- Audio CD (28 May 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Castle
- ASIN: B00005CBU4
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 230,198 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As I said of the first volume in this series:
"A really excellent compilation of peculiar covers. It's a shame that some more credible versions aren't included - Tomorrow's 1967 cover of Strawberry Fields, for instance - but nonetheless fascinating for those of us who'd listen to Sgt Pepper performed on a kazoo and still enjoy it."
That still holds true. It's nice to see Peter Knight's version of Yellow Submarine included. His band recorded a bizarre easy-listening/big-band version of the whole Sgt Pepper album, some cuts from which should make their way onto volume three of this set...
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This set was compiled from the British labels Pye, Piccadilly, Transatlantic and Immediate, so is necessarily restricted in what it includes, yet such is the abundance of Beatles covers that there is plenty to enjoy in this compilation, which is even more eclectic than All you need is covers. The covers are presented in Beatles date order, although it does not follow that the actual covers were recorded in that order. Unlike All you need is covers, here Let it be follows the tracks from Abbey road. Also unlike All you need is covers, this set includes covers of post-Beatles songs, ending with Mull of Kintyre by the Alexander brothers, famous in Scotland but virtually unknown elsewhere.
There are also a few songs that the Beatles wrote but did not record themselves, one of these being Step inside love, a UK top ten hit for Cilla Black, but here covered by the Paper dolls, whose big hit was Something here in my heart keeps a-telling me no.
The big hit here is Ob-la-di ob-la-da, with which Marmalade had a UK number one. The Kestrels, who I described in my review of All you need is covers, open this set with Please please me.
Petula Clark, the most famous artist featured here, is represented here with Partir il nous faut, her French version of Nobody I know (a hit for Peter and Gordon), and also puts in other appearances with her covers of We can work it out and Maybe I’m amazed. Of the other names featured here, the ones with greatest recognition are Chris Farlowe (Yesterday), Todd Rundgren (Rain), PP Arnold (Eleanor Rigby), Anita Harris (Here there and everywhere), The Tremeloes (Good day sunshine), Jackie Trent and Tony Hatch (With a little help from my friends), Max Bygraves (When I’m 64), Acker Bilk (Fool on the hill), Kenny Ball (Lady Madonna), The Moments (Rocky Racoon) and Chairmen of the board (Come together).
Like its predecessor, these are not always the best covers of these songs, but most of them are very enjoyable, so this is an intriguing set for fans of Beatles covers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the second selection of Beatles covers from the Pye Records stable, and, like the first, contains some real gems. The always excellent P P Arnold contributes Eleanor Rigby, and there is a particularly good version of Imagine from Mae McKenna, which knocks Diana Ross into the proverbial cocked hat. Petula Clark is a regular on this series of discs, and this time she sings 'Nobody I Know' (in French) and We Can Work It Out. Her final track is Maybe I'm Amazed, a post-Beatles song from McCartney, which is spine-tingling. Of course there is also a surfeit of easy-listening arrangements, but even these seem to be the pick of the bunch.
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