I have had it up to here waiting for the Beatles catalogue to be remastered

ha, that's cool. i can see why they mixed the solo out, but neat to hear. also cool to hear the moog parts a little higher in the mix.

Ok, folder's created, you should've received invites and the songs are uploading. There's 183 songs in total and it's about 1.5gb. If pplains, Ismael Klata and jon/via/chi can let me know when they've downloaded at their end, that would be good.

i'd be into hearing this too!

send me your email address!

So would I, if a lurker would be able to geg in? samatliquid6dotcom

Me too! joncroaker ~at~ g m a i l

Nate, I sent you my email address through webmail, would be great if you can hook me up too!

Hey thanks Nate! I actually have to wait til I get home from work today to dl these, is that cool?

thanks nate!

yeah no problem, I'll leave them up for a day or two so everybody gets a chance to dl them.

Really, really appreciate it.

Nate you are a prince among men, thanks!

DL'ing now, thanks!

Thanks Nate! Gonna grab it tonight.

just a couple songs into Silver and it's already highlighting exactly why the Beatles did *not* make these records. All four dudes were obviously going in radically different directions. Paul going twee, John getting punky, George getting messianic and Ringo just goofing. This would've been a really schizo Beatles album, making the White Album seem cohesive. Still, kind of fun stuff.

They're landing in random order, but there are no folders showing as yet for 11, 12, 13 or 15. Are those still to come?

Yeah, I'm not sure. When I was googling earlier it looked like all but 15 was up on demenoid, but I could be wrong.

Some more:

---------------------------------------------------- 11 - Roots ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A wave of nostalgia hit the Beatles as they went into the studio to record what would become 1977's Roots. The Beatles sought to record an album remniscent of the rock'n'roll they had played in their younger days, even going so far as to release the first Beatles A-side that was a cover ("Stand By Me", which ended up a non-album single) and recording a couple specially selected cover songs. Unfortunately, the general opinion was that while trying to recreate the feel of yesterday's classics, they created today's "duds".

This is not to say that Roots, like every single Beatles album, doesn't have its nicer moments. oddly enough, the most well received songs on the album were both sung by Ringo (who had regularly been getting multiple songs per album). His covers of "You're Sixteen" & "Only You" were some of the most popular Beatle cover attempts since "Twist & Shout". Lennon also did a fine job covering the Buddy Holly classic "Peggy Sue". It's the originals, or lack of originality amongst them, that really let this album down. There were nice moments amongst the originals, however. John contributed yet another witty lyric with "Tight As", while Paul's "Let Me Roll It" has grown more popular as the years go by. But none of the attempts on this album could be mistaken for classics like "Imagine" and "Band On The Run" that had been released earlier in the decade. Still, it is comforting to hear the Beatles embrace a hard rock approach, which presides over this album.

1. Big Barn Bed
2. Tight As
3. Only You (And You Alone)
4. when The Night
5. Thanks For The Pepperoni
6. Rock and Roll People
7. Living In The Material World
8. You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful And You're Mine)
9. Treat Her Gently
10. It's What You Value
11. Let Me Roll It
12. Peggy Sue
13. Warm And Beautiful
14. Meat City

---------------------------------------------------- 12 - Somewhere In Oz ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
To many fans, Somewhere In Oz seemed like the Beatles 1977 album Roots (Songs From The Material World) part 2. The problem was that, as far as Beatle albums go, Roots just wasn't considered to be that good. Coming during a period in Beatle history known as the lost weekend, where the group had taken what they thought was a discounted trip to Aspen only to find themselves in the midst of a timeshare presentation, these albums seemed to manifest themselves as the last exultations of youth in the now older Beatles lives. They made a point of rocking hard in many places, perhaps in compensation for their insecurity at their growing age. It was a necessary period for the Beatles in order to get to the next step. Not long before his death, John Lennon reflected upon his Somewhere In Oz output by saying "I don't know what I was thinking with some of those songs. In another life, I don't see myself putting "Do The Oz", "God Save Us", or "Baby Please Don't Go" on a record. They were just indulgent, but we didn't know it at the time."

Somewhere In Oz certainly has its bright spots, which is easily noted upon the album's opening notes in "I'm Losing You". The song is presented here in its edgier, rocking form. In a sign of things to come, the song was re-worked after the album's release and presented in a much more polished and smooth mix, backed by a fantastic Harrison b-side "Life Itself". The album closed with its second single release, Paul's somewhat cheesy but oddly enjoyable "Girls School". Ironic as it was, on an album where the Beatles seemed fixated on being loud, two of the most interesting songs are Pauls extremely dreary piano ballad "Dear Friend" and George's somber ballad "Just For Today". On one of his two tunes off the album, Ringo shines singing "Snookeroo", a song actually contributed by Elton John.

