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A Hard Day's Night is full of great moments. John's voice and guitar intro to "If I Fell." The chord progression is just gorgeous. The switch from minor key to major in "Things We Said Today," maybe one of the best overlooked Beatles songs. Ringo's snappy drum fill in "You Can't Do That" right after John sings "cuz I told you before..."

I love John Lennon's dirty guitar work in Yer Blues, and how the tune slowly builds into that swinging uptempo section at the end before Ringo brings everything back down to a crawl. I also love that they all recorded that standing shoulder-to-shoulder in a closet.

I'm a big freaking Beatlemaniac. I'll have to listen again. I hear Paul mostly because of what I read in the book -- someone who was present during recording -- but people's memories can be fuzzy after all these years. And the intake of substances.

I love the transition from the end of "Flying" to "Blue Jay Way" on MMT. The fade-out in "Flying" is really weird; the song just seems to stop abruptly and there's all sorts of weird backwards sounds. It's kind of eerie, then goes quiet. Then the organ that opens "Blue Jay Way" quietly comes creeping back in and that ominous melody starts. It's just a brilliant sequencing of tracks.

I love most everything Jimi did. This may belong in the blasphemy thread, but the one Hendrix recording I can probably listen to over and over again is the Blues compilation.

Speaking on Anthology, I love the total breakdown of pot giggles Paul and John get during a take of "And Your Bird Can Sing." It's so carefree and fun. Being in the studio was still fresh and exciting, and they didn't all hate being in the same room yet. Paul liked to curse a lot, apparently. I love his "oh, shit" during the take of "A Day in the Life" on Anthology. Right at 3:19.

I love all the subtle and not-so-subtle differences between the mono and stereo mixes. That's another thread itself. I love the way the rooster crow at the end of "Good Morning Good Morning" seamlessly turns into a bent guitar note to start the Sgt. Pepper reprise. I love the finger snaps going on with the background vocals in "Here, There and Everywhere." It only happens during one section of the song, but it's a brilliant addition to the tune. I love the very end of "And Your Bird Can Sing" when Paul plays those last couple of diddles on the bass. I love the yawn in "I'm Only Sleepin

Yep, 2:57. Listen closely. It's right after "Remember, to let her under your skin." There's the "woah," and then then Paul cursing comes in right as they sing the "then you begin..." line. According to Geoff Emerick's book, it's Paul. He hit a bad note on the piano and muttered it into the mic. Lots of great tidbits in that book.

I'm pickin' up what you're puttin' down. Maybe the Grammys were different in 1969 than they are today.

I love John and George's additions of "arm" and "foot" after Paul sings the line "Desmond lets the children lend a hand" in "Ob La Di Ob La Da." Very subtle, but you can hear it if you listen closely. I love that they decided to leave in Paul's mumbling "f*cking hell" in "Hey Jude." I love Paul snickering in "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" when he sings "writing 50 times..." Mentioned in another thread: I love Lennon's manic sax playing in the coda of Helter Skelter.

That design may have been cutting-edge for 1969. According to Wikipedia, the Interwebs' most reliable source for everything, art director David Juniper was nominated for a Grammy for Best Recording Package for the album. I might just have to listen to Zep II that way now. I'm intrigued.

I second this. It's too bad a song like "Golden" ruined it for some of you. It's a good song, but not MMJ at their best.

You should go. It's terrific.

JPJ has another new venture with a Norwegian ambient artist. They're called Minibus Pimps. http://pitchfork.com/news/53571-led-zeppelins-john-paul-jones-and-deathprod-are-minibus-pimps-announce-cloud-to-ground/

Gave In Through the Out Door a listen yesterday. Been a long time. I do enjoy some late-period Zep. Thanks for reminding me of that.

Not gonna lie -- I've never listened to She's the One. And I love the Wildflowers record.

When did this happen, and how did I miss it?

My wife gave me the Bob Dylan Mono Recordings box set; that has some pretty good liner notes. I also enjoyed the stuff from all the Uncle Tupelo reissues. I believe I've posted it here before, but Brian Henneman's essay penned for Wilco's A.M. vinyl reissue is great too: *** A.M., Where to begin? The beginning, I guess. Problem is, I can't remember the beginning. Who hired me? Jeff? Tony? Was I ever officially "hired"? Hell if I know. I know I flew to Memphis, and started recording as soon as I got there. I DO remember wondering who was "in charge". There didn't seem to be a clear cut "lea

I wanted to do this one, but wasn't sure if I could get away with it.

That, or III, like Analogman said. I have IV on vinyl and I'll probably just keep listening to it that way.

I grew up listening to the box sets from 1990 (crop circles) and 1993 (everything that wasn't on the first). It wasn't until much later that I heard the albums in proper sequence. Sometimes when I hear a Zep track, in my mind I'll think of what comes next according to the box set track listing instead of the album sequence. They were just burned in my brain that way. The BBC record is tops.

In no particular order...and I know I'm missing stuff. The Beatles - Please Please Me Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin I Uncle Tupelo - No Depression Wilco - A.M. Son Volt - Trace Bob Dylan - Bob Dylan The Band - Music from Big Pink The Doors - The Doors My Morning Jacket - The Tennessee Fire The Black Keys - The Big Come Up Dr. Dog - Easy Beat Jackson Browne - Jackson Browne (Saturate Before Using) Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? Oasis - Definitely Maybe Paul Simon - Paul Simon Ryan Adams - Heartbreaker Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood Tom Waits - Closing Time Pink Floyd - Piper a

I go back and forth on ITMWLY. Live, it has more muscle, but the album version swings better. Plus I get turned off sometimes when the guitar feedback intro in live settings goes on too long. I'm sort of the same way toward PKB, but I do prefer the live ending more than the fade-out on disc. Although - for those of you who own YHF on vinyl - you know the ending of PKB on vinyl is different than the one on disc or digital. It's where the live ending came from.

This is where I watch baseball.

My local record store has Vol. II and Vol. III for about $35 each. I'm gonna see if they go down. They've been there for a while.