Happy 86th to the legend.

Spotify: Link

Apple Music: Link

(This serves as a continuation of my Quarrymen series of albums, but also works well as a standalone).

Back to The Egg lends some cohesion to the group again, but it all falls apart after both John and Paul are caught for marijuana in Japan. After a few days in jail, the pair decide the Quarrymen are done and officially dissolve the group.

They then proceed to go on a boating trip around Bermuda, opening up a new burst of creativity. But what to do with no band to record them?

Simple. Do everything, every instrument, themselves.

Double Fantasy by John Lennon and Paul McCartney is an experimental double album that would've released in November, 1980, featuring material from McCartney II, Tug Of War, Double Fantasy, and Milk and Honey.

Side A:

1. Just Like Starting Over

2. Nobody Knows

3. On The Way

4. Frozen Jap

5. Watching The Wheels

6. I'm Stepping Out

Side B:

1. Woman

2. Wanderlust

3. Beautiful Boy

4. The Pound Is Sinking

5. I'm Losing You

6. Cleanup Time

7. Summer's Day Song

Side C:

1. Coming Up

2. I Don't Want To Face It

3. Dear Yoko

4. Temporary Secretary

5. Forgive Me [My Little Flower Princess]

6. Goodnight Tonight

Side D:

1. Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him

2. India, India (plenty of good fan mixes, just avoid AI slop ones)

3. Waterfalls

4. Bogey Music

5. One Of These Days

After the less-than-stellar reception of "Rishikesh," the Beatles decided they needed to do something bigger, louder, more grandiose than just an acoustic album, so from the end of their stay in India until October 1968, they recorded over 40 tracks, of which 28 were later selected.

SIDE A

1. A Beggining/Hapiness Is A Warm Gun
2. Martha My Dear
3. Art Of Dying
4. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
5. Glass Onion
6. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
7. Hey Bulldog

SIDE B

1. Back In The U.S.S.R.
2. The Continuing Story Of Bungalow Bill
3. Across The Universe
4. Long, Long, Long
5. Don't Pass Me By
6. Sexy Sadie
7. Why Don't We Do It In The Road?
8. Hey Jude (Love Version)

SIDE C

1. Birthday
2. Everybody's Git Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
3. I Will (Wild Honey Pie as an unlisted track)
4. Not Guilty
5. Savoy Truffle
6. Mean Mr Mustard

SIDE D

1. Revolution
2. Lady Madonna
3. Piggies
4. What's The New Mary Jane
5. Helter Skelter
6. Cry Baby Cry
7. Good Night

Spotify playlist

Series inspired by u/axeluzzy's "Earth-998".

On August 29, 1966, The Beatles ended their 1966 US Tour in Candlestick Park. They had decided to stop touring, due to the chaos brought by their two '66 tours, not being able to hear themselves play due to the crowd, and their music becoming more and more experimental.

The Beatles went on to do their own things. John went go film Richard Lester's How I Won the War, Paul experimented with tapes, George studied sitar with Ravi Shankar, and Ringo spent time with his family. While working on HIWTW, John came up with a song that he originally titled It's Not Too Bad, with the lyric "No one's in my wavelength". The lyrics would be written and revised from there, becoming Strawberry Fields Forever.

The band reconvened in the studio in November to record Strawberry Fields Forever, and a song written by Paul, Penny Lane, for their next single. However, Paul's perfectionism kept getting the better of him as he kept booking studio time for extra overdubs to Penny Lane, delaying the singles release. At that same time, The Beatles became planning their grand follow up to Revolver: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

A loose concept album about the band performing under an alter ego, the album was said to be so magnificent, it put ███████ to shame. The band recorded many tracks which received many overdubs. One song, A Day in the Life, combined two songs from John and Paul into one masterpiece.

Multiple songs were finished and the Strawberry Fields Forever b/w Penny Lane was due to release in April 1967. However, five days before the singles release, Paul McCartney turned on his radio to hear The Beach Boys latest single: Hereos and Villains. After hearing that it was from the band's new album SMiLE, Paul rushed to the nearest record ship to buy a copy. After listening, Paul called up George Martin, reportable saying "They've done it! They've bloody fuckin' done it!"

The Beach Boys had released SMiLE a couple days earlier. Although a major hit in the UK, staying at #1 until it was beaten out by ███████ in December, it was less of a success in the US, although it would later receive a cult following, and is now seen as one of the greatest albums of all time.

Paul quickly booked more studio time to work on the album. The other Beatles started to get worried about Paul's mental state, and in May basically forced him to take a little vacation. When he got back, Paul would make the announcement that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was cancelled.

