When I first heard that false start on “I’m Looking Through You”, it hit me by surprise. On the British version, it was corrected so we Yanks have got the original version, false start and all.
Spot on John impression! I walk around the house doing Beatles impressions. My young adult kids look at me like I'm crazy. But they know The Beatles. I was raised on the UK Parlophone stereo vinyl pressings. Now i am hunting for the Capitol Stereo pressings just for fun! Well done sir!
Watching in September, 2022 - Last month I went to Beatlefest with the intent of picking up a mono mix of Sgt Pepper on Capitol (memories being what they are, you know) and found one for $20. Pretty good shape - the cover's not split, it only skips once and there's not very much surface noise. It mostly sounds all right. What kills me is I had 2 copies of the 2014 reissues on vinyl, but after the 2017 mix came out, I thought maybe I should sell this and keep the other, then ended up selling the other one, too. Big mistake - I had no iea they'd been out of print by the time the Pepper remix came along. But it was nice to get a Capitol pressing, it was like being a kid again.
I find that Capitol Albums on cassette far more interesting. The mixes were different. I'll Get You, She Loves You, and Thank You Girl are the last three songs on The Beatles' Second Album on side two on the cassette. I recreated that with the U.S Albums boxset in mono on CD.
I am a first generation Beatles fan...As an American the Capitol albums are what I grew up with and I imagine not very many US fans back then even knew that they had different albums/versions in the UK. I did not pay much attention to that until 1987 when they released the UK only versions on CD. I still prefer the US releases that is how I heard the songs and I can probably tell you which album a song is on and in what order the songs are listed I can't do that with the UK versions (other than the later albums of course).
Before hating Dave Dexter for his initial refusal to sign the Beatles on Capitol, one must remember that the US record market was very hard for a foreign artist to break into. Most of the big names in Europe would barely dent the American market and if they did, they would’ve been seen as little more than a curiosity or a novelty. Dave Dexter had an incredible tracking record at discovering new talent with far more successes than losses.
1 Magical Mystery Tour 2 Rubber Soul 3 Love Songs 4 The Beatles Again 5 Yesterday And Today 6 Beatles VI 7 Help! 8 A Hard Day's Night 9. Meet The Beatles 10 The Beatles Story
I wish I'm Down would have been part of a Capitol album, but itwould have had to be sandwiched on either Beatles '65 or Beatles VI because since it wasn't featured in the HELP movie, it couldn't have been part of "The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Right after the album HELP, they went into Rubber Soul, and it wouldn't have fit that format since there weren't any rockers on that one. As for Beatles VI, while Bad Boy has always been cute and amusing, I'm Down wipes the floor with Bad Boy...not to mention the fact it's an original composition.
@@collectingbeatles101 Yes, it would have, now that I gave it a bit more thought. I took another look at the song list on Y & T and I'd forgotten that Yesterday and Act Naturally were released in '65, so, I'm Down would have blended in beautifully. Since the record only had 11 songs, it could have opened side two, so you would have had a Paul rocker at the top, followed by a John rocker. It couldn't have been placed at the end because Day Tripper was the perfect choice with which to close an album.
Ever since I first bought the MFSL pressing of "Rubber Soul" back in the early 80s, I thought all versions Of "Rubber Soul" were like the US pressing with the same song choices and even the False Start on "I'm Looking Through You". Thanks to Capital Records always adding and removing songs on the US releases of Beatles Albums, Rubber Soul had two songs replaced for financial and promotional reasons plus someone at Capital wanted "Rubber Soul" to have more of a Folk sound and feel to the album. I love the US Version of Rubber Soul and when I hear the UK version I get pissed off instantly when "Drive My Car" starts tracking, that one suppose to be on "Yesterday and Today", I won't even listen to my MFSL pressing anymore. Brian Wilson said when he first heard "Rubber Soul" he said it was a master piece and the Best Album he ever heard in his life and it inspired him to write "Pet Sounds". The version of "Rubber Soul" Brian heard was the US pressing! I rest my case. Just those two songs being switched out totally changed the feel and esthetics of the whole album. I'd love to know what you think. I'm getting ready to turn 73 this November and I've been a fan of the Beatles since the very beginning! Great Video!
I'm glad you mentioned Dave Dexter Jr. adding echo to the Capitol releases. I hate to admit it, but I really enjoy it on She's a Woman and I Feel Fine.
Actually,George Martin did the reverb treatment on I Feel Fine and She's A Woman to add some punch for the North American market.The fake stereo is horrendous on'65 but is newly remixed for the Help! soundtrack in the project!
Echo was added to enhance the sound. Back then, enhanced (or “fake”) stereo was considered an improvement over mono. Stereo (including fake stereo) cost $1.00 more than mono and record sales proved that fake stereo was popular.
Other than the people who grew with those albums, hardcore Beatles collectors or completists, there's little to no appeal for music collectors worldwide to own them due to chopped tracklists, subpar mixes and poor quality control. The same for the local variants of every country, such as the translated texts on the covers. I do give the merit to Capitol for keep relevant the Beatles legacy through the 70s with their theme compilations albums, the Live At The Hollywood Bowl live album, and their version of Rarities, all of this while EMI just didn't care anymore.
