The Beatles- ARTIFACTS (1968 & 1969)

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The Beatles- ARTIFACTS (1968 & 1969)- 2CD- 1993/2013- Toshiba-EMI Limited- 300 grn
Its release predated the officially produced Anthology by more than two years, and its hard to believe Anthology didn’t take some cues from this beautifully produced set. Collecting some of the most significant bootlegs of the last 25-odd years in chronological order, ARTIFACTS tells the complete Beatles story through outtakes, live concert tracks, demos, overdub sessions, and rehearsals with complete linear notes and full color photos.
COMPILATION INCLUDES:
1. The Beatles- ARTIFACTS: ALONE TOGETHER 1968 (The Definitive Collection Of Beatles Rarities 1960-1969)- CD- 1993/2013- Toshiba-EMI Limited- 4988006818170 (TOCP-98597)
Replica From Original Japanese Edition.
Comes In A Cardboard Sleeve And Includes 20 Page Book With OBI-Strip.
2. The Beatles- ARTIFACTS: THE LONGEST ROAD 1969 (The Definitive Collection Of Beatles Rarities 1960-1969)- CD- 1993/2013- Toshiba-EMI Limited- 4988006818187 (TOCP-98598)
Replica From Original Japanese Edition.
Comes In A Cardboard Sleeve And Includes 20 Page Book With OBI-Strip.
One strongly suspects that the existence of this records, was largely responsible for getting Paul McCartney to take a serious look at what was in EMI's vaults, resulting in the release of The Beatles' Anthology series. However, this was the only game in town: choice outtakes, live concert tracks, demos, overdub sessions, and rehearsals covering the group's known recordings - it's essentially a best-of the Beatles' unauthorized output, from what were then the best-known sources of every track represented. The motto of "Big Music", whoever they were, was "Ain't No Limits", and they proved it on most of this set, which generally showed excellent selections and superb tape research, a true rarity for bootleg releases, especially on this scale - up to this time, the usual assumption by almost any producer had been that, with a records like this, people would accept quantity in lieu of quality, but on ARTIFACTS were was no compromise of that type. Just to rub EMI's face in it, all of the outtakes from the Please Please Me and With the Beatles albums are in stereo, which the authorized CDs aren't. Moreover, the makers included individually notable live and broadcast songs. Even live performances are from high-quality sources, and the concert numbers all pretty much come up to that standard. The records comes with a fully illustrated and annotated booklet providing information (where known) about each song and each performance. Not all of this material will be of interest to casual fans, and a lot of this didn't make it onto the authorized Anthology series, but even ordinary fans will find a lot of it fascinating to hear at least once, as a representation of the way the band's repertory evolved and developed in the studio. Each major era in the group's history is represented on the single discs, has the shakiest sound quality and also may prove the most enlightening and the most frustrating, since that material always worked best in its finished form, and sounds notably unfinished here, albeit revealing interesting little details at the same time. In all, this is 2,5 hours of good listening, and total immersion in the Beatles.
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