US charts: Beatles albums re-enter ahead of Ed Sullivan anniversary

Paul Williams

The Beatles have mounted a mini invasion of the Billboard 200 following the re-issuing of their US albums.

Universal, now custodians of the Fab Four’s recordings after buying EMI, revamped 13 of the group’s US albums, which came with different tracklistings and sometimes different artwork and titles to their UK equivalents. They mark the 50th anniversary this coming Sunday of The Beatles making their landmark debut on Ed Sullivan’s CBS TV show, a broadcast watched by a record 74 ...

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