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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! That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!
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Where the divil did you find it so cheap?
That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!![]() ![]() ![]()
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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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I'm 22, and it does strike me that they're so many people my age who like the Beatles
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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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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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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 ! . I've never heard a Cliff Richard song...
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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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Where the divil did you find it so cheap?
That's £45 cheaper than I got mine!Quite a result on my part, but even so I think £250 would've been worth it! Quote:
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.
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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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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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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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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. 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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John Lennon REALLY disliked Cliff Richard and the Shadows. And Paul, George and Ringo weren't keen either.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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i think the beatles are a bit overated. not as good songwriters as pete townshend
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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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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 ? "“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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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.
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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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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