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The Beatles Rarities {import}

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Please know that this is a pirate release. Rarities UK or US was never on CD. These tracks are on official CDs now, especially Past Masters (the same reason Hey Jude/The Beatles Again isn't on CD either). MFSL sure didn't release this (theres also a fake MFSL pirate of Abbey Road mono).
When the original UK LP was released in 1978, most of these tracks were never on an album there before. These classics are generally well known among the fans. This is more for completists really.
I wouldn't mind getting the edition which is combined with Let It Be. If I do come across this one, and its not too much, I'd buy it.

Alot of these songs have been released on other compilations since this album became available with The Beatles Collection.
Past Masters Volume One and Two has all these and more.
At one stage you could only buy it with the collection which was a bit silly, if you already had the albums.So some of the songs you just could't buy,and i'm talking early 80's.
But my brother managed to aquire a copy,but i would't dare say how.
One reviewer here of this album Edger points out the good version of Across The Universe,which i agree it's much better than any other.
The Inner light is probably the best of George Harrisons Sitar based songs,or should i say best of a bad bunch.
I like the part where he say's the farther one travels the less one knows.But if you think i'm making some sort of hidden religious statement here,let's get something strait,i deal with facts,and the lyric itself i could write pages explaining how it's the greatest load of nonsense i ever heard.
Song's and they were good songs like Thankyou Girl were very hard to get as the were only released on compilations.Songs like Yes It Is were b sides of singles,so we just couldn't get them.
The German versions of She Loves You and I Want To hold Your Hand are interesting curios,but i have seldom played them.
It was apparently not The Beatles idea to record them.

I was very impressed with the version of "Across the Universe" the sound effects of birds and the childrens choir made the song all that it should be, as this is a beautiful song. Also "You know my name" is hilarious. I have also now got "Inner Light" which I didn't have before. Overall "excellent"