Lennon & McCartney in the Bossa Nova Style

1. Eleanor Rigby - The Chelsea Strings, Ipanema Beach Orchestra

2. Here, There and Everywhere - The Chelsea Strings, Ipanema Beach Orchestra

3. Yesterday - The Chelsea Strings, Ipanema Beach Orchestra

4. Fool on the Hill - The Chelsea Strings, Ipanema Beach Orchestra

5. For No One

6. And I Love Her

7. I Should Have Known Better

8. Day in the Life

9. Help!

10. Hey Jude

11. Long and Winding Road

12. Don't Let Me Down

13. Let It Be

14. With a Little Help from My Friends

15. Ticket to Ride

16. She's Leaving Home

Lennon & McCartney in the Bossa Nova Style,Various Artists,Instrumental Coll,Bossa Nova,Brazil,Brazilian,Int'l & World Music,Latin Jazz,Pop

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Average customer rating: Beautiful Boy John Lennon Lennon fans, fear not Pure pleasure for Cause Excellent CD

Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur Various Artists Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Traveling Wilburys (2 CD / 1 DVD) Memory Almost Full Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] Live In Dublin Icky Thump ASIN: B000PMG9G2 Release Date: 2007-06-12

Tracks:

1. Instant Karma -- U2
2. #9 Dream -- R.E.M.
3. Mother -- Christina Aguilera
4. Give Peace A Chance -- Aerosmith with Sierra Leone Refuge All-Stars
5. Cold Turkey -- Lenny Kravitz
6. Whatever Gets You Through the Night -- Los Lonely Boys
7. I'm Losing You -- Corinne Bailey Rae
8. Gimme Some Truth -- Jakob Dylan Feat. Dhani Harrison
9. Oh, My Love -- Jackson Browne
10. Imagine -- Avril Lavigne
11. Nobody Told Me -- Big & Rich
12. Jealous Guy -- Youssou N'Dour

Tracks:

1. Working Class Hero -- Green Day
2. Power to the People -- Black Eyed Peas
3. Imagine -- Jack Johnson
4. Beautiful Boy -- Ben Harper
5. Isolation -- Snow Patrol
6. Watching the Wheels -- Matisyahu
7. Grow Old With Me -- Postal Service
8. Gimme Me Some Truth -- Jaguares
9. (Just Like) Starting Over -- The Flaming Lips
10. God -- Jack's Mannequin feat. Mick Fleetwood
11. Real Love -- Regina Spektor

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John Lennon would have turned 67 in 2007. If alive, he could well be at the forefront of bringing peace to Darfur, where more than half a million have died from violence and disease during four years of rebel discord. So to create awareness of the ongoing conflict, Amnesty International (with permission from Yoko Ono) has mined Lennon's solo work and rounded up nearly two dozen current artists to reinterpret the music, which spans the ex-Beatle's entire post-band catalog (plus a pair from while the Fab Four were still in business). As with any attempt to cover Beatles-related music, results are hit and miss, with kudos going to Snow Patrol and the Postal Service for capturing the starkness of "Isolation" and "Grow Old with Me," respectively, Mexican rock band Jaguares for uncovering the fear and fury in "Gimme Some Truth," and (surprise!) Christina Aguilera for nailing the complex composition and mood of "Mother." Other highlights include Jackson Browne's piano-led "Oh My Love," Green Day's louder straight take on "Working Class Hero," and the Black Eyed Peas turning "Power to the People" into a gospelly protest. Will resurrecting 30-to-40-year-old messages of peace and love be enough to help end the brutalities in Darfur? That remains to be seen. But selecting John Lennon as the author of those messages will make people listen and, with this collection, may keep them listening. --Scott Holter

Album Description

Featuring songs by the iconic John Lennon newly recorded by some of today's biggest as well as emerging artists, Instant Karma: The Campaign to Save Darfur is a major benefit-album project. In an effort to mobilize activism around this catastrophe, musicians unite to save lives. Some of the biggest artists in the world, along with today's emerging artists, all coming together for an unprecedented, brilliant collection of JOHN LENNON "covers." Proceeds from the campaign will go directly to support Amnesty International's urgent work on Darfur and other human rights crises worldwide.

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Boy.......2007-07-30

Fantastic cause brings together fine performers who bring to life the intensity and focus of one of our greatest singer/songwriters ever. His insight into the world is amazing. The only negative thing one can say about this album is that it reminds us of the fact that no one can sing his songs the way he did. He was a treasure who a younger generation should be exposed to more often.

John Lennon.......2007-07-29

As a huge Lennon/Beatles fan, I like that today's artists appreciate the genius and talent of Lennon for a good cause. And despite the talents of these artists (with nods to Avril for a great version of Mother, Green Day's excellent rendition of Working Class Hero and a good rendition by REM of #9 Cloud), most of the other cuts make me want to yank out the CD and just go straight for my CDs with Lennon's original work. I didn't care for U2's tempo changes and I didn't care for Watching the Wheels at all, I saw Matchbox 20 cover the song in concert years ago and would have much preferred their excellent version here. I also would have preferred some of the artists not doubling up on some of the songs (Gimme Some Truth), when Jealous Guy and Woman were certainly worth a shot. While I can only hope the CD will open the eyes and ears of today's generation to explore the original music of Lennon (and the Beatles) and become fans of their near-50 year old (gasp!) reign as the greatest Rock and Roll musicians of all time, I find the CD just makes me miss John all that much more and wish he was around to have given us another 25-30+ more years of his genius. Lennon's music and lyrics are so personal, it just pales when done by other artists. I support any humantarian cause and appreciate Lennon's music and message being utilized here, but I think I would have just preferred Yoko turning over the entire wealth of his estate to such humantarian efforts than hear anyone else cover his music.

Lennon fans, fear not.......2007-07-27

Any member of Amnesty International has known for quite some time about this album, and as a Lennon fan, I bought it upon release. It concerned me to see names like Christina Aguilera, Matisyahu and Avril Lavigne as artists covering Lennon songs, but those turned out to be some of the most original and enjoyable interpretations on the album. I expected more creative versions from U2 and R.E.M., but their covers were simply recreations of the originals (not that there's anything wrong with that). Highlights: "Cold Turkey" completely turned out by Lenny Kravitz, "Gimme Me Some Truth" which introduced me to Jaguares and "God" beautifully resurrected by Jack's Mannequin and Mick Fleetwood.

Pure pleasure for Cause.......2007-07-27

I bought this for a lot of reasons.....that is why everyone that enjoys various styles should have this in the collection.....To save Darfur is reason enough, but I am sure everyone would find an artist they enjoy on this album.

Excellent CD.......2007-07-26

We used this as background music for an outdoor picnic -- it created the perfect vibe for the day.

Average customer rating: Breathtakingly Beautiful! Lots of great songs, just about all of his greatest hits. Missing Great Collection

Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of George Harrison The Beatles 1 All the Best The Beatles (The White Album) Abbey Road ASIN: B00000634J Release Date: 1998-02-24

Tracks:

1. Imagine
2. Instant Karma!
3. Mother (Single Edit)
4. Jealous Guy
5. Power To The People
6. Cold Turkey
7. Love
8. Mind Games
9. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
10. No. 9 Dream
11. Stand By Me
12. (Just Like) Starting Over
13. Woman
14. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
15. Watching The Wheels
16. Nobody Told Me
17. Borrowed Time
18. Working Class Hero
19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
20. Give Peace A Chance

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John Lennon's solo work has been anthologized so many times that it's hard to believe there wasn't a definitive compilation before this one. And, depending on your particular take, you might not find Lennon Legend quite hitting the mark. However, since it does contain the brilliantly scathing "Working Class Hero," doesn't ignore the woefully underrated Rock 'n' Roll album, and catches the hopeful renewal that came toward the end of his foreshortened life, it's probably about as close as anyone's going to come. His great songs shine, meditations like "Imagine" and his rockers had form and content, as in "Whatever Gets You Through the Night." He was an icon, and this does him justice. --Chris Nickson

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Imagine a place where the personal, political, and emotional elements of John Lennon's music converge together seamlessly in one cohesive production. An assortment of his finest solo work, Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon is of great interest to anyone who's ever been a fan of the Beatles, the Plastic Ono Band, Yoko Ono, or simply the genius himself. Ranging from a rendition of Ben E. King's "Stand By Me" to the sounds of the Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir on "Happy Xmas" and the classic anti-war anthem "Give Peace A Chance", the recordings assembled here stand as a testament to one of rock's most complex and influential musical talents. If you believe that Lennon's greatest period of creativity came to an end with the Beatles, you owe yourself a listen to this album.

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Album Description

1997 collection on Capitol featuring 20 of his best for thelabel, all digitally remastered. Includes 'Imagine','Instant Karma!', 'Mother' (Single Edit), 'Jealous Guy','(Just Like) Starting Over', 'Woman', 'Give Peace A Chance',etc.

Customer Reviews:

Breathtakingly Beautiful!.......2007-07-10

This album emcompasses the beauty that is my son John! I love you sweetheart!

