Beatles for Sale

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
Banged out in a hurry for the 1964 Christmas market, iBeatles for Sale/i sometimes sounds it, loaded with ill-conceived covers and some of John Lennon's most self-loathing lyrics. On the other hand, the people doing the banging-out were the Beatles, whose instincts for what worked musically were so strong that they could basically do no wrong--any record that has "Baby's in Black", "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" and the delectable "Eight Days a Week" on it is only "minor" in the most relative sense. And, though their voices had been frazzled a bit by constant touring, they revved them up for some joyous shouting, and indulged their fondness for American country in subtle, playful ways. i--Douglas Wolk /i

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Customer reviews

review by: k4dmusickiki date: 2009-05-26 rating:
Beatles for Sale Yes!
Oh what a nostalgic trip! I thought I had forgotten some of these, and then I put the CD on and sang along with gusto. A very rock'n roll LP,but you've gotta love the way John belts them out. Love them, love it, wish I was there!

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review by: Beatle Nut Bowie Nut date: 2009-04-16 rating:
Flawed, but criminally underrated
This one never makes those 'Top 100 Albums of all time' polls - perhaps deservedly so, but usually on the basis of that well worn cliche about 'product churned out for the Christmas market' That may be true, but find any other band who could 'churn out' something of this quality with such a punishing work rate, whilst trying to cater for the demands of an adoring world. The Beatles were knackered by the end of 1964, let's not forget, they didnt just appear suddenly at the end of 1962, they had been touring relentlessly for many (penniless) years previous. So yes the covers may be a little hit and miss, the lyrics a little cynical and weary (something they are subsequently praised for on The White Album), but this is still a minor work of genius, and way way better than some of the so called efforts of more modern bands, eternally indebted to The Beatles, who cheerfully leave three years at least between albums and tours. Contractual obligation product at it's absolute best. Worth investigation, with a superb sleeve photo too, and one of my favourite Beatle albums of their earlier period.

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review by: date: 2009-02-22 rating:
It`s still pretty good
Hi, if any of you read my review of this album on my "Listmania" you`ll see I didn`t give this album a very good write up. Trouble is, your limited to what you can say on the Listmania and so I didn`t really give this record a fair crack of the whip. The thing is it`s not a bad Album. Of course it`s not it`s THE BEATLES! And there are some very good tracks on here..."I`ll follow the sun" for example shows the slow ballad style that will make Paul mcCartney the best songwriter on this planet and similarly "I`m a loser" also shows the self doubting style that will inhabit many of John`s songs and "eight days a week" can hold it`s own with any one of the early Beatles classics. br /The trouble with this album is, well you only need to look at the cover, they`re knaked! And many of the songs especially the covers are lacking that spark and energy that made their early songs so brilliant. So although this is by no means a bad album, I would suggest that it`s probably one for the diehards.

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review by: date: 2009-01-05 rating:
and the stereo mix?
i first bought this album about 40 years ago (yes, i'm very old) and it was the stereo vinyl version. now i've got the cd and it's the mono version: the stereo version doesn't exist. i can't understand why. can someone explain this oddity to me?


review by: COBRABRAVA date: 2008-06-16 rating:
THE BEATLES'"COVERS" ALBUM
Este disco talvez ha sido uno de los mas duramente criticados de los fab Four, por la razon principal de que casi la mitad de sus canciones son "versiones" (covers) que otros clasicos del Rock lanzaron al mercado con anterioridad (HONEY DON'T, ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, WORDS OF LOVE)y todas tuvieron éxito con otros artistas; es de considerar el periodo en el que los Beatles estaban pasando: estaban saturados de giras, entrevistas, entregas de premios y toda clase de eventos sociales que requerian de su presencia; tal cuestion implica que apenas tenian tiempo para componer musica,y si agregamos a esto que acababan de lanzar el poderoso "A Hard Day's Night" (donde todo el album es de canciones de Lennon y McCartney) solo unos meses antes, era de esperar que el publico talvez esperaba una publicacion igual de rica en composiciones propias; logicamente se decepcionaron al ver un disco lleno de "versiones" de canciones de otros artistas, aunque no por eso deja de ser un GRAN DISCO. br /De hecho, muchas de las "covers" son incluso MEJORES que las versiones originales (MR. MOONLIGHT y KANSAS CITY son retocadas y elaboradas muy excelentemente) y nos encontramos con 8 temas nuevos como la gran balada NO REPLY, la introspectiva I'M A LOSER (de John), el tremendo hit EIGHT DAYS A WEEK, el country I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE PARTY y una gran joya de Paul I'LL FOLLOW THE SUN. br /Talvez otro aspecto que esta obra tenga en contra es que al parecer debieron cuidar mejor la ingenieria de sonido y los efectos en el estudio, pues algunas canciones suenan mal grabadas y carecen de nitidez al escucharlas (se oye mas nitido el Please Please me, que es mas viejo que este). br /Con todo y todo, no deja de ser un muy buen disco.

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