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THE BEATLES
Beatles - Beyond The Rainbow (A Butterboy Compilation) (5 X CDs)
We’ve all spent years, some of us decades, exploring every corner of the Beatles’ catalogue. We’ve lived inside these songs, argued about them, ranked them, defended them, rediscovered them, and passed them down like heirlooms. And yet, even with all that passion and knowledge, there remains a truth that is rarely articulated, Beatles’ music is not just a body of work. It is a spectrum, a radiant, prismatic unfolding of human emotion.
For years, anthologies have tried to capture the Beatles’ essence through chronology, genre, chart success, or cultural milestones. But none of those approaches reveal the deeper architecture of their music. None of them show how the Beatles mastered emotional color. None of them illuminate the way their songs inhabit distinct emotional worlds.
That is why this new five‑disc chromatic anthology, Blue, Gold, Red, Green, and Purple matters. It reframes the Beatles not as a timeline, but as a rainbow of beauty, a spectrum of unrivalled performance. It reveals the band’s emotional DNA. It shows how their music moves through human experience with a clarity and expressive power no other band has ever matched.
This set is not a re‑shuffle. It is a revelation.
BLUE - The Nocturnal Heart of the Beatles
Every Beatles fan knows the quiet songs, the introspective ones, the fragile ones. But when you gather them together, I’ll Be Back, If I Fell, Julia, Long, Long, Long, For No One, something extraordinary happens. You hear the Beatles’ emotional core.
Blue Beatles is the world of night‑time introspection, where harmony becomes confession and melody becomes vulnerability. These songs are not simply “sad.” They are structurally delicate, harmonically subtle, and emotionally precise. They reveal how deeply the Beatles understood the architecture of longing.
Placed together, Blue becomes the foundation of the entire anthology. It grounds the listener in humanity before the spectrum expands. It reminds us that behind every innovation, every experiment, every explosion of creativity, the Beatles were, first and always, masters of emotional truth.
GOLD - The Sunlit Radiance of Melodic Brilliance
After Blue’s nocturnal stillness, Gold arrives like morning light. Gold Beatles is the world of warmth, optimism, and melodic generosity. Songs like Penny Lane, Here Comes the Sun, Good Day Sunshine, and All My Loving glow with a brightness that feels effortless, but is anything but.
Gold reveals the Beatles’ mastery of crafted joy. These songs are built with architectural precision, buoyant rhythms, luminous harmonies, melodic arcs that feel both inevitable and surprising. Gold shows how the Beatles used major‑key clarity not as simplicity, but as design.
Placed after Blue, Gold becomes a release, a lifting of emotional weight. It shows the band’s ability to write songs that breathe, songs that open windows, songs that feel like sunlight on the skin. Gold is the Beatles’ gift of warmth, and in the context of the anthology, it becomes the second emotional pillar of the rainbow.
RED - The Electric Flame of Rebellion
Then comes Red, the world of fire, electricity, and forward momentum. Red Beatles is the band at their most kinetic, most confrontational, most alive. Revolution, Helter Skelter, Day Tripper, Hey Bulldog, these songs burn.
Red reveals the Beatles’ rhythmic intelligence. Heavy drums, driving bass, electric riffs, blues‑modal hybrids, these are not accidents. They are deliberate choices that create a sense of motion, urgency, and rebellion. Red shows how the Beatles used electricity not just as sound, but as emotion.
Placed after Gold, Red becomes a surge. It transforms warmth into action. It shows the Beatles’ ability to ignite, to provoke, to energize. Red is the turning point of this anthology, the moment where emotion becomes fire.
GREEN - The Psychedelic Horizon of Imagination
After the flame comes the fog. Green Beatles is the world of imagination, surrealism, cosmic drift, and studio experimentation. It is the Beatles at their most visionary. Strawberry Fields Forever, Tomorrow Never Knows, I Am the Walrus, A Day in the Life, these songs dissolve reality.