With 1978's Somewhere In Oz, the Beatles Lost Weekend in Aspen timeshare reached a climax, but a new direction was brewing for the band once some much needed time off maniested itself.

1. I'm losing You
2. Devil Woman
3. Not Guilty
4. Scared
5. So Glad To See You Here
6. Just For Today
7. Do The Oz
8. Snookeroo
9. Ooh Baby (You Know That I Love You)
10. God Save Us
11. Dear Friend
12. Baby Please Don't Go
13. Girls School

---------------------------------------------------- 13 - Now & Forever ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1977's Roots (Songs From The Material World) and 1978's Somewhere In Oz had unleashed themselves furiously on fans' ears. But a big shift was coming to the band, which only time could have provided. Somewhere in Oz was released early in 1978, after which the band members spent much of the year with their families, save for a Christmas release of a single feauturing "Wonderful Christmastime", which still receives holiday airplay, and "Ding Dong, Ding Dong", which doesn't. The result was that when the band did resume creating music in summer 1978, they were no longer doing so because they needed to, they were doing so because they wanted to. Lennon claimed he hadn't even touched the guitar during his hiatus, though some sources debate this.

To add some freshness to the sessions, Paul suggested recording in an exotic location. His first nomination was Zaire, which the others shot down because it was a stupid idea and, as Ringo later put, "our tapes would have probably just been stolen anyway. Plus, if there was food there, I'm sure I wouldn't like it." John suggested Bermuda, which the group found much more agreeable, and sessions commenced. The island location, plus the general good feeling of the band members, gave the album an usual flavor for a recent Beatles collection; contentment. Gone was the angst of unsettled demons, gone was the infighting, and just as importantly, gone was the band's need to create overly dramatic rock pieces. In its place were songs that weren't written for the purpose of proving anything, just written because the band wanted to write them. "I think we stopped trying to create music for other people, and just made some music that we could enjoy." While many of these tracks would be more at home on an adult oriented radio station than a rock station, the Beatles had nothing to be ashamed of, given their age and all they had accomplished already. Plus, the tracks were good.

Of all the songs to represent the new Beatles phase, John's "Woman", an easy love song with a steady beat, and George's fun "Gone Troppo" are some of the best examples. Only a couple select tracks went against the grain of this album, one of which was Paul's acoustic track "Jenny Wren", about a tormented little girl. Also, for an "easy-going" album, the conclusion presented two hard hitting tunes in Paul's upbeat "Driving Rain" (criticized by some for its mundane lyrics) and George's smashing & dramatic sounding closer "Cheer Down". These last two songs presented a sound that wasn't rocking in the traditional sense, but provided more mature rocking sound.

The album was promoted with the relase of a Woman/Poor Little Girl single, and later a Cheer Down/Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him single.

1. Wake Up My Love
2. Bless You
3. Jenny Wren
4. Woman
5. Sunshine Life For Me (Sail Away Raymond)
6. You Gave Me The Answer
7. Watching The Wheels
8. Gone Troppo
9. Heaven On A Sunday
10. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
11. You Are Here
12. Blow Away
13. Driving Rain
14. Cheer Down

11, 12, 13 & 15 weren't there when I downloaded them a few days ago, so they aren't in my Dropbox folder. I'll probably get them tomorrow so I'll put them up sometime on the weekend.

Sleigh Tracks, after listening to "Silver", I would say you've done a great thing, really help people like me who shy away from the solo stuff (well, not John's) get into it more. I almost like Paul's songs now! Thanks for doing this...

― Iago Galdston, Friday, 3 February 2012 16:52 (4 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Your very welcome, I think (outside of Beatle nuts) only ILM diehards could embrace this and go the distance, I'm looking forward to reading reports back as I don't have the stamina for it, or the required curiosity.

Also, Nate, you are awesome!

a period in Beatle history known as the lost weekend, where the group had taken what they thought was a discounted trip to Aspen only to find themselves in the midst of a timeshare presentation

marvellous

Okay, that's twelve loaded down and present; many thanks, gents!

Nate, if it's not too much trouble, could you add one more person (me) to the dropbox: darinfabrick ~at~ y a h o o

this is totally a lol getting old thing, but i really enjoy mccartney's 70s solo stuff more than harrison / lennon these days.

you are an old man before your time.

Friend of mine posted "Arrow Thru Me" on his FB wall and it's been my jam all afternoon.

Thanks, Nate!

Thanks again Nate, just downloading all of these! I'm wondering if #15 is the Past Masters one?

This reminds me of the fake Smashing Pumpkins press release from '97 that gave tracklistings for two forthcoming albums. It sounded cooler than Adore ended up being.

just a couple songs into Silver and it's already highlighting exactly why the Beatles did *not* make these records. All four dudes were obviously going in radically different directions. Paul going twee, John getting punky, George getting messianic and Ringo just goofing. This would've been a really schizo Beatles album, making the White Album seem cohesive. Still, kind of fun stuff.

