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Post by Steve Marinucci on Dec 12, 2013 10:18:04 GMT -5
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Post by OldFred on Dec 12, 2013 11:51:56 GMT -5
The price is tempting, and there's a chance it may go even lower before it ships. I personally would have substituted the American 'Revolver' which is missing some Lennon songs for the American 'Rarities' album, but I guess they wanted it to keep it consistent with the 60's releases. I'm really hoping they're considering Hollywood Bowl as a separate release.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 12, 2013 12:14:38 GMT -5
Ah, good old Capitol Records. Many of us here bought the Volume I & II boxes. Now if you want that admittedly crappy The Beatles' Story, you must buy this entire box(thus rebuying the first eight U.S. Capitol albums) as that one will not be sold individually. We also did not get the U.S. AHDN in Vol. I or II but that can be purchased individually at least.
I wonder if the eight albums previously available through Vol. I & II were simply trotted out and repackaged for this new complete box or will there be new stereo and mono remasters for these along the line of 2009's?
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 12, 2013 12:17:44 GMT -5
I'm really hoping they're considering Hollywood Bowl as a separate release. Wouldn't it be fantastic to get a Hollywood Bowl CD of both the complete 1964 and 1965 concerts? I would absolutely love that!
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Post by mikev on Dec 12, 2013 12:57:36 GMT -5
Wow...all this stuff coming out... Ringo gamblin' again?
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 12, 2013 14:05:28 GMT -5
Wow...all this stuff coming out... Ringo gamblin' again? Dismal album sales for both Paul and Ringo!
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Post by stavros on Dec 12, 2013 16:36:11 GMT -5
The price is tempting, and there's a chance it may go even lower before it ships. I personally would have substituted the American 'Revolver' which is missing some Lennon songs for the American 'Rarities' album, but I guess they wanted it to keep it consistent with the 60's releases. I'm really hoping they're considering Hollywood Bowl as a separate release. I have a worn vinyl copy of the American Rarities album that I picked up for about £10 back in the early 80s in the Beatles Shop in Mathew Street. If I remember right that was about twice the price of an ordinary album back in the day. It is different from the UK release which I also have a worn out old cassette copy of somewhere but has been long replaced by the tracks on Past Masters. So that US album would be a welcome addition to my collection. I was never familiar with the US versions of albums until the Capitol Box Set release a few years ago. Is this set basically the same thing plus “Yesterday And Today,” “Hey Jude,”(which was quite widely available in the UK) and “Revolver”? If so, would I only need to get those albums to complete the set?
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Post by joeyself on Dec 12, 2013 20:01:46 GMT -5
The 13 in this set are: “Meet the Beatles,” “The Beatles’ Second Album,” “A Hard Day’s Night,” “Something New,” “The Beatles’ Story,” “Beatles ’65,” “The Early Beatles,” “Beatles VI,” “Help!,” “Rubber Soul,” “Yesterday… And Today,” “Revolver” and “Hey Jude.” So, you'd need the last three, plus "A Hard Day's Night" and "The Beatles Story." And the last one isn't going to have an individual release--but you can live a long and happy life without it...
I bought both the CAPITOL ALBUMS box set--got each of them for less than $35--but of the five I don't have, the only ones I'd consider buying would be YESTERDAY AND TODAY and HEY JUDE. I don't care about the incidental music on A HARD DAY'S NIGHT, and a truncated REVOLVER holds no appeal to me. HEY JUDE was my first Beatles album, and I have fond memories of it. I've never owned YESTERDAY AND TODAY in any format. Yeah, I can make my own copies from existing albums, and may just do that, but if the price is $10.00 or less, I might spring for them instead of doing it myself.
And I may not...
