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 identifies it as "the sound of a band growing into supreme confidence" and "redefining what was expected from popular music". "Revolver" featured sophisticated songwriting, studio experimentation, and a greatly expanded repertoire of musical styles, ranging from innovative classical string arrangements to psychedelic rock. Abandoning the customary group photograph, its cover – designed by Klaus Voormann, a friend of the band since their Hamburg days – "was a stark, arty, black-and-white collage that caricatured the Beatles in a pen-and-ink style beholden to Aubrey Beardsley", in Gould's description. The album was preceded by the single "Paperback Writer", backed by "Rain". Short promotional