Mom

Lots of great songs,.......2007-07-03

and two or three that are not. This is the most complete collection of Lennon's solo work I've heard. Lennon reminds me of the old poem about the little girl with the curl in the middle of her head. When he was good, he was very, very, good ("Imagine"), when he was bad, he was horrid (the primal scream stuff he did with Yoko, which fortunately isn't included here).

just about all of his greatest hits........2007-04-11

what can I say, this cd has most if not all of his greatest hits after the beatles broke up

Missing.......2007-03-29

"Happy Xmas War Is Over" and "Cold Turkey" could easily have been left off this compilation in order to make room for one of Lennon's most haunting and beautiful melodies, "Old Dirt Road," which was penned by Lennon and Harry Nilson during their partying days in LA. Too bad.

Great Collection.......2007-03-17

This is a great collection of some of John Lennon's best songs.
I love it!

Average customer rating: POB with chocolate frosting 3.5 stars. Good, but no Plastic Ono Band Classic album RM A dreamer

Imagine John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Mind Games Double Fantasy All Things Must Pass [DIGI-PAK EDITION] Walls and Bridges ASIN: B0000457L2 Release Date: 2000-04-11

Tracks:

1. Imagine
2. Crippled Inside
3. Jealous Guy
4. It's So Hard
5. I Don't Want To Be A Soldier
6. Gimme Some Truth
7. Oh My Love
8. How Do You Sleep?
9. How?
10. Oh Yoko!

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The enduring legacy of John Lennon's best album has overshadowed a glaring historical irony: the Beatles' original architect was also responsible for some of the Fab Four's most erratic solo albums. His recording projects all too often held hostage to polemics both personal and political, Lennon's conflicting artistic sensibilities arguably reached perfect balance just once. Coproduced with an uncharacteristically subtle touch by Phil Spector (a stark contrast to his dense aural constructions for George Harrison's All Things Must Pass from the same period), this is Lennon as whole man. Here he exhibits childlike utopian optimism (the title track), extends romantic paeans to the love of his life ("Oh Yoko!" "Oh My Love," and "Jealous Guy," the latter two begun as White Album demos) and spews bitter, petty acrimony toward his former songwriting partner ("How Do You Sleep?"). Set against such expressions, Lennon's fervent antiestablishment tirades ("I Don't Want to Be a Soldier," "Gimme Some Truth") took on some real weight and perspective, while his dollops of introspection ("How?" "Crippled Inside") have an air of resignation missing from the vitriol of his personal exorcism, Plastic Ono Band. This digitally remixed/remastered redux of the album may invoke the ire of the historically retentive, but it was accomplished under the aegis of Yoko Ono with an ear for clarity and a little more of John Lennon's complex, but always gratifying, soul. --Jerry McCulley

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Customer Reviews:

POB with chocolate frosting.......2007-07-27

John once described this album as POB with chocolate frosting, a rather fitting description. Though it deals with much of the same themes, it also seems a bit less heavy and somewhat more pop-like, not quite so much a deeply personal project for which critical praise wasn't so important. It also helps that he was working with a lot of great musicians on this album. Out of all of John's solo albums, it's my second-favorite, only after POB itself.

The title track is without a doubt John's best-known song, a bona-fide classic, and the song which he said he most hoped to be remembered for. Sure it might be really overplayed on the radio, but that shouldn't take away from how great it is, a truly universal anthem of love and peace. If only more people would take heed of the lyrics, the world might not have half of the problems it has today. It's followed by the catchy upbeat "Crippled Inside," which also has lyrics which are very insightful into the human condition and how hypocritical a lot of people are. "Jealous Guy" is an absolutely beautiful love song, and like many of John's other songs of this nature, reveals him to be just an insecure vulnerable little boy underneath the tough posturing exterior. Next comes "It's So Hard," whose lyrics are a bit cliché and shallow (come on, he was capable of doing so much better than lyrics like "You got to eat/You got to drink/You got to feel something/You got to worry"!), but which still carries a very truthful message. The music is also nice and rough, kind of making up for the lacklustre lyrics. "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama" is a haunting rocker, even though its lyrics too might not be as deep or complex as those of some of the other songs on here.

"Gimme Some Truth" is so one of the best songs on here, and also possibly one of the best rockers of John's solo career. It's such a biting commentary on the political situation of the time. "Oh My Love," which he co-wrote with Yoko, is a softer number, and very pretty. Though the lyrics aren't hugely complex, sometimes a song is better-served by being simple. Why does a song always need complex or highly-developed lyrics when talking about something so basic, primitive, and primal an emotion as love? "How Do You Sleep?" is another of the best-known songs on here, and an awesome rocker. Yes it's a lyrical attack on Paul and the embarrassing fluff he too often made, but it's not as though the attack came out of thin air or were unjustified. They were both feuding at the time, and they did eventually make peace. "How?" is very understated and quiet, similar to the POB songs "Love" and "Look at Me." The album closes with "Oh Yoko!," a peppy upbeat number, perhaps not the most ideal closer, but which brings the listening experience to a satisfying close nonetheless.

Overall, it's a great album, and an ideal starting place apart from POB. It might even appeal to some people more than POB, given how the prevailing mood isn't as dark and angry. And it's so loaded with good material that even the less-than-perfect songs don't come across as throwaways or filler.

3.5 stars. Good, but no Plastic Ono Band.......2007-06-21

A mere three solo John Lennon albums have achieved legendary status: this, Plastic Ono Band, and the mythical fiasco (which I haven't heard, though believe it or not I want to just to see how bad it really is) Sometime in New York City. Out of the three, I think only Plastic Ono band really merits the hype - this one's good, but slightly uneven and VERY overrated.

First, the good news. This contains my all-time favorite John Lennon song. I bet you think you know what it is, right? You're probably just about to guess the title track. Well I love that song too (it's a bit naive, but I'm a sucker for a piano ballad with a great melody), but my top pick is Jealous Guy. So much emotion is poured into it it's unbelievable - it literally once brought me to the brink of tears (granted, it was because I was reminiscing about a similar situation I had been in, but what is this, a tabloid or amazon.com? I thought so). And like Imagine itself, it's a piano ballad with a great melody. Classic. You know what else is classic? I'll tell you. The ironic jaunty music-hall Crippled Inside. That has some of the best lyrics on this album, and the title metaphor rules (though it's since been ridiculously overused). So does George Harrison's Dobro. That Dobro is also a major part of the protest I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier (which I have also seen titled I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama and I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier Mama I Don't Wanna Die). A lot of people don't like it for some reason, but I think it's a very cool song. The aforementioned dobro, the sax (played by Bobby Keys! The Overlord of Session Musicians! Just listen to his work with the Stones!) and the mantralike lyrics all come together to make it one of my favorites. I'm big on protests, so Give Me Some Truth (which I will be SCREAMING in front of the White House lawn if you need me) also makes the list. As a protest I think it's better than Imagine - certainly less naive (though Imagine's my second-favorite song on the album, so I can't rip it too badly). The last one that gets my full support is Oh Yoko!, which actually kinda sounds like Van Morrison's Bright Side of the Road. Just kind of, though - I'm not suggesting Van the Man was copying John.

So now we get to the decent-to-bad material. There's the infamous How Do You Sleep, a Paul McCartney attack that's (of course) hypocritical - not only to the title track's message, but also to that of Give Me Some Truth. As he attacks Macca, it makes me think one thing: isn't HE being psychotic, neurotic and pig-headed here? I like the strings, though, and the beat. But lyrically it's just a proto "diss track". It's So Hard is a random boogie-rocker lifted from mediocrity only by Bobby Keys on sax. Then we get to the two truly boring, slow, treacly love ballads (Oh My Love; How?) What was the point of either of those? Aah! Bad songs. Lennon rarely simply bores me (he sometimes annoys me, but more often than not I practically worship him), and he sure bores me here.

Those expecting a Plastic Ono Band (or one of those John-dominated Beatles classics like Revolver) will be let down. Go in with your expectations slightly lowered, though, and you just may get a lot out of Imagine.

Classic album .......2007-03-31

Even though this is his second solo album, a fair amount of the material had its roots in the "White Album" and "Get Back" sessions. So I guess you're getting a few "outtakes" that could've been the next Beatles album. George and Ringo are on here as well.

"Imagine" is considered one of the greatest songs of the 20th century. That's a debate for another day, but the bottom line is that he's no saint, he was just a guy who wanted an even playing field and something to bring us all together, not letting things divide us.

I think that they can put out a nice CD/DVD of this with the "Gimme Some Truth" documentary and the "Imagine" promos.

He does get a little more political this round with "I Don't Wanna Be a Soldier".

Phil Spector held back with his modified "Wall of Sound" on "Plastic Ono Band" (he sounds less agitated here too) but brings it back for "How Do You Sleep" and a few other songs.

"Jealous Guy" is an outstanding track, with Lennon's vulnerable vocal in full effect.

RM.......2007-03-27

On of the great albums/disks of all time. Just imagine how great the "next" Beatles albums/disks would have been if the best of "Imagine," other early 70's disks by Lennon, early 70's McCartney, Harrison and Star had been released as Beatles material!

A dreamer.......2007-02-20

An important element of the success of John Lennon's second solo effort, IMAGINE, was the musicians who assisted in this project: George Harrison, King Curtis, Nicky Hopkins, Klaus Voorman, Jim Keltner, Alan White, Joey & Tommy Badfinger, Jim Gordon, Mike Pinder and others contributed their talents to the sessions.