Sgt. Peppers has become an often talking about subject for music nerds, often being touted as "the greatest album that was never released". Many people have tried to make reconstructions of what they believe the album would have looked like. Some of the tracks would end up on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack in 1969. In 2004, Paul McCartney would release Paul McCartney Presents Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which contained rerecordings of tracks meant for the album. In 2011, The Sgt. Pepper Sessions box set was released, containing multiple discs of outtakes meant for the album.

Still wanting to use the songs they've written, The Beatles came up with the idea of doing more lo-fi layed back album to soothe their nerves. Some songs, like Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (renamed Which Dreamed It?) and A Day in the Life used stripped back studio recordings, others, like When I'm Sixty-Four and Piggies were rerecorded over at John's home in Kenwood, while the rest, like Lazy Day, All Together Now, In Littletown, and I Will were brand new. The Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane single was also going to be put on this new album. One song, entitled The Candle Burns, was not originally meant to be put on the album, but John, feeling cheeky, decided to stick at the end unmarked to "scare the shit out of people". This would come to be recognized as the first hidden track.

Strawberry Fields was released in the UK on September 3, 1967, and on September 18 in the US. The album received mix reviews, with critics saying they album felt unfinished and unpolished. Some critics began to pose the question of whether The Beatles had truly lost their mark

Fortunately, they were wrong.

Strawberry Fields

The seventh studio album by The Beatles.
Released September 3, 1967.
All tracks by Lennon/McCartney, except when noted.

Side One

1. "Strawberry Fields Forever"
2. "Penny Lane"
3. "When I'm Sixty-Four"
4. "Piggies" (Harrison) >![Esher demo.]!<
5. "Plenty of Jam Jars" (Lennon/McCartney/Harrison/Starr) >![Segment from The Beatles' 1967 Christmas message.]!<
6. "Lazy Day" (Harrison) >![Actually Lullaby by Grapefruit. Often misattributed to The Beatles.]!<

Side Two

1. "Which Dreamed It?" >![Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds (Take 1]!<
2. "All Together Now!"
3. "In Littletown" >![The Tale of Ms. Tiggywinkle, a 1967 John demo]!<
4. "I Will"
5. "A Day in the Life" >![Take 2]!<
6. "Little Sunshine Boy" (Lennon/McCartney/Starkey) >![1967 John/Ringo demo]!<
   >!"The Candle Burns" (hidden track) [Outfake misattributed to The Beatles.]!<

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Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0RrpI025sHFoQyuPc4PFVJ

Previous albums:
- The Beatles - Toppermost of the Poppermost (1963)
- The Beatles - Eternal Sunshine (1971)
- George Harrison - Looking for Life (2004)

Holding back some of the tracks from their sessions for their late '65 record (entitled 'Plastic Soul') - the Beatles go all in on an album that confusingly had two titles on the sleeve (Rubber Revolver and Revolver Rubber) - an intentional choice to strip away meaning from the words and focus on the revolutionary music to be found within.

As the best tracks emerge, a side devoid of McCartney number is clearly the best choice song wise, with Lennon's purple patch dominating. To make it up to Paul, John says he can have two songs on a stonking double A Side - 'Got to Get You Into My Life'/'Good Day Sunshine' - the single stalls at number 2, kept off the top spot by Sinatra's Strangers In The Night, and doesn't climb any further.

The album is released late July and is an immediate sensation.

SIDE A

1. Paperback Writer (2:18)
2. Eleanor Rigby (2:06)
3. Love You To (2:59)
4. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (2:04)
5. I’m Only Sleeping (3:00)
6. For No One (1:59)
7. I’m Looking Through You (2:26)
8. She Said She Said (2:35)
9. Here, There and Everywhere (2:24)

SIDE RUNTIME: 21 mins 51 seconds

SIDE B

1. Taxman (2:38)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (2:00)
3. In My Life (2:26)
4. Doctor Robert (2:14)
5. Rain (3:01)
6. Nowhere Man (2:43)
7. If I Needed Someone (2:22)
8. Tomorrow Never Knows (2:59)

SIDE RUNTIME: 20 mins 23 seconds

TOTAL RUNTIME: 42 minutes 14 seconds

Edit - Quobuz link to listen https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/66556921

The sessions that produced Tug Of War and much of Pipes Of Peace were the last time that Denny Laine recorded with Paul McCartney. After this, they fell out and became estranged and Wings officially broke up, with no touring in sight as Paul and Linda wanted to focus on putting their kids through school (and in the aftermath of John's murder, this decision likely involved security/privacy concerns).