Green reveals the Beatles’ mastery of psychedelic architecture. Modal harmony, drones, tape loops, orchestral swells, dream‑logic lyrics, these elements create music that feels like a world unto itself. Green is not chaos. It is design. It is the Beatles using the studio as an instrument, using sound as landscape, using harmony as atmosphere.
Placed after Red, Green becomes transformation. It shifts the listener from physical intensity to metaphysical exploration. It shows how the Beatles expanded consciousness through sound. Green is the psychedelic horizon of the anthology, the place where imagination becomes infinite.
PURPLE - The Transcendent Fusion of All Beatles Colors
Finally, we arrive at Purple, the world of synthesis. Purple Beatles is the fusion of Blue emotion, Gold warmth, Red electricity, and Green mysticism. It is the Beatles at their most mature, most elevated, most transcendent.
Purple gathers songs like Let It Be, Hey Jude, Something, Across the Universe, The Long and Winding Road. These are songs where multiple emotional worlds coexist. Blue fragility meets Gold glow. Red intensity meets Green serenity. Purple is the Beatles’ emotional language, unity.
Placed at the end of the anthology, Purple becomes resolution. It completes the journey. It shows how the Beatles evolved from emotional fragments into emotional wholeness. Purple is the culmination of the rainbow, the moment where all colors blend into transcendence.
Why This Set Matters to Beatles Devotees
As Beatles fans, we’ve heard these songs countless times. But this chromatic anthology allows us to hear them differently. It reveals connections that chronology obscures. It shows how the Beatles moved through emotional worlds with unmatched mastery. It highlights their harmonic intelligence, their structural innovation, their expressive clarity.
This set enhances the value of the Beatles’ catalogue by giving it architecture. It transforms familiar songs into a symphonic experience. It shows that the Beatles were not just great songwriters, they were painters of emotion, sculptors of feeling, architects of human experience.
The uniqueness of this set lies in its ability to make the Beatles feel new again. It reframes their work as a rainbow, a spectrum of beauty, a prismatic unfolding of human expression. It elevates their music into a unified emotional journey, one that moves from fragility to warmth, from fire to imagination, from transcendence to unity.
For devotees like us, this anthology is not just a listening experience. It is a rediscovery. It is a reminder that the Beatles’ genius is inexhaustible. It is proof that their music still has new ways to surprise us, new ways to move us, new ways to illuminate the human heart.
This is the Beatles as a rainbow, and we, as lifelong fans, finally get to see the full spectrum. (B)
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Track lists
CD1
01 Beatles - I'll Be Back 2:22
02 Beatles - If I Fell 2:19
03 Beatles - This Boy 2:16
04 Beatles - Not A Second Time 2:06
05 Beatles - Things We Said Today 2:35
06 Beatles - Michelle 2:42
07 Beatles - Yesterday 2:05
08 Beatles - All You Need is Love 3:51
09 Beatles - For No One 1:59
10 Beatles - Eleanor Rigby 2:06
11 Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping 3:00
12 Beatles - I'm So Tired 2:03
13 Beatles - Julia 2:54
14 Beatles - Blackbird 2:18
15 Beatles - Cry Baby Cry 3:02
16 Beatles - Long, Long, Long 3:06
17 Beatles - Because 2:45
18 Beatles - Yes it Is 2:42
19 Beatles - I Will 1:46
20 Beatles - Good Night 3:11
CD2
01 Beatles - Good Day Sunshine 2:09
02 Beatles - Here Comes The Sun 3:05
03 Beatles - Penny Lane 3:00
04 Beatles - All My Loving 2:07
05 Beatles - Eight Days A Week 2:43
