The eclectic sequencing on the Capitol albums doesn't bother me so much --- I'm actually enjoying listening to these new releases. It's the shrillness of the Dave Dexter-added reverb and the tinny sound of the duophonic "mixes" that kind of turned me off to the U.S releases early on.
However, I can understand people having a nostalgic attachment to the way the U.S. albums originally came out...
Anyone wanting those ‘original’ Beatles albums will not have to wait long, the first dozen albums are approaching 50 years old, I can see a mad rush to make a quick buck from selling vinyl rips. The latest releases are a last chance for EMI to milk the cow.
Anyone wanting those ‘original’ Beatles albums will not have to wait long, the first dozen albums are approaching 50 years old, I can see a mad rush to make a quick buck from selling vinyl rips. The latest releases are a last chance for EMI to milk the cow.
It's an extra 20 years now, which is the whole reason they did this in the first place.
Well, it looks like I won't be getting rid on my "Capitol Years" sets anytime soon, like I'd originally hoped. Notwithstanding the folded-down-mono snafu of the first pressings, it looks like those boxes are still the truest representations of the genuine American tapes.
Super! Thanks a lot. I didn't know this was out on CD.
The Ken Thorne promo that had "Murphy's War" (w/A main title by John Barry), "The Bed Sitting Room" has some scoring by based on Lennon-McCartney songs that isn't on the C.D..
Now Universal Music owns EVERYTHING The Beatles recorded (the Polydor recordings with Tony Sheridan, the Decca audition tapes [Decca, ironically, turned down the group!], and the Parlaphone/E.M.I. albums). Unfortunately, they have to get permission from Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono on what unreleased material should be put out on C.D. (including "The Beatles Live At The Hollywood Bowl").
