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    I agree......
    
    ALL WE NEED IS BEATLES

    There were some rumors a couple of months ago that some agreements
    had been reached, and that the Beatles' stuff would be released
    on CD, starting with some of the later albums and greatest hits
    collections.
    
    However, according to Digital Audio magazine,  a spokesperson for
    Capitol Records has denied that any agreement was reached.  I don't
    remember the exact issue of Digital Audio, but it was a few months
    ago.
    
    

    I ASKED THE GUY AT ROCK MANIA ABOUT THE BEATLES STUFF LAST WEEK
    AND HE SAYS THERE IS NO TRUTH TO THE RUMOR AT ALL. IN FACT HE CLAIMS
    THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD THE BEATLES LAWYERS WANT TO PULL THE RECORDS
    OFF THE SHELF. HE HAS BEEN PRETTY ACCURATE IN THE PAST.
                         
    PJ

    Well at least I have my Abbey Road CD. I heard it was last going
    for $120.00 in New York.
    
    Jeff
    

    ABBEY ROAD CD ?
    
    WHERE DID THAT COME FROM ?
    
    MIKE

    Ha,
    
    Oh back when I bought my CD player, ( December 1983), A japanese
    company had illegally released Abey Road in America. There were
    only a few hundred ( I think) made. I bought it for $22.00 then.
    When I last went to BCD in cambridge, I got to talking with the
    guys and I said that I never see it anymore in stores and they said
    the company had to take it off the market, forced by beatles rights
    owners. I said I had one, and he told me the going price was $150.00
    in New York. It sounds great, and it is considered a collectors
    item. 
    
    BTW-- The label is in all Japanese.
    
    Jeff
    

    RE:.3
    
    I do not know what to believe but I do not want to believe .3. 
    
    
    I have heard various rumours:
    
    1) The Beatles will be coming out on CD in late spring of '86.
    
    2) The Beatles will be coming out soon as per Boston Globe article.
    
    3) George Martin has just finished remixing the Beatles tapes into
       Digital format (late May).
    
    Does anyone have the real state of THE BEATLES????????
    
    
    walter (very curious and waiting for The Beatles)

    The thought of George Martin digitally re-mixing the tracks for
    CD is a warm, happy thought. God, I hope it's true!
    
    --- jerry

    There are two discs on the market now which bear the Beatles
    name.  One is called "The Golden Beatles" and the other is
    called "The Silver Beatles".  I'm tempted to type in the
    complete review from Digital Audio and Compact Disc Review,
    but as an excerpt, the review of Golden says "Don't buy this
    disc, even for its curiosity value.  To do so would only
    encourage this kind of shady hucksterism."  He says that
    the disc is a collection of bad interviews and pseudo-
    Beatles songs credited to "The Yeadles" and "The Quorymen".
    Performance is listed as 0.5 out of 10.0, and the sound
    quality is 1.5 out of 10.0.
    
    The Silver Beatles is "slightly more successful" being drawn
    "from the Beatles' 1962 audition tape for Decca - the first
    major label to turn them down, allegedly on the grounds that
    guitar groups were on the way out."  He goes on to say that
    "The audition tape was never released in an authorized
    commercial version, and there's no reason to believe that
    this disc changes that." and "based on this tape, Decca was
    not entirely crazy to have turned the Beatles down."
    He rated Silver Beatles as 2.5 performance and 2.0 sound
    quality.
    
    Glenn
    
    By the way, the reviewer is Daniel Rosenbaum, an old college
    roommate of mine who had more albums than anyone I've ever
    known.

    I did buy the "Silver Beatles" CD, and it's not bad.  At the advice
    of someone at BCD, I passed up "Golden Beatles".  There is also
    a widely available CD called "Beatles First" which is really a Tony
    Sheridan record, with occasional back-up by the Beatles.  Pass this
    one up.  There's also a double disc set of live recordings from
    a club in Hamburg.  I haven't heard it, but the word I've heard
    is: Avoid it!
    
    Finally, there are at least a couple of CDs of Beatles songs being
    performed by other groups, orchestras, baroque combos, etc.  I suppose
    these might be ok if you like this sort of thing.
    
    We want the real thing!!!
    
    By the way, when and if they do start releasing Beatles CDs,  I
    suspect they'll release the "Greatest Hits" albums first, then,
    when sales level off, release the original records.  Finally, when
    sales of these level off, they'll release the MFSL (or someone else's)
    re-mastered versions.  That way, if you're a real fan, they'll get
    you to buy everything three times.

