A Collection of Beatles Oldies the Beatles' "Revolver" period. The image of the Beatles in the Tokyo hotel room served as inspiration for the photograph used on Oasis' debut album, "Definitely Maybe", taken by Michael Spencer Jones.<ref name="NME/Oasis"></ref> From "Revolver" onwards, the Beatles' more dedicated fans began analysing the band's song lyrics for hidden meaning, and, in the description of American academic Camille Paglia, their album covers were also "feverishly scrutinized for clues and coded messages". The cover of "A Collection of Beatles Oldies" was viewed as the first example of the Beatles leaving clues relating to the Paul is Dead theory. This theory, which
The Beatles' Second Album available backlog of some 25 songs yet to be released by Capitol Records, it was decided to compile a follow-up album as soon as possible. "The Beatles' Second Album" was the first album of the group's work to be assembled by Capitol Records exclusively for the US market—"Meet the Beatles!" was a reconfigured, abridged version of "With the Beatles". "Second Album" was a potpourri collection that did not represent the Beatles' output at the time; the end result was an assembly of material from nearly a half-dozen sessions and sources. Capitol compiled the album using additional songs from four different