The Beatles ROT Help Rubber Soul Revolver HMV 3 CD Box-Set Limited Edition No. 0157, 2757 ohne BADGE

Produktinformation

Audio CD (????)
Anzahl Disks/Tonträger: 3
Format: Box-Set
Label: HMV
         Tracks

Tracklist CD Help! 1. Help ! 2:18   
2. The Night Before 2:34   
3. You've Got To Hide Your Love Away 2:08   
4. I Need You 2:28   
5. Another Girl 2:04   
6. You're Going To Lose That Girl 2:17   
7. Ticket To Ride 3:09   
8. Act Naturally 2:29  
9. It's Only Love 1:55   
10. You Like Me Too Much 2:35   
11. Tell Me What You See 2:36   
12. I've Just Seen A Face 2:04   
13. Yesterday 2:04   
14. Dizzy Miss Lizzy 2:54
 
Produktbeschreibungen

Wie man auf die Idee kam, John Lennons bekenntnishaften Song zum Titel einer James Bond Parodie zu machen, ist mir ein Rätsel. Das Komische ist: Es funktioniert auf beide Arten. Als persönliches Statement eines jungen Mannes, der versucht, sich anderen Menschen zu öffnen, und als treibender Titelsong für eine exotische Spionage-Schnitzeljagdklamotte, bei der die Pilzköpfe zum ersten Mal in Farbe auftraten. Wie schon bei A Hard Day´s Night enthält nur die "erste Seite" dieser CD die eigentlichen Songs aus dem Film, darunter die beiden größten Hits, "Help!" und "Ticket To Ride". Im zweiten Teil finden sich auch einige Perlen, wie "It´s Only Love", "I´ve Just Seen A Face" sowie ein nettes kleines Liedchen namens "Yesterday". Was ich besonders mag, ist, wenn sie sich die Seele aus dem Leib schreien, wie z.B. auf "Dizzy Miss Lizzy", das wie Johns heisere Antwort auf Pauls "Kansas City/Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey" auf Beatles For Sale klingt. Ein wichtiges Album -- wie alle Beatles Soundtracks (und überhaupt fast alle Beatles-Alben außer vielleicht Yellow Submarine. --Jim Emerson
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Considering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film — while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis — it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale. Again, they pad the album with covers, but the Bakersfield bounce of "Act Naturally" adds new flavor (along with an ideal showcase for Ringo's amiable vocals) and "Dizzy Miss Lizzy" gives John an opportunity to flex his rock & roll muscle. George is writing again and if his two contributions don't touch Lennon and McCartney's originals, they hold their own against much of their British pop peers. Since Lennon wrote a third more songs than McCartney, it's easy to forgive a pair of minor numbers ("It's Only Love," "Tell Me What You See"), especially since they're overshadowed by four great songs. His Dylan infatuation holds strong, particularly on the plaintive "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" and the title track, where the brash arrangement disguises Lennon's desperation. Driven by an indelible 12-string guitar, "Ticket to Ride" is another masterpiece and "You're Going to Lose That Girl" is the kind of song McCartney effortlessly tosses off — which he does with the jaunty "The Night Before" and "Another Girl," two very fine tunes that simply update his melodic signature. He did much better with "I've Just Seen a Face," an irresistible folk-rock gem, and "Yesterday," a simple, beautiful ballad whose arrangement — an acoustic guitar supported by a string quartet — and composition suggested much more sophisticated and adventurous musical territory, which the group immediately began exploring with Rubber Soul.

Tracklist CD Rubber Soul
1. Drive My Car 2:30   
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 2:05   
3. You Won't See Me 3:22   
4. Nowhere Man 2:44   
5. Think For Yourself 2:19   
6. The Word 2:43   
7. Michelle 2:42   
8. What Goes On 2:50   
9. Girl 2:33   
10. I'm Looking Through You 2:27   
11. In My Life 2:27   
12. Wait 2:16   
13. If I Needed Someone 2:23   
14. Run For Your Life 2:18

 
Weitere Infos
6-seitiges Booklet mit 8 schwarz-weiss Portraits der einzelnen Beatles
Produzent: George Martin
Aufnahmeort: Abbey Road Studios

Musiker:
Gesang: alle
Gitarre: George Harrison
Gitarre: John Lennon
Bass: Paul McCartney
Schlagzeug: Ringo Starr
 
Produktbeschreibungen
 
Stufen Sie es ein, wo Sie wollen, aber das Album Rubber Soul stellt unbestritten einen Wendepunkt im vielfältigen Werk der Vier dar, egal wo oder unter welchen Umständen Sie die Platte das erste Mal gehört haben. Rubber Soul gibt es übrigens in zwei Versionen: einer U. S.-amerikanischen und einer englischen Version. Erstere erschien in veränderter, verwässerter Form und enthielt nur zwölf statt der vierzehn Songs des Originals; wohl um dem damals populären Dylan/Byrds-Folkrock Konkurrenz bieten zu können und auch noch etwas Extrakohle aus dem Parlophone-Katalog zu pressen. Die hier erhältliche, ursprüngliche britische Version weist erhebliche Unterschiede auf, ist sie doch weitaus dynamischer und abgerundeter. Bei vielen Klassikern, z. B. "Drive My Car" und "Nowhere Man" (beide auf der U. S. Version nicht enthalten!), findet eine Verschmelzung zwischen der ansteckenden Unbeschwertheit früherer Beatles-Songs und der beginnenden Studiotüftelei statt. Einen Song wie "The Word" kann man durchaus als früh-psychedelischen Warnschuß ansehen, wohingegen "Norwegian Wood" oder "Girl", das am allerletzten Tag der Studio-Sessions geschrieben wurde, eine eindeutige Wende in Lennons Oeuvre einläuteten. Auch Harrison leistet seinen Beitrag mit seiner 12-saitigen Rickenbacker und dem Byrds-haften "If I Needed Someone". --Don Harrison
 
