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Title: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on March 31, 2012, 02:52:50 AM
This has probably already been discussed MANY times before, but, besides me, does anyone else actively listen to the Beatles (or solo stuff) on vinyl?

In total i've got

Albums:
Meet The Beatles
The Beatles' Second Album
Yesterday...And Today
Rubber Soul
Revolver
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Both Capital and Apple logo versions)
The Early Beatles
Magical Mystery Tour
Abbey Road (1st Pressing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
Let It Be (Red Apple logo)

Solo Albums:
John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
Sometime In New York City
Double Fantasy
McCartney
Ram
Venus And Mars
Wings At The Speed Of Sound
Gone Troppo

45s:
Twist And Shout/There's A Place
Lady Madonna/The Inner Light
The Ballad Of John And Yoko/Old Brown Shoe
Band On The Run/Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five
My Love/The Mess
Daytime Nightime Suffering/Goodnight Tonight
Watching The Wheels/Yes I'm Your Angel


(And forgive me if this is in the wrong place  ;sorry)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on March 31, 2012, 03:16:03 AM
It's in the right place, maccafan.


My collection:

Introducing The Beatles (Vee-Jay)
Meet The Beatles (Capitol)
The Beatles' Second Album (Capitol)
A Hard Day's Night (United Artists)
Something New (Capitol)
Beatles '65 (Capitol)
Beatles VI (Capitol)
Help! (Capitol)
Rubber Soul (Capitol)
Yesterday And Today (Capitol)
Revolver (Capitol)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Capitol  Stereo)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Parlophone  Mono  First Pressing)
Magical Mystery Tour (Capitol)
The Beatles
Yellow Submarine
Abbey Road
Let It Be
The Beatles Again
The Beatles Rarities



Solo Albums:

McCartney
Ram
Wings Over America
Imagine


I also have several 45s, but most noteworthy is She Loves You on Swan Records.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on April 01, 2012, 03:18:19 AM
Introducing The Beatles (Vee-Jay)

You have a copy of that?!  :o

Respect!
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on April 01, 2012, 08:37:13 PM
Respect to anyone who still loves listening to music on vinyl, especially Beatles music.
I'm not a proper audiophile type, who can talk about the "warmth" of the vinyl sound or whatever.
I listen to music on CD, MP3 and vinyl and all have their pros and cons for me.
I just know that I love the whole experience of playing vinyl, and I don't mind hearing the crackles and stuff you get when you play an old record - it just enhances it for me (as long as it isn't TOO scratched!)

I have all the original 60's issue UK albums and singles, plus many reissues. I also have all the original 60s US albums and about half of the 1960s 45s.
And I have records from all over the world (Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, India, etc). And loads of solo singles and albums. But I used to collect vinyl so it was my hobby for a while.
I don't play them all but I do love to get stuff out and give it a spin  ;D
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 02, 2012, 03:45:07 PM
You have a copy of that?!  :o

Respect!


Maccafan, my parents bought it for my sister just after The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.  She gave it to me a couple of years later when she decided that she liked the cover of her Capitol The Early Beatles album better.  She still has that one.

There are a lot of versions of this album.  This one is the first version mono record with Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You in the second version cover which lists Ask Me Why and Please, Please Me.  It's not in very good shape, I'm afraid.  My sister used it as a rain hat one day getting out of the car and going into the house.  The front of the cover is a little warped.  The inner sleeve disappeared years ago.  The record isn't in bad shape though.


(http://i40.tinypic.com/2niqvs7.jpg)

(http://i39.tinypic.com/33xbmth.jpg)

(http://i40.tinypic.com/2csjdyq.jpg)

(http://i42.tinypic.com/i3ghw8.jpg)

Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 02, 2012, 03:56:40 PM
Respect to anyone who still loves listening to music on vinyl, especially Beatles music.
I'm not a proper audiophile type, who can talk about the "warmth" of the vinyl sound or whatever.
I listen to music on CD, MP3 and vinyl and all have their pros and cons for me.
I just know that I love the whole experience of playing vinyl, and I don't mind hearing the crackles and stuff you get when you play an old record - it just enhances it for me (as long as it isn't TOO scratched!)

