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Past Masters Volume Two

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  • Audio CD (7 Mar 1988)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Apple/Parlophone
  • ASIN: B000002USZ
  • Other Editions: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,337 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Day Tripper
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Paperback Writer
4. Rain
5. Lady Madonna
6. Inner Light, The
7. Hey Jude
8. Revolution
9. Get Back
10. Don't Let Me Down
11. Ballad Of John And Yoko, The
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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Along with its sister volume, PAST MASTERS 2 gathers singles, oddities and B-sides together and saves the dedicated Beatlemaniac considerable time and money hunting down this uncommon material. Like the "Blue Album", VOLUME TWO covers the second half of the Beatles career from 1965 to 1970. During this time period, the Fab Four stopped touring and focused their energies on studio recordings. The results included some of the Beatles' more experimental forays, like their firstuse of backwards tape ("Rain") and the breaking of the singles time barrier ("Hey Jude").
There are alternate versions of well-known songs ("Get Back", "Across The Universe"), and songs influenced by Fats Domino ("Lady Madonna") and Indian culture ("The Inner Light"). The most unusual tune included on this collection is "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)". This highly unusual recording was started in May 1967and shelved before getting completed in November 1969. The result was an avant-cabaret number conceived by John Lennon,featuring mumbled vocals, Brian Jones' saxophone playing and sound effects replicating the inside of an after-hours club.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just Buy It Now, 5 Dec 2001
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars george harrison we hardly knew ye - rest in peace, 1 Dec 2001
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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 .
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must for anyone interested in hearing the Beatles at their best., 5 Nov 1999
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Alan Burridge

5.0 out of 5 stars Y MAS SORPRESAS!!!
Este volumen es el complemento de la primera parte (Past Masters 1); incluyendo mas grandiosas numeros uno como DAY TRIPPER, WE CAN WORK IT OUT, PAPERBACK WRITER, HEY JUDE, LADY... Read more
Published 13 months ago by C. Bellegarrigue

5.0 out of 5 stars 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 20 months ago by for whom the bell tolls

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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

5.0 out of 5 stars 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. Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2001 by S. Notarangelo

5.0 out of 5 stars 3 stars!!!! Are u mad!!!
Although some of the songs are a bit ropey by Beatles standards, this CD is simply worth buying for the opening 4 tracks. Read more
Published on 14 May 2001

3.0 out of 5 stars not a classic
although this is a good album i would recomend to buy there other albums and not a greatest hits one. for example sgt peppers lonely hearts or abbey road. Read more
Published on 21 Oct 2000

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