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 Beatles (The Blue Albun) Jan 12, 2009
Great CD's! Bought for my husband as a Christmas gift. He loves them!
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 never recieved Dec 22, 2008
Well, it is December 22 and I still have not received this cd. I ordered it on November 18, it says it shipped on the November 25. I tried to contact the seller and never heard from them. What else can I say.
A great overview of the Beatles' hits. Dec 16, 2008
All of the Beatles' great songs of their latter years are in this album. An essential buy.
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Best LP/CD of all time! Dec 01, 2008
Simply the greatest rock and roll LP of all time! If I could only take one with me when I go, it would be this one!
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 Good Only For An Introduction Nov 27, 2008
I have had this one for thirteen years, enjoying a love/hate relationship with it. Half the cuts I can live without, and the other half is essential to every collection. To give you an idea of where my tastes lie, I have always hated the bubble gum pop prior to their drug-inspired hippie days. I have also considered them to be highly over-rated, since my tastes in progressive music leaned towards early Yes and Genesis. Many would say that the Beatles introduced art and creativity into rock, albeit with drugs as their vehicle. Yes, this is true, but so many other groups took this much further. With that in mind, this set and the stellar Abbey Road was all that I needed for many years. Then the Yellow Submarine Songtrack was released, which brought back memories of many trippy midnight movies. I consider that one to be a much better and cheaper introduction to the best of The Beatles, since it represents some of their best from late 1965 to early 1969, with only a few new songs (when it was released). So I have sufficed with just three Beatles releases up until now.
Well, I got to wondering today on how much it would cost to add some more good Beatles songs to my collection. For my tastes, this was surprisingly affordable. This also led me to identify why I have the love/hate relationship with this collection, which also had put me off with the Beatles in general for all these years. All of my own favorite cuts are not represented enough here, and too many of the overplayed and annoying cuts are on this one. I have finally decided to complete my Beatles collection of favorites and donate this puppy to my girlfriend.
So if your tastes run similar to mine, here is what I recommend in chronological order. Start off with Past Masters Volume 2 (which contains all of the 1965-1970 non-album singles), then Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine Songtrack, The White Album, and Abbey Road. I will throw in Let It Be just for the sake of completion. I plan to make my own compilation for my car and leave all of my hated cuts off. Judging from most of the reviews, all Beatles fans need to do the same, since no one compilation can satisfy anyone. They put out a lot of good stuff, but due to their willingness to experiment, they could never satisfy everyone. A lot of their later stuff even makes me cringe, but a lot of it still stands the test of time forty years later.
If you want a good compilation to start with, try the Yellow Submarine Songtrack, but not this one.
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