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Old 10-09-2009, 16:37
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Got the box-set today for £134.59, and it's well worth it!

I'm 19 and have been a Beatles fan for around two years and a massive one for about half that, and have to agree that they are inter-generational, the amount of young fans they still have proves it.

Listened to bits and pieces of Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour and The White Album so far, and it sounds beautiful, even better than I thought the remasters would, can't wait to have a proper listen to it tonight!
Where the divil did you find it so cheap? That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!
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Old 10-09-2009, 16:40
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Where the divil did you find it so cheap? That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!
Oh no - Beatles envy LOL
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Old 10-09-2009, 16:46
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Bought Revolver yesterday. My favourite album, but to be honests while thgey were pretty consistent throughout their career, their material from Rubber Soul onwards is mindblowing.

Revolver being my favourite, a brilliantly recorded album, plenty of effects, backward guitars, that kind of thing. It's hard to belive a song like Tomorrow never Knows was recorded 40 years ago for me. Other personal highlights are Taxman, And Your Bird Can Sing, Eleanor Rigby and I'm Only Sleeping.

I'm 22, and it does strike me that they're so many people my age who like the Beatles and were planning to pick up the remasters.

Might go and buy Sgt. Pepper tomorrow (could buy that for Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds on its own!), maybe Abbey Road + the White Album as well. The latter's got an embossed title like the original LP as well. The covers are just pure brilliance, even the print on the CDs....
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Old 10-09-2009, 16:51
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I'm 22, and it does strike me that they're so many people my age who like the Beatles
My father in law is always pestering the family to make wills and make provision so that the Taxman doesn't fleece any of us for inheritance tax in the event of a death. Last year he was 60, and at his party my band played "Taxman" as a kind of in-joke. I was amazed at the amount of youngsters who knew the song, and filled the dance floor to boogie to it . . . .
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Old 10-09-2009, 16:58
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YES George was pretty p....d off with the taxman getting 19 shillings for every 1 he got and he put all his frustration into a song.
Keith and Mick became tax exiles, but , to their credit none of the Beats ever did
OK John moved to New York... but I don t think that was anything to do with tax... he was probably on a similar tax level over there too.
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Old 10-09-2009, 17:00
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When the Beats came along in the early 60s , Cliff Richard was King of the hill.
They must have known him very well and must have met him on the circuit.... but where is there a photo of Cliff with the Beats ? there must be one somewhere !


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Old 10-09-2009, 17:07
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When the Beats came along in the early 60s , Cliff Richard was King of the hill.
They must have known him very well and must have met him on the circuit.... but where is there a photo of Cliff with the Beats ? there must be one somewhere !


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John Lennon REALLY disliked Cliff Richard and the Shadows. And Paul, George and Ringo weren't keen either.

I've never heard a Cliff Richard song...
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Old 10-09-2009, 17:13
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Interesting that John was a big mate of
Mike Pinder... really the founder of the Moodies as John can be considered the founder of the Beats.
In the psychedelic period of pop
the Beats and the Moodies had a lot in common they were both innovative groups
and nearly all of the Moodies were song writers too.
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Old 10-09-2009, 17:16
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Where the divil did you find it so cheap? That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!
Pure luck! I pre-ordered it on Amazon.co.uk for £159.98 back in July, and then got an-email this morning saying I've got a £25.39 discount due to their "Pre-order Price Guarantee".

Quite a result on my part, but even so I think £250 would've been worth it!

Both CD's in my white album are also quite tight. . .and there also a slight dent on the inside sleeve. . .don't know how it got there, but someone has de-purified my great whiteness.
I have the exact same thing on my White Album too (regarding tightly packed CDs as well as the dent). Perhaps it's on all of them?
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Old 10-09-2009, 17:54
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For those complaining about these being released on an outdated format, it's rumoured we might get (presumably re-mixed) Blu-ray versions in 2012.
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Old 10-09-2009, 19:15
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Interesting that John was a big mate of
Mike Pinder... really the founder of the Moodies as John can be considered the founder of the Beats.
In the psychedelic period of pop
the Beats and the Moodies had a lot in common they were both innovative groups
and nearly all of the Moodies were song writers too.
Mike Pinder was my favourite Moody. Although still very good, they lost something when he left.
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Old 10-09-2009, 19:28
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Had nt thought of it before ... but of course.. Paul was big mates with that other
Moody... the singer...Denny Laine

theres a bit of synergy for you !
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Old 10-09-2009, 19:47
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YES George was pretty p....d off with the taxman getting 19 shillings for every 1 he got and he put all his frustration into a song.
Keith and Mick became tax exiles, but , to their credit none of the Beats ever did
OK John moved to New York... but I don t think that was anything to do with tax... he was probably on a similar tax level over there too.
Actually George paid 19 shillings in every pound on what he earnt above a certain level which was pretty high. It was a kind of supertax for the very rich.