Review by Richie Unterberger
While the Beatles still largely stuck to love songs on Rubber Soul, the lyrics represented a quantum leap in terms of thoughtfulness, maturity, and complex ambiguities. Musically, too, it was a substantial leap forward, with intricate folk-rock arrangements that reflected the increasing influence of Dylan and the Byrds. The group and George Martin were also beginning to expand the conventional instrumental parameters of the rock group, using a sitar on "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)," Greek-like guitar lines on "Michelle" and "Girl," fuzz bass on "Think for Yourself," and a piano made to sound like a harpsichord on the instrumental break of "In My Life." While John and Paul were beginning to carve separate songwriting identities at this point, the album is full of great tunes, from "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" and "Michelle" to "Girl," "I'm Looking Through You," "You Won't See Me," "Drive My Car," and "Nowhere Man" (the last of which was the first Beatle song to move beyond romantic themes entirely). George Harrison was also developing into a fine songwriter with his two contributions, "Think for Yourself" and the Byrds-ish "If I Needed Someone."
 
Tracklist CD Revolver
 
1. Taxman 2:37   
2. Eleanor Rigby 2:05   
3. I'm Only Sleeping 2:58   
4. Love You To 2:57   
5. Here, There And Everywhere 2:23   
6. Yellow Submarine 2:37   
7. She Said She Said 2:33   
8. Good Day Sunshine 2:07   
9. And Your Bird Can Sing 2:00   
10. For No One 2:00   
11. Doctor Robert 2:14   
12. I Want To Tell You 2:24   
13. Got To Get You Into My Life 2:10   
14. Tomorrow Never Knows 2:26

Produktbeschreibungen
 
Revolver sollte nicht lange die ambitionierteste LP der Beatles bleiben. Für viele Fans aber -- den Schreiber dieser Zeilen eingeschlossen -- ist sie nach wie vor die beste Platte der Gruppe. Ein Paradebeispiel dafür, wie sich feinstes Songwriting mit experimenteller Freude an neuester Produktionstechnik zusammenbringen läßt, gehen die Einflüsse dieser Platte jedoch weit über ein schlichtes "Sie-waren-die-Größten-Gejubel" hinaus.
Stellt man die eher traditionell-melodischen McCartney-Songs "Here, There and Everywhere" oder "For No One" Seite an Seite mit Lennon-Hämmern wie dem sarkastischen "Dr. Robert" oder dem träumerischen "I´m Only Sleeping", und kommt dazu noch Harrisons ungewohnt witziges "Taxman", dann waren diese Songs wenigstens genauso gut wie alles, was ein Jahr später auf Sgt. Pepper angestrebt wurde. Allerdings kamen diese bei weitem subtiler herüber. Ein absolutes Muß für alle Hörer! --Rickey Wright

Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
All the rules fell by the wayside with Revolver, as the Beatles began exploring new sonic territory, lyrical subjects, and styles of composition. It wasn't just Lennon and McCartney, either — Harrison staked out his own dark territory with the tightly wound, cynical rocker "Taxman"; the jaunty yet dissonant "I Want to Tell You"; and "Love You To," George's first and best foray into Indian music. Such explorations were bold, yet they were eclipsed by Lennon's trippy kaleidoscopes of sound. His most straightforward number was "Doctor Robert," an ode to his dealer, and things just got stranger from there as he buried "And Your Bird Can Sing" in a maze of multi-tracked guitars, gave Ringo a charmingly hallucinogenic slice of childhood whimsy in "Yellow Submarine," and then capped it off with a triptych of bad trips: the spiraling "She Said She Said"; the crawling, druggy "I'm Only Sleeping"; and "Tomorrow Never Knows," a pure nightmare where John sang portions of the Tibetan Book of the Dead into a suspended microphone over Ringo's thundering, menacing drumbeats and layers of overdubbed, phased guitars and tape loops. McCartney's experiments were formal, as he tried on every pop style from chamber pop to soul, and when placed alongside Lennon's and Harrison's outright experimentations, McCartney's songcraft becomes all the more impressive. The biggest miracle of Revolver may be that the Beatles covered so much new stylistic ground and executed it perfectly on one record, or it may be that all of it holds together perfectly. Either way, its daring sonic adventures and consistently stunning songcraft set the standard for what pop/rock could achieve. Even after Sgt. Pepper, Revolver stands as the ultimate modern pop album and it's still as emulated as it was upon its original release.
 

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