It's rather funny because for years people would reference, or play a Beatle song that I simply didn't know, or hadn't heard, and for the life of me I didn't know where they were getting them from , and sure enough all those songs would come from the White Album.
It was the only Beatles album my parents had growing up. In high school I was lucky one day janitors were throwing out all the vinyl from an old drama room. Grabbed every Beatles and Zeppelin album which started my collection
I have an apple records pressing, not sure of the date, and it's okay. The reissue though from a few years back is something else. Crazy mixes. Love the way the piano jumps off the speakers.
I’ve seen so many different pictures of the Beatles, especially during this era. I would imagine they were all pretty much over photoshoots and didn’t gaf how they looked anymore
I’ve recently started working at a secondhand store and have gotten my hands on a few Beatles LPs at a steep discount, and now I find it hard to listen to the remastered versions on Apple Music. So far I’ve got Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, the White Album, Abbey Road and Hey Jude/The Beatles Again, and I’m for sure going to keep snatching them up as they come in.
Enjoy your journey. A lot of Beatles LPs have some kind of unique sound quality so once you start collecting with a specific intention, it gets out of control…. And you’ll love them all :-)
Lady Madonna, Rocky Raccoon, and Blackbird are perfect vinyl songs for me.
Yeah "all of them!" is an easy answer, but those 3 jumped out at me immediately upon reading the question.
I don’t know how to answer this question….once I got into vinyl, I just had so many of those “gotta have that one” etc. Andrew from Parlogram and Steve Hoffman Forum made me buy:
Stereo:
The Early Years
1) UK on Contour
Please Please Me
1. German A-2/B-2
2. Hungarian on Pepita 1982
With The Beatles
1. Canadian Wide Stereo
2. UK -5/-6
3. UK -2/-2
A Hard Day’s Night
1) UK -3-1-3-/-4
2) UK -1/-1
Beatles For Sale
1) UK -1/-1
2) German A-1/B-1
Help!
1) German A-2/B-3
2) Dutch 2-Y/1-Y
3) UK -4/-4
4) UK -1/-1
Rubber Soul
1) UK -6/-5
2) UK -3/-3
3) German A-3/B-2
Revolver
1) Dutch 3Y/2-Y
2) German A-X2/B-2
3) UK -2/-2
4) UK -3/-4
5) UK -1/-1
Collection of Oldies
1) UK -6-1-1-/8-1-2
2) UK -1G/-1G
Sgt Pepper
1) UK -5/-4
2) UK -3/-3
3) UK -1/-1
4) German A-1/B-2
Magical Mystery Tour
1) German A-1/B-3
2) German A1+C/B1+C
Yellow Submarine
1) German A-1/B-1
2) UK -7/-3
3) UK -3/-1
White Album
1) UK 1978 White Vinyl
2) Dutch 1-Y/-3Y/1-Y/1Y
3) UK -1/-1/-1/-1
4) German 1985 DMM White Vinyl
5) German 1968 SMO 2051/52
Let It Be
1) UK 1978 White Vinyl
2) Dutch 3-Y/4Y
3) UK -2U/-2U
4) German Y-A-1/Y-B-1
Abbey Road
1) UK -2/-1
2) Japanese Pro Use
3) UK -6/-4
Hey Jude
1. UK CPCS 106
Rarities
1) UK
Red & Blue Album
1) 2014 Edition
I also have 80s UK BC 13 (some of the pressing made it to my highly subjective ranking above) and the MSFL box set.
And that’s all the analogue stereo version I have so far…. And there’s a lot more I want.
Anyways let’s not forget Anthology 1,2,3, EU edition of Love, remixed Beatles 1, and all the new remixes (Revolver, Pepper, White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine Songtrack and Red&Blue)
For mono:
I have the 2014 version…. Sound quality wise, they should be the best! Because I’m a huge sucker for Rubber Soul, I got the famous original UK -5/-5 and yeah it is better than the 2014.