As on his first album, Lennon explored his concerns and pain on IMAGINE, (minus the scream therapy). He also expressed the love in his heart and his optimism for the future. Almost 40 years later, we need that hopefulness more than ever.

Includes a 16 page booklet that has song lyrics as well as stills from the IMAGINE movie, and other photos. Highest recommendation.

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Average customer rating: 5 STARS FOR BELOVED JUDY ! A FANTASTIC ALBUM! Fantastic Take a sad song and make it better"?

Judy Collins Sings Lennon & McCartney Judy Collins Manufacturer: Wildflower ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Seven T's: Finding Hope and Healing in the Wake of Tragedy Up Front and Down Low Just Roll Tape: April 26th, 1968 The Essential Paul Simon (2 CD/DVD) The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 ASIN: B000QFAEJG Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. And I Love Her
2. Blackbird
3. Golden Slumbers
4. Penny Lane
5. Norwegian Wood
6. When I'm Sixty-Four
7. Good Day Sunshine
8. Hey Jude
9. We Can Work It Out
10. Yesterday
11. I'll Follow the Sun
12. Long And Winding Road

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That the mainstream folk goddess has become quite a formidable torch singer in her golden years should surprise no one. Ms. Collins has always shone brightest as an interpreter of other's songs, from traditional folk tunes to such notable covers as her takes on Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now," Sandy Denny's "Who Knows Where the Time Goes" and Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns." Not far from 70 years of age at the time of this album's release, Ms. Collins lends a gentle irony to her reading of "When I'm 64." But her voice is clear; it's as youthful and plaintive as it's been in years. And on tracks like "Norwegian Wood" and "Blackbird," it's flat-out gorgeous. Ably backed by studio musicians Larry Campbell, Tony Levon, and Zev Katz, these jazzy renditions of your favorite Beatle numbers--though where's "Revolution"?--are simply a delight. Buy it for your mom, but treat yourself to a listen first. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

5 STARS FOR BELOVED JUDY !.......2007-07-30

The 4 reviews prior to this one including the reviewer's say enough : Judy Collins is an extraordinary woman. And the people who wrote these articles (from the USA, of course, but European countries, too) are first class, too. I was never particularly attracted by The Beatles whose music looks often like "dépassée", "old stuff" in France at the moment. Particularly for young people. Judy recorded "In my life" and lately "Let it be" which are so good versions.
In this CD all is great : the songs, the musicians, the recording and Judy's voice above all. This CD is for me, too, the confirmation that Judy's teacher (the late Max Margulis, member of the so renowned "Blue Note") was right : She has kept her wonderful voice in spite of ageing... She is AN ANGEL with such a soulfull voice : it must be the reason why !

A FANTASTIC ALBUM!.......2007-07-26

JUDY COLLINS'S new album is truly quite a masterpiece.
I never was a BEATLES-fan, but hearing her interpretations of
these songs makes me just realize the greatness of these songs.
She brings a closeness to the lyrics, and her mucicality and artistry
that she has used on her other wonderful work throughout the years
makes this a fantastic album.
All 12 songs are just great, and if you did not know it, they could very well have been written with JUDY'S voice in mind.
The arrangements on each song is perfect and the musicians are brilliant.
This is really a great work of art!

Fantastic.......2007-07-24

At first, the notion of Judy Collins doing an all Beatles cd turned me off: who could improve on the originals? But this cd, the more I listen to it, really grows on me and I very much enjoy Collins's varied interpretations. In fact, she makes some of these tunes sound new again and who would have thought that possible? She is especially good on "Blackbird" and "Long and Winding Road," but also shines on "And I Love Her" and "Good Day Sunshine." "I'll Follow the Sun" was a perfect choice for her, as well. I'm not crazy about the children's choir on "Hey Jude," and it was a brave venture on her part to even record this classic...it works well in spots, but the ending kind of falls apart, in my opinion. The most remarkable thing about this cd is Collins's voice; it sounds as clear and crisp and warm as it did decades ago; in some ways, it sounds as if it's improved over time. I never would have guessed when I first started listing to Collins in 1968 that she would still be putting out albums almost 40 years later. All in all, this is a cd I would highly recommend. In my opinion, Judy could sing the alphabet and make it truly her own...at this point in her career she has nothing to prove, and it seems as if she's having lots of fun taking on the Beatles. Thanks again, Judy, for blessing us with your remarkable voice and keep on singing!

Take a sad song and make it better"?.......2007-07-17

After having recorded an all Dylan and then an all Leonard Cohen CD, Judy Collins finally sings twelve Lennon-McCartney songs. (Is it possible that she has only recorded one Beatles song previously, her glorious rendition of "In My Life"?) My favorite is "Yesterday," with a simple, mostly piano accompaniment, followed closely by "Blackbird," "When I'm Sixty-four" and "Hey Jude." "When I'm Sixty-four" is particularly poignant since John Lennon, as the whole world knows, was killed years ago and never made that magic number. Collins adds a nice touch by changing the final phrase to "when I'm 84." Adding a children's choir to "Hey Jude" works nicely as well. The selections that work best are those with fewer rather than more instruments (including Korg Triton and Minimoog) accompanying Ms. Collins.
"And I Love Her" and "Norwegian Wood" suffer from too much loud background music and should be remixed.

Ms. Collins faces the dilemma that everyone faces when he or she records music that the original group or singer has already made famous. While her arrangements of these familiar songs are perfectly fine, she does not improve on the originals. No one will ever sing "When I'm Sixty-four" and "Yesterday" better than the Beatles for the precise reason that they sang beautifully together. (The women who did a tribute album to Dolly Parton had the same problem a few years ago.) In a word, it is a lot easier to improve on a song sung by Bob Dylan or Leonard Cohen than John Lennon and Paul McCartney. On the other hand, that a singer in her sixth decade is still singing and doing it so beautifully is cause for rejoicing.

While this is not Ms. Collins' best CD (I would give that to the outrageously wonderful "Who Knows Where the Times Goes"), her tribute to Lennon-McCartney is certainly worth listening to and far better than what most of her contemporaries are recording.

Average customer rating: Pain Knows No Creed Johnny, we hardly knew ye..... lennon's best solo effort. The Best Solo Beatles Effort The Dream is Over...

John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Imagine Mind Games Double Fantasy All Things Must Pass [DIGI-PAK EDITION] McCartney ASIN: B00004WGEL Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. Mother
2. Hold On
3. I Found Out
4. Working Class Hero
5. Isolation
6. Remember
7. Love
8. Well Well Well
9. Look at Me
10. God
11. My Mummy's Dead
12. Power to the People
13. Do the Oz

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Decades later it's a little hard to appreciate just how shocking Plastic Ono Band was at the time of its release. Yes, John Lennon's first post-Beatles solo album is still a must-own for any rock fan, but decades of punk, metal, and grunge have desensitized our ears somewhat to the naked howls of despair that fill tracks like "Mother," "Isolation," and "I Found Out." In addition, "I don't believe in Beatles," the climactic line of "God," doesn't have nearly the resonance as it did around the time of the Fab Four's breakup, when such a sentiment practically bordered on heresy. And yet it's a testament to the high quality of Lennon's songs that Plastic Ono Band continues to be an incredibly moving listening experience. --Dan Epstein

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Customer Reviews:

Pain Knows No Creed.......2007-06-16

'Plastic Ono Band' is still ingenious and uncompromising since its inception. John, who always wanted to be successful doing it his own way, let us know throughout the Beatle years what was on his mind: From "Help," and "I'm a Loser," to "Strawberry Fields Forever," and "I'm So Tired," Lennon never took the easy way out in pop music, except being honestly himself is easier than posturing. Here on 'POB' John showcases blistering self-pity at a time of needed catharsis and healing. Just through the angst of the Beatles split, off of heroin, and having to draw from memories of a childhood of rejection and hostility elicited from "Primal Therapy", he spares us no sentimentality. The economy of John's songwriting has seldom been sparer as he lays it all on the line.

At the time, it's been said over and over again that he alienated his audience. Since then, looking at alternative music before Kurt Cobain, et al, it seems to be several steps ahead and only time has made the no-nonsense production catch up to this brilliant work without becoming dated.

"Primal Therapy" has often been mocked and derided in the media, particularly TV and movies, but it served as a marvelous vehicle for the man and his music. The slow-crescendoing "Mother," which opens the album ends like a few others with screaming. John's sonorous vocals resonate as simple dirge-like chords accompany himself through the loss of a mother who gave him up to his auntie. (A loving relationship, if not at a distance, he lost her at seventeen, and his father abandoned them both much earlier.) Not compensated by institutions, Lennon goes after the church in "I Found Out," and "God," the finale'. In between he has a solid rocker with "Remember," a cornerstone of the album surrounding his mother's loss, but also the loss of faith in elders. "Well, Well, Well," pulsates more as he pummels over sexual shame in the midst of attempted cohesion. The album mixes slow songs well to give the listener some solace. "Love" is simply exquisite with breathey vocals and a beautiful piano and bottom-line lyrics regarding the necessity of requited love. "Isolation" does to social separation what "Well, Well, Well" did with the sexual--only more quietly. "Working Class Hero" incorporates folk to meander over societal expectations of machismo in Liverpool. "Look at Me" looks to the beloved--here Yoko--for consolation and regress for others' faults.