Thanks for your post. A Collection of Beatles Oldies LP, UK Dec1966 had 'I Want To Hold Your Hand" other singles not previously on UK Albums. Also this has the first UK release of 'Bad Boy" As a collector I do find the US Capitol Albums a must for my collection.
The purple label, large dome Capitol reissues from the late 70s to early 80s were the best mastered and cut pressings of the stereo US albums. It’s also worth collecting the original mono pressings from the 60s for the unique mono mixes Capitol had used.
My grandpas freind who used to run a radio station back in the 70s and 80s gave me some old beatles records, specificaly john lennon mind games, beatles 65 and a hard days night (side note a hard days night is actually a rare 1987 vinyl press of the uk album on capitol records labels)
Great video and points. Some of the people defending the UK ALBUMS really can’t see the forest for the trees. They don’t truly see it history. They’re so judgmental
I recently got something new it came in a fresh looking first press mono cover but I opened it and found a stereo apple pressing of it. I swear the look on my face...
I have heard some people say that they’re buying these US Capitol albums purely for nostalgia so I understand where they’re coming from. I read that Dave Dexter did not like the Beatles and so he didn’t do as good a job with their music as he would other artists’ from the states and so their sound suffered because of it. Sound wise , the UK is the best mostly because when it was sent to other countries, the quality of sound changed because of it, This happened in every country around the world. That’s why when you put any foreign LP against the UK originals, the UK will always have better quality. I’m taking back in the day, nowadays you can have the same UK quality in any country and that is why when the capitol albums were released on CD in 2004, they used the UK original source rather than the US. I would also like to add that the reason why the US got singles onto albums is- first of all, the US albums are essentially compilation albums. Meaning they are drawn from various sources, as in the case of meet the Beatles which was sourced from the first album, the second album and singles. So it was not a straightforward LP. Secondly- the Beatles had a policy of never putting singles onto albums. The reason being they wanted to give their fans their money’s worth. So they would put regular songs on the albums and then write songs specifically for the singles market. I am buying the meet the Beatles album but only because it’s being released on blue vinyl as a limited edition and i love colored vinyl. I do agree that for collecting purposes you should buy the US capitol records, bu then, you should probably also buy the Japanese, Mexican, Italian, French, Argentinian etc versions cos as you said, they all have different album covers and track listings, i for one have always been intrigued by the Canadian version of with the Beatles, it has a very cool looking album cover. Great video btw.
Have them all since I began collecting in the 70s. We never knew what the British versions were like let alone different. I collect them because they were what were released when the Fabs were still together.
Great coincidence, i started collecting beatles because of the discography list in the same book, beatles forever. I first heard of that book when we got the pickwick live at the star club where they quoted from there. Oddly that's the first beatles record we owned.
If you're like me and are "used" to hearing the UK releases, give the US Capitol albums a go. If anything, it's a chance to hear the tracks in an order which would be unfamiliar to those of us who are so used to popping in a C.D. and hitting play, knowing what songs are up next.
Today i bought a Beatle's White album at a towns festival this guy was selling alot of old records bought it . there is no date but it says capitol on there I don't see a Apple on the vinyl like the earlier ones it says Capital.
I only currently have only one US Beatles album, The Beatles Second Album, in its original Monophonic 1964 Capitol pressing. (Surprisingly paid under $20 for it…WAY under that amount! Due to the fact the previous owner drew on the cover - mostly on John’s face)
Go at least to 1981 Purple Dome Capitol (up to Sgt. Pepper! I bought that one at Woolco and can say from memory that the sound of THAT particular US issue blew away the BC13 edition and later CD edition by a mile), as Capitol used the heavyweight vinyl to at least the beginning of the CD era.
@@farrellmcnulty909 no. Lost it and a bunch of other records in an apartment fire in 1982-1983. The fire department said that it was (at the time) right around $10,000 lost.
Before accusing Capitol of not releasing Beatles material the way “the Beatles would’ve wanted it released”, remember that the Beatles would’ve wanted their material released on a 45 or two (2 to 4 selections) followed by the EP (3 to 4 selections) followed by the album (14 selections). And none of the selections would be repeated until a greatest hits/compilation would be released. Meanwhile Capitol released the singles as they were meant to be released. With no EP format, those selections from the single(s) and EP would become part of the (12 selection) album release with the deleted album selections put aside for either a single or the follow up album. When those deleted selections added up to 12, a compilation album was released.
Well said! People today seem to see only in retrospect and base their opinions on hindsight. The mixes had to stand up to American ears and I feel Dexter did what he had to do to get the Beatles music to REALLY stand out
@@collectingbeatles101 in the UK, most record buyers played their records on mono playback equipment. High end mono equipment was still popular and many with money to spend, weren’t really interested in stereo. Those who owned stereos, had high end equipment. Meanwhile in the US, low end stereo equipment was more common like portable stereos. So Capitol mixed down the stereo versions for optimum sound on a different type of stereo. THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM with vocals on one side and instruments on the other, and cross over echoes to fill out the sound, sounded great on portable stereos.
