tall Sally. The other four "covered songs" had already been issued on the first two Canadian Capitol 6000 Series albums and these are covered in the following articles on this www.capitol6000.com web site:'
Little Richard - True Pioneer Of American Rock And Roll
From their earliest days, The Beatles were fans of Little Richard, pne of the true pioneers of American Rock And Roll in the mid 1950s. The Beatles had appeared on stage as the main support act for Little Richard when he played at The Tower Ballroom in Liverpool on Friday, October 12th., 1962. At this show, Billy Preston was a young member of Little Richard's backup band.
On The Beatles 1964 and 1965 tours of North America, the concerts would often end with Paul's wild vocal version of Little Richard's hit-song Long Tall Sally .. and then almost seven years after Little Richard's concert at The Tower ballroom in Liverpool in 1962, Little Richard would also be one of the star performers at the Saturday, September 13th., 1969 Toronto Rock And Roll Revival festival held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto .. also on that bill were John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band. Little Richard's Toronto set list that day in 1969 included most of his classic 1950s hits amongst others and was as follows:
Blueberry Hill
Lucille
Good Golly Miss Molly
Rip It Up
Tutti Frutti
Keep A Knockin'
Hound Dog
Jenny Jenny
Long Tall Sally
The Story Behind Little Richard And The Song Long Tall Sally
Little Richard was a stage name. His real name was Richard Wayne Penniman and he was born in Macon, Georgia on December 5th, 1932. His first single was "Tutti-Frutti / I'm Just A Lonely Guy" and this was issued in the USA as Specialty 561 in February 1956. Long Tall Sally / Slippin' And Slidin' was issued as his second single in March 1956 and became his largest selling record for the Specialty label. The track Long Tall Sally was recorded on February 10th, 1956 at J&M Studio in New Orleans. This was the same studio that was then being used by Fats Domino. In 1956 the credit for writing the song was shared between producer Robert Blackwell, Little Richard and a young girl named Enotris Johnson. Apparently Enotris Johnson had written several key lines of the song and had asked that they be presented to Little Richard so that he could record the song so that the royalties would go towards medical bills for her ailing Aunt Mary.
Paul McCartney had played the song Long Tall Sally to impress John Lennon when the two met for the very first time on July 6th., 1957. Th eBeatles recorded their version at EMI when they weer recording songs for the soundtrack to the film A Harda Day's Night. Long Tall Sally was not selected for use on the soundtrack and therefore was offered to Capitol in North America in March 1964 ... several months before it would be issued on a Parlophone EP of the same name in England. In Canada, Long Tall Sally became the title name of their third Canadian Capitol album, Capitol T-6063 "Long Tall Sally".
Canadian Pressings Of Long Tall Sally On The Regency Label
Regency Records was the main label of Phonodisc Records of Scarborough, Ontario and was started in Canada in 1956. Regency was created to serve as a Canadian outlet for US labels. The 45s and 78s were initially pressed in 1956 using cream coloured labels with purple printing. The Regency label is well documented in David Whatmough's excellent books on Canadian records sorted by record label. It was active in Canada until 1966. Long Tall Sally was issued on 4 different Regency label formats in Canada by Phonodisc Limited of Toronto, Ontario; 78 RPM disc, 45 RPM disc , EP 45 RPM disc, and 33 LP disc.
Regency / Phonodisc records were usually pressed in Canada by RCA during the late 1950s
Little Richard - Canadian 45 RPM and 78 RPM Discography
Source: David Whatmough
There were three basic label formats for both 78s and 45s on the Phonodisc/Regency label:
1. Cream label with purple print (first 3 releases)
2. Green label with silver print (561 through 823)
3. Green label with black print (final release 956)
Regency also added an 'X" to the 45 RPM release number for issues up to approx. 673X. This X was used to denote that the release was a 45 and not a 78. Later on the prefix "R-nnn" was used for 45 RPM discs.
