The Beatles Abbey Road 50th Anniversay Releases

There have been so many re-issues of it, but even if it's the best, its still going to be thought of by some as just another re-issue and money grab. If life as we know it still exists, perhaps the 75th and 100th anniversary one will beat it, but then maybe humanity will experience music in a very different way then (through ports in our heads, but those might well be mostly used for porn). ;)

Chopper seemed interested to me. I was looking at a dedicated Beatles forum, and even there not everyone was interested. Perhaps if the reviews come in, and the music historians have chimed in on the historical significance of this re-issue on BBC radio and in the Sunday Times and the like, more will get interested. I have no idea what re-issues are considered most important, or will be remembered as most important decades down the road. I do have more of an idea when t comes to the original releases (albums like Coltranes a Love Supreme and Giant Steps, Charles Mingus' The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited, the Beatles' Abbey Road, Miles Davis' Kind of Blue, The Velvet Underground & Nico, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Donovan's Sunshine Superman, Simon & Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence, Leonard Cohen's Songs of Leonard Cohen, The Shagg's Philosophy of the World etc. various of which could make such a list).

This might make for an interesting topic, what have been considered the most important re-issues in music history and/or what do individuals find most important? The ones that have been most important to me have been rarities -- albums that had very limited releases at first, but then were re-discovered often thanks to interest generated by the internet, which led to companies re-releasing them. If the "bonus" material is of high standard and were unreleased, then I might be interested in acquiring that.

I'm still hoping for a re-issue of an album from the 60s that I lost to a flood. I could buy the original used, but couldn't afford it at this time.

Anyway, perhaps future historians will judge the significance of this re-release very kindly, and the release date of this re-release will be remembered as a very significant moment in the history of music, but I think I'm being hyperbolic (they've been coming out with similar products already, I think). I doubt that a great many of the non-super fans, and those without much disposable income, will be purchasing this and drooling over it. But who knows?

I expect that it will sell quite well and the label won't be complaining "You Never Give Me Your Money".

Now it The Rutles release a 50th anniversary box-set, that I probably would purchase. I'll be forever grateful to the Beatles for inspiring the Rutles (as well as many others).

Edited by Logan - August 24 2019 at 15:38

There comes a point when one is just beating a dead horse.

I like the Beatles, but not enough to want to buy more albums, unless I find vintage copies (preferably signed) at a garage sale and the like.   I'm not a seller, but I do like to collect antiquarian books and vinyl rarities.

Edited by Logan - August 24 2019 at 12:52

Guldbamsen wrote: My uncle just ordered one That’s positive! On a more serious note: I really dig this album but am with most of the guys here. I could never understand why anyone would buy an album they already own...unless it contains new material or a live gig....or maybe if one is switching from vinyls to cds or vice versa. Sure if the original album was mastered poorly, I’d be all over it, but the original Abbey Road sounds just lovely to these ears.

dr wu23 wrote: Sgt Pepper wrote: dr wu23 wrote: Sgt Pepper wrote: dr wu23 wrote: As Barbu said......no thanks...already own it.....and to be honest it pisses me off a little that the music companies keep re-releasing these things just to make a buck. Not at all, you can still purchase the original rerelease. This has been remasterd to the very highest standards and includes never heard before material. To a Beatles fan it's a no brainer. Just a sampler Fan is short for 'fanatic'...I like The Beatles but I'm not a fanatic. I do own all the original albums and cd's...but...... again these things get released imho because the record co's need an excuse to 'fleece' fans. That's just my 2 cents. How are they fleecing by releasing never heard before material and a new master, when the originals are still available, you have me confused, you either purchase this version or you do not simple really..............or do you not understand that for some strange reason?   Oh...well I din't know it was completely 'new material'...that of course makes a difference. So what are the new songs we have never heard before...just curious?

Barbu wrote: [QUOTE=dr wu23] ......... I'm a Beatles fan but I surely won't buy another version of Abbey Road.

^ The only time I buy those (super) deluxe editions is when they contain a good quality live concert (crime of the century, who's next or songs from the wood for instance). Alternative takes, some unreleased bonus tracks and a new mix is not an enough good reason for a rebuy afaic.

Edited by Barbu - August 13 2019 at 15:57

I may as well buy it only this time don't leave it with a Beatles fan who I thought I had a chance with!

dr wu23 wrote: Sgt Pepper wrote: dr wu23 wrote: As Barbu said......no thanks...already own it.....and to be honest it pisses me off a little that the music companies keep re-releasing these things just to make a buck. Not at all, you can still purchase the original rerelease. This has been remasterd to the very highest standards and includes never heard before material. To a Beatles fan it's a no brainer. Just a sampler Fan is short for 'fanatic'...I like The Beatles but I'm not a fanatic. I do own all the original albums and cd's...but...... again these things get released imho because the record co's need an excuse to 'fleece' fans. That's just my 2 cents.

Very suprised that more are not excited by this release as are complaining about it here?