Apple Records Album and Singles Releases

This list only includes those Apple albums and singles released on Apple label codes.
It does not include releases made against Parlophone codes.

Catalogue No.  Artist                          Title Release Date

SAPCOR 1      George Harrison           Wonderwall Music 1/11/1968
SAPCOR 2      John Lennon                Unfinished Music No. 1 (Two Virgins) 29/11/1968
SAPCOR 3      James Taylor                James Taylor 6/12/1968
SAPCOR 4      Modern Jazz Quartet      Under The Jasmine Tree 6/12/1968
SAPCOR 5      Mary Hopkin                  Postcard 21/02/1969
SAPCOR 6      Jackie Lomax                 Is This What You Want 21/03/1969
SAPCOR 7      Delaney And Bonnie Accept No Substitute withdrawn
SAPCOR 7 by  Delaney And Bonnie (above) was intended for release on 30th May 1969,
but this release appeared instead on Elektra and this Apple issue was withdrawn.
SAPCOR 7      Trash White Trash withdrawn
SAPCOR 7 by  Trash (above) was intended for release on 20th June 1969,
but this release was shelved in the U.K.
SAPCOR 8       The Iveys Maybe Tomorrow withdrawn
SAPCOR 8 by   The Iveys (above) was intended for release on 4th July 1969,
and although some copies have surfaced, officially this release was withdrawn.
SAPCOR 9        Billy Preston That's The Way God Planned It 22/08/1969
SAPCOR 10      Modern Jazz Quartet Space 24/10/1969
SAPCOR 11      John Lennon The Wedding Album 7/11/1969
SAPCOR 12      Badfinger Magic Christian Music 9/01/1970
SAPCOR 13      Doris Troy Doris Troy 11/09/1970
SAPCOR 14      Billy Preston Encouraging Words 11/09/1970
SAPCOR 15      John Taverner The Whale 25/09/1970
SAPCOR 16      Badfinger No Dice 27/11/1970
SAPCOR 17      Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band 17/12/1970
SAPCOR 18      Radha Krishna Temple Radha Krishna Temple 28/05/1971
SAPCOR 19      Badfinger Straight Up 11/02/1972
SAPCOR 20      John Taverner Celtic Requiem 12/1971
SAPCOR 21      Mary Hopkin Earth Song - Ocean Song 1/10/1971
SAPCOR 22      Elephant's Memory Elephant's Memory 10/11/1972
SAPCOR 23      Mary Hopkin Those Were The Days 24/11/1972
SAPCOR 24      Various Artists Phil Spector's Christmas Album 8/12/1972
SAPCOR 25      Lon & Derek Van Eaton Brother 9/02/1973
SAPCOR 26      Yoko Ono Feeling The Space 23/11/1973
SAPCOR 27       Badfinger Ass 8/03/1974
ZAPPLE 01       John Lennon Unfinished Music No.2 (Life With The Lions) 9/05/1969
ZAPPLE 02       George Harrison Electronic Sounds 9/05/1969
ZAPPLE 03       Richard Brautigan Listening to ... 23/05/1969
LYN 2154         The Beatles The Beatles Complete Christmas Album 18/12/1970
CORE 2001       Plastic Ono Band Live Peace In Toronto 1969 12/12/1969
SAPTU 101/2    Yoko Ono Fly 3/12/1971
SAPDO 1001     Yoko Ono Approximately Infinite Universe 16/02/1973
SAPTU 1002      Ravi Shankar In Concert 1972 13/04/1973

 

Apple Records Single Releases

The figure in brackets after the track name was it's highest chart position in the U.K.
And with 16 of the list below making the chart, I think one-third is a good average hit rate for a record label !

                  

