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Recent find, had no idea what it was until I played it. Surprisingly clean copy of an early 1970 Beatles boot, The Silver Album of the Worlds Greatest, aka Silver Walrus. First Jarris press with small plain white labels.

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Bennnnn said:
I tried to watch this once and also found it hard to get through. The Get Back docs were great. I’ll give this one a shot though. I’ve read so much about it over the years.
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I’ve seen Let It Be but it’s been years. I remember finding it interesting.

I am of the very small minority (especially of Beatles nuts) that thought Get Back was an aimless meandering mess. So YMMV.
 
mingerton said:
Do you all think Beatles fans will be interested in the 3" Beatles records coming out on RSD tomorrow? They are limited in # but maybe not that popular aside from super diehard fans?
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Yeah, Beatles stuff is usually pretty popular and between this, the George Harrison rotoscope records and the Ringo Starr releases my guess is Beatles collectors will be out in full force.
 
TrainFan73 said:
I’ve seen Let It Be but it’s been years. I remember finding it interesting.

I am of the very small minority (especially of Beatles nuts) that thought Get Back was an aimless meandering mess. So YMMV.
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Joe Mac said:
We agree on something…
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Same same, it was interesting, there were some great moments, but could have been much shorter with the same effect/impact. I think "die hards", which I consider myself to a point, were even loosing interest as it went on. I watched the whole thing, but I'd probably never watch it again outside of the rooftop concert.
 
AnthonyI said:
Same same, it was interesting, there were some great moments, but could have been much shorter with the same effect/impact. I think "die hards", which I consider myself to a point, were even loosing interest as it went on. I watched the whole thing, but I'd probably never watch it again outside of the rooftop concert.
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Dude, universally, everyone was like it’s amazing.

I’m of the opinion that Peter Jackson needs a ballsy editor at this point. He can keep using his technology to clean things up, but I have very little interest in his films moving forward.
 
TrainFan73 said:
Dude, universally, everyone was like it’s amazing.

I’m of the opinion that Peter Jackson needs a ballsy editor at this point. He can keep using his technology to clean things up, but I have very little interest in his films moving forward.
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Oh, I get it, I think "we" are the minority for sure.

That said, ya, I think PJ gets a bit caught up in the process and the "ooooo, look what we can do". But I'm with you on the editor comment, it's one thing to just print every sec of what you have, another having the talent to pull out the meat and potatoes, along with interesting tidbits and be able to keep a viewers attention beginning to end.

This kind of spills over into the "Type" of Beatles fan you are I guess, I have a list, but it's in no way a list consisting of wanting every single pressing, variant and so on. Same with odds and ends, I have a couple Beatles things, but I don't have, or want, a shrine, lol.
 
TrainFan73 said:
Dude, universally, everyone was like it’s amazing.

I’m of the opinion that Peter Jackson needs a ballsy editor at this point. He can keep using his technology to clean things up, but I have very little interest in his films moving forward.
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Of the two people I knew who liked it the most both were musicians who had been in bands that had talent and reasonable amounts of success, without ever being huge. I can imagine that it’d hit different for them.

For me it was just that bit too meandering.
 
I am happy to help Peter Jackson out with editing advice after my latest most complex iMovie 8 minute Beatles epic - I even acted in it - see above - my wife’s Yoko was pretty good!

I thought Get Back was great but I did have covid so maybe I was delirious
I am also struggling to get thru Mark Lewishoms Tune In - it’s so wrapped up in small details it’s a slog - I’m currently stuck in and endless loop of what Paul had for breakfast thru 1959
 
If you remember the film "Boyhood", there is that scene where Ethan Hawke's character gives his son a compilation of solo recordings from members of The Beatles that he dubbed "The Black Album". I'm sure everyone here knows that that was something that Ethan Hawke himself had actually done for his daughter Maya Hawke, and they incorporated it into the film. Always thought that was extremely cool.

The actual tracklist for that actual compilation was put out on the interwebs shortly after the film was released. I've always wanted to work up my version of "The Black Album", and I finally knocked it out last night. Hawke's version is really solid, so I used his as the initial framework for mine. Hawke's version of the compilation features 51 songs spread across 3 CDs, but the 3rd disc is only about 40 minutes. So I expanded my version out to 60 songs, dropping a few from his, adding some tracks, and shuffling a few things around. Paul and Wings get 22 songs, John gets 20, but I also included 2 of the songs that are attributed to The Beatles that were built out of John's demos ('Real Love' and 'Now & Then'). So that's basically 22 for him as well. George gets 12, and Ringo gets 4. George gets a bit more love from me and my expanded version, which is the biggest change from Hawke's version.

I didn't include certain John songs from "Plastic Ono Band" that I like because I felt they were a bit too harsh/dark in comparison to the rest of the material and the overall concept. I tried to keep Hawke's basic aesthetic, which was that these were solo songs from each of The Beatles that when put together could play like a killer Beatles collection. A set of songs where you could imagine them even recording them together if they had ever truly reformed. There are some exceptions though. Hawke excluded 'Working Class Hero', probably because it didn't fit his parameters. I put it on mine. Hard to see that one ever being recorded for a Beatles album, but it's just too strong of a song from John to not include.

This was a fun one to put together, and I'm glad I finally took the time to do so.

 
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