Newer PostOlder PostT U E S D AY, M A R C H 2 1 , 2 0 0 6Beatles Travesty, Vol. 2I'm a fanatic Beatles fan, but not an unreasonable soul.</p><p> So believe mewhen I say The Capitol Albums, Volume 1 was one of the most shoddilypackaged boxed sets for a major artist I have ever seen.</p><p> It came in aflimsy, cheap cardboard box mimicking the "longbox" format popular15 years ago.</p><p> The four CDs themselves came in pseudo-LP jackets alsovery cheaply made without any album listings on the spine.</p><p> All four ofthem were housed in a super-cheap cardboard slipcase that folded backonto itself so it could at least be housed in the same space as regularCDs -- except it too had no info on its spine, so if you placed it on yourbookcase alongside other Beatles albums, it offered just a generic,blank front that gave you no clue as to what it actually contained.</p><p> MostBeatles bootlegs are put together with far more care.</p><p> This was the firstsonic upgrade since the Beatles debuted on CD in the '80s, making itLONG overdue.</p><p> So I bought the junky, insulting packaging to get thesongs -- which are presented in the same order as their original USreleases.</p><p> Thank God for iPod; I just took the newly remastered songsand plugged them into the original album order as much as possible.The outcry over such a pathetic release was universal, so now Capitol isreleasing Vol. 2 on April 11...and apparently doing it just as cheaply thesecond time around.</p><p> Well done! Only a true idiot could mess upsomething as sure fire as a "new" release by the Beatles.POSTED BY MICHAEL IN NEW YORK AT 4:35 PM 0 C O M M E N T S :Post a CommentL I N K S T O T H I S P O S TCreate a LinkHomeSubscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)Next Blog»sal1mineo@hotmail.comSEARCH BLOG FLAG BLOGFOLLOW BLOGP O P S U R F I N G .</p><p> C O MS U R F I N G T H E WAV E S O F P O P U L A R C U LT U R EB Y M I C H A E L G I LT Z & F R I E N D SPOPSURFING.COM: Beatles Travesty, V ol. 2http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/03/beatles-travesty-vol-2.html 1 of 37/29/09 2:41 AMFAV O R I T E L I N K SAmericablogFive O'Clock Lightning baseball blogDeep Pop -- Lori Lakin's BlogThe Back Page -- Jason Page on ESPNRadioCine-Blog -- George Robinson's BlogDocuments On Art & Cinema - DarylChin's BlogBrucie G's Wondrous Blog OfAdventure and Mystery -- BruceGreenspan's BlogB L O G A R C H I V E▼ 2009 (17)▼ July (3)1939 -- The Greatest Year ForMoviesSwimming Bans Those Hi-TechSuits!Best Movies Of The Year -- TheMaster List► June (3)► May (1)► March (2)► February (1)► January (7)► 2008 (86)► 2007 (781)► 2006 (2412)► 2005 (5)C O N T R I B U TO R SBiboyMichael in New YorkAaron POPSURFING.COM: Beatles Travesty, V ol. 2http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/03/beatles-travesty-vol-2.html 2 of 37/29/09 2:41 AMPOPSURFING.COM: Beatles Travesty, V ol. 2http://popsurfing.blogspot.com/2006/03/beatles-travesty-vol-2.html 3 of 37/29/09 2:41 AM
