How We Celebrated The Beatles 20th Anniversary in 1982 - Scrapbook Stories
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- Collecting every single Beatles related release in 1982 was a very expensive affair. There were multiple singles, albums and box sets from all four solo members and The Beatles themselves. Being their 20th anniversary, there was no shortage of stories in the news from the past, present and future of the group. In this video, we cover all that and more from September to December that year and I guarantee that you'll learn something new and more importantly, enjoy it!
Correction: 2:57 Linda's 41st birthday
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Terrible shame that Paul won’t rerelease “The Complete Beatles.” I still think it is one better documentaries about the Beatles. I own an original VHS tape ( not a copy) and I still get a big joy every time I watch it.
To reflect Australia's differing tastes, EMI Australia issued its own version of 20 Greatest Hits. As The Beatles had 23 number ones in Australia, the title was aptly changed to *The Number Ones.* However, not all tracks would fit into a standard vinyl LP, so three tracks ("Love Me Do", "I Feel Fine" and "Rock and Roll Music") were added as a bonus EP that came with the original album
The Australian album is unique as it is the only album release of the original 1963 stereo mix of "I Want To Hold Your Hand". This was only previously available on a 1976 Australian reissue of the original single. This stereo mix of the song has never been officially released on compact disc or any other digital format.
The album was released May 1983 on both LP and cassette. It spent one week at the top of the Australian album charts in 1983.
Due to timing problems, EMI included a three-track bonus EP (A-980) with the 20-track LP. Without the same length limitations, the cassette version contains all 23 tracks.
The Number Ones stayed in print in Australia until 1991. It was deleted (with other Australian only compilations) when EMI Australia ceased vinyl production. It was never released on compact disc.
That's useful info. Thanks for posting.
Yes 1982 was an expensive year for all us Beatles collectors.
I also bought the Australian 23 number ones that came with the single. I then got the Australian Singles Box, the 12” Love Me Do, the Reel Music Lp, the Movie Medley Single and the Compleat Beatles VHS Phew!😊
@@philross1680 I bet your local record shop really loved you, then.
@@stephenalanmoore7278 yes luckily I was in my late 20’s by then had a good job not married at the time and had the dollars to afford it and yes I was on very good terms with the local record shop I had dealt with for years.
I had been a collector of Beatle records including solo efforts and general Top 40 records since the late ‘60’s.
@@philross1680 The Compleat Beatles was more like a younger generations version of the beatles anthology
Every weekend, a guy named JCM puts out a great Led Zeppelin mini-documentary, and every weekend Andrew delights us with a new facet of Beatles history. Much love for all you do, Andrew!
Thanks for watching, Angus!
Fantastic to see the album cover for Kate Bush’s The Dreaming, over your shoulder alongside the Beatles related covers. That was truly a groundbreaking album, which I would assume that at least a couple of the Beatles would’ve approved off.
And it was partially recorded at Abbey Road!
Man, I love hearing those Radio One jingles (but I’ve been collecting jingles for decades). In fact, I have a much earlier set of them, along with HUNDREDS of jingles made for American stations. As far as this video goes, you have another winner, Andrew! I’m looking forward to… something else!
Capitol did lop Off two minutes of Hey Jude…but ONLY on the vinyl edition. The XDR cassette and (supposed to exist) rare 8-Track cartridge had the full version.
Could have been an 8 track. Major labels stopped doing them in 82 but Columbia House record club continued offering a limited selection until 88 or 89 .
I'm still pretty fond of Compleat Beatles, and have a copy on the LaserDisc format, which is probably the best looking copy available. I recently had the chance to interview Malcolm McDowell, and mentioned that I had a copy, and he regaled me with stories of seeing the Beatles at the Cavern Club, since he grew up in Liverpool. For years I wondered why he had been chosen to narrate Compleat Beatles, but now I know what a personal connection he has to the Beatles' early days.
I always wondered why McDowell did the commentary on that video so thanks for that info.
“The Girl Is Mine,” was the first single from “Thriller,” hence making that a Beatle-related release, though singles like “Billie Jean,” and “Beat It” eclipsed TGIM.
