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Posted: February 15 2006 at 13:32 |
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As the Fabs are here, we may as well get their details right.
The MMT British EP is listed here, but the track listing is of the MMT LP from the US. These are two different beasts - the US album has the 6 EP tracks on side one with a number of singles from that year on side two. They need to be listed separately.
And the year should be 1967, not '68.
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Posted: February 15 2006 at 14:36 |
I was in a hurry 
The UK EP was indeed released in 1967, but the US LP was released in 1968.
I guess this is a hybrid 
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Posted: February 15 2006 at 16:21 |
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You'll have even more of a problem with their earlier albums. None of the US albums matched the UK albums until Revolver.
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Posted: February 15 2006 at 17:39 |
I know, I know - some of them weren't released on both sides of the Atlantic - like "Yesterday and Today"... 
I'll stick with the British releases for now - after all, they were a British band 
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Posted: February 15 2006 at 17:53 |
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MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue.
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 07:47 |
 Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 07:48 |
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I know, I know - some of them weren't released on both sides of the Atlantic - like "Yesterday and Today"...
I'll stick with the British releases for now - after all, they were a British band
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I agree - the US releases are abominations.
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 07:49 |
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Of course it counts, its part of their official British discography!
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 08:50 |
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Just like they should have put "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" on "Revolver", and left "Yellow Submarine" to the album of that name and forgotten the dirgy "Dr Robert" (although I recognise it's importance in the general scheme of things).
"Rain" is up there with "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" - imagine what "Revolver" would have been like with this fantasy tracklist - perfection perfected! 
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 08:55 |
Snow Dog wrote:
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Of course it counts, its part of their official British discography!
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Well I don't count it, well maybe as a compilation.
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 08:57 |
Certif1ed wrote:
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Just like they should have put "Paperback Writer" and "Rain" on "Revolver", and left "Yellow Submarine" to the album of that name and forgotten the dirgy "Dr Robert" (although I recognise it's importance in the general scheme of things).
"Rain" is up there with "I'm Only Sleeping" and "Tomorrow Never Knows" - imagine what "Revolver" would have been like with this fantasy tracklist - perfection perfected!
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You're right there cert. It's amazing that songs like that were just singles at the time. Rain is definitely a relatively unknown gem (although I did see U2 play it once).
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Posted: February 16 2006 at 09:34 |
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Of course it counts, its part of their official British discography!
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Well I don't count it, well maybe as a compilation.
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Even if you don't count it as a British album, it was an American album, so I don't understand your reticence at all!
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 09:12 |
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Missing in the Beatles discography is the compilation CD "1".
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 09:18 |
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^so add it!
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 09:35 |
I only add albums (ten or so, so far) that I think are important.... 
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 10:58 |
Snow Dog wrote:
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
chopper wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
MMT "The album"..was so poular that it was in fact released in Britain too, eventually, and became part of the Beatles British catalogue. |
But it wasn't recorded as an album by the Fabs in the first place, so it doesn't count. If it had been, it would probably be their best album. Mind you, they should have put Strawberry Fields and Penny Lane on Sgt Pepper as was originally intended, what an album that would have been then!
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Of course it counts, its part of their official British discography!
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Well I don't count it, well maybe as a compilation.
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Even if you don't count it as a British album, it was an American album, so I don't understand your reticence at all!
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Don't worry mate, it's just me being awkward. I don't like it when people refer to it as a Beatles album along the same lines as Revolver, Abbey Road etc when it's really a compilation.
And I don't want my original MMT EP to be devalued!
Just tell me to shut up and I'll forget all about it.
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 12:15 |
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Done. Is it ok now?
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 15:14 |
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Err... I don't think we need any of their compilations - except the "official" one: "Oldies But Goldies".
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 17:19 |
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New policy? Anyway, the red and blue double albums are already there, so what's the point in leaving out '1'?
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Posted: February 17 2006 at 17:23 |
No - not a new policy, but the Beatles have so many compilations it's just unnecessary to have so many listings for a band that's only Proto Prog, IMO.
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