Ever since my first listen back in 1980 a couple months before his tragic murder, 'Plastic Ono Band' has always been a cathartic experience for me. Regardless of how I relate to my own creed in contrast to Lennon's in "God," I feel, nevertheless, the same pain. "Mind Games" would offer a different set of beliefs, for although non-religious, Lennon was certainly spiritual, and therefore not setting up a contradiction. 'POB' is accessible to everyone because he expresses so well the pain of the alienated, the rejected, and the hurt. No one does it like Lennon did, and he, like any great poet/singer/songwriter can speak a message on everyone's behalf. Here he has a corner that no one has done before or as well since. In the end all of our creeds may be different, but our pain remains the same.

Johnny, we hardly knew ye............2007-06-07

John Lennon was my hero back then, he remains my hero. Not trying to give a critical analysis, just saying that this album is unique in the history of rock and roll. The pain addressed is music to my ears. This is the only album in the history of rock and roll that proves that you don't have to spout dogma to tell the truth. Art and music were made better by this album. We love you Yoko, remain strong.

lennon's best solo effort........2007-03-13

over the years i have read so much about what an outpouring of pain this album contains. it has often been made to sound almost unlistenable because of it's dreary atmosphere. well, there are no feel good hits of the summer here, that's for sure. but it is an outstanding piece of work that bares repeated listening. "mother," "i found out," "working class hero," "isolation" "God," and "my mummy's dead," are all very bleak; songwriting confessionals where the soul is laid open, exposing pains to the listener that are not 'pleasant' to hum along with. lots of great art is painful, however. read many novels? anna karenina comes to mind. not a laugh riot, but a great piece of literature, most agree. this is sad music, painful music, yes. but this is a classic achievement in the world of music. you should not miss it just because of it's heavy atmosphere of sorrow.

The Best Solo Beatles Effort.......2007-02-27

First, I must say that I will not criticize John Lennon for his lack of lyrical consistency - after all, consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. So I don't really care about his "message of the week" - I'm only interested in the tunes.

With that said, Plastic Ono Band is IMHO the best Beatles solo album to be released to date, and unless Paul or Ringo are unveiling something seriously unexpected sometime soon, I'd imagine it will stay that way. This album is John Lennon naked - raw emotion, frantic playing, and gutteral singing.

The opening track "Mother" starts off a harmless enough piano-based song with a nice melody, but soon transforms into Primal Scream therapy from John. "Well, Well, Well" is another example of vocals unrestrained; you can hear echoes of these two songs in later music such as Nirvana's "In Utero".

"God", "Working Class Hero", "Remember", "I Found Out" are fine examples of John working out his internal issues here for all to see - something his writing partner in his old band never had the capability to do effectively. This is about as HONEST of a CD as you'll see a performer release, and the timing of it - released in the storm of the Beatles Breakup - makes it even more interesting.

The musical styles range from gospel ("God"), to straight up reverbed rock and roll ("I Found Out") to folk ("Working Class Hero") to proto-punk ("Well, Well, Well") to tender balladry ("Love")... and Lennon shows here he can successfully execute all of those styles. Unfortunately, his first album would turn out to be his best - by quite a wide margin, IMO.

There are not a lot of bad things about this album - however, it's not as good as any of the later Beatles output (save 'Let It Be'), so to give it five stars would be unfair to those classics. But if you want to see the peak of post-Beatles creativity from the Fab Four, this would be it. The fact that the individual Beatles never rose to greater heights should tell you that the sum of the Beatles were most definitely greater than its parts.

The Dream is Over... .......2007-02-20

John was part of a major force to be reckoned with in the 60s, and even though "White Album" had sparce moments, nothing was as naked as this would be. Songs like "Look at Me" and "Well Well Well" were written while he was still a Beatle, "Cold Turkey" would have been a great fit on here (better than the extra tracks at least), and half of "Imagine" were also written during the end of the Beatles.

This album was his "hello to the 70s" statement. The end of the 60s were a letdown, let's have some hope for what lies in store in the 70s.

The album/CD is out to shock you. First shock is the f-word John uses on "Working Class Hero". 37 years and you will rarely if ever hear this on the radio. Second shock: Phil Spector produced it. Known for putting on the sappy strings on Paul's songs on "Let It Be" as well as producing this and "Imagine" for John and "All Things Must Pass" for George, this in particular is unlike any of Phil's productions.

Stark, bare, natural. Influence on punk? Listen to Suicide's first album and listen to this again.

He calls it as he sees it. He doesn't buy what religion is selling him, and is encouraging people to use their brains. He mentions Paul, but he doesn't rip him apart as he does later on "How Do You Sleep". His mother's early death has him digging up some truly raw emotion on "Mother", and his fractured relationship with his dad comes up in the song, as does his own relationship with his son Julian.

Pink Floyd's Roger Waters has said this album has had a huge impact on him when he started writing from "Dark Side of the Moon" to "The Final Cut". Artists ranging from Bowie to Streisand to Cocker have covered songs off of it, but John's vulnerable voice makes it a tough sell for anyone else to sing it.

Yoko also released her "Plastic Ono Band" the same day this was released, and some of the fans were upset that they were "tricked" into buying Yoko's album instead of John's, however if you do the John/Yoko/John that is similar to "Double Fantasy" it is an interesting listen.

Average customer rating: Unintended farewell John was a genius, Yoko is a dope. Double Fantasy by John Lennon FROM THE BEATLES TO CRAZINESS TO DOUBLE FANTASY We thought they'd have time to get better together....

Double Fantasy John Lennon , and Yoko Ono Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Imagine Milk and Honey Mind Games John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band Rock 'n' Roll ASIN: B00004WGEK Release Date: 2000-10-10

Tracks:

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Kiss, Kiss, Kiss
3. Cleanup Time
4. Give Me Something
5. I'm Losing You
6. I'm Moving On
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
8. Watching the Wheels
9. Yes, I'm Your Angel
10. Woman
11. Beautiful Boys
12. Dear Yoko
13. Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him
14. Hard Times Are Over
15. Help Me to Help Myself
16. Walking on Thin Ice
17. Central Park Stroll (Dialogue)

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Strange as it seems now, the last album John Lennon released in his lifetime was intended as a comeback, or rather as a parting wave at retirement: "Watching the Wheels" and "Beautiful Boy" celebrate the joys he found outside the star system, and "(Just Like) Starting Over" is a slightly awkward rocker about rejoining the domestic world that's also sort of about rejoining the pop world. The studio-pro arrangements are a little too slick, but Lennon rarely sounded happier. Ono, whose songs alternate with his in a series of thematic diptychs, was taking a stab at channeling her artier impulses into pop and is generally less successful--her voice works in a context of art-weirdness, but not as well in conventional tunes. This 2000 remastered reissue is fleshed out with a demo of "Help Me to Help Myself" and Ono's solo version of "Walking on Thin Ice," which was recorded on the same day her husband was shot to death. --Douglas Wolk

Customer Reviews:

Unintended farewell.......2007-07-31

Despite the effort to make a collaborative album between John and Yoko (the liner notes describe it as a "heartplay"), this is effectively a Lennon EP overlaid with an Ono EP. The only track that really suggests any level of interaction between the two is "Every Man Has a Woman" - where John's voice faintly echoes behind Yoko's lead vocal.
Obviously, John's material on the album is what captures the interest of almost all listeners. His music here is stronger than that on any of his albums after "Imagine." "Woman" and "Just Like Starting Over" are the hits, but "Watching the Wheels" and "Beautiful Boy" are among Lennon's finest solo recordings. One shortcoming is the absence of strong rock material, other than the mild rockers "I'm Losing You," this is basically early 80's adult contemporary. John's music is bright and meticulously produced. By contrast, several of Yoko's songs aremore sonically adventurous New Wave/Dance tracks - one might suspect there was an attempt to level the playing field between the two. Yoko makes a serious effort at pop songcraft on this album and the follow-up "Milk and Honey," but flat and musically clichéd tunes like "Hard Times Are Over," "Beautiful Boys," and "Yes I'm You're Angel" weigh the album down.

John was a genius, Yoko is a dope........2007-07-26

I won't blubber on here about each song and it's meaning to me. Suffice it to say that John Lennon's contributions on this album are solid while Yoko Ono's are amateurish at best. How anyone can write that she goes toe to toe with John on this album, I just can't see. Those reviewers must be on crack. John was brilliant and Yoko sucks, plain and simple. That's all you need to know about this album. Hey maybe there is a job at a local aquarium for Yoko to polish her dolphin and whale squeaks. They might actually understand her. Just a thought.

Double Fantasy by John Lennon.......2007-05-13

I liked Lennon's music. He was beyond his age in music. I like your store, most of the time you have just what I want either new or used. That feature is nice. Being on a fixed income, it is hard sometimes to purchase new items in books. Buying used is in my income.

FROM THE BEATLES TO CRAZINESS TO DOUBLE FANTASY.......2007-03-27

AFTER LISTENING TO THIS ALBUM YOU CAN ONLY SAY NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE OR TO YOURSELF YOU WILL NEVER LOSE THE POWER OF MUSIC!!!!!

