I have a very complicated relation to this record. It is the debute album from the most famed band ever and thus of great historical importance. At the same time it's rather uneven, greater part firmly rooted in early sixties pop with only a couple of tracks showing the magic that later would take them to the top and make them stay there. To me title track, "I Saw Her Standing There" and the "Twist And Shout" cover are what make this LP. The rest also good, considering the zeitgeist in which it was made, and certainly better than most contemporary competing combos, but not that special. In my world the first real Beatles album is "With The Beatles" and this the training camp, the place where they started to get things in order and set for lift-off. In comparison to what they did later more interesting than fantastic, but still a must in any serious music collection. The UK copy here is what is called a "fourth press", after two gold label variations and the first yellow/black that came without "Recording first published". But even if a "fourth press" it's still 1963, as shown by the large "mono" on sleeve and label lacking the "Sold In UK..." print. The matrix no.s are also the same as the gold label mono - XEX 421-1N/XEX 422-1N and the audio just fine. For listening I do prefer the first German HörZu issue (see earlier post) as I hear that a tiny bit rawer and more natural, but maybe that's just me. (BÄ*) (PÖX*) (LGÅ*)
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