Talk:The Beatles' North American releases

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American

Is this article just about the US albums or about the Canadian albums as well? The word 'American' generally shouldn't be used in article titles as it can be ambiguous. If this article is about the US albums it should be renamed The Beatles' US release or if it is about US and Canadian releases, it should be renamed The Beatles' North American releases. McLerristarr | Mclay1 03:40, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

It's all about North America, but i agree, but i couldn't do anything about it because i'm IP, and this is signed and timed: 77.99.231.37 (talk) 14:26, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

It fell out of a reorg of the main Beatles article about a year and a half ago. Various topics were identified for splitting out, and I guess there was a general expectation that this one would develop into a more detailed article than it has so far done. It does mention Canada, though only in passing. I agree something needs to change. But a rename to "US" may miss the point, unless there's significantly more that can be said on US releases to make a worthwhile article. Perhaps its scope should expand, even to encompass all international releases, if there's something interesting to say about them beyond what The Beatles discography would say. PL290 (talk) 15:37, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

That's a good idea and more indiscriminate than treating the North American releases as more important than other foreign releases. But for now, I'm going to rename this page. McLerristarr / Mclay1 12:29, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

North American

Is this article just about the US and Canadian albums or about albums issued in Mexico and other countries as well? The article on North America highlights that "North America" also can be ambiguous. GoingBatty (talk) 17:06, 3 September 2010 (UTC)

The article is about albums released in the United States and Canada at the moment, but as we said above, it would be best to expand it to include all The Beatles' foreign albums. Their isn't much that could be said about non-US foreign albums so it probably won't make the article too long. McLerristarr / Mclay1 14:52, 6 September 2010 (UTC)

But there isn't much about The Beatles' Canadian releases other than Capitol of Canada first issued them in February 1963 and Canadian singles without American counterparts were heavily imported into the U.S. in 1964. In Canada, while Capitol of Canada did release Beatle singles in early 1963, it wasn't until late 1963 that they started selling. For the same reason, the first Canadian Beatle album (Beatlemania! With The Beatles) wasn't issued until late 1963. Steelbeard1 (talk) 15:04, 6 September 2010 (UTC)