So what was it that people didn't like abt the 2009 white album remaster exactly?
― folsom country prism (Jon Lewis), Monday, 10 June 2013 19:15 (ten years ago) link
Should have been a single album.
― everything, Monday, 10 June 2013 19:30 (ten years ago) link
sounds pretty fucking marvelous to me. (then again, it always sounded good)
― tylerw, Monday, 10 June 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
I think the Mono White Album is one of the best of the remasters. People are tripping.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 10 June 2013 19:41 (ten years ago) link
I only have the stereo one but it's awesome. "Helter Skelter" never sounded so crushing. That bass!
― Nate Carson, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 01:03 (ten years ago) link
I don't have anything against "helter skelter" and love many Macca's bass lines but I've always found the sound of the bass on "helter skelter" not satisfying. too thin, I dunno...
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link
Lennon played the bass on "Helter Skelter" iirc
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:35 (ten years ago) link
I completely agree, especially when you listen to the isolated track.
But that said, isn't it John playing bass on that? Makes sense, since the track is played like The World's Greatest Rhythm Guitarist (On Bass).
― pplains, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:36 (ten years ago) link
Paul never got into the hugely loud, distorted bass sounds of Entwistle or Bruce. Odd in this case, since this song's goal was to out-Who the Who.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:38 (ten years ago) link
ah, that would make sense if that was John playing !
― AlXTC from Paris, Tuesday, 11 June 2013 14:51 (ten years ago) link
2 extracts from the upcoming Lewisohn book
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/10321180/The-Beatles-the-birth-of-the-band.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/10322950/The-Beatles-the-making-of-Lennon.html
― piscesx, Sunday, 22 September 2013 14:33 (ten years ago) link
getting some right raves this Lewisohn book
http://www.mojo4music.com/7455/is-this-the-best-beatles-book-ever/
― piscesx, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
Anyone get On Air - Live at the BBC, Vol. 2 yet?
― timellison, Thursday, 14 November 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
Yes, I got it yesterday. It's as enjoyable as Vol 1. If you liked the first set you'll like this one. There's at least one surprise ("Beautiful Dreamer").
― Doctor Flange, Thursday, 14 November 2013 05:44 (ten years ago) link
What's that aside in the Mojo review xxp about there being a forthcoming double-length author's cut? Have I bought the wrong one?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 November 2013 07:47 (ten years ago) link
the longer book? yeah it's twice as long, came out this week in the UK. yours for £120!
https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/p480x480/1457737_613907578671382_1538089204_n.jpg
― piscesx, Thursday, 14 November 2013 08:01 (ten years ago) link
Yikes. No, I think I've got the right one. That looks more like one for my retirement.
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 14 November 2013 08:36 (ten years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25364624
The Beatles are to release 59 rare and unheard recordings in a bid to stop their copyright protection expiring.The digital compilation includes BBC sessions, four alternate takes of She Loves You and five of A Taste Of Honey.It has not been officially announced, but a spokeswoman for Apple records confirmed the release to the BBC.
The digital compilation includes BBC sessions, four alternate takes of She Loves You and five of A Taste Of Honey.
It has not been officially announced, but a spokeswoman for Apple records confirmed the release to the BBC.
News of its arrival first appeared on Norwegian Beatles blog, WogBlog, which also published cover art and a tracklisting.
no Geir jokes please
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 December 2013 15:49 (ten years ago) link
wogblog! i just read about this woop dee doohttp://social.entertainment.msn.com/music/blogs/post--beatles-us-albums-boxed-up-for-50th-anniversary-of-bands-american-invasion
― tylerw, Friday, 13 December 2013 15:52 (ten years ago) link
i don't know how UK copyright works but isn't it a little early for the beatles' copyright to expire?
― marcos, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
it's the same thing dylan did, right? 50 year copyright thing? http://i.imgur.com/unQ6s.jpg
― tylerw, Friday, 13 December 2013 16:25 (ten years ago) link
EU law protects songs for 70 years after they are recorded, but only if they get an official release. Otherwise, copyright lasts 50 years.In the case of The Beatles, that means their 1963 debut album Please Please Me is protected until 2033, but the unreleased session tapes for that album are not.If the Beatles chose not to release the recordings before the end of the year, it would mean other record labels could theoretically put them out and profit from them.The band's 1962 debut single, Love Me Do, arguably slipped out of copyright last year, before the EU's copyright extension was signed into law.At least one record company issued a "remastered" version of the song, although that has since been deleted.
In the case of The Beatles, that means their 1963 debut album Please Please Me is protected until 2033, but the unreleased session tapes for that album are not.
If the Beatles chose not to release the recordings before the end of the year, it would mean other record labels could theoretically put them out and profit from them.
The band's 1962 debut single, Love Me Do, arguably slipped out of copyright last year, before the EU's copyright extension was signed into law.
At least one record company issued a "remastered" version of the song, although that has since been deleted.