We thought they'd have time to get better together...........2007-01-31

It was a bad time. The Ayatollah had 52 Americans captive at our own embassy in Tehran (although Steve Dahl did come up with a great parody of the Knack's big hit that year, "Ah-ah-ah-ay-a-to-lah"). We were sure the world would end when Ronald Reagan took the White House the following year. Each ex-Beatle had ruled out ever having a reunion. I had totalled my blue 1970 pinto and was barely treading water in organic chemistry. The only sign of light ahead was an album John Lennon kept promising us all autumn long. So despite Dan Carpenter's failure to respond to my womanly charms, his decision to surprise me with a copy of "Double Fantasy" for Christmas on about December 1 was heartily welcomed.

We had heard there would be some Yoko solo songs. Like "I'm You're Angel", a direct rip-off on "Making Whoopee", as Yoko had to acknowledge in court a couple years later. We were just happy that after several years of a dry spell, we were getting some good John Lennon material.

Which is here. The most Beatlesque of the songs, and just a great pop song, is "Starting Over." The production is clean, the backup sounds great, and it's like the polar opposite of primal scream material like "Mother" and "Nobody Loves You When You're Down and Out". "Beautiful Boy" is basically a lovely, calypso-like lullabye to Sean which has convinced millions that John originated the slogan seen on posters all over in the 60's and 70's, "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans"; "Dear Yoko" tries too hard to be a country song, but it almost succeeds (and without Ringo's lack of tuning); "Woman" is a lovely ballad, if you either actually like Ms. Ono or can keep out of your head images of the woman it's written for.

If what happened hadn't two weeks after the release of this album, it would have not done as well as it had. 3-4 moderately good Lennon songs are not enough to balance out five (from the vinyl album) awful Ono songs. The shame of that is, "Walking on Thin Ice", recorded on the night when Lennon would later be killed, and not released till many months later, is a passingly good Yoko Ono song, and she has consistently gotten better, pushing herself to seek more accessibility through the years (perhaps from guidance by her partner, Sam, and son Sean Lennon). But for whatever reason, Yoko Ono was not a viable pop singer at the time "Double Fantasy" was released, and Lennon was still too starry-eyed (in the romance sense and the arrogance sense) to see that.

On December 9, Dan and I met in kind of a stupor outside of our physics class. "It sucks," he said. "Yeah, it sucks," I nodded. The physics professor said something stupid about gun control. I still listen to Double Fantasy, skipping over Yoko's songs ("Walking on Thin Ice" isn't on the vinyl) remembering that night, Dan, Mr. Wilson, the pro-gun control physics professor and trying to remember what it was like when there were still four Beatles.

Average customer rating: Long live the legend of Lennon. Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon finally the singles package awaited arrives Enjoy what we were given The Lennon Anthology That Says It All

Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon John Lennon Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Acoustic Imagine (Deluxe Edition) Walls and Bridges Imagine The U.S. vs. John Lennon ASIN: B000AV2G3I Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

1. (Just Like) Starting Over
2. Imagine
3. Watching The Wheels
4. Jealous Guy
5. Instant Karma!
6. Stand By Me
7. Working Class Hero
8. Power To The People
9. Oh My Love
10. Oh Yoko
11. Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out
12. Nobody Told Me
13. Bless You
14. Come Together (Live)
15. New York City
16. I'm Stepping Out
17. You Are Here
18. Borrowed Time
19. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)

Tracks:

1. Woman
2. Mind Games
3. Out Of The Blue
4. Whatever Gets You Thru The Night
5. Love
6. Mother
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)
8. Woman Is The Nigger Of The World
9. God
10. Scared
11. #9 Dream
12. I'm Losing You (Anthology Version)
13. Isolation
14. Cold Turkey
15. Intuition
16. Gimme Some Truth
17. Give Peace A Chance
18. Real Love
19. Grow Old With Me

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On October 9, 2005, John Lennon would have turned 65, if only...

Instead, the former Beatles leader and endlessly complex rock icon remains forever frozen in time, basking in the warm reception of his 1980 return to recording after a long, self-imposed exile from the music business. But this two-disc, 38-track collection does more than merely commemorate the landmark birthday Lennon tragically never celebrated; it's arguably the best compact overview of his often conflicted post-Fabs career. Considering he spent fully half the decade chronicled here in semi-retirement, it's a remarkably robust and diverse body of work, whether focused on sloganeering agit-prop ("Power to the People," "Woman is the Nigger of the World," "Give Peace a Chance," "Working Class Hero"), semi-autobiographical musings that ranged from the harrowing ("Cold Turkey," "Mother") to the unabashedly sentimental ("Oh Yoko!," "Watching the Wheels," "Starting Over"). "Imagine" and "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" may showcase one of the era's most wide-eyed idealists, but the range of emotions cataloged in much of his other work argue that John Lennon was a bundle of emotional and philosophical complexities. As Yoko One once noted, "People have wanted to box him in..But he was a very human, three-dimensional person... Sometimes he was angry, sometimes he was sad, sometimes he was very vulnerable and sweet. All of that was going on in every period of his life." This set never sidesteps those complications; indeed, the songs collected here thrive on them. --Jerry McCulley

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Customer Reviews:

Long live the legend of Lennon........2007-07-22

This compilation is simply all you ever need to get a great overview of John Lennon's solo output. It features all of the big hits (Imagine, Jealous Guy, Stand By Me, Starting Over, Watching the Wheels) and some of the lesser known singles and album tracks (Nobody Told Me, I'm Stepping Out, God, Gimme Some Truth).

It even has some very hard to find stuff and obscure songs on there like Real Love (minus the 3 Beatles) and Grow Old With Me, and New York City and Woman is the Nigger of the World from Sometime in NYC.

The songs are in pristine quality, some are remixed ever so slightly and you'd need good ears to pick the differences.

Simply you'd be very hard pressed to pick a Lennon song from his solo years that isn't here.

It's a compilation so you can play the songs as they are stringed on the CD or sequence them in chronological order if you like- but I like compilations because it doesn't mean I have to load 6 cds to hear a good mix of songs- this double cd collection does it all for you.

Long live the legend of Lennon.

Working Class Hero: The Definitive Lennon.......2007-01-20

This was given as a gift...they are tremendously enjoying this CD!

finally the singles package awaited arrives.......2007-01-19

After the break-up, both McCartney and Lennon went on to do what everyone had more or less predicted: McCartney racked up the sales with catchy pop that often spent a bit too much time in the shallow end of the pool, while Lennon achieved lesser (but still quite acceptable) sales and greater expressivity. That said, arguably Lennon had but two truly fabulous LPs in his catalogue post-Fab Four: 1971's Imagine, and one of the most direct, and brutally honest, artistic statements ever fashioned by any rock and roller, Plastic Ono Band from 1970.

This is the fourth major career overview for Lennon, after Shaved Fish, the John Lennon Collection, and the embarrassingly named Legend, a title which Lennon himself would have undoubtedly forbade. With thirty-eight tracks on two discs, it surpasses the latter two in comprehensiveness, and benefits from better remastering detail to any of the earlier sets.

George Harrison has stated that he thought Lennon's writing went a bit off in his later years. His melodic sense resurfaced by the Double Fantasy sessions, perhaps recharged by his five-year hiatus from recording. Given the lackluster songs populating much of his album output from 1972 to 1975, however, Harrison's assessment is quite apt. If Lennon's struggles to compose enough good material to fill up an entire record made his post-Imagine albums rather spotty, his singles certainly were not. Having grown up and worked with the Beatles during a time when the single ruled rock and roll, like his colleagues Lennon always paid special attention to their quality. Working Class Hero collects every non-Beatles 45 that Lennon issued in his lifetime for the first time since the 1970s singles compilation Shaved Fish. Including five of the six posthumous singles (not counting reissues), this is welcome indeed.

"Greatest Hits" packages often get short shrift from some quarters. In what was for a long time one of the main alternatives to [...] for on-line pop music album review sites, Wilson & Alroy refuse to even consider reviewing compilations, greatest hits or otherwise. Trapped in an album-oriented classic rock mentality, this only displays the depth of their ignorance regarding the history of the music about which they issue authoritative pronouncements. Many greatest hits comps might indeed be superfluous, but singles packages are another story altogether. Some of the greatest work by many artists, such as those affiliated with the Motown or Stax labels in the 1960s for instance, came in the form of singles. You'd be far better off with a good Supremes hits collection than any one of their albums issued during the group's operational life.

Similarly, Lennon's singles are the best items in his solo catalogue, Plastic Ono Band and Imagine aside. This package includes them generously, making up about half of the total number of tracks. For instance, it's good to see "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" return to an official Lennon comp, a jarringly effective feminist anthem of which the title alone probably gives most people hives, which is precisely the point. Lennon wasn't driven solely by a need to make his audience comfortable, the desire to make a statement politically or socially often a main source of his vitality as an artist.

Interestingly, the Wingspan compilation by his ex-partner from five years earlier, also a double-disc overview with an equivalent number of tracks, covers roughly the same period of time. They make an intriguing comparison of the duo's accomplishments from the 1970s while both were still very much in the commercial spotlight. Whether this set is an answer to that one is known only to EMI, Yoko, and the Apple front office.

Of the flaws in Working Class Hero, one is presented in contrast to Wingspan. It would have been better had the producers echoed the format from the McCartney comp, placing the hit singles on one disc, and the assembled album cuts and lesser hits on the second. Also, some non-singles cuts were poorly selected: while still a good balladeer, Lennon's solo strengths were often in other areas. We don't necessarily need "Love", and "Oh My Love," *and* "Oh Yoko!" here, as all are from the two must-have albums. Better cuts from the Lennon Anthology, such as the superior "I'm Losing You" backed up by Cheap Trick that *is* included, the non-album b-side "Move Over Ms. L," and excerpts from the live material with Frank Zappa no longer available on the Some Time in New York City reissue would have been preferable to "Intuition," "Out the Blue," and "You Are Here."

