Track Listing

1. Day Tripper
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Paperback Writer
4. Rain
5. Lady Madonna
6. Inner Light, The
7. Hey Jude
8. Revolution
9. Get Back
10. Don't Let Me Down
11. Ballad Of John And Yoko, The
12. Old Brown Shoe
13. Across The Universe
14. Let It Be
15. You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7765 in Music
• Released on: 1988-03-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

CD Description
Along with its sister volume, PAST MASTERS 2 gathers singles, oddities and B-sides together and saves the dedicated Beatlemaniac considerable time and money hunting down this uncommon material. Like the "Blue Album", VOLUME TWO covers the second half of the Beatles career from 1965 to 1970. During this time period, the Fab Four stopped touring and focused their energies on studio recordings. The results included some of the Beatles' more experimental forays, like their firstuse of backwards tape ("Rain") and the breaking of the singles time barrier ("Hey Jude").
There are alternate versions of well-known songs ("Get Back", "Across The Universe"), and songs influenced by Fats Domino ("Lady Madonna") and Indian culture ("The Inner Light"). The most unusual tune included on this collection is "You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)". This highly unusual recording was started in May 1967and shelved before getting completed in November 1969. The result was an avant-cabaret number conceived by John Lennon,featuring mumbled vocals, Brian Jones' saxophone playing and sound effects replicating the inside of an after-hours club.

Customer Reviews

Just Buy It Now
Look at the track listing, and remember this is a collection of singles, B-sides and a comedy song. No other band could muster such an incredible roster of non-album material. Take your pick: Hey Jude, Revolution, Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna...
My own favourite is 'Rain'. The rhythm musicianship is just out-of-this-world - Ringo plays his drums like a man possessed, and McCartney's bass lines are inspirational and unique. Add to this the fact that the original recording was *slowed down* and you get some idea of just how far ahead of its time this was.

george harrison we hardly knew ye - rest in peace
Three words: buy this album . Firstly for no other reason than the tracks are not available on any other beatles album . The album itself is amazing with a whos who of great songs. The album charts the beatles from 1965 to 1970. The best songs on the album are; day tripper with features what must be the most catchy guitar riff ever, paperback writeran ingenious song which moved away from the beatles trademark love songs, Lady madonna, Across the universe, Revolution, The Ballad of john and yoko, the comedic You know my name look up the number, Get Back - the list is endless .The album features one of the greatest songs ever McCartney's Hey Jude - all seven minutes of it . A complete master piece . But perhaps the stand out track on the album is Lennon's Rain . A psychadelic tune featuring the first ever backwards tapes on a record .

A must for anyone interested in hearing the Beatles at their best.
It hardly seems worth commenting on the Beatles, their history and discography are so well-known. But for anyone starting to explore the music seriously, this album is considerably better value than the 'Blue' 1967-70 album, with which it shares many tracks. In fact, for the price of the Blue album, you can acquire this album and the Magical Mystery Tour album and thereby have on CD almost all the Beatles' singles (A and B sides) from late '65 through to 1970 - and a few other gems besides. (Of course you may then need to start thinking about getting Revolver, Rubber Soul, Abbey Road, The White Album, Sgt Pepper... but that's another story!)

Nearly every track on this record swells with the confidence and savvy of a band that knows full well just how seriously good it is! There is an effortlessness with which they pound out classics like Day Tripper, Paperback Writer, Lady Madonna and even the not-universally-liked Ballad of John & Yoko (their last Number One single - George and Ringo don't even play on it). Plus this is the only CD album apart from the overpriced 'Blue' album where you will find the magnificent Hey Jude in all its seven-and-a-half minute glory.