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

On headphones, the early stereo mixes are a pain. It's less noticeable through speakers.

That was in response to my post that the single version is better, including the guitar solo

― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, December 8, 2021

I thought you said they were "correct," which I can understand. I can even understand an idiosyncratic personal fondness for the version first imprinted. "better" tho... just can't get my head around it.

I took a little one-speaker jam box to camp with me one summer and all the Beatles records taped off on to cassette.

It wasn't until I got there that I realized that for some reason, the album wouldn't all play through the one speaker, like an artificial mono (imagine someone playing you a stereo record over the phone.) Instead, I only got one of the two channels.

It was a long two weeks.

oooooooff

Ouch

Any takers on this thread for the theory that they sing the word “nonpareil” on “Kansas City”?

I really dig the mono version of Help! - It's faster and has a different, rougher lead vocal. Was redone due to some sort of syncing with the film issues. The fidelity of the link below sucks, but it's the best thing available online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXvE1oHVZaQ

I thought my headphones were unplugged and it was playing from the speakers when I clicked that!

(They weren't. Just sounded that way.)

I know, right!?

Also, if you all missed the POB reissue that came out earlier this year, there's a bunch of great stuff that makes for a good addendum to Get Back:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aBmaFkyDk0

Crazy in retrospect how 1970 produced FIVE albums of all-new material from the Beatles. Granted Ringo's was covers/standards and a lot of Paul's feels tossed off, but still it's a ridiculous bounty for Beatle fans, and John and George's albums are still the two best solo albums.

Plus, George's counts as double

Triple, if you like jammin

even better, it's SIX albums - Ringo had two! (and both pretty good ones.)

American fans also got the Hey Jude album, not "all new" of course, but a "first time on LP" affair that would have helped complete some collections.

And I do..xpost

Srsly, I played "Out of the blue" a couple days ago, it sure sounds a lot like Spiritualized. Kept expecting Jason to fade in,singing like..

KISS just about did the same thing in a 12-month period when... hey, where did this yellow flag come from?

CCR dropping 3 classics in 1969 is the bar

...and Fairport too!

1. all things must pass
2. ram
3. jl/pob (which imo isn't as good as yo/pob)

this opinion is admittedly v in character

one of the best classic albums episodes tho

speaking of Yoko: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/08/arts/music/yoko-ono-beatles-get-back.html

Don't worry
Don't worry
Don't worry

it feels like a generation of time passed between shea stadium and twickenham

Candlestick was over a year after Shea. Crazy to think only 2 years and just under 4 months passed between that show and the rooftop.

just under 5 months... my bad. Either way it's one of the things that blows me away with that era of music - artists were insanely prolific, especially the Beatles. Really helped to stopped touring I guess.

What's also strange to consider is that, when they're talking about their Hamburg days in Get Back, they're not talking ancient history - they had last played a residency there only six years earlier.

When I was 29, shit I did when I was 22 or 23 was pretty ancient history

1. all things must pass
2. ram
3. jl/pob (which imo isn't as good as yo/pob)

OTM on all counts

God, Billy Preston showing up just brings everything together.

Let it Be obv not a top tier Beatles album, but the sound once they get to Apple is so awesome - splits the difference between the White Album and Abbey Road.

yeah definitely

One of them mentions how great the sound of the electric piano is and then Billy shows up and it's like YES!!!!!!

They spent, what, a fucking week at Twickenham? Two weeks?

All this time, it seemed like they had to sit there for an entire winter.

every day at twickenham was too many

Sure, but it still seemed a bit nicer than the freaking green-carpeted band room at Jack Robee High.

nah that room was cozy! it was cool i liked it
twickenham was like trying to find inspiration in a fuckin airplane hangar

count me among those who had always had the sense they were at Twickenham for at least, idk, two months. must be George's "winter of discontent" comments.

the one thing i liked abt twickenham was the colored lights they bounced off the background, it looked super cool

George has this deep brown with a dark headstock that is one of the best looking guitars I've ever seen

haha shit brown Telecaster

Paul and John's clothes are really 70s and Ringo and George's clothes are really 60s

idk … ringo yeah but george seemed v 70s to me?

loved paul and john's outfits in it

The brown Tele is all rosewood - even reissues go for like 5 grand unless you get one of the later Japanese ones which is just veneer rather than solid. Even with internal chambering they weigh a ton.
Fender made it as a gift for George. They also made a matching Strat for Hendrix but he died before they gave it to him.

what's up with george's boots in e2

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nQ0zc8JrYuc/UCm8X3qOR4I/AAAAAAAAAcg/PRGyx6KUUj0/s1600/boots.PNG

they’re tibetan! i love them

i’ve seen them called “yeti boots” in various books but i’m not sure if it was a particular style/brand but they are fucking awesome

Psychedelic proto-Uggs, no?

John's Epiphone Casino with the paint stripped looks amazing. Iconic look.

removing bookmark from thread bc i've had maxwell's hammer in my head for like 4 days now

moved on to O-Bla-Di this morning myself

pray for me

it started with tapping the teaspoon against the mug with the rhythm of that piano opening