JcS
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 12, 2013 20:41:02 GMT -5
Ah, good old Capitol Records. Many of us here bought the Volume I & II boxes. Now if you want that admittedly crappy The Beatles' Story, you must buy this entire box(thus rebuying the first eight U.S. Capitol albums) as that one will not be sold individually. We also did not get the U.S. AHDN in Vol. I or II but that can be purchased individually at least. I wonder if the eight albums previously available through Vol. I & II were simply trotted out and repackaged for this new complete box or will there be new stereo and mono remasters for these along the line of 2009's? I agree, John. I wouldn't be that crazy about getting The Beatles Story except for the fact that I don't have it. I bought both Capitol sets. I do not want to buy the new set because I already have all the discs. Unless they tell me the masters are new (remastered from the 2009 masters with added Capitol effects?) and the packaging is new, I don't want to re-buy them. I wouldn't mind double or tri-fold digi-pac versions of the album jackets. (A post for the discs too.) If they are the same discs and jackets from before, they should at least release the remaining discs in a set similar to the others and include The Beatles Story in that. I feel penalized for having bought the earlier sets.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Dec 13, 2013 0:00:28 GMT -5
Ah, good old Capitol Records. Many of us here bought the Volume I & II boxes. Now if you want that admittedly crappy The Beatles' Story, you must buy this entire box(thus rebuying the first eight U.S. Capitol albums) as that one will not be sold individually. We also did not get the U.S. AHDN in Vol. I or II but that can be purchased individually at least. I wonder if the eight albums previously available through Vol. I & II were simply trotted out and repackaged for this new complete box or will there be new stereo and mono remasters for these along the line of 2009's? According to this follow up, it's new mixes from the remasters. www.examiner.com/article/beatles-label-says-they-worked-to-preserve-mixes-used-new-u-s-albums-box
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Post by glenn1966 on Dec 13, 2013 0:08:22 GMT -5
With this and the 1963 bootleg thing on iTunes, my Beatle compleatism stops here. I'm on a tight budget.
I have The Beatles' Story dubbed onto a cassette and I can play it any time I want (which isn't often).
Maybe I'll pick up Yesterday... And Today, but I'm not sure I trust Apple to faithfully re-create the US album mixes, especially of those three John tracks from Revolver.
I'll probably get A Hard Day's Night soundtrack because I like George Martin's orchestrations of Beatle songs.
As a matter of fact, I have all three of these dubbed onto cassette, so why should I bother. I laid down big bucks for the 2009 re-masters (both mono and stereo), and I'm content to listen to the official British versions.
But I'm happy for those who are looking forward to buying this.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2013 4:07:18 GMT -5
I prefer the "real" albums rather than the doctored American albums
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 13, 2013 7:03:26 GMT -5
I prefer the "real" albums rather than the doctored American albums That's nice. As for me, I prefer the American albums in many cases. Besides being what I fondly grew up with, at least they had the sense to put the hit UK singles and stray UK EP tracks on them, as well. And in many cases the sequencing was better flowing than what The Beatles themselves intended. ("PAST MASTERS", my foot!). I think that is the main reason so many fans come down against the US albums: "oh, well, it's not as The Beatles intended"... well, to that I say that MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR as it exists on album today was purely an American concoction, and has now been recognized as the standard presentation for MMT.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 13, 2013 7:20:05 GMT -5
Some thoughts...
The one I am most interested in is a CD version of the American UA soundtrack for A HARD DAY'S NIGHT. I've wanted this for a long time on CD, so I will definitely pick it up separately.
I am happy to already have the other US albums from the old "Capitol Boxes" CDs, so I will happily stick with those.
I would like to complete the CD run by also getting YESTERDAY AND TODAY, as well as HEY JUDE... so I may buy those in addition to AHDN.
THE BEATLES STORY is a terrible and uninformative "biography", and IMO unnecessary; however, as a vinyl completest I do have a minty vinyl LP version, which I have played once and likely never again -- so I am good without needing it.
I am not a fan of vinyl re-issues; so when this set becomes available on Vinyl, I will be sticking with my original '60s record album pressings.
I also don't see the point in releasing these if the mixes are to be altered into the brand new "2009 Remasterings". Most fans will not care and will welcome the brand new sound quality -- but if they already have the UK Remasters, all they're paying for, really, are the US covers and sequencings.