Yes it was. “The Girl Is Mine” is from his iconic album “Thriller” by Michael Jackson.
2:57 her 41st birthday, actually. Great series, as always Andrew!
Thanks again, Nick.
@@Parlogram .....it's Marty, but you're welcome ;-)
@@disneyfamily5158 Sorry Marty ;)
@@Parlogram that's quite alright ;-) I really love your work here on the channel. Thanks so much for all you do!
"The Complete Beatles" was the definitive Beatles biography, in my opinion, and was always a favorite of mine.. I was in undergrad school when it came out, and can remember looking forward to seeing it whenever it aired (it was rerun on TV in the US fairly often at the time), and eventually purchased the VHS version. it's a shame that McCartney felt the need to quash it when he did, as It really didn't represent any kind of competition with the Anthology Series.
These are great videos, Andrew. I'm very impressed by how effort and preparation you put into these each week.
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos.
The Compleat Beatles was my Beatles 101 when I first heard of the Beatles (it's a shame that's it's out of print nowadays). When Love Me Do was reissued, they made a music video of the song which I recall seeing many times on MTV growing up. Another brilliant video and I love those Radio 1 jingles...😊
I still have it and just watched it again a couple months ago to see if it was still good. It's a very good primer, and while not 100% accurate, I think it holds up really well as an overview introduction. Very well-edited -- though many of the misleading things in it are due to tricks of editing creating false implications. But that's artistic license for you and it works. I love their use of pathetic fallacy, showing nothing but stormy weather on their 1966 tour. It's just great.
I was a college freshman in the Fall of 1982, and while walking downtown in my new school's city, I spotted a portion of a magazine in an old-school magazine shop window that said, "Free Silver Beatles 45!" The magazine also turned out to have featured an interview with Pete Best, which was the companion piece.
"I'd like a copy of 'Oui,' please," and the weary, late middle-aged man behind the counter slowly handed me the latest copy.
"No, no, isn't there one like in the window?"
He gestured towards the window, and told my relieved self that I could buy it.
I found a seat out on the commons, eager for details.
I'd been so fixated on a record of what they claimed was previously unreleased material by "The Silver Beatles" that I hadn't realized that 'Oui' was a second-rate version of "Playboy." I enthusiastically opened it in full, public view, and frantically turned page after page to find the coupon, until it dawned on me that those pictures I'd seen before the one I'd seen of Pete Best were of Linda Blaire not posing in family photos. Oh.
Ironically, I tore out but never did send the coupon away for my 45 rpm of The Silver Beatles' [I think] "Like Dreamers Do."
Btw - the Pete Best interview was kinda cool, as was the feature on Toto, both of which my barely 18 year-old self eventually got around to reading.🤭
(The Toto interview concluded with the interviewer asking the band if there were anything else they would want to read about themselves in "Oui" upon the interview's publication in it.
I forget which of the band's members answered, "Read it? We're not gonna read it! We're just gonna look at the pictures!")
In 1982 I was expanding my record collection of the Beatles and solo albums. I was 15 and nearly died of a burst appendix in the summer of 82. After I was released from the hospital, my mother took me to the library and I checked out Magical mystery tour film and saw it for the first time at home.
Great video again. Thank you! I think you left out mentioning the EP Boxed set was also released in 1982. I have all four from that year. Blue stereo box (maybe 1981), red mono box, and both the blue Singles and EPs. I was a junior in high school, and working part time running cameras for a local television station newscasts. Still living with my parents, all the money I earned was spent on gas and Beatles records. All the box sets are mint, but the sadly the Mono Collection (BM10) has some spines damaged from shipping. I bought it new in 1982 and it arrived in that condition (UK import). Ugh! They were all bagged within a week or two of purchase and are still in perfect shape.
The EP box was released in December 1981.
I never knew that fact about Lewis Collins. The Professionals was by far my favourite TV action drama when I was a kid. 1982 was the year I first started buying records and this look at the early eighties certainly brought back a lot of memories. 👍
Yes that's new for me too. I recently read in an article about Collins in the always excellent "Infinity" magazine that reported that he said he was asked to play drums with the very early Beatles at one time but turned it down.