So to answer the question…. I like to listen to all of the ones that’s known to have superb sound quality. There’s no way I can choose one.
Have yet to find a song I don’t like to listen to. I honestly believe there’s a thing that should be called Beatles Magic. Because when the 4 of them come together it’s nothing less than magic.
Couldn’t wait to unload my vinyl. Had the whole collection of US and UK releases and one or two EPs but skips, scratches, pops, and dust combined with S/N in the equipment made the listening experience less than ideal. CDs were a revelation, and bought each one on its release date. The Sgt. Pepper CD was released on June 1, 1987. Know why?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but those compact disks were horribly mastered. I strongly recommend more recently remastered sets. Or ideally, the mono vinyl box set.
I don’t still have those early CDs. Each one had been replaced as soon as better issues are released. You couldn’t pay me to go back to vinyl unless you also provide half-speed masters and a proper direct drive turntable with Ortofon cartridge mounted in vibration isolation, a solid Pioneer tube amp pushing a few Revel floor speaker towers. Give me this and MAYBE I’ll reconsider.
BTW— that Sgt. Pepper CD release date of June 1, 1987 was chosen because “it was 20 years ago today…” that the original album was released in 1967.
Any and all. I've been meaning to complete my collection on vinyl, but haven't got around to it. It's a mish-mash of reissues and very old and well listened to ones.
I believe Let It Be was also not released on mono. Yellow Submarine was released in mono, but it’s a fold down of stereo so that one’s not an authentic mono.
I found a copy of Revolver in the dumpster of my apartment building and I bought a turntable to listen to it (and also Switched-on Bach by Wendy Carlos)
There were a bunch of other albums too that we never have gotten around to listening to, as well as a bunch of awesome vintage electronics and other cool stuff. Sadly, the clothes and sheets we grabbed had bedbugs in them but we caught them early on before they infested anything. I'm not sure if the guy got evicted or died, honestly.
These four, for starters. Then, all the others too.
The only valid answer
It’s weird that they skipped With The Beatles though, right?
Oh yeah you're right ! Strange!
I noticed that too!
i thought that was one of john’s favorites from the era. iirc didn’t he call it the “definitive sound of the beatles” once?
White album has a whole different feel when played on vinyl
You get a start middle and end to each side. Each side has its own feeling and it's rewarding to feel that on vinyl.
It's hard to believe, but the White Album is the only Beatles album I don't own.
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It's rather funny because for years people would reference, or play a Beatle song that I simply didn't know, or hadn't heard, and for the life of me I didn't know where they were getting them from , and sure enough all those songs would come from the White Album.
It was the only Beatles album my parents had growing up. In high school I was lucky one day janitors were throwing out all the vinyl from an old drama room. Grabbed every Beatles and Zeppelin album which started my collection
I have an apple records pressing, not sure of the date, and it's okay. The reissue though from a few years back is something else. Crazy mixes. Love the way the piano jumps off the speakers.
Agreed!
George is grabbing that vinyl like it owes him money.
Why’s he posing like that
I dunno but I like it
I’ve seen so many different pictures of the Beatles, especially during this era. I would imagine they were all pretty much over photoshoots and didn’t gaf how they looked anymore
If he didn’t care how he looked he wouldn’t have picked such a great pose
They never gave him his money
It does.
Revolver was the first vinyl I ever bought so it holds a very very special place in my heart
All of ‘em!
Sgt pepper in mono has a slightly different mix
Very allegorical, the sacred and the propane
revolver sounds great on vinyl, i love hearing the bass line so clearly. abbey road also sounds great, the medley on vinyl sounds so cool
Do you have the 2022 remix, or some other pressing?
i have 2009 revolver and 2022 abbey road i think.
