The Beatles

Mather said:
BOOKS ARE FOR SUCKERS!
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I mean if it was coming out say next week and we weren’t all waiting for an album reissue yeah brill, I love books as much as the next person.

But the end of next August. That’s more than 11 months away!
 
Joe Mac said:
I mean if it was coming out say next week and we weren’t all waiting for an album reissue yeah brill, I love books as much as the next person.

But the end of next August. That’s more than 11 months away!
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I need them to announce a Revolver and a Rubber Soul box.
 
Mather said:
I need them to announce a Revolver and a Rubber Soul box.
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It’ll be a while if they’re waiting for the next anniversary for them both. My theory for them not doing those two was that them coming so close after one another meant that there wasn’t really anything left over to add to the album. Plus the mono’s of those are just magic!
 
oldschoolkirby said:
Did y'all read the Rolling Stone story on Get Back/Let It Be? I thought it was pretty interesting - lots of details I didn't know re: Klein, Spector, etc.

www.rollingstone.com

And in the End

50 years ago, the Beatles went through rock’s most famous breakup. Rob Sheffield on why the music still matters.
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I like George’s indignation at being portrayed as messy because they planted the weed in a sock in a wardrobe rather than in its little box....
 
I have to admit, although I know a bunch of Beatles songs, I don't know if I've ever really sat down and listened to a single Beatles album from start to finish. At some point last year a friend's dad gifted us his record collection as it was just collecting dust, and he wanted to it to go to someone who would use it.

Fast forward to today, and I decided to finally break out one of these albums. I started with The White Album, and the version we have is an original US stereo pressing. After a quick cleaning and new sleeves I get this spinning. As I sink into the album I can't help but to stop and think about how crazy vinyl really is. This physical piece of vinyl I'm handling is now playing for me, as a somewhat new discovery, 52 years after it's release. I'm getting the same first experience as a friend's father had in childhood. This record has somehow traveled with him through life and is in excellent shape. The mix and recording is impressive for it's age. The songs are timeless, as many of them are still hits today with regular radio play.

It's quite an experience. It's something that would never happen with anything other than vinyl. It can happen with CDs, but not to the same age, and possibly not to the same level of quality and impact. The resilience of this format is insane, and there is nothing better to remind me of that than listening to a string of timeless hits in their original format, being enjoyed as they were intended.
 
displayname said:
I have to admit, although I know a bunch of Beatles songs, I don't know if I've ever really sat down and listened to a single Beatles album from start to finish. At some point last year a friend's dad gifted us his record collection as it was just collecting dust, and he wanted to it to go to someone who would use it.

Fast forward to today, and I decided to finally break out one of these albums. I started with The White Album, and the version we have is an original US stereo pressing. After a quick cleaning and new sleeves I get this spinning. As I sink into the album I can't help but to stop and think about how crazy vinyl really is. This physical piece of vinyl I'm handling is now playing for me, as a somewhat new discovery, 52 years after it's release. I'm getting the same first experience as a friend's father had in childhood. This record has somehow traveled with him through life and is in excellent shape. The mix and recording is impressive for it's age. The songs are timeless, as many of them are still hits today with regular radio play.

It's quite an experience. It's something that would never happen with anything other than vinyl. It can happen with CDs, but not to the same age, and possibly not to the same level of quality and impact. The resilience of this format is insane, and there is nothing better to remind me of that than listening to a string of timeless hits in their original format, being enjoyed as they were intended.
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On the one hand, I wanna say...Dude....really?

On the other hand it’s awesome to hear reactions from those who don’t have The Beatles burned into their DNA. My earliest memory is my much older brothers playing the White Album. It’s still top 25 for me. I’m sure I’ve heard it over 1000 times by now.

What’s next?
 
HiFi Guy said:
On the one hand, I wanna say...Dude....really?

On the other hand it’s awesome to hear reactions from those who don’t have The Beatles burned into their DNA.

What’s next?
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Haha, I know. Sad but true that I haven't gotten around to this before. It's like I couldn't have been streaming any of these albums for the past 20 years too, which is what really makes it more surprising.

What's next? - Probably Let it Be. We have the 62-66 and 67-70 greatest hits on early pressings also, but Let it Be is the only other full original album we have from them, so I figured I should stay in theme. Assuming I'm not pulled away for the evening.
 
displayname said:
Haha, I know. Sad but true that I haven't gotten around to this before. It's like I couldn't have been streaming any of these albums for the past 20 years too, which is what really makes it more surprising.

What's next? - Probably Let it Be. We have the 62-66 and 67-70 greatest hits on early pressings also, but Let it Be is the only other full original album we have from them, so I figured I should stay in theme. Assuming I'm not pulled away for the evening.
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I'd recommend skipping the "greatest hits" options (no doubt you've heard most if not all of these before) and go back to the earliest titles in their catalog you have access to, then work your way forward. Some of the early US titles are mostly stung-together singles, but even so, there's something to be said for hearing that stuff the way it was put together for the original albums. Enjoy!!
 
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