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Beatles forums => Albums => Topic started by: nimrod on July 05, 2015, 11:26:50 AM
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Not what you think is best.
I think Revolver is their best album musically
But Beatles For Sale means the most to me, it was a Christmas present when it came out and I was 14, it was MY first ever album, I drooled over its gatefold cover, loved the pics and played it constantly, in many ways its a sad album with quite a few sad songs, John pointing the way forward with Im A Loser, 'beneath this mask I am wearing a frown' and Pauls 'What Your Doing' suddenly its not all 'I love her, she loves' me cutie songs.
The album still means most to me, the cover is still my favourite also
What about you?
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In my case Revolver is both (probably) their best and means the most to me. I recall it clearly under the Xmas tree when my older brother got it. It was flipped over so the lads, smiling in their trendy sunglasses, was the first I saw of it. It was a few years after it came out. I was probably 6 or 7. Hard to recall. But it's one reason I associate the Beatles with Xmas. Can't beat two good things being so closely linked.
The cover that means the most to me though is, curiously, an album neither my older brothers nor I owned until I got it on CD. The shadow shot on With the Beatles is one of the earliest images I recall of the Beatles when I was very young. But it was on a single, I think All My Loving, that I first saw it. I think it had a pinkish trim. Regardless it was a haunting image for a lad who was still a toddler.
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'Sgt. Pepper...' for me. It connects me to a special time; and what it stood for musically - KABLAM! - it was like music reinvented. 'MMT' kind of goes with it for me, as an extension. I often thought of it as 'Pepper II'.
:)
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Interesting questions Kev. My favorite album is Rubber Soul but in some strange way that's not the one that means the most to me. That would be Meet the Beatles. My sister didn't take her Beatles albums with her when she got married in 1968 and that's the one I played the most when I discovered them as an 8 year old and until I was in college. I've owned the 8-track and cassette versions but I was quite ticked off when my brother decided to take all her albums home on one of his visits. This was before our sister died but he didn't feel the need to ask her permission, saying that he was just going to transfer them to tape. I didn't figure I'd ever see them again and I haven't but there is a good side to this saga! He liked listening to them when he'd get home from working nights and my niece would listen too. Now that he is gone those records mean an awful lot to her, more than they would ever mean to my sister's kids and I would never dream of asking for them back. She listens to them at her mom's house and I have made it extremely clear to my sister-in-law that she must never, ever throw them out.
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Beatles white LP means the most to me. It's my go to CD in my car! icon_king. If I get sick of listening to it, I know there are another 200 Beatles songs I can listen too, but always revert back to that one.
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In the mid Sixties, before we ever owned a record player, we had "A Hard Day's Night" (I still remember those little Beatle faces in their squares on the blue background of the box) and "Help!" on reel to reel tapes. Played them almost until they wore out and always had a soft spot for both those albums as a result. Getting the red and blue double LPs for Christmas '74 (we had a record player by then!) with their distinctive "new plastic" smell still brings back fond memories!
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The double red album means the most to me. I stole if from my sister when I was 7 years old and it got me into the Beatles. Plus the James Bond intro to Help,,,,,,I mean come on.
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The double red album means the most to me. I stole if from my sister when I was 7 years old and it got me into the Beatles. Plus the James Bond intro to Help,,,,,,I mean come on.
Haven't heard the intro to Help in many many years. What a flashback you provided by mentioning it. Is it on the Red cd? I remember it being on the vinyl, right?
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Extremely cool!
http://youtu.be/sILzzLNn5fY (http://youtu.be/sILzzLNn5fY)
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Funny hearing crackle & pop from the vinyl on YouTube! ;D
It is Extremely cool icon_good
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I enjoy the instrumentals on the Capitol LP...
http://youtu.be/6uqD_A6kysQ (http://youtu.be/6uqD_A6kysQ)
http://youtu.be/waWN25gLJAs?list=PL0BF60204164AFF8D (http://youtu.be/waWN25gLJAs?list=PL0BF60204164AFF8D)
http://youtu.be/Ko2g6ohGMgo?list=PLy39KCFQDD_7W3L9XthfqNJersiGwcEHl (http://youtu.be/Ko2g6ohGMgo?list=PLy39KCFQDD_7W3L9XthfqNJersiGwcEHl)
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Is it on the Red cd? I remember it being on the vinyl, right?