I remember the amusement at the time that one of the super rich fabs was moaning about tax. We were fans but given that 2K was a bloody good salary at the time we had little sympathy with poor old george.

I'm pretty sure Allen Klein ensured the Beatles earnings were off shore even if the Beatles weren't.
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Old 11-09-2009, 22:34
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John Lennon REALLY disliked Cliff Richard and the Shadows. And Paul, George and Ringo weren't keen either.
What a load of old pony. Did somebody tell you that little nugget in the pub? Read the Beatles Anthology book and you'll learn that they all liked Cliff & The Shadows in the late 50s/early 60s. As did most of the artists who went on to have huge success in the 60s. And the other poster who commented that Cliff & The Beatles were friends is completely correct - they mention in the book several house parties Cliff held in 63 that the fabs attended.
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Old 11-09-2009, 22:45
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thanks revolver, for putting us straight,
I was wondering whether that comment was just his opinion or a guess !

.... but it still begs the question... wheres
a pic of the Beats with Cliff ?
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Old 11-09-2009, 22:58
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Even Lemmy of Motorhead was a huge Shadows fan. Their run of hits in the early sixties are classics...and pretty much define the 2 guitars, bass & drums beat group sound. It wasn't really until the Stones, Yardbirds and Who came along that the sound got heavied up. Johnny Kidd & The Pirates were also pioneers of the early brit-rock sound.

I think it's easy to forget that Cliff actually did some good rockers early in his career. 'Nine Times Out Of Ten' for example.
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Old 11-09-2009, 23:12
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Dynamite was a great song... b side too I think
Amazing that Cliff was only 18 when he made it to the big, big time.
The Shads had such a distinctive sound...
that powerful guitar sound.

Interesting that Sammy Samwells wrote Dynamite.. he was a member of the Shadows at one time but was edged out when Hank and Marvin joined .

Off the top of my head... I think he also wrote .. "Wonderful Land"... while on the tour bus... a very talented guy.


That No 1 hit record Telstar by the Tornadoes in 1962... that was such a distinctive .." organ ".. sound ....
(or was it one of those Rolf Harris electronic gizmos played with a plastic stick ?)
anyway it was a little bit of Jo Meek magic that got to No1 in Britain and America... quite a feat back then !
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Old 11-09-2009, 23:21
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I'll have to look out for 'Dynamite'...I'm sure I've heard it and it's a goodie!

I've been a Beatles and 60s music fan since my early teens in the early 80s...I've only recently started appreciating how good the Shadows were, as well as other pre Beatles artists.
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Old 11-09-2009, 23:45
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http://www.cliffchartsite.co.uk/cliff1.html

I knew about the party from Bruce himself.

Also, unfortunately a friend of ours told us Jet Harris has cancer of the throat and will be going through surgery and radiotherapy shortly, that is why he cancelled his autumn tour.
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Old 12-09-2009, 00:31
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i think the beatles are a bit overated. not as good songwriters as pete townshend or ray davies.the beachboys were also coming out with better stuff in the 60s.
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Old 12-09-2009, 00:50
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i think the beatles are a bit overated. not as good songwriters as pete townshend
LOL - you're either on a wind up or you're a troll . . .
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Old 12-09-2009, 00:52
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i think the beatles are a bit overated. not as good songwriters as pete townshend or ray davies.the beachboys were also coming out with better stuff in the 60s.
Not to mention Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders
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Old 12-09-2009, 02:14
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thanks revolver, for putting us straight,
I was wondering whether that comment was just his opinion or a guess !

.... but it still begs the question... wheres
a pic of the Beats with Cliff ?
xxtimbo... here's some interesting Beatles/Shadows trivia form the Beatles site -

"“Cry for a Shadow” is the only Beatles song to be credited to John Lennon and George Harrison alone. It’s an instrumental that was written by John and George as a parody of The Shadows style. The Shadows were Cliff Richard’s backing band and the biggest British instrumental rock & roll group at the time. “Cry for a Shadow” was recorded on June 22, 1961 in Hamburg, Germany, while The Beatles were backing up Tony Sheridan in the recording studio.

According to Mersey Beat newspaper editor Bill Harry, the original title of the track was “Beatle Bop”.


The Beatles dug the Shads... everyone did in those pre-Fab days, they were streets ahead of every other British act.
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Old 12-09-2009, 07:59
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i think the beatles are a bit overated. not as good songwriters as pete townshend or ray davies.the beachboys were also coming out with better stuff in the 60s.
in your opinion, but factually lennon/mccartney are the best of all time...

can anyone remember that rock doc from a few years ago on songwriters? when it featured lennon/mccartney they concentrated on revolver, and its 13 inovative, groundbreaking new techniques ...7 of which were featured on 'tommorow never knows'... no other songwriting act has ever come close to this .... how can this be 'overated'?
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Old 12-09-2009, 15:10
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i think the beatles are overated too

NOT

so many genres in 10 years (even if ringo was in the group , he used to be a nice chap)
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