I got into the Beatles when they released 45 singles around 1977 I think. My parents were blown away at me getting into the music of their youth. They bought me th Hollywood bowl live album which I loved. Then came punk 😫
Looking back I cannot believe how expensive Videocassettes were 40 years ago. Now you can borrow a DVD from the library for three weeks free of charge.
I bought the Thorn EMI Concert for Bangladesh UK VHS release in 1983 from WH Smith in Croydon. I can't remember the actual price but it was crippling on a 16 year old's pocket money! Pretty sure I've still got it - I'll have to see if there's a price sticker...
In 82 I also had a paper round at the age of 12. I would nip up town in Leicester to a second hand record stall on Saturday to get my Beatles LP's for a couple of £. Luckily I had an elder brother who bought me the Lennon album for Christmas that year and I loved it and still do. The perfect selection of great hits on that one.
Great days, Allan!
Actor Lewis Collins, mentioned here, had another tenuous Beatles connection. His father, Bill Collins, managed Apple Records' Badfinger.
Great info!
Now that is interesting. All these great connections!
Another great, informative video. UK critics are so snippy and brutal at times. I ignore critics and try to enjoy the music. My philosophy is it’s a miracle we have what we have. But that’s me.
I hadn't known that Paul bought and squashed The Compeat Beatles. My US MGM VHS copy is about 12' away from where I'm sitting. The box is in great shape but God knows how well the tape has held up. At least it was rewound before it went into retirement.
In 1982 I was still busy trying to complete a collection of UK albums that I'd only recently realized were VERY different than the US albums. I was buying whatever issues I could find because I also didn't know that there were differences in pressings that inspired massive obsessive examination and discussion by collectors. 😉 Since watching this channel I've found out I have the wrong versions of everything...
I had to check to see when my Parlophone Beatles Singles Collection on 3" CDs came out. That wasn't until 1989.
I was one of the few who bought a copy of Yoko's 'It's Alright' album. I played it once and have never bothered to listen to it again. I also went to a couple of Sotherbys auctions. Most items were out of my price range, except for a US 12-inch promo of Lennon's '(Just Like) Starting Over'.
Christmas 1982, my parents bought me the black Beatles Mono Box, which I still have, in mint condition, since I have played it only to make cassette copies, then a few years later, minidisc copies. This was also my introduction to the UK album configurations, after years of Capitol/Dave Dexter tampering (albums I still love, strangely)!
I had both greatest hits, the Beatles and John Lennon. I remember the box sets and could not afford either at the time. Great video and brought back a lot of memories.
Glad you enjoyed it, Michael.
I once came across a pressing of Beatles ‘65 that included a little advertisement for The Compleat Beatles in the sleeve. It had the purple label, so it had to have been an 1982 pressing. Incidentally, I inherited a copy of The Compleat Beatles around the same time.
The Compleat Beatles was brilliant i have a laserdisc copy great sound
The 20th anniversary Love me do was the first ever record I bought. Great memories. I also bought the 12 inch. Still have them. I also got the JL collection. I’d forgotten how much The Compleat Beatles was on VHS! I had to make do with a rental copy from my local video shop. Loved it at the time. Brilliant as always, Andrew. Matt.
Thanks again, Matt!
1982 - I bought 'The John Lennon Collection', and was really impressed with it following holding back from Double Fantasy (due to the Yoko tracks). TJLC had all the best tunes including those from DF. I may have also bought the Beatles Red and Blue double albums .... my record buying was in full swing by 1982 as around 1981/82 I'd bought my first stereo record player (Dual turntable). A memorable 1982 purchase in the summer was Steely Dan's 'Gold' album. My Limited Edition came with an added 12" 45rpm disc containing 4 extra tracks including "Do It Again, Reeling in the Years, Rikki...., and Haitian Divorce'. Quality album, superb production.
Great days, Mark!
