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The Beatles: 1967-1970 - The Blue Album

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Label: Capitol Records
Released: 1973
Time:
 33:37 / 38:45
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): George Martin
Rating: *******... (7/10)
Media type: CD Double
Web address: www.thebeatles.com
Appears with: G.Harrison, J.Lennon, P.McCartney
Purchase date: 2010.05.28
Price in €: 2,00





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Disc 1
[1] Strawberry Fields Forever (Lennon/McCartney) - 4:07
[2] Penny Lane (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:01
[3] Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:01
[4] With a Little Help from My Friends (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:43
[5] Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:27
[6] A Day in the Life (Lennon/McCartney) - 5:06
[7] All You Need Is Love (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:48
[8] I Am the Walrus (Lennon/McCartney) - 4:34
[9] Hello/Goodbye (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:29
[10] The Fool on the Hill (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:59
[11] Magical Mystery Tour (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:48
[12] Lady Madonna (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:18
[13] Hey Jude (Lennon/McCartney) - 7:08
[14] Revolution (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:25

Disc 2
[1] Back in the U.S.S.R. (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:45
[2] While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Harrison) - 4:46
[3] Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:11
[4] Get Back (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:12
[5] Don't Let Me Down (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:34
[6] The Ballad of John and Yoko (Lennon/McCartney) - 2:59
[7] Old Brown Shoe (Harrison) - 3:20
[8] Here Comes the Sun (Harrison) - 3:07
[9] Come Together (Lennon/McCartney) - 4:18
[10] Something (Harrison) - 3:02
[11] Octopus's Garden (Starr) - 2:52
[12] Let It Be (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:52
[13] Across the Universe (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:47
[14] The Long and Winding Road (Lennon/McCartney) - 3:37
 

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George Harrison - Guitar, Vocals
John Lennon - Guitar, Vocals
Paul McCartney - Bass, Guitar, Piano, Vocals
Ringo Starr - Drums, Vocals

Billy Preston - Organ

George Martin - Audio Production, Producer
Phil Spector - Audio Production, Producer, Reproduction

Martin Benge - Engineer
Jeff Jarratt - Engineer
Glyn Johns - Engineer
Peter Brown - Engineer
Phillip McDonald - Engineer
Ken Scott - Engineer
Barry Sheffield - Engineer
Geoff Emerick - Engineer
Paul Hicks - Remastering
Sean Magee - Remastering
Guy Massey - Remastering
Steve Rooke - Remastering
Sam Okell - Remastering
Guy Hayden - Project Manager
Wendy Day - Project Manager
Mike Heatley - Project Manager
Allan Rouse - Project Coordinator
Aaron Bremner - Photo Editing, Photo Research
Dorcas Lynn - Photo Editing, Photo Research
Bruce McBroom - Photography
Gavin O'Neill - Photo Retouching
Darren Evans - Redesign
Bill Flanagan - Liner Notes
Drew Lorimer - Redesign

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1978 LP Capitol 118431
1988 CS Capitol 904384
1988 LP Capitol 904381
1991 LP Capitol 034041
1991 CS Capitol 034044
1993 LP EMI/Parlophone 7970390
1993 LP Apple 1053093
1993 CS Capitol 97039
1993 CD Capitol 97039
1998 CD Toshiba EMI 5112930
2003 LP Apple PCSPP718
2008 LP EMD Int'l 718

The Beatles' original 1973 compilation 1962-1966 ("Red") and 1967-1970 ("Blue") have been remastered by the same dedicated team of engineers at EMI Music's Abbey Road Studios responsible for remastering The Beatles' original UK studio albums, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release. Both 2CD packages include expanded booklets with original liner notes, newly written essays by Bill Flanagan and rare photos. "Red" and "Blue" are the first Beatles compilations to be released after the band's 1970 disbandment, the popular collections each feature a selection of singles and album tracks written by the band's members.