    I bought "Silver Beatles" Vol. I and Vol. II on cassette tape in
    a bargain bin at Strawberries a few weeks ago for $1.99 each. Great
    for collectors as it is a fair "Representitive Sample" of the Beatles
    at that time (after all, these were the demo tapes given to Decca!)
    But to pay big bucks for this on CD... (The tapes weren't that good
    to begin with...) And MONO to boot... I must agree with a previous reply:
                   DON'T ENCOURAGE THEM!!!
    			   WE WANT:
     			ABBEY ROAD, and
    			SERGEANT PEPPER, and....
    			the list goes on...
    
    						Tom Testagrossa

    It is true that the disks mentioned aren't worth the bother. 
    
    One can only hope that the originals are remixed for the new medium.
    
    Our understanding is the Micheal Jackson owns the rights to the
    music itself and that the issue is still in court because the former
    Beatles and Yoko Ono are still contesting the right of ownership
    of the original songs.
    
    The latest word that we have is that the disk will be released in
    December in the English versions.
    
    But until you have a non-bootleg disk in your hand, you'll have
    to wait.
    
    Matt Partlow with his brother Brian
    
    partlowma::pender
    
     

	From an article that I read in THE WRITE THING, a Beatles fan
club magazine, Yoko was not all *that* upset that Michael Jackson bought
the rights to the Lennon-McCartney songs for 2 reasons. 1) After having
spoken to Michael about his thoughts on music, publishing, etc., felt 
that he would treat the material with respect and not do anything that
would cheapen the Beatles image for sake of making a buck. 2) Michael 
and Sean Ono Lennon are good friends!  Don't know Pauls *real* reaction
to the whole ordeal.  
	From what I gather, and understand of music copyrights, publishing, 
etc., M.J. would receive royalties on the printed music sold, recorded music 
aired, and own the rights (as well as receive royalties) to decide who will 
record the music in the future.  Does this mean that M.J. has final say as 
to whether or not Lennon-McCartney material (though previously released) has 
the final say as to EMI/Capitol re-releasing Beatles material on a different 
medium or does EMI/Capitol retain those rights? Does anyone know? Since the
"repackaging" or the re-release of the Beatles LPs (American or British) onto 
CD would certainly not be cheapening them M.J. would have nothing to gain
but $$$ if that were so.
	Just a thought...Anyone in the L.A. area care to call Capitol Records
and find out what they can (not necessarily about the M.J. portion) about 
the release of Beatles CD's and post it here in the notes file?  I'm sure
that it would be GREATLY appreciated by many.

_stew- (who's anxiously awaiting The Beatles on CD)

    So, WHERE ARE THE BEATLES?
    
    I'll tell you where they aren't...don't get "The Golden Beatles"
    or "The Silver Beatles"...these CDs are ripoffs, according to a
    review in Digital Audio mag. 
    
    "The Golden Beatles" doesn't even have any full songs; just bits
    and pieces -- it's mostly an interview album, and a badly recorded
    one at that.
    
    "The Silver Beatles" has no Lennon-McCartney songs. Just early rock
    standards recorded badly.
    
    Stay away!!

    
    Well, there is always "The Other Side of Abbey Road", by George
    Benson (before he worked with QJ).
                 
    It's a *very* good cover, but it's still not the Beatles.
    (But sounds like it's better than Gold or Silver.)
    
			    					-mr. bill

    There is also a nifty disk called "Bach Meets The Beatles,
    Improvisations on Beatle melodies in the style of J.S. Bach".
    John Bayless, Piano.  ProArte CDD211.  I love it!
    
    Burns
    

    Nothing new about the Beatles CD, but last saturday I saw a program
    on french TV with an interview with Paul. It lasted about 30 min
    and gave some old and new video clips as well. 
    
    In the interview the question about Michael Jackson buying the
    rights and what Paul felt about it, he said that it had been a
    fair deal. M.J. had paid 50 million dollars for the right and
    he himself did not have any hard feelings towards Michael.
    He did however think it would have been a bit stiff having to
    pay 50 million for something he made himself for "free" as he
    put it.
    
    Still waiting.
    
    Svein.
    

    According to one of the guys at BCD, their distributer is starting
    to ask for estimates of initial orders of Beatles titles.  I don't
    know how reliable this is, but he said the first Beatles titles
    should be available by next summer.  He said that the record companies
    agreed to pay double the normal LP royalties, which is what the
    Beatles were asking, according to some other sources.

    I heard on Maryland radio that some Beatles' CD's are to be out
    before Christmas to catch the gift shopping market.  I don't know
    what to believe, but they seemed pretty sure of themselves...
    (I don't expect them for at least a few months)
    
        -Steve