These minor caveats aside, this is the best career retrospective for one of the best rock and roll artists of any era. The assembly of all those great Lennon singles is easily worth the purchase price. Thank you, John.

Enjoy what we were given.......2006-09-28

My mom was a big Beatles fan so I am familiar to a degree with his music and the distinctive sound of his voice. I think this album sounds very good and I like the choice of songs. You enjoy John or you don't for one reason or another. I like his sound and listen to it and that's very satisfying for me. Always enjoy what we were given and what remains.

The Lennon Anthology That Says It All.......2006-09-02

John Lennon was the first musician in modern times to have a keen understanding of his own iconic status and he used it to build an international political community for world peace. Even those who have political differences will Lennon, agree that his intellect, political savvy had tremendous impact on an entire generation of young people. Lennon told us that the movement we need for international peace was on our shoulders and came up with the audacious idea that war is over, if we want it.

Even in hindsight, I don't even think most of us who lived through Beatles era completely appreciate the impact that John Lennon had on their own lives. Richard Nixon understood Lennon's impact on the peace movement. Nixon lived in fear of Lennon and fought a long battle in court to have him deported as an undesirable alien.

After the breakup of the Beatles, Paul, and Ringo retreated into the cocoon of domestic bliss and the bland irrelevance of by-the-numbers rock stardom. George became a devotee of Krishna Consciousness and had a fleeting moment of social consciousness when he put together two benefit concerts for the refugees of war torn Bangladesh in 1971.

John was the keeper of the flame and the unapologetic activist, and despite all of his personal flaws John was indeed the "brilliant Beatle."

The two CD, 38 song anthology, "Working Class Hero" demonstrates how profoundly relevant Lennon's music remains to our own lives in 2006, three decades after his death.

John was the visionary and the dreamer, even as he told us that "the dream was over." John's music embraced existential ambiguity and contradiction. Lennon's exploration of the human condition was uncharted territory for a pop musician to explore the "boggie down" climate of the American music business in the early Seventies. Not even Dylan was writting songs that were as emotionally resonant and flat-out honest as John's "Mother", "Imagine", or "God."

No other musician has significantly changed the lives of those who heard his message, as John Lennon has. John's message was simple: no matter how long you live, or how dire the world appears to be, never give up on your dreams. To his critics who called him naieve John said, "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." John was right. Without our dreams we might as well be dead.

"Working Class Hero" is sole anthology of Lennon's work that defines Lennon the artist, the man, the philosopher and charismatic leader of a movement for world peace. Lennon's magnificent story is embedded in the content of the 38 songs in "Working Class Hero."

Pay no attention to the naysayers who have various hairs-splitting complaints about "Working Class Hero." One reviewer complains the album has been "remixed" but it's a specious claim because the pristine digital sound quality is actually far better than the early 1970s state of the art studio mixes. The biggest improvements are on the Phil Specter produced tracks in which Mr. Specter, for the first time in his career, seemed oddly disengaged from the artist he was producing.

As far selection of the 38 songs that comprise this anthology, they couldn't be better. If there was an important song from Lennon's legacy left out of this collection, nobody has pointed it out to me. These are the exact songs I would select if I were burning my own CD of John Lennon's songs. All previous Lennon collections have significant omissions of some of John's best songs. This anthology does justice to the complete trajectory of John Lennon's solo career from "Live Peace in Toronto 1969" to "Live in New York City" his posthumous live release in 1986. There isn't a single song that is filler here.

The presentation of the songs isn't in any rigid chronological order but there is a pattern of presenting the songs in reverse chronology. It benins with "Starting Over" in a journey backwards in time end up with John's earliest Plastic Ono Band recordings, like "Cold Turkey" and "Give Peace a Chance". The reason why some songs are presented out of order is, perhaps, an effort to equitably distribute Lennon's best music over the run length of both CDs.

If you are a causal fan of John Lennon's the only other way you'll get a more complete profile of John's career is to purchase the 4 CD box set "Anthology" (1998) which is grossly overpriced at $67.49. "Anthology" is more complete but not better than "Working Class Hero", because "Anthology degrades the quality of selections by including outtakes, alternative takes, studio chatter, home recording sessions and rarities that weren't good enough to be included in any of John's catalog of releases.

By contrast, "Working Class Hero" is Lennon's top-shelf material and you don't have to suffer through the 2 hours of filler cuts to harvest the bounty of these essential 38 songs that defined Lennon as an artist. The price of "Working Class Hero" is $22.99, which is a steal by comparison

Average customer rating: Fantastic Sound Poor sound effect on this Capital Vol.2!! 4 months to get replacement Beatles are the Best. Great stuff!! Amazing Sound! Stop all the Griping!!!

The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Longbox) The Beatles Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 Living in the Material World (CD+DVD) Paul McCartney - The Space Within US Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles Love (CD + Audio DVD) ASIN: B000EQHXQY Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Love Me Do (stereo)
2. Twist And Shout (stereo)
3. Anna (stereo)
4. Chains (stereo)
5. Boys (stereo)
6. Ask Me Why (stereo)
7. Please Please Me (stereo)
8. P.S. I Love You (stereo)
9. Baby Its You (stereo)
10. A Taste Of Honey (stereo)
11. Do You Want To Know A Secret (stereo)
12. Love Me Do (mono)
13. Twist And Shout (mono)
14. Anna (mono)
15. Chains (mono)
16. Boys (mono)
17. Ask Me Why (mono)
18. Please Please Me (mono)
19. P.S. I Love You (mono)
20. Baby Its You (mono)
21. A Taste Of Honey (mono)
22. Do You Want To Know A Secret (mono)

Tracks:

1. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (stereo)
2. Eight Days A Week (stereo)
3. You Like Me Too Much (stereo)
4. Bad Boy (stereo)
5. I Dont Want To Spoil The Party (stereo)
6. Words Of Love (stereo)
7. What Youre Doing (stereo)
8. Yes It Is (stereo)
9. Dizzy Miss Lizzie (stereo)
10. Tell Me What You See (stereo)
11. Every Little Thing (stereo)
12. Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey (mono)
13. Eight Days A Week (mono)
14. You Like Me Too Much (mono)
15. Bad Boy (mono)
16. I Dont Want To Spoil The Party (mono)
17. Words Of Love (mono)
18. What Youre Doing (mono)
19. Yes It Is (mono)
20. Dizzy Miss Lizzie (mono)
21. Tell Me What You See (mono)
22. Every Little Thing (mono)

Tracks:

1. Help! (stereo)
2. The Night Before (stereo)
3. From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental - stereo)
4. Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (stereo)
5. I Need You (stereo)
6. In The Tyrol (Instrumental- stereo)
7. Another Girl (stereo)
8. Another Hard Days Night (Instrumental - stereo)
9. Ticket To Ride (stereo)
10. The Bitter End/You Cant Do That (Instrumental - stereo)
11. Youre Gonna Lose That Girl (stereo)
12. The Chase (Instrumental - stereo)
13. Help! (mono)
14. The Night Before (mono)
15. From Me To You Fantasy (Instrumental - mono)
16. Youve Got To Hide Your Love Away (mono)
17. I Need You (mono)
18. In The Tyrol (Instrumental- mono)
19. Another Girl (mono)
20. Another Hard Days Night (Instrumental - mono)
21. Ticket To Ride (mono)
22. The Bitter End/You Cant Do That (Instrumental - mono)
23. Youre Gonna Lose That Girl (mono)
24. The Chase (Instrumental - mono)

Tracks:

1. Ive Just Seen A Face (stereo)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown - stereo)
3. You Wont See Me (stereo)
4. Think For Yourself (stereo)
5. The Word (stereo)
6. Michelle (stereo)
7. Its Only Love (stereo)
8. Girl (stereo)
9. Im Looking Through You (stereo)
10. In My Life (stereo)
11. Wait (stereo)
12. Run For Your Life (stereo)
13. Ive Just Seen A Face (mono)
14. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown - mono)
15. You Wont See Me (mono)
16. Think For Yourself (mono)
17. The Word (mono)
18. Michelle (mono)
19. Its Only Love (mono)
20. Girl (mono)
21. Im Looking Through You (mono)
22. In My Life (mono)
23. Wait (mono)
24. Run For Your Life (mono)

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Unless your name is Ryan Adams, you're probably not in the habit of releasing four albums in four years, let alone the same number in one. But that's exactly what the Beatles did in 1965, thanks to Capitol Records' practice of mixing and matching tracks from their U.K. releases to create new, shorter records for the American market. Because standard-issue Beatles discs follow the British discography, The Capitol Albums, Vol. 2 marks the first CD appearance of The Early Beatles (March), Beatles VI (June), the Help! soundtrack (August), and the U.S. version of Rubber Soul (December), which are presented in both mono and stereo. And since the Brits' Please Please Me and Beatles for Sale are available only in mono, that means a lot of tracks are making their stereo CD debut here, including "Please Please Me," "Twist and Shout," "Kansas City/Hey Hey Hey Hey," "What You're Doing," and "Every Little Thing." This is also the first CD appearance of Ken Thorne's incidental music from Help! (James Bond intro, anyone?), as well as of the original wide-separation stereo mixes of Help! and Rubber Soul (not the 1987 George Martin digital remixes that appear on the British discs). All told, a full 82 of this set's 92 tracks have never before been available on CD. It's not quite the sonic revelation that was Vol. 1 (that box contained 32 stereo CD debuts, this one only 14), but it's a great listen nevertheless. Also included is a colorful, 60-page booklet featuring rare photos and liner notes by Beatles historian Bruce Spizer. --Benjamin Lukoff

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Album Description

THE BEATLES "THE CAPITOL ALBUMS VOL. 2" includes the four albums released by Capitol Records in 1965: The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) & the American version of Rubber Soul. All tracks have been digitally remastered and are presented in both Stereo and Mono. Many tracks appear in stereo for the very first time on CD. Special packaging includes original album cover artwork and a 60-page collector's booklet with rare photos.

