The Beatles

'63 was the first album.

I am not a Beatles fan.

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.

imho With The Beatles sounds more dated than Please Please Me

Don't want to open a can of worms here, but are those the American albums? So basically, compilations of the British ones + singles?

No - "With" is British, "Meet" is American.

American releases have v different mixes, also, not just reshuffled tracklists

*opens can of worms*

No.

Please Please Me album was called "Introducing The Beatles"

With The Beatles album was called "Meet The Beatles"

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I hate the concept of 'dated' anyway

Maybe I misread you then, re: "aged decades"?

Please Please Me and the White Album are probably the two Beatles albums I listen to the most.

(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

No - "With" is British, "Meet" is American.

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"Meet" is murder iirc

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-F0JZ90BAAVI/UQ7PgWyIzzI/AAAAAAAAGog/X7uD7E8NhDU/s400/meat%2Bthe%2Bbeatles.tiff

Yep, Shipper to blame

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.

This stuff sounds like it has aged exactly five decades.

John, Paul, George, Ringo and Yakky.

http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/83/ba/29/83ba296314ed6dbb2d504807b18f3f2f.jpg

Yakky Ono

American releases have v different mixes

Don't think so. Different mastering, yes.

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.

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

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.

Download the Purple Chick deluxe versions. Sourced from pristine OG vinyl + bonus tracks.

mono white album

I am not a Beatles fan.

http://thesoundla.com/2015/10/the-beatles-release-restored-video-for-revolution/

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?)

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.

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.

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" ...

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.

http://cdn.pursuitist.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/RAYMOND_WEIL_BEATLES_watch-800x1139.jpeg

Yours for $1,395.00.

Just listening to abbey road

Good band

this thread is alright, but it would be better if it was confrontational for no reason

Which side?

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

Seriously folks try ignoring the negging around this cult but underrated band there is some dece stuff in their catalogue

my 8 year old saw Help! over at a friend's house last weekend and now she loves the Beatles! "They are so funny."

i had an epiphany when i first watched Help! on pot: "these beatles are all stoned!!"

you had watch Help! to figure that out?

i just didn't realize they were stoned on camera until then, i hadn't known what stoned people are like

The Beatles

beat the meatles

Abbey Road is a great record, and quite possibly one of my favourite albums of all time. I remember the first time I heard it. When I was first checking out The Beatles, I didn't go directly to the later stuff like many seem to.

With the Beatles was first, followed by A Hard Days Night, Help! and Rubber Soul. Revolver was next, followed by Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour, then The Beatles, then Abbey Road... and even after hearing all of those albums before it, the album still blew me away. The medley, the two great Harrison songs, the harmonies on 'Because', the great production, Ringo's best song etc.

I heard Let it Be after that, and then went back and heard Please Please Me, Beatles for Sale etc. but Abbey Road remained the "one" ...

You may enjoy So, should I let Amber and Alice see the Beatles' "Help" film? or you may not, putting it here anyway.

'The Night Before' rules.

someone on my facebok posted random lyric snippet from hey jude a second ago and i was like did paul mccartney fuckin die finally lol

i love these mop tops why because they look interesting