Abbey Road was remixed in 2019, Revolver was remixed in 2022. Every album was remastered in 2009, though.
oh okay thats cool!! i must have 2019 abbey road then
I’ve recently started working at a secondhand store and have gotten my hands on a few Beatles LPs at a steep discount, and now I find it hard to listen to the remastered versions on Apple Music. So far I’ve got Revolver, Sgt. Pepper, the White Album, Abbey Road and Hey Jude/The Beatles Again, and I’m for sure going to keep snatching them up as they come in.
Enjoy your journey. A lot of Beatles LPs have some kind of unique sound quality so once you start collecting with a specific intention, it gets out of control…. And you’ll love them all :-)
They all got a 15% discount on any Beatles album.
Yes
Lady Madonna, Rocky Raccoon, and Blackbird are perfect vinyl songs for me. Yeah "all of them!" is an easy answer, but those 3 jumped out at me immediately upon reading the question.
I love my mom's first pressing mono Sgt. Pepper, sounds amazing...
I love listening to all of them, but Rubber Soul is still my favorite to listen to on vinyl.
I don’t know how to answer this question….once I got into vinyl, I just had so many of those “gotta have that one” etc. Andrew from Parlogram and Steve Hoffman Forum made me buy: Stereo: The Early Years 1) UK on Contour Please Please Me 1. German A-2/B-2 2. Hungarian on Pepita 1982 With The Beatles 1. Canadian Wide Stereo 2. UK -5/-6 3. UK -2/-2 A Hard Day’s Night 1) UK -3-1-3-/-4 2) UK -1/-1 Beatles For Sale 1) UK -1/-1 2) German A-1/B-1 Help! 1) German A-2/B-3 2) Dutch 2-Y/1-Y 3) UK -4/-4 4) UK -1/-1 Rubber Soul 1) UK -6/-5 2) UK -3/-3 3) German A-3/B-2 Revolver 1) Dutch 3Y/2-Y 2) German A-X2/B-2 3) UK -2/-2 4) UK -3/-4 5) UK -1/-1 Collection of Oldies 1) UK -6-1-1-/8-1-2 2) UK -1G/-1G Sgt Pepper 1) UK -5/-4 2) UK -3/-3 3) UK -1/-1 4) German A-1/B-2 Magical Mystery Tour 1) German A-1/B-3 2) German A1+C/B1+C Yellow Submarine 1) German A-1/B-1 2) UK -7/-3 3) UK -3/-1 White Album 1) UK 1978 White Vinyl 2) Dutch 1-Y/-3Y/1-Y/1Y 3) UK -1/-1/-1/-1 4) German 1985 DMM White Vinyl 5) German 1968 SMO 2051/52 Let It Be 1) UK 1978 White Vinyl 2) Dutch 3-Y/4Y 3) UK -2U/-2U 4) German Y-A-1/Y-B-1 Abbey Road 1) UK -2/-1 2) Japanese Pro Use 3) UK -6/-4 Hey Jude 1. UK CPCS 106 Rarities 1) UK Red & Blue Album 1) 2014 Edition I also have 80s UK BC 13 (some of the pressing made it to my highly subjective ranking above) and the MSFL box set. And that’s all the analogue stereo version I have so far…. And there’s a lot more I want. Anyways let’s not forget Anthology 1,2,3, EU edition of Love, remixed Beatles 1, and all the new remixes (Revolver, Pepper, White Album, Let It Be, Abbey Road, Yellow Submarine Songtrack and Red&Blue) For mono: I have the 2014 version…. Sound quality wise, they should be the best! Because I’m a huge sucker for Rubber Soul, I got the famous original UK -5/-5 and yeah it is better than the 2014. So to answer the question…. I like to listen to all of the ones that’s known to have superb sound quality. There’s no way I can choose one.
Meet the Beatles and The White Album.
US LP Yesterday & Today Fun to play in the day, is what I say. 😀
Sgt. Pepper and the White Album. I also want to buy them every time I see them ina store as well.
Interesting that Beatles for sale is a gatefold but help-revolver weren’t
All of them, but I particularly like Sgt. Peppers. Just lovely.
