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re: Beatles obsession thread
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:00 am to Kafka
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:00 am to Kafka
Saw this on another website. Shows the difference between Beatles albunms released in the UK and those issued in Amerrican. In some cases very different records
This post was edited on 7/17/25 at 11:02 am
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Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:21 am to MAROON
That is awesome, do you have the link?
Posted on 7/17/25 at 12:16 pm to Big Scrub TX
Posted on 7/17/25 at 2:25 pm to MAROON
Yea, the American pressings of Revolver, A Hard Days Night and Help were pretty poor compared to the actual releases.
Posted on 7/17/25 at 4:42 pm to hogcard1964
quote:It's super annoying that Capitol ganked it up like that for American audiences.
Yea, the American pressings of Revolver, A Hard Days Night and Help were pretty poor compared to the actual releases.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 11:35 am to MAROON
I don't know if I'm just overlooking it, but I don’t see the "Hey Jude" album on that chart for American releases.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 11:44 am to hogcard1964
quote:I think that was just a collection of singles and not an album per se.
I don't know if I'm just overlooking it, but I don’t see the "Hey Jude" album on that chart for American releases.
Posted on 7/18/25 at 11:50 am to Big Scrub TX
Ah, makes sense.
Posted on 7/21/25 at 7:59 pm to Kafka
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In January 1973, two pirated Beatles box sets appeared in the United States, Alpha Omega Volumes I & II: The Story Of The Beatles.
These four-LP collections were advertised on TV and radio stations in the Midwest and were sold by mail order. Instead of taking legal action, Capitol Records countered by putting out two official Beatles anthologies, The Beatles 1962-1966 (the red album) and The Beatles 1967-1970 (the blue album).
However, in March, a $15 million lawsuit was filed by manager Allen Klein on behalf of George Harrison, along with Capitol and Apple Records, against the manufacturers and distributors of the pirate package, and against American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., who had been advertising it.
Unlike the official release, the Alpha Omega sets was not ordered chronologically but somewhat alphabeticaly, and with a few solo songs thrown in to boot.
Posted on 7/22/25 at 3:17 pm to Kafka
I had that! When the the red and blue editions came out I passed on them since I already had a good smattering of the same songs and others.
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:12 am to pmacneworleans
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Evrything you read about them was that they hated touring and wanted to concentrate more on their recordings. If that's what it took for them to make those classic recordings, its a choice I'm glad they made.
Someone told me they read one of them saying that at some point they realized performing amid all of that screaming through primitive PAs was making them WORSE. If you can believe it, they used to just sing through the Public Address system in those arenas and stadiums that the announcers at sporting events use and maybe extra mics were pointed at the drums and amplifiers. The very first stage monitor system was set up for them in Atlanta, I think, where a guy had an idea about a second PA pointed at the band so they could hear their vocals. It worked... and the Beatles were self-consciously traumatized a bit from it.
Based on later in their solo careers, I don't think touring fit John and George's personalities... but Paul and Ringo seem to love it. I'm sure it's an introvert vs. extrovert thing...
Posted on 7/23/25 at 12:36 am to Lee B
I didn't realize this thread was first started 2 years ago...
Anyway, here's my favorite Beatles-related story.
The President of Captiol Records, Alan Livingston, is in his office one morning, expected to be a big day because they'd shipped out a new Beatles record... and his phone lights up with panicked underlings. Stores were returning the shipments and refusing to stock the record because of the cover... an "art pop" photo the Beatles insisted on of the four of them dressed in butchers' coats with meat and baby doll heads strewn over them that he had fought for... So emergency meetings happen, they devise a way to fix the situation: another cover will be printed and glued over the original one so that initial pressing of records can go to retail, and immediately subsequent pressings will have the new cover. And with that settled, he walked down to the shipping department and had someone grab a box of the records and bring them to his car. He drove home, walked into the house and told his young son "your trust fund is in the trunk of the car... you need to get it!"
His son turns up at Beatlefest conventions with a handful of them and auctions them off... they're known as "Livingston Butchers" in the Beatles world. I wanted to name a Beatles cover band after them.
Anyway, here's my favorite Beatles-related story.
The President of Captiol Records, Alan Livingston, is in his office one morning, expected to be a big day because they'd shipped out a new Beatles record... and his phone lights up with panicked underlings. Stores were returning the shipments and refusing to stock the record because of the cover... an "art pop" photo the Beatles insisted on of the four of them dressed in butchers' coats with meat and baby doll heads strewn over them that he had fought for... So emergency meetings happen, they devise a way to fix the situation: another cover will be printed and glued over the original one so that initial pressing of records can go to retail, and immediately subsequent pressings will have the new cover. And with that settled, he walked down to the shipping department and had someone grab a box of the records and bring them to his car. He drove home, walked into the house and told his young son "your trust fund is in the trunk of the car... you need to get it!"
His son turns up at Beatlefest conventions with a handful of them and auctions them off... they're known as "Livingston Butchers" in the Beatles world. I wanted to name a Beatles cover band after them.
This post was edited on 7/23/25 at 1:27 am
Posted on 7/23/25 at 10:37 am to Lee B
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Someone told me they read one of them saying that at some point they realized performing amid all of that screaming through primitive PAs was making them WORSE. If you can believe it, they used to just sing through the Public Address system in those arenas and stadiums that the announcers at sporting events use and maybe extra mics were pointed at the drums and amplifiers. The very first stage monitor system was set up for them in Atlanta, I think, where a guy had an idea about a second PA pointed at the band so they could hear their vocals. It worked... and the Beatles were self-consciously traumatized a bit from it.
A few years ago I heard an interview with Mick Jagger about him discussing touring with John Lennon and George Harrison in 1969. Lennon told him they couldn't stand the audio from the stage and Jagger was trying to convince them how much better it had recently become due to foot and hanging monitors. Jagger said something like "for a brief moment I thought they may actually try it again".
Posted on 7/26/25 at 1:06 pm to Kafka
Posted on 7/28/25 at 1:35 pm to Kafka
Posted on 7/29/25 at 5:36 pm to cgrand
Alan White on drums.
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Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:09 pm to hogcard1964
This is funny.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 12:55 pm to sorantable
And it's a great song.
Posted on 8/1/25 at 2:08 pm to sorantable
That's pretty funny. That's the weakest link off a nearly perfect album.
Posted on 8/2/25 at 12:16 am to Big Scrub TX
Generally, I’m not a fan of Beatles songs being covered. But…
I ran across this performance by The Bee Gees on The Midnight Special from 1973.
I ran across this performance by The Bee Gees on The Midnight Special from 1973.
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