'62-'66 [Musikkassette] [Import]

Eigentlich wollten die Beatles gar nicht, daß dieses Album veröffentlicht wird. Doch war es der findige und geschäftstüchtige Produzent George Martin, dem wir diese nette Zusammenstellung der besten Titel der Beatles verdanken. Hier findet sich alles von den Anfängen bis zum Höhepunkt der Karriere der berühmten Vier aus Liverpool. Von "Love me do" und "Please please me" über "Eight Days a Week" und "Help" bis hin zu "Paperback Writer" und "Yellow Submarine" kann man hier die Karriere nachvollziehen. Dabei muß man allerdings sagen, daß auch die digitale Nachbearbeitung keine Wunder vollbracht hat - schade eigentlich, denn technisch wäre da sicher mehr drin gewesen. Fazit: Wer noch kein Album der Fab Four hat, sollte dieses Album bestellen - für echte Fans, die schon einige Alben ihr eigen nennen, bietet es dagegen nichts Neues. (Dies ist eine Amazon.de an der Uni-Studentenrezension.)

Diese Doppe-CD bietet den perfekten Überblick über die Karriere der Fab Four vom ersten Album "Please Please Me" bis zum 1966er-Werk "Revolver", auch wenn absolute Hardcore-Fans vielleicht den ein oder anderen Titel (z.B. "Taxman") vermissen werden und das 65er-Werk "Rubber Soul" und das schon angesprochene "Revolver" so oder so in jede Sammlung gehören. Die hier vorhandenen Titel sind jedoch extrem gut, da nur die bekanntesten und besten Lieder der doch eher schwachen ersten Alben (z.B. "Beatles For Sale") genommen wurden und man somit nicht sein ganzes Geld wegen ein paar guter Lieder pro CD ausgeben muss. Die ganzen Stücke, von "Love Me Do" über "Yesterday", den bekanntesten Pop-Song aller Zeiten, bis hin zum Titelsong des gleichnamigen Films, "Yellow Submarine", vom genialen Revolver-Album sind alles sehr gute Früh-Werke der Jungs. Diese CD ist vielleicht nicht so bahnbrechend wie die Beatles-Alben ab 1966 oder die Lieder des (zugegeben für mich viel ansprechenderen) "Blue Album", aber es sind doch sehr gute Rock/Pop-Songs der frühen 60er. Musik-Liebhaber müssen dieses Dokument der frühen Phase der wohl besten Band aller Zeiten haben und auch Besitzer aller Beatles-Alben auf Vinyl solten zugreifen, denn der Sound wurde um einiges verbessert und kommt nun glasklar aus den Boxen. Außerdem müssen Sie nun nicht mehr nach einem guten Lied zum Plattenspieler rennen und die nächsten 3 überspringen, denn jeder Song ist ein kleines Juwel.

Living in Oman, working in the Emirates and travelling for business reasons all over the Middle East I like to discuss with my Arabian friends and my customers about the music in both cultures - the Western European & North American music and the Arabian music.

We enjoy to listen to most famous and best singers and artists in both cultures, traditional-classic music as well as modern popmusic.

My friends in Arabia love the Beatles`music, and we enjoy to discuss about John Lennon and Paul McCartney. I`m deeply astonished how well the Arabs are informed about these two icons in modern popmusic. - No wonder, many of my Arabian friends had studies in their youth either in the U.S. or in U.K.! I was deeply astonished to find Beatles LPs (!) in Arabia. This shows how interested they are in really excellent modern music!

The "Red" and "Blue" Beatles CDs

are testament to the genius of the band's music and are an excellent overview and a great place to start for those uninitiated (if there are such people) with the greatest band in history.
1962-1966 ("Red") covers the Beatles' Merseybeat era, a time when the Beatles were considered a singles "teenybopper" band. Among the best cuts on the first CD are "Please Please Me", "She Loves You", "Eight Days a Week", and "Ticket to Ride".

Their progression from teenyboppers to "serious band" begins to show in the songs from 1965's Rubber Soul, including "Norwegian Wood", featuring George Harrison on the sitar, and John Lennon's introspective "In My Life", which hints at the band's glorious and more complex studio work that was to follow.

The Red CD collection ends with two songs from 1966's Revolver, a record that placed the band on even higher creative ground: Paul McCartney's masterpiece "Eleanor Rigby" is the first time a string quartet accompanied a rock and roll record, and "Yellow Submarine" was one in a line of catchy, childlike songs written for resident jester and drummer extrodinaire Ringo Starr.

The first disc of 1967-1970 ("Blue") has the far more unenviable task of selecting four representative tracks from 1967's Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, still considered to be the most ground-breaking and influential album in the history of rock. "A Day in the Life" is the standout -- Sgt. Pepper's closer and emotional peak.

The CD closes with the two songs that best demonstrate the eventual clash in Lennon and McCartney's songwriting styles: McCartney's "Hey Jude" and Lennon's "Revolution" were sides A and B respectively of the Beatles' greatest-selling (and perhaps just "greatest") single. Where Lennon's song is a snarling, self-righteous rocker, McCartney's is a sing-song orchestral ballad. The one you like best probably depends on whether you're a "John" or "Paul" person -- truth is they're both great.

The final CD spans from 1968's The Beatles ("The White Album") to the end of the band's career. McCartney's best moments "Let it Be", "Get Back", and "The Long and Winding Road" (Despite that over-the-top Phil Spector production) are here, as are Lennon's "Don't Let Me Down" and "Come Together". The closer is "Long and Winding Road", though it's perhaps a weaker conclusion than "Two of Us" might have been.