@@Parlogram 👍
Very good work on this video, Andrew. It really digs deep into what was happening in the world of The Beatles in 1982.
so well edited! love this series sm
Thank you, mate.
I was one of the many people who bought the Compleat Beatles from WH Smith. The LP offer was an incentive - i didn’t want to buy the LP as i had all the tracks already, so it seemed like a no brainer to get it for free and complete my lp collection.I walked into town. Brought it home. Discovered i’d been given the Betamax copy by mistake. I went down the VHS route. Had to walk into town again to change it. The film was a revelation. It was the first time i had seen so much of the footage including the promo films for penny lane and Strawberry Fields Forever.
Great story, David!
GREAT VIDEO ON THE BEATLES 20TH ANNIVERSARY MUSIC RELEASES. IT SURE WAS A GOOD YEAR FOR BEATLES FANS. TAKE CARE.
Going on 60 years of interest over these men, there's been several years where the interest was in just a passing of the headline. Being in my mid 20's in the early 80's, I knew how the press had treated them over the years and took most headlines with a gain of salt. Looking back it amazes me on how they could still be so vibrate when asked the same stupid questions or the kind of got you type of thing. Most of Paul's and George's solo music still stands to this day. I miss John, which is odd because I never met the man, but felt his music was cut short in the next phase of his life, if that makes sense. I give your channel credit for my review of much of their music and breaking down both the writing and the playing and how excellent it was. John's rock and roll voice, George's excellent blues/country/rock riffs, Paul's dynamic bass lines, and the always under rated Ringo. Thanks as always Andrew, keep up the good work Laddie!
All spot on. Unfortunately this was the year that I got carried away with Beatlemania and bought Best of the Beatles from HMV. I took it back and they actually gave me my money back they felt so sorry for me.
It was a pleasure, as always, Andrew. Thanks a lot
Although my brother had the albums, and then I also recall the release of the Got To Get You into My Life single, it was really the Stars on 45 medley and the VHS release of The Compleat Beatles that cemented my love of The Fabs.
Great video, Andrew!! Thanks!! Many of the releases you showed us are new for me, especially the box sets. They’re awesome!! 👏👏👏👏❤️
Glad you enjoyed, Flavio!
That was a great trip down memory lane! I'm the same age as you but live in the U.S., and also only lusted after those box sets from afar.
I wonder if Zak Starkey ever dreamt he would become the longest-serving drummer for The Who. So glad he escaped from his Dad’s shadow.
Would love to track down one of those mono boxes someday even though the 2014 is arguably better in many respects.
Great video Andrew! Loving these time capsules. Thank you. Much appreciated. BTW Yoko’s It’s Alright is definitely worth listen IMO. Continues the more traditional song structures of Season of Glass but this time VERY synth heavy. Very 1982! All the best, Rob
Thanks Rob. glad you enjoyed it.
1982 was a good year for the most part for any Beatles' fan. The renewed interest in their back catalog and also the John Lennon Collection, continued to expose and encourage the music to the next generation. Something that continues to this day with the new reissues which still come out from time to time. I also remember "The Girl Is Mine" coming out and the excitement surrounding the record, until you heard it. Such light, pop rubbish, by two great artists!! The section with the interchange of dialog between Paul and Michael really revealed how bad the record really was, not to mention it's 1982 "sterile" sounding production. I haven't personally heard it in years, but am glad Paul has never included it in any of his Greatest Hits packages or collections. (Well, as far as I know!) Paul's probably too embarrassed about it these days, and it was also issued on Epic (Jackson's record label), rather than on EMI, and Paul possibly didn't want to hassle with the licensing to include it. Thanks Andrew for also reminding me about GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET. I remember when this came and went in the movies theaters back in it's day. It came and went so quickly (lots of bad reviews!) I missed going to see it, and finally saw it on Video with a girlfriend at the time, who told me she'd break up with me if i ever showed her such an awful film again. I had to turn it off about 1/2 way through. The only scene I still find fun to watch is the "Ballroom Dancing" section which albeit a bit "corny", works fairly well. (For those who haven't seen it, here: czcams.com/video/xwOxAtnQomM/video.html ). I suppose the film also confirmed that Paul wasn't the best film maker, but like MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR I would guess the film, these days, has a bit of a "cult" following. George Harrison's GONE TROPPO, was also a good indication he was just enjoying life and doing what he wanted and not worrying too much about being a Music celebrity anymore. It does have a few good songs, but is clearly an album that is not remembered, except by "huge" fans. One of the very few Beatles' related albums to ever make it to the "Cut Out" Bins. The copy on Vinyl which I own, I bought at my local grocery market for $1.49!! Still have it! Dig, DmGrk
I really enjoyed this video Andrew. Thanks so much Sir, and for the R1 jingles too, lots of memories flooding back.. Just one thing, I’ve got a copy of, ‘the beatles - greatest hits club edition’ (circa 1979) according to Discogs. Maybe a mention about that album in due course? 😎👍👍
Hey, Parlogram!