While the whole of Wings rehearsed a lot of the material that ended up on these albums in 1979/1980, it was decided that the whole band would not be used to record the next album. Still, the core Wings trio of the McCartneys & Laine feature on many of the songs, meaning we can put together the Wings album that never was.

All of these songs feature Denny Laine, according to Wikipedia and the Paul McCartney Project. I believe Linda performs on all of these too, making it an authentic Wings album.

Track Listing

Side A (17:14)

1. Tug Of War [The 7" Singles]
2. Ballroom Dancing [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]
3. Keep Under Cover [Pipes Of Peace (Archive Collection)]
4. The Pound Is Sinking [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]
5. Hey Hey [Pipes Of Peace (Archive Collection)]

Side B (17:38)

1. Average Person [Pipes Of Peace (Archive Collection)]
2. Rainclouds [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]
3. Somebody Who Cares [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]
4. Wanderlust [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]
5. Dress Me Up As A Robber [Tug Of War (Archive Collection)]

My daughter is now 17, and still loves the Beatles!

Working on getting a load of ideas out while I have a day off. This time I'm running with the idea of Yesterday being released as a solo Paul single in 1965, leading to Paul's first solo album in 1966. The fate of the Beatles... who knows? This is probably a one-off.

Artwork heavily, heavily inspired by Buddy Holly's "Giant".

Track Listing

Side A

1. Yesterday
2. Eleanor Rigby
3. Wait
4. For No One
5. Drive My Car
6. Michelle

Side B

1. Here, There and Everywhere
2. Good Day Sunshine
3. You Won't See Me
4. Paperback Writer
5. We Can Work It Out
6. Got To Get You Into My Life

Following Imagine, the Beatles spent 1972 with their solo work. Earlier in 1971, John and Yoko moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where soon enough, they gained custody of Yoko's child, Kyoko Ono. In June 1972, Lennon released the album Sometime In Edinburgh, a double album including songs unused from Imagine such as Cold Turkey, Oh Yoko!, and I Don't Wanna Be A Soldier Mama. While having a few decent songs, much of the album was lambasted by critics and failed to chart even the top 10, the first for a Beatle.

Meanwhile, George gained major success with his debut album, Living In the Material World, a triple album with songs that can rival any song by The Beatles. The consensus from day one was it was the best solo album by any Beatle and perhaps one of the greatest albums of all time.

But as 1973 rolled in, the band was ready to make music again as they released the single Live and Let Die for the James Bond movie of the same name. In late August 1973, the Beatles left for Lagos, Nigeria to make their newest album. Alongside them were musicians Billy Preston, Paul's wife Linda McCartney, and Denny Laine, whom Paul introduced to the band back in 1971. The seven Beatles entered Nigeria unknowingly heading into what John called "a total fucking mess". The trip is infamous for many things including the blackout incident, John and Yoko's mugging, and Paul's bronchial spasm. But what came out of Nigeria were 23 songs that producer George Martin used to make a coherent story revolving around themes of freedom and escape. A concept album.

In November 1973, Band On The Run would release, becoming one of their greatest albums ever made. All of their hard work payed through as critics gave the album glowing reviews and it quickly headed to No. 1, cementing it as one of the greatest album by The Beatles ever.

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Band On The Run (1973)

Side 1

1. Band On The Run

2. Jet

3. I'm The Greatest

4. I Found Out

5. Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

6. Bluebird

Side 2

7. Mrs. Vanderbilt

8. Gimme Some Truth

9. Run Of The Mill

10. Beware Of Darkness

11. It's So Hard

12. Mind Games

Side 3

13. Not Guilty

14. Behind That Locked Door

15. No Words

16. Be Here Now

17. Isolation

Side 4

18. Working Class Hero

19. Photograph

20. One Day (At a Time)

21. Hear Me Lord

22. Picasso's Last Words (Drink To Me)

23. Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five

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Main Personnel

John Lennon - lead, harmony and backing vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, handclaps

Paul McCartney - lead and backing vocals, bass, acoustic and electric guitars, piano, percussion

George Harrison - lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, slide guitar

Ringo Starr - lead vocals (tracks 3 and 19), drums; percussion

Billy Preston - keyboard, organ

Linda McCartney - harmony and backing vocals, organ, keyboards, percussion

Denny Laine - harmony and backing vocals, co-lead vocals (tracks 15 and 22), acoustic and electric guitars, percussion

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Runtime: 1 hour, 29 minutes

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Band On The Run

Before I start, I understand that NONE of these songs are "deep cuts" to the redditors on this sub!!

