Released on 6th August, 1965, and eight months after Beatles For Sale, the recordings for Help! had actually started in earnest in mid February just one month after the guys had completed a season of 'Another Beatles Christmas Show' at London's Hammersmith Odeon. Within days of the final February session, they were off to the Bahamas to film scenes for the movie, which like 'A Hard Day's Night' was directed by Richard Lester.

The 2009 remastered stereo CD was released on 9 September. It was "created from the original stereo digital master tapes from Martin's CD mixes made in 1986". [18] The original 1965 stereo mix was included as a bonus on the mono CD contained in The Beatles in Mono boxed set. Rubber Soul CD – Canadian Pressing Featuring Original UK Mixes?". Steve Hoffman Music Forums. 9 April 2006. Archived from the original on 19 January 2017 . Retrieved 17 January 2014. Top Compact Disks (for week ending May 30, 1987)" (PDF). Billboard. 30 May 1987. p.54 . Retrieved 26 September 2020. Greatest Albums of All Time: the Beatles, 'Help' ". Rolling Stone. 31 May 2009. Archived from the original on 5 July 2012 . Retrieved 31 July 2012. Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011 . Retrieved 30 September 2019.The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 22 September 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020 . Retrieved 17 February 2021. The album cover shows the Beatles with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters 'HELP'. But when we came to do the shot, the arrangement of the arms with those letters didn't look good. So we decided to improvise and ended up with the best graphic positioning of the arms." [14] The American version of Help! reached the number one spot on the Billboard Top LPs chart for nine weeks starting on 11 September 1965. Kozinn, Allan (8 March 1987). "Interview with George Martin". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010 . Retrieved 18 November 2009.

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Prendergast, Mark (2003). The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby – The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-323-3. Schonfeld, Zach (15 February 2016). "The Most Ridiculous 'Album of the Year' Winners in Grammy History". Newsweek. Archived from the original on 8 November 2018 . Retrieved 24 January 2019.Italian album certifications – The Beatles – Help!" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 11 April 2022. Select "2022" in the "Anno" drop-down menu. Select "Help!" in the "Filtra" field. Select "Album e Compilation" under "Sezione".