On E.M.I. nice one mate

It's a great album. I'm a bit too young to have been a first generation fan, but I know some people who were and some were disappointed with it when it first came out with the mop top harmonies and stuff having largely disappeared. Elvis Costello said in an interview that him and his friends at the time just openly didn't like it when it was first released and unlike previous albums they hardly played it. I think "Run for Your Life" upsets the woke brigade these days if you take the lyrics too literally. For a deluxe box set my vision would be the obligatory Giles Martin stereo remix, the original mono mix, the US version, an album of alternative mixes, and an EP with stereo and mono mixes of Day Tripper/We Can Work It Out similar to the Paperback Writer/Rain EP in the Revolver box - plus a book. I think any delay beyond next year would be very unpopular as most people were anticipating it for 2023. Like you say, it's each to their own. In my case I would have limited interest in an Anthology reboot, I would rather have the rest of the US albums than that.

Dave Friend great video, 59 years, Rubber Soul is a masterpiece, a direction they were going to Fantastic Dave My Friend still can’t shake that cold, I’m sorry, Dave Takecare, I hope you feel better, Besafe, Blessyou, Steve

The Beatles grew up when they recorded Rubber Soul!! No more Yeah Yeah Yeah! Now it’s singing about falling asleep in her bath!!!!

Their discography is littered with numerous classics before this LP. And I'm still waiting for "fans" to actually listen to the great "Beatles for Sale" instead of letting others tell them what it is worth.

John Lennon himself said that "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has flown)" was a way to write about an affair without the wife knowing.

A very Happy Birthday to Rubber Soul. I have to say that this album, along with Revolver (which is my favourite Beatles album by the way) and Sgt Pepper are my trilogy of albums that I play the most. Rubber Soul was the landmark album, that heralded the end of Beatlemania (a year later the band had come off the road for good to concentrate on their studio work). Their songs, and their songwriting took on a more experimental and introspective element, and when you think about it there is only a space of three years between this album and Love Me Do, that is quite an evolution musically that I don't think any band or artist has emulated since, the nearest I can think of would be David Bowie in the 70's. For me Rubber Soul is all killer and no filler. The whole album is just amazing, the harmonies, the arrangements, the lyrics. It was truly all coming together for The Beatles on this album, and then within, what, seven months they'd recorded and released Revolver. When I look through my playback history on my I-Pod the most played album on there is Rubber Soul. I do hope that we do get a Super Deluxe Box of this album, it truly deserves one, along the lines of what we got with Revolver. I did see Dino's video and I have to say I'd rather have The Anthology TV Series re released, nicely cleaned up and out on Blu ray rather than have the albums put out again. I do think that now is the time to have a bit of breathing space between releases, the market place is starting to get a bit crowded, and there could be a danger of this putting people off, especially at some of the prices being asked for these releases. I do think we will see a Rubber Soul box set next year, as I did read in an interview that the Rubber Soul Tracks added to the Red album from last year had already been remixed before the whole Red and Blue project came into being. (I still can't believe it's a year since we got Now and Then, and it topped the charts here in the UK) As we come to the end of another year, and what a year it has been for Beatles Fans, we have been spoilt with all we've got, but now is the right time for Apple/Universal to take a step back and stagger these releases a bit more, but that's just my opinion.

The Beatles Rubber Soul is one of the best 😊...59 years....Wow.... unreal.....My original would be shot 😮.....Meet The Beatles...I know it would be Thrashed...by Now 😮

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Hi you :)!!!! OOO good call on the release on RS!!!! mmm wow this is in my to 5. I sure do like this one a lot. YES In my Life wow so good yes it dose get me mate :)!!!! Yes that was for Help. I hope we do get a box set of this one. I thought we would get one for Christmas but it is not going to happen lol. And Sha concert yes that sure would be nice but it sure has ben bootleg :). I do think it is all to much on the $$$. I do love it but how much more do they do before ewe all go broke lol. I think you will still be around you and your channel is doing well mate!!!! Great video and well done you mate and take care my brother :)!!!!!!!

Great video & insight into in my own personal opinion when the Beatles went to another level & basically left the rest of music in their wake.... An astounding piece of work i had only a decade ago at around number 9 or 10 in my ranking of studio albums but now it is easily number 2 behind the greatest album ever made Abbey Road!! Everything is crossed for a 60th anniversary super deluxe box set next year with a plethora of extras 🙏

Hi dave happy anniversary to rubber soul, early this year I tracked down a usa or Canada copy just for the fauls start on... I'm looking through you... on the apple label, looks like a japanese repress form the 1970s , dave can I be possibly cerect why is it on apple?

Am I the only person who is happy with their original mono and early stereo originals and hasn’t bought into the modern mixes. I did stream them for a while but nothing matches needle on mono vinyl. At some point its gotta come to an end and they should do the decent and release mono versions of their albums without having to buy an expensive box set.

