The Beatles page
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Topic: The Beatles page
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Subject: The Beatles page
Date Posted: July 18 2009 at 14:08
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on regular albums discography, US versions are counted on the regular albums along with the actual albums for A Hard Day's Night and 'Help!' They could be moved down to a different category; the US edition for 'Revolver' for example is in a different category.
it just makes things more convoluted.
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Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: July 18 2009 at 15:28
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The problem is we have no a proper category for such "regional" versions. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 06:36
| There's another long thread about this somewhere - I'll try to find it. |
Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 11:10
That isn't true. The albums in question are compilations rather than actual studio albums, so they should go into compilations, clearly. The US releases haven't been considered a part of the 'official' discography for years (Except for Magic Mystery Tour, which Britain considers an official release as well). I live in America, and those crap US knock-offs can't even be found now. The US versions of Revolver and Rubber Soul are in the compilations section. The same should be done for the rest. I talked about this ages ago, but nobody seemed to care. Now we have yet another person complaining about it, and I don't blame them. The Beatles pages looks atrocious. Something needs to be done. The official chronology is easily found on the official site. We need to go by that. |
NotAProghead wrote:Posted By: NotAProghead
Date Posted: July 19 2009 at 11:28
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Partly done. Partly because: 1. I'm not sure US versions of "Hard Day's Night" and "Help!" should be moved to Boxset/Compilations because both contain George Martin's instrumentals missed on UK albums. 2. When I'm trying to edit "The Beatles Second Album" the error occurs: Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL Server error '80040e14' Incorrect syntax near 'Second'. /Post_updatetitle.asp, line 72 I saw this error in case of other albums of other bands too. ------------- Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour) |
Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: July 23 2009 at 09:06
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I wouldn't call them compilations. I think the way they are listed as "US version" is adequate. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: July 23 2009 at 21:07
| I added the US versions of Hard Days Night and Help because they are actual soundtracks, whereas the UK versions are collections of hits. |
Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: November 19 2009 at 16:25
| Then shouldnt the UK versions be placed in a compilations section instead of official studio albums? |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 19 2009 at 17:53
| ^ maybe so, let me think about that and run it by the other admins. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: November 20 2009 at 12:34
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If anything the US versions should moved. The UK versions are the officcial accepted releases.. We could rename the category "Boxsets, Compilations and Alternate versions"
Also the UK versions are NOt a collection of hits. Only one of the songs was released prior to AHDN for example
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: November 20 2009 at 13:38
^ This is what I have been saying all along. The ONLY exception that should be made to this rule is the US version of "Magical Mystery Tour", since it IS considered part of the official collection by the Beatles website (plus it was included in the remastered box sets). But fo course nobody listens to me, so it took a fellow collaborator suggesting it before anybody actually considered it. |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 20 2009 at 13:46
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The Beatles discog has been discussed by the admins many times and is not something that has been ignored or neglected, I keep an eye on it often as Morgova is always trying to make frivolous US additions.
I will take all of your concerns to the admins and have answers for you soon (PA definition of soon, ha ha). As for now, please leave things they way they are until the proto-prog team has made a decision, tanks. |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 06:31
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Just my two cents and general agreement with Conor, Pomt and Snowie...I think only the official UK releases + the US version of Magical Mystery Tour should be included in the studio album section. While it is true that A Hard Day's Night and Help in their US version contains soundtrack music, this music was neither composed nor performed by the Beatles. Therefore, I think the soundtrack music should be irrelevant in the consideration of where the albums are placed.
I understand why you did it that way John, but I think it does clutter up the Beatles page unnecessarily. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 21 2009 at 07:13
| ^ good point, that will be taken in consideration. |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: November 22 2009 at 16:47
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I remember, there was an instruction somewhere in the forum about what to do when adding different issues/versions of the same album. They should not be added as new entries into discography but rather their difference in track listing should be mentioned in the details of the main original release, and explanation added into a free form space provided. In that way the cluttering would not occur and discography would be neat. I think a primary responsible person to clean and sort a discography should be the person who initially added a bio of the band in the first place. There should not be a problem, really, just follow the widely accepted discography listings such as in Wikipedia or Allmusic and problem solved. I follow these simple rules when I personally add an album and I try to sort discography (if necessary) of the bands that I personally wrote bios.... |
Posted By: halabalushindigus
Date Posted: December 08 2009 at 02:21
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This is difficult for me. I would like to review the difficult "Revolver" on the U.S. version (no I'm Only Sleeping And Your Bird,etc.) and that would be O.K. But "Rubber Soul", now that's different. What the hell is "I've Just Seen A Face" doing at the start. Why Dont We just seperate all the songs into catagories John's songs Paul's songs,etc. ------------- assume the power 1586/14.3 |