Tag: Better The Beatles
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Sgt. Better: ‘Lonely Hearts Club Band’ remastered
By no means am I an audiophile. Play an MP3, ACC, and WAV file of the same song back to back and I most likely couldn’t tell the difference. (Correction: I definitely couldn’t tell the difference, having failed this quiz.) But when I listened to the newly remastered 50th anniversary edition of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely…
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Sgt. Pepper’s Magical Mystery Tour
This article comparing The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, both released in 1967, got me thinking about what one hypothetical album that combined the best of both albums would look like. So as part of my Better The Beatles project, I’ve determined a track listing for Sgt. Pepper’s Magical Mystery Tour. Thirteen tracks from…
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Make ‘The White Album’ Great Again
The White Album is too long. Everyone knows this. As a public service I have trimmed down the bloated double album into one cohesive record, leaving the order unchanged but the musical integrity restored: Back in the U.S.S.R Dear Prudence Glass Onion Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Happiness Is A Warm Gun Martha My Dear Blackbird Piggies I Will Birthday…