The Beatles

piper · **Posted:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 11:06 am

The Beatles
(1960-1970)
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 5:05 am

So the Red and Blue albums are apparently to be re-released this month. I never owned them originally, any reason why I should pick them up now?

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7274

You're a Beatles completist?

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 7:08 am

Nay, I've yet to buy all the original Beatles CDs from the late '80s, even, I bought the Russian equivalents instead. Got Please Please Me and With The Beatles on the same CD, with bonus tracks. Also found A Hard Day's Night and Help! with both CDs including both the original British release and the US one. Great value.

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7274

I didn't phrase that well - I was meaning to say being a Beatles completist is the only reason to get the Red/Blue albums once you have all their albums. They're good collections though.

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 8:48 am

Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I think I'll pass, especially considering they won't even update the Red one with more songs, and they're still releasing it as a two-disc set despite it being a little over an hour long in total. What a waste.

BayPineapple · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 373

Greatest Band of All Time. So many epic masterpieces. It's crazy that one band could make so much great music in just eight years on a consistent basis.

piper · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:52 pm

Georgi wrote:

I didn't phrase that well - I was meaning to say being a Beatles completist is the only reason to get the Red/Blue albums once you have all their albums. They're good collections though.

Yeah, basically, if you have all their studio albums and the Past Masters compilation, you have about 99.5% of everything the Beatles every released commercially.

BTW, despite being a compilation, I seriously considered moving Past Masters into the studio albums section to emphasize its importance when I originally made this tier, but decided not to.

Doctor_Pik_Jr · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:19 pm **Posts:** 119

piper wrote:

Georgi wrote:

I didn't phrase that well - I was meaning to say being a Beatles completist is the only reason to get the Red/Blue albums once you have all their albums. They're good collections though.

Yeah, basically, if you have all their studio albums and the Past Masters compilation, you have about 99.5% of everything the Beatles every released commercially.

BTW, despite being a compilation, I seriously considered moving Past Masters into the studio albums section to emphasize its importance when I originally made this tier, but decided not to.

What would the other 0.5% be? I'd also like to own everything they released at some point.

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7274

I have all the studio albums, the Anthologies, the BBC album, Love, and Let It Be Naked. If I wanted to be any completionist, I'd have to venture into bootlegs, and considering the absolutely vast swaths of Beatles bootlegs, it's just not worth it.

timewarne404 · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:32 pm **Posts:** 553

favorite beatles song?

you never give me your money or happiness is a warm gun

Ace of Spades · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 3:22 pm

Golden Slumbers, The End, I'm Looking Through You, What Goes on, Ticket to Ride, Yesterday, In My Life, I've Just Seen a Face... sheesh. It's impossible to pick one from those.

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:00 pm

Georgi wrote:

I have all the studio albums, the Anthologies, the BBC album, Love, and Let It Be Naked. If I wanted to be any completionist, I'd have to venture into bootlegs, and considering the absolutely vast swaths of Beatles bootlegs, it's just not worth it.

You don't have this?

Mitch NZ · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 4:54 pm

Holy crap, I actually agree with the album tiers! Rubber Soul-Revolver-Abbey Road is the holy trinity IMO. Can't get enough of A Hard Day's Night, definitely my favourite pre-Rubber Soul LP.

Raul · **Posted:** Wed Oct 13, 2010 11:06 pm

timewarne404 wrote:

favorite beatles song?

you never give me your money or happiness is a warm gun

wow strange choice-still good though

What are those Yngtchie?

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