@@collectingbeatles101 in the UK, most record buyers played their records on mono playback equipment. High end mono equipment was still popular and many with money to spend, weren’t really interested in stereo. Those who owned stereos, had high end equipment. Meanwhile in the US, low end stereo equipment was more common like portable stereos. So Capitol mixed down the stereo versions for optimum sound on a different type of stereo. THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM with vocals on one side and instruments on the other, and cross over echoes to fill out the sound, sounded great on portable stereos.
I'm sorry, but i'll have to disagree on a couple of things here. I'm Australian, & we got the UK album versions & the UK (& sometimes our own) stereo mixes. My first point is there were quite often only 11 tracks on the US albums (instead of 14). Secondly there were a lot of "fake stereo" mixes for the US albums - when real stereo was issued here. But i must give thumbs up to Capitol for the "Magical Mystery Tour" album !!
I appreciate your thoughts, but it's what we grew up with here in the USA. It's all we knew! I STILL love listening to these records. I don't think there were "a lot" of fake stereo releases, but there were a lot of "enhanced by Dave Dexter" stereo mixes, for sure! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@collectingbeatles101 I'm Down is on the first, Collectors Items, but was replaced with Paperback Writer on the second edition. Collectors Items is not a bootleg record. That is a promotional album that was not on sale to the general public. The first edition had the number SPRO-9462. The second edition has the number SPRO-9463. On the back it shows all the Capitol albums from Meet The Beatles to Love Songs. the U.S. Rarities is not on it. Some say Collectors Items is what Rarities should have been. I have a copy in black and purple.
I grew up with the Capitol albums but by the time the U.K. CD's came out I had long abandoned my album collection and I was pleased with the U.K. versions and got used to them over time. The only Capitol version I might purchase would the U.S. version of Rubber Soul. It's the only Capitol album I think is better than its U.K. counterpart. I do have a soft spot for albums like Beatles 65 and Yesterday and Today (the first album I bought with my own money) but I'm not going to spend more money just for nostalgia. If I could find the baby butcher cover for Yesterday and Today I would bite and the simpler versions of "If I fell" and "And I Lover Her" from the United Artists version of Hard Days Night might make it worth the trip. Otherwise, I've contributed enough of my money to the cause.
No offense but after collecting Beatles for over 40 years I can tell you the markets going to go down dramatically in the next several years just like it did for Elvis Presley stuff as people start getting older prices start going down except for the very very rare stuff that was always very very rare so you should be selling now not buying
Not so sure about that....I started dealing in rock & roll memorabilia (paper primarily - not vinyl) and I can't keep vintage Beatle shit in stock (I say that loosely as I LOVE this band -my 2nd favorite - knocked out by Zep) and most of my buyers are younger folks at the shows I do. I will say this, Elvis stuff still DOES sell...but not as fast. On a side note - I can't keep ANY Iron Maiden in stock...I get it in and first show I do - OUT it goes. Bowie remains strong as hell too. (also one of my most favorite artists)
As a very young Canadian kid at the end of the 1960's I had numerous fond memories of playing Beatles records seeing that beloved iconic black rainbow ring label spinning. today I have many original 60's era Capitol and Apple Beatle albums in good to near mint condition that I acquired at garage sales and as freebies in the 1990's and 2000's I love playing them to this day . However I would also say later Capitol Beatles pressings along with other vinyl records in general from the early 1980's were of mediocre to poor quality, thin disc, Shallow (often) off centered grooves, cheap flimsy packaging even the later Apple albums were on Capitol . as a teenager I had the misfortune of buying a few vinyl Beatle Dud's in the 80's just prior to the CD boom.
Does your book smell? My buddy's did and so does my copy. I believe the glue used to hold the pages are some toxic weird crap... Great book though...absolute requirement to have!
There have always been and will be only the UKs issues taken for originals. The US issues are not even copies in view of sound quality, false mono mastering, covers and, last but not least, numbers of songs of each of the albums due to US tax reasons. On top,the forthcoming issue of the Capitol box seems to be just a money grab.
The Capiphone project does a better job of presenting the catalog-more geared towards the Parlophones,but as 22 and 11 song programs-the way Capitol should've originally issued them.22-23 programs with all titles issued in concurrent form,as was the Parlophone.And no reverb!!!
I don't think the UK albums are the benchmark. They just offered what the band had written and recorded at the time, apart from a few of the best songs released as singles. Just an exhibition of achievements, a chaotic set of songs. The LP titles were hardly smarter: With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale, The Beatles. What's intellectual about that? Capitol was in a better position and could choose songs from the British chaos. That's why at first they were just successful collections of hits, but starting with Beatles 65 and Beatles VI Capitol albums became story-driven, and then meaningful titles like Yesterday And Today were added. In addition, Capitol compiled albums from singles, and the correctness of this approach was recognized even in London including Magical Mystery Tour in the core catalog. A good album does not depend on the number of songs - it's a story to be told. Therefore, I do not understand those who consider Capitol albums worse just because they have two songs less. But Pepper also contains twelve songs and The Beatles Again LP sounds more lighter and hipp than the British Let It Be. Meet The Beatles is much more beautiful in design than its British brother and more interesting in content. Both 1964/1965 soundtracks are excellent in every way and are superior to the British. The Beatles Story is a masterpiece in its own right. Rubber Soul US is even visually better than the British one. Yesterday And Today and Revolver exemplify the proper layout of story albums. The Capitol outer sleeves are thicker, more impressive, more beautiful, the albums themselves are more interesting to dive into and have more design. And, yes, I like both Capitol Boxes and US Box. The original sound is powerful, resonant, and the new one reproduces it with first generation master tapes - the best solution. Just buy both, that's all. They are quite inexpensive.
