The American version of Rubber Soul is great,especially with the false start on I'm looking through you. I still like it better with the false start

I hate it when people compare the Beatles to a "boy band" in any way. The Beatles played instruments, NONE of the " boy bands" ever did/do. Just because in the beginning the majority of their fans were screaming teenage girls doesn't make them a boy band."boy bands" shouldn't even be called bands.. they are groups.

Spot on John impression! I walk around the house doing Beatles impressions. My young adult kids look at me like I'm crazy. But they know The Beatles. I was raised on the UK Parlophone stereo vinyl pressings. Now i am hunting for the Capitol Stereo pressings just for fun! Well done sir!

Beatles Purple Capitol and 80's Rainbows are a collectors secret. Beautiful pressings.

No offense but after collecting Beatles for over 40 years I can tell you the markets going to go down dramatically in the next several years just like it did for Elvis Presley stuff as people start getting older prices start going down except for the very very rare stuff that was always very very rare so you should be selling now not buying

The British Invasion groups were all horribly butchered by the American record companies. As a first generation fan, we didn't know any better, but now there's no excuse to listen to any of these butcher jobs, with the UK releases easily accessible. Only worthwhile as relics today.

I love your channel....but...being an artist ( the numbers, the bordersnakes. Available on KZread and a lot of other places) you're wrong.....How would you like me to take what you did ( I assume you're retired ) and change it, but you're still stuck with my changes but your name is on it.. If you are honest, you wouldn't like it at all.....Dave Dexter helping the Beatles compete in the marketplace? That's truly one of the funniest things I have ever heard....They changed the marketplace.. and it wasn't because of Dave Dexter...Music has a way of making it's own mark. Dylan realized the impact of the Beatles. He thought they were making up their own chords. . They weren't. ...They were bringing jazz changes to R & R music ( ask Paul) and their synthesis worked....Add to that they looked THAT different and were extremely irreverent compared to other pop stars and we have, to use a baseball analogy, the biggest home run in the history of pop music...

“A Hard Day’s Night” wasn’t on a Capitol album during the band’s existence; not until the red album was it on a Capitol LP. CRIMINAL.

The MAIN point everyone overlooks in how The Beatles’ music was treated in the 1960s boils down to one thing; It was ROCK ‘N ROLL. And it was hated by Decter and most of the powers that be across mostly all the major labels, other than for making money. So why not make what you can off these “stupid brats” who should learn that TRUE music lies inside a Jeanette McDonald and Nelson Eddy album? Don’t forget, The Beach Boys were also kicked around at “the tower”.

I don't agree that the records had to be remixed for American ears. The fact those versions are what Americans grew up with, so now prefer to the definitive George Martin mixes, doesn't mean they would have been any less successful in America at the time. Bear in mind the original airplay on the radio was of the UK mixes and Beatlemania was already on the way. I was distracted watching your video with the reflection of you on the Something New sleeve behind that was a second or so out of sync with your actual movements.

I grew up with the Capitol pressings of their albums. I really like how spacious "Something New" sounds to me. It has a great energy to it...

Watching in September, 2022 - Last month I went to Beatlefest with the intent of picking up a mono mix of Sgt Pepper on Capitol (memories being what they are, you know) and found one for $20. Pretty good shape - the cover's not split, it only skips once and there's not very much surface noise. It mostly sounds all right. What kills me is I had 2 copies of the 2014 reissues on vinyl, but after the 2017 mix came out, I thought maybe I should sell this and keep the other, then ended up selling the other one, too. Big mistake - I had no iea they'd been out of print by the time the Pepper remix came along. But it was nice to get a Capitol pressing, it was like being a kid again.

Great video, very entertaining , and yes a great impression of john

I am a first generation Beatles fan...As an American the Capitol albums are what I grew up with and I imagine not very many US fans back then even knew that they had different albums/versions in the UK. I did not pay much attention to that until 1987 when they released the UK only versions on CD. I still prefer the US releases that is how I heard the songs and I can probably tell you which album a song is on and in what order the songs are listed I can't do that with the UK versions (other than the later albums of course).

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Before hating Dave Dexter for his initial refusal to sign the Beatles on Capitol, one must remember that the US record market was very hard for a foreign artist to break into. Most of the big names in Europe would barely dent the American market and if they did, they would’ve been seen as little more than a curiosity or a novelty.

Thanks for your post. A Collection of Beatles Oldies LP, UK Dec1966 had 'I Want To Hold Your Hand" other singles not previously on UK Albums. Also this has the first UK release of 'Bad Boy" As a collector I do find the US Capitol Albums a must for my collection.

I'm glad you mentioned Dave Dexter Jr. adding echo to the Capitol releases. I hate to admit it, but I really enjoy it on She's a Woman and I Feel Fine.

Great coincidence, i started collecting beatles because of the discography list in the same book, beatles forever. I first heard of that book when we got the pickwick live at the star club where they quoted from there. Oddly that's the first beatles record we owned.

The purple label, large dome Capitol reissues from the late 70s to early 80s were the best mastered and cut pressings of the stereo US albums. It’s also worth collecting the original mono pressings from the 60s for the unique mono mixes Capitol had used.