Introducing... The Beatles legitimate stereo copies of "Introducing... The Beatles" are rare, the majority of copies with "stereo" or "stereophonic" printed on the cover are counterfeits. There are also known fake versions of "Songs, Pictures, and Stories of the Fabulous Beatles". These counterfeits often omit ""Stories"" from the album title, since they are circulated without the gatefold cover and the text inside, renaming it "Songs and Pictures of the Fabulous Beatles". These versions have 3 songs not on the original album. "From Me To You" (in place of "Anna"), "Love Me Do" (in place of "Ask Me Why") and "P.S I Love You",
The Beatles (album) group should have released a single album instead. Nonetheless, "The Beatles" reached No. 1 on the charts in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and has since been viewed by some critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. By 1968, the Beatles had achieved commercial and critical success. The group's mid-1967 release, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", was number one in the UK for 27 weeks, through to the start of February 1968, having sold 250,000 copies in the first week after release. "Time" magazine declared that "Sgt. Pepper's" constituted a "historic departure in