From Newark,Ohio in USA...I sit alone in my house and deeply enjoy your videos. Your videos are excitingly edited, and thrillingly educational.
Exactly why? I was not a Beatles fan until well into the CD era. Your videos stir up chapters of previous fan-feuled eruptions when Beatlemania continued to surface, with whatever new products were issued. You bring a taste of the consumerism jolts that everyone loves,when a new release hits the market.
Even the products that weren't so great- it still was exciting, on some level. That's what you let me experience on a historical level.
I also value the technical advice, critiques, and the general sense of intelligence and naked excitement. Your takes are wise, but not overly-gaurded nor bitter.
You are the next-door neighbor everyone wishes they had, to borrow a cup of record cleaning fluid from.
It seems wrong to always watch your videos, and not compliment and thank you. There must be many thousands of isolated guys like me who feel the same way, so thanks from us all.
Yes...they certainly should be sending you reviewers samples at the least, and actually should be paying you for consultation meetings regarding what fans really want on future releases. Hopefully, it will eventually swing that way. If you continue as you have done,your reputation as a leading authority can only continue to grow. Ever thought about hosting-narrating a new feature-length documentary? I'd love that. For a unique angle, you could focus on the vinyl releases: the actual products responsible for the mania. The records. The manufacturing, marketing, in-store sales. That, alone, is a story.
Thanks for your support, Craig.
Wow, some wonderful memories for me in that one, thank you. I remember Radio 1 playing all the Beatles singles throughout one particular day to celebrate Love Me Do. 1982 was the year it all started for me. I watched The Compleat Beatles video countless times, it was just about the only video I was interested in renting from my local video shop (never cared for any of the Hollywood blockbusters they had!). I never did buy it, partly due to the price but I did fork out an eye watering £25 for A Hard Day's Night a couple of years later! The more recent blu ray was far cheaper! That Love Me Do 12" with the Abbey Road sticker brings back very fond memories - I went to the studios in 1983 with my mum for their Beatles presentation. Now that was an experience, hope you can cover that in the next episode!
I was born in 1982, September 4th, the 20th anniversary of The Beatles recording the Ringo version of Love Me Do, so I was just beginning life but would grow up, thanks in large part to my dad, to be a die-hard Beatles fan.
Quite enjoyed this series, well done sir! For the record, I quite like Yoko’s Season Of Glass album. Superb ensemble of musicians, surprisingly good contemporary production style, heartfelt songs. The follow up is pretty good too.
And yes, I had bought all of the imported-to-the-U.S. Parlophone mono pressings, one by one, during the previous months. I remember feeling rather smug when I saw the mono box on the display shelf over the cash registers in Record World.
The other import I bought with my after-school money was a 12" single of "Give Peace a Chance," which, until then, I'd only heard in its abridged version on "Shaved Fish," backed with "Remember Love," as on the original 45.
Its sleeve reproduced the cover art for "Give Peace a Chance" that appeared on "Shaved Fish." (Had that been the original picture sleeve in the U.K.?)
Just like in 1976, the singles box used the fold-down from stereo mixes of Yellow Submarine and All You Need is Love.