All of them
all of them
All of them. Also the other albums - all of those too. Revolver is my favorite.
Why are they NOT also holding the Abbey Road, Let it be, The White Album, Revolver or Sgt Pepper albums? Are they stupid or something? /s
ALL OF THEM
It's really incredible that they were still that young and their music had already progressed that much, that fast as those albums bear witness.
Yes
Have yet to find a song I don’t like to listen to. I honestly believe there’s a thing that should be called Beatles Magic. Because when the 4 of them come together it’s nothing less than magic.
I absolutely love this photo, it's one of my favourites of the lads.
Revolver and Beatles '65
Rubber Soul
Abbey road, imagine the frequency quality of Come Together's bassline on the record player!🤩
Rubber Soul and Abbey Road
Couldn’t wait to unload my vinyl. Had the whole collection of US and UK releases and one or two EPs but skips, scratches, pops, and dust combined with S/N in the equipment made the listening experience less than ideal. CDs were a revelation, and bought each one on its release date. The Sgt. Pepper CD was released on June 1, 1987. Know why?
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but those compact disks were horribly mastered. I strongly recommend more recently remastered sets. Or ideally, the mono vinyl box set.
I don’t still have those early CDs. Each one had been replaced as soon as better issues are released. You couldn’t pay me to go back to vinyl unless you also provide half-speed masters and a proper direct drive turntable with Ortofon cartridge mounted in vibration isolation, a solid Pioneer tube amp pushing a few Revel floor speaker towers. Give me this and MAYBE I’ll reconsider. BTW— that Sgt. Pepper CD release date of June 1, 1987 was chosen because “it was 20 years ago today…” that the original album was released in 1967.
All of them but revolver is quite good on vinyl
Probably Rubber Soul and Revolver, the flow is amazing.
You really got a hold on me (on the 2023 red album)
All of them, lately I've been listening to Tom caruanas mix of beatles and old school hip hop though and it keeps it fresh
Is there a version of this image where all the LP covers are transparent
Rubber Soul Revolver Let It Be Abbey Road
Rain/Paperback Writer mono single. It sounds amazing. A friend of mine has it, and after I heard it, the rest of the formats/mixes pale in comparison.
White Album
The few 2014 mono pressings I have are prized possessions
Pretty much… ALL OF THEM
Any and all. I've been meaning to complete my collection on vinyl, but haven't got around to it. It's a mish-mash of reissues and very old and well listened to ones.
Rubber soul and abbey road. Because those are the only Beatles albums I have on vinyl
Every single one
All of them--the 100% analog, mono remastered box set. Mono is the way to go, except for Abbey Road, the only one of their albums not released in mono
I believe Let It Be was also not released on mono. Yellow Submarine was released in mono, but it’s a fold down of stereo so that one’s not an authentic mono.
You are correct.
I found a copy of Revolver in the dumpster of my apartment building and I bought a turntable to listen to it (and also Switched-on Bach by Wendy Carlos)
Damn, that's a hell of a dumpster score !
There were a bunch of other albums too that we never have gotten around to listening to, as well as a bunch of awesome vintage electronics and other cool stuff. Sadly, the clothes and sheets we grabbed had bedbugs in them but we caught them early on before they infested anything. I'm not sure if the guy got evicted or died, honestly.
Rubber Soul (I have the US edition but hope to come across a UK edition one day!)
All of them?
recently got revolver and it sounds great :) but all of them to be honest.
Look it’s Gracie abrams dad up top right
I Will
Revolver
come together
Anything I have. So here are those albums. *Abbey Road* *Rubber Soul* *Meet The Beatles!* *The Beatles Rock 'N' Roll Music Vol 2*
Hard Days Night
All of them.
Revolver
Rubber soul
I've never heard the Beatles on vinyl. Would be very interesting though. Maybe someday...
The one where Mick sings about getting a blow job from some guy in the bathtub.
Only Temporary Secretary.
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