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==Version two== To circumvent the restraining order, Vee-Jay quickly reconfigured ''Introducing... The Beatles''. It removed "Love Me Do" and "P.S. I Love You" and replaced them with the previously omitted "Ask Me Why" and "Please Please Me", though some pressings of the album did not alter the track list. The new versions were prepared in late January and began appearing in stores around 10 February 1964.{{sfn|Spizer|2004|p=98}} Because of the initial restraining order, version two of ''Introducing... The Beatles'' did not enter the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' charts until three weeks after Capitol's ''[[Meet the Beatles!]]'' album. Once it did, it quickly rose to the number two spot, where it stayed for nine straight weeks.{{sfn|Castleman|Podrazik|1976|p=357}} It also peaked at number two in ''[[Cash Box]]'', and it got to number one in ''[[Record World]]'' magazine.{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=147}} This success inspired a host of other Vee-Jay releases. First came the album ''[[Jolly What!|Jolly What! England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage]]'' issued on 26 February, containing the Beatles tracks "Please Please Me", "From Me to You", "Ask Me Why" and "Thank You Girl" from the 1963 singles and ''Introducing...'', and other tracks from [[Frank Ifield]].{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=149}} The rereleased single "Please Please Me" rose to number three on the ''Hot 100'', ''Cash Box'' and ''Record World''. Soon after, "[[Twist and Shout]]" was released 2 March on the subsidiary Tollie label with "[[There's a Place]]" as the B-side, and "[[Do You Want to Know a Secret]]", with "[[Thank You Girl]]" on the B-side, was issued on 23 March. Both singles went up to number two on the ''Hot 100'', with "Twist and Shout" reaching number one on both ''Cash Box'' and ''Record World''. Also a [[The Beatles discography#EPs|Beatles EP]] titled ''[[Souvenir of Their Visit to America]]'' was released by Vee-Jay on 23 March, featuring "[[Misery (Beatles song)|Misery]]", "[[A Taste of Honey (song)|A Taste of Honey]]", "[[Ask Me Why]]", and "[[Anna (Go To Him)|Anna]]".{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|pp=22β27}} Even with the replacement of the two Beechwood Music songs, Vee-Jay and Capitol battled in court throughout the early part of 1964. Injunctions against Vee-Jay's album were issued, lifted and restored more than once.{{sfn|Spizer|2004|pp=102β111}} Because the album was often pressed quickly between restraining orders, there are almost two dozen different label variations, including mono and stereo copies, manufactured at numerous pressing plants.{{sfn|Spizer|1998|pp=138β145}} Finally, on 9 April 1964, the two labels settled. Vee-Jay was granted a license giving it the right to issue the 16 Beatles' songs it controlled, in any way it saw fit, until 15 October 1964. At that time, its license expired, and all rights would revert to Capitol.{{sfn|Spizer|2004|p=110}} During the time ''Introducing... The Beatles'' was available, it sold approximately 1,300,000 mono copies and approximately 41,000 stereo copies. Because only 3.1 percent of all of the LPs were in stereo,{{sfn|Spizer|1998|p=132}} true stereo copies are rare. After the settlement, the Beechwood songs were issued by Vee-Jay as a single, on 27 April on Tollie. "[[Love Me Do]]"/"[[P.S. I Love You (Beatles song)|P.S. I Love You]]" rose to become the Beatles' fourth number one single on ''Billboard'' and their fifth on both ''Cash Box'' and ''Record World''.{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=29}}{{sfn|Wallgren|1982|p=303}}
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