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Track Listings
| 1. Day Tripper |
| 2. We Can Work It Out |
| 3. Paperback Writer |
| 4. Rain |
| 5. Lady Madonna |
| 6. The Inner Light |
| 7. Hey Jude |
| 8. Revolution |
| 9. Get Back (with Billy Preston) |
| 10. Don't Let Me Down (with Billy Preston) |
| 11. The Ballad of John and Yoko |
| 12. Old Brown Shoe |
| 13. Across the Universe |
| 14. Let It Be |
| 15. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) |
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The Beatles, Past Masters Vol.2 EMI 15-track CD album, originally released in 1988.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Look at the track listing, and remember this is a collection of singles, B-sides and a comedy song. No other band could muster such an incredible roster of non-album material. Take your pick: Hey Jude, Revolution, Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna...
My own favourite is 'Rain'. The rhythm musicianship is just out-of-this-world - Ringo plays his drums like a man possessed, and McCartney's bass lines are inspirational and unique. Add to this the fact that the original recording was *slowed down* and you get some idea of just how far ahead of its time this was.
My own favourite is 'Rain'. The rhythm musicianship is just out-of-this-world - Ringo plays his drums like a man possessed, and McCartney's bass lines are inspirational and unique. Add to this the fact that the original recording was *slowed down* and you get some idea of just how far ahead of its time this was.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Three words: buy this album . Firstly for no other reason than the tracks are not available on any other beatles album . The album itself is amazing with a whos who of great songs. The album charts the beatles from 1965 to 1970. The best songs on the album are; day tripper with features what must be the most catchy guitar riff ever, paperback writeran ingenious song which moved away from the beatles trademark love songs, Lady madonna, Across the universe, Revolution, The Ballad of john and yoko, the comedic You know my name look up the number, Get Back - the list is endless .The album features one of the greatest songs ever McCartney's Hey Jude - all seven minutes of it . A complete master piece . But perhaps the stand out track on the album is Lennon's Rain . A psychadelic tune featuring the first ever backwards tapes on a record .
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
It hardly seems worth commenting on the Beatles, their history and discography are so well-known. But for anyone starting to explore the music seriously, this album is considerably better value than the 'Blue' 1967-70 album, with which it shares many tracks. In fact, for the price of the Blue album, you can acquire this album and the Magical Mystery Tour album and thereby have on CD almost all the Beatles' singles (A and B sides) from late '65 through to 1970 - and a few other gems besides. (Of course you may then need to start thinking about getting Revolver, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, The White Album, Sgt Pepper... but that's another story!)
Nearly every track on this record swells with the confidence and savvy of a band that knows full well just how seriously good it is! There is an effortlessness with which they pound out classics like Day Tripper, Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna and even the not-universally-liked Ballad of John & Yoko (their last Number One single - George and Ringo don't even play on it). Plus this is the only CD album apart from the overpriced 'Blue' album where you will find the magnificent Hey Jude in all its seven-and-a-half minute glory.
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Familiar Classics
So you have all the Beatles studio albums from 'Please, Please Me' to 'Let It Be', but what about all those non-album singles and B-sides? Read more
Published 6 days ago by D. T. Collins
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1 star for greed
the 1978 LP release 'beatles : rarities' contained a set of songs not found on prominent beatles albums/compilations.
but it was never released on cd. Read more
but it was never released on cd. Read more
Published 2 months ago by N. Chandran
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Great but you may not need it!
This work fills in the gaps in the Beatle's career that you won't get if you just buy the albums. However you may not need to buy it. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2009 by Graham Kerridge
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Just for the one track, but maybe not?
Growing up within The Beatles era and hearing the singles and albums first hand either on the radio at the time or around friend's homes, there was no real need to own any of their... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2008 by Alan Burridge
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Published on 22 Mar 2008 by A. Walker
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the band who invented the greatness of rock
i think that the beatles were a great band for a beginner and as they invented the greatness of rock. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2007 by for whom the bell tolls
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Shame I can't give it 10 stars!!!
A collection of the Beatles later singles and B-Sides. Can't really add much more to what has already been said in earlier reviews other than truly stunning and an indispensable... Read more
Published on 28 Nov 2006 by Jason Miller
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Round-up of singles never released on original albums
In the sixties, singles were far more important than albums and it was common practice for the best tracks to be released on singles or EP's and not to appear on album until there... Read more
Published on 22 Dec 2003 by Peter Durward Harris
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Terrific Collection of Later Beatles Singles
There are some wonderful songs on this set. Compared with Past Masters Volume 1, it clearly shows The Beatles advances in composition and musical experimentation. Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2003 by Gontroppo
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Superb; a taste of an unheard Beatles
After hearing 'Revolver' and subsequently changing my life, I thought these four couldn't get any better or cleverer. That is until I heard 'Rain', a song I'd been dying to hear. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2001 by S. Notarangelo
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