DISQUS

David · 1 year ago

It feels like Christmas! Thanks!

steve · 1 year ago

It is indeed sick when you hear the outtakes of these guys. I grew up listening to the records, which to me were so good I always figured it was put together by George Martin. Sure, they played it in the studio on their instruments, but not live. They were in glass enclosed silence booths and ole Georgy made the magic happen on the big board later. But then you hear all these Anthologies and bootlegs that are around and you hear them play another version of something beautiful like "We can work it out" or "Something" and you realize that it was mostly just 4 sickeningly talented guys playing in a room. And they could come back again tomorrow, sit down, and play it again. As Paul said in the Anthology DVD set, "we were just a good little band who could really play together well". A bit understated....

rwcass · 1 year ago

Some writer noted how amazing it was that Lennon and McCartney grew up so close together and, you know, only turned out to be two of the greatest songwriters, not to mention singers, of all time.

All of them produced good work after the Beatles broke up, of course, but it is amazing when you think that none of them were 30 yet when they disbanded.

Elaine · 1 year ago

(Is it still fashionable to say, 'don't you mean three sickeningly talented guys and Ringo?')

Neil Cake · 1 year ago

yeh, go on, disparage Ringo... he was a good drummer; inventive and innovative, but understated. No, he didn't write as many classic songs as the other 3, but it's patently unfair to criticise him.

rwcass · 1 year ago

It probably still is fashionable, but I do think he's underrated. A few years after the band had broken up, wasn't he the most successful Beatle in terms of hit singles?

Elaine · 1 year ago

I don't know. Was he?

I was only kidding, but I do remember watching him perform this summer (was it on Conan?) and thinking he was decidedly lackluster as a front man. Sorry. :/

rwcass · 1 year ago

I saw him on "Late Late Show," and I felt like he was out of his element too. It had a lot to do with his dancing while he sang. But as the Beatles' drummer in the '60s, not bad at all. He also seems like the Beatle who'd be the most fun to have a beer with.

Mike Kirby · 3 months ago

I have musician friends who think he was the best drummer in rock. (Yes, I know, any kiddies reading who thinks good drumming has to be flashy or highly technical will disagree.)

rwcass · 3 months ago

Yes, with Ringo all the flashiness seemed to be on his fingers, not in his technique. He usually drummed with "no fills," I believe.

L · 1 year ago

Sure, all their best work was behind them by the time they were 30, but look at just how much they did by the time they were 30!

These are great!

rwcass · 1 year ago

"... look at just how much they did by the time they were 30!"

Don't remind me. I need to find fault with them however I can, L. It's the only way I can feel better about myself.

Dave · 1 year ago

That Harrison solo demo of All Things Must Pass gives me chills. Thanks a million.

Ted · 1 year ago

What a gift! Thanks so much for this. I was really digging that guitar work on "The End [Take 7], and hearing the crunched vocal on "Ain't She Sweet." Nice, nice, and nice!

stewart · 1 year ago

what happened to track 15????

rwcass · 1 year ago

Some of the tracks I was given for posting were a little messed up, including "Carry That Weight." I couldn't find a substitute for it as is, so I replaced it with a track that combines that song with "Golden Slumbers."

Hanan · 1 year ago

thanks for these! you are amazing.

myke · 1 year ago

That Come and Get it is not the Beatles.

rwcass · 1 year ago

Technically, I believe it's credited to McCartney. Similarly, "All Things Must Pass" is probably just Harrison.

Peter Wall · 1 year ago

I am 57yrs old, This is the greatest stuff i've ever heard.!!!!!..

EricL · 1 year ago

Wow, I was not expecting "Come and Get it" to sound better as a McCartney sung tune. And "Something" seems even richer than the album version. Then again why am I surprised? After 30 they each still made things like "Band on the Run" "Live and Let Die" "Plastic Ono Band" "Imagine." Hell, "Ringo" was better than anything most bands will ever do.

Oh, great. Now I've gone and depressed myself.

daretoeatapeach · 12 months ago

Ha ha ha... I feel that way about Jonathon Safron Foer. He wrote Everything Is Illuminated when he was in his mid-twenties. I love him. I hate him. I love him. I hate him...I should get to work on theGreatAmericanNovel so I can stop hating him.