The Beatles Love Songs Album Value

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Asthe title suggests, Love Songs is a double LP set which collects some of the greatest of the Beatles love songs, spanning their entire career. This version of Girl was a new remix. In 1980 the album was split into two separate single LP releases. A different version was released in Canada on gold vinyl, with some copies including the picture book from the special releases of Let It Be.

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Log in or register to post comments COMMENTS DaveB Submitted by DaveB on Tue, 2021-01-19 10:41 Agree. Some people just don't know when to call it a day. There are blues legends who can carry on performing into the late years but they're not trying to create what is no longer inside them.

The thing is, it was just under three years ago when McCartney released Egypt Station. I didn't think he'd lost anything there. It's not as if he's been putting out mediocre albums one after the other. I feel that with the world's state leaving him unable to tour, he needed to fill his time up. I'm not sure if this album would exist if it weren't for COVID actually...

I haven't been a big fan of most of what he's done since Flaming Pie. But to each their own. I realize hard-core fans will always give him the benefit of the doubt but let us not forget he had set some lofty songwriting standards during his career.

This critique is measured, or colored, by the history of his past songs that are at the level of artistic masterpiece. How would one critique this album if that knowledge was absent, or if this was a debut album? Hmmm.

Should we expect every song to be great, or every album to be a masterpiece. Very few albums by any artist have every song on the album having us proclaiming the work as a whole is a masterpiece, Paul and company is/are on the short list of those that can claim to have one Masterpiece album. (Arguably more than one)

It is difficult to have our expectations met when our expectations are so high. If we set them so high then We should be open minded enough to be understanding, not be disappointed, when they are not met.

It may have seemed as if my verdict was based off of McCartney III being compared to past work. That was not intended. I more used the tool of comparison to help readers get an idea of how much they might enjoy this album.

After listening I can truthfully say that this album is one I wouldn't revisit, but wouldn't cover my ears if someone were to play it around me. My scoring was derived from how I found the album to stand on its own, not in comparison to the rest of McCartney's catalogue.

doing this record. Seems, he sat in his studo and played around with all possibilities and due to COVID had nothing else to do. Being with himself the music is different from all his output since 2000.

I played the vinyl already several times and it did not land in the rubbish bin yet. So that is a good sign (8 out of 10 vinyl records I buy go into the rubbish bin, I guess - I free the space from bad vinyl... it feels good to own good records only).

I would buy this one again (and yes, everything else of McCartney since 2000 I throw away, I have to admit).

If you don't have any used record stores in your area you could at least donate them to Goodwill or another charity. Throwing away playable LPs that would be useful to a charity and that someone else might enjoy is a terrible thing to do. Please rethink your wasteful and irrational behavior.

You're right, this record is digitally sourced. It is also compressed, although to my knowledge basically every recording needs to be at least a little compressed to fit onto a vinyl record, even analogue recordings.

Despite that, vinyl is still technically an analogue format. There is no conversion from digital during playback, the music is still engraved into PVC like it always was. If we were to stop reviewing albums that had digitization along the way (or the whole way), there'd be a lot less to read. We live in a digital world, and that includes our recording technology, but vinyl is still an analogue format regardless.

Okay, those who support digital recordings, and digital playbacks, are interesting in 2021 (using the Super Master Clocks Generators)

But the world is not totally digital.

In the end, the misconception remains that there are no analogue recording studios.

Instead of waiting and hoping Paul comes up with another Let It Be or Yesterday, and degrading his work of the past 50 years, maybe it would be a good idea to celebrate some of great songwriters who have filled the void....John Prine, Andy Partridge and Elvis Costello, Joni Mitchell and Anas Mitchell all are revered around my house.

I've been listening to McCartney's music my entire life starting with the Beatles. I understood early on that the solo careers of each of the Beatles would probably never exceed or even match the genius level of their output as a group-- so I never looked for that in their solo work. I just took it in as new music, occasionally acknowledging that some of the songs were "good enough" IMO to have made the cut for a Beatles album. For example, a song like 'Dominos' from Egypt Station could have easily appeared on any number of Beatles albums and it would have not felt at all out of place.

