ROLL OVER, BEETHOVEN / HOLD ME TIGHT
Parlophone A8107
Released 5 March 1964
Original recommended retail price: 10/-
A locally conceived single that paired two tracks from With The Beatles as a compact sampler for the album.
Matrix Information
Side 1: (mono) 7AXPA673
Side 2: (mono) 7AXPA674

June 1982
Side 1: (stereo) A8107A OR
Side 2: (stereo) A8107B OR

Overview
For this single, EMI (Australia) pulled both tracks from the recently-released With The Beatles LP, providing a 'sampler' that helped sell the album.

Deleted in June 1968, the single would not be reissued until 1982, where in June it was recut (both sides in stereo) at Studios 301 by Otto Ruiter for inclusion in The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection. It subsequently went out of print again before returning on 7 December 1987.
Chart Performance

Brisbane

(QLD)

Sydney

(NSW)

Melbourne

(VIC)

Hobart

(TAS)

Adelaide

(SA)

Perth

(WA)

Chart Entry

13-Mar-64

13-Mar-64*

14-Mar-64

13-Mar-64

14-Mar-64

13-Mar-64

Highest Position

1

2

1

1

2

1

Weeks In

17

18

19

13

17

15
Listed as "Roll Over Beethoven" except * "Roll Over Beethoven/Hold Me Tight"

Chart Re-entry

-

-

21-Mar-64

-

-

-

Highest Position

 

 

16

 

 

 

Weeks In

 

 

9

 

 

 
Listed as "Hold Me Tight"
Silver/Black Style 'A'
AUSP8107SBA.a

JEWEL MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
AUSP8107SBA.b

As per variation 'a' except:
- JEWEL MUSIC / LEEDS MUSIC
- spacing and placement differences in music royalty stamps
Silver/Black Style 'C'
AUSP8107SBC.a

First appeared in October 1982 with the release of The Australian 20th Anniversary Singles Collection

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