06 Beatles - I Want to Hold Your Hand 2:26
07 Beatles - She Loves You 2:21
08 Beatles - I Feel Fine 2:19
09 Beatles - We Can Work it Out 2:15
10 Beatles - Drive My Car 2:28
11 Beatles - Hello, Goodbye 3:28
12 Beatles - Getting Better 2:48
13 Beatles - Got to Get You Into My Life 2:29
14 Beatles - Your Mother Should Know 2:28
15 Beatles - And Your Bird Can Sing 2:00
16 Beatles - I Should Have Known Better 2:43
17 Beatles - Birthday 2:42
18 Beatles - Words of Love 2:04
19 Beatles - Can't Buy Me Love 2:11
20 Beatles - All Together Now 2:10
CD3
01 Beatles - Revolution 1 4:15
02 Beatles - Helter Skelter 4:29
03 Beatles - Paperback Writer 2:18
04 Beatles - Day Tripper 2:48
05 Beatles - Ticket to Ride 3:09
06 Beatles - Back in The U.S.S.R. 2:42
07 Beatles - Hey Bulldog 3:11
08 Beatles - Taxman 2:37
09 Beatles - Lady Madonna 2:17
10 Beatles - Get Back 3:07
11 Beatles - Come Together 4:19
12 Beatles - You Won't See Me 3:20
13 Beatles - I Saw Her Standing There 2:53
14 Beatles - You Can't Do That 2:34
15 Beatles - The Night Before 2:35
16 Beatles - I'm Down 2:31
17 Beatles - Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey 2:24
18 Beatles - Run for Your Life 2:21
19 Beatles - She Said She Said 2:36
20 Beatles - I Want You (She's So Heavy) 7:47
CD4
01 Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever 4:07
02 Beatles - Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds 3:28
03 Beatles - Rain 3:01
04 Beatles - Glass Onion 2:17
05 Beatles - She's Leaving Home 3:35
06 Beatles - Being for The Benefit of Mr Kite 2:37
07 Beatles - I Am The Walrus 4:35
08 Beatles - Magical Mystery Tour 2:49
09 Beatles - Blue Jay Way 3:55
10 Beatles - Only A Northern Song 3:24
11 Beatles - Love You To 2:59
12 Beatles - Within You Without You 5:04
13 Beatles - It's All Too Much 6:25
14 Beatles - Dear Prudence 3:55
15 Beatles - Across The Universe 3:48
16 Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows 2:57
17 Beatles - A Day in The Life 5:35
18 Beatles - I Want to Tell You 2:28
19 Beatles - Nowhere Man 2:43
20 Beatles - Flying 2:15
CD5
01 Beatles - Let it Be 4:03
02 Beatles - Here, There and Everywhere 2:24
03 Beatles - She Came in Through The Bathroom Window 1:58
04 Beatles - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away 2:09
05 Beatles - Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown) 2:04
06 Beatles - Something 3:02
07 Beatles - Oh! Darling 3:27
08 Beatles - Martha My Dear 2:28
09 Beatles - Golden Slumbers 1:31
10 Beatles - Carry That Weight 1:36
11 Beatles - I'll Be Back 2:22
12 Beatles - The Inner Light 2:36
13 Beatles - Sun King 2:26
14 Beatles - All You Need is Love 3:48
15 Beatles - Hey Jude 7:10
16 Beatles - Two of Us 3:35
17 Beatles - I Me Mine 2:25
18 Beatles - For You Blue 2:32
19 Beatles - The Fool on The Hill 2:59
20 Beatles - The End 2:21
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Music weaves itself into the fabric of our emotions, dances through the corridors of memory, and whispers to the soul of who we are. Sharing these stories deepens the connection, turning the experience into something timeless and profound.
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I have been a Beatles fan since they first hit North America. I used to listen to a radio station in British Columbia that played Beatles music a year before it was introduced to the USA...
ReplyDeleteThanks for this carefully curated comp! I really look forward to listening to it.
Cheers,
Mike M
Hi Mike,
DeleteWhat a great bit of history, hearing Beatles music coming through a BC station before it officially hit the US must have felt like tuning into a secret broadcast. Those early days were electric, and anyone who caught the wave that early carries a perspective the rest of us can only imagine.