The Red and Blue collections are awesome reminders of the Beatles' past accomplishments and their continued vitality even today.

1967-1970" (or the "Blue" album) compiles singles, Number One hits, and key album cuts from the "Sgt. Pepper," "The Beatles," "Abbey Road," and "Let it Be" albums. Unlike "1," which excludes important tracks that didn't top the chart, the Blue album is a more comprehensive survey of the group's later work. There's the deliciously trippy "Strawberry Fields Forever," the impossibly catchy "Revolution," George Harrison's masterpiece "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and a personal favorite of mine, the bluesy b-side "Don't Let Me Down." Another gem is John Lennon's strikingly beautiful "Across the Universe" pulled from the "Let it Be" album. Haunting and surreal, it's a nice segueway into the closing track, the Number One hit "The Long and Winding Road." Arguably one of the most vital greatest hits albums on the market, "1967-1970" is required listening.

Despite the number of releases in the late 90's with the Anthology series, the Beatles greatest songs have been compiled only one time in the last 30 years, in 2000's "1". It's fun to go back to the companion 1973 releases "1962-1966" and this "1967-1970" (28 tracks, 99 min.), and marvel in particular at the latter's song selection and sequencing.
While now a bit awkwardly on 2 CDs, the original double vinyl was the perfect package. The song selection is just about perfect, really. Nothing to take away from "1", but can you really call that the ultimate compilation of the Beatles when it doesn't have "A Day in the Life" (the definitive Beatles song?) or "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"? Maybe it's too soon yet after "1", but I really believe there is room for a 2 CD collection of the entire Beatles catalogue (greatest hits and essential album tracks) along the lines of "The Definitive Bob Dylan", a great example of how to use the full capacity of CDs.

more thorough overview of their significant hits from the respective period than the companion Red album, all twenty-eight of the songs included on "1967-1970" (The Blue Album) are rock classics.
We're treated to a generous seven of the eleven tracks from "Magical Mystery Tour," and "Sgt. Pepper's" is accurately represented as well. Another bonus is the faster, more popular version of "Revolution," different than what was included on "The White Album."

From trippy pop ("Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "I Am the Walrus") to classic rock ("Get Back," "Come Together,") to their all-time epic masterpiece ("A Day in the Life"), this compilation of the Beatles is virtually without error. For baby boomers, a trip down memory lane. For musicians, a textbook on composition and production. For lovers of pop and rock music, an unbeatable treasure.

The Beatles' "Blue Album" celebrates their talent by boasting nothing but just some of their infamous hits from the years 1967-1970. These songs come from several of the greatest rock albums of all time including Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The Beatles ("The White Album"), Abbey Road and Let It Be. The Beatles' "Blue Album" both proves their genius and demonstrates their singular talent that no other band can replicate.

The two CD set allows us to realize that The Beatles wrote many different types of songs with different styles. This is also essential music that offers something for just about anyone who listens to the two CD set. The first CD starts off strong with the popular and psychedelic "Strawberry Fields Forever," other psychedelic and experimental songs include "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "I Am The Walrus." There are beautiful ballads celebrating love including "All You Need Is Love" and "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." The Beatles also address the angst of a love that is no longer in the songs "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "The Long And Winding Road." Finally, the band sings songs that are just plain fun including "Octopus's Garden" and "Back In The U.S.S.R."

Another reviewer makes an excellent point: If you want to understand the sharp differences in style between John Lennon and Paul McCartney at this time in their careers there is no better comparison than between "Hey Jude," which is an classic ballad indeed, and "Revolution," which is rather conceited, smug and bitter all at once.

The Beatles' use of the unconscious when writing trippy songs like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "A Day In The Life" enabled them to reach out to their fans and ultimately the world. The lyrics make sense even when they make no sense; this only adds to the beauty of the more psychedelic, trippy songs. Moreover, the songs on this two CD set work so well because they address universal themes of wanting to be loved, celebrating love and mourning a lost love.

The liner notes boast the lyrics to each song and great color photos of the band. The liner notes include the song credits, too.

Indeed, The Beatles were so prolific in their writing and performing that this two CD set barely skims the surface of what they truly accomplished between the years 1967 and 1970. If you like this CD set I highly recommend you buy individual Beatles' albums to discover more about the band's creativity and boldness.

Overall, this two CD set is more than just an introductory retrospective of The Beatles' music during the turbulent late 1960s. The "Blue Album" celebrates The Beatles' ability to communicate their political beliefs and amorous feelings for other people through their songs. These songs remind us to understand and appreciate the blessings of love, the evils of war and the importance of world peace--now.

I highly recommend this CD for Beatles fans, fans of great 1970s rock music and anyone who wants to experience how The Beatles taught us what was right through their music. This two CD set is a must have for any Beatles' collector as well as for anyone who wants to study the history of rock and roll.

The Blue album is a wonderful album, full of quality songs from Sgt Pepper, The Magical Mystery Tour, The White Album, Abbey Road and Let It Be. The Beatles had come a long way musically and spiritually in such a short space of time. I am 21 years old and have been listening to The Beatles now for 10 years, this was the first Beatles album I listened to and straight away I was hooked. Everytime I listen to it, like every Beatles album it sounds so original. Lesen Sie weiter... ›