h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

This is NOT the Beatles BEST!

How can it be without I AM THE WALRUS & STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER as the singles these were from were released as double 'A' sides.

Without them it makes it look like Paul was the lead in the Beales Phycadelic era when in FACT it was John...

Did they get to No.1? Can't remember.

YES! - as I said IATW was a double A side with Hello Goodbye,
SFF was double A side with Penny Lane so there fore all 4 songs went to # 1

The album as it stands is very Paul biased. I believe ALL 'B' sides should have been included too to give a more acurate & balanced album - What do you think?

Yes, I don't actually have "1" so can't comment, nor will I be buying it as it doesn't have any new songs that I don't have on other albums.

'Tis kinda mad.

YES - esp. as double 'a' side day tripper/ we can work it out WAS included....

Actually I've been listening too Past Maters vol 1 & 2 ( on vynil!)
recently - I think it is closer to a best of the Beatles than '1' is!

make that PAST MASTERS!

Don't think I've heard that one.

You dont know about the Past Masters LPs / CDs?????

they contain all Beatles songs released that were not on any of the 13 main albums - including 2 in german!

Track listing :

vol. 1:

1. Love Me Do (Single Version)
2. From Me To You
3. Thank You Girl
4. She Loves You
5. I'll Get You
6. I Want To Hold Your Hand
7. This Boy
8. Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
9. Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)
10. Long Tall Sally
11. I Call Your Name
12. Slow Down
13. Matchbox
14. I Feel Fine
15. She's a Woman
16. Bad Boy
17. Yes It Is
18. I'm Down

vol 2:
1. Day Tripper
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Paperback Writer
4. Rain
5. Lady Madonna
6. The Inner Light
7. Hey Jude
8. Revolution
9. Get Back
10. Don't Let Me Down
11. The Ballad Of John And Yoko
12. Old Brown Shoe
13. Across The Universe
14. Let It Be
15. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

Do you know all these tracks?

Actually there are a few I don't know.

Let me see....

Thank You Girl
This Boy
Long Tall Sally
I Call Your Name
Slow Down
Matchbox
She's a Woman
Bad Boy
Yes It Is
I'm Down
Rain
The Inner Light
You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

And well, I know the English versions of these last two but don't think I know all the other list.

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand)
Sie Liebt Dich (She Loves You)

really?

You are going to have fun discovering all these songs for the 1st time! I remember what a magical time it was finding a Beatle album I hadn't heard & rushing home to hear the gems held within...

So you've yet to hear:
- 2 tracks of blissfull 3 part harmonies..
- the 4 best Beatle RocknRoll covers...
- the first Beatle track that as a vocal track played BACKWARDS...
- a track with all the music played on indian instruments , by indians, in India!....
- a track with only one line of lyric repeated in all sorts of bizzar & funny ways....

You lucky thing - ENJOY!

There's quite a few I haven't heard in that list, once I get all the albums I'll have to check that album out

you make sure you do & report back to me what you think!!!...????

Of course!!!

Sounds like there are a few interesting tracks on there anyway.

Which ones intrigue you the most?

Well I think Matchbox sounds like an interesting title.....though I think I'd like to hear them all and see what ones I like best.

MatchBox is sung by Ringo!

It appeared on the Long Tall Sally EP in the United Kingdom and the Something New album in the United States, and was also the B-side of the American "Slow Down" single, released on 24 August 1964, which reached no. 17 in the charts.

Yey!! Ringo gets a song. He always seems to get funny ones. though "Good Night" was more of a ballad. Quite like that one.

I that the white album song? I have to say I quite like the songs Ringo sings as well: Octopus' garden, You never give me your money, don't pass me by etc.

Yup, off the White Album. 'Tis great.