Hi Dave, Rubber Soul (both the UK & USA versions) is my favorite Beatles album. In some ways, the American Capitol version flows better with a Dylan/Byrds type feel with "I've Just Seen a Face" & "It's Only Love." Still, it's great to have "Nowhere Man" & "If I Needed Someone" on the UK version.

I think the Who's My Generation Lp was released on same day.

Thanks, Dave; always enjoy and look forward to your videos. Nice collection you got there: I'm jealous! Tough getting good UK copies here in the Colonies. Luckily, I have a good mono and stereo original pressings. The UK lp is as it should be, not the US compilation. One of my 3 favorite Beatle lps (Revolver & A Hard Day's Night being the others). For box sets, I'd love to see a Magical Mystery Tour box, along with all the stray 1967 tracks. Lots of good out-takes and material to mine there. Guess we'll see....You make some great points regarding the box sets.

Hi Beatle Dave, thanks for sharing your copies of Rubber Soul by the Beatles happy 59th anniversary

Fantastic video, I always look forward to your videos. I will never get bored of watching your video.

Hello beatle Dave! Very nice video and playhouse prediction that a deluxe edition will be released in 2025..cheers mate from the playhouse!

I think the amazon U.K. initial preorder price did this box set no favours as it was ridiculous- but it did come down and the individual albums dropped at a low to £32ish .. I got the blue vinyl Meet the Beatles and it’s very well done - I’ll be looking out for the others in sales over the coming months ! Stay warm as that cough sounds rough ❤👍

I think the amazon U.K. initial preorder price did this box set no favours as it was ridiculous- but it did come down and the individual albums dropped at a low to £32ish .. I got the blue vinyl Meet the Beatles and it’s very well done - I’ll be looking out for the others in sales over the coming months ! Stay warm as that cough sounds rough ❤👍

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I must say the box set looks really good,I will probably invest at some point.I have all the album reissues from the seventies and have only played them once.Having said that why did Capital have to mishmash all the albums that the Beatles and George Martin put together including track listing.Capital just destroyed the Beatles Art and they hated Capital for doing it.The reason being Capital just wanted to take advantage.Your right Dave there will be a second volume and among that will be Rubber Soul and Revolver ,it was absolute sacrilege what they did to those albums ie cut the tracks down and leaving 2 John tracks off Revolver .Why?.Hope you enjoy your box Dave

I got them separately as I already have beatles story on CD. I am very pleased. Cheers Dave.

Re-issue! Re-package! Re-package! Re-evaluate the songs Double-pack with a photograph Extra track (and a tacky badge) 😉😉 Nice video though

Nice review! I found the records sound a little better than my original copies. Then I went and listened to them on my cousins turntable with a mono cartridge and wow! A whole lot of difference A lot more detail on the recordings! Listening to mono recordings with a mono cartridge makes a difference

Why didn't they make this a box set of all the US albums until they began to look and sound the same as the UK. Will this mean the rest of them will get yet another box set that one will have to fork out for to complete this series.???

Great review, Dave. Always glad to get your opinion and insight into Beatle products. It's interesting to get a non-American's viewpoint on these. I'm a 1st gen US fan, but for me, the UKs are the Beatle albums: I consider the Capitol records, like many others, compilations. Guess I'm just a snobby purist. I'm actually surprised Apple put these out, as I thought they wanted the catalog standardized. What's next, the German records? I think there are a lot more interesting projects they could have done, but that's just my opinion. I do agree with your observation, that they should have included "Introducing", as part of the box. It includes at least 12 tracks off Please, Please Me, while "Early" cuts off 4 songs. VeeJay has been out of business since 1965, so I'm sure that could have been feasible. We all know Capitol will be doing a Vol. 2., (1965-66) where that should have gone. As always, thanks for another great video.

Why isn't the butcher album in this collection ?

Why couldn't they have numbered the box set ? At least the first thousand ? ps, The box set is not for old Bealtles fans wanting to relive buying the LPs back in the 60s- it's for collectors. And believe me the price will go up once it is out of print.

Excellent video as usual Dave. I bought the box cos apart from the cd box set I didn’t have any of the American albums. I’ve been looking and a half decent copy is going from 80 quid upwards. I’ll stick with the lovely box. Take care mate, Mick Btw did you know that over the weekend a single of I saw her standing there was released for another record store day? I paid £16.99.🥴

Hey,Dave,the I Feel Fine and She's A Woman mixes were done by George Martin,not Dave Dexter.

Hi Beatle Dave, thanks for showing your Hollies LP collection I do have a few of their UK LP's and Stay with the Hollies was the their debut album from January 1964.