I have all the original 60's issue UK albums and singles, plus many reissues. I also have all the original 60s US albums and about half of the 1960s 45s.
And I have records from all over the world (Italy, France, Germany, Turkey, India, etc). And loads of solo singles and albums. But I used to collect vinyl so it was my hobby for a while.
I don't play them all but I do love to get stuff out and give it a spin  ;D


Peter, these days it's a whole lot easier to listen to my CDs.  But when I want to hear these albums the way I did for the first time, I fire up my Philips 312 turntable and off I go to the 1960s.  ;)

I thought I'm Looking Through You was like this for over twenty years until I bought the CD...


The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You - False Start (Vinyl) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5-eE-1v_NU#ws)



 ;D

Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 02, 2012, 04:07:41 PM
I still play it like that on guitar.     ;D
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on April 02, 2012, 10:44:39 PM
Peter, these days it's a whole lot easier to listen to my CDs.  But when I want to hear these albums the way I did for the first time, I fire up my Philips 312 turntable and off I go to the 1960s.  ;)

I thought I'm Looking Through You was like this for over twenty years until I bought the CD...


The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You - False Start (Vinyl) ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5-eE-1v_NU#ws[/url])


I actually prefer the false start to the regular version off the CD
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 03, 2012, 12:28:37 AM
I actually prefer the false start to the regular version off the CD

It was Paul's musical count-in.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on April 03, 2012, 09:30:51 AM
Maccafan, my parents bought it for my sister just after The Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.  She gave it to me a couple of years later when she decided that she liked the cover of her Capitol The Early Beatles album better.  She still has that one.

There are a lot of versions of this album.  This one is the first version mono record with Love Me Do and P.S. I Love You in the second version cover which lists Ask Me Why and Please, Please Me.  It's not in very good shape, I'm afraid.  My sister used it as a rain hat one day getting out of the car and going into the house.  The front of the cover is a little warped.  The inner sleeve disappeared years ago.  The record isn't in bad shape though.


([url]http://i40.tinypic.com/2niqvs7.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i39.tinypic.com/33xbmth.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i40.tinypic.com/2csjdyq.jpg[/url])

([url]http://i42.tinypic.com/i3ghw8.jpg[/url])


We could do a swap HG - I have a copy of this LP with 2nd issue "Please Please Me" vinyl inside a 1st issue "Love Me Do" sleeve!!  ;D

I do occasionally have a look on eBay for a 1st issue record to go with my sleeve but I quickly get fed up searching through dozens of listings of counterfeit copies, which most copies of this LP on eBay seem to be.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on April 03, 2012, 10:37:32 AM
It was Paul's musical count-in.

Really? I always thought it was a false start. Hmm, learn something new every day!  :)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 03, 2012, 03:55:40 PM
We could do a swap HG - I have a copy of this LP with 2nd issue "Please Please Me" vinyl inside a 1st issue "Love Me Do" sleeve!!  ;D

I do occasionally have a look on eBay for a 1st issue record to go with my sleeve but I quickly get fed up searching through dozens of listings of counterfeit copies, which most copies of this LP on eBay seem to be.

I've never seen so many combinations and permutations with one single record, Peter!  And I agree, with all the counterfeits out there we both should be very happy with our own original versions.

I remember joking with my kid sister at the time when she asked me why the album cover said one thing and the record said something else.  I told her:  "That's the way it is.  Please please me and don't ask me why anymore."  ;)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 03, 2012, 03:58:17 PM
Really? I always thought it was a false start. Hmm, learn something new every day!  :)

They could have been nothing more than false starts.  Who knows?

Do you think that I'm Looking Through You was a solo effort?
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Bobber on April 03, 2012, 05:57:42 PM
Do you think that I'm Looking Through You was a solo effort?

Oh, please say yes!
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on April 03, 2012, 08:52:14 PM
They could have been nothing more than false starts.  Who knows?

Do you think that I'm Looking Through You was a solo effort?

Songwriting wise- Probably yes
Playing Wise- No, that guitar riff is defintely George's. And John could have been playing a dubbed in rythym guitar. Plus Ringo on the drums
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 03, 2012, 10:23:38 PM
Oh, please say yes!


I feel this is a credible supposition too.



