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The Beatles Past Masters Vol. 2 is an excellent collection of tunes. Shipping was quick and item well priced.
If you are new to the Beatles, I would recommend you buy some of their albums before you buy this. Thank goodness all the essential "Hey Jude" songs are on this CD. Even though this is a good compilation, the Beatles' work progressed album by album and any collection of songs made by selecting some from this album and some from that album sounds a bit disjointed. I was despairing of ever finding them again, and here they are. Added to this are the two never-before-released songs, and you have a CD worth buying. To my ear, anway. But, five stars because.this is the BEATLES, man, and because you must have it to complete your collection if you can't find "Hey Jude".
I don't give five stars easily.----Update: I have recently bought Past Masters vol. Otherwise, this is a five star disc.
But this disc contains two songs that were never on any LP. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is an interesting novelty piece, but basically a throw-away.
Most of the songs on this disc have always been available on LP. So I have to take away one star in my rating.
The Inner Light, on the other hand, is a great Harrison song.The Inner Light is the main reason to buy this disc.Also, if you feel that it is essential to have cd versions of great Beatle songs like Hey Jude and Rain, this is a good disc to have.My disc is broken. It won't play Hey Jude.
I don't blame The Beatles for my defective cd, but my rating system is tough. 1, and there are no defects on that disc (so far).
I have not heard these songs since I got my CD player.more than 20 years ago. What can I say. it's the Beatles. These songs sound just as great as they did back then and I am so glad I have them on disc. Great purchase.
In the original mono mix, the piano, bass, and guitar all come out just fine. Others here have railed against the stereo mixes on the CD, as compared to the mono releases done originally.Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of the original mono releases.But the stereo mixes on this CD are very worthwhile and in every case improve the listenability and punch. Also, glitches that appeared in the original mixes have been either highly glossed over or are completely absent on the CD.Lady Madonna is the shining example of a superior-in-stereo mix. But what George Martin has done in the remix on this CD is stunning in its simplicity and directness - the piano intro starts off in one channel, and then the bass kicks in in the other channel, and the result is powerful, really emphasizing the funk that was there all along but somehow never came through in the mono mix. It's using the same simple mixing techniques that many original Beatles albums had, but to remarkable effect.
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