I don't agree that the records had to be remixed for American ears. The fact those versions are what Americans grew up with, so now prefer to the definitive George Martin mixes, doesn't mean they would have been any less successful in America at the time. Bear in mind the original airplay on the radio was of the UK mixes and Beatlemania was already on the way. I was distracted watching your video with the reflection of you on the Something New sleeve behind that was a second or so out of sync with your actual movements.
The Beatles themselves felt capitol"butchered"yesterday and today in the mastering process. Hence the butcher cover and record company name to crapitol
The MAIN point everyone overlooks in how The Beatles’ music was treated in the 1960s boils down to one thing; It was ROCK ‘N ROLL. And it was hated by Decter and most of the powers that be across mostly all the major labels, other than for making money. So why not make what you can off these “stupid brats” who should learn that TRUE music lies inside a Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy album? Don’t forget, The Beach Boys were also kicked around at “the tower”.
I hate it when people compare the Beatles to a "boy band" in any way. The Beatles played instruments, NONE of the " boy bands" ever did/do. Just because in the beginning the majority of their fans were screaming teenage girls doesn't make them a boy band."boy bands" shouldn't even be called bands.. they are groups.
7:52 The worst title and worst artwork of any Beatles album I know! Is THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM the only Beatles L.P. with fewer songs written by band members (5) than cover versions (6)?
I am not going to buy any Capitol, any american version of british Lps….I am also not going to buy a Shakespeare DVD where John Wayne plays Hamlet, you see….
The British Invasion groups were all horribly butchered by the American record companies. As a first generation fan, we didn't know any better, but now there's no excuse to listen to any of these butcher jobs, with the UK releases easily accessible. Only worthwhile as relics today.
u cant use a john lennon quote saying we were just a band as a relevant argument to back up your statement. like u said if your here your a big fan and an older or perhaps a more thoughtful more deep thinking fan on the subject of the Beatles, so im going to assume people will know what i mean. will only delve deeper and explain if i absolutely have to. i hate the boy band analogy and i reject it totally especially comparing it to modern acts. if u want to compare them to fabian or pat boon i will accept that a little more as far as an argument goes but even that argument i wouldn't make. u cant compare them to any modern or any boy band ever. there is nothing about the Beatles that are comparable to any boy band of any era. they were totally organic in every way. to quote john in a proper way when asked about their act he said paraphrasing all we do is practice smiling, whats to practice. ilike your channel by the way :)
I love your channel....but...being an artist ( the numbers, the bordersnakes. Available on TH-cam and a lot of other places) you're wrong.....How would you like me to take what you did ( I assume you're retired ) and change it, but you're still stuck with my changes but your name is on it.. If you are honest, you wouldn't like it at all.....Dave Dexter helping the Beatles compete in the marketplace? That's truly one of the funniest things I have ever heard....They changed the marketplace.. and it wasn't because of Dave Dexter...Music has a way of making it's own mark. Dylan realized the impact of the Beatles. He thought they were making up their own chords. . They weren't. ...They were bringing jazz changes to R & R music ( ask Paul) and their synthesis worked....Add to that they looked THAT different and were extremely irreverent compared to other pop stars and we have, to use a baseball analogy, the biggest home run in the history of pop music...
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Beatles Purple Capitol and 80's Rainbows are a collectors secret. Beautiful pressings.
1986 Capitol Rainbow SRC sound Fantastic.
The American version of Rubber Soul is great,especially with the false start on I'm looking through you. I still like it better with the false start
When I first heard that false start on “I’m Looking Through You”, it hit me by surprise. On the British version, it was corrected so we Yanks have got the original version, false start and all.
Spot on John impression! I walk around the house doing Beatles impressions. My young adult kids look at me like I'm crazy. But they know The Beatles. I was raised on the UK Parlophone stereo vinyl pressings. Now i am hunting for the Capitol Stereo pressings just for fun! Well done sir!
Thank you so much! Yeah, my wife looks at me strange when I do my Beatles impressions...
Watching in September, 2022 - Last month I went to Beatlefest with the intent of picking up a mono mix of Sgt Pepper on Capitol (memories being what they are, you know) and found one for $20. Pretty good shape - the cover's not split, it only skips once and there's not very much surface noise. It mostly sounds all right. What kills me is I had 2 copies of the 2014 reissues on vinyl, but after the 2017 mix came out, I thought maybe I should sell this and keep the other, then ended up selling the other one, too. Big mistake - I had no iea they'd been out of print by the time the Pepper remix came along. But it was nice to get a Capitol pressing, it was like being a kid again.
I find that Capitol Albums on cassette far more interesting. The mixes were different. I'll Get You, She Loves You, and Thank You Girl are the last three songs on The Beatles' Second Album on side two on the cassette. I recreated that with the U.S Albums boxset in mono on CD.
