_hi_water._ Marathon (#1)

[_hi_water._]

Which one of these bands should I do a marathon on?

Did one on Rush and Van Halen recently, so that's out of the question :D

[Rutlefan]

I just did Zeppelin a couple weeks ago. I recommend Zeppelin.

[laughedatbytime]

Yes

[Rick N. Backer]

The Beatles don’t have any clunkers in their catalog. Dream Theater, by contrast, . . .

[_hi_water._]

The Beatles don’t have any clunkers in their catalog. Dream Theater, by contrast, . . .

I'm guessing you aren't a prog fan?

[JohnnyBlaze]

I vote for the FULL hi-water poll treatment!

 

That is, do polls for ALL of those musical acts simultaneously, releasing a new discography poll every half hour!

 

:P

[Entre_Perpetuo]

I voted Judas Priest.

 

I think these are all fine choices though. After having done a Genesis marathon a couple weeks back I'd say it's a very fun and rewarding experience, especially if there are particular eras to the band's discography and you like things from all of it.

[zepphead]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

[driventotheedge]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

[Rod in Toronto]

If you do Sabbath, I'll join you.

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

[laughedatbytime]

If you do Sabbath, I'll join you.

There's four guys in the band, how do you plan to split them up?

[J2112YYZ]

I voted for Maiden. But before I did that I probably should have asked if all the bands you picked are ones you haven't heard the discographies of yet?

[bathory]

I picked mahavishnu because you'll be done faster and none of their shit sucks, as far as I know. four instrumental records and a live album, you don't even have to pay that much attention

 

hendrix has a perfect discog through 1968 but he's put out more posthumous records than 2pac. they live on the same secret island, I guess

 

beatles aren't really good until a hard day's night and they don't really take off til help! and they don't REALLY take off until rubber soul

[zepphead]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such. Edited September 6, 2020 by zepphead

[Entre_Perpetuo]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

[Rick N. Backer]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

[Rick N. Backer]

You might want to explore the individual Beatles' solo outputs.

[zepphead]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

[Rick N. Backer]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

[ReRushed]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

George Martin regretted releasing SSF and PL as a single. He said they belonged on Sgt. Pepper's. Including them would have strengthened the vague concept of the album.

 

Also, "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" were not on Revolver and "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" were not on Rubber Soul.

Edited September 7, 2020 by ReRushed

[zepphead]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

George Martin said that they had a 'rule' at the time that singles shouldn't go on albums and so they were dropped from Pepper. Guess that's what they felt was right for them at that point in time.

[zepphead]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

George Martin regretted releasing SSF and PL as a single. He said they belonged on Sgt. Pepper's. Including them would have strengthened the vague concept of the album.

 

Also, "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" were not on Revolver and "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" were not on Rubber Soul.

The 'no singles' rule strikes again!

[Rick N. Backer]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

George Martin regretted releasing SSF and PL as a single. He said they belonged on Sgt. Pepper's. Including them would have strengthened the vague concept of the album.

 

Also, "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" were not on Revolver and "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" were not on Rubber Soul.

 

Paul disputes that the concept was ever about Liverpool. However, he also disagrees with what the inspiration for A Day in the Life was, so who knows.

[ReRushed]

Blue Oyster Cult.

 

Beatles would be interesting though as there were a few major differences in terms of album releases between US and UK.

If you do The Beatles, PLEASE do it by UK releases as that's the way the band intended their albums to be put out. Greed by Capitol records was responsible for them chopping up the albums to create more "product".

 

What about the superior US release of Magical Mystery Tour?

The Magical Mystery Tour US release was basically padded out to make an album with a bunch of singles bolted on. Again Capital records milking things. TBH MMT was more just a soundtrack to a BBC broadcast and is not really an album as such.

 

But you've got to admit if you were going to count it as an album it would make more sense to count the US version, especially since the songs that got bolted onto are among The Beatles' best work and don't appear on other albums.

 

Think about that. They released Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane BEFORE Sgt. Pepper. They did the same thing the next year with Lady Madonna/The Inner Light and Hey Jude/Revolution from the white album sessions. Unthinkable after the 60s to release songs of that caliber as stand alone singles.

Why? If they are not part of an album concept then why should they be on it??? .... unless... it makes a few more bucks for the record label.

 

Except SFF and PL were recorded as part of the Sgt. Pepper sessions.

George Martin regretted releasing SSF and PL as a single. He said they belonged on Sgt. Pepper's. Including them would have strengthened the vague concept of the album.

 

Also, "Rain" and "Paperback Writer" were not on Revolver and "Day Tripper" and "We Can Work It Out" were not on Rubber Soul.

 

Paul disputes that the concept was ever about Liverpool. However, he also disagrees with what the inspiration for A Day in the Life was, so who knows.

Paul seems to be a bit of a revisionist regarding Beatles history. Of course, I wasn't there and he was, so like you said, who knows? Anyway, Paul always remembers Beatles history favoring him.

 

And the subject and topics of the songs seem to contradict him.

Edited September 7, 2020 by ReRushed