Beatles For Sale

Despite what one might read in the audiophile diaries regarding the Beatles 2009 Remasters I disagree with comments like the 2012 issues of the Beatles albums on vinyl don’t sound as good as the original pressings.My reasons are simple. These remasters were surgically remastered and only slight ‘limiting’ was carried out so yes there is a slight lessening of bass impact compared to the Mono versions but I refuse to get all dewey eyed on those old Mono, and in my experience, worn out mono or stereo versions because here I have a digital remaster of a classic Beatles LP which sounds superb on my Rega P8 turntable which I suspect most people won’t own but nevertheless the music sounds largely uncompressed but certainly not digitally ‘brick-walled’ like some modern remastered LP’s. The Beatles albums were remastered at at least 24/96khz which is good enough to retain the warmth of the analogue tapes in my opinion so if you’re bothered about the sound quality of these remastered Beatles, stop reading the negative reviews and get the albums before they piss around with the albums again and ruin the sound like the latest Sgt.Pepper LP.. Oh dear they really cocked up with that album😡. This version of BFS sounds fab just like the Beatles always did and for £24.00 it’s a steal so just buy it and get your feet tapping to real music on glorious vinyl. Oh and it sounds great on CD to but the vinyl is sooo much better..

There is nothing I dislike about this album .Love all the songs and updates glad I got this .

Listen, appreciate and enjoy the ride. Fantastic to hear the gradual progression to greater things.

The Beatles, the name alone is the best review that can be given

It's the Beatles

'Beatles For Sale' is my favourite record that the Fab Four had put out at the time. It was the Liverpool lads' fourth studio album, hastily released for the Christmas markets in December 1964, but it also marked a small change in their sound. The songs were becoming more autographical now, mature, and notably darker (look no further than the powerful opener 'No Reply'). Although it spawned no UK single releases, lots of great original Beatles songs are here, as anyone who listens to 'I'm A Loser', with John Lennon's discovery of Bob Dylan's folk-rock music being most apparent here, 'I'll Follow The Sun', 'Baby's In Back' and 'Eight Days A Week', which was issued as a single in the US, can testify.The Beatles had just been very busy men when this LP was cut, so instead of writing all of the songs, they included covers of tunes made famous by Chuck Berry, Johnny Lee Jones, Buddy Holly, and Carl Perkins, which were less than stellar, apart from Lennon's great delivery of the (since) widely covered Berry rock 'n roller 'Rock and Roll Music'. This was an obvious choice of song for The Beatles to record, given their love of Chuck Berry.As every track lasts under three minutes, it's a short album, weighing in at only 35 minutes in length. 'Beatles for Sale' may not be a masterpiece, nor might if every make any 'Best of' list of any kind (though you can be almost certain that some of the albums which followed will), but few people were making records as good as this in 1964. For dedicated fans of John, Paul, George and Ringo, there is much here to treasure. For me, this will always be the best Beatles record pre 'Rubber Soul' (1965).

I have enjoyed The Beatles' music ever since I was a youngster. As someone had kindly gifted me an Amazon voucher, what better choice to spend it on than another Beatles album to add to my collection. I was not in the slightest bit disappointed: BEATLES FOR SALE is just brilliant!

This is The Beatles before they turned into living representations of the hype that their egos allowed them to become drowned in a few years later. This album is nice and simple without any pretentiousness or crazy aberrations. I would have been aged 11, going on 12, when this was released. Peculiarly enough my favourite track is Ringo singing the old Rockabilly tune 'Honey Don't'. The band seem so socially harmonious on this album - you can feel it coming out at you. A really nice album from before the times when the joint adventure got slightly out of hand for them and they grew apart. I still love that chugging rhythm guitar sound of John's.Eamonn