I grew up with the Capitol pressings of their albums. I really like how spacious "Something New" sounds to me. It has a great energy to it...
It alone is worth it for "She Lieb dict" (spelling) and Komm dana Hana (spelling)?.....
Something new never had sie leib dict but it did have komm gib mir deine hand
I am a first generation Beatles fan...As an American the Capitol albums are what I grew up with and I imagine not very many US fans back then even knew that they had different albums/versions in the UK. I did not pay much attention to that until 1987 when they released the UK only versions on CD. I still prefer the US releases that is how I heard the songs and I can probably tell you which album a song is on and in what order the songs are listed I can't do that with the UK versions (other than the later albums of course).
Back in the day, I could look at the vinyl only of a Beatle album with the center label covered, and tell you what album it was.
Before hating Dave Dexter for his initial refusal to sign the Beatles on Capitol, one must remember that the US record market was very hard for a foreign artist to break into. Most of the big names in Europe would barely dent the American market and if they did, they would’ve been seen as little more than a curiosity or a novelty.
Dave Dexter had an incredible tracking record at discovering new talent with far more successes than losses.
Well then, let's hear it for Dave!
1 Magical Mystery Tour
2 Rubber Soul
3 Love Songs
4 The Beatles Again
5 Yesterday And Today
6 Beatles VI
7 Help!
8 A Hard Day's Night
9. Meet The Beatles
10 The Beatles Story
I wish I'm Down would have been part of a Capitol album, but itwould have had to be sandwiched on either Beatles '65 or Beatles VI because since it wasn't featured in the HELP movie, it couldn't have been part of "The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack". Right after the album HELP, they went into Rubber Soul, and it wouldn't have fit that format since there weren't any rockers on that one. As for Beatles VI, while Bad Boy has always been cute and amusing, I'm Down wipes the floor with Bad Boy...not to mention the fact it's an original composition.
It would have been perfect on Yesterday and Today, methinks!
@@collectingbeatles101 Yes, it would have, now that I gave it a bit more thought. I took another look at the song list on Y & T and I'd forgotten that Yesterday and Act Naturally were released in '65, so, I'm Down would have blended in beautifully. Since the record only had 11 songs, it could have opened side two, so you would have had a Paul rocker at the top, followed by a John rocker. It couldn't have been placed at the end because Day Tripper was the perfect choice with which to close an album.
Ever since I first bought the MFSL pressing of "Rubber Soul" back in the early 80s, I thought all versions Of "Rubber Soul" were like the US pressing with the same song choices and even the False Start on "I'm Looking Through You". Thanks to Capital Records always adding and removing songs on the US releases of Beatles Albums, Rubber Soul had two songs replaced for financial and promotional reasons plus someone at Capital wanted "Rubber Soul" to have more of a Folk sound and feel to the album. I love the US Version of Rubber Soul and when I hear the UK version I get pissed off instantly when "Drive My Car" starts tracking, that one suppose to be on "Yesterday and Today", I won't even listen to my MFSL pressing anymore. Brian Wilson said when he first heard "Rubber Soul" he said it was a master piece and the Best Album he ever heard in his life and it inspired him to write "Pet Sounds". The version of "Rubber Soul" Brian heard was the US pressing! I rest my case. Just those two songs being switched out totally changed the feel and esthetics of the whole album. I'd love to know what you think. I'm getting ready to turn 73 this November and I've been a fan of the Beatles since the very beginning! Great Video!
I'm glad you mentioned Dave Dexter Jr. adding echo to the Capitol releases. I hate to admit it, but I really enjoy it on She's a Woman and I Feel Fine.
Actually,George Martin did the reverb treatment on I Feel Fine and She's A Woman to add some punch for the North American market.The fake stereo is horrendous on'65 but is newly remixed for the Help! soundtrack in the project!
Echo was added to enhance the sound. Back then, enhanced (or “fake”) stereo was considered an improvement over mono. Stereo (including fake stereo) cost $1.00 more than mono and record sales proved that fake stereo was popular.
Other than the people who grew with those albums, hardcore Beatles collectors or completists, there's little to no appeal for music collectors worldwide to own them due to chopped tracklists, subpar mixes and poor quality control.
The same for the local variants of every country, such as the translated texts on the covers.
I do give the merit to Capitol for keep relevant the Beatles legacy through the 70s with their theme compilations albums, the Live At The Hollywood Bowl live album, and their version of Rarities, all of this while EMI just didn't care anymore.
Nice wall, Dave. My living room wall is decorated with framed early period British covers and the dining room wall boasts later period Capitol albums.
I have the Capitol promo album called, Collectors Items. Like it says on the cover, mine is, "Not for sale."
"Collectors Items" is a bootleg album made to look like a legit Capitol release.
The Capitol Beatles album to get is Rubber Soul. The US version of that album had a huge impact on folk and folk rock music in the states.
Thanks for your post. A Collection of Beatles Oldies LP, UK Dec1966 had 'I Want To Hold Your Hand" other singles not previously on UK Albums. Also this has the first UK release of 'Bad Boy" As a collector I do find the US Capitol Albums a must for my collection.
