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Post by Erik Rupp on Sept 8, 2009 22:58:10 GMT -5
I don't know if there is a single Beatles album that I would want to buy (I like probably 30 or so of the Beatles songs), but I recognize how great they were, so I'm just wondering...
...Which of the remastered Beatles CD's will you be buying??
Talk about a job of remastering that was long overdue!
(I may end up getting the Red and Blue albums on CD, but it doesn't look like they've been included in the remasters.)
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Post by Erik Rupp on Sept 8, 2009 23:01:41 GMT -5
Yeah, looking at the tracklistings I may very well have to pick up the Red and Blue CD's. Those are a couple of purchases that are long overdue.
Hopefully they do those albums like they did the first time - release them at a later date (in this case remaster and release them) so as not to hurt the sale of the individual albums.
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Post by John, Your Pal on Sept 9, 2009 23:31:33 GMT -5
...Which of the remastered Beatles CD's will you be buying?? Every single one. |
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Post by wrongo on Sept 10, 2009 8:00:39 GMT -5
...Which of the remastered Beatles CD's will you be buying?? Every single one. That's a distinct possibility as well here. Most definitely for those vinyl albums that we haven't got in CD |
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Post by John, Your Pal on Sept 10, 2009 20:24:14 GMT -5
That's a distinct possibility as well here. Most definitely for those vinyl albums that we haven't got in CD I should amend it to possibly omit the White Album. I never liked it much; it sounded like a bunch of solo albums, of which there were better ones subsequent to their breakup. |
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Sept 11, 2009 18:37:31 GMT -5
I tend to agree with John on the White Album. I'm not that big a fan of the early albums either, although I like some of the songs. I'd have to go with Rubber Soul, Revolver (their two best as far as I'm concerned), Sgt. Pepper's, although while also not my favorite it was ground-breaking, and Abbey Road.
=Bob
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Post by wrongo on Sept 11, 2009 22:14:18 GMT -5
When compiled in 2001, VH-1 had their Top-100 albums of all time... The top 20 had 5 Beatles albums... 1. The Beatles - Revolver (1966) 2. Nirvana - Nevermind (1991) 3. Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (1966) 4. Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971) 5. Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced? (1967) 6. The Beatles - Rubber Soul (1965) 7. Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life (1974) 8. The Beatles - Abbey Road (1969) 9. Bob Dylan - Blonde On Blonde (1966) 10. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) 11. The Beatles - The Beatles (The White Album) (1968) 12. Rolling Stones - Exile On Main Street (1972) 13. The Who - Who's Next (1971) 14. Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971) 15. U2 - The Joshua Tree (1987) 16. Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977) 17. Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977) 18. Prince & The Revolution - Purple Rain (1984) 19. Velvet Underground - Velvet Underground & Nico (1967) 20. Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (1988) The entire list, albeit outdated now, is at www.rockonthenet.com/archive/2001/vh1albums.htm |
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Post by hokeyboy on Sept 17, 2009 11:41:55 GMT -5
I bought them all in the stereo box set. I *ahem* "obtained" the mono mixes since I can't seem to find that box anywhere at retail prices. Once they press more of them, I'm all over it.
With them being my favorite band, I can't imagine not having the entire collection. The remasters are pretty much magnificent. I've been listening to these songs for most of my 38 years, and for many of them I'm hearing so much more, so many new nuances, that it's completely like rediscoverign old favorites.
If I could only buy 5 albums, they would be (in order) "Revolver", "Rubber Soul", "The Beatles (White Album)", "Help!", and "Abbey Road".
"Sgt. Pepper's" is entirely overrated... which is to say, it's a great album, but not Top 5 material. Groundbreaking? Yes. Revolutionary? Absolutely. But overall it takes a backseat, song-wise, to several other albums.
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