The White Album edited to a single LP.

[danny la rouge]

The Curse of McCartney has struck me down!

I said Honey Pie was one of the easy choices for the chop, but it is of course the only thing I’ve got running on repeat in my head.

 

[savoloysam]

If we're doing sacred cows, anyone fancy doing Sandinista! ? I think you might be able to get a triple album right down to a single with that one.

Same for Prince's Sign o the Times which to be fair is mostly awesome but 2 or 3 tracks feel out of place to me. 1999 as well.

 

[savoloysam]

The Curse of McCartney has struck me down!

I said Honey Pie was one of the easy choices for the chop, but it is of course the only thing I’ve got running on repeat in my head.

Now I have too dammit.

 

[danny la rouge]

If we're doing sacred cows, anyone fancy doing Sandinista! ? I think you might be able to get a triple album right down to a single with that one.

Missed this earlier. Totally agree.

 

[mwgdrwg]

Same for Prince's Sign o the Times which to be fair is mostly awesome but 2 or 3 tracks feel out of place to me. 1999 as well.

 

[savoloysam]

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Am I being shown the door?

 

[savoloysam]

Prince did actually release a single copy of 1999 as well as it happens.

 

[Voley]

Missed this earlier. Totally agree.

Thing is, it'd be an absolute belter if it wasn't for the filler. Magnificent 7's one of my all time favourite songs of theirs.

 

[mwgdrwg]

How about Blonde on Blonde? Sad Eyed Lady...too long for you?

 

[danny la rouge]

How about Blonde on Blonde? Sad Eyed Lady...too long for you?

I’m not telling anyone to edit their version of the White Album. It’s an exercise in personal preference. If yours is “leave it as it is”, that’s entirely valid, and well within the scope and intention of the thread.

 

[Raheem]

You don't chop the White Album. It's 93 minutes. That's how God intended it.

 

[seeformiles]

The Curse of McCartney has struck me down!

I said Honey Pie was one of the easy choices for the chop, but it is of course the only thing I’ve got running on repeat in my head.

I had it going round too but have managed to replace it with Lowell Fulson’s cover of “Why Don’t We Do it in the Road”

 

[mojo pixy]

If we're doing sacred cows, anyone fancy doing Sandinista! ? I think you might be able to get a triple album right down to a single with that one.

Likewise London Calling, if ever there was an album which did not need to be a double...

 

[editor]

Undoubtedly some of my favorites were influenced by the same people that influenced the Beatles.

That doesn't alter my point. Some of the bands you love wouldn't be making the music you love if not for the Beatles. Suck it up!

 

[seeformiles]

How about Blonde on Blonde? Sad Eyed Lady...too long for you?

You could certainly chop “Visions of Johanna” down to a more bearable size

 

[krtek a houby]

That doesn't alter my point.

Let it be

 

[Magnus McGinty]

That doesn't alter my point. Some of the bands you love wouldn't be making the music you love if not for the Beatles. Suck it up!

Because it’s cool to hate on the Beatles and to be seen as such.

 

[Dystopiary]

I’ve got several copies. My first one I got for Xmas 1978 is numbered (as is my Mono remixed version - well worth a listen). Got some strange overseas versions incl. a single sleeved Australian version in green vinyl (has all the photos & posters included despite all that)

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I had a green vinyl version of Steve Hillage's Green. Unfortunately it "went for a walk".

 

[seeformiles]

I had a green vinyl version of Steve Hillage's Green. Unfortunately it "went for a walk".

The same thing happened to my clear vinyl copy of “Rainbow Dome Musick”. Some crimes are unforgivable

 

[editor]

Because it’s cool to hate on the Beatles and to be seen as such.

Funny thing is that I meet loads of young people who think the Beatles are amazing. I think the Get Back documentary was a real eye opener for young musicians too.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

That doesn't alter my point. Some of the bands you love wouldn't be making the music you love if not for the Beatles. Suck it up!

Some. Not all. Not many.
I'm not a musician granted. I'm a dancer. Not many songs I can dance to of theirs, maybe the early ones, you know the ones they ripped off.
But maybe I was a bit harsh when I woke, I do not know where my illogical hatred of the Beatles comes from? I recall my Gran's video collection when we would come and visit was limited to about 4 videos. One was paint your wagon, another the frog chorus. I forget the others.
My stepdad had rubber soul which he always accuses me of nicking. Now that offends me. Firstly, Cos I know my brother has it (snitches get stitches). And secondly, there is literally nothing in his collection worth nicking. He really ballsed up in the 70s. Fucking Chicago and Wings. Couple of Dire Straits.
I did have Sgt Peppers in my late teens, my brother has it now.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

One was paint your wagon, another the frog chorus. I forget the others.

We All Stand Together (Frog Chorus) was a solo track by McCartney, not The Beatles. Fuck knows what Paint Your Wagon is.
You appear to be arguing from a completely ill informed position.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

How can you dislike this?

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I particularly dislike that song. Circus music.

 

[danny la rouge]

We All Stand Together (Frog Chorus) was a solo track by McCartney, not The Beatles. Fuck knows what Paint Your Wagon is.
You appear to be arguing from a completely ill informed position.

Paint Your Wagon is a Lee Marvin and Jean Seberg musical film. The one with I Was Born Under A Wandrin’ Star. It’s Lerner and Loew, and nothing to do with the Beatles. Except maybe Clint Eastwood’s haircut.

 

[Boris Sprinkler]

I am aware of this. Like a 12 year old is gonna watch paint your wagon. There's no cartoons on telly, only antiques roadshow, it's pissing down outside and your siblings are annoying you.
Lets watch the frog chorus for the 15th time.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

I particularly dislike that song. Circus music.

A concept that nobody else was doing at that time in popular music. Even Syd Barrett, who many rate on here, was trying to ape them.

 

[danny la rouge]

I am aware of this. Like a 12 year old is gonna watch paint your wagon. There's no cartoons on telly, only antiques roadshow, it's pissing down outside and your siblings are annoying you.
Let’s watch the frog chorus for the 15th time.

And how does that make you feel?

 

[JimW]

I had a green vinyl version of Steve Hillage's Green. Unfortunately it "went for a walk".

For some reason, a line from Young Ones spinoff Neil's Book of the Dead has always stuck with me, "We're not into rape and pillage, we like wholefood and Steve Hillage."

 

[seeformiles]

Some. Not all. Not many.
I'm not a musician granted. I'm a dancer. Not many songs I can dance to of theirs, maybe the early ones, you know the ones they ripped off.
But maybe I was a bit harsh when I woke, I do not know where my illogical hatred of the Beatles comes from? I recall my Gran's video collection when we would come and visit was limited to about 4 videos. One was paint your wagon, another the frog chorus. I forget the others.
My stepdad had rubber soul which he always accuses me of nicking. Now that offends me. Firstly, Cos I know my brother has it (snitches get stitches). And secondly, there is literally nothing in his collection worth nicking. He really ballsed up in the 70s. Fucking Chicago and Wings. Couple of Dire Straits.
I did have Sgt Peppers in my late teens, my brother has it now.

I think this has got more to do with your relationship with your family than the Beatles’ music.