Just give me old time rock and roll

Posted by rbolaw on August 7, 2012 at 08:30:24

Was in upstate NY this weekend, saw a Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis show at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (site of the original Woodstock festival but very high-end now), shopped in antique barns and record shops with my teenaged daughter (a new Joe Cocker fan), found:
A scuffed but very listenable Meet the Beatles!, the 1964 U.S. original Capitol mono (with the original sleeve, no less), and:
A very clean 1970 U.S. original Let It Be. (My daughter found this one in the bins.)
Very appropriate, since Cocker sang Come Together and With A Little Help From My Friends.
I don't care what you Parlophone/Vee-Jay/Please Please Me/Abbey Road/Beatles experts say, these will always be the first and last Beatles albums for me.
But I clearly remember listening to the 1988 Please Please Me CD for the first time and realizing how cr@ppy the sound was on the early U.S. Capitol Beatles LPs.

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Topic - Just give me old time rock and roll - rbolaw 08:30:24 08/07/12 (8)

All Of My Purple Capitols Sound Very Good NT - classicalltheway 10:09:40 08/08/12 (0)

The opening chord on A Hard Days Night... - EdAInWestOC 17:07:44 08/07/12 (1)

RE: The opening chord on A Hard Days Night... - rbolaw 18:15:32 08/07/12 (0)

Speaking of the quality of the capitol pressings - gonzo 16:17:50 08/07/12 (0)

Agreed (with caveats) I think the Asylum could support a Beatles Forum - Curious 15:13:57 08/07/12 (0)

"Meet The Beatles" has got to be one, if not the, most iconic albums .... - hcman 10:26:52 08/07/12 (2)

Exactly. - rbolaw 12:20:22 08/07/12 (1)

And no American knew that Robert Freeman photo was the same.... - hcman 12:48:17 08/07/12 (0)

Just give me old time rock and roll

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