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Title: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: nyfan(41) on September 06, 2009, 03:11:14 PM
(http://www.rarebeatles.com/boxsets/rnrmlp.jpg)

track listing:
Side one
"Twist and Shout" (Medley-Russell)
"I Saw Her Standing There"
"You Can't Do That"
"I Wanna Be Your Man"
"I Call Your Name"
"Boys" (Dixon-Farrell)
"Long Tall Sally" (Johnson/Penniman/Blackwell)
Side two
"Rock and Roll Music" (Berry)
"Slow Down" (Williams)
Medley: "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" (Leiber/Stoller)/(Penniman)
"Money (That's What I Want)" (Bradford/Gordy)
"Bad Boy" (Williams)
"Matchbox" (Perkins)
"Roll Over Beethoven" (Berry)
Side three
"Dizzy Miss Lizzy" (Williams)
"Any Time at All"
"Drive My Car"
"Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" (Perkins)
"The Night Before"
"I'm Down"
"Revolution"
Side four
"Back in the U.S.S.R."
"Helter Skelter"
"Taxman" (Harrison)
"Got to Get You into My Life"
"Hey Bulldog"
"Birthday"
"Get Back" (album version)
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did anyone have this?
capitol released it in '76 and kind of repackaged the beatles as a 50s group
the album art was like a 50's diner with pics of cars with fins, marilyn monroe, a jukebox and an old coke glass on the album label.
there was a big 50s revival happening at the time with movies like american graffiti and shows like happy days and sha na na
george martin supposedly had problems with the mixes they used
a u.s. single of got to 'get you into my life/helter skelter' was released and went to number 7 on billboard charts

i did have this album when i was young - it was a present - and i came to enjoy the lineup of songs.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: alexis on September 06, 2009, 05:49:49 PM
I had it. I gave it to my girlfriend then, and bought myself a Rod Stewart album. We both realized we coveted what the other had, so we traded!
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: tkitna on September 07, 2009, 12:42:56 AM
I have it on vinyl.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: peterbell1 on September 07, 2009, 09:03:25 AM
This was one of the first Beatles albums I got - back in the late 1970s. I had this and Love Songs and used to play them constantly.
I had an old acoustic guitar and I taught myself how to play guitar by learning a few chords and then playing along to these two albums over and over.
There's a lot of fairly simple 3-chord tunes on Rock n Roll Music so it was a good one to start with.

I think they're both good compilations, though I agree that the Rock n Roll Music album cover isn't great.
I haven't listened to either of these records for years - I may dig them out today and give them a spin!

I don't know about other countries, but in the UK the two LPs of Rock and Roll Music were re-released a few years as separate single LPs, with different cover artwork....
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/16235.jpg)
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Bobber on September 07, 2009, 09:29:08 AM

([url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2d/16235.jpg[/url])


Yes, I have this one. I always wondered what The Night Before and Got To Get You Into My Life where doing on this compilation, as I felt it wasn't exactly rock-'n-roll. Still an enjoyable compilation.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: dr_beatle on September 07, 2009, 09:06:01 PM
Got 4 version's of "rock and roll music"
Both here mentioned, one with another cover than the MFP (Lighter/White) and a box with these albums in it.

Then i made my own;  :D

(http://members.home.nl/parketman/wonnink/beatles/creations/PMCP%20719%20col.jpg)
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: nyfan(41) on September 07, 2009, 10:54:34 PM
Another cool thing about the double album was how it had sides one and four on one disc and sides two and three on the other . . . .

i think that was for automatic turntables with the tall spindles that used to stack and drop the records
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Bobber on September 08, 2009, 06:50:25 AM
Got 4 version's of "rock and roll music"
Both here mentioned, one with another cover than the MFP (Lighter/White) and a box with these albums in it.

Then i made my own;  :D

([url]http://members.home.nl/parketman/wonnink/beatles/creations/PMCP%20719%20col.jpg[/url])


That's looking pretty good. And welcome!
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: An Apple Beatle on September 08, 2009, 06:53:46 AM
Think I may still have this on cassette somewhere in the shed. lol
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: dr_beatle on September 09, 2009, 10:25:48 PM
That's looking pretty good. And welcome!


*LOL* okay : http://members.home.nl/parketman/wonnink/beatles/creations/creative.html (http://members.home.nl/parketman/wonnink/beatles/creations/creative.html)
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Kagome on September 11, 2009, 05:55:32 PM
I have 3 copies of Rock`n Roll Music  The double Album and the Capitol/EMI Green Label (Budget line) and the Cassette
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Mairi on September 11, 2009, 07:03:59 PM
I have the US version on vinyl. It's a good selection of tunes, but I just hate the album art. I like what dr_beatle made.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Gary910 on September 11, 2009, 10:54:08 PM
I have a needledrop of this.

Hate the artwork.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: NowhereMan on October 14, 2009, 11:13:57 AM
Even though I am only 15, I am fortunate enough to have it on cassette - for me it's one of the greatest compilations they brought out - The Beatles - 'just a great little rock n' roll band'. 8)
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: stevie on October 15, 2009, 09:46:35 AM
Yeah, I bought this when it came out in the 70's. I was 14. It was an interesting compilation but it gave me the chance to hear 'new' songs, meaning ones off albums i had yet to buy.

an amazing fact about this album is that John offered to do the cover art himself (with something different to what came out) and EMI REJECTED HIS IDEA!!!
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Kevin on October 15, 2009, 09:55:17 AM
The artwork on this and Live At The Hollywood Bowl are appalling.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Mairi on October 16, 2009, 04:08:03 AM
Yeah, the artwork is terrible. Almost as bad as Magical Mystery Tour. It looks like one of those albums you'd order off TV with the scrolling song list.
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: Andy Smith on October 18, 2009, 11:00:28 PM
This compilation is part of my childhood, my mum & dad bought it for my birthday, not the best for
total beginner but it was what got me started certainly with the early stuff. i think i was 12 when i
received this for my birthday!  :)
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: alexis on October 19, 2009, 12:17:18 AM
The artwork on this and Live At The Hollywood Bowl are appalling.

Where would you rate The White Album?

I guess I'm the only one who liked it/likes it. Isn't it a variation of a pic off "The Beatles Second Album!"? Anyway, I can't defend my liking it, it's just something I've become accustomed to. like John's nose or Paul's head bobs.

Sorry!
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: alexis on October 19, 2009, 12:19:13 AM
Hey, I just noticed, they made George look smaller than John and Paul, sort of like Davy Jones of the Monkees. The end effect seems to be to have Paul be more prominent than George, even though he is BEHIND him. I wonder if the original photo was like that too, somehow?
Title: Re: Beatles Rock-N-Roll Music, 1976
Post by: nyfan(41) on October 19, 2009, 12:29:59 AM
Hey, I just noticed, they made George look smaller than John and Paul, sort of like Davy Jones of the Monkees. The end effect seems to be to have Paul be more prominent than George, even though he is BEHIND him. I wonder if the original photo was like that too, somehow?

. . . . but isn't that giant thumb over mccartney's head a 'paul is dead' clue ??  (runs>>>>)