I think the fake stereo mix of I Feel Fine on the German Beatles '65 is a unique remix from the mono UK mix. It fades longer than the US mono mix and has much less reverb. It's duplicated on The Bealtes' Greatest comp.
Steve said somewhere that the stereo Beatles Beat was made with tapes from Capitol. While some tracks may very well be copies of Second Album dubs, some tracks come from other sources: I Want to Hold Your Hand is true stereo, and I don't believe the stereo mix of From Me to You had been issued in the States by the time the stereo Beatles Beat was released in Germany (1969).
I have a mid 1970's Parlophone re-press of the stereo. It sounds okay at best. I also have the "Doctor's" 2 CD stereo and mono needle-drops. Also, I made a single CD playlist/CDR of the mono and stereo from the 2009 CDs. It's fun to listen to in the car.
That was a good time, mid 80's my library had 'Magical Mystery Tour', '67-70' all on cassette, brilliant. Sadly not much else.
I believe it's still the only place to get the 1966 mock stereo mix of She Loves You. The other four stereo mixes from that time (I Want To Hold Your Hand, We Can Work It Out, Day Tripper, Paperback Writer) were used for the 2009 Past Masters I think.[/QUOTE] I recently listened to a Spain pressing of this album, supposedly from 1978, and has the mock stereo of She Loves You, but a TRUE STEREO of From Me to You!
Because I had heard “bad boy” on the ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC 2 LP set, I already had that track. I hadn’t heard most of those songs anyway, so it was all new to me really. I did come across a very cheap 1979 Australian reissue of the LP and bought it for the cover. Some of the Australian reissues had orange labels with black type face and others had a black label with silver typeface. Mine has the orange label, like my ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC set does. I didn’t have most of the Beatles singles hits, as I didn’t have any compilation albums like the red or blue at that point. That changed when I bought ‘Past Masters’ on CD sometime in the early 90’s, I suppose. I’m glad to have it for the cover and I will take it out and give it a play, as a result of reading this very interesting thread. Thanks for the reminder.
I can't speak towards Oldies because it's not a great sounding album to start. But I have a few Beatle albums on the Australian orange Parlophone from the seventies and they sound great....lots of breathing room.
Left (sold) my copy to my brother when I moved from Omaha back to L.A. in 1973. Although I have all the tracks on other sources, I would still buy it on CD for the sentimental value.
First Beatles album I ever owned. 1980 Christmas present. An excellent summary of their early british singles. I wish Bad Boy had been left off, though. I think that may have introduced me to the concept of ‘skip’ tracks. The back cover photo had me thinking George was John.
I've had / have a few different copies of this LP...including an original mono Parlophone. The best sounding version on my system is a 2 box Parlophone HTM x 2.
All the #1 UK singles up to 1966 plus the clever addition of two popular ballads: "Yesterday" and "Michelle". I agree "Bad Boy" seems to be out of place there, though it may have been the main reason to buy the album for some British fans. My own reduced 20-tracks version of the Red Album does include all the songs from Oldies minus "Bad Boy", adding "Love Me Do", "Please Please Me", "Norwegian Wood", "Nowhere Man" and "In My Life".
Bad Boy was definitely a draw. But in those days my schoolboy budget didn’t stretch to buying an LP for just one track…
Official. The same sticker was on many French EMI records over here. It was on the "Half Price" records I think.
The back cover photo is reversed on most pressings. I do think one or two countries had it correctly... or maybe EMI realized their mistake and fixed it on later pressings. (Actually, I just took a look at my Japanese AP (circa '69 - '73) pressing, and I think it's correct on that pressing.) BTW, "Bad Boy" is the main reason to have this, AFAIC.
How does your copy sound? Are these the standard UK mixes or did Electrola use alternate German mixes (I Feel Fine, IWTHYH)? I'm tempted to buy a green label from the 80's for the sake of completion.
I was actually a bit suprised over how good this pressing sounded. It is listed as a dutch pressing. I'm pretty sure these arent uk mixes. This is the exact pressing: The Beatles - A Collection Of Beatles Oldies