| Regency 501X | Little Richard | Long Tall Sally /Slippin' And Slidin' |
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| cream label with purple print, March 1956 | ||
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| USA Specialty 572 | ||
| Regency 511X | Little Richard | Rip It Up / Ready Teddy |
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| June 1956. Was released in the USA as Specialty 579 | ||
| Regency 538X | Little Richard | She's Got It / Heeby Jeebies |
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| October 1956, label format TBD. Released in the USA as Specialty 584. | ||
*** Label change at this point - start of green label with silver print
| Regency 561X | Little Richard | The Girl Can't Help It / All Around The World |
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| December 1956, Released in the USA as Specialty 591 | ||
| Regency 571X | Little Richard | Tutti Frutti / I'm Just A Lonely Guy |
| probably January 1957, Released in the USA as Specialty 561 | ||
| Regency 597X | Little Richard | Lucille / Send Me Some Lovin' |
| February 1957, Released in the USA as Specialty 598 | ||
| Regency 623X | Little Richard | Maybe I'm Right / I Love My Baby |
| probably April 1957, Released in the USA as Specialty 1673 | ||
| Regency 633X | Little Richard | Jenny Jenny / Miss Ann |
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| August 1957, Released in the USA as Specialty 606 | ||
| Regency 668X | Little Richard | Keep A Knockin' / Can't Believe You Wanna Leave |
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| August 1957, Released in the USA as Specialty 611 | ||
| Regency 711 | Little Richard | Good Golly Miss Molly / Hey Hey Hey |
| January 1958, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 624 | ||
| Regency 732 | Little Richard | Ooh! My Soul / True Fine Mama |
| May 1958, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 633 | ||
*** No more 78 RPM releases after 739. At this point the X suffix for 45s is replaced by an "R-" prefix.
| Regency R-754 | Little Richard | Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo (I'll Never Let You Go) / Baby Face |
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| July 1958, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 645 | ||
| Regency R-766 | Little Richard | Early One Morning / She Knows How To Rock |
| November 1958, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 652 | ||
| Regency R-782 | Little Richard | Wonderin' / By The Light Of The Silvery Moon |
| Probably January 1959, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 660 | ||
| Regency R-799 | Little Richard | Kansas City / Lonesome And Blue |
| April 1959, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 664 | ||
| Regency R-817 | Little Richard | Whole Lotta Shakin' / Maybe I'm Right |
| August 1959, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 680 | ||
| Regency R-823 | Little Richard | Baby / I Got It |
| August 1959, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 681 | ||
*** At this point, the label switches to green with black print.
| R-956 | Little Richard | Annie Is Back / Bama Lama Lama Loo |
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| April 1964, Releaed in the USA as Specialty 692 | ||
Canadian Specialty EPs (Extended Play 45 RPM disc) Issued On The Phonodisc / Regency label
As many as six EPs were issued in Canada between March 1957 and July 1958. These featured imported heavier cardboard picture covers showing the Specialty catalogue numbers. Inside these imported covers were Canadian pressed discs.
| EP Regency SEP-400 | Little Richard | |
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| March 1957 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Long Tall Sally, Miss Ann | ||
| Side 2 - She's Got It, Can't Believe You Wanna Leave | ||
| EP Regency SEP-401 | Little Richard | |
| March 1957 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Slippin' And Slidin' / Oh Why ? | ||
| Side 2 - Ready Teddy / Baby | ||
| EP Regency SEP-402 | Little Richard | |
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| March 1957 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Tutti-Frutti , True Fine Mama | ||
| Side 2 - Rip It Up , Jenny Jenny | ||
| EP Regency SEP-403 | Little Richard | |
| July 1958 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Keep A Knockin' , By The Light Of The Silvery Moon | ||
| Side 2 - Lucille , Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey | ||
| EP Regency SEP-404 | Little Richard | |
| July 1958 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Ooh ! My Soul , All Around The World | ||
| Side 2 - Good Golly, Miss Molly , Baby Face | ||
| EP Regency SEP-405 | Little Richard | |
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| July 1958 - Specialty Series | ||
| Side 1 - Boo Hoo Hoo Hoo , The Girl Can't Help It | ||
| Side 2 - Send Me Some Lovin' , Heeby-Jeebies | ||
Canadian Specialty Albums Issued On The Phonodisc / Regency label
| Regency SP 100 | Little Richard | Here's Little Richard |
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| March 1957, the cover is imported from USA. Long Tall Sally is the first track on Side 2 . | ||
| Regency 2103 | Little Richard | Little Richard |
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| July 1958 | ||
| Regency 2104 | Little Richard | The Fabulous Little Richard |
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| March 1959 | ||
