England's Greatest Recording Stars: The Beatles & Frank Ifield on Stage is a 1964 compilation album, released by Vee-Jay Records and featuring tracks by English rock band the Beatles and by the Australian–English easy listening and country singer Frank Ifield.
The LP consisted of four studio Beatles songs (all previously released on Vee-Jay singles), plus eight recordings of Ifield.
However, just before Vee-Jay's publishing rights were about to expire on 10 October 1964, they changed the sleeve cover to a drawing of the Beatles.
The album consisted entirely of studio recordings (not live, and thus not "on stage"), and all the Beatles material had been previously released.
(In confirming the matter, Snopes.com noted that "copulation" was appropriate, since the makers of the album were "trying to screw the fans out of their money.