Record #0816: All My Loving / I Saw Her Standing There – THE BEATLES

Parlophone 45-DPY-659 (original) Finland, 1964 (probably in March, when entered the Finnish charts)
Words & Music by:  Side A – John Lennon, Paul McCartney; Side B - John Lennon, Paul McCartney
Musicians: John Lennon (backing vocals, rhythm guitar, handclaps on side B), Paul McCartney (double-tracked lead vocals on side A, lead vocals on side B, bass, handclaps on side B), George Harrison (lead guitar, rhythm guitar on side A, handclaps on side B), Ringo Starr (drums, handclaps on side B)
Recording sessions: Produced by George Martin at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, UK; Side A – 30.July 1963; Side B - 11. February 1963
Highest chart positions:  Side A - Finland #1, US #45, Canada #1, Australia #1, New Zealand #6, Germany #32, Netherlands #2, Denmark #3, Sweden #1, Norway #1; Side B – US #14, Canada #1, Australia #1, New Zealand #1, Denmark #1, Sweden #14

It’s a little surprising that “All My Loving” was never released as a single in the UK nor in the States. Fair quantities of the Canadian release were exported to the States enabling it to get #45 there.

The Finnish release topped the monthly charts in Finland in April, May and June 1964 and it was still #2 in July, #3 in August and #5 in September (when the chart was topped by “A Hard Day’s Night”).

The picture has both first pressing and a later one. The 1^st ones misspelled Lennon as “Lennen” on both sides.

List price:  Not in my US price catalog. These have been sold mostly for 20-45 EUR in eBay, but one fist pressing was sold for 98 EUR in 2022. This is listed for 28 euros in 45cat.com.