The companion piece to the 1962-1966 singles compilation, this set (often called "the blue album", as opposed to its chronological predecessor "the red album"), brings together the Beatles best known songs from 1967 through 1970. The Beatles were fiercely, relentlessly experimental during these years, and the swirling, visionary soundscapes of "Strawberry Fields Forever", which opens the collection, sets the tone with its effects-heavy production and backward tape loops. John Lennon's psychedelic songwriting, which emphasised crystalline melodies and surreal wordplay, can be heard on tracks like "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" and "Across the Universe". Paul McCartney's fascination with English music hall and novelty numbers is clear on "Penny Lane" and "Ob-la-Di, Ob-la-Da", and the set also has some of his finest ballads, including the mega-hits "Let It Be" and "Hey Jude". George Harrison emerged as a fine songwriting talent during these years with "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun". Yet despite evidence of their diverging individual directions, the Beatlesstill rock as a band on cuts like "Revolution". (The set includes the single versions of "Revolution", "Lady Madonna", and "Hey Jude"). The Beatles set the tenor of the late-'60s with this spectacular soundtrack, and it remains--even afteryears of overplaying--original, beautiful music.



Picking up where 1962-1966 left off, the double-album compilation 1967-1970, commonly called The Blue Album, covers the Beatles' later records, from Sgt. Pepper's through Let It Be. Like The Red Album, The Blue Album was released in the wake of a pair of widely advertised quadruple-LP bootlegs, Alpha Omega, Vols. 1-2: The Story of the Beatles, which had appeared early in 1973. And like its companion volume, this set contains a mixture of hits, including singles like "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution" -- which had originally appeared only as 45s -- plus important album tracks like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "A Day in the Life," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Come Together," as well as orphaned tracks such as the single versions of "Let It Be" and "Get Back," which had never been on any LP before. The first two sides of the original double-LP edition carry listeners through the highlights of the psychedelic era, starting with "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" and up through "Magical Mystery Tour," before returning to rock & roll territory on "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution." The second LP skims three of the more popular tracks off of the sprawling White Album (aka The Beatles) and moves into the late singles ("The Ballad of John and Yoko," "Old Brown Shoe," "Let It Be"), plus single and album highlights from Abbey Road and Let It Be. As a précis of the group's final 36 months, it's all mightily impressive, even if 1967-1970 misses several great songs. But like its predecessor, this set does capture the essence (if not the full range) of the Beatles' later recordings. Note: The 1993 CD reissue of this and its companion volume featured some modest upgrades of some of the masters that overlapped with the 1988 Past Masters, Vol. 1 and Past Masters, Vol. 2.

Bruce Eder - All Music Guide



Even as the Beatles began heading toward an inevitable breakup, their prolific ways continued; this two-disc look back only skims the surface of their later achievements. Excerpts from Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, the white album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be compete for space with classic singles that do as much or more to prove their eclecticism: the epic ballad "Hey Jude," the plaintive "Strawberry Fields Forever," straight rock & roll of all stripes from the plainspoken "Revolution" and "Get Back" to the surreal "Come Together." Decades after the split, this (and its companion set of 1962-1966 cuts) remains a favored introduction for young listeners and a key sampler for veteran fans.

Rickey Wright - Amazon.com



Selbst als das unvermeidliche Ende der Beatles immer näher rückte, blieben sie noch sehr produktiv. Dieser Rückblick, festgehalten auf zwei CDs, ist natürlich zwangsläufig unvollständig. Auszüge aus Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, dem Weißen Album, Abbey Road und Let It Be stehen Seite an Seite mit den Singleklassikern, die die Genialität der Beatles fast noch mehr verdeutlichen: die episch-große Ballade "Hey Jude", das klagende "Strawberry Fields Forever", geradlinige Rocker wie "Revolution" und "Get Back" mit ihrer direkten Botschaft oder auch das surreale "Come Together". Noch Jahrzehnte nach Auflösung der Beatles bietet dieses Album, genauso wie sein Zwilling mit den Aufnahmen der Jahre 1962-1966, einen guten Einstieg für Beatles-Neulinge und ist ein absolutes Muß für die alten Fans.

Rickey Wright - Amazon.de
 

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