Beyond the Beatles 1964-1966

Product Description
After leaving the Beatles in 1962 to be replaced with Ringo Starr, Pete went on to re record over 40 songs in the 60's of which 20 are included here and 4 are bonus tracks.

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Beyond the Beatles 1964-1966

Average customer rating: To make a correction The WORST of BEST Historic curiosity best's absolute best Outrageously Bad! Best at his worst!

Beyond the Beatles 1964-1966 The Pete Best Combo Manufacturer: Griffin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Pete Best Combo Live at the Adelphi: Liverpool 1988 Best of the Beatles Ultimate Collection Memory Almost Full [Deluxe Limited Edition] ASIN: B000001LK1 Release Date: 1996-05-28

Tracks:

1. All Aboard
2. Why Did You Leave Me Baby?
3. Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
4. I Need Your Lovin'
5. I Can't Do Without You Now
6. Castin' My Spell
7. I'm Blue
8. She's Alright
9. Keys To My Heart
10. I'm Checkin' Out Now Baby
11. I'll Try Anyway
12. I Don't Know Why I Do
13. How Do You Get To Know Her Name?
14. She's Not The Only Girl In Town
15. If You Can't Get Her
16. More Than I Need Myself
17. I'll Have Everything Too
18. The Way I Feel About You
19. Don't Play With Me
20. Rock 'N' Roll Music
21. I Wanna Be There
22. Everybody
23. Pete's Theme
24. Off The Hook
25. Last Night
26. Nobody But You
27. Wait And See
28. Some Other Guy

Album Description

After leaving the Beatles in 1962 to be replaced with Ringo Starr, Pete went on to re record over 40 songs in the 60's of which 20 are included here and 4 are bonus tracks.

Customer Reviews:

To make a correction.......2006-10-19

Hello, this is Aaron Goldberg again. I have matured considerably since my first review of this album. I realize that Ringo Starr is an excellent drummer, better than Pete Best, but Best is quite good too. This is a pretty good CD. One drawback is poor sound quality. Some of these songs don't sound like they come from masters, and one, "The Way I Feel About You" sounds like it has a record pop! I would say 3.5 stars is about right.

The WORST of BEST.......2006-03-10

Ever wondered why Pete was fired? Here is the reason. This cd, in a word, sucks.

If I were going to torture a confession out of someone, then this is the method that I'd use, make them listen to this cd.
While it is true that this does not represent Beatle music of the era, it certainly doesn't represent Pete's best efforts either, and I sure wouldn't compare it to anything representing the Mersey Beat.

In all fairness to Pete, but in no way sympathetic, this cd best resembles a 747 breaking apart in mid-air...everything going every which-a-way while hoping it's going to somehow fly despite major parts of the craft heading sharply for the ground.

Sorry folks, if you were looking for some Best representation for your collection, this is not it.

Historic curiosity.......2005-09-28

Listening to this record I'm reminded of a lot of the pop bands of that era- Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Zombies, the Dave Clark Five and so forth. The big difference between those groups and the Pete Best combo is that the Best Combo's music just isn't as memorable. It's nice poppy stuff and all, but that's about it. There simply isn't a song on this album that sticks in your mind.

Over the years there's been a lot of nonsense about why the Beatles fire Best. Reading another review I came across the claim that they hired Ringo to destroy their "competition", the Rory Storm band, which is downright silly, as they had already far suprpassed Storm's band musically and in popularity when they hired Ringo. The most common claim was that Best was just too good, and took attention away from the others. That's about as silly as it sounds- especialy after listening to this disk, and to the Beatles' "archive" recordings. Best was a reasonably solid, but very limited, drummer who had a very few beats and fills in his repetoir. Ringo was a very inventive drummer with exceptional taste who crafted scores of unique beats, and inspired another generation to take up the drums.

Returning to the album under review, it's interesting as a historical curiosity, and certainly something you'd want if you were assembling a collection of all the Merseyside bands of the era. And I'm sure that a lot of people will find something here that most of us don't. But if you're looking for really great 60s pop, or great 60s rock drumming... well, there's always the Beatles.

