The article looks back at The Beatles' Long Tall Sally EP, released in Britain in June 1964, which stood out from the group's earlier EPs by featuring genuinely new recordings rather than repackaged tracks. Most previous Beatles EPs had simply recycled songs already released as singles or on albums, so this release marked a departure that gave fans something fresh to enjoy while they awaited the A Hard Day's Night album, which followed a month later.

The EP contained four tracks recorded during the prolific sessions for A Hard Day's Night, including three covers – "Long Tall Sally", "Matchbox" and "Slow Down" – plus the Lennon-McCartney original "I Call Your Name", a song John Lennon had begun writing before The Beatles even formed. Because of differing US and UK release schedules, two of the songs, including "Long Tall Sally" and "I Call Your Name", had already appeared in America on The Beatles' Second Album. The band briefly considered including "I Call Your Name" on A Hard Day's Night itself before deciding it fitted better on the EP.