A scenario for this album…

You have a friend who is a casual Beatles fan. They have the “1” compilation. Or maybe the Red and Blue compilations. But that’s about it. Your friend has asked you to put together an album of so-called “deep cuts” from Beatles albums. You oblige but quickly realize you can’t just make one album…it has to be a double album!!

This album goes through the discography twice in chronological order. The Beatles have 13 albums (yes…MMT is an album!). As you all know, I am obsessed with the 14 track album. So, two bonus tracks have been added to make the album 28 tracks.

(Note: The art was done by mistahwhite04. The rear cover contains only the first 14 tracks because that was the original version of this album. I didn’t want to ask them to update the tracklist. Forgive me.)

Please...no comments that start "Song X is not a deep cut!" To the casual Beatles fan, in the scenario I provided, these all would be "deeper" cuts!!

Here is the tracklist:

1. Ask Me Why
2. All I've Got To Do
3. I'll Be Back
4. What You're Doing
5. I Need You
6. I'm Looking Through You
7. And You're Bird Can Sing
8. Good Morning Good Morning
9. Flying
10. Savoy Truffle
11. Only A Northern Song
12. You Never Give Me Your Money
13. For You Blue
14. Leave My Kitten Alone
15. There’s A Place
16. Not A Second Time
17. When I Get Home
18. Every Little Thing
19. Tell Me What You See
20. The Word
21. I’m Only Sleeping
22. Within You Without You
23. Baby You’re A Rich Man
24. Everybody’s Got Something To Hide…
25. All Together Now
26. Sun King
27. Dig a Pony
28. 12-Bar Original

Link to this album on Spotify…

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/06Ryzmw76oBXzhtpwfz81k?si=dbf7bcdc08974b9a

After the success of Escape, the newly reunited Fab Four thought the best course of action was to do a string of live performances in the US and Europe. These performances would also mark the release of Ringo’s lead single It Don’t Come Easy for his upcoming album Starrcraft.

Side A:

1. Maybe I’m Amazed/Lady Madonna
2. My Sweet Lord
3. Imagine
4. Something
5. It Don’t Come Easy

Side B:

1. Soily
2. Cold Turkey
3. Come Together
4. Yesterday/Here Comes the Sun
5. I Saw Her Standing There

Spotify Link** **

One of the most common tropes for Beatles fan albums is making solo Beatles albums, commonly under the context of The Beatles never forming. Any fan album community on the minitel is sure to contain albums with this premises (my favorite is 'Alternate History Albums' by Tragiclifeform, go check his mixes out on Vimeo). However, there is a points of divergence for this type of fan album that I find more interesting: What if The Beatles broke up in 1970? Reportedly, John was thinking of leaving the Beatles late in 1969 to put all his focus on his band with Yoko, Grapefruit, although he would be discouraged by his bandmates and Brian Epstein. But what if he wasn't?

After John announced his intention to leave the band, Paul McCartney and Brian Epstein encouraged him to wait until Abbey Road was finished. Following it's release in January 1970, The Beatles broke up. Paul McCartney would spend 1970 spending him with Linda and working on his second solo album, Hot as Sun.

Hot as Sun

The second studio album by Paul McCartney.
Released May 12, 1971.
All tracks written by Paul McCartney.

Side One

1. "The Lovely Linda"
2. "A Love For You"
3. "Ram On"
4. "Mumbo"
5. "That Would Be Something"
6. "Hot as Sun"

Side Two

1. ⁠" Sunshine Sometime"
2. ⁠⁠"3 Legs / Bip Bop"
3. ⁠⁠"Smile Away"
4. ⁠⁠"Every Night"
5. ⁠⁠"Ram On (reprise)"
6. ⁠⁠"The Back Seat of My Car"

[Every track is taken from Eternal Sunshine.]

I know I’m like 2-3 months late on the trend, but I still wanted to whip up a playlist of Paul’s “granny music” classics!! Two of these songs were approved by my grandma herself years back, so you know it’s legit (god bless her soul).

Side A:

1. Honey Pie
2. You Gave Me the Answer
3. Baby Face
4. When I’m 64
5. Maxwell’s Silver Hammer
6. Hey Jude - Grandma Approved

Side B:

1. Say Say Say - Grandma Approved
2. Your Mother Should Know
3. English Tea
4. Let’s Love
5. All of You
6. I’ll Give You a Ring
7. Baby’s Request

Spotify Link

After the Beatles albums, ATMP is probably my favorite album, regardless of artist. This was very difficult to do, but I gave it a shot. I included a couple of little surprises on it…two outtakes that I really like.