Really glad this new set speaks to you. It’s built with care, pulling together those colours and moods. Hope it brings back a few memories and maybe even opens a couple of new doors along the way.
Cheers.
This will be great to listen to! Another 60s artist I'd love to hear in a new way is Jimi Hendrix. It would be great to listen to his highest energy songs live but without the constant tuning up and delays between songs. Songs where the tempo is fast and furious like his Woodstock performance and other stuff, keep out the slow blues stuff, just the speeding train stuff
ReplyDeleteHi Unknown,
DeleteThat sounds like a great idea, hearing Hendrix in full flight, all energy and momentum, without the long tune‑ups, pauses, or the slow blues detours he loved to take on stage.
A curated set focusing purely on that high‑octane side of Jimi would be a wild listen
Thanks for the thought, it’s a great angle on his catalogue.
Cheers.
Interesting remark, unknown, 'cause Frank Marino, Canadian guitarist who likes to play Hendrix tunes now and then ('cause they're fun to play!') , once said he considers Hendrix to be a Rhythm & Blues based guitar player, not blues. And he did develop playing with a.o. Ike and Tina Turner, Little Richard, and the likes. His cover of Earl King's "Come On" on Electric Ladyland is fabulous. Would be nice indeed to have his R&B rooted tunes compiled. Though he often played blues covers, he only wrote one straight blues theme, "Red House".
DeleteThank you Butterboy.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Done4it.
DeleteCheers.
Now in my mid-70's, I've come to truly appreciate how my life has flowed, clogged, splashed onto shore, and hit rocks offshore. While my ears have been pretty open, I had the Beatles as one of many until I married my bride 52 years ago. She was at the Beatles concert at Dodger Stadium. She had the JPGR Club in school. These compilations are wonderful, and what I'm sure she hears in her head to accompany moments both "gear" and
ReplyDelete"grotty". Thank you from both of us.
Hi efredd,
DeleteWhat a beautiful reflection, thank you for sharing it. The way you describe your life’s flow, the calm stretches and the rough waters, feels very real, and it’s moving to hear how music has travelled alongside all of it. And what a wonderful connection through your wife. That kind of lived history gives the Beatles a different weight, a different colour.
If these compilations echo even a little of what she still hears in her head, the bright “gear” moments and the tougher “grotty” ones, that’s the best compliment I could hope for. Please pass along my warmest regards to her.
Thank you, from both sides of your partnership.
Cheers.
You never get enough Beatles. I still remember when I first heard Love me do in 197something and was stunned with the simplicity and the rythm. Thanks Butterboy for another great review!
ReplyDeleteHi Little Bill,
DeleteYou’re right, you really can’t ever get enough Beatles. That first moment of hearing Love Me Do stays with people, that simple rhythm and directness cutting through everything else that was on the radio. It’s amazing how something so unassuming could spark a lifetime of listening.
Glad the review hit the mark for you, and happy this set adds another bright corner to the collection.
Cheers.
Thanks BB, I've a fan since watching A Hard Day's Night back in the 60's. Am looking forward to this collection.
ReplyDeleteHi Bruce D,
DeleteThat’s a great memory, A Hard Day’s Night was such a lightning‑bolt moment for so many people. The energy in that film still feels fresh today, and it’s easy to understand how it turned casual listeners into lifelong fans.
Really glad you’re looking forward to this collection. It pulls together a lot of those colours and side‑paths that make revisiting the Beatles endlessly rewarding.
Cheers.
Thank you, ΒΒ, for your inventive color palette applied to a band that always shines and illuminates our souls.
ReplyDeleteYou give us a very good reason to listen once again to the songs we all grew up with—but through a perspective that awakens new emotional nuances.
There is no end to the Beatles!
Hi John,
DeleteI love that you say a “color palette” is exactly what the Beatles invite, and it’s a joy to explore those shades from different angles. Their music has a way of lighting up the inner world, and if this set helps reveal a few new tones or emotional contours within songs we all know by heart, that’s the best outcome I could hope for.