I'm pleased with the albums that I have bought, Meet The Beatles and Beatles '65. They sound superb, but I did find them very loud and had to adjust the balance on my system when playing them. For me they are superior in sound quality to my copies on the 2004 CD box sets. I would have bought the box set had they not included The Beatles Story, but maybe just a book(written by Bruce Spizer and illustrated with some of Paul's photo's) I will be looking to get the other four albums to complete my set. Hopefully Dave the remaining Capitol albums will be released at some stage in the future (and if you're listening/watching this Apple, Yesterday and Today released with it's original Butcher cover) Many thanks for this video Dave, and to you and everyone else who has bought the box set or the individual albums, I wish you all nothing but happy listening......

Hi I think it's a great box set. The difference between buying the 6 albums separately and buying the box set was 45 Euro over here in The Netherlands. So, I bought the box set. I already had some records of the box, but I'm happy I did buy it. I think the sound is great. O don't miss the book because of Spizer's notes in the leaflets. I am looking forward to a second box of American mono albums plus, Hey Jude. I hope Capitol will release this. Enjoy listening. Take care..

Hi Beatle Dave thanks for sharing this review of the 1964 U.S Beatles LP's, I was wondering if you were interested in doing a track vs track with the UK Beatles LP's it would be cool thanks again cheers.

Hi Dave, what was the quality like of your vinyl on each of the US albums.. mine had handling smudges, blemishes in the vinyl, and dish warped?

Thanks Dave for this review. I’ve gone to purchasing individual copies and so far consisting of A Hard Days Night, Meet The Beatles and Beatles 65. I’m highly delighted with the pressing and sound. 👏👍

Thanks Beatle Dave, for your review on the sound on the albums. Happy you liked them and shared your thoughts on these. See you next time!

Glad you got the Beatles US box for a discount price Dave but a pity about your George Harrison one not being available. My box set had to go back as there were skips on 4 of the discs. Re. the sound of the the records any modern vinyl mastering engineer worth his salt would have cut them better (which he did 100%) as they don't have to cut off the the top and bottom ends to cater for the cheaper turntables of the early 1960's. The engineer explained it in a Capitol/Beatles video that came out at the time of the Box release announcement. I think a book was not necessary as all the info is in each LP insert and would have bumped up the price a lot and be heavier to handle and ship. I believe the Veejay catalogue is now owned by Concord Music Group (Discogs info) so Capitol/Beatles/Universal could not have produced an 'Introducing' LP reissue in their box. Capitol, who virtually bankrupted the Veejay owner at the time via legal fees, basically pretend that Veejay and their LP never existed and in their corporate, timewarp thinking 'The Early Beatles' LP has replaced the Veejay one in early '64.😆

The way I look at it, Dave, is if you really want these albums then they are worth it! Like you say, no one is forcing us to buy the box set! I am personally buying two or three of the individual albums and I’m happy with that!

We agree 100% on "Introducing the Beatles"; The album jackets certainly look better than my originals. Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor

You're going to have to buy a follow up set containing the rest of the US albums like the butcher album. Why didn't they do ALL the albums at once ?

I bought Harrison's 'Living in the Material World' album when I was 17. I loved it immediately, the compositions were straight from the heart, George's emoting, his slide guitar playing, the artwork. There was a lot to appreciate. I've heard the new remix, and I'm buying the double CD. They made a great album even better!

Hi there my brother. I do think the box dose have something Beatles..... But we will see right now. But so sorry about you George box set . But she did get them for you and so nice :). Can she get me one too :)LOL !!!! But look at you and getting the US box set wow !!!! Good to see them and so glad you got them too wow so nice!!!! Enjoy them mate cheers :)!!!!!!!

Hey People I just want your opinion on something. I ordered George Harrison Living in the Material World Box Set on Amazon, and it says: Order Received, we'll email you when we get a delivery date. This set on the Harrison Website has been labelled (out of stock) for at least a month, maybe more. As much as I love Oliver Harrison and Dhani for who they are, they only made 5000 copies Worldwide?? It's going to be Interesting to see what and when Amazon makes a move. Im sure this would be happening to other people, maybe you can tell me about your experience. Cheers Martin

Think it was a wise decision. Bargain price, plus don't forget you've got the money to come for the George Harrison set

I sent a friendly comment but got a reply from someone other than youself. They said my comment was a fool comment. All I was saying was I don't feel the need to buy the US albums box set myself.

I’m pleased that you got the box set, Dave! I think that Capitol/EMI bought United Artists in the 70s so now own the rights to the album but I’m not 100% sure! I don’t know who owns the rights to Vee Jay Records.

Im looking to stockpile for a UK guy I see at the Jersey Beatlefest to finish up my Parlis with,(again).You might have a chance to get a load of originals from him if I can swing the trade deal with him.VJs ,Tollies,Canadian Capitol Beethovens and All My Lovings and other non UK 45s!!(And the VJ and Capitol lps,too!!)