Yeah, apart from their able to generate songs, their records sound good, they knew how to play together and they knew how to arrange a pop record properly.
― The "5" Astronomer Royales (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 3 October 2014 00:00 (nine years ago) link
The only problem with The Beatles is that I have to clear off a layer of cold ejaculate off my leg every time I listen to them - they are that fucking good.
― xelab, Friday, 3 October 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
✓
― Ƹ༑Ʒ (imago), Friday, 3 October 2014 00:09 (nine years ago) link
tbh considering how much the beatles recorded in so short a time period it's kind of remarkable how generally high-quality their material generally is. like, they had barely finished sgt pepper when they were back in the studio making magical mystery tour. even if you dislike (say) three songs from every album, that's still an incredibly good record.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Thursday, October 2, 2014 6:35 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Especially amazing given that two of the strongest songs on MMT (the LP version) are the first two things they recorded for Pepper's! They were just unbelievably productive for a very sustained period of time, it's natural that there are clunkers in there but the overall quality is, as most folks have noted, super super high.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 00:39 (nine years ago) link
one thing about the beatles i think that keeps them out there is the records just *sound* so good...like the drum sound....
slowly gathering a few mono vinyl re-ish's and the drums on "tomorrow never knows" are so so **cking glorious sounding it's incredible (even sans pristine mono alanog mastering, but)
― Tom Waits for no one (outdoor_miner), Friday, 3 October 2014 01:02 (nine years ago) link
That latest Lewisohn book, btw, is some sort of masterpiece. So many things had to go right in the Beatles story, and after all the jostling and coincidences and hard work, in the end they still had to write great songs.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 October 2014 01:20 (nine years ago) link
It is amazing how much better their records sound than even most of their peers'. And that isn't just down to them having more money/power/time to use in the studio - though that definitely helped by the mid-sixties, however hurried for time they were - since even the early stuff sounds pretty damn good, most of it anyway. I think George Martin, Geoff Emerick & co were just really good at what they did and maybe also kind of perfectionists, in Martin's case maybe not wanting to do pop records unless he could at least make them sound good. But I'm kinda speculating there.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 02:55 (nine years ago) link
No, I think its well established fact, that.
― Mark G, Friday, 3 October 2014 06:38 (nine years ago) link
yakky, cross the dakky
― I dunno. (amateurist), Friday, 3 October 2014 06:44 (nine years ago) link
'63 to '66 beatles haven't aged a day imo.
But '62 was shit, right? When was the first album, cuz I'm pretty sure that's what I was listening to (enduring) yesterday - and, Jesus, that stuff has aged decades. I've got to give them their due though, the vocals were stunningly good, much better than Adam Faith or even Frank Ifield.
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 09:54 (nine years ago) link
'63 was the first album.
― Mark G, Friday, 3 October 2014 09:56 (nine years ago) link
I am not a Beatles fan.
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 09:57 (nine years ago) link
First album arguably the most 'dated' in this sense but I don't think that's a problem when the material is as strong as "I Saw Her Standing There," "Misery," and "Twist and Shout." I'll allow that "Love Me Do" and a couple others fall to yakky-dakky Merseybeat status but I'm not beyond the reach of their charms and they're short, anyway.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 13:19 (nine years ago) link
imho With The Beatles sounds more dated than Please Please Me
― Darin, Friday, 3 October 2014 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Don't want to open a can of worms here, but are those the American albums? So basically, compilations of the British ones + singles?
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 15:47 (nine years ago) link
No - "With" is British, "Meet" is American.
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 15:48 (nine years ago) link
American releases have v different mixes, also, not just reshuffled tracklists
― a drug by the name of WORLD WITHOUT END (Jon Lewis), Friday, 3 October 2014 15:49 (nine years ago) link
*opens can of worms*
No.
Please Please Me album was called "Introducing The Beatles"
With The Beatles album was called "Meet The Beatles"
xpost. * 4
― Mark G, Friday, 3 October 2014 15:50 (nine years ago) link
I hate the concept of 'dated' anyway
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 15:52 (nine years ago) link
Maybe I misread you then, re: "aged decades"?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 3 October 2014 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Please Please Me and the White Album are probably the two Beatles albums I listen to the most.
