The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2
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Free Music Notes for Past Masters, Vol. 2
Free Music Review: Great Beatles Album
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this album mostly because it's the only one I can find that has the song "Don't Let Me Down" on it. Probably one of my favorite Beatles songs, the rest of the album also has great great Beatles songs. Many of the songs are also on other Beatles albums, but the compilation of songs on this album makes it a nice addition to any Beatles collection.Free Music Review: The Early Year
Hit: 5 Stars
This CD is filled with the melodys the Beatles performed while breakinghinto the Industrie. Anna, Chains, A Taste of Honey...Man to get a real sense of this groups vocal range. Plug it in and leave it turned on !Free Music Review: Second Of An Essential Two-Volume Set
Hit: 5 Stars
There are a number of things I like about this CD. First it includes some tracks that, even with the multitude of Beatles' material available, are not all that easy to find, with Rain leading the way. This flip of the 1966 # 1 Paperback Writer didn't fare too badly on its own, getting to # 23 that summer.
Then there's George Harrison's Inner Light, the other side of the 1968 # 4 Lady Madonna which, despite not doing nearly as well [# 96], was nevertheless a charter and, until now, found only on 45rpm and the 1980 album Rarities. Two others in the same veing - although they never charted - were the flip of Let It Be [# 1 in 1970], the oddly-titled You Know My Name (Look Up The Number), and Old Brown Shoe which backed The Ballad Of John And Yoko [# 8 in 1969].
Something else I enjoyed were Mark Lewisohn's six pages of liner notes, which include a fascinating track-by-track commentary [he also compiled the album], the photos of the Fab Four at various stages of their career, and the excellent sound quality.
Lewisohn's opening paragraph also nicely sums up their career: "Twenty-two singles, an EP with exclusive song material, 13 albums - one a double-set. By no means a bad haul for just seven years of recording activity. For apart from their unquestionable talent, the Beatles were mightily prodigious. So much, in fact, that to gather together a complete collection of their output is no easy task. While the material remains available - it still sells in such quantities that it has to be - the prospective purchaser has to gather up veritable armfuls of small and large sized vinyl, tape or shiny discs."
Some may balk at the price asked for 15 tracks, but then again you may wait awhile before seeing some of these cuts all together anywhere else.
Free Music Review: beatles - rarities
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD because it contains some Beatles tunes that are lesser known like Rain, Inner Light, You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) and some different versions like Across the Universe. Rain is one of my favorite Beatles tunes. There was a record called Beatles RARITIES that came out in the late 70's or early 80's that had some of these songs. Free Music Review: Past masters
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this for one song, "Rain," which is not available on any other U-S release, at least to my knowledge. It's simply the best drumming by Ringo Starr!