Is the Beatles 1962-66 (the 'red' alb) the only record of theirs that you need?

unnecessary snark aside i'm just saying there's always been and apparently always will be a market for repackaging Beatles content and as long as there's money to be made there'll be people doing that

if boomers have so much money to spare how come they aren't paying my rent

They're collecting it.

Actually if there's a non-weedy stereo mix of Revolution I'm very into that. As something to stream, that is.

... "Octopus's Garden"?

https://www.thebeatles.com/announcement

5: Revolution (2023 Mix)

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I wish these were just new compilations, rather than masquerading as Red and Blue. Those compilations are fine for what they are - a snapshot at what a Beatles best-of was expected to look like in 1973. The names and artworks needn't be revived.

Now and Then not as a CD single? Boo

It's been a long time since I heard the tape my parents used to put on at dinnertime, but I am pretty sure the blue one has the significantly better "Let it Be" guitar solo

I also think “hey bulldog” is one of the best Beatles songs.

It has always irked me that magical mystery tour/yellow submarine were not a proper album, and were there feeling like leftovers.

If you pair both, get rid of the instrumentals and add strawberry fields/penny lane you get one of the best Beatles records and imho a more complete sonic concept than Sgt Pepper’s

the single mix? that's the worse solo IMO (xpost)

Moka OTM

Oh forgot strawberry fields and penny lane are on magical mystery tour… wait were those always there or were they added in the reissues?

they've always been there on the LP

British EP is side one of the US LP (albeit sequenced differently). LP side two is the SFF/Penny Lane and All You Need Is Love/Rich Man singles + Hello Goodbye

Always thought of them as a standalone single with no proper album release. Idk why I forgot about them in there but this makes the case of MMT > Sgt stronger

Oh I love the “baby you’re a rich man” groove too, sad to see it missing but I guess it’s not one of their highlights.

they should try putting a fucking beatles for sale song on red if they’re gonna add anything. still a perfect comp whatever

yeah srsly -- "Baby's in Black" and "No Reply" should've made it.

It's been a long time since I heard the tape my parents used to put on at dinnertime, but I am pretty sure the blue one has the significantly better "Let it Be" guitar solo

― Breakfast at Tiffani Amber Thiessen's (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:29 (forty-five minutes ago)

The blue has the leslie organ-fed solo, which is nice but watery; the LIB album has the stinging rocky solo which I think is much preferable.

Anyhoo back to “hey bulldog” I don’t see why it shouldn’t be included, the yellow submarine ost is def worth a mention in the Beatles story and that song is the def highlight in there. Lennon’s performance is great I love love that sort of blues snarl when he sings the chorus.

Despite having a lot of Beatles cds, I went a long time before I heard Hey Bulldog. Probably heard their version for the first time when the albums were reissued last. I saw Ween around 2006 and they covered it. I thought it was an awesome new Ween song.

absolutely agree that Hey Bulldog is one of the best unheralded Beatles tracks (like And Your Bird Can Sing)

they should try putting a fucking beatles for sale song on red if they’re gonna add anything. still a perfect comp whatever

― ivy., Thursday, October 26, 2023 9:09 AM (sixteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah srsly -- "Baby's in Black" and "No Reply" should've made it.

― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, October 26, 2023 9:15 AM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

Adding to the absurdity is that in expanding the 62 minute original Red album to two full-length CDs, they have almost 100 minutes to play with, and they still can't fit in these 2 minute songs.

why "glass onion" of all things

probably the movie, sadly

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one of the best unheralded Beatles tracks (like And Your Bird Can Sing)

who are the losers who aren't heralding And Your Bird Can Sing???

why "glass onion" of all things

probably the movie, sadly

Plus it's awesome ... and, to Left's point, it more or less sums up the Beatles' mordant self-hagiography

Despite having a lot of Beatles cds, I went a long time before I heard Hey Bulldog. Probably heard their version for the first time when the albums were reissued last. I saw Ween around 2006 and they covered it. I thought it was an awesome new Ween song.

Crucial twitter thread about the new track:

Absolutely cannot wait to hear this song which Paul McCartney said George Harrison refused to keep working on because it was "fucking rubbish".

— Marc Moss-Jones (@kip_saunders) October 26, 2023

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— Marc Moss-Jones (@kip_saunders) October 26, 2023

harrison basically said he wasn't that into it, but he was also a grumpy fuck through that entire period and largely only did anthology because he lost so much money in the handmade films disaster, so I don't really care what his opinion of shit was.

he deliberately fucked things up like edited 'you know my name' on anthology and torpedoed releasing the full helter skelter...just dumb shit. I like him but he was a curmudgeon

he was usually right tho

damn that twitter thread is probably the most annoying thing i've ever seen on the internet

he was exactly wrong w/r/t his anthology decisions.

Wait people don’t like “and your bird can sing”? I think it was the first Beatles song I heard that made me interested in exploring their music.

he was exactly wrong w/r/t his anthology decisions.

― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm)

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Wait people don’t like “and your bird can sing”? I think it was the first Beatles song I heard that made me interested in exploring their music.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka)

One of my favorite bridges and one of my favorite Harrisolos.

Going just by the demo I’d understand why Harrison would have thought it sounded like crap and not worth the time to salvage it.

I believe he wasn’t speaking ill of the songwriting itself but of the rough quality of the recording.

I don't think there's any suggestion that people don't like And Your Bird Can Sing (except for Giles Martin and the Continuity Beatles apparently not liking it more than Oh! Darling)

One of my favorite bridges and one of my favorite Harrisolos.

― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

YES!

I think there may be some personal investment for Paul in the song that George didn’t share, as it’s said that John’s last words with Paul by phone were reportedly “Think about me every now and then, old friend.”

"Don't think about pissy George"

lol

"and your bird can sing" is my favorite beatles song

yeah I wasn't implying that people don't like And Your Bird Can Sing. I just mean it doesn't get the attention I think it should given it's one of the best things they ever recorded.

the demo of now and then is definitely in rougher shape than Real Love and Free as a Bird, but I'm still pretty excited to hear what they were able to do with it now. I have no problem with McCartney basically using a cleaned up sample to construct a new song around it and that MAL demixing tech sounds pretty amazing. Purists might balk but I don't care.

i'm not expecting to be utterly blown away but if it's as good as the other two tracks I'll be happy. Those two songs have turned out to be major earworms for me; I don't think of them are core Beatles tracks, but I like them and they circle around my head an awful lot.

Circling back, it's sort of insane to me that "Tomorrow Never Knows" wasn't on Red's tracklist from the get-go

"Real Love" is a Good Song, "Free as a Bird" not so much.