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Post by vectisfabber on Dec 13, 2013 10:23:01 GMT -5
Ah, good old Capitol Records. Many of us here bought the Volume I & II boxes. Now if you want that admittedly crappy The Beatles' Story, you must buy this entire box(thus rebuying the first eight U.S. Capitol albums) as that one will not be sold individually. We also did not get the U.S. AHDN in Vol. I or II but that can be purchased individually at least. I wonder if the eight albums previously available through Vol. I & II were simply trotted out and repackaged for this new complete box or will there be new stereo and mono remasters for these along the line of 2009's? An old trick. They did this years ago by including the UK Rarities album (precursor of Past Masters) in a boxed set of the UK albums (as originally released, and all still available), and only available in that box. If they hold true to form, they'll wait until you've bought the box, then release it seperately, with a slight variation so that you'll have to buy it again (the UK Rarities then got sold seperately with slight variations to the sleeve).
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Post by lowbasso on Dec 13, 2013 11:52:30 GMT -5
THE BEATLES STORY is a terrible and uninformative "biography", and IMO unnecessary; however, as a vinyl completest I do have a minty vinyl LP version, which I have played once and likely never again -- so I am good without needing it. I can understand that The Beatles Story is dated and useless today as an informational album to enlighten fans as to who the Beatles are/were, especially in light of the Anthology and Lewisohn book but in defense of the album; If you were an American fan in 1964 and had just seen the band on TV in Feb. and were grabbing everything that came along on Capitol, as well as the movie AHDN, then you will appreciate or understand what this album was all about. Any subsequent generation fan cannot possibly understand that. In 1964, there was no internet, no access to anything Beatle in America but the Capitol albums and the earlier VJ and other small label LP's and 45's of The Beatles along with all the fan magazines and Beatles toys coming out on the market. And the Beatles themselves on their '64 US Summer tour. The Beatles Story was a timely album at that moment for fans who wanted more info on the band and who they were and where they came from on a vinyl record (Double LP). It has no value to today's younger fans who did not live in that era. But to 1st generation fans who lived in that crazy period just after The Ed Sullivan Shows in America, it was a great addition to our record collections and really cool to hear more about who this band was. It is a piece of the American history of the Beatles. Just like all the Capitol albums were. That is its value today. I don't think it was "crappy" (JSD's opinion) or "terrible and uninformative" in its heyday era of its creation. On the contrary, it was quite popular. And as an item in the entire Capitol collection, it is important.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2013 20:23:03 GMT -5
I prefer the "real" albums rather than the doctored American albums That's nice. As for me, I prefer the American albums in many cases. Besides being what I fondly grew up with, at least they had the sense to put the hit UK singles and stray UK EP tracks on them, as well. And in many cases the sequencing was better flowing than what The Beatles themselves intended. ("PAST MASTERS", my foot!). I think that is the main reason so many fans come down against the US albums: "oh, well, it's not as The Beatles intended"... well, to that I say that MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR as it exists on album today was purely an American concoction, and has now been recognized as the standard presentation for MMT. It's not really anything to do with "it's not as The Beatles intended". The simple fact is the originals are sooooooooooooooooooo much better than the yankee ones, except for MMT. That was a definite improvement, the original release wasn't even an album. The Ameriguns got that one right.
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 13, 2013 20:44:16 GMT -5
That's nice. As for me, I prefer the American albums in many cases. Besides being what I fondly grew up with, at least they had the sense to put the hit UK singles and stray UK EP tracks on them, as well. And in many cases the sequencing was better flowing than what The Beatles themselves intended. ("PAST MASTERS", my foot!). I think that is the main reason so many fans come down against the US albums: "oh, well, it's not as The Beatles intended"... well, to that I say that MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR as it exists on album today was purely an American concoction, and has now been recognized as the standard presentation for MMT. It's not really anything to do with "it's not as The Beatles intended". The simple fact is the originals are sooooooooooooooooooo much better than the yankee ones, except for MMT. That was a definite improvement, the original release wasn't even an album. The Ameriguns got that one right. Panther had us post our Best 27 songs on another thread. He suggested we pick our favorite version as well. I was the only one who took that down to album the mix was from. Three of my seven pre-Revolver picks were from the Capitol albums. Like this one:
