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Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. Having grown up with the Capitol Records version of this album, Meet The Beatles, which I listened to endlessly growing up (and is the first album I remember listening to) I have a lot of affection for this even though the track listing is different….
Pack meetings have changed format a bit. They start out with a calmer activity to keep the kids from running around making it easier to start the meetings. I like it. One of the pack outings was to the Museum of History and Industry, which we went to last year, but this was Xavier’s first…
It’s been over a month and I have a lot to post so I’m breaking this up into a few chunks, starting with this one. I don’t remember why but I had to go to the school for some reason and ran into Xavier. We decorated our Christmas tree We waited until after Tevye was…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. I grew up and came of age with the soundtrack version of this album as released in the United States by Capitol Records, so my familiarity with this as an album is relatively new. I think the first time I listened to A Hard Day’s…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. Having spent a lot of creativity with the Hard Day’s Night album the band rushed to complete enough tracks for the next release to hit in time for Christmas sales and the result is Beatles For Sale. Solid enough in the songwriting department the endless…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. In the United States this album was broken apart into separate releases, including a soundtrack with some of the songs written specifically for the film along with some instrumental score. Some of these other songs would appear on miscellaneous releases. The album, as intended by…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. I grew up listening to the American version this album which included the song “I’ve Just Seen A Face” originally on the Help! album but left off of the United States version which was a soundtrack for the film. My affection for Rubber Soul has…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. The Beatles were really beginning to stretch what could be done in the studio and their songwriting had begun to evolve at this point. Individually I like the songs, but as an album I am tired of Revolver. It was one of the first albums I ever…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. This was one of the more difficult albums to rank because this album is so spectacular. The ranking on this album is the most volotile, depending on my mood when I listen to it, so this entry in particular is the most subjective (and subject…
Please see my introduction and explanation about this project here. This might be my 2nd favorite Beatles album. The band had already stretched the concept of what a rock and roll album could be and what was possible in the studio, so what to do next? While there are a couple of weaker numbers on…