I think the only Beatles records I bought that year were a couple of Japanese re-presses and the Canadian Twist & Shout album.
I believe the 1982 re-issue of Love Me Do, or maybe the Greatest Hits album that followed soon after, were the very first official Beatles releases to feature the 'dropped T' logo. The Compleat Beatles was my gateway into the group. I still think it does afar better job of telling the story than Anthology-even if it is only a fifth of the length. It has a very well-written script, some really interesting footage (for 1982 anyway), and is a classier production all round compared to the Anthology. Ok, apart from that Revolver bit. I've bought a couple of bootleg versions of it, but I'm certain they all have the same section missing: when George Martin talks about the recording of the orchestra for A Day In The Life. Great vid, Andrew!
Thanks Francis!
Love your channel. The ‘Drakes Jingles’ really take me back…
Hey Handsome Andrew! Thanks for another informative video
In 1982 I was 12 or 13. Out of all of these Beatles(and related) issues, I only remember buying "Ebony & ivory", "Take It Away", and the capitol "Rarities" LP. Otherwise I was really into Van Halen and AC/DC at that time. Still am!
My copy of “Made in the U.K. “ recently was delievered, thank you for the recommendation , it did not disappoint .
Another wonderful post
Cheers from Florida
Yoko fan here again! "It's Alright" was, well, *alright*. It seems she was trying too hard to be pop-radio and commercial, and we all know her music is not commercial, so the results are a sort of restrained sound for her. Her next, "Starpeace" was a similar glossy production, bur 1994's "Rising" is a stunningly great album.
Great stuff as always Andrew 🍷🍷👍👌
Thanks Philip!
Andrew where DID you get those radio sound bites?🙂 Awesome touch!
Great video Andrew....so many fascinating stories! Keep em coming!
Another fab video, Andrew and team! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I do believe Linda McCartney was actually born on 24 September 1941, making her 41 years old in 1982. Her 40th was actually the year before.
I also adore that UK single of Lennon's "Love" with the piano all on one level rather than the fade-ups. There was a promo CD single released in Japan in 1998 (to coincide with the Lennon Legend hits compilation) that just might have that version. I don't have it, and I can't confirm if it is the same mix or not. It contains two versions of "Love", listed as single version and original version. I was irked this mix wasn't included on the Lennon/Plastic Ono Band deluxe box.
That is frustrating. The only time I've ever heard Love with the non-faded intro was on some bootleg which I don't even think I have anymore. The Plastic Ono Band set had tons of room to squeeze on a mere 3-minute song, and it would have been a nice bonus, but as John Belushi used to say on SNL, "buuuut NOOOOOOOOO....."
Another fun video, Andrew. I had no idea that Broad Street started filming that early before it came out in late ‘84. Also: bonus points for Kate’s album - the best of ‘82! - in the background.
Yoko wasn’t 39 in ‘82 and Linda was 41 in Sept ‘82. However, these are small details and can I say how much I love your stuff on The Beatles - in particular your amazing digging out of newspaper articles of that time. Love it 👍
Great video! If I remember correctly, I bought all of these items -- with the exception of all the expensive ones! No boxes for me. But I'd like to add that the 20 Greatest Hits packages in their US and UK configurations put together minus the duplicates is the '1' album = all tracks that reached number 1 in either the UK or the US. It's quite puzzling that the albums were not as successful as expected while '1' was a 30-million-plus smash worldwide. Also a bit strange is the fact that many European subsidiaries of EMI published the US configurationj. Is it really more attractive?
When Love Me Do was reissued, it was also pulished as the first of the picture disc series that were planned to appear (and duly appeared) on the 40th anniversary of the original.
As for the Compleat Beatles -- the VHS and Betamax videos were supplemented with a two-volume large format set of reconstructed musical scores of the Beatles' complete catalogue plus a couple of illustrated essays. Not quite as 'compleat' as the title suggests, but no mean feat. (I just see that the date of print is near the end of 1981. So it seems the video (same striped design with the silhouettes) is the companion piece to the scores?)