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 14, 2013 2:14:52 GMT -5
THE BEATLES STORY is a terrible and uninformative "biography", and IMO unnecessary; however, as a vinyl completest I do have a minty vinyl LP version, which I have played once and likely never again -- so I am good without needing it. I can understand that The Beatles Story is dated and useless today as an informational album to enlighten fans as to who the Beatles are/were, especially in light of the Anthology and Lewisohn book but in defense of the album; If you were an American fan in 1964 and had just seen the band on TV in Feb. and were grabbing everything that came along on Capitol, as well as the movie AHDN, then you will appreciate or understand what this album was all about. Any subsequent generation fan cannot possibly understand that. In 1964, there was no internet, no access to anything Beatle in America but the Capitol albums and the earlier VJ and other small label LP's and 45's of The Beatles along with all the fan magazines and Beatles toys coming out on the market. And the Beatles themselves on their '64 US Summer tour. The Beatles Story was a timely album at that moment for fans who wanted more info on the band and who they were and where they came from on a vinyl record (Double LP). It has no value to today's younger fans who did not live in that era. But to 1st generation fans who lived in that crazy period just after The Ed Sullivan Shows in America, it was a great addition to our record collections and really cool to hear more about who this band was. It is a piece of the American history of the Beatles. Just like all the Capitol albums were. That is its value today. I don't think it was "crappy" (JSD's opinion) or "terrible and uninformative" in its heyday era of its creation. On the contrary, it was quite popular. And as an item in the entire Capitol collection, it is important. My memory is that it wasn't even accurate on their history, as brief as it is told there by that corny narrator! I understand the sentimental part to you senior citizens(sorry lowbasso but I detected First Generation snobbery in your post ) but to say that it is informative is stretching it. It was an exploitation record for 10 year old Beatles fans and its chief value is nostalgia only. Louise Harrison Caldwell's 1964 "tell all" record was where the real juicy dirt was at!
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 14, 2013 6:12:01 GMT -5
The simple fact is the originals are sooooooooooooooooooo much better than the yankee ones, except for MMT. "Fact"...? No, sorry -- it's all opinion only (and that's including mine). Of course the UK version of REVOLVER has it all over the edited US album, I certainly concede that. But I still prefer the US version of RUBBER SOUL, which starts out with the very appropriately folky "I've Just Seen A Face", and also contains "It's Only Love" opening up side two (those two songs never felt right on the UK version of HELP! to me). Meanwhile, songs like "What Goes On" and "Drive My Car" just never felt right on RS, and I'm glad they were not on the US version. MEET THE BEATLES was an excellent LP, which also included "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" (they weren't even on a British album!), and also adds "I Saw Her Standing There". BEATLES '65 was a better version of BEATLES FOR SALE tracks, also adding the single "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" (and giving those songs a tougher sound, I might add ) . BEATLES VI was a fine compilation that also contained the Larry Williams rocker "Bad Boy" (which was actually recorded specifically for inclusion on this LP for the Americans), as well as songs that didn't really fit on side 2 of the UK HELP! very well ("You Like Me Too Much", "Tell Me What You See"). We also had "Yes It Is" (not on a British LP), and the hit US single "Eight Days A Week"!) . YESTERDAY...AND TODAY featured the single "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper", capped off with the classic "Yesterday". It also salvaged the songs which did not really work right on their UK albums: "What Goes On", "Drive My Car", "If I Needed Someone", and "Act Naturally" (what was this one doing on HELP! ..?? It didn't work!).
