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Bungalow Bob on Why did the Beatles release Something as a double-A side rather than give it its own 45?

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mja6758 said
It is important to remember that Something/Come Together was not so much a Beatles single as an Allen Klein single. Its release saw, for the first time in the group's history, UK product released to make money. While there was the occasion (Eleanor Rigby/Yellow Submarine and Revolver) when material included on an album was released as a single on the same day as the album, there was not one example in their run of UK singles of one being released featuring album material after the album had been released.

The fact that Klein was restricted to choosing ...


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