Can't Buy Me Love/I Should Have Known Better/Paperback Writer/Rain/Lady Madonna/Revolution/Hey Jude/Old Brown Shoe/Don't Let Me Down/Ballad Of John & Yoko
Hey Jude was a US only compilation of mostly late 1960s Beatles tracks previously unreleased on album. The cover was taken from the group's last photo shoot and shows them at their most hirsute. (US:2)
"All of these songs can be found on other releases but at the time that wasn't the case. This focuses pretty heavily on later period Beatles. So this is basically an earlier version of Past Masters."
"A good compilation album that, as well as some major hits, also includes rarer Beatles tracks that are hard to find elsewhere. All in all, a good balance and choice of songs for this album."
"Hey Jude was the album that turned me into a complete Beatles nut - especially side two. I still believe that Old Brown Shoe is one of Harrison's finest, that Hey Jude is one of McCartney's finest, and Rain is one of Lennon's finest. Add to this fact that there's nothing truly awful on it and you have a pretty decent compilation album that I have a particular nostalgic fondness for."
"The appointment of Alan Klein as the Beatles' new manager in late 1969 saw a sudden interest in pushing product and maximising profit taking precedence over quality control. One of the offshoots was this compilation. The band themselves had no input into the album except to veto the title 'The Beatles Again', which was Klein's preferred choice.”
"Culled from the Beatles catalogue of singles and their B sides that never made it to an LP prior to this. Remarkably it all fits together quite nicely and cohesively, considering the singles span their entire career. While these have all been released since in the Past Masters and other collections, they were never as good as when they were released in this particular package."
"It's simply an American record label cashing in on the sides that had only been previously issued on seven inch 45 rpm singles. Without meaning to, Capitol created the briefest yet most complete picture of the Beatles career. You start off at the optimistic peak of Beatlemania and close with the sarcastic bitter end with Lennon worrying about being crucified."
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