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic Sound.......2007-07-09

I am an American Beatles fan who grew up in the 60's and 70's, so I am of course more than familiar with the Capitol albums. In those days that's what you got right? I had never heard of 'With the Beatles' or 'Beatles for Sale'. For me it was 'Meet the Beatles' and 'Beatles 65' and 'Beatles VI'etc. It was the black rainbow label and later that ugly lime green label. I spent my childhood and teen years discovering this great music. It wasn't until later that I realised that these weren't the real albums. When I found out that Rubber Soul begins with 'Drive my Car' and not 'I've Just Seen a Face', and the Help album doesn't really have Beatle songs played by Indian session musicians, but real songs.. and 14 of them, I felt ripped off. I was thrilled when the real Parlaphone issues came out on CD, and I retired my vinyl Capitol albums and bought the entire Parlaphone catologue on CD. But surprisingly these new CDs didn't sound the same as the Capitol albums. The songs were in the right order but they were in mono, and I was used to my stereo albums. (We always had a stereo, as early as 1964). I did get used to the different sound of the CDs, and grew to love them. However now the Capitol Albums are back, fully remastered and in both stereo and mono! There are about 32 tracks on each CD in this box, so the first half is in stereo and the second half is in mono. You get the American Capitol versions of Beatles VI,(always a favorite of mine) Help, The Early Beatles (remember that one?) and Rubber Soul. Because they were remastered, both the stereo and mono tracks sound incredible, and very different from each other, so you are getting a lot for your money. They also sound different from the Parlaphone CDs. Each Cd comes in the original sleeve with the original artwork, and it comes with a little booklet which gives some interesting info. I still love my British Parlaphone CDs, but it's nice to have this boxed set (and Volume 1 also) just for the quality of the sound. It's also nice to have for nostalgic reasons also. A lot of fans have argued for the stereo versions, and were angry when EMI chose to issue the mono only Cds, and on the other hand, a lot of purists ( the Beatles included) have argued that the mono versions are the REAL versions, and therefore the only ones that matter. I personally love both. I think some songs sound better in stereo, and in some, ( 'I Feel Fine' and "She's A Woman' especially) the mono versions are better. But with both mono and stereo, you are getting different mixes of each song, and for most of the songs, both versions are wonderful. You can hear certain instruments or vocals better on various versions, for instance on 'You Like Me Too Much',John's electric pianet really stands out in one of the versions (can't remember if it's the stereo or mono). The vocals on the stereo version of 'Baby's in Black'(on volume 1) are high in the mix, while the vocals on the mono version sound different. The Help and Rubber Soul cds in this set sound incredible, and yes on Help you still have to lift up the needle, oops, I mean skip the tracks that feature those film soundtrack versions of Beatle songs. Whether you are hearing stereo or mono, every note can be heard. Everything is clear, and these cds are louder so you don't have to turn up the volume, like I've found I needed to do on the Parlaphone cds. If you are into remastered sound, you will love this boxed set and don't forget to buy Volume 1 also, because that's fantastic too. Actually some of this review talks about Volume 1, so it's worth it to have both. My only question is, where is the 'Beatles Yesterday and Today?' That album is conspicuously absent from this set. This is disappointing. I hope this means there will be a Volume 3 somewhere down the road.

Poor sound effect on this Capital Vol.2!!.......2007-06-03

I got this CD set from Hong Kong HMV and these are the EU version. They has the problem -"the fake sound effect on Rubber soul(I'm Looking Through you-Stero version)". That made me upset! Are they kiding and cheating all our Beatles Fan??!

Capital Vo1. 1 is better than Vol.2 a lot! Especially the sound effect. Do not waste your money to buy this CD set !

I hope EMI will issue a CD version of "Rock and Roll Music" & "Love Songs" from the LP Version!

Actually, the British version of all the Beatles LP and CD are the best!

4 months to get replacement .......2007-05-11

Hey be careful buying this,,Took me only 4 months to get correct Rubber soul, and Beatle vI replacement discs..and last I checked in May 2007 Emi 1-800 phone number for replacement discs has been disconnected..read early reviews of this title to understand that you are looking for sk1 on yellow sticker ..3 stars for slow EMI handling of this

Beatles are the Best........2007-02-22

This is everything that it is advertised to be. The updated, scratch-free productions are superb. Some listeners will be annoyed at the stereophonic mixing of voice and instruments. But you have to remember to enjoy the hundreds of great tunes the Beatles created in their careers. The songs are what you will remember. I never heard the entire sound track to Help before, and it is very interesting and creative. It shows George Martin at his best.

Great stuff!! Amazing Sound! Stop all the Griping!!!.......2007-02-19

I held off buying this fantastic set after reading tons of reviews on here The reviews seemed to either be 5 stars or 1 star, with little in-between. After receiving the set and giving it a good listen, I feel it is every bit as good as Vol 1.

Yes, it's not perfect. Capitol virtually made their "own" "Rubber Soul", by choosing their own songs and giving the finger to George Martin's original British release. And yes, there is that infamous "false start" on the stereo version of "I'm Looking Through You." Which leaves a lot of people screaming for their money back. (Personally i thought the false start was actually a "great start" guess it depends on who's listening.)

BUT, for all you people on here that have picked this set apart piece by piece, why can't you just "chill out" and enjoy what is great about the set, that being the amazing stereo sound. (I could care less about the mono's. It's kinda like someone handing you the keys to a Lexus or to a Huandyi Accent, and telling you to take your pick. (i.e. mono vs stereo)
I grew up listening to stereo, frankly, I always thought a lot of the Beatle mono's were kinda "muffled" for a long time. (Stuff like No Reply, for instance. Now we can really hear them, the songs just "jump out and grab you". Also, what if you had to listen to all the great songs like Come Together, Let It Be, and Revolution (all the post Revolver stuff, beginning with "Pepper"), in plain mono, I don't think it would be the same do you? Rest my case.

If you don't believe it, line your songs up on your I-pod to play one mono song, then next play the same song in stereo, (you won't be able to listen to over 30 seconds of the mono songs until you just have to hit the "next" button on your i-pod/MP-3.) The amazing stereo will make you say, WOW!, what have i been missing!

Yeah, maybe some of this stereo stuff is manufactured. I don't know, I don't know if anyone can prove it, I really don't care, I like what I hear!!!

I don't really care for all the extra fillers on HELP, with the extra instrumental tracks, but they are interesting. I just erased them when going to my MP-3.

Bottomline, If you don't like the box, sell it to someone does, and quit your "bitching", hell they put both versions on here to try to please everybody. Yeah, Capitol is like every other record company, the al-mighty dollar rules over anything that makes sense, but damn I don't think the set warrants all the incredible negativity it is getting on here.

I just hope we see Vol 3, if Capitol and Apple don't slit each other's throat over the confusion/disagreements over this Vol 2.

I say BUY THE SET!!! Any fan, whether casual or hard-core should enjoy most every part of this set!

By the way, if you're wondering which songs are STILL NOT released in stereo, (and hopefully will be the VOL 3, I will list them for you below:

The only two remaning Capitol LP's/Cd's are Yesterday and Today and Revolver. (plus the hits masters 1 and 2) (of which most of the songs are already in stereo.), except for I'm Down and From Me To You.

The entire Revolver LP/CD, including, in alphabetical order, And Your Bird Can Sing, Dr. Robert, Eleanor Rigby, For No One, Good Day Sunshine,Got To Get You Into My Life, Here,There,And Everywhere, I Want To Tell You,I'm Only Sleeping, Love You Too, She Said,She Said, Taxman,Tommorrow Never Knows, and Yellow Sub.

Also, the "Yesterday and Today" LP, also the infamous "butcher cover", with the songs not already on Revolver: If I Needed Someone,Yesterday, We Can Work It Out, What Goes On, Act Naturally, Nowhere Man, Drive My car, and Day Tripper.

Finally, the rest: I Should Have Known Better, Can't Buy me Love,(which were on the "Hey Jude LP"), and A Hard Day's Night, From Me To You, I'm Down, Misery, and There's A Place.

If I omitted any songs let me know!

Can't Wait For Vol 3!!!!

Enjoy your box set!!! And LONG LIVE THE BEATLES!!! The greatest rock and roll band that ever lived and ever will live!!! Let's All keep the Music Alive!!! (Besides Yoko, Capitol, and Michael Jackson, all need the money).

