Believe it or not, I haven't listened to any Beatles for a couple of months. I know, hit me in the head. I usually take a break from them so not to get burned out. To me, they're just too special, so I pretty much just spread it out. Sometimes I'll just go on a week or two binge and play everything. Yes, I'm a binger. I admit it! Revolver is pretty much the most commonly played album for me. Right now as we speak, I'm listening to Weather Report's Tale Spinning album. Sorry.
Beatles For Sale. i think it gets much more crap than it deserves.
In my opinion, the thing is that Beatles For Sale has a great difference between the covers and the Lennon-McCartney songs. I think the covers are mostly weak: Honey Don't, Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby, Words Of Love, Mr Moonlight, Rock & Roll Music. The Lennon-McCartney compositions on the other hand are magnificent: Spoil The Party, No Reply, I'm A Loser. Great stuff.
Its wierd that as late as '66, when they were dropping acid and recording Tommorrow N K that they were going on stage and performing songs like Twist and Shout and RockIn' Roll Music and Roll Over Beethoven. How old were those songs by then, 10 years old? And in a style that was pretty naff by '66.