Like any good red-blooded young American Beatle fan, my studio album collection consists of the British versions of the band\u2019s long-players. I didn\u2019t get to Meet The Beatles<\/i> like my pop. I was With The Beatles<\/i>, though. <\/p>\n
The wacky tracklists included in the recently reissued American versions is all well and good for nostalgia, but for the completist or the younger fan, you can\u2019t go wrong with the original British LPs and the ultimate singles collections, Past Masters 1 <\/i>and 2<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Which brings me to Beatles For Sale<\/i>, the mop-tops\u2019 fourth studio effort and the last of the early Beatles sound. It really has no American equivalent other than Beatles ’65<\/i>, an American mess of Hard Day’s Night <\/i>tracks, singles, and a couple cuts from Beatles For Sale. <\/i><\/p>\n
One of the most fun 14-song, 35-minute records of the Beatles early career, For Sale<\/i> finds its way through a handful of covers that give nods to Carl Perkins and Chuck Berry, among others.<\/p>\n
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The originals, as usual, are outstanding. Opener \u201cNo Reply\u201d still gets me with its catchy rythym and vintage vocal reverb. Lennon continues to shine on \u201cI\u2019m A Loser,\u201d another personal fave.<\/p>\n
For a non-album era album, it\u2019s sure got a lot of pop. For Sale<\/i> is whole lotta fun with cuts like \u201cI Don\u2019t Want To Spoil The Party\u201d and \u201cEight Days A Week.\u201d \u201cBaby\u2019s In Black\u201d and \u201cI\u2019ll Follow The Sun\u201d are the band\u2019s first and last crack at Orbison-style lament, with lovely results. Though overall it is not nearly as adventurous as Revolver<\/i> or even Rubber Soul<\/i>, For Sale<\/i> offers a glimpse of the band in their Sullivan Show-accommodating prime.<\/p>\n
Simple lyrics. Great chord changes. Pop genius. In 35 minute or less or your money back. The Beatles can keep the $40.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":28517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5675],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-39977","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-the-beatles","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/39977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=39977"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=39977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}