Keep Rockn! rocknronnie

Average customer rating: Ok, but not great. Dance to exhaustion Beatles - Capital Years Vol 1- About damn time! America! Bring on the reverb!

The Capitol Albums Vol. 1 The Beatles Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Supergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Longbox) The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Brick) A Hard Day's Night Please Please Me Magical Mystery Tour ASIN: B00065XJ48 Release Date: 2004-11-16

Tracks:

1. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Stereo)
2. I Saw Her Standing There (Stereo)
3. This Boy (Stereo)
4. It Won't Be Long (Stereo)
5. All I've Got To Do (Stereo)
6. All My Loving (Stereo)
7. Don't Bother Me (Stereo)
8. Little Child (Stereo)
9. Till There Was You (Stereo)
10. Hold Me Tight (Stereo)
11. I Wanna Be Your Man (Stereo)
12. Not A Second Time (Stereo)
13. I Want To Hold Your Hand (Original Mono)
14. I Saw Her Standing There (Original Mono)
15. This Boy (Original Mono)
16. It Won't Be Long (Original Mono)
17. All I've Got To Do (Original Mono)
18. All My Loving (Original Mono)
19. Don't Bother Me (Original Mono)
20. Little Child (Original Mono)
21. Till There Was You (Original Mono)
22. Hold Me Tight (Original Mono)
23. I Wanna Be Your Man (Original Mono)
24. Not A Second Time (Original Mono)

Tracks:

1. Roll Over Beethoven (Stereo)
2. Thank You Girl (Stereo)
3. You Really Got a Hold On Me (Stereo)
4. Devil In Her Heart (Stereo)
5. Money (alt version to UK release)(Stereo)
6. You Can't Do That (Stereo)
7. Long Tall Sally (Stereo)
8. I Call Your Name (Stereo)
9. Please Mr. Postman (Stereo)
10. I'll Get You (Stereo)
11. She Loves You (Stereo)
12. Roll Over Beethoven (Original Mono)
13. Thank You Girl (Original Mono)
14. You Really Got a Hold On Me (Original Mono)
15. Devil In Her Heart (Original Mono)
16. Money (alt version to UK release) (Original Mono)
17. You Can't Do That (Original Mono)
18. Long Tall Sally (Original Mono)
19. I Call Your Name (Original Mono)
20. Please Mr. Postman (Original Mono)
21. I'll Get You (Original Mono)
22. She Loves You (Original Mono)

Tracks:

1. I'll Cry Instead (Stereo)
2. Things We Said Today (Stereo)
3. Any Time At All (Stereo)
4. When I Get Home (Stereo)
5. Slow Down (Stereo)
6. Matchbox (Stereo)
7. Tell Me Why (Stereo)
8. And I Love Her (Stereo)
9. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (Stereo)
10. If I Fell (Stereo)
11. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand) (Stereo)
12. I'll Cry Instead (Original Mono)
13. Things We Said Today (Original Mono)
14. Any Time At All (Original Mono)
15. When I Get Home (Original Mono)
16. Slow Down (Original Mono)
17. Matchbox (Original Mono)
18. Tell Me Why (Original Mono)
19. And I Love Her (Original Mono)
20. I'm Happy Just To Dance With You (Original Mono)
21. If I Fell (Original Mono)
22. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand) (Original Mono)

Tracks:

1. No Reply (Stereo)
2. I'm A Loser (Stereo)
3. Baby's in Black (Stereo)
4. Rock and Roll Music (Stereo)
5. I'll Follow The Sun (Stereo)
6. Mr. Moonlight (Stereo)
7. Honey Don't (Stereo)
8. I'll Be Back (Stereo)
9. She's A Woman (Stereo)
10. I Feel Fine (Stereo)
11. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Stereo)
12. No Reply (Original Mono)
13. I'm A Loser (Original Mono)
14. Baby's in Black (Original Mono)
15. Rock and Roll Music (Original Mono)
16. I'll Follow The Sun (Original Mono)
17. Mr. Moonlight (Original Mono)
18. Honey Don't (Original Mono)
19. I'll Be Back (Original Mono)
20. She's A Woman (Original Mono)
21. I Feel Fine (Original Mono)
22. Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby (Original Mono)

Amazon.com

When the Beatles catalog was first issued on CD in the '80s, an attempt was made to standardize the releases (which often varied wildly in content internationally) by using their original British format. But this confounded many Fabs fans in the U.S. who now found CDs with track listings that often differed dramatically from their original American LPs. More maddening, the initial four releases were only available in not-so-glorious mono mixes. This four-CD collection of the band's 1964 American album releases finally addresses those concerns, and then some. Meet the Beatles, The Beatles Second Album, Something New, and Beatles '65 have been digitally prepared from Capitol's vintage album masters and presented in both the original stereo and mono mixes released back in '64. This set gives younger fans a chance to finally hear the band's epochal early music in stereo--and should please an older generation by returning massive hit singles like "I Want to Hold Your Hand," "She Loves You," "She's a Woman," and "I Feel Fine" to their original American album contexts. The booklet contains a wealth of rare photos and concise notes by noted Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

*First Time Ever on CD...Meet The Beatles, The Beatles' Second Album, Something New and Beatles `65....presented in both Stereo and Mono

*Compiled from the original U.S. master tapes

*Special packaging including original album cover artwork and 48 page collectors booklet

Customer Reviews:

Ok, but not great........2007-07-22

This set is ok if you don't have the CDs of the earlier British Beatles albums. If you do have them, this isn't really worth it. The sound quality is very good, though.

Dance to exhaustion.......2007-07-18

This music is bright and happy and a lot of fun. It cheers me up and I dance till exhaustion. Now I know where all the sixties music went.

Beatles - Capital Years Vol 1-.......2007-05-31

I bought Vol 1 and 2 to replace my record collection. I was not disappointed. The sound quality is great and the mini albums are exact replicas of the originals.

About damn time!.......2007-03-14

Even though I have all the 1987 CD's,I still bought this set. And I couldn't be happier! The set sounds great,Duophonic,Real Stereo or Mono. The packaging is stellar,each CD in the set in a reproduction of the original US album sleeve,with the CD label reproduction of the vinyl label (for the most part-the Capitol logo should've been at the top of the label...but so what). The booklet,however,could've been longer...but that's my opinon. Buy this set,as well as Volume 2. You will not be disappointed! (Here's hoping Capitol does a Volume 3!)

America! Bring on the reverb!.......2007-03-04

Debate all you want the merits of the British versions versus the American versions, but the first time I heard "I Feel Fine" (on my big sister's original Capitol 45) it was bathed in echo and reverb. So was the flip "I Feel Fine." And didn't these versions sound great coming over the tinny transistor radio? You bet your Beatle Boots they did!

Years later when the CDs came out we were "treated" to the British versions (as the Beatles intended), we got to hear those two songs (on Past Masters Vol. 1) dry and stripped of the echo and reverb. I was stunned. So that's how they were supposed to sound, eh? I felt betrayed by the evil Capitol engineers.

Now it's a million years later and Capitol has the AUDACITY to release their original mixes. And you know what? Lay that reverb on me, baby. Douse me in echo! I'm a freakin' stupid clueless eight year old again!

What I didn't know didn't hurt me!

America: The land of milk and honey and REVERB!

Average customer rating: Love this CD to those disco freaks that love cheesy films! Why would you buy it then? Good Music Excellent Purchase

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978 Film) Peter Frampton Manufacturer: Polydor / UMGD ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Xanadu Xanadu Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track Staying Alive (1983 Film) ASIN: B0000067L8 Release Date: 1998-04-21

Tracks:

1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With A Little Help From My Friends - The Bees, Paul Nicholas/Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees
2. Here Comes The Sun - Sandy Farina
3. Getting Better - Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees
4. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Dianne Steinberg, Stargard
5. I Want You (She's So Heavy) - The Bee Gees, Diane Steinberg, Paul Nicholas, Donald Pleasence, Stargard
6. Good Morning, Good Morning - Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees
7. She's Leaving Home - The Bee Gees, Jay MacIntosh, John Wheeler
8. You Never Give Me Your Money - Paul Nichols, Diane Steinberg
9. Oh! Darling - Robin Gibb
10. Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Steve Martin & Chorus
11. Polythene Pam/She Came In Through The Bathroom Window/Nowhere Man/Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club.. - The Bee Gees/Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees/The Bee Gees/Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees

Tracks:

1. Got To Get You Into My Life - Earth, Wind & Fire
2. Strawberry Fields Forever - Sandy Farina
3. When I'm Sixty-Four - Frankie Howerd, Sandy Farina
4. Mean Mr. Mustard - Frankie Howerd
5. Fixing A Hole - George Burns
6. Because - Alice Cooper, The Bee Gees
7. Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight - Peter Frampton/The Bee Gees
8. Come Together - Aerosmith
9. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite - Maurice Gibb, Peter Frampton, George Burns, The Bee Gees
10. The Long And Winding Road - Peter Frampton
11. A Day In The Life - Barry Gibb, The Bee Gees
12. Get Back - Billy Preston
13. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Finale) - The Cast

Customer Reviews:

Love this CD.......2007-07-05

Had this when it came out on LP--didn't even know it was ON cd til just now, and I ordered it.