Thursday, May 3, 2012

The Beatles (Pt. II)














































Title:   Revolver   (1966)  LP
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Capitol
Rating:   *****


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Taxman   (2:36)
 2.  Eleanor Rigby   (2:11)
 3.  Love You To  (3:00)
 4.  Here, There And Everywhere   (2:29)
 5.  Yellow Submarine   (2:40)
 6.  She Said, She Said   (2:39)


Side Two:


 1.  Good Day Sunshine   (2:08)
 2.  For No One   (2:03)
 3.  I Want To Tell You   (2:30)
 4.  Got To Get You Into My Life   (2:31)
 5.  Tomorrow Never Knows   (3:00)


Revolver released August 8, 1966.  This is the first Beatles album to be issued in the USA bearing any resemblance to the UK equivalent,  with the exception of three tracks "I'm Only Sleeping", And Your Bird Can Sing" and "Doctor Robert" on Yesterday And Today.  It reached No. 1 both the British Chart and American Chart.  One of the greatest album in music history of The Beatles and in the list of the 500 greatest albums of All Time on Rolling Stones Magazine.
















Title:  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band   (1967)  LP
Genre:  Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Label:  Capitol
Rating:   *****


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band   (2:02)
 2.  With A Little Help From My Friends   (2:44)
 3.  Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds   (3:28)
 4.  Getting Better   (2:48)
 5.  Fixing A Hole  (2:36)
 6.  She's Leaving Home   (3:35)
 7.  Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite!  (2:37)


Side Two:


 1.  Within You Without You   (5:04)
 2.  When I'm Sixty-Four   (2:37)
 3.  Lovely Rita  (2:42)
 4.  Good Morning Good Morning   (2:41)
 5.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band(Reprise) (1:19)
 6.  A Day In The Life   (5:39)


Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released on June 1967 and was the first Beatles album to be released with identical track listing in the UK and US.  The album was a worldwide critical and commercial success and in the lists of the greatest albums of All Time.  One of the World's Best Selling Albums, 32 Million Copies.


















Title:   Magical Mystery Tour   (1967)  LP
Genre:  Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Label:  Capitol
Rating:   *****


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Magical Mystery Tour   (2:48)
 2.  The Fool On The Hill   (3:00)
 3.  Flying   (2:16)
 4.  Blue Jay Way   (3:50)
 5.  Your Mother Should Know   (2:33)
 6.  I Am The Walrus   (4:35)


Side Two:


 1.  Hello, Goodbye   (3:24)
 2.  Strawberry Fields Forever   (4:05)
 3.  Penny Lane  (3:00)
 4.  Baby, You're A Rich Man  (3:07)
 5.  All You Need Is Love   (3:57)


Personnel:


John Lennon:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Mellotron, Harmonica
Paul McCartney:  Vocals, Bass, Piano, Mellotron, Guitar
George Harrison:  Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Ringo Starr:  Vocals, Drums


Magical Mystery Tour is an LP produced by George Martin, released on November 27, 1967 in USA 11 days earlier than UK, including six-song soundtrack to the film of the same name.


















Title:   The Beatles   (1968)  LP
Genre:  Rock
Label:   Apple
Rating:   *****


Tracks:  


Side One:


 1.  Back In The U.S.S.R.   (2:43)
 2.  Dear Prudence   (3:56)
 3.  Glass Onion   (2:17)
 4.  Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da   (3:08)
 5.  Wild Honey Pie   (0:52)
 6.  The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill  (3:14)
 7.  While My Guitar Gently Weeps  (4:45)
 8.  Happiness Is A Warm Gun   (2:43)


Side Two: 


 1.  Martha My Dear   (2:28)
 2.  I'm So Tired   (2:03)
 3.  Blackbird   (2:18)
 4.  Piggies   (2:04)
 5.  Rocky Raccoon   (3:33)
 6.  Don't Pass Me By    (3:51)
 7.  Why Don't We Do It In The Road?  (1:41)
 8.  I Will   (1:46)
 9.  Julia   (2:54)


Side Three:


 1.  Birthday   (2:42)
 2.  Yer Blues   (4:01)
 3.  Mother Nature's Son  (2:48)
 4.  Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My       
      Monkey   (2:24)
 5.  Sexy Sadie   (3:15)
 6.  Helter Skelter  (4:29)
 7.  Long, Long, Long   (3:04)


Side Four:


 1.  Revolution   (4:15)
 2.  Honey Pie   (2:41)
 3.  Savoy Truffle  (2:54)
 4.  Cry Baby Cry   (3:02)
 5.  Revolution 9   (8:22)
 6.  Good Night   (3:13)


Personnel:


John Lennon:  Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Hammond Organ, Harmonica, Percussion, Tambourine
Paul McCartney:  Vocals, Bass, Hammond Organ, Percussion, Tambourine
George Harrison:  Vocals, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Percussion, Tambourine, Sound Effects
Ringo Starr:  Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Tambourine, Bongos, Cymbals


Guest Musicians:


Eric Clapton:  Lead Guitar on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Mal Evans:  Backing Vocals, and Handclaps
Jack Fallon:  Violin
Pattie Harrison:  Backing Vocals
Jackie Lomax:  Backing Vocals, Handclaps
Maureen Starkey:  Backing Vocals
Yoko Ono:  Backing Vocals, Handclaps


The Beatles is the ninth official album by The Beatles, a double album released on November 25, 1968 in USA, It is also commonly known as "The White Album" and on the list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on Rolling Stone Magazine and on The 100 Best Albums of the Last Twenty Years.


















Title:  Yellow Submarine  (1969)  LP
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Apple
Rating:  *****


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Yellow Submarine   (2:40)
 2.  Only A Northern Song   (3:24)
 3.  All Together Now  (2:11)
 4.  Hey Bulldog  (3:11)
 5.  It's All Too Much  (6:25)
 6.  All You Need Is Love   (3:51)


Side Two:


 1.  Pepperland   (2:21)
 2.  Sea Of Time   (3:00)
 3.  Sea Of Holes   (2:17)
 4.  Sea Of The Monsters   (3:37)
 5.  March Of The Meanies  (2:22)
 6.  Pepperland Laid Waste   (2:19)
 7.  Yellow Submarinre In Pepperland   (2:13)


Yellow Submarine is the tenth studio album by The Beatles released on January 13 1969.  This is the soundtrack album for the feature-length cartoon film of the same name.


















Title:   Abbey Road   (1969)  LP
Genre:   Rock
Label:  Apple
Rating:   *****


Tracks:


Side One:


 1.  Come Together   (4:20)
 2.  Something   (3:03)
 3.  Maxwell's Silver Hammer   (3:27)
 4.  Oh! Darling   (3:26)
 5.  Octopus's Garden   (2:51)
 6.  I Want You(She's So Heavy)  (7:47)


Side Two:


 1.  Here Comes The Sun   (3:05)
 2.  Because   (2:45)
 3.  You Never Give Me Your Money   (4:02)
 4.  Sun King   (2:26)
 5.  Mean Mr. Mustard   (1:06)
 6.  Polythene Pam   (1:12)
 7.  She Came In Through The Bathroom Window  (1:57)
 8.  Golden Slumbers   (1:31)
 9.  Carry That Weight  (1:36)
10. The End   (2:05)
11: Her Majesty   (0:23)


Abbey Road is the 11th studio album of The Beatles released on October 1, 1969.  It is their last recorded album although Let It Be was the last album released before the band's dissolution in 1970.


















Title:  Let It Be   (1970)   LP
Genre:  Rock
Label:  Apple
Rating:   *****


Tracks:


Side One:
 1.  Two Of Us   (3:37)
 2.  Dig A Pony   (3:55)
 3.  Across The Universe  (3:48)
 4.  I Me Mine   (2:26)
 5.  Dig It   (0:50)
 6.  Let It Be   (4:03)
 7.  Maggie Mae   (0:40)


Side Two:


 1.  I've Got A Feeling   (3:38)
 2.  One After 909   (2:54)
 3.  The Long And Winding Road   (3:38)
 4.  For You Blue  (2:32)
 5.  Get Back   (3:09)


Personnel:


John Lennon:  Vocals, Guitar
Paul McCartney:  Vocals, Bass
George Harrison:  Vocals, Guitar
Ringo Starr:  Vocals, Drums, Percussion


Additional Musicians:


Billy Preston:  Electric Piano, Hammond Organ
Linda McCartney:  Backing Vocals


Let It Be is the 12th and final studio album by The Beatles released on May 18, 1970 in USA after the group announced their break-up.  Most of Let It Be was recorded in January 1969, before the recording and release of the album Abbey Road that considered the group final album and Let It Be was original intended to be released before Abbey Road as Get Back but The Beatles were unhappy with this version, which was mixed and compiled by Glyn Johns, for new version of the album was created by Phil Spector in 1970 and finally released as Let It be.
























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