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The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol.2 - Help! (2006)
The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 - Disc 3 of 4 : Help!\n2006 Capitol Records, Inc.\n\nThis compilation originally released April 11, 2006\n\n''The Early Beatles'' USA-configured LP originally released March 22, 1965\n''Beatles VI'' USA-configured LPoriginally released June 14, 1965\n''Help!'' USA-configured LP originally releasedAugust 13, 1965\n''Rubber Soul'' USA-configured LP originally released December 6, 1965\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The second installment of Capitol's long-awaited, ongoing series of reissues of the Beatles' American albums covers the four Fab Four albums Capitol released in 1965: The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help!, and RubberSoul. The first of these, The Early Beatles, was a quick roundupof all the material from Please Please Me that hadn't been put on an American LP and it appropriately plays like a truncated andjumbled version of their debut; it's fun, but lacks the momentumand punch of their British debut. Beatles VI, whose very title suggests the ferocity of Beatlemania, since it's their sixth LP injust over a year, relies heavily on their fourth British LP, Beatles for Sale, pulling six songs from that album ("Kansas City," "Eight Days a Week," "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," "Words ofLove," "What You're Doing," "Every Little Thing"), adding to themix a couple of new songs that would later show up on Help! ("YouLike Me Too Much," "Tell Me What You See"), a pair of Larry Williams covers ("Bad Boy," "Dizzy Miss Lizzie"), and "Yes It Is," originally released as the B-side to "Ticket to Ride." Since it's culled exclusively from late 1964 and early 1965 material, the album winds up holding together better than some of the grab bags from 1964, and since the newer material is lighter than the excisedmaterial from Beatles for Sale -- "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" may be weary, but without the gloomy opening triptych of "NoReply," "I'm a Loser," and "Back in Black," the remaining songs from this album don't quite feel as dark -- Beatles VI winds up asa pretty fun snapshot of the waning days of the peak of Beatlesmania.\n\nHelp! and Rubber Soul were the first U.S. LPs to bear the same titles (along with roughly the same artwork) of their U.K.counterparts, but they still had distinctly different running orders than the albums released in Britain. The American version ofHelp! is designed as a soundtrack to the film of the same name,containing selections from the movie's Ken Thorne-written score interspersed between the Beatles songs. Where the U.K. Help! had 14 tracks, including music not heard in the film, the U.S. Help! is 12 tracks, with only seven songs from the group -- just the songs actually heard in the film. The result is a distinctly different listening experience, one that's certainly not as satisfying as the U.K. LP, yet there is a certain charm to Thorne's exotica-tinged, swinging-'60s score, particularly to the James Bondian fanfare that opens the album, that helps make the U.S. version of Help! a fun nostalgia trip. The American Rubber Soul is also different than its British cousin, removing four songs from the U.K. version ("Drive My Car," "Nowhere Man," "What Goes On," "If I Needed Someone") and replacing them with two tunes from the U.K. Help!("I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love"). The new tunes open up each side of the record, but the sequencing remains roughlythe same as it is on the U.K. version, yet the U.S. LP does windup with a subtly different feel than its British counterpart; byopening with the folky "I've Just Seen a Face" and omitting rockers and trebly pop songs, Rubber Soul winds up feeling like the Beatles' reaction to America's folk-rock movement of 1965, which is a feel that some listeners prefer.\n\nAs on the first Capitol Albums box, each of the four albums contains the original stereo and mono mixes for each LP (initial pressings contained incorrectmono mixes for The Early Beatles and Rubber Soul, which were folded down for the stereo mixes instead of the original mono mixes,but this error was quickly corrected). Where several of the 1964LPs on the first set were bathed in echo and were in fake stereo,the four 1965 records -- with the exception of The Early Beatles, which has such an extreme hard pan on its fake stereo that it is a bit difficult to listen to on headphones -- were not dressedup in as much post-production studio trickery and the stereo sounds natural, so the mixes aren't as disorienting as they were on,say, Second Album. There are some subtle differences between mixes -- and one not-so-subtle difference: the stereo version of "I'mLooking Through You" begins with a false start -- but most of these will only be noticeable only to the hardcore fans, who are indeed the target for this set. And like last time out, they shouldbe pleased with this set, despite its flaws, chief among them the packaging. Like Capitol Albums, Vol. 1, this set has an ugly front cover that makes it seem like a Reader's Digest exclusive, the cardboard on the slipcase as well as the individual mini-LP reproductions feels flimsy (and Help!, which was originally a gatefold, is not a gatefold here), and the set feels like it could havebeen put together with more care. That said, there are some improvements this time around. The set has been issued as a (roughly)CD-sized box, which is preferable to the longbox of the first set, and Bruce Spizer's notes do an excellent job detailing the histories of these American LPs. And, of course, the sound is much,much better than the sound on the CDs for the regular albums, which are now nearly 20 years out of date. That sound, along with the nostalgic joy of getting these American incarnations on CD, isthe main reason the hardcore fans will be more than happy to forgive this set its few flaws and simply enjoy the many pleasures ofthis collectors-oriented set. -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine \n \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\n1ST RUN HAS WRONG VI + SOUL MONO MASTERS!!!!, April 11, 2006\nReviewer: Bertram christmas "bert" (Boston,MA.USA)\nThere was a production error on this sets 1st run. The original Capitol Mono mixes were not used on Beatles VI and Rubber Soul. In error, Capitol used folded down Monos from the original Capitol stereo mixes. This was discovered by a DJ in Philadelphia, approximately five days before this sets street date of 4-11-'06. Capitol upon learning of their err, immediately produced acorrected 2nd run, which also hit the stores on 4-11-06'. I write this as of the same date. If you go into the stores today, chances are 50/50 if you will get the erronous or corrected edition.It's all a matter of when the stores ordered their copies from their wholesaler or EMD directly. Capitol will not be doing a recall on the incorrectly manufactured copies. Suppoesedly, they willbe making an announcement as to how the faulty discs from the 1strun can be replaced via proof of purchase. What Capitol pretty much did on the 1st run, was to create Mono mixes which have neverexisted previously. So if you are a real die hard, you may justwant to hold on to your 1st run set if you have one. For certain,I'm sure it will become a very scarce collectors item!!!! All transfers, Both Mono and Stereo, and both corrected and uncorrectedMonos SOUND GREAT!!!!!! Bertram F. Christmas YEAR: 2006\n
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