best's absolute best.......2002-06-10

Let me first say that I am by no means a Beatles completist, revisionist or even fanatic. I dig the Beatles first and foremost as a beat band, and I dig 'em in the same way that I dig other bands of the same time and place: Rory Storm & the Hurricanes, the Big Three, et al. My favorite aspects of the Beatles arise from their beat sensibilities and to that end, I find their earlier material the most intriguing simply because--brace yourselves--it rocks. I'll take "I'm Down" over "brilliant" sap like Sgt. Pepper's any day of the week. And before anyone starts going through the roof we'd all do well to remember that though many have made the argument that Pepper's saved or revolutionized rock 'n' roll, others have just as validly opined that it ruined it. But that's another story.
The reason I bring up "Sgt Pepper's" is to say that, while that "legendary" album has always left me largely cold save for a couple of songs, when I first heard this CD I was simply blown away, particularly by "I Wanna Be There" and "I Don't Know Why I Do (I Just Do)." I wasn't judging the songs or the record against the impossible-to-compete-with yardstick of the Beatles' entire recorded output; in fact I wasn't judging it at all, I was just screamin' "Yeah!"
As far rock 'n' roll goes, this material stands up more than admirably. You don't have to be a Beatles fan to appreciate Best's pop sensibility and the song writing is excellent. The band's good, the songs are good and the drive and inspiration create that all-important intangible quality that all great rock 'n' roll must possess. If you're expecting music that you can compare to the songs that rock critics have been telling us for years are so "important"--the Beatles, Zeppelin, Bob Marley, latter day Stones, etc--it might not stack up, but then again what would? U2?
On the other hand, if you're sick to hell of having that over-indulgent junk rammed down your throat at every turn of the mile--or you're just looking for some damn good rock 'n' roll that you can spin alongside the Ronettes, the Pretty Things, Bobby Fuller and other under-appreciated geniuses that played from the gut--invest in the Best.
Don't be swindled into believing that Pete was a pathetic coat tail rider either: None of the material here bears any resemblence to the Beatles beyond the fact that it's cast in the beat idiom. An honest-to-goodness artifact from an amazing era containing all the musical ingredients that made that era what it was. The Pete Best Combo not only blows Ringo's solo efforts away--no great feat in itself--it runs roughshod over every solo album EVER made by any member of the fab four.

Outrageously Bad! Best at his worst!.......2001-08-02

Personally, I like and admire Peter Best as someone who has gone on with his life in spite of what happened. However, if you want Best at his best, try one of the many CD's around with the Beatles' work with Tony Sheridan or any of the pre-Ringo cuts floating about these days. These songs are JUNK! This combo is TERRIBLE and these tunes are without any redeeming qualities (heck, they're even poorly recorded to a one!) Pete deserved a hell of a lot better than this and fortunately, some of his better work is available.

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Beyond the Beatles 1964-1966 The Pete Best Combo Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005LDC5 Release Date: 1996-11-21

Tracks:

1. All Aboard
2. Why Did You Leave Me Baby?
3. Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
4. I Need Your Lovin'
5. I Can Do Without You
6. Castin' My Spell
7. I'm Blue
8. She's Alright
9. Keys to My Heart
10. I'm Checkin' Out Now Baby
11. I'll Try Anyway
12. I Don't Know Why I Do
13. How Do You Get to Know Her Name?
14. She's Not the Only Girl in Town
15. If You Can't Get Her
16. More Than I Need Myself
17. I'll Have Everything Too
18. Way I Feel About You
19. Don't Play With Me
20. Rock & Roll Music
21. I Wanna Be There
22. Everybody
23. Pete's Theme
24. Off the Hook

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[3 CD PACK] the Beatles in their own words A ROCKUMENTARY "Paul McCartney - Beyond The Myth / Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [DELUXE EDITION] / Yellow Submarine (Songtrack) [Original recording reissued] [Original recording remastered] {{{see details below}}} The Beatles ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JVD32M

Product Description

TRACK LISTINGS: A Rockumentary - Beyond the Myth... 1. Introduction By The Author 2. Paul's Younger Brother, Mike McCartney 3. Mike McCartney 4. Paul McCartney 5. Cavern Club compere, Bob Wooler 6. Beatles personal assistant, Alistair Taylor 7. Early Beatles Compere, 'Father' Tom McKenzie 8. Mike McCartney 9. Cavern Club Doorman, Paddy Delaney 10. Paul McCartney 11. Paul McCartney 12. Apple Executive Peter Brown 13. Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band Member, Roger Ruskin Spear 14. Bonzo Dog Man Neil Innes 15. Roger Ruskin Spear 16. Neil Innes 17. Bonzo Dog Drummer, 'Legs' Larry Smith 18. Paul McCartney 19. Mike McCartney 20. Denny Laine 21. Denny Laine 22. Steve Holly 23. Mike McCartney 24. Denny Laine 25. Paul McCartney 26. George Harrison 27. Paul McCartney 28. Paul McCartney 29. BONUS TRACK: MORE EXCLUSIVE REMINISCENCES FROM PAUL MCCARTNEY AND JULIA BAIRD / Yellow Submarine ... 1. Yellow Submarine 2. Hey Bulldog 3. Eleanor Rigby 4. Love You To 5. All Together Now 6. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 7. Think for Yourself 8. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 9. With a Little Help from My Friends 10. Baby You're a Rich Man 11. Only a Northern Song 12. All You Need Is Love 13. When I'm Sixty-Four 14. Nowhere Man 15. It's All Too Much / Sgt. Pepper's ... 1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 2. With A Little Help From My Friends 3. Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 4. Getting Better 5. Fixing A Hole 6. She's Leaving Home 7. Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite! 8. Within You Without You 9. When I'm Sixty-Four 10. Lovely Rita 11. Good Morning Good Morning 12. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) 13. A Day In The Life

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