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The Beatles - Past Masters, Vol. 2 Audio CD

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The Beatles Band: The Beatles
Title: Past Masters, Vol. 2
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Day Tripper 2: We Can Work It Out 3: Paperback Writer 4: Rain 5: Lady Madonna 6: Inner Light 7: Hey Jude 8: Revolution 9: Get Back 10: Don't Let Me Down 11: Ballad of John and Yoko 12: Old Brown Shoe 13: Across the Universe [Version] 14: Let It Be 15: You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) - The Beatles, Brian Jones

It has all the Hey Jude album songs...YES!!!
I was despairing of ever finding them again, and here they are. Thank goodness all the essential "Hey Jude" songs are on this CD. Added to this are the two never-before-released songs, and you have a CD worth buying. If you are new to the Beatles, I would recommend you buy some of their albums before you buy this. Even though this is a good compilation, the Beatles' work progressed album by album and any collection of songs made by selecting some from this album and some from that album sounds a bit disjointed. To my ear, anway! But, five stars because. . . this is the BEATLES, man, and because you must have it to complete your collection if you can't find "Hey Jude". .


The Inner Light
But this disc contains two songs that were never on any LP. Most of the songs on this disc have always been available on LP. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is an interesting novelty piece, but basically a throw-away. The Inner Light, on the other hand, is a great Harrison song.
The Inner Light is the main reason to buy this disc.
Also, if you feel that it is essential to have cd versions of great Beatle songs like Hey Jude and Rain, this is a good disc to have.
My disc is broken. It won't play Hey Jude. So I have to take away one star in my rating. Otherwise, this is a five star disc. I don't blame The Beatles for my defective cd, but my rating system is tough. I don't give five stars easily.
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Update: I have recently bought Past Masters vol. 1, and there are no defects on that disc (so far).
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It's the Beatles.
What can I say . . it's the Beatles! I have not heard these songs since I got my CD player. . . . more than 20 years ago. These songs sound just as great as they did back then and I am so glad I have them on disc. Great purchase! .


New mixes are EXCELLENT


Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of the original mono releases. Others here have railed against the stereo mixes on the CD, as compared to the mono releases done originally.

But the stereo mixes on this CD are very worthwhile and in every case improve the listenability and punch. Also, glitches that appeared in the original mixes have been either highly glossed over or are completely absent on the CD.

Lady Madonna is the shining example of a superior-in-stereo mix. In the original mono mix, the piano, bass, and guitar all come out just fine. But what George Martin has done in the remix on this CD is stunning in its simplicity and directness - the piano intro starts off in one channel, and then the bass kicks in in the other channel, and the result is powerful, really emphasizing the funk that was there all along but somehow never came through in the mono mix. It's using the same simple mixing techniques that many original Beatles albums had, but to remarkable effect.


Classic Beatles
For those of you who don't know what the Past Master's series are, they are all the songs that The Beatles produced that were only released on singles, not on an album. Great collection of songs that I'm so glad have place to call home on a "real" Beatles album. And this is of course referring to the albums released in the UK (the only ones that really matter). So many great songs. I love it and i was super excited i didn't have to get every single lame American version albums to get own every Beatles song recorded.


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