Now here I am listening to McCartney III in 2020, all these years later, still trying to listen without prejudice, to just experience this work for what it is. It is a beautiful solo record made with skill, love, passion, and a wisdom that this artist has acquired over all of these years. Time is reflected in art. Bent and folded, hammered and polished into the timeless, but always connected to the times from which it came.

I would never judge a work of art like this by comparing the singing of anyone today with how they sounded more than half a century ago. Why bother? Paul sings beautifully as a 79 year old man, and that singing works with this collection of songs. It just feels right.

I've listened to this album maybe 4-5 times now. I find I enjoy it more with each play. Maybe I'm not totally amazed, but I am definitely appreciative and grateful that we got this excellent album-- released during the darkest period of my lifetime-- it has helped me to find a little peace and a little joy. Things that are worth a hell of a lot to me right now.

At the end of the day, music is all about emotional connection. The fact that this album is acting as a crutch through some tough times is nothing short of amazing! I hope things begin to get better for you and those you love, hang in there.

This has been a one hell of a year. My hope is that our country can heal and come together again. That people can come to believe in our country again. That we REALLY deal with the multi-front-crisis we're facing, and learn to respect each other again.

We've been divided for a long time. We have to get past that somehow. No matter who won the election, in this case Biden, my deepest wish is that they, with our help, will succeed in breaking the back of this pandemic and rebuilding, together, our country-- each, according to his or her means.

I want to live in a country where we have each other's backs again. Where we can ALL be Americans again. Where we can all be proud of our country again. That was where we were when my life began and it's what I hope to see again before it's over.

No. It does not. I have a fairly decent front end, with a couple of good turntables (SOTA Star Sapphire series VI, & a MoFi Ultradeck) and cartridges that range from $500 to about $9,000 (Soundsmith Hyperion, Soundsmith Paua, MoFi MasterTracker)-- and in every case the record sounds clear, warm, and dynamic enough that I never think about compression while listening to it. It just sounds good. The pressing quality (the green vinyl release in my case) is excellent. Flat, clean, and quiet. I really don't get all the nitpicking-- and I'm a pretty OCD kind of guy when it comes to vinyl.

When I listen to music I try to ignore the gear and just "be there" as much as I can. All I can say about the MasterTracker is that it makes the music sound engaging and fun. I miss nothing. I can hear the nuanced differences and micro-detail that the Soundsmith Hyperion delivers, and it certainly is an amazing cartridge, a real joy to listen to, but when I'm listening with the MasterTracker, I just don't care. Both of those cartridges connect me to the moment, to the music, and I'm happy. There is a certain drive and forcefulness that seems to come a bit more from the moving magnet design that I find very appealing. I like them both about equally. The Soundsmith Paua is also wonderful, a tiny bit warmer than the Hyperion, and also a joy to listen to, but I'm happy enough with the other two that I don't find myself using that cartridge as much. There really isn't a damn thing wrong with any of them. Did you read the Stereophile article on several inexpensive cartridges last month (the ATI in particular)? That was a real eye-opener for me.

By Herb Reichert. I bought the Audio-Technica based on his review and have been enjoying it now for a couple of weeks. Very good indeed. His review of the diy phono preamp the month before also is on my wish list.

Though I most definitely share in your opinion of the songs on McCartney III showing more resemblance to what could be best be described as an elementary love devotion in the form of a song, when you look back on his other works such as Band On the Run, he's clearly a skilled man as we all know.

The Beatles sit among the ranks of icons like Mother Mary and iPhones for how universally well-known they are. Fly to the far corners of the globe and chances are high that if you hold up a jaunty four-framed photo of Paul, John, George, and Ringo, someone will recognize them. It goes without saying how significant The Beatles were for the music industry, but what isn't said nearly enough is how important they can be for your wallet. The Beatles merchandise is some of the only pop culture collectibles that don't suffer from low-values because of the sheer amount of it that was sold. After all, 'tis the season for making a good decision while vinyl's still hot; hunt down some of the most valuable Beatles albums and records to sell for college tuition level amounts of money.

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