The BEATLES (Official Thread)

[BeatleMatt]

As I have mentioned, being an older American, I am partial to hearing The Beatles from the Capitol releases. As some of you know, for years American AM radio stations played a promotional copy version of “Penny Lane” which featured a piccolo trumpet in the outtro. For years this version was not available until the release of Capitol’s Rarities and although it was also include on the Sgt. Pepper’s Super Deluxe sets, that recording somehow sounds horrible by comparison to Rarities.
So even though the great majority of my life, I have heard “Penny Lane” without the trumpet flourish ending on Magical Mystery Tour for example, there is still a void, having experienced the alternate ending. I should create a Super Deluxe MMT from my vinyl copy and include the Rarities version of PL just for fun.
And the reverse is true with the ending of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album. I do not care for the repeated “never could see any other way” loop, which is now commonplace with cd releases.
I have recorded my vinyl Capitol release to cd, imported it to to iTunes, and listen to that version at times because I find the U.K. versions so annoying.

 

[BeatleMatt]

I have been watching the documentary film Let It Be. I think I first watched Let It Be from vhs tape in the 80’s. It was a little hard to access for a long time. Sometime in the 90’s, I made a poor tape to tape copy. It was the best we could do at the time. I cannot even remember if copy protection was a thing then but all I cared was that I had a copy.
For Beatles fans of course the film Let It Be is still interesting when compared to the much, much longer film Get Back. Just a few scenes appear in Let It Be that do not appear in Get Back but Get Back has so much more information and storytelling and song performances.

It always depressed me to watch Let It Be knowing that, no matter how well they seemed to get along at times here, it was truly beginning to end. When I listen to the album Let It Be, it is never quite as meaningful until I watch the documentary. The rooftop concert in the film is fantastic and also another moment that fills us with hope.

 

[Catfish]

I have been watching the documentary film Let It Be. I think I first watched Let It Be from vhs tape in the 80’s. It was a little hard to access for a long time. Sometime in the 90’s, I made a poor tape to tape copy. It was the best we could do at the time. I cannot even remember if copy protection was a thing then but all I cared was that I had a copy.
For Beatles fans of course the film Let It Be is still interesting when compared to the much, much longer film Get Back. Just a few scenes appear in Let It Be that do not appear in Get Back but Get Back has so much more information and storytelling and song performances.

It always depressed me to watch Let It Be knowing that, no matter how well they seemed to get along at times here, it was truly beginning to end. When I listen to the album Let It Be, it is never quite as meaningful until I watch the documentary. The rooftop concert in the film is fantastic and also another moment that fills us with hope.

I saw the movie at the theatre (Yelllow Submarine too) as a 12 year old kid at the time, and I bet I teared up a bit. And at the time, I probably thought this was the end of Rock and Roll as we knew it.

 

[Nai Noswad]

Our kid was at this game as an 'away' supporter, remember him telling us about the Kop and Anfield singing this!

 

[ledzepforever]

the beatles was how i got into music listening while 2 older sisters babysat me.i sill love them.