Songwriting wise- Probably yes
Playing Wise- No, that guitar riff is defintely George's. And John could have been playing a dubbed in rythym guitar. Plus Ringo on the drums


We discussed this last year:  http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=12015.0 (http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=12015.0)

and in 2005:  http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=3355.0 (http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=3355.0) 

I'd like to hear further opinions.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on April 04, 2012, 12:59:04 PM
I feel this is a credible supposition too.



We discussed this last year:  [url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=12015.0[/url] ([url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=12015.0[/url])

and in 2005:  [url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=3355.0[/url] ([url]http://www.dmbeatles.com/forums/index.php?topic=3355.0[/url]) 

I'd like to hear further opinions.


If you listen to Take 4 of this song on disc 3 of the Purple Chick Deluxe version of Rubber Soul, you can hear Ringo (I think it's Ringo!) speaking to Paul, after the "Take 4" announcement but just before the false start intro. Sounds like he is saying something about harmonies but I'm not sure.
Even if it is Ringo, it doesn't prove he appears on the recording, of course - just that he was present during the recording. But it might lend some weight to the argument that Ringo played those Hammond organ stabs behind the lead guitar part - just like the record sleeve states. The organ literally plays just one short chord twice behind each guitar riff, so anyone could have played it - even Ringo! (just joking Ringo fans  ;D )

Another thing I noticed is that in the original US mix with the false starts there is some noise in the right channel during the second false start - sounds like a piece of vinyl being scratched.

Have a listen if you have a copy of Take 4 and see what you think.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on April 04, 2012, 01:08:38 PM
Some other thoughts ....

It's also interesting that in Paul's lower harmony in the "You don't look different ..." parts you can tell it's him, but it's like he is trying to sing like John!!

And at the end of Take 4 you can hear the track break down (there's no fade-out) and you can't hear anyone else's voice, just Paul. Normally when John's around in studio outtakes you can't keep him quiet  ;D  so it suggests that perhaps he wasn't there after all.

The lead guitar also sounds more like Paul to me than George - Paul often plays too many notes when he does lead parts where George was more sparing.

So my guess would be that the song is mainly Paul with perhaps Ringo on the simple organ part (just like the record sleeve says)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 04, 2012, 11:38:47 PM
If you listen to Take 4 of this song on disc 3 of the Purple Chick Deluxe version of Rubber Soul, you can hear Ringo (I think it's Ringo!) speaking to Paul, after the "Take 4" announcement but just before the false start intro. Sounds like he is saying something about harmonies but I'm not sure.
Even if it is Ringo, it doesn't prove he appears on the recording, of course - just that he was present during the recording. But it might lend some weight to the argument that Ringo played those Hammond organ stabs behind the lead guitar part - just like the record sleeve states. The organ literally plays just one short chord twice behind each guitar riff, so anyone could have played it - even Ringo! (just joking Ringo fans  ;D )

Another thing I noticed is that in the original US mix with the false starts there is some noise in the right channel during the second false start - sounds like a piece of vinyl being scratched.

Have a listen if you have a copy of Take 4 and see what you think.



Some other thoughts ....

It's also interesting that in Paul's lower harmony in the "You don't look different ..." parts you can tell it's him, but it's like he is trying to sing like John!!

And at the end of Take 4 you can hear the track break down (there's no fade-out) and you can't hear anyone else's voice, just Paul. Normally when John's around in studio outtakes you can't keep him quiet  ;D  so it suggests that perhaps he wasn't there after all.

The lead guitar also sounds more like Paul to me than George - Paul often plays too many notes when he does lead parts where George was more sparing.

So my guess would be that the song is mainly Paul with perhaps Ringo on the simple organ part (just like the record sleeve says)


The Beatles - I'm Looking Through You (EMI Take 4) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FwlnQMyks#)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Maccafan95 on April 13, 2012, 06:17:41 PM
So I found this at an antique store today. One of Vee-Jay's repackaging of "Introducing the Beatles"

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/ActionMan_2008/053.jpg)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on April 14, 2012, 03:41:19 AM
So I found this at an antique store today. One of Vee-Jay's repackaging of "Introducing the Beatles"

([url]http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj47/ActionMan_2008/053.jpg[/url])