You’re right to say, there really is no end to the Beatles. Every revisit opens another door, another feeling, another spark. Thank you for seeing the intention behind the curation so clearly.
Cheers.
Thanks BB for this clever and compelling collection. Certainly a different approach to the way we have listened to Beatles music over the years, even when we think we've heard enough we can revisit from a different perspective.
ReplyDeleteHi Martin,
DeleteThank you, that’s exactly the spirit behind this set. The Beatles are so deeply woven into our listening lives that it’s easy to feel we’ve already travelled every road, but a shift in perspective can open things up again. Pulling these tracks together in a different sequence lets the familiar take on new shapes, new moods, even new meanings.
I’m really glad this approach resonates with you. Revisiting music we think we already know is one of the great pleasures of collecting, there’s always another angle waiting.
Cheers.
I mean, what is there to say?! This is so inventive and creative, taking a group which has meant so much to so many for so long and offering a new way to listen to them through a brilliantly novel kaleidoscope. BB, you really should be a professor of music (if you aren't already), you constantly open doors to new aural corridors. Thanking you again and wishing you all the very best.
ReplyDeletePS just pure coincidence that you posted this on John's birthday? :)
DeleteHi harry the dog,
DeleteYou always manage to capture the spirit of these projects so generously. Taking a band as endlessly explored as the Beatles and finding a fresh lens is half the fun for me, a chance to wander through familiar rooms and suddenly notice new colours on the walls. If that opens even one new “aural corridor,” as you say, then the work has been worth every minute.
Thank you for the warmth, the encouragement, and the way you engage with the music. It’s a real pleasure having you along for the journey.
John Winston Ono Lennon 's birthday is not pure coincidence, but a lovely one. Sometimes the calendar lines up in ways that feel just right.
Cheers.
Thank you for this beautiful new light upon The Beatles. 100 songs carefully curated. Not careful enough, All You Need Is Love is on cd1 #8 and cd5#14. And you managed to avoid my favorite two Beatle tracks. I saw her standing there and While my guitar gentley weeps
ReplyDeleteHi Richard,
DeleteThank you for catching that duplication. You’re absolutely right: All You Need Is Love slipped in twice, once on CD1 and again on CD5. That’s on me, and I appreciate the sharp eye. I’ll tidy that up in the next pass.
As for your two favourites, I Saw Her Standing There and While My Guitar Gently Weeps, they’re towering tracks, no question. For this particular set I leaned toward the colours around the edges rather than the big centrepieces, but those songs remain essential pillars of the catalogue. Leaving them out wasn’t a judgment, just part of shaping a different kind of journey.
Really glad the collection still brought a “new light” for you. Feedback like yours helps keep these projects honest and evolving.
Cheers.
Maybe you can replace the cd5 All You Need with While my guitar somewhere. For me While my guitar represents everything The Beatles worked towards.