The purple label, large dome Capitol reissues from the late 70s to early 80s were the best mastered and cut pressings of the stereo US albums. It’s also worth collecting the original mono pressings from the 60s for the unique mono mixes Capitol had used.
Great video, very entertaining , and yes a great impression of john
My grandpas freind who used to run a radio station back in the 70s and 80s gave me some old beatles records, specificaly john lennon mind games, beatles 65 and a hard days night (side note a hard days night is actually a rare 1987 vinyl press of the uk album on capitol records labels)
Great video and points. Some of the people defending the UK ALBUMS really can’t see the forest for the trees.
They don’t truly see it history. They’re so judgmental
I recently got something new it came in a fresh looking first press mono cover but I opened it and found a stereo apple pressing of it. I swear the look on my face...
I still love the Capitol releases. Good vid by the way.
I have heard some people say that they’re buying these US Capitol albums purely for nostalgia so I understand where they’re coming from. I read that Dave Dexter did not like the Beatles and so he didn’t do as good a job with their music as he would other artists’ from the states and so their sound suffered because of it. Sound wise , the UK is the best mostly because when it was sent to other countries, the quality of sound changed because of it, This happened in every country around the world. That’s why when you put any foreign LP against the UK originals, the UK will always have better quality. I’m taking back in the day, nowadays you can have the same UK quality in any country and that is why when the capitol albums were released on CD in 2004, they used the UK original source rather than the US. I would also like to add that the reason why the US got singles onto albums is- first of all, the US albums are essentially compilation albums. Meaning they are drawn from various sources, as in the case of meet the Beatles which was sourced from the first album, the second album and singles. So it was not a straightforward LP. Secondly- the Beatles had a policy of never putting singles onto albums. The reason being they wanted to give their fans their money’s worth. So they would put regular songs on the albums and then write songs specifically for the singles market. I am buying the meet the Beatles album but only because it’s being released on blue vinyl as a limited edition and i love colored vinyl. I do agree that for collecting purposes you should buy the US capitol records, bu then, you should probably also buy the Japanese, Mexican, Italian, French, Argentinian etc versions cos as you said, they all have different album covers and track listings, i for one have always been intrigued by the Canadian version of with the Beatles, it has a very cool looking album cover. Great video btw.
Have them all since I began collecting in the 70s. We never knew what the British versions were like let alone different. I collect them because they were what were released when the Fabs were still together.
Like the American Help with the bond like theme in the beginning.
Great coincidence, i started collecting beatles because of the discography list in the same book, beatles forever. I first heard of that book when we got the pickwick live at the star club where they quoted from there. Oddly that's the first beatles record we owned.
Capitol made a huge mistake not releasing ALL MY LOVING as a single! It had huge radio play and it was released in Canada.
If you're like me and are "used" to hearing the UK releases, give the US Capitol albums a go. If anything, it's a chance to hear the tracks in an order which would be unfamiliar to those of us who are so used to popping in a C.D. and hitting play, knowing what songs are up next.
Today i bought a Beatle's White album at a towns festival this guy was selling alot of old records bought it . there is no date but it says capitol on there I don't see a Apple on the vinyl like the earlier ones it says Capital.
I only currently have only one US Beatles album, The Beatles Second Album, in its original Monophonic 1964 Capitol pressing. (Surprisingly paid under $20 for it…WAY under that amount! Due to the fact the previous owner drew on the cover - mostly on John’s face)
Go at least to 1981 Purple Dome Capitol (up to Sgt. Pepper! I bought that one at Woolco and can say from memory that the sound of THAT particular US issue blew away the BC13 edition and later CD edition by a mile), as Capitol used the heavyweight vinyl to at least the beginning of the CD era.
@@georgeprice4212 From memory - so you no longer have that edition?
@@farrellmcnulty909 no. Lost it and a bunch of other records in an apartment fire in 1982-1983. The fire department said that it was (at the time) right around $10,000 lost.
@@georgeprice4212 My God, that's awful.
@@farrellmcnulty909 not as bad when you consider that the upstairs neighbors lost everything
Sorry,I meant 12 and 11 song programs in the project.
Before accusing Capitol of not releasing Beatles material the way “the Beatles would’ve wanted it released”, remember that the Beatles would’ve wanted their material released on a 45 or two (2 to 4 selections) followed by the EP (3 to 4 selections) followed by the album (14 selections). And none of the selections would be repeated until a greatest hits/compilation would be released.
Meanwhile Capitol released the singles as they were meant to be released.
With no EP format, those selections from the single(s) and EP would become part of the (12 selection) album release with the deleted album selections put aside for either a single or the follow up album. When those deleted selections added up to 12, a compilation album was released.
Well said! People today seem to see only in retrospect and base their opinions on hindsight. The mixes had to stand up to American ears and I feel Dexter did what he had to do to get the Beatles music to REALLY stand out
@@collectingbeatles101 in the UK, most record buyers played their records on mono playback equipment. High end mono equipment was still popular and many with money to spend, weren’t really interested in stereo. Those who owned stereos, had high end equipment.
Meanwhile in the US, low end stereo equipment was more common like portable stereos. So Capitol mixed down the stereo versions for optimum sound on a different type of stereo.
THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM with vocals on one side and instruments on the other, and cross over echoes to fill out the sound, sounded great on portable stereos.
