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The Beatles – 1964 - Beatles For Sale (UK Stereo) - MFSL Vinyl 1-104 (Dr. Ebbetts Remaster)


Reference :MFSL-1-104
Date :2000
Made In :USA
Quality :Excellent Stereo


A reproduction on CD of the Beatles' fourth UK album, as released by Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs.
These are transferred from the vinyl releases. Only the smallest amount of noise reduction necessary has been applied.
An excellent sounding recording, when compared to the actual Mobile Fidelity releases. Very clear, crisp stereo.



Tracks:

01 - No Reply - Lennon, McCartney - 2:17
02 - I'm a Loser - Lennon, McCartney - 2:33
03 - Baby's in Black - Lennon, McCartney - 2:07
04 - Rock & Roll Music - Berry - 2:33
05 - I'll Follow the Sun - Lennon, McCartney - 1:51
06 - Mr. Moonlight - Johnson - 2:37
07 - Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey! [medley] - Lieber, Penniman, Stoller - 2:33
08 - Eight Days a Week - Lennon, McCartney - 2:45
09 - Words of Love - Holly - 2:14
10 - Honey Don't - Perkins - 2:59
11 - Every Little Thing - Lennon, McCartney - 2:04
12 - I Don't Want to Spoil the Party - Lennon, McCartney - 2:36
13 - What You're Doing - Lennon, McCartney - 2:34
14 - Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby - Perkins - 2:23

Total duration: 34:43



AMG Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
It was inevitable that the constant grind of touring, writing, promoting, and recording would grate on the Beatles, but the weariness of Beatles for Sale comes as something of a shock. Only five months before, the group released the joyous A Hard Day's Night. Now, they sound beaten, worn, and, in Lennon's case, bitter and self-loathing. His opening trilogy ("No Reply," "I'm a Loser," "Baby's in Black") is the darkest sequence on any Beatles record, setting the tone for the album. Moments of joy pop up now and again, mainly in the forms of covers and the dynamic "Eight Days a Week," but the very presence of six covers after the triumphant all-original A Hard Day's Night feels like an admission of defeat or at least a regression. (It doesn't help that Lennon's cover of his beloved obscurity "Mr. Moonlight" winds up as arguably the worst thing the group ever recorded.) Beneath those surface suspicions, however, there are some important changes on Beatles for Sale, most notably Lennon's discovery of Bob Dylan and folk-rock. The opening three songs, along with "I Don't Want to Spoil the Party," are implicitly confessional and all quite bleak, which is a new development. This spirit winds up overshadowing McCartney's cheery "I'll Follow the Sun" or the thundering covers of "Rock & Roll Music," "Honey Don't," and "Kansas City/Hey-Hey-Hey-Hey!," and the weariness creeps up in unexpected places — "Every Little Thing," "What You're Doing," even George's cover of Carl Perkins' "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby" — leaving the impression that Beatlemania may have been fun but now the group is exhausted. That exhaustion results in the group's most uneven album, but its best moments find them moving from Merseybeat to the sophisticated pop/rock they developed in mid-career.



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A note about different artwork:

As told above, the good Dr. never did a remaster of the Parlophone edition of Beatles For Sale. He only used an MFSL rip, but he has done artwork for both. Included here is the original Parlophone cover art as well as the MFSL cover art.