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 6:20:01 GMT -5
The simple fact is the originals are sooooooooooooooooooo much better than the yankee ones, except for MMT. "Fact"...? No, sorry -- it's all opinion only (and that's including mine). Of course the UK version of REVOLVER has it all over the edited US album, I certainly concede that. But I still prefer the US version of RUBBER SOUL, which starts out with the very appropriately folky "I've Just Seen A Face", and also contains "It's Only Love" opening up side two (those two songs never felt right on the UK version of HELP! to me). Meanwhile, songs like "What Goes On" and "Drive My Car" just never felt right on RS, and I'm glad they were not on the US version. MEET THE BEATLES was an excellent LP, which also included "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and "This Boy" (they weren't even on a British album!), and also adds "I Saw Her Standing There". BEATLES '65 was a better version of BEATLES FOR SALE tracks, also adding the single "I Feel Fine" and "She's A Woman" (and giving those songs a tougher sound, I might add ) . BEATLES VI was a fine compilation that also contained the Larry Williams rocker "Bad Boy" (which was actually recorded specifically for inclusion on this LP for the Americans), as well as songs that didn't really fit on side 2 of the UK HELP! very well ("You Like Me Too Much", "Tell Me What You See"). We also had "Yes It Is" (not on a British LP), and the hit US single "Eight Days A Week"!) . YESTERDAY...AND TODAY featured the single "We Can Work It Out" and "Day Tripper", capped off with the classic "Yesterday". It also salvaged the songs which did not really work right on their UK albums: "What Goes On", "Drive My Car", "If I Needed Someone", and "Act Naturally" (what was this one doing on HELP! ..?? It didn't work!). What is fact is that the US doctored the "real" releases, most likely for financial reasons, BUT, it's not something that can be argued Ad nauseam because to do so is ignoring fact and purely pumping the American opinion. America chose to release the Beatles catalogue their way, not the REAL way, the REAL way is superior.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 14, 2013 6:22:28 GMT -5
I can understand that The Beatles Story is dated and useless today as an informational album to enlighten fans as to who the Beatles are/were, especially in light of the Anthology and Lewisohn book but in defense of the album; If you were an American fan in 1964 and had just seen the band on TV in Feb. and were grabbing everything that came along on Capitol, as well as the movie AHDN, then you will appreciate or understand what this album was all about. Honestly, I do understand what the album was all about to a hungry American fan in 1964, when Beatlemania was brand new and there was precious little available in the way of information. Believe me, I can appreciate that. But as you said yourself, it is useless "today", which is where we're living when listening to it now. I bought it in beautiful condition on vinyl two years ago and gave both records a fresh spin. Aside from re-capturing the vintage '60s vibe of Beatlemania in the States, I don't feel any need to revisit it again, personally.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 14, 2013 6:30:40 GMT -5
What is fact is that the US doctored the "real" releases, most likely for financial reasons, BUT, it's not something that can be argued Ad nauseam because to do so is ignoring fact and purely pumping the American opinion. It can be argued that by containing so many of the UK single and EP's, the US albums actually saved fans some money, too, so they didn't have to buy the singles and EPs separately to get every song. But debating about the cost to fans is beside the point anyway -- the point was, even if it was driven by greed, the US albums were good solid albums, period, First - the Americans could only release the albums in the way in which they obtained the tracks from England, I would think. But as far as what is "superior", this is entirely a matter of opinion, and is totally subjective. Just because The Beatles felt that leaving "Hand" and "This Boy" (for example) as a stray 45, and not putting it on an album, that does not make it "superior" as an idea. Also, having to buy the "Long Tall Sally" EP as the Beatles intended is just not as good an idea as buying the American SOMETHING NEW album (which not only contained "Slow Down" and "Matchbox", but also contained "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand", never featured on a UK album!) . So no, The Beatles did not always know best. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR was a perfect example of how the US marketers had a better conception.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 7:00:54 GMT -5
What is fact is that the US doctored the "real" releases, most likely for financial reasons, BUT, it's not something that can be argued Ad nauseam because to do so is ignoring fact and purely pumping the American opinion. It can be argued that by containing so many of the UK single and EP's, the US albums actually saved fans some money, too, so they didn't have to buy the singles and EPs separately to get every song. But debating about the cost to fans is beside the point anyway -- the point was, even if it was driven by greed, the US albums were good solid albums, period, First - the Americans could only release the albums in the way in which they obtained the tracks from England, I would think. But as far as what is "superior", this is entirely a matter of opinion, and is totally subjective. Just because The Beatles felt that leaving "Hand" and "This Boy" (for example) as a stray 45, and not putting it on an album, that does not make it "superior" as an idea. Also, having to buy the "Long Tall Sally" EP as the Beatles intended is just not as good an idea as buying the American SOMETHING NEW album (which not only contained "Slow Down" and "Matchbox", but also contained "Komm Gib Mir Deine Hand", never featured on a UK album!) . So no, The Beatles did not always know best. MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR was a perfect example of how the US marketers had a better conception. realistically the Americans came out on top on MMT only, why is that, they were the only ones who declared it an album and released it as such. From a non Amerigun perspective i can't understand why they chose to ignore how the albums were made and why they chose to release their own versions.. Has this happened to any other artist, regardless of how we feel about the different releases.(the official v the unofficial) How Does The Artist Feel ?
