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jbwelda
I thought it was basically spectorized emotional bullshit that would have been better to have been kept in the psychoanalyst's office instead of sullying the Beatles name with it and its many nasty implications. Hopefully the new version strips away some of the tedious wall of sound nonsense that muddied up the acoustics so on this release.
jb
It's not a Beatles record. He's not sullying anything. It's a John Lennon record.A And it's probably the most important album of the 70s.
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jbwelda
I thought it was basically spectorized emotional bullshit that would have been better to have been kept in the psychoanalyst's office instead of sullying the Beatles name with it and its many nasty implications. Hopefully the new version strips away some of the tedious wall of sound nonsense that muddied up the acoustics so on this release.
jb
There wasn't much of a Phil Spector "Wall of Sound" on this record. I think he really only added a few bricks (if any) this time, and those little touches deftly enhanced the work and for once didn't scream PHIL SPECTOR PRODUCTION!
I heard a few cuts of what sounded like early takes on Chris Carter's Breakfast With The Beatles radio show last Sunday, and they underscored what a great contribution Phil made to the final product.
Per wikipedia: Spector played piano on "Love", but Lennon and Ono produced the album largely on their own, as Spector was unavailable during most of the recording sessions. Spector mixed the album for three days towards the end of October.
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Big Al
I’m not sure how it’s important, either. 70’s albums that are of seminal importance include: Exile on Main Street, Led Zeppelin IV, Dark Side of the Moon, Low and Never Mind The Bollocks. These are records that have proven to be hugely influential and are still talked about and revered to this day. Nothing by Lennon, other than, say, Imagine and Jealous Guy, get much more than a passing mention.
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jbwelda
I thought it was basically spectorized emotional bullshit that would have been better to have been kept in the psychoanalyst's office instead of sullying the Beatles name with it and its many nasty implications. Hopefully the new version strips away some of the tedious wall of sound nonsense that muddied up the acoustics so on this release.
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frankotero
24FPS -Very well put. This album is in a class of it's own. It's hard for me to describe just how it important it was to me as a teenager. I still find inspiration in it all these years later. That's staying power.
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GasLightStreet
The Beatles are still winning - although UMG hasn't reissued the anthologies they are on Spotify etc the unfinished songs are still on YouTube (and the deluxe reissues of SPLHCB, TB and AR with the excellent amount of bonus material blows anything the Stones have ever done).
I find it interesting that the very thing I've been wishing for regarding their leftovers, on a much smaller scale, created interest and excitement... yet they (Mick) can't be bothered unless UMe prods him to finish whatever - and even then he doesn't bother with the really good stuff.
The pulling of everything off YouTube shows that there's no need to prod Mick, just release the damn stuff. If they're worried about not making money from sales, which they don't need to worry about because there would hardly be any, they can make up for with ridiculously priced horrible t-shirts.
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GasLightStreet
The Beatles are still winning - although UMG hasn't reissued the anthologies they are on Spotify etc the unfinished songs are still on YouTube (and the deluxe reissues of SPLHCB, TB and AR with the excellent amount of bonus material blows anything the Stones have ever done).
I find it interesting that the very thing I've been wishing for regarding their leftovers, on a much smaller scale, created interest and excitement... yet they (Mick) can't be bothered unless UMe prods him to finish whatever - and even then he doesn't bother with the really good stuff.
The pulling of everything off YouTube shows that there's no need to prod Mick, just release the damn stuff. If they're worried about not making money from sales, which they don't need to worry about because there would hardly be any, they can make up for with ridiculously priced horrible t-shirts.
Lol.
Sorry.. but the Beatles are still winning seems such a ridiculous statement.
And all because somebody didn't pull their copywrited material off the interwebs
Sounds like a whole load of butt-hurt to me. The race ended 50+ years ago when they gave up. Shame, because they were ahead at the time...
Proving Mick's genius business savvy once again.. there are plenty of fans lining up to listen after a little taste....
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From Variety - Ringo talking about his new EP, the pandemic, his hair, reggae, live shows, books, his various All Starr Bands,
working on more new material, the Get Back documentary, and the probability of a boxed set for the “Let It Be” album :
RINGO STARR
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Hairball
Several tributes to The Beatles will hit the airwaves this year including Peter Jackson’s biopic based on recordings made for an unaired 1970 special called Get Back, Mary McCartney’s release about the band’s Abbey Road album