That's a nice addition, Maccafan!
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on May 25, 2012, 09:19:38 PM
Not very often these days I buy Beatles vinyl, but I found this on eBay and put in a fairly low bid for what is a very rare item. I was convinced I would be outbid and forgot all about it, only to get an e-mail to say I had won it for £2.20!!
There were hundreds of thousands of copies of the She Loves You single made in 1963, but almost all were made by EMI. Only rarely do they turn up having been pressed by Decca and not by EMI. You can tell it is a Decca pressing because of the wide lip round the edge of the push-out centre.
I assume they were made just before IWTHYH was released and EMI had its hands full pressing that new single, so they got Decca to press a small run of SLY just to fulfil the outstanding orders that they had.
Anyway, here's the new addition to my collection - a Decca pressing of She Loves You. I paid £2.20 and I think it is worth ten-times that, if not more!

(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o14/peterbell1/P1020645.jpg)
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on May 26, 2012, 04:03:18 AM
Nice find, Peter.  Congratulations!

I'll have to post a picture of my She Loves You 45 on Swan Records.

Barry
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on May 26, 2012, 05:15:49 PM
Nice find, Peter.  Congratulations!

I'll have to post a picture of my She Loves You 45 on Swan Records.

Barry

Yeah, you should do that.
I used to only collect UK vinyl but years ago I bought a whole collection of US singles and albums - not sure if I have She Loves You on Swan though. I'll have to have a look through and see.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: TomMo on June 09, 2012, 03:36:41 PM
It was Paul's musical count-in.

Interesting thought, HG. It sounds like a false start, but could be a count-in. They didn't always use the standard count-in. Best example is John's "Sugar plum fairy" from "Strawberry Fields Forever". Btw, John must have borrowed from the Suzuki violin technique of teaching young children how to bow the violin by teaching them a nonsense phrase, i.e., "Mississippi hot dog", not just to set the tempo, but establish a rhythm.
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: TomMo on June 09, 2012, 03:44:14 PM

It's also interesting that in Paul's lower harmony in the "You don't look different ..." parts you can tell it's him, but it's like he is trying to sing like John!!

Cool observation, Peterbell. Even among some of us older, first-generation Beatles fans, there is still controversy over who sang what on "I'll Follow The Sun". Has that ever been properly documented?
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: TomMo on June 09, 2012, 03:52:47 PM
Geez, I have so many versions of the Beatles on vinyl, cassette, and CD, I wouldn't know where to begin in making a list. I even used to have many albums on 8-track (which subsequently met their fate in a deliberately set bonfire).

I really should invest in the necessary hardware and software to transfer some vinyls to disk. There are some vinyl albums I have that are in near pristine state and I hesitate to play them.

I must say that Capitol Records (which I hate with a passion) did an excellent job of remastering their Beatles catalog onto CD, in both mono and stereo. I can only hope there will be a Volume 3 with "The Beatles Story", "Hollywood Bowl", etc.

Did I mention that I kinda like the Beatles?
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: peterbell1 on June 09, 2012, 05:45:37 PM
Did I mention that I kinda like the Beatles?

 ;D  ;D  ;D
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Sir John Johns on December 07, 2012, 04:53:32 AM
I just wondered if any has the Let It Be Naked on vinyl.

If so, was it brickwalled like the CD?
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Sir John Johns on February 22, 2013, 12:27:05 AM
picked up Let it Be Naked vinyl. not nearly as harsh sounding as the CD in a couple of weeks I can pull the trigger on the Yellow Submarine Songtrack (1999)



I have now consigned the remastered CD's to the used bin at my local record store, keeping only my Mono box.

All my old Capitol albums, Blue Box and Remastered box have been cleaned using the Spin Clean Record Washer MKII. Thanks to the remastered box for reigniting my passion for listening to music rather than consuming it.

Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 22, 2013, 12:33:23 AM
^

You used to eat your LPs?   ???
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Sir John Johns on February 22, 2013, 12:45:43 AM
any excuse to post a Kate Bush video....  :)

http://youtu.be/GPB4GM-WwwY (http://youtu.be/GPB4GM-WwwY)



^

You used to eat your LPs?   ???
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 22, 2013, 12:59:06 AM
 ;D
Title: Re: Beatles' Vinyl Collection?
Post by: LennMcHarriStarr64 on August 24, 2013, 04:22:28 AM
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