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 13 December 2013 16:31 (ten years ago) link
ah ok, interesting. in the US it's life of the author + 70 years but i realize now that that only applies to works created after 1978. before that it's muddy as hell and i'm getting a headache figuring out what expires when
― marcos, Friday, 13 December 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap3.html this is incomprehensible
― marcos, Friday, 13 December 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
So in 2033, Beatles recordings will become public domain in UK while they will still be under copyright until 70 years after Paul McCartney dies (which should be in 2036, hyuk.)
Unless the Beatles are bought out by Walt Disney, which very stranger things have happened.
― pplains, Friday, 13 December 2013 20:27 (ten years ago) link
will there be an exam?
my head hurts
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 13 December 2013 20:28 (ten years ago) link
haha xp
― marcos, Friday, 13 December 2013 20:36 (ten years ago) link
mickey mouse protection act etc
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Disney-infinite-copyright.svg/540px-Disney-infinite-copyright.svg.png
― marcos, Friday, 13 December 2013 20:38 (ten years ago) link
This is the one I played the hell out of at college parties, in between Never Mind The Bollocks, In The City, This Year's Model, and The Who Sings My Generation. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/BeatlesVIalbumcover.jpg I demand an exact reproduction in whatever format, incl. the duophonic medication of "Yes It Is."Lewisohn already wrote The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions in the 80s, but I guess we'll get 'em again, Caro-style.
― dow, Saturday, 14 December 2013 14:55 (ten years ago) link
In case you can't see the titles too good, here they are again (Larry Williams titles rec. especially for this North America-only release, along with a few from Beatles For Sale [the few BFS tracks not incl. on prev America-only Beatles '65], also a couple from forthcoming Help)All songs by Lennon–McCartney, except where noted.Side one
Medley: "Kansas City"/"Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller/Richard Penniman) – 2:30 "Eight Days a Week" – 2:43 "You Like Me Too Much" (George Harrison) – 2:34 "Bad Boy" (Larry Williams) – 2:17 "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" – 2:33 "Words of Love" (Buddy Holly) – 2:10
Side two
"What You're Doing" – 2:30 "Yes It Is" – 2:40 "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" (sic) (Williams) – 2:51 "Tell Me What You See" – 2:35 "Every Little Thing" – 2:01
― dow, Saturday, 14 December 2013 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Lennon was such a great screamer, and the mellower stuff wad perfect too.
― dow, Saturday, 14 December 2013 15:04 (ten years ago) link
I still insist on Beatles VI being their best album, and I'm not trying just to be contrary either.
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― pplains, Saturday, 14 December 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
Another vote for Beatles VI.
― The Glam Of That All The Way From Memphis Man! (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 December 2013 17:28 (ten years ago) link
Huh I got that album from my mother in law. Had no idea it was such an oddity
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 14 December 2013 17:36 (ten years ago) link
13 mins per siide?
― Mark G, Saturday, 14 December 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
OK, 15 mins side 1 then.
― Mark G, Saturday, 14 December 2013 19:12 (ten years ago) link
i think my fave scream on the Beatles output is Macca's on Why Don't We Do It In The Road but yeah they were the greatest screaming band ever between them no question.
― piscesx, Saturday, 14 December 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
Shakey mo, if it's on Parlophone, it *is* an oddity.
― Mark G, Saturday, 14 December 2013 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Yesterday and Today pwns this one, as they used to say in the '60s.
Y&T is so wonderfully drowsy and druggy.
― Josefa, Sunday, 15 December 2013 03:55 (ten years ago) link
The new collection is expected to reach iTunes on Tuesday.
The Bootleg Busting collections, just fyi.
― Mark G, Monday, 16 December 2013 10:17 (ten years ago) link
Amazing, someone wake me up when they get to the Rubber Soul era!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 16 December 2013 17:46 (ten years ago) link
finally starting the new Lewisohn/Tune In book today:D
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 16 December 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
It's tremendous. You'll love it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 16 December 2013 18:37 (ten years ago) link
No sign of itunes d/l as of yet.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 11:27 (ten years ago) link
Supposedly they were on earlier then removed
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 12:09 (ten years ago) link
Some fans have said the songs appeared on iTunes briefly earlier, but the BBC understands they will reappear later on Tuesday and remain indefinitely.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 12:31 (ten years ago) link
Supposed to be there, now.
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:49 (ten years ago) link
.. and they are.
£35 or thereabouts. 59 tracks.
Aren't most of these on the BBC discs?
― Mark G, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 14:53 (ten years ago) link
It's up in the US now, too ($39.99).
And no, everything is previously unreleased. I'm sure many of the songs are also on the BBC sets, but these are different performances the UK copyright situation apparently pertains to sound recordings rather than publishing.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 17 December 2013 15:14 (ten years ago) link
I'd rather ask you all than even try to look this up, if you don't mind.
In the case of The Beatles, that means their 1963 debut album Please Please Me is protected until 2033, but the unreleased session tapes for that album are not.If the Beatles chose not to release the recordings before the end of the year, it would mean other record labels could theoretically put them out and profit from them.
What counts as an unreleased session tape? Anything the Beatles ever recorded at a "session"? Does this mean "Circle of Light" or "What Goes On, Take 52" has to be released as well?
― pplains, Tuesday, 17 December 2013 15:18 (ten years ago) link