Beatles Vinyl

Beatles Anthologies : Volume's One, Two and Three of the Soundtrack from the Excellent B.B.C. Documentary. Includes studio outakes, alternate versions, songs recorded by the B.B.C. (for their Pop programs) and live tracks. In addition there are the two tracks recorded by the surviving Beatles using Lennon demos. 3 record sets at $39.00 each.

Beatles for Sale : The fourth Beatles Album, here remastered in mono. Early stereo Beatle records were pretty primitive - guitars on the left - voices on the right - and this "back to mono" gives a much more intergrated sound (particularly the voice harmonies), but with a broader stereo-like sound spread. U.K. cover with gatefold. Price $31.00.

A Hard Day's Night : The third album - the first to consist of entirely self-penned tracks, and the soundtrack to their first Feature Film. Again, this is also in mono. Price $31.00

Help : The fifth album, and, in part, the soundtrack for their second Film. With tracks such as "Yesterday" and "Help", Lennon and McCartney's songwriting began to take on a new dimension.$31.00

Let it Be : The last released Beatle album (recorded before "Abbey Road") as the soundtrack to the film. Although glued together by producer Phil Spector (and with some grumbling from the Beatles), there are many supurb songs (in fact all of them). Price $31.00

Let it Be Naked : An attempt to return "Let it Be" to something more like the Beatles original concept of a studio/live album with all the rough edges, but one suspects someone's enormnous ego got in the way (and we don't think it was Richard Starkey). Phil Spector's pedestrian string arrangents have gone, but so have the incidental chat which was the only thing that gave the original a semi-live quality. Re-arrangements and the inclusion of John's "Don't let me down" is a bonus. So, slightly rawer, but still studio bound, but some pretty great songs to start with, and the re-mastered sound is fantastic. Comes with a bonus 7 " WITH studio chat. on heavy vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. $32.00

Live at the B.B.C. : Songs recorded by the B.B.C. from their 60's popular music programs, and therefore of excellent sound quality. Of interest for those songs of other writers that the Beatles used in their stage act and were never to record commercially. A two record gatefold. Price $32.00

Magical Mystery Tour : The original American release (elswhere this was released as two 7" e.p.'s), and neatly included the songs from the film along with singles from the period that had not appeared on the albums ("Strawberry Fields", "All you need is love", etc.). Comes with the booklet originally from the 7" release. $39.00

Love : Commissioned by Cirque du Soleil as music for one of their shows, Sir George Martin, in his last work before retirement, along with his son, sliced and diced their way through the Beatles catalogue taking a chord from here, some drumming from there and combining Beatle sounds into an aural landscape - and it works. Not a Beatle album as such (er, except for all the music), but viable work of art that stands alone, and many songs are left untouched - probably Sir George's favourites. Fabulous sound. 2 Records set with booklet in a gatefold cover, and on heavy vinyl. A worthy addition to the Beatle catalogue. $55.00

Past Masters Volumes One and Two : Many Beatle hits did not appear on the studio albums such was the extent of their talent - the album tracks were so good, there was no need of any "filler", so Past Masters brings together these ("Hey Jude", "Paperback Writer", " Daytripper" - and many more), plus a few B-sides, E.P. tracks, and oddities ("You know my name, look up the number" ). Along with the studio albums, and the American "Magical Mystery" this completes the entire catalogue of studio releases A two record set in gatefold sleeve. Price $32.00

Please Please Me : Raw talent, supurb vocal harmonies, strikingly original songwriting, and fairly limited lead guitar (sorry George). The first album by the (then) Fab Four! In mono. Price $31..00

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band : One of the greatest.......er!. Defined a generation (or at least a small talented, if stoned part of it) and although it has dated a little (as anything that defined a generation would), it still brims over with creativity and just plain bloody good songwriting. Gatefold cover with original insert. Price $31.00

The Beatles (White Album) : The Beatles in their "Let's sound like everybody else phase" (and still end up sounding like the Beatles). A two records set, gatefold sleeve, poster insert and photos. Price $32.00

With the Beatles : The second album, also in mono - soaring harmonies and brimming with early hits. Price $31.00

Yellow Submarine (re-mastered) : This includes ALL Beatle songs used in the film (the George Martin orchestral score is dropped). The re-masterings are amazing - anyone who has a mono copy of Sgt Peppers with its' rich sound and bass - think that, and then think 2000 and you'll get the idea. A must have. Price $31.00