Beatles Official Albums Ranked Best To Not So Best

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Ziggy C wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:49 pm
beatlesfanfromsop wrote: Mon Jul 18, 2022 11:40 pm I grew up listening to the The Beatles U.S. releases,and this is my ranking of each U.S. release.
I like every U.S. release,and it was not that easy for me to rank some of them.
I see where the compilations kind of rattle around together at the bottom. That's about where I'd put most of them. Blue and Red would be higher, if I'd ranked them, with Red just above Blue.

I'm noticing that AHDN and/or Help are close to the top on many lists. Also noticing that Sgt. Pepper isn't as close to the top as many of the so-called renowned critics and musicologists would place it. I think we know better than they.
Thanks for your response.
You make good points.
I always liked the original 1973 US version of the Red & Blue Albums the best,
and I always thought those two greatest hits LPS for the most part
contain all The Beatles Hits and most famous Beatles songs.
I always liked SPLHCB the best out of the last seven releases up to 1970.
I always thought The Early Beatles was the weakest of the Capitol releases.
I always thought if The Early Beatles also included Misery & There's A Place
on both the Stereo & Mono LPS,it would have made it a better album.
The Capitol Stereo mixes for those two songs can be found on U.S. Rarities
and the Mono mixes can be found on Twist And Shout / There's A Place Capitol Starline mono single
& Roll Over Beethoven / Misery Capitol Starline mono single.
I have never head those two Capitol mono singles,and i have been trying to find
vinyl rips for them for years.
I guess since I Saw her standing there was included on Meet The Beatles,
Capitol Records left it off The Early Beatles,and now that I think of it,it would have made
the Early Beatles a better LP.
I read some place The Early Beatles has centered vocals,
and I have no idea if that is true.
If it is true,then I think I would rank the Early Beatles a little higher.
Mike
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Re: Beatles Official Albums Ranked Best To Not So Best

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beatlesfanfromsop wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:29 pm
...and the Mono mixes can be found on Twist And Shout / There's A Place Capitol Starline mono single
& Roll Over Beethoven / Misery Capitol Starline mono single.
I have never heard those two Capitol mono singles, and have been trying to find
vinyl rips of them for years.
I thought the mono mixes for those tunes would be the same whether US or UK. Perhaps Dr. Ebbetts version of PPM in mono?
(If I sound naive here, my bad, sorry.)

If I'm out in left field, and if what you seek is out there, then this is certainly the place to find them. Perhaps post a separate thread in this same subforum?

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Ziggy C wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 9:16 pm
beatlesfanfromsop wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:29 pm
...and the Mono mixes can be found on Twist And Shout / There's A Place Capitol Starline mono single
& Roll Over Beethoven / Misery Capitol Starline mono single.
I have never heard those two Capitol mono singles, and have been trying to find
vinyl rips of them for years.
I thought the mono mixes for those tunes would be the same whether US or UK. Perhaps Dr. Ebbetts version of PPM in mono?
(If I sound naive here, my bad, sorry.)

If I'm out in left field, and if what you seek is out there, then this is certainly the place to find them. Perhaps post a separate thread in this same subforum?

-Z
I could be wrong,but being that those two tracks were never released in mono by Capitol on an LP or 45 single
until they were released as part of the Capitol Starline series,my guess is that those two mono mixes are not the
same as the PPM UK mono mixes or if Introducing The Beatles mono mixes are different than the PPM UK mono mixes.
I have requested before if someone had or can make vinyl rips of those two Capitol mono singles,
and nobody responded.There are also other US LP and 45 single vinyl rips I am missing and also UK vinyl rips
I am missing,and I was thinking of make a request list and posting it here in the near future.
Mike
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