― DavidLeeRoth, Friday, 3 October 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
(xp) That was flippant response to the statement that it 'hadn't aged a day' when in fact it sounds like it was released in 1963
― The Count has shot himself (Tom D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:42 (nine years ago) link
― Doctor Casino, Friday, October 3, 2014 11:48 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
"Meet" is murder iirc
― bippity bup at the hotel california (Phil D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F0JZ90BAAVI/UQ7PgWyIzzI/AAAAAAAAGog/X7uD7E8NhDU/s400/meat%2Bthe%2Bbeatles.tiff
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 3 October 2014 17:12 (nine years ago) link
Yep, Shipper to blame
― Mark G, Friday, 3 October 2014 17:14 (nine years ago) link
But '62 was shit, right? When was the first album, cuz I'm pretty sure that's what I was listening to (enduring) yesterday - and, Jesus, that stuff has aged decades'63 was the first album.
haha you're both right -- please please me was recorded in '62 and released in '63.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 3 October 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
This stuff sounds like it has aged exactly five decades.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 3 October 2014 18:40 (nine years ago) link
John, Paul, George, Ringo and Yakky.
http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/83/ba/29/83ba296314ed6dbb2d504807b18f3f2f.jpg
― Dick Clownload (Dan Peterson), Friday, 3 October 2014 20:11 (nine years ago) link
Yakky Ono
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 3 October 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link
American releases have v different mixes
Don't think so. Different mastering, yes.
― timellison, Friday, 3 October 2014 23:01 (nine years ago) link
I like Gerry and the Pacemakers. Used to own Canadian Capitol copies of the albums and wish I still had 'em. (They were the same covers and track listings, I think, as the British albums.) "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" and "Ferry Cross the Mersey" are both top notch George Martin-produced ballads. Also really like "It's Gonna Be Alright" as far as rockers go. Marsden wrote that one. Just really good rock and roll imo.
― timellison, Friday, 3 October 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Wouldn't mind hearing this again, either. All the Liverpool artists that ended up recording for Decca:
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Mersey-Sounds/release/3126128
― timellison, Friday, 3 October 2014 23:22 (nine years ago) link
Can someone point me to a comprehensive list of the best Beatles mastering/remastering jobs? I feel like I'd be a lot more into them if I could weed out all the awful mixes of their music.
― example (crüt), Saturday, 4 October 2014 01:33 (nine years ago) link
Download the Purple Chick deluxe versions. Sourced from pristine OG vinyl + bonus tracks.
― brimstead, Saturday, 4 October 2014 04:23 (nine years ago) link
mono white album
― DISMISSED AS CHANCE (NotEnough), Saturday, 4 October 2014 06:18 (nine years ago) link
― You Better Go Ahn (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 4 October 2014 16:23 (nine years ago) link
http://thesoundla.com/2015/10/the-beatles-release-restored-video-for-revolution/
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 23 October 2015 17:46 (eight years ago) link
always liked that clip, never entirely figured out if they're just miming the instruments while singing along to the backing track (which is what it mostly sounds like?)
― Οὖτις, Friday, 23 October 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, definitely live singing, but mimed playing. Always liked Paul & George's backing vocals in this clip. Pretty sure this is from the same David Frost show as the famous "Hey Jude" clip.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 October 2015 18:02 (eight years ago) link
beatles videos are almost all great, even the early ones which are just miming, mainly because they've been so rarely seen over the years that they still seem fresh. this release was really needed.
― akm, Friday, 23 October 2015 19:23 (eight years ago) link
I dunno, man, I struggle to get anything fresh out of anything Beatle-related these days - even if it's something I've never seen before, I struggle to get excited... it's like "oh, here's more Beatles footage" ...
― Turrican, Friday, 23 October 2015 19:30 (eight years ago) link
I've got to hand it to the late Neil Aspinall, though, because my god did he ensure that the archives were preserved, maintained and built up with such care, basically ensuring that this band were documented extensively in a way that no other band really has since.
― Turrican, Friday, 23 October 2015 19:34 (eight years ago) link
http://cdn.pursuitist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RAYMOND_WEIL_BEATLES_watch-800x1139.jpeg
Yours for $1,395.00.
― _Rudipherous_, Sunday, 5 June 2016 13:15 (eight years ago) link
Just listening to abbey road
Good band
― fake pato is kind of racist, dude (darraghmac), Monday, 27 November 2017 22:59 (six years ago) link
this thread is alright, but it would be better if it was confrontational for no reason
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:01 (six years ago) link
Which side?
― Mark G, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
too bad it's about the beatles, a band that tends to make people pretty happy for the most part. so i doubt it'll happen here
― Karl Malone, Monday, 27 November 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
Seriously folks try ignoring the negging around this cult but underrated band there is some dece stuff in their catalogue
― m8, capitalism, m8 (darraghmac), Tuesday, 28 November 2017 15:35 (six years ago) link
my 8 year old saw Help! over at a friend's house last weekend and now she loves the Beatles! "They are so funny."
― tylerw, Tuesday, 28 November 2017 15:37 (six years ago) link