'BEATLES FOR SALE 2. Oil on birch panel. 26" x 45" NOW AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION, HAND ENHANCED CANVAS PRINT  Beatles for Sale was the Beatles' fourth album, released in late 1964 and produced by George Martin for Parlophone. This album marked a minor turning point in the Beatles' style towards darker and more sombre songs following the highly successful and bright A Hard Day's Night. Exhausted by their relentless recording and performing schedule, the Beatles chose to return to the inclusion of a number of cover versions in Beatles for Sale. Beatles for Sale and its counterpart in the United States, Beatles '65, both reached number one on the charts in their respective countries, with the former taking over from A Hard Day's Night in the United Kingdom. Beatles '65 became the fastest selling album of the year in the United States.