The Beatles The Beatles and Esher Demos (Vinyl, Apple Records, 2018) *****
Genre: Beatles pop/rock
Places I remember: Variety of sources - original album came from DJ Records in Otahuhu, subsequent copies have come from friends (the Parlophone vinyl from Paul O'Neill), the CD 30th anniversary edition from The Warehouse, The vinyl reboot with outtakes boxset from HMV Oxford St. and then there is the CD remaster version from the box set bought from Kings Recording in Abu Dhabi (shout out to them - great bunch of guys there - hope you are well and surviving in this post Covid-19 world).
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Long Long Long (my favourite George song of all time - listen to it at night, with the lights off, on headphones, while lying on your bed, for the best effect). Ringo in great form and listen out for the rattling of a Blue Nun wine bottle left on top of an amp that George decided to leave in the mix.
Gear costume: Everything else - it's the bloody Beatles (as Macca would say). Yes that includes the harrowing Revolution 9.
Active compensatory factors: Along with the Hey Jude compilation, these are my favourite two Beatle albums.
Where do they all belong? My go to is always my original vinyl copy, #71111. It still sounds the best - even though the fidelity on Long Long Long has suffered through the years. So that rattle really does rattle.
Genre: Beatles pop/rock
Places I remember: Variety of sources - original album came from DJ Records in Otahuhu, subsequent copies have come from friends (the Parlophone vinyl from Paul O'Neill), the CD 30th anniversary edition from The Warehouse, The vinyl reboot with outtakes boxset from HMV Oxford St. and then there is the CD remaster version from the box set bought from Kings Recording in Abu Dhabi (shout out to them - great bunch of guys there - hope you are well and surviving in this post Covid-19 world).
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Long Long Long (my favourite George song of all time - listen to it at night, with the lights off, on headphones, while lying on your bed, for the best effect). Ringo in great form and listen out for the rattling of a Blue Nun wine bottle left on top of an amp that George decided to leave in the mix.
Gear costume: Everything else - it's the bloody Beatles (as Macca would say). Yes that includes the harrowing Revolution 9.
Active compensatory factors: Along with the Hey Jude compilation, these are my favourite two Beatle albums.
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| # 71111 (vinyl) and #0194522 (CD) |
The sheer variety of music in The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album), is always a revelation. It sometimes feels like they had a policy of dogmatically refusing to repeat an idea or a style so that the invention from 1963 to 1969 is mind numbing.
When I got this in the early seventies I played it over and over and marvelled at the various wonders on offer. By then I was a Lennon fan primarily but George's songs also stood out, then Paul's versatility was a feature (heavy metal, acoustic, country, folk, granny music, pop, avant garde a clue - all within these four sides) and, of course, Ringo's cameos were perfect as well.
Where do they all belong? My go to is always my original vinyl copy, #71111. It still sounds the best - even though the fidelity on Long Long Long has suffered through the years. So that rattle really does rattle.
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