6/1/17 It Was Fifty Years Ago and Probably Not Today
High 70's and sunny. Was foggy this morning.
Listening to the "deluxe" version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on Spotify. Man, are they scraping the walls of the vault to make some dough. Years ago when I had a bit more free time I downloaded the "complete" Let It Be sessions off a torrent site and holy hell was that tedious listening. You have to listen to about ten false starts to get to one interesting variant of a song or telling piece of banter. The people who put out the deluxe Sgt. Pepper presumably went through the tapes and found the cream of the crop of the creative process and either they did a lousy job or Pepper came together in the least interesting fashion possible. There are a few interesting moments (Strawberry Fields Forever Take 26 comes to mind) but the rest just sounds like rehearsal. Not essential by any means unless you're an obsessed collector.
Listening to the "deluxe" version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on Spotify. Man, are they scraping the walls of the vault to make some dough. Years ago when I had a bit more free time I downloaded the "complete" Let It Be sessions off a torrent site and holy hell was that tedious listening. You have to listen to about ten false starts to get to one interesting variant of a song or telling piece of banter. The people who put out the deluxe Sgt. Pepper presumably went through the tapes and found the cream of the crop of the creative process and either they did a lousy job or Pepper came together in the least interesting fashion possible. There are a few interesting moments (Strawberry Fields Forever Take 26 comes to mind) but the rest just sounds like rehearsal. Not essential by any means unless you're an obsessed collector.
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