DeleteI myself missed you had I saw her standing on cd3#13
thank you so much B.B 4 this
ReplyDeleteBB, when I see this new compilation of yours, I am strongly reminded of a parable from systemic psychotherapy and counselling. “There is an old story of a boilermaker who was hired to fix a huge steamship boiler system that was not working well. After listening to the engineer’s description of the problems and asking a few questions, he went to the boiler room. He looked at the maze of twisting pipes, listened to the thump of the boiler and the hiss of the escaping steam for a few minutes, and felt some pipes with his hands. Then he hummed softly to himself, reached into his overalls and took out a small hammer, and tapped a bright red valve one time. Immediately, the entire system began working perfectly, and the boilermaker went home. When the steamship owner received a bill for one thousand dollars, he became outraged and complained that the boilermaker had only been in the engine room for fifteen minutes and requested an itemized bill. So the boilermaker sent him a bill that reads as follows: For tapping the valve: $.50; For knowing where to tap: $999.50; TOTAL: $1,000.00”
ReplyDeleteIt seems that everyone knows The Beatles inside out, especially those of our generation (even more so as part of the BB community, TZ and elsewhere). We have all played their music countless times, created our own compilations, cherished our favourites, lamented the ones we missed, and incorporated them into our identity. However, as this parable teaches us, there's a catch: While many people can and do 'tap the valve', only a few know exactly where and why to tap. You are definitely one of these rare individuals, BB. What an ambitious and courageous endeavour! It opens up a whole new perspective on seemingly old territory. Many thanks & Best as always from: TC
Hallo The Chairman, thanks, nice story the one of the boilmaker! I'm going to use it :)
DeleteI echo your "[BB] one of these rare individuals": we got plenty of evidence, week in, week out,
Cheers
Giulio
BB, I have a collection stuffed to the brim with Beatles, both official and unofficial (MMT was the first album I ever bought with my own money as a kid and I bought my first Beatles bootleg in 1972) and I'm gonna download this anyway, because your taste in programming comps is just so good. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi Gummo,
DeleteThat means a lot coming from someone with a collection as deep and well‑traveled as yours. When you’ve been gathering Beatles material since the early 70s it takes real curiosity and love to keep exploring new angles.
If this set still feels worth the download, that’s the highest compliment. It’s great to know that approach resonates with someone who’s already heard nearly everything.
Cheers.
BB I trust your sequencing skills. This will be an interesting adventure. I know the lps so well I sometimes start singing the next track before it starts. This will be fun wondering what is next. A new way to hear old songs again.
ReplyDeleteYou might make it fun again. Thank you from an old Beatles fan.
Hi lemonflag,
DeleteThat trust means a lot. Sequencing is where the real magic happens (despite a couple repeats which fit) taking songs we’ve all lived with for decades and letting them fall in a new order, so the familiar suddenly feels a little unpredictable again.
A fresh path through old favourites can make the music feel alive again, and if this comp brings even a spark of that back, I’m glad to have done my job.
Cheers
Obrigado, BB!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Raphael.
DeleteCheers.
𝙃𝙞 𝘽𝙪𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙮!
ReplyDelete𝘼𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙞 𝙗𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙨, 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙇𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙄 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣.
𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣𝙡𝙤𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙘𝙚.
𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙮 "𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 "𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝"", 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪:
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙨 [𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵] – 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝘼𝙡𝙗𝙪𝙢 𝙄𝙄
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♪♫ 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙨, 𝘾𝙝𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨 & 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩, 𝙈𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙡. 🖖😎
Hi Michel,
DeleteYour messages always arrive with such style, that mix of conviction, humour, and generosity that makes them a joy to read. When you say the Beatles are an exception, it carries real weight. They have that rare ability to bypass taste and land straight in the bloodstream.
I’m glad the notes and covers spoke to you strongly enough to pull you in. When someone as selective as you “succumbs,” it feels like a small victory for the music itself. And thank you for sharing The Lost Album II, your habit of giving back to the community is one of the things that keeps these spaces alive and warm.
Cheers.
𝙙(￣◇￣)𝙗
DeleteWow. Another constructive playlist to expand my knowledge and appreciation. You have a magical touch with these projects. Outside the box to get into the box set of music!! Was always curious of this kind of presentation but you articulated it perfectly. My soundtrack for Canadian thanksgiving weekend. Cheers
ReplyDeleteHi Jeff,
DeleteThat’s such a generous message, thank you. I love the way you put it: outside the box to get into the box set. When a catalogue is as familiar and deeply lived‑in as the Beatles’, the challenge is to find a new doorway, a fresh angle that lets the songs breathe differently. If the presentation helped articulate that curiosity you’ve always had, I’m glad it connected.
Cheers.
Sou Beatlemaniaco desde os meus 12 anos (tenho 73). Muito obrigado BB. Abraço
ReplyDeleteHi Beto,
DeleteWhat a wonderful message. Becoming a Beatlemaniac at 12 and carrying that love all the way to 73 is a beautiful arc, full of decades of discovery, rediscovery, and the kind of deep familiarity only long‑time fans ever reach.