Rewatching this and the other 1982 feature, another 1982 release popped into my head.
Audiofidelity Records released "The Complete Silver Beatles" (AFELP 1047) on 10th September, 1982. A silly title, as the three Lennon/ McCartney songs were missing.
I knew of all these releases, but paid them almost no attention, since we had all the music already. I had heard that they were all quality records...except George's GONE TROPPO, which was unanimously judged his worst album, by literally anyone (and everyone) who reviewed it. In 1982 I was anxiously awaiting further information on The Hollies reunion with Graham Nash. It had been announced at the end of 1981, with two single releases following the announcement. As for the upcoming GIVE MY REGARDS TO BROADSTREET project, an old friend of mine predicted; "you know, the thing's either going to be a huge hit, or completely flop!" I'd have to wait another two years for that verdict to come. I'd also been enjoying the latest releases from Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Men At Work and Marshall Crenshaw in 1982.
20 Greatest Hits on Cassette was my gateway drug to the Fabs..
Gotta love how the photo purporting to show how youthful Paul and Cliff Richard look in the their 40s does anything but. Paul's crowfeet are on full display (though these have been a feature of his every time he smiles since the very beginning, so I guess it's youthful...for him) and this profile shot of Cliff makes him look like the Cryptkeeper. I'm not saying they weren't youthful, just that this was the wrong photo to show that.
Had many of the items. However had to sale them all. Like most of my 45 plus year collection. My numerous 45 picture disks were stolen. The many albums were sold
Thanks for another great video. It definitely took me down memory lane. I was 21 and still hurting from John’s murder. As far as Yoko’s albums are concerned, I’ve steered clear of them. I have no interest in her or her music. Maybe I’m a little harsh, but…
Great episode! I wish I had known about the red mono set. I definitely would have purchased it. I kick myself not buying the mono singles box when I saw it sitting on the top shelf of the Seattle Tower Records. I did find the Mobile Fidelity set and George’s Gone Troppo album, even though I had no idea it had been issued until I saw it in the record store.
Fabulous stuff again ...
Thanks Colin!
Enjoyed the video and i love the radio jingles you intersperse. As a college student with limited means back then, i only recall buying the Tug Of War Album and had to go back and exchange it because there was a scratch on Ballroom Dancing. And i admit it…i actually have a soft spot for the Girl Is Mine (i actually prefer it to the similar lyric duet with Elvis Costello You Want Her Too) but i totally get the criticism there. And yet while i enjoy early Jackson 5, i don’t enjoy Michael’s other later solo work. I don’t ever want to hear Billie Jean or Beat It again. Looking forward to the future videos. Always enjoyable.
Thanks Michael. Glad you enjoyed it.
Love these yearly recaps!
Glad you like them, Ryan!
Perhaps that faulty edition of Pepper was the source for a similar edition here in México around the same time: side 1 in mono, side 2 in stereo
Absolutely wonderful work as always. Thank you 🙏🏻
Many thanks, Jog 🙏🏻
I love these scrapbook videos 😊 Once again Thank you for doing them
Thanks Joshua. Glad you like them!
Great as always 😊
In 1982 I was a poor university student. Absolutely skint. I bought maybe 4 LPs that year, none of them Beatles-related. My biggest music-related expense was seeing The Who live in Toronto.
The complete Beatles is a very great documentary imho
A very enjoyable part 2 Andrew! I bought the 12" single of 'Love Me Do' which I still have but the box sets were just a bit too expensive! I am also not a fan of the McCartney/Jackson collaboration 'The Girl is Mine' but bought the 12" single anyway so work that one out! Looking forward to your next video.
And if you look at the US release, “Love Me Do” was on Tollie, and I’m not 100% sure that the “Love Me Do” Tollie 45 in the US has considered a boot.
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Andy!
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Thank you so much!
The Girl is Mine is an absolute banger.
Loving this content so much bro, I've been hearing all the solo Beatles stuff and these vids are an excellent guide. Great editing and voice, new sub!
Glad you like them, Moric!
