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- A1 All My Loving
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- A2 Don't Bother Me
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- A3 Can't Buy Me Love
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- A4 All I've Got to Do
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songwriter
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- A5 I Saw Her Standing There
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songwriter
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- A6 She Loves You
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songwriter
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songwriter
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- B1 From Me to You
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- B2 There's a Place
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- B3 This Boy
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- B4 Please Please Me
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- B5 Little Child
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songwriter
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- B6 I Want to Hold Your Hand
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Off the Beatle Track [p] 33 rpm
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Off the Beatle Track Mono
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Off the Beatle Track 33 rpm
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Off the Beatle Track 3¾ IPS, Mono
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Off the Beatle Track 33 rpm, Mono
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Off the Beatle Track 33 rpm
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1994 CD
1 Review
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A1
All My Loving
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A2
Don't Bother Me
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A3
Can't Buy Me Love
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A4
All I've Got to Do
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A5
I Saw Her Standing There
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A6
She Loves You
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B1
From Me to You
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B2
There's a Place
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B3
This Boy
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B4
Please Please Me
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B5
Little Child
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B6
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Turn off your mind, relax and float down to the lobby
Even by the relaxed easy listening music standards that I loosely follow, this release is a sub par effort. How strange is it to hear early Beatles music be chopped up and mashed into an easy to swallow package? Was this album intended to be for the parents of the kids that were hooked on the Beatles in 1964? As if the parents, not hearing enough of the Beatles original music in their homes would get a break if the kids listened to this version of the Beatles music instead?In the case of the incidental music in the film "A Hard Day's Night" I understand why the music was needed and why it was included onto the soundtrack record, but this...this I don't get. Was George Martin trying to wring the moptop for all he could get? More importantly, what did the Beatles think of this? I know Lennon wrote something mildly humorous on the back cover indicating his approval, but what did he really think of this music?
It's strange to hear the record begin and recognize the beginning to "She Loves You" only to then be scared into thinking that it might actually be "Sie Liebt Dich", only then to be doubly scared into realizing that it's neither of those, but a soulless and bland easy listening version by George Martin instead.
The best track on this collection, oddly enough, is a George Harrison song, "Don't Bother Me". Martin always felt that he didn't participate more fully on songs that were not born from the mind of Lennon and McCartney, that he did not give George Harrison his due as a songwriter, especially during this time in the Beatles career. That's why it is surprising to hear the best version on this record is a George Harrison tune. Martin should have put this much care into the original recording.
Martin also took from the play book of the "A Hard Day's Night" original soundtrack by making a copy from the movie's title tune when making "I Saw Her Standing There" for this record. The feel is identical, the bouncy piano fills, the horns...hell, he probably used the same musicians.
This album is probably a half a star better than its rating, but considering that he didn't have to come up with any of the material, and also considering he is the real fifth Beatle, he should have come up with something better than this album.
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A1
All My Loving
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A2
Don't Bother Me
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A3
Can't Buy Me Love
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A4
All I've Got to Do
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A5
I Saw Her Standing There
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A6
She Loves You
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B1
From Me to You
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B2
There's a Place
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B3
This Boy
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B4
Please Please Me
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B5
Little Child
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B6
I Want to Hold Your Hand
9 Dec 2019
26 Jan 2018
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A1
All My Loving
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A2
Don't Bother Me
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A3
Can't Buy Me Love
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A4
All I've Got to Do
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A5
I Saw Her Standing There
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A6
She Loves You
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B1
From Me to You
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B2
There's a Place
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B3
This Boy
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B4
Please Please Me
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B5
Little Child
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B6
I Want to Hold Your Hand
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