It means a lot that this collection speaks to you. When someone with your history and affection for the band finds value in a new angle, it reminds me why these projects matter, the Beatles never stop giving, and neither do the people who’ve grown up with them.
Cheers.
Great compilation. I have been a fan since The Ed Sullivan appearances and am always looking for unique takes on the music. These groupings do cast many of the songs in a different light. I do have a question about the songs not included (Revolution, in addition to Revolution 1, A Hard Day's Night, I'll Get You, Old Brown Shoe, as examples). I assume the songs were omitted on purpose. I am curious what the thinking was behind doing that. I apologize if I missed something in the notes. Again, a great compilation. Thanks
ReplyDeleteHi Doug,
DeleteGreat to hear this one connected with you, especially from someone who’s been on the journey since those seismic Ed Sullivan nights. When you’ve lived with the Beatles for that long, the real challenge is finding a way to let the songs tilt slightly, to catch a different glint off the surface. I’m glad these groupings offered some of that.
About the omissions: yes, they were intentional. With a catalogue this iconic, the temptation is to include everything, but the aim here was to build a narrative that moved through colour, mood and emotional shading rather than a straight “best of.” For this particular arc, I leaned toward pieces that shift the light rather than command it.
It wasn’t about judging the songs, just shaping a different kind of journey, one where the familiar feels slightly re‑framed, and the emotional temperature changes from disc to disc.
Really appreciate the thoughtful question, and I’m glad the compilation still offered something fresh.
Cheers
It is great without them. i was just curious of your thought process. Keep up the great work. I am here daily looking for what "goodies" I might find.
DeleteEt tu, Butterboy? Sad to see that you've going the way of using generative AI to create your covers now. You're a brilliant and seminal archiver of real art. I wish you could see your way clear to not pollution that legacy by jumpin on this destructive trend.
ReplyDeleteHi Naz Fride,
DeleteI hear you, and I appreciate you saying it plainly.
The covers I create are meant to serve the music, not replace it. They’re simply a visual frame for the listening experience, not an attempt to imitate or overwrite the genuine artistry of the past. I understand the concern, though, the fear that using generative tools might dilute the spirit of archiving and celebrating real, human craft.
But the heart of this place hasn’t changed. The curation, the research, the sequencing, the love of the music, that’s still entirely human. The covers are just a way of giving each project its own identity, not a statement about the future of art or a dismissal of what came before.
I respect your stance, and I’m glad you spoke up. Conversations like this keep the archive honest.
Cheers.
Hi BB, I'm definitely with you on this one, because I've seen McCartney live (to late for the Beatles), and I'd definitely describe that as an emotional experience. I mean, just look at his setlists? People in tears when he comes on stage? So yes, very curious to hear the result of your approach. Take care, grtz.
ReplyDeleteHi J_M,
DeleteYou’ve put your finger on something essential. That same emotional charge is what shaped this anthology. The idea was to follow the feeling rather than the chronology, to let the colours of the music lead the way. If you’ve felt that surge at a McCartney show, you’ll recognise the intention here straight away.
Really glad you’re curious to hear where this approach lands.
Cheers.
Hi, not wishing to be a killjoy but I'll Be Back is on both disc 1 & 5. Not a problem for me. All the best.
ReplyDeleteHi LOFC,
DeleteThanks for pointing that out, you’re absolutely right. I’ll Be Back appears on both Disc 1 and Disc 5. Every now and then, when you’re shaping a long, mood‑driven set like this, a track slips through twice because it fits more than one emotional corner. Still, it’s a duplication, and I appreciate the sharp eye.
Glad it’s not an issue for you, and thanks for mentioning it so I can clean it up in the next revision.
Cheers.
No problem. My mistake. And the opening track at that!
ReplyDeleteThanks BB!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, Alain.
DeleteCheers.