The Beatles "Golden Greatest Hits" (1978)

Golden Greatest Hits (compilation)
release date: 1978
format: vinyl (1979 Club Edition, DK)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: George Martin
label: Parlophone - nationality: England, UK

16 track best of compilation by The Beatles. The album was originally released in '78 as a cassette only issue, but in '79 released on vinyl. The tracks are from the band's entire career without any attempts to list the songs in any specific order.

The Beatles "Love Songs" (1977)

Love Songs (compilation)
release date: Oct. 1977
format: vinyl (1978, Yugoslavia)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: George Martin
label: Jugoton - nationality: England, UK

Compilation album by The Beatles originally released by Parlophone.

The Beatles "The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl" (1977) (live)

The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl (live)
release date: May 1977
format: vinyl (gatefold - EMTV 4)
[album rate: 4 / 5]
producer: Voyle Gilmore; George Martin (final mixdown)
label: Parlophone - nationality: England, UK

Live album by The Beatles recorded at the Hollywood Bowl Aug. 30, 1965 except tracks #A6 to #B1, #B4 to #B6 recorded Aug. 23, 1964.
The album is one of my first vinyl acquisitions in the 1970s.

[ allmusic.com, Rolling Stone 4 / 5 stars ]

The Beatles "Yesterday / Act Naturally" (1965) (single)

Yesterday / Act Naturally, 7'' single

release date: Sep. 1965

format: vinyl (DK 1635)

[single rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,45]

producer: George Martin

label: Odeon - nationality:

Tracklist: A) "Yesterday" - - B) "Act Naturally"

Single by The Beatles originally released on Parlophone in the UK (Capitol in the US) and first included on Help! (Aug. 1965), and it followed the singles Ticket to Ride (Apr. 1965) and Help! (Jul 1965). I fully understand the song is a worldwide classic but I've never really enjoyed it that much.

The Danish issue on Odeon comes from my parents' record collection, and the cover has gone missing long ago.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.

BEST OF 1963:The Beatles "Please Please Me" (1963)

Please Please Me [debut]
release date: Mar. 22, 1963
format: cd
[album rate: 5 / 5]

Track highlights: A) 1. "I Saw Her Standing There" - 5. "Boys" - 6. "Ask Me Why" - 7. "Please Please Me" - - B) 1. "Love Me Do" - 2. "P.S. I Love You" - 4. "Do You Want to Know a Secret" - 6. "There's a Place" - 7. "Twist and Shout"

Studio album debut by The Beatles released on Parlophone Records and produced by George Martin. This was where the legend took off, and in my mind, the Beatles were best in the early years. The orginal album contains 14 tracks of which Lennon / McCartney wrote 8. Some point to the fact that The Fab Four was nothing but a copy or covers band as many of their hits were written by others. Well, that was much more common back then, as most major pop standards and rock & roll artists did the exact same thing. The only cover song on the album, which most people connect with The Beatles is "Twist and Shout". Besides that it is their own songs that really positions the album at the top of that years list.
I believe, I first listened to this album around 1975-76, when a classmate played his parents' copy of the album. I already knew most of the songs from the radio and from other albums, but I really understood their strength via this very album.

1963 Favourite releases: 1. The Beatles Please Please Me - 2. Charles Mingus The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady - 3. Martha Reeves and the Vandellas Heat Wave

Not this particular album as such, but The Beatles play a big part of my earliest music memories that wasn't purely children's songs.

👉 Another one from that earliest stage.

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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.