Another day, another Beatles rumor. Not about any reunions, though. I'm fairly certain that Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney aren't planning on taking part in any suicide pacts.
But there is some (potentially false) hope for those who grew up listening to the American editions of the Beatles' earlier stuff. Abbeyrd's Beatle Page is reporting that Capitol Records is planning to release a box set of American releases from 1964, including Meet the Beatles, Something New, The Beatles Story, The Beatles' Second Album and Beatles '65.
These records were always a bit of a sore spot for the Fab Four, as they felt that Capitol had somewhat bastardized their music. They might have a point. Capitol was notorious for their dubious use of Beatles product, shortchanging American music buyers by including fewer tracks in order to squeeze out more albums.
But it's the mixes that really got the boys' backs up. Some of the tracks were treated to excess echo and double-tracking vocals was done to the extreme.
When the Beatles catalogue was initially released on CD in 1987, there was no sign of the American albums. This was the wish of the surviving Beatles and Yoko Ono. It remains that way to this day.
Fans of the American track lineups were left to be content with whatever original vinyl they had left. But on November 16, that will all change.
Or it's just another stupid rumor.
Also posted at The Rant King
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