Its not on the Red CD or I would have bought it (sad I know). Its just on the vinyl that I'm aware of.
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The Red album ran a close second in the meaning stakes for me as it was the first Beatle album I actually bought rather than bludging off my older brothers. I'd just moved countries as a teenager too so it was pretty momentous as Beatle albums go
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Wow! I never realised you Americans had that little bit of the 007 style soundtrack music presaging "Help!" on your red album!
It was just the regular track here in the UK.
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Its not on the Red CD or I would have bought it (sad I know). Its just on the vinyl that I'm aware of.
Our Red CD & LPs (in Canada) have it, as well as the Capitol Vol. 1 & 2 CD box sets from 2004-06 ;yes
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Wow! I never realised you Americans had that little bit of the 007 style soundtrack music presaging "Help!" on your red album!
It was just the regular track here in the UK.
We had the full recording of I'm Looking Through You too...
http://youtu.be/G5-eE-1v_NU (http://youtu.be/G5-eE-1v_NU)
:)
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Our Red CD & LPs (in Canada) have it, as well as the Capitol Vol. 1 & 2 CD box sets from 2004-06 ;yes
I was unaware of this. Cool. I remember when the Red album came out on CD here in the US, my cousin bought it. When the Bond intro was absent, I told him the CD was worthless. He looked at me and just said,,,'seriously dude?'. ha2ha
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Mine'd be a tie between Sgt. Pepper and With the Beatles. I have such fond memories of listening to the former as I would drive from my college to my sister's house, about 45 minutes away, in Central New York. The music brings me right back to those winding rural roads. With the Beatles reminds me of driving back and forth between Missouri and New York, usually in the middle of the night as I would try to do as long a stretch of driving as I could. Again, good memories, just a little fuzzier.
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I remember when the Red album came out on CD here in the US, my cousin bought it. When the Bond intro was absent, I told him the CD was worthless.
I'm shocked that the U.S. Red CD set does not include the bond!! :o ???
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U.K. vs U.S. "A Hard Day's Night" Album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-eYd3AuIw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-eYd3AuIw)
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My favorite is Rubber Soul (U.S. version) but the most meaningful to me is the U.S. vinyl version of '62-'66. It was the first album I ever bought w/ my own money and it was my first Beatles LP. The Beatles 1962-1966 is the album that ignited my passion for their music.
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It's definitely Please Please Me for me as it was the first Beatles album that I ever heard and the first vinyl record that I bought by The Beatles. I think it opened my eyes for all the other wonderful music and bands of that time period and it was a great comfort for me during tough times at school. It also made me happy when I felt the most useless. :)
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It's definitely Please Please Me for me as it was the first Beatles album that I ever heard and the first vinyl record that I bought by The Beatles. I think it opened my eyes for all the other wonderful music and bands of that time period and it was a great comfort for me during tough times at school. It also made me happy when I felt the most useless. :)
That is, overall, a happy album! Welcome!
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That is, overall, a happy album! Welcome!
It certainly is. Thanks! :)
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Love all the albums obviously, but I'd have to say The White Album means the most to me. Closely followed by Rubber Soul.
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The White Album. It was the first Beatles album I listened to.
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Mono Sgt Pepper and the US Yesterday and today & Hey jude album
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Mono Sgt Pepper and the US Yesterday and today & Hey jude album
How come?
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They are great albums they was the first ones I heard
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The Red & Blue albums were my introduction to The Beatles and music in general when I was 2 years of age. I haven't looked back 42 years later. After learning of their history, Abbey Road means a lot to me for the simple fact that they bonded together one last time to make a fantastic final album.
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The Red & Blue albums were my introduction to The Beatles and music in general when I was 2 years of age. I haven't looked back 42 years later. After learning of their history, Abbey Road means a lot to me for the simple fact that they bonded together one last time to make a fantastic final album.
That is very true mate
Welcome to the board ;)