Video: 'The Beatles vs the Four Seasons [1964]' (playlist excludes The Four Seasons' "I've Cried Before," which be sequenced between "Sherry" and "Marlena")

(Thursday, October 1, 1964) — The Beatles vs the Four Seasons by The Beatles and (separately) The Four Seasons, Vee Jay’s second-to-last attempt to cash in on their soon-to-be expired license agreements to release recordings by both bands, was released today in the U.S.

Video: 'I've Cried Before'

The two-record set contained copies of Introducing… The Beatles in one pocket of the gatefold cover and Golden Hits of the Four Seasons, a compilation album featuring Vee-Jay’s other marquee artist The Four Seasons, in the other.

Though Vee-Jay could not manufacture or distribute any Beatles product after Oct. 15, 1964, it took decades for the records to vanish from retail stores.