Favorite Beatles Album

[Rico]

1 hour ago, T&C said:

Very limited supply lol

 

No number, no sale.

[Helpmenow]

Bill wyman was exceptional talent. Held the rhythm down on many of the stones tunes.

[row_33]

2 hours ago, Helpmenow said:

Bill wyman was exceptional talent. Held the rhythm down on many of the stones tunes.

 

Great rhythm section, kept clean and ready for work

 

 

[Greybeard]

19 hours ago, row_33 said:

 

in the mid-80s you could just print RELAX or WAR IS STUPID on it and sell millions of the same t-shirt

               And in the 50's you just wore it like it is.  Only mod might have been a rolled up sleeve.

[row_33]

John Ono Lennon II dies in hospital....

 

It's a wonder they got together to do anything again after the fiasco of recording the White Album.

 

 

[Greybeard]

On 11/14/2018 at 5:44 PM, row_33 said:

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Ian MacDonald's book Revolution in the Head was a great read, going through the details of each recording in an unlettered musical appreciation.

 

Especially interesting to me was his comments on Ringo's unique fills as a left-handed drummer playing on a right-handed kit, something I grew up doing as well....

 

  

 

     When you first posted this, it looked interesting.    Is this book worth the read?  Does it cover who wrote, who sung and who played what in each song?

 

     Why would some copies be selling for $170 dollars, while others are $17?

 

    Thanks in advance.

Edited November 25, 2018 by Greybeard

[row_33]

It’s a great read with helpful analysis of who did what and some basic music theory for every recorded song,  plus his mostly interesting theories on the music and the era

 

lewisohn provided most of the recording info in explicit detail, often official recording notes were not made so some things are still up for conjecture...

 

 

(Alan W Pollack, on the internet, gave a very high level of music theory analysis for each song)

 

 

not sure if it’s still in print, may explain the variance on price?

 

Other enjoyed books, not widely available:

 

Apple to the Core detailing the financial picture and lawsuits against each other 

 

The book outlining every minute on the Get Back/Let It Be sessions

 

The Longest Cocktail Party by the house hippy at Apple for a few years

 

 

 

Edited November 26, 2018 by row_33

[row_33]

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50th anniversary of the US release of The White Album

 

 

[row_33]

In 1968, John pleads guilty to possession of cannabis resin and is fined 150 pounds plus 20 guineas costs.

 

 

please don't ask me to translate the currency of that day, one intro to a book on UK commerce caused a migraine

 

 

[row_33]

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50 years ago,  UK LP of release: 'Unfinished Music Number 1--Two Virgins'.

 

and the world wonder just WTF was wrong with John

 

turns out a few things they still don't really want to admit.

 

how easily the world was shocked back then, oh yeah... i live in 2018 with people going ballistic about 12 things that don't really concern them....

 

 

[row_33]

who is who...

 

Ringo with his unique fills and somehow holding through the beat

 

 

 

the ill-fated Jim Gordon, keeps it too clean and on the beat to be Ringo

 

 

 

Alan White

 

 

 

so the game is, mentally configure the change in each song if George chose to switch them

[Helpmenow]

That is a fantastic cd. 

[row_33]

Hells Angels arrive at the London Apple office for a little stay in 1968

 

 

 

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

On 11/27/2018 at 7:40 AM, row_33 said:

In 1968, John pleads guilty to possession of cannabis resin and is fined 150 pounds plus 20 guineas costs.

 

 

please don't ask me to translate the currency of that day, one intro to a book on UK commerce caused a migraine

 

 

£150 in 1968 is £2,472.31 in 2017. £2,472.31 is 3,148.24 in today's US dollar.

[row_33]

15 minutes ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

£150 in 1968 is £2,472.31 in 2017. £2,472.31 is 3,148.24 in today's US dollar.

 

thanks

 

i meant mentally mapping out how pounds/shillings/pence changed over the years, when i have no need for it at all  

 

 

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

Just now, row_33 said:

 

thanks

 

i meant mentally mapping out how pounds/shillings/pence changed over the years, when i have no need for it at all  

 

 

Oh yeah. I'm not going into that. That's a very rough estimate based on googles inflation/currency calculators. 

[row_33]

3 hours ago, The Real Buffalo Joe said:

Oh yeah. I'm not going into that. That's a very rough estimate based on googles inflation/currency calculators. 

 

very good to see someone else realizing how daunting it can be

 

my readings have taken me from the days of King John through the two Cromwells (of note) into Sammy Johnson and then John Lennon, for currency concerns... 

 

 

[row_33]

 

 

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1966, this day, John was working on Strawberry Fields Forever, and Paul on When I'm Sixty-Four

 

no further comment...

 

 

[row_33]

In 1968, Rock and Roll Circus is taped on this day

 

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

6 minutes ago, row_33 said:

In 1968, Rock and Roll Circus is taped on this day

 

The Dirty Mac may be the greatest supergroup to ever exist, if only for one semi improvised show.