Capitol Gains: Exposing the Conflict Between The Beatles and the Record Label that Made Them

February 1963 marked the Beatles’ breakthrough in Britain, but by December, they hadn’t conquered America. Capitol Records signed them in late 1963 after a year of rejection. When the Beatles hit big in the U.S. in February 1964, their manager, Brian Epstein, and Capitol executives obscured the true story, but corporate and personal archives now reveal why Capitol viewed the British record industry as outdated and decided to remix UK master tapes and create distinct U.S. albums and how Bria...