@@collectingbeatles101 in the UK, most record buyers played their records on mono playback equipment. High end mono equipment was still popular and many with money to spend, weren’t really interested in stereo. Those who owned stereos, had high end equipment.
Meanwhile in the US, low end stereo equipment was more common like portable stereos. So Capitol mixed down the stereo versions for optimum sound on a different type of stereo.
THE BEATLES SECOND ALBUM with vocals on one side and instruments on the other, and cross over echoes to fill out the sound, sounded great on portable stereos.
I'm sorry, but i'll have to disagree on a couple of things here. I'm Australian, & we got the UK album versions & the UK (& sometimes our own) stereo mixes. My first point is there were quite often only 11 tracks on the US albums (instead of 14). Secondly there were a lot of "fake stereo" mixes for the US albums - when real stereo was issued here. But i must give thumbs up to Capitol for the "Magical Mystery Tour" album !!
I appreciate your thoughts, but it's what we grew up with here in the USA. It's all we knew! I STILL love listening to these records.
I don't think there were "a lot" of fake stereo releases, but there were a lot of "enhanced by Dave Dexter" stereo mixes, for sure!
Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
@@collectingbeatles101 I actually think the "Yesterday & Today" album flows quite well.
At about 3:40 -- I'm Down not on Capitol? Should have specified Capitol albums, because it was on a single.
Sorry... yes albums... LP albums! I'm Down made its LP debut on the Rock and Roll Music compilation
@@collectingbeatles101 I'm Down is on the first, Collectors Items, but was replaced with Paperback Writer on the second edition. Collectors Items is not a bootleg record. That is a promotional album that was not on sale to the general public. The first edition had the number SPRO-9462. The second edition has the number SPRO-9463. On the back it shows all the Capitol albums from Meet The Beatles to Love Songs. the U.S. Rarities is not on it. Some say Collectors Items is what Rarities should have been. I have a copy in black and purple.
VJ mixes are the best American Beatles recordings which were pretty much Parlophnes Please'please me lp
I grew up with the Capitol albums but by the time the U.K. CD's came out I had long abandoned my album collection and I was pleased with the U.K. versions and got used to them over time. The only Capitol version I might purchase would the U.S. version of Rubber Soul. It's the only Capitol album I think is better than its U.K. counterpart. I do have a soft spot for albums like Beatles 65 and Yesterday and Today (the first album I bought with my own money) but I'm not going to spend more money just for nostalgia. If I could find the baby butcher cover for Yesterday and Today I would bite and the simpler versions of "If I fell" and "And I Lover Her" from the United Artists version of Hard Days Night might make it worth the trip. Otherwise, I've contributed enough of my money to the cause.
No offense but after collecting Beatles for over 40 years I can tell you the markets going to go down dramatically in the next several years just like it did for Elvis Presley stuff as people start getting older prices start going down except for the very very rare stuff that was always very very rare so you should be selling now not buying
Not so sure about that....I started dealing in rock & roll memorabilia (paper primarily - not vinyl) and I can't keep vintage Beatle shit in stock (I say that loosely as I LOVE this band -my 2nd favorite - knocked out by Zep) and most of my buyers are younger folks at the shows I do. I will say this, Elvis stuff still DOES sell...but not as fast. On a side note - I can't keep ANY Iron Maiden in stock...I get it in and first show I do - OUT it goes. Bowie remains strong as hell too. (also one of my most favorite artists)
As a very young Canadian kid at the end of the 1960's I had numerous fond memories of playing Beatles records seeing that beloved iconic black rainbow ring label spinning. today I have many original 60's era Capitol and Apple Beatle albums in good to near mint condition that I acquired at garage sales and as freebies in the 1990's and 2000's I love playing them to this day . However I would also say later Capitol Beatles pressings along with other vinyl records in general from the early 1980's were of mediocre to poor quality, thin disc, Shallow (often) off centered grooves, cheap flimsy packaging even the later Apple albums were on Capitol . as a teenager I had the misfortune of buying a few vinyl Beatle Dud's in the 80's just prior to the CD boom.
Does your book smell? My buddy's did and so does my copy. I believe the glue used to hold the pages are some toxic weird crap... Great book though...absolute requirement to have!
You said it, they were just another band.
Have. Them. All .
Me too! 😁😁😁
“A Hard Day’s Night” wasn’t on a Capitol album during the band’s existence; not until the red album was it on a Capitol LP. CRIMINAL.
There have always been and will be only the UKs issues taken for originals.
The US issues are not even copies in view of sound quality, false mono mastering, covers and, last but not least, numbers of songs of each of the albums due to US tax reasons.
On top,the forthcoming issue of the Capitol box seems to be just a money grab.
@@sundance8744 okie dokie!
Welcome !
The Capiphone project does a better job of presenting the catalog-more geared towards the Parlophones,but as 22 and 11 song programs-the way Capitol should've originally issued them.22-23 programs with all titles issued in concurrent form,as was the Parlophone.And no reverb!!!
