The following is a complete, graphical list of the original Demo pressings of the singles that the Beatles released from Love Me Do right up to Let It Be. Side titles with a * by their name means that the image is clickable for a more detailed enlargement.

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So what is a Demo Single?
There were only a very limited number of ways to get a song heard back in the 60's before television and the internet. First and foremost there was the radio and secondly there were the music shops. The record companies knew that before a single's release they needed to promote it and to do so they ran off a limited run of singles with a specific Demo design on them. The reason behind this was that after record shops / radio stations no longer needed the single or had to replace it they legally could not sell it on and hurt profits.

These initial demo singles had a very limited run and since the receivers couldn't do anything with them when they were finished they either binned them or gave them away discreetly. Today, it is extremely hard to find a 60's demo single - and almost impossible if it's for a popular group.

Were the demo singles ever faked?
More than likely, yes There's a page that highlights some of these more suspicious copies HERE.

Side 1: Love Me Do Side 2: P.S. I Love You This was the demo release of the group's first ever single. It had a strictly limited run of just 250 copies and the labels mis-spelled McCartney's name as 'McArtney'. Impossible to find in any condition - even the roughest will set you back around £1,000! A trend that continued on for many future demo singles was that the white label overlapped the dinking around the edge that the standard labels didn't reach up to. .

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Side 1: Please Please Me Side 2: Ask Me Why .

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Side 1: From Me To You* Side 2: Thank You Girl Copies of this demo single can be found both with and without the 45- prefix to the left of the catalogue as seen on the Please Please Me demo above. .

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Side 1: She Loves You Side 2: I'll Get You .

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Side 1: I Want to Hold Your Hand Side 2: This Boy .

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Side 1: Can't Buy Me Love Side 2: You Can't Do That .

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Side 1: A Hard Day's Night Side 2: Things We Said Today Interestingly, the font used on the demo copies of this single incorporated the font seen on the early 1st press copies of the Hard Day's Night album. According to the 2006 Rare Record Price Guide, this demo single also had the red A on both labels instead of just the A-Side. .

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Side 1: I Feel Fine Side 2: She's a Woman Existance unconfirmed. .

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Side 1: Ticket to Ride Side 2: Yes It Is .

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Side 1: Help! Side 2: I'm Down .

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Side 1: We Can Work It Out* Side 2: Day Tripper Again, like Hard Day's Night, the disc carried two A labels instead of just one. .

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Side 1: Paperback Writer* Side 2: Rain .

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Side 1: Yellow Submarine Side 2: Eleanor Rigby Existance unconfirmed. .

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Side 1: Penny Lane Side 2: Strawberry Fields Forever Exitance unconfirmed. Whereas the past demo singles had a while label with red A, from Penny Lane onwards the labels were green with a white A with the B side being just plain green. They were also slightly smaller to match their standard press counterparts. .

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Side 1: All You Need is Love* Side 2: Baby, You're a Rich Man Like the initial presses of the commerical pressing, the demo singles did not mention the 'Our World' TV credit under the side 1 song title. .

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Side 1: Hello Goodbye* Side 2: I Am The Walrus .

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Side 1: Lady Madonna* Side 2: The Inner Light .

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Side 1: Hey Jude Side 2: Revolution The Apple releases did not have demo counterparts. Instead a standard copy was used and a custom, handwritten Apple label was adhered to the vinyl. .

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Side 1: Get Back Side 2: Don't Let Me Down .

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Side 1: Ballad of John and Yoko Side 2: Old Brown Shoe Existance unconfirmed. .

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Side 1: Something Side 2: Come Together For some reason this demo single was issued on the Parlophone label and not Apple. .

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Side 1: Let It Be Side 2: You Know My Name (Look up the Number) Existance unconfirmed. .

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Side 1: Yesterday Side 2: I Should Have Known Better In 1976 when the Beatles contracts with EMI expired the company could reissue old material without going through the Beatles first. Subsequantly they released some more singles, each with their own demo counterpart. .

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Side 1: Back in the USSR Side 2: Twist and Shout .

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Side 1: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band / With a Little Help From My Friends Side 2: A Day in the Life. .

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