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The Beatles - Rubber Soul (Oss)

Track listing:
  1. Drive My Car (Red Album) 2:27
  2. Norwegian Wood (Us Rubber Soul) 2:06
  3. You Won't See Me (Us Rubber Soul) 3:23
  4. Nowhere Man (Disque Americ) 2:45
  5. Think For Yourself (Us Rubber Soul) 2:19
  6. The Word (87 Emi) 2:43
  7. Michelle (Us Rubber Soul) 2:44
  8. What Goes On (Disque Americ) 2:49
  9. Girl (Us Rubber Soul) 2:30
  10. I'm Looking Through You (Us Rubber Soul) 2:26
  11. In My Life (Us Rubber Soul) 2:26
  12. Wait (Us Rubber Soul) 2:14
  13. If I Needed Someone (Disque Americ) 2:24
  14. Run For Your Life (Us Rubber Soul) 2:25
  15. I'm Looking Through You - False Start (Us Rubber Soul) 0:04
  16. The Word (Us Rubber Soul) 2:47

Notes

Rubber Soul (Optimal Source Series)


Another in the continuing Optimal Source Series. I'm putting together albums from the best available existing sources. All of the albums in this series will be from multiple sources. These are mostly remastered sources, but some are remixed. For remixes, I've stayed away from remixes that are significantly different than original mixes. Usually the only difference is the stereo placement. At this point I'm not planning on issuing Abbey Road or Sgt Peppers. That's because the entire Toshiba Black Triangle CD is the best source for Abbey Road, and the Ebbetts Blue Box is the best for Sgt Peppers.

"Rubber Soul" contains mostly songs from the Capitol CD, but, since this is the British Rubber Soul, I added tracks from the Disque Americ, as well as one each from the Red Album and original EMI release ('87 remix). For the most part, these are all original 1965 mixes. I also added, as bonus tracks, two mixes that were exclusively available on the US Stereo album. The false start to "I'm Looking Through You" can be added to the beginning of track 10 (just rearrange the order of the songs to get the US version).

Here is the lineup:

1. Drive My Car (Red Album)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (US)
3. You Won't See Me (US)
4. Nowhere Man (Disque Americ)
5. Think for Yourself (US)
6. Word (EMI)
7. Michelle (US)
8. What Goes On (Disque Americ)
9. Girl (US)
10. I'm Looking Through You (US)
11. In My Life (US)
12. Wait (US)
13. If I Needed Someone (Disque Americ)
14. Run for Your Life (US)
15. I'm Looking Through You - false start (US)
16. Word - US Stereo mix (US)

1. Drive My Car (Red Album)
2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) (US)
3. You Won't See Me (US)
4. Nowhere Man (Disque Americ)
5. Think for Yourself (US)
6. Word (EMI)
7. Michelle (US)
8. What Goes On (Disque Americ)
9. Girl (US)
10. I'm Looking Through You (US)
11. In My Life (US)
12. Wait (US)
13. If I Needed Someone (Disque Americ)
14. Run for Your Life (US)
15. I'm Looking Through You - false start (US)
16. Word - US Stereo mix (US)