― tylerw, Friday, 3 February 2012 21:09 (Yesterday) Bookmark

OTM. The suspension of disbelief that, hey, it's the Beatles, makes me look at the solo material a little differently.

Anyone remember Everyday Chemistry from a few years back? Remixed the solo material together with semi successful results, complete with lolworthy 'back story'

Yeah.... did not *feel* that one...

Just uploaded the last 4 discs to Dropbox. That's 238 songs in total.

Thanks Nate!

---------------------------------------------------- 14 - Center of a Circle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

When the Beatles went into the studio to record what would become the Center Of A Circle Album, they had very little way of knowing this would be their last complete project with John Lennon alive. It may be considered a cruel twist of fate that the under-riding theme of this final project was different stages of life. This idea was something the Beatles had toyed with when the Sergeant Pepper sessions were initially going to be an album about their childhood. One can see this theme in songs like Lennon's "Beautiful Boy", Harrison's "I Don't Want To Do It", McCartney's "Young Boy", and most of the other songs on the album.

It's perhaps fitting that on Lennon's last album, his songs "Starting Over" and "Beautiful Boy" (both utilizing the same intro noises) were the clear standout tracks. Every Beatle, however, seems to deliver solid tracks, perhaps not the most innovative they had ever done, but enjoyable nonetheless. Since 1978's rockfest Somewhere In Oz The Beatles had released 3 albums, none groundbreaking but all enjoyable, and one solid single, a collaboration with Stevie Wonder called "Ebony & Ivory" (released 1980). It seemed as if they could continue on this path forever, and perhaps they could have if fate had not intervened.

1. Any Road
2. The World Tonight
3. Just Like (Starting Over)
4. Follow Me
5. Forgive Me (My Little Flower Princess)
6. Cloud 9
7. Fading In, Fading Out
8. I Don't Wanna Face It
9. Young Boy
10. That's The Way It Goes
11. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
12. I Don't Wanna Do It
13. Weight Of The World
14. Golden Earth Girl

Help! I thought I'd loaded everything down last night, but when I checked my dropbox just now only 11 to 16 were there. What's happened to 1 to 10? Did I have to drag them onto my desktop or something?

So I'm restoring the folders I want and then deleting them when I'm done. Is that the proper plan of action?

And how do they sound? Everyone satisfied?

I don't have a clue! Never used dropbox before. I'm poking around gingerly, terrified of fucking it up for everyone. Sorry in advance, I'll try to leave it as I found it.

All you need to do is copy out of Dropbox and paste to your desktop (or anywhere really). So long as no-one cuts, everything should be fine. They were all still there a few minutes ago.

how does this work? i have a dropbox account.

I think the way it works is like this: when you're invited to join a shared folder you can do one of two things: you can either download directly from the Dropbox website, or you can sign-up, download and install the Dropbox software. If you do that, the shared folder, along with the default Dropbox folders, become integrated into Windows Explorer. Then you can just copy out of the shared folder and paste onto your desktop. If you've already signed up, any shared folders you join get added to the Dropbox folder in your Windows Explorer.

Just remember that any files in a shared folder can be seen and downloaded by everyone who shares that folder, so if you cut or delete files, everybody else will lose access to them so they'll have to be reuploaded.

Hope that makes sense!

I couldn't find an easy way to c&p other than by directly dragging files from the master folder, which I didn't realise until too late also deleted them for everyone else. I restored them all afterwards though.

I kind of love how totally nutso these thematic/narrative tracklists are! I mean, the chronology is just bonkers but presumably the idea is to group material that fits together thematically or sonically? Or something? But it's really hard to make heads or tails out of the entire project. I guess thumbs up to whoever the creator is. There is something to be said for the whole recontextualization thing. I suspect that your average Ringo single, which feels rather slight sitting out on its own in the market, sounds pretty great as a "Ringo's lighthearted contribution to the album" type song.

(Note, I say this as someone who listens to Ringo's 1970s greatest hits record probably more often than most of the Beatles group catalog at this point. You get what I mean.)

here we go, i knew ILX had done this at some point! Construct a worthy follow-up to Abbey Road by using solo material from ex-Beatles.

Doctor Casino otm, but hey, at the very least this has me listening to way more Beatles solo stuff than I ever would.

I am a huuuuge solo Macca fan and sort of know the first couple Lennon records, but not really familiar with all their ins and outs...I should check this out.

I've heard quite a bit of Lennon's solo stuff and I have All Things Must Pass and the 2-disc Wingspan thing, but thats it.

Ram is really good on its own. A few of the solo records are solid.

mccartney ii is sick