Catalogue No. Artist A Side B Side Release Date
APPLE 1 The Beatles Hey Jude Revolution 30/08/1968
Hoping to be released from their contract before the release of "Hey Jude"
The Beatles planned for this track to launch their new label ! ....
But the E.M.I. contract remained tightly in place and this number never appeared,
instead it had an Apple label, bur a more typical Parlophone number of R 5722,
APPLE 2 Mary Hopkin Those Were The Days   (1) Turn Turn Turn 30/08/1968
APPLE 2 (above) was originally going to be APPLE 1002 as can be seen in the run-off groove.
APPLE 3 Jackie Lomax Sour Milk Sea Eagle Laughs At You 30/08/1968
APPLE 4 Black Dyke Mills Band Thingumybob Yellow Submarine 6/09/1968
APPLE 5 The Iveys Maybe Tomorrow And Her Daddy's A Millionaire 15/11/1968
APPLE 6 Trash Road To Nowhere Illusions 24/01/1969
APPLE 7 Mary Hopkin Lontano Dagli Occhi The Game unreleased
APPLE 7 (above) was never released in this format in the U.K., both tracks
eventually appearing as B-sides on APPLE 9 (also unreleased) and APPLE 22
APPLE 8 Brute Force King Of Fuh Nobody Knows withdrawn
APPLE 8 (above) was sent out to D.J.'s on advance promotion, but
was promptly scrapped when it was realised the chorus went ...
"Here comes the Fuh King".
APPLE 9 Mary Hopkin Prince En Avignon The Game unreleased
APPLE 9 (above) was unreleased in the U.K.
APPLE 10 Mary Hopkin Goodbye   (2) Sparrow 28/03/1969
APPLE 11 Jackie Lomax New Day Fall Inside Your Eyes 9/05/1969
APPLE 12 Billy Preston That's The Way God Planned It   (11) What About You 27/06/1969
APPLE 13 Plastic Ono Band Give Peace A Chance   (2) Remember Love 4/07/1969
APPLE 14 The Iveys No Escaping Your Love Dear Angie unreleased
APPLE 14 (above) was released in Europe on 18th July 1969, but
as the Iveys changed their name to "Badfinger", this release was shelved in the U.K.
APPLE 15 Radha Krishna Temple Hare Krishna Mantra   (12) Prayer To The Spiritual Masters 29/08/1969
APPLE 16 Mary Hopkin Que Sera Sera Fields Of St. Etienne 19/09/1969
Que Sera Sera was released on 19th September 1969, but failed to chart.
It was re-issued on APPLE 27 ..... but it promptly failed to chart again !
APPLE 17 Trash Golden Slumbers   (35) Trash Can 26/09/1969
APPLE 18 Hot Chocolate Band Give Peace A Chance Living Without Tomorrow 10/10/1969
APPLE 19 Billy Preston Everything's Alright I Want To Thank You 17/10/1969
APPLE 20 Badfinger Come And Get It   (4) Rock Of Ages 5/12/1969
APPLE 21 Billy Preston All That I've Got As I Get Older 30/01/1970
APPLE 22 Mary Hopkin Temma Harbour   (6) Lontano Dagli Occhi 16/01/1970
APPLE 23 Jackie Lomax How The Web Was Woven Thumbing A Ride 6/02/1970
APPLE 24 Doris Troy Ain't That Cute Vaya Con Dios 13/02/1970
APPLE 25 Radha Krishna Temple Govinda   (23) Govinda Jai Jai 6/03/1970
APPLE 26 Mary Hopkin Knock Knock Who's There   (2) I'm Going To Fall In Love Again 23/03/1970
"Knock Knock Who's There"" was Britain's Eurovision Song Contest entry for 1970.
APPLE 27 Mary Hopkin Que Sera Sera Fields Of St. Etienne
APPLE 28 Doris Troy Jacob's Ladder Get Back 28/08/1970
APPLE 29 Billy Preston My Sweet Lord Long As I Got My Baby unreleased
"My Sweet Lord" by Billy Preston was released September 1969 ... two months BEFORE George's version ....
But .... not released in Britain !
APPLE 30 Mary Hopkin Think About Your Children   (19) Heritage 16/10/1970
APPLE 31 Badfinger No Matter What   (5) Better Days 6/11/1970
APPLE 32 James Taylor Carolina In My Mind Something's Wrong 6/11/1970
APPLE 33 Ronnie Spector Try Some, Buy Some Tandoori Chicken 16/04/1971
APPLE 34 Mary Hopkin Let My Name Be Sorrow   (46) Kew Gardens 18/06/1971
APPLE 35 Badfinger Name Of The Game Suitcase unreleased
APPLE 35 (above) was to be Badfinger's third single in June 1971, but
was not felt strong enough, and postponed in the U.K.
APPLE 36 Bill Elliot God Save Us Do The Oz 16/07/1971
APPLE 37 Ravi Shankar Joi Bangla Oh Bhaugowan/Raga Mishra 27/08/1971
APPLE 38 Yoko Ono Mrs. Lennon Midsummer New York 29/10/1971
APPLE 39 Mary Hopkin Water, Paper and Clay Jefferson 26/11/1971
APPLE 40 Badfinger Day After Day   (10) Sweet Tuesday Morning 14/01/1972
APPLE 41 Yoko Ono Mind Train Listen, The Snow Is Falling 21/01/1972
APPLE 42 Badfinger Baby Blue Flying
APPLE 43 Chris Hodge We're On Our Way Supersoul 9/06/1972
APPLE 44 Sundown Playboys Saturday Night Special Valse De Soleil Coucher 17/11/1972
APPLE 45 Elephant's Memory Power Boogie Liberation Special 1/12/1972
APPLE 46 Lon & Derek Van Eaton Warm Woman More Than Words 9/03/1973
APPLE 47 Yoko Ono Death Of Samantha Yang Yang 4/05/1973
APPLE 48 Yoko Ono Run, Run, Run Men, Men, Men 9/11/1973
APPLE 49 Badfinger Apple Of My Eye Blind Owl 8/03/1974
APPLE 49 (above), the LAST Apple non-Beatles related single was released 8th March 1974.
APPLE 1001 Plastic Ono Band Cold Turkey   (14) Don't Worry Kyoko 24/10/1969
APPLE 1002 Plastic Ono Band You Know My Name What's The New, Mary Jane unreleased
APPLE 1002 (above) was originally scheduled for release 5th December 1969.
"You know my name" still had APPLES 1002 stamped in the run-off groove on Let It Be
APPLE 1003 Plastic Ono Band Instant Karma   (5) Who Has Seen The Wind 6/02/1970
APPLE CT 1 Various Artists Walls Ice Cream (promotional E.P.)   18/07/1969