UK Parlophone BEATLES With Lennon McCartney Starr + 1

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STEREO UK Parlophone RAINBOW Capitol *VINYL*               

WITH THE OLD STYLE "FLIPBACK" COVER SEAMS!                

            THE BEATLES                               

       WITH THE BEATLES

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      ..UK - Parlophone (silver & black) - PCS 3045 (FLIPBACK COVER SEAMS)

RARE 60's Scarce collectible vinyl issue of the legendary Beatles UK 2nd album, far superior to the USA pressing with completely different track listing, & more tracks...

The cover features the old-style British production 'flipback' seams, the way the record companies in England manufactured covers in the sixties ...

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The Beatles 1963 2nd BRITISH album, and what an album(!), their confidence shows in the songs,this album transports you back to swinging sixties -- its foot tappin' fab Beatle music, even the covers sound Beatle, Lennon rockin his brains off.

So With the Beatles is a record of real generosity and integrity. And if the structure of the album is pretty similar to Please Please Me, the extra studio time is already starting to tell. On McCartney's romantic spotlight, showtune "Till There Was You", producer George Martin builds a wholly convincing soft-focus soundworld around Ringo Starr's bongos. The group harmonies on tracks like their rumbustious "Please Mr. Postman" are even more gorgeously thick. The way the drums rumble in on "Roll Over Beethoven" is a moment of simple joy.

And those are just the covers. With the Beatles starts with aggressive confidence, "It Won't Be Long" taking the "yeah yeah" chants that were the group's early calling card and turning them into missiles. We're back, it says, and it's one of their most thrilling songs. On "All My Loving" the guitars bubble and tumble and the band finds a new way to marry prettiness and drive. "I Wanna Be Your Man"-- Ringo's best early vocal-- has a wolfish, hustling urgency. Not everything the band tries, as writers or interpreters, comes off: draggy girl group revival "Devil in Her Heart" is an obscurity too far, and George Harrison wins a first songwriting credit for the Shadows-esque "Don't Bother Me", but it doesn't get much spark until the guitar solo.

As for "Money", well, there simply is no second "Twist and Shout" in the catalogue, but neither was there any shame in the Beatles trying. And it has its own thrills to offer: Less demonic and frenetic than that previous album-closer but by some way the heaviest thing they'd yet recorded, a quality the remaster brings fully out. Ringo's booming drums, John Lennon's sneer, and the others' banshee backing vocals all create an air of menace, repressed violence: the black leather and Bierkeller vibe of the band's 1961 proving grounds.

It's a superb way to end an album ...Yeah, the album has some VERY great underrated rockers (one of which is 'Hold Me Tight'... great song!) But what makes it nice and varied are two songs, 'You Really Got A Hold On Me' and 'Til There Was You' If you've noticed, there is not one 45rpm-single on here! But it does have some very well known songs, like one of the favorites 'Money (That's What I Want)' which closes this legendary album, but what opens it, is a little similar, exept without the piano -- one of the most amazing lesser known Beatles songs you'll hear, 'It Won't Belong', kind of superior to 'She Loves You' (Those little yeahs that George takes credit for shouting in the background).  Another great little piece of music is 'Please Mr Posteman'(love that wait a minute, wait a minute part, but the whole song is great) that would have been a great show number if they bothered to play it live. So, that basically sums it all up for you, great rockers, groovy melodic ballads --inc'Not A Second Time', wonderful Song!

1. It Won't Be Long (2:14) Recorded: July 30, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
   Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
   George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
   Ringo Starr - drums
2. All I've Got to Do (2:04) Recorded: September 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
   Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
   George Harrison - lead guitar
   Ringo Starr - drums
3. All My Loving (2:10) Recorded: July 30, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
   Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
   George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
   Ringo Starr - drums
4. Don't Bother Me (2:29) Recorded: September 11-12, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - rhythm guitar, tambourine
   Paul McCartney - bass guitar, claves
   George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar
   Ringo Starr - drums, bongos, loose-skinned Arabian bongo
5. Little Child (1:48) Recorded: September 11-12 and October 3, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar, harmonica
   Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar, piano
   George Harrison - lead guitar
   Ringo Starr - drums
6. Till There Was You (2:17) Recorded: July 18 and July 30, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - acoustic guitar
   Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
   George Harrison - acoustic guitar
   Ringo Starr - bongos
7. Please Mister Postman (2:37) Recorded: July 30, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, rhythm guitar
   Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
   George Harrison - lead guitar, harmony vocal
   Ringo Starr - drums
8. Roll Over Beethoven (2:47) Recorded: July 30, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - rhythm guitar, hand-claps
   Paul McCartney - bass guitar, hand-claps
   George Harrison - double-tracked lead vocal, lead guitar, hand-claps
   Ringo Starr - drums, hand-claps
9. Hold Me Tight (2:33) Recorded: September 12, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
   John Lennon - rhythm guitar, background vocal
   Paul McCartney - lead vocal, bass guitar
   George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
   Ringo Starr - drums
10. You Really Got a Hold on Me (3:03) Recorded: July 18, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
    Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
    George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
    Ringo Starr - drums
    George Martin - piano
11. I Wanna Be Your Man (1:59) Recorded: September 11-12, October 3, and October 23, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    John Lennon - rhythm guitar, Hammond organ, harmony vocal
    Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
    George Harrison - lead guitar
    Ringo Starr - lead vocal, drums, maracas
12. Devil in Her Heart (2:24) Recorded: July 18, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    John Lennon - rhythm guitar, harmony vocal
    Paul McCartney - bass guitar, harmony vocal
    George Harrison - lead vocal, lead guitar
    Ringo Starr - drums, maracas
13. Not a Second Time (2:04) Recorded: September 11, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    John Lennon - double-tracked lead vocal, acoustic guitar
    Ringo Starr - drums
    George Martin - piano
14. Money (That's What I Want) (2:46) Recorded: July 18, 1963 at Abbey Road, London, England
    John Lennon - lead vocal, rhythm guitar
    Paul McCartney - bass guitar, background vocal
    George Harrison - lead guitar, background vocal
    Ringo Starr - drums
    George Martin - piano

CONDITION: The laminated cover with old 60's production 'flipback' seams is "EX" (excellent) having some light handling creases near pocket as the British 60's pressings are prone to get after 40 years or more...All seams are solid, no splits, no bends, no writing, all perfectly flat & square.

The vinyl is glossy on both sides, VG+ (nothing deep) only light scuffs which are top surface (superficial) so playback is excellent.

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

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