I don't think the UK albums are the benchmark. They just offered what the band had written and recorded at the time, apart from a few of the best songs released as singles. Just an exhibition of achievements, a chaotic set of songs. The LP titles were hardly smarter: With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale, The Beatles. What's intellectual about that? Capitol was in a better position and could choose songs from the British chaos. That's why at first they were just successful collections of hits, but starting with Beatles 65 and Beatles VI Capitol albums became story-driven, and then meaningful titles like Yesterday And Today were added. In addition, Capitol compiled albums from singles, and the correctness of this approach was recognized even in London including Magical Mystery Tour in the core catalog. A good album does not depend on the number of songs - it's a story to be told. Therefore, I do not understand those who consider Capitol albums worse just because they have two songs less. But Pepper also contains twelve songs and The Beatles Again LP sounds more lighter and hipp than the British Let It Be. Meet The Beatles is much more beautiful in design than its British brother and more interesting in content. Both 1964/1965 soundtracks are excellent in every way and are superior to the British. The Beatles Story is a masterpiece in its own right. Rubber Soul US is even visually better than the British one. Yesterday And Today and Revolver exemplify the proper layout of story albums. The Capitol outer sleeves are thicker, more impressive, more beautiful, the albums themselves are more interesting to dive into and have more design. And, yes, I like both Capitol Boxes and US Box. The original sound is powerful, resonant, and the new one reproduces it with first generation master tapes - the best solution. Just buy both, that's all. They are quite inexpensive.
I think John Wayne would have also done a great Macbeth.
I don't agree that the records had to be remixed for American ears. The fact those versions are what Americans grew up with, so now prefer to the definitive George Martin mixes, doesn't mean they would have been any less successful in America at the time. Bear in mind the original airplay on the radio was of the UK mixes and Beatlemania was already on the way. I was distracted watching your video with the reflection of you on the Something New sleeve behind that was a second or so out of sync with your actual movements.
The Beatles themselves felt capitol"butchered"yesterday and today in the mastering process. Hence the butcher cover and record company name to crapitol
No way I meed to hear the Capitol US albums. The three Canadian Capitol LPs are quite neat, though.
Does the Collectors Items Beatles album, count as a Capitol album?
The MAIN point everyone overlooks in how The Beatles’ music was treated in the 1960s boils down to one thing; It was ROCK ‘N ROLL. And it was hated by Decter and most of the powers that be across mostly all the major labels, other than for making money. So why not make what you can off these “stupid brats” who should learn that TRUE music lies inside a Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy album? Don’t forget, The Beach Boys were also kicked around at “the tower”.
I hate it when people compare the Beatles to a "boy band" in any way. The Beatles played instruments, NONE of the " boy bands" ever did/do. Just because in the beginning the majority of their fans were screaming teenage girls doesn't make them a boy band."boy bands" shouldn't even be called bands.. they are groups.
The Beatles were great and I have multiple ,multiple copies of their LP's,however,I much
prefer the Kinks.
The Kinks are great, too!
7:52 The worst title and worst artwork of any Beatles album I know! Is THE BEATLES' SECOND ALBUM the only Beatles L.P. with fewer songs written by band members (5) than cover versions (6)?
I am not going to buy any Capitol, any american version of british Lps….I am also not going to buy a Shakespeare DVD where John Wayne plays Hamlet, you see….
Canadian Beatles records are far more interesting....!!!
I do have one or two Canadian albums! Always on the lookout!
Oh no. Now I have something else to collect...
The British Invasion groups were all horribly butchered by the American record companies. As a first generation fan, we didn't know any better, but now there's no excuse to listen to any of these butcher jobs, with the UK releases easily accessible. Only worthwhile as relics today.
u cant use a john lennon quote saying we were just a band as a relevant argument to back up your statement. like u said if your here your a big fan and an older or perhaps a more thoughtful more deep thinking fan on the subject of the Beatles, so im going to assume people will know what i mean. will only delve deeper and explain if i absolutely have to. i hate the boy band analogy and i reject it totally especially comparing it to modern acts. if u want to compare them to fabian or pat boon i will accept that a little more as far as an argument goes but even that argument i wouldn't make. u cant compare them to any modern or any boy band ever. there is nothing about the Beatles that are comparable to any boy band of any era. they were totally organic in every way. to quote john in a proper way when asked about their act he said paraphrasing all we do is practice smiling, whats to practice. ilike your channel by the way :)
I love your channel....but...being an artist ( the numbers, the bordersnakes. Available on TH-cam and a lot of other places) you're wrong.....How would you like me to take what you did ( I assume you're retired ) and change it, but you're still stuck with my changes but your name is on it.. If you are honest, you wouldn't like it at all.....Dave Dexter helping the Beatles compete in the marketplace? That's truly one of the funniest things I have ever heard....They changed the marketplace.. and it wasn't because of Dave Dexter...Music has a way of making it's own mark. Dylan realized the impact of the Beatles. He thought they were making up their own chords. . They weren't. ...They were bringing jazz changes to R & R music ( ask Paul) and their synthesis worked....Add to that they looked THAT different and were extremely irreverent compared to other pop stars and we have, to use a baseball analogy, the biggest home run in the history of pop music...
you only prefer the capitol records because you grew up with them
they are objectively worse
"Why You Should Collect Them"
Please don't.
cringey Lennon impersonation....just sayin