The Beatles Bible - Topic: American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

TwoAfter908 on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:49:17 +0100

The American versions of "A Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" because of the unique film music on them.

meanmistermustard on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:31:09 +0100

vonbontee said
The manufacturer of that tape probably screwed with the track listings in order to keep both sides as close in playing time as possible, in order to minimize the amount of tape required and keep costs low. Not nearly as bad as what the 8-track cartridge manufacturers had to do, mind you.

Yip. EMI did it with all of the Beatles albums on cassette in the 70's to save money on tape. I believe i have all the UK ones in a box somewhere as they would pop up in second hand shops. Not worth anything but that ...

vonbontee on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:09:38 +0100

The manufacturer of that tape probably screwed with the track listings in order to keep both sides as close in playing time as possible, in order to minimize the amount of tape required and keep costs low. Not nearly as bad as what the 8-track cartridge manufacturers had to do, mind you.

meanmistermustard on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:24:50 +0100

I grew up in the UK with the Help! tracklistings as follows

Side 1

1. I Need You

2. Another Girl

3. I've Just Seen A Face

4. Yesterday

5. The Night Before

6. Ticket To Ride

7. Act Naturally

Side 2

1. Help!

2. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away

3. You're Going To Lose That Girl

4. It's Only Love

5. You Like Me Too Much

6. Tell Me What You See

7. Dizzy Miss Lizzy

Loved that tape and its still a bit weird not playing the album in that order. Strangely I bought it in Glasgow in the early 90's in a proper new record shop (i think HMV) ...

parlance on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:02:24 +0100

I grew up listening to Yesterday and Today and the American Help! I don't miss any of it now that I've heard the "official" catalog as it was placed on the USB drive that came out a couple of years ago, except for the James Bondian intro on Help!, but that's a minor thing.

parlance

TwoAfter908 on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:27:55 +0100

If you're a collector/hardcore fan....all of them!

Into the Sky with Diamonds on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:20:14 +0000

You guys jostled a very pleasant memory: I was 12-13 years old when Rubber Soul was released. We were all coming back from a ski trip up in Vermont. Someone had a portable record player that ran on batteries. We listened to the whole (American) album with everyone on the bus singing along. Had never done that before, and never have since.

Would love to experience that again....

Into the Sky with Diamonds on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 03:00:03 +0000

The American Rubber Soul is by no means stronger than the British original, but as a dramatic break from the "early Beatles" it's even more effective.

A Beatle album opening with "I've Just Seen a Face"?

That was a major WOW; and the whole album is laid back.

But these days with iTunes and playlists, there's no reason to buy the album except for sentimental reasons.

You can create your very own "American Rubber Soul."

sky090909 on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 00:36:13 +0000

DrBeatle said
I was born in early 1980 so I always listened to my parents records as a kid, but once I got my own copies of the CDs in 1989, it was always the British albums...that's what I grew up with. So I have no interest in the weird American albums...they aren't even the "real" albums as The Beatles intended them, in my opinion

Thats how I feel.

I bought an American copy of A Hard Day's Night. Its interesting, but not really worthy.

I would like to own Yesterday and Today, but any others I'm not really interested in.

meanmistermustard on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:14:20 +0000

I ended up acquiring the alternate mixes and set up the playlist if i want to listen to it, which doesnt happen often at all. I thought about getting the Capitol Boxes but decided it wasnt worth the cost. Tho that doesnt work if you want the artwork or the thrill of owning an official hard copy to play.

I can see the downside of Beatles VI and admittedly i havent played that running order for a long time, i just loved the thrill of owning the LP and playing the music, probably because i paid a fortune for it, well a fortune to a ...

nowhereland on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:20:34 +0000

The American albums are the ones I have and the ones I am used to hearing. I agree with most who say Capitol really did butcher the albums. I always listen to the British Hard Day's Night and skip the musical interludes in Help!.

Something New is definitely interesting... I haven't acquired it yet but some of the songs on there from A Hard Day's Night are double tracked and it sounds quite different. It also seems like it was sloppily put together. On If I Fell you can clearly hear Paul's voice breaking when he sings "and I couldn't stand the pain..."

I'd ...

DrBeatle on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:26:18 +0000

I was born in early 1980 so I always listened to my parents records as a kid, but once I got my own copies of the CDs in 1989, it was always the British albums...that's what I grew up with. So I have no interest in the weird American albums...they aren't even the "real" albums as The Beatles intended them, in my opinion

BBCSessions1963 on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:18:39 +0000

I would suggest to a collector to purchase the American albums. For the non collector of LP's to get Meet The Beatles!, The Beatles Second Album and Something New.

vonbontee on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:24:07 +0000

About those alternate mixes, namely the duophonic ones, read this here:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/.....ic.150727/

Commenters were all correct; that shit sounded awful! I can't deny that some of the albums are interesting objects to own for various minor reasons, but only as unnecessary additions to the British catalog; they sure aren't replacements.

Remember when that first Capitol albums box was released? I recall reading some magazine review on it, and the silly reviewer was trying to defend its existence by mentioning its nostalgic appeal to Americans like him who bought the albums originally and how the Parlophone track sequences didn't ...

SatanHimself on American albums worth acquiring? (Discounting MMT)

Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:03:46 +0000

I'd say that they're all worth getting for historical value, alternate mixes, stereo differences and song selection. If you pick up the two Capitol Albums collections, you've already got mono and stereo versions of 8 of the albums. All you need is Revolver and the UA A Hard Day's Night, both of which were never "officially" released on CD.