Favorite Beatles Album

[row_33]

11 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

I was rather young but I liked it from day 1.

 

it was my favourite on first listen in 1969 when i was 3

 

[Rico]

46 minutes ago, Bill from NYC said:

The White Album was always my favorite. I really liked "Savoy Truffle" and was never sure exactly why lol.

 

I looked up that song on Wiki and it said Harrison wrote it about Clapton's love for sweets, and how it was hurting his teeth ("you'll have to have them all pulled out after the savoy truffle").

 

Who knew?

Savoy Truffle is also one of my favs on the White Album, that and Sexy Sadie. The one I don’t get is Dear Prudence, great song but many fans I’ve seen call it their all-time fav, where to me it’s the middle of the pack.

[row_33]

1 hour ago, Rico said:

Savoy Truffle is also one of my favs on the White Album,

 

good sax and organ parts

 

 

Edited December 20, 2018 by row_33

[row_33]

On 12/20/2018 at 12:07 PM, Rico said:

Savoy Truffle is also one of my favs on the White Album

 

Ringo on this and Cry Baby Cry with the 2018 release... finally.... and a good reason for the tepid to stop saying the whole side 4 could have been not-released

 

always joked that Ringo on Birthday was a jab at the highest levels Macca could reach on the skins.

 

Edited December 22, 2018 by row_33

[row_33]

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We will catalogue the total falling apart of 50 years ago for 1969...

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2019 by row_33

[row_33]

Twickenham rehearsals began this week in 1969.

 

The rehearsals and recording sessions for the album did not run smoothly.

 

The movie captured a few incidents of note.

 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2019 by row_33

[LabattBlue]

I'm surprised how little love the first 3 or 4 albums are getting.  

[row_33]

I like the early album with It Won’t Be Long, the tracks varied between US/UK/Canada until the CDs merged it

 

that has their rough chops on record before they smoothed things out, John’s vocal range  and delivery on that track and Money were never repeated.

 

i will give a few weekly updates on the 1969 sessions, I have no memorialized knowledge on how they went through singles and tracks that wound up on Let It Be/Abbey Road/All Things Must  Pass

 

 

[T&C]

1 hour ago, LabattBlue said:

I'm surprised how little love the first 3 or 4 albums are getting.  

Or the first one... A Taste of Honey still gives me goosebumps... have 4 copies of that one, all legit.

[row_33]

1969, Paul intros Get Back, still in primitive lyric form

 

he also starts up with Maxwell's Silver Hammer, this will be a contentious matter as nobody else liked it and it went on and on and on with rehearsals and recording time

 

 

[row_33]

Today in 1969, George quits the group.

 

Earlier in the week, and on film....

 

GEORGE: Well, okay, I don’t mind, I’ll play, you know, whatever you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all, if you don’t want me to play. Now, whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it. [pause] But I don’t think you really know what that one is. [long pause; playing]

[Greybeard]

On 1/10/2019 at 4:29 PM, row_33 said:

Today in 1969, George quits the group.

 

Earlier in the week, and on film....

 

GEORGE: Well, okay, I don’t mind, I’ll play, you know, whatever you want me to play. Or I won’t play at all, if you don’t want me to play. Now, whatever it is that will please you, I’ll do it. [pause] But I don’t think you really know what that one is. [long pause; playing]

          I received a copy of "Revolution in the Head" yesterday and I have been randomly going through it.  Lots of interesting info but when the author starts referencing music structure terms I am totally lost.   When his "critic personality" kicks in, I frequently disagree with him but it is still worth the read.

 

Thanks so much for the reference.

[row_33]

10 hours ago, Greybeard said:

          I received a copy of "Revolution in the Head" yesterday and I have been randomly going through it.  Lots of interesting info but when the author starts referencing music structure terms I am totally lost.   When his "critic personality" kicks in, I frequently disagree with him but it is still worth the read.

 

Thanks so much for the reference.

 

Everyone who publishes has to come up with something novel, his sweeping theories are interesting and I learned a lot from him.

 

And, like you state, I also completely dismiss a lot of his buildups and conclusions.  It’s a good read in slightly deeper analysis than a puff piece in Rolling Stone magazine.

 

I’m too young, born in 66, to harp on the 60s as a time where rock music should have brought utopia to us. I like this era’s music best and see the good and bad ways it changed our lives to this day.

 

As a lousy left handed drummer I enjoyed his comments on Ringo’s unique fills from playing right handed while naturally a lefty. And the way they broke music theory through ignorance and input from George Martin to bring it back into a novel but very listenable form.

 

This book and Lipstick Traces are my favourites for pop/rock cultural analysis.

 

it’s only rock and roll....

 

 

 

[row_33]

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and i I patiently wait for Lewisohn’s second instalment in hopefully the most honest and researched bio to date about the Fab Four.....

 

2021 is now the earliest......

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2019 by row_33

[Helpmenow]

First one was real good

[row_33]

23 minutes ago, Helpmenow said:

First one was real good

 

Oh yes, it only gets more interesting

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

I just voted for the White album.  The one with ‘Helter Skelter’ on It.  The Gase press conference made me do it...

[row_33]

13 minutes ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

I just voted for the White album.  The one with ‘Helter Skelter’ on It.  The Gase press conference made me do it...

 

have you heard the 2018 remix, or bought the whole or part of the package?

 

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

I’ve heard the covers, but I didn’t know there was a remix.  I will look for and listen to it.

[The Real Buffalo Joe]

By the way, the remixed White Album is on streaming service now. I know a lot of people here are audiofiles and will want to get the CD or vinyl. But if you just want to hear the demos and unreleased material, and are okay with streaming audio quality, you can do it without breaking the bank.