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 14, 2013 7:03:06 GMT -5
What's with this insulting name you keep using to label Americans? I find it offenseive, but of course it's not currently on the "Politically Incorrect" list.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 14, 2013 7:10:12 GMT -5
realistically the Americans came out on top on MMT only, Realistically (to use your word) MEET THE BEATLES is a stronger debut LP than PLEASE PLEASE ME was . As I suggested before -- perhaps the US did not obtain all the tracks at the same time. I think that's why Capitol had to wait to release THE EARLY BEATLES later on in 1965, when they finally got the rights to release the early 1963 material. Who cares? I consider THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM their greatest early album, regardless of what the artist thinks
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2013 7:24:38 GMT -5
realistically the Americans came out on top on MMT only, Realistically (to use your word) MEET THE BEATLES is a stronger debut LP than PLEASE PLEASE ME was . As I suggested before -- perhaps the US did not obtain all the tracks at the same time. I think that's why Capitol had to wait to release THE EARLY BEATLES later on in 1965, when they finally got the rights to release the early 1963 material. Who cares? I consider THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM their greatest early album, regardless of what the artist thinks Meet the Beatles stronger than Please Please Me, that sounds like a compilation album, designed to be stronger than the official release, to cater for a fickle market. it may be history but it's history with a purpose, once the industry were convinced the septics were on board they put a stop to this alternate release bulldust. I do like the Hey Jude album, and the Rock n Roll album..
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 14, 2013 8:38:17 GMT -5
Yeah, putting Love Me Do and PS I Love You on Please Please Me after they had already been released as a single? Money grubbing Twittish whores.
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Post by lowbasso on Dec 14, 2013 11:44:39 GMT -5
I can understand that The Beatles Story is dated and useless today as an informational album to enlighten fans as to who the Beatles are/were, especially in light of the Anthology and Lewisohn book but in defense of the album; If you were an American fan in 1964 and had just seen the band on TV in Feb. and were grabbing everything that came along on Capitol, as well as the movie AHDN, then you will appreciate or understand what this album was all about. Any subsequent generation fan cannot possibly understand that. In 1964, there was no internet, no access to anything Beatle in America but the Capitol albums and the earlier VJ and other small label LP's and 45's of The Beatles along with all the fan magazines and Beatles toys coming out on the market. And the Beatles themselves on their '64 US Summer tour. The Beatles Story was a timely album at that moment for fans who wanted more info on the band and who they were and where they came from on a vinyl record (Double LP). It has no value to today's younger fans who did not live in that era. But to 1st generation fans who lived in that crazy period just after The Ed Sullivan Shows in America, it was a great addition to our record collections and really cool to hear more about who this band was. It is a piece of the American history of the Beatles. Just like all the Capitol albums were. That is its value today. I don't think it was "crappy" (JSD's opinion) or "terrible and uninformative" in its heyday era of its creation. On the contrary, it was quite popular. And as an item in the entire Capitol collection, it is important. My memory is that it wasn't even accurate on their history, as brief as it is told there by that corny narrator! I understand the sentimental part to you senior citizens(sorry lowbasso but I detected First Generation snobbery in your post ) but to say that it is informative is stretching it. It was an exploitation record for 10 year old Beatles fans and its chief value is nostalgia only. Louise Harrison Caldwell's 1964 "tell all" record was where the real juicy dirt was at! It was released in a hurry and not as accurate as it could have been, but Capitol was so late getting on The Beatles bandwagon, they rushed everything out in those early heady days. They were worried the band might be just a flash in the pan, and wanted to make as much money as fast as they could before they possibly petered out. Maybe that is why they only put 12 tracks on an album; stretch out the songs over as many separate albums as you can to make more money. The Beatles Story didn't sound corny when it came out, because it was all we had at the time. To tell it like it was at the time isn't being snobbish. It was what it was at the time. I'm just saying you had to be there to understand it.
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 14, 2013 12:57:09 GMT -5
I think the 12 track limit was law or strict economics. It was to do with song writing royalties or something like that. After 12 songs you would be paying more to the writers than would allow. For everyone to make a percentage, it had to be 12 songs or less.
This is something I remember reading at some point.
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