The Beatles - 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) (1973)

Artist:  The Beatles
Title:  1967-1970 (The Blue Album)
Release:  1973
Format:  2LP
Label:  Apple Records
Catalog#  5C 184-05309

1967-1970 (widely known as "The Blue Album") is a compilation of songs by the English rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title. It was released with 1962–1966 ("The Red Album"), in 1973.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein.
Picking up where 1962-1966 left off, the double-album compilation 1967-1970, commonly called The Blue Album, covers the Beatles' later records, from Sgt. Pepper's through Let It Be. Like The Red Album, The Blue Album was released in the wake of a pair of widely advertised quadruple-LP bootlegs, Alpha Omega, Vols. 1-2: The Story of the Beatles, which had appeared early in 1973. And like its companion volume, this set contains a mixture of hits, including singles like "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution"  which had originally appeared only as 45s plus important album tracks like "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," "A Day in the Life," "While My Guitar Gently Weeps," and "Come Together," as well as orphaned tracks such as the single versions of "Let It Be" and "Get Back," which had never been on any LP before. The first two sides of the original double-LP edition carry listeners through the highlights of the psychedelic era, starting with "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" and up through "Magical Mystery Tour," before returning to rock & roll territory on "Lady Madonna," "Hey Jude," and "Revolution." The second LP skims three of the more popular tracks off of the sprawling White Album (aka The Beatles) and moves into the late singles ("The Ballad of John and Yoko," "Old Brown Shoe," "Let It Be"), plus single and album highlights from Abbey Road and Let It Be. As a précis of the group's final 36 months, it's all mightily impressive, even if 1967-1970 misses several great songs. But like its predecessor, this set does capture the essence (if not the full range) of the Beatles' later recordings.


Side one
1.  Strawberry Fields Forever   (4:10)
2.  Penny Lane   (3:03)
3.  Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band   (2:02)
4.  With a Little Help from My Friends   (2:44)
5.  Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds   (3:28)
6.  A Day in the Life   (5:06)
7.  All You Need Is Love   (3:48)

Side two
1.  I Am the Walrus   (4:37)
2.  Hello, Goodbye   (3:31)
3.  The Fool on the Hill   (3:00)
4.  Magical Mystery Tour   (2:51)
5.  Lady Madonna   (2:17)
6.  Hey Jude   (7:08)
7.  Revolution   (3:21)

Side three
1.  Back in the U.S.S.R.   (2:45)
2.  While My Guitar Gently Weeps   (4:45)
3.  Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da   (3:05)
4.  Get Back   (3:14)
5.  Don't Let Me Down   (3:33)
6.  The Ballad of John and Yoko   (2:59)
7.  Old Brown Shoe   (3:18)

Side four
1.  Here Comes the Sun   (3:05)
2.  Come Together   (4:20)
3.  Something   (3:03)
4.  Octopus's Garden    (2:51)
5.  Let It Be"   (3:52)
6.  Across the Universe   (3:48)
7.  The Long and Winding Road  (3:38)

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The Beatles - 1962-1966 (The Red Album) (1973)

Artist:  The Beatles
Title:  1962-1966 (The Red Album)
Release: 1973
Format:  2LP
Label:  Apple Records
Catalog#  5C 184-05307

1962-1966 (also known as "The Red Album") is a compilation record of songs by the English rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout", which made number 2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by the Beatles themselves were included.
Assembling a compilation of the Beatles is a difficult task, not only because they had an enormous number of hits, but also because singles didn't tell the full story; many of their album tracks were as important as the singles, if not more so. The double-album 1962-1966, commonly called The Red Album, does the job surprisingly well, hitting most of the group's major early hits and adding important album tracks like "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away," "Drive My Car," "Norwegian Wood," and "In My Life." Naturally, there are many great songs missing from the 26-track 1962-1966, and perhaps it would have made more sense to include the Revolver cuts on its companion volume, 1967-1970, yet The Red Album captures the essence of the Beatles' pre-Sgt. Pepper records.


Side one
1.  Love Me Do  (2:18)  
2.  Please Please Me  (1:58)  
3.  From Me To You  (1:56)  
4.  She Loves You  (2:19)  
5.  I Want To Hold Your Hand  (2:23)  
6.  All My Loving  (2:04)  
7.  Can't Buy Me Love  (2:10) 

Side two
1.  A Hard Day's Night  (2:29)  
2.  And I Love Her  (2:28)  
3.  Eight Days A Week  (2:42)  
4.  I Feel Fine  (2:20)  
5.  Ticket To Ride  (3:03)  
6.  Yesterday  (2:04) 

Side three
1.  Help!  (2:33)  
2.  You've Got To Hide Your Love Away  (2:06)  
3.  We Can Work It Out  (2:12)  
4.  Day Tripper  (2:48)  
5.  Drive My Car  (2:27)  
6.  Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)  (2:02) 

Side four
1.  Nowhere Man  (2:40)  
2.  Michelle  (2:41)  
3.  In My Life  (2:22)  
4.  Girl  (2:27)  
5.  Paperback Writer  (2:15)  
6.  Eleanor Rigby  (2:03)  
7.  Yellow Submarine  (2:46)

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