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Beatles The Capitol Albums [Vol. 2 - Disc 1] The Early Beatles (1965)
The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 - Disc 1 of 4 : The Early Beatles2006Capitol Records, Inc.This compilation originally released April 11, 2006''The Early Beatles'' USA-configured LP originally released March 22, 1965''Beatles VI'' USA-configured LPoriginally released June 14, 1965''Help!'' USA-configured LP originally released August 13, 1965''Rubber Soul'' USA-configured LP originally released December 6, 1965AMG EXPERT REVIEW: The second installment of Capitol's long-awaited, ongoing series of reissues of the Beatles' American albums covers the four Fab Four albums Capitol released in 1965: The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help!, and Rubber Soul. The first of these, The Early Beatles, was a quick roundup of all the material from Please Please Me that hadn't been put on an American LP and it appropriately plays like a truncated and jumbled version of their debut; it's fun, but lacks the momentum and punch of their British debut. Beatles VI, whose very title suggests the ferocity of Beatlemania, since it's theirsixth LP in just over a year, relies heavily on their fourth British LP, Beatles for Sale, pulling six songs from that album ("Kansas City," "Eight Days a Week," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," "Words of Love," "What You're Doing," "Every Little Thing"), adding to the mix a couple of new songs that would later show up onHelp! ("You Like Me Too Much," "Tell Me What You See"), a pair of Larry Williams covers ("Bad Boy," "Dizzy Miss Lizzie"), and "Yes It Is," originally released as the B-side to "Ticket to Ride."Since it's culled exclusively from late 1964 and early 1965 material, the album winds up holding together better than some of thegrab bags from 1964, and since the newer material is lighter thanthe excised material from Beatles for Sale -- "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" may be weary, but without the gloomy opening triptych of "No Reply," "I'm a Loser," and "Back in Black," the remaining songs from this album don't quite feel as dark -- Beatles VIwinds up as a pretty fun snapshot of the waning days of the peakof Beatlesmania.Help! and Rubber Soul were the first U.S. LPs to bear the same titles (along with roughly the same artwork) of their U.K. counterparts, but they still had distinctly different running orders than the albums released in Britain. The American version of Help! is designed as a soundtrack to the film of thesame name, containing selections from the movie's Ken Thorne-written score interspersed between the Beatles songs. Where the U.K.Help! had 14 tracks, including music not heard in the film, theU.S. Help! is 12 tracks, with only seven songs from the group --just the songs actually heard in the film. The result is a distinctly different listening experience, one that's certainly not assatisfying as the U.K. LP, yet there is a certain charm to Thorne's exotica-tinged, swinging-'60s score, particularly to the JamesBondian fanfare that opens the album, that helps make the U.S. version of Help! a fun nostalgia trip. The American Rubber Soul isalso different than its British cousin, removing four songs fromthe U.K. version ("Drive My Car," "Nowhere Man," "What Goes On,""If I Needed Someone") and replacing them with two tunes from the U.K. Help! ("I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love"). Thenew tunes open up each side of the record, but the sequencing remains roughly the same as it is on the U.K. version, yet the U.S.LP does wind up with a subtly different feel than its British counterpart; by opening with the folky "I've Just Seen a Face" and omitting rockers and trebly pop songs, Rubber Soul winds up feeling like the Beatles' reaction to America's folk-rock movement of 1965, which is a feel that some listeners prefer.As on the first Capitol Albums box, each of the four albums contains the original stereo and mono mixes for each LP (initial pressings contained incorrect mono mixes for The Early Beatles and Rubber Soul, which were folded down for the stereo mixes instead of the originalmono mixes, but this error was quickly corrected). Where severalof the 1964 LPs on the first set were bathed in echo and were infake stereo, the four 1965 records -- with the exception of The Early Beatles, which has such an extreme hard pan on its fake stereo that it is a bit difficult to listen to on headphones -- werenot dressed up in as much post-production studio trickery and thestereo sounds natural, so the mixes aren't as disorienting as they were on, say, Second Album. There are some subtle differencesbetween mixes -- and one not-so-subtle difference: the stereo version of "I'm Looking Through You" begins with a false start -- but most of these will only be noticeable only to the hardcore fans, who are indeed the target for this set. And like last time out,they should be pleased with this set, despite its flaws, chief among them the packaging. Like Capitol Albums, Vol. 1, this set has an ugly front cover that makes it seem like a Reader's Digest exclusive, the cardboard on the slipcase as well as the individualmini-LP reproductions feels flimsy (and Help!, which was originally a gatefold, is not a gatefold here), and the set feels like it could have been put together with more care. That said, there are some improvements this time around. The set has been issued asa (roughly) CD-sized box, which is preferable to the longbox ofthe first set, and Bruce Spizer's notes do an excellent job detailing the histories of these American LPs. And, of course, the sound is much, much better than the sound on the CDs for the regularalbums, which are now nearly 20 years out of date. That sound, along with the nostalgic joy of getting these American incarnations on CD, is the main reason the hardcore fans will be more than happy to forgive this set its few flaws and simply enjoy the manypleasures of this collectors-oriented set. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine AMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW1ST RUN HAS WRONG VI + SOUL MONO MASTERS!!!!, April 11, 2006Reviewer: Bertram christmas"bert" (Boston,MA.USA)There was a production error on this sets1st run. The original Capitol Mono mixes were not used on Beatles VI and Rubber Soul. In error, Capitol used folded down Monos from the original Capitol stereo mixes. This was discovered by a DJin Philadelphia, approximately five days before this sets streetdate of 4-11-'06. Capitol upon learning of their err, immediately produced a corrected 2nd run, which also hit the stores on 4-11-06'. I write this as of the same date. If you go into the storestoday, chances are 50/50 if you will get the erronous or corrected edition. It's all a matter of when the stores ordered their copies from their wholesaler or EMD directly. Capitol will not be doing a recall on the incorrectly manufactured copies. Suppoesedly, they will be making an announcement as to how the faulty discsfrom the 1st run can be replaced via proof of purchase. What Capitol pretty much did on the 1st run, was to create Mono mixes which have never existed previously. So if you are a real die hard, you may just want to hold on to your 1st run set if you have one.For certain, I'm sure it will become a very scarce collectors item!!!! All transfers, Both Mono and Stereo, and both corrected anduncorrected Monos SOUND GREAT!!!!!! Bertram F. Christmas
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