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The Beatles - With The Beatles (Remastered)
Music CD CoverArtist: The Beatles Brand: EMI Music Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language) Format: Enhanced, Limited Edition, Original recording remastered CD Release Date: 2009-09-09 Music Label: EMI Product features: - BEATLES THE WITH THE BEATLES (EDICION LIMITADA)
Soundtracks: - It Won't Be Long
- All I've Got To Do
- All My Loving
- Don't Bother Me
- Little Child
- Till There Was You
- Please Mister Postman
- Roll Over Beethoven
- Hold Me Tight
- You Really Got A Hold On Me
- I Wanna Be Your Man
- Devil In Her Heart
- Not A Second Time
- Money (That's What I Want)
- With The Beatles Documentary
Free Music Notes for With The Beatles (Remastered)Free Music Review: Powerful Lennon Hit: 5 Stars
"With the Beatles" was the band's second album released in 1963. As on the debut album well over half the songs are Beatles originals, while the rest are mainly selected from the group's live repertoire.
There was not released singles from the album in the UK, although several numbers have clearly hit potential, not least "All My Loving", which in the U.S. inexplicably reached only the place at number 45 on the charts. it could play a role that the Beatles during most 1963 was a high ranking with singles like "From Me to You," "She Loves You" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand".
Vocally is "WTB" is dominated by John Lennen who takes care of the lead on half of the songs. It is no wonder of Lennon was awarded the lead singer-status because his voice at this point was incredibly powerful, and his performance on tracks like "Please Mr. Postman" and "Money" is nothing short of a breathtakingly impressive.
The ballad "All I Gotta Do", also sung by Lennon, is one of many highlights of the album - a beautiful song in Arthur Alexander / Smokey Robinson-style - but written by Lennon himself.
McCartney sings the catchy "no hit" All My Loving "also is one of the disc's most memorable numbers. McCartney's ballad talent is also reflected in the melancholy "Till There was You".
George Harrison sings lead on three tracks: his own (excellent) "Don't Bother Me," Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven" and the more obscure "Devil in her Heart".
Compared with the debut album the group here took a big leap forward.
A few numbers like the weak "I Want to Be Your Man", and to a lesser extent "Little Child" and "Devil in her Heart", appear a bit like filler - but on the whole, however, an excellent album.
With The Beatles (Remastered) PosterThe classic original Beatles studio albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the Beatles catalogue has seen since its original release. Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. The newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.
Beatles Photos The Beatles Merchandise The Beatles Rock Band More from The Beatles  The Beatles Mono Box Set [LIMITED EDITION] |  The Beatles Stereo Box Set |  The Beatles [USB] [LIMITED EDITION] | They still had plenty of covers to fill out the running time, but the Lennon-McCartney writing team was gathering steam and beginning to knock out pop classics as if they were pulling them out of thin air. "All My Loving" and "I Wanna Be your Man" come from this record, issued hurriedly to capitalize on English Beatlemania. But even when they were laying into some classic Chuck Berry, by this time the Beatles had acquired a unique sound in the blend of John's and Paul's voices, while George was coming on by leaps and bounds as a guitar player. While not absolutely essential, as a snapshot of a band in a place and time, With the Beatles is good for a smile. --Chris Nickson
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