I did not include My Sweet Lord. I love it, but I thought it was interesting to listen to these songs without it.

George Harrison - Single LP All Things Must Pass

1. I'd Have You Anytime

2. Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp

3. Behind That Locked Door

4. If Not For You

5. I Live For You

6. Run Of The Mill

7. Beware Of Darkness

8. Wah Wah

9. Going Down To Golder's Green

10. Let It Down

11. What Is Life

12. Awaiting On You All

13. Hear Me Lord

14. All Things Must Pass

All Things Must Pass - Single Album Version Spotify Link

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Vrs8l3dwX5lxcyJEHeUNC?si=539aea8db3874c72)

All Things Must Pass - Single Album Version Apple Music Link

https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/george-atmp-single-album/pl.u-oZylMxYIqG2yYd7)

In early 1968, the Beatles began their stay in Rishikesh, India, which resulted in a 12-track album and a non-album single.

I’d like to add more of the story than just that, but I’m not good at writing :|

SIDE A

1. Dear Prudence
2. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
3. I'm So Tired
4. Sour Milk Sea
5. Rocky Raccoon
6. Oh My Love

SIDE B

1. Child Of Nature
2. Beautiful Girl
3. Revolution
4. Black Bird
5. Julia
6. Goodbye

Spotify playlist

Series inspired by u/axeluzzy's "Earth-998".

The prior year, the Quarrymen undertook the massively successful Quarrymen Over America tour, which was incredibly exciting for the two Beatles in the group, who hadn't been to the country for a decade. John, for once, was invigorated, and was highly anticipating the following years tour, where they would aim for Europe and parts of Asia.

This fell through after Linda became pregnant, leading to argument between John and Paul. In return, Paul was frustrated by John's lack of original material, with two of the songs he brought to the session being leftover covers from Rockers and Ballads.

To make matters worse, the album was poorly received critically and commercially, leading to the Quarrymen going on hiatus.

Side One:

1. Londontown

2. Cafe On The Left Bank

3. Sugartime (Linda on vocal)

4. Cuff Link

5. Real Love

6. Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird Of Paradox)

Side Two:

1. Free As A Bird (with a George Harrison guest appearance)

2. I've Had Enough

3. Children Children (Laine on vocal)

4. With A Little Luck

5. Ain't That A Shame

6. Name and Address

7. Just Because

I’ve always wondered what a pre-Rishikesh trip album would look like. I present to everyone: “Across the Universe” released in May or June 1968. It compiles 1967 singles, Magical Mystery Tour tracks, the February 1968 sessions, the “Lady Madonna” single, and Yellow Submarine album tracks intended for the cancelled 1969 EP.

Side 1
“It’s All Too Much”
“I am the Walrus”
“Hello, Goodbye”
“All Together Now”
“Across the Universe” - the Anthology 2 version
“The Inner Light”

Side 2
“All You Need Is Love”
“Baby, You’re a Rich Man”
“Only a Northern Song”
“Hey Bulldog”
“Lady Madonna”
“You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)” - the Anthology 2 version

It’s fun! A nice “what if” between the Magical Mystery Tour EP and the “White Album.”

Yes I know the back cover tracklist is wrong before you mention it 😬😬

Recently I’ve been struggling to sleep and to help I’ve been listening to the Beatles, and these are some of the songs that are best for wild dreams. :)

SIDE A: THE DESCENT

1. BECAUSE (A CAPPELLA VERSION)
2. I'M ONLY SLEEPING (MASTER)
3. CHILD OF NATURE (ESHER DEMO)
   4.JUNK (MASTER)
4. RAIN (SINGLE)
5. FLYING (MASTER)
6. LONG, LONG, LONG (MASTER)

SIDE B: THE DEEP DREAM

8. NOT GUILTY (TAKE 102)
9. CRY BABY CRY (MASTER)
10. STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER (TAKE 1)
11. SOUR MILK SEA (ESHER DEMO)
12. MOTHER NATURES SON (ESHER DEMO)
13. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS (TAKE 1)
14. GOOD NIGHT (TAKE 10 WITH GUITAR)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6E6Iikg8Kf7pe2kgvMbPWG?si=YwoPHHrbTfCunz8cicj4Jw&pi=v9sWUAVFSI6mF

Front Cover Inspiration: u/mistahwhite04

I just saw one of the worst fan-albums of all time, just absolute Ai-generated SLOP!! To remedy this I remade that entire album using the imagination of a the far superior human mind. I hope this came out better than that “album”.

Spotify Playlist

An earnest attempt at a Single White Album, which seems to be trending right now.