1982 is a year full of Beatles collections.About single Love Me Do I have this and bought how new yet in store here on Japan and always I hear few this single.So have that John Lennon collection I liked very much the album and my brother give me of present also.I can´t buy records in that era but more later I achieve some money and bought that tape Reel Music and love it.This BC-13 stereo box set I bought in 2017 by Ebay site and found very good the sound and make a cool business my guess.So 1982 was a year good for Beatles fans.Uchino Of Japan.I see you Andrew.
Very interesting.
The Complete Beatles was the first VHS tape I ever bought, followed by Let It Be.
Das ist ja der Hammer. Ich meine die Geschichte, mit pete best, wenn sie stimmt.
Das ist der Dank dafür, ich meine auf dem Hamburger Beatles Platz, wurde Pete neben die Beatles gestellt. Und ich habe mich,bei meinem Besuch im letzten Jahr, so darüber gefreut. Lg Ellen from Germany ✌❤please translate
This year could very well beat the record for "most expensive year for Beatles fans" haha
@@igotdarkaether4813 The Revolver vinyl set was around 200 bucks, not to mention those strivibg to get colored vinyl pressings of McCartney III
@@igotdarkaether4813 Well, that's the point! To spell it out: In the competition for 'most expensive year for fans' 1982 is left far behind. That's why MednatheFox added the haha I suppose. McCartney singles box anyone? Oh dear ...
Andrew. Watched your two videos on 1982. Brilliant! I was born in 1949 and was 10 in 1960 and 20 in 1970. As you can imagine, the 60’s is my musical decade and The Beatles were my heroes then and remain so today. However, John Paul, George and Ringo have successfully (or not!) released new solo music since 1970. To 1982/3. Beatles Paul’s two albums Tug of War and Pipes of Peace are both wonderful albums full of diverse music. The Tug of War track is a production Tour de Force, Take it Away is an excellent piece of 80’s pop and Wanderlust is a beauty. I loved Pipes of Peace and it’s lovely video but a very underrated track must be Tug of Peace! Not my musical thing but come on…a pointer toward future mash ups? And with Ringo on drums! I still have both albums in vinyl, still play them and they both epitomise Paul’s astonishing output and creativity in the early 80’s! There are a million artists who would have loved to be able to write that number of excellent songs in that time frame. Paul dunnit!
0:28 GH holding up his palm/PaulM
Great vid
Thanks David.
Interestingly, most countries actually took the US tracklist for their respective versions of 20 Greatest Hits.
Also for the boxsets: wasn't the Japanese mono box on red vinyl also released 1982?
I can hear it now, a certain Mr Jackson (at a later date) said/sung to a certain Mr McCartney: 'Don't waste your time, with this auction, 'cos the songs are mine!'. And: 'The songs are mine, all The Beatles songs are (now) mine!'. (To the tune of 'The Girl Is Mine'). [Well, sort of - I am paraphrasing, after all!].💿 One wonders what Paul might have done had he won the auction (for the songs) - would they all belong to Apple or Universal by now?
Zak Starkey is actually a great drummer. Keith Moon was a good friend of Ringo and kind of adopted Zak as a godson. Got him his first drum kit before his father even did
6:59 "This cutting from October the 12th reported that Paul had managed to buy the publishing for 'Love Me Do' and was hoping to buy up the rest of the Beatles' catalogue from Lew Grade. Something, which we know, did not go according to plan." MICHAEL JACKSON: "HEE HEE!"
I bought the American version of 20 Greatest Hits (the version released in our country - which is strange because up until that album we follow the UK discography)
I can understand why the US version is very different from the UK. The US version placed all the songs that hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
It might be a bad compilation to some, but this is the very first Beatles album I ever bought myself in January 1986 after my parents and I watched Rocky IV in the movie house near our home.
Good times, Bryan.
I also bought it in 1986! That's when I got my VHS coy of The Compleat Beatles too. I got Pipes of Peace then too, but not Tug of War. Hmm. 1982 delayed.
@@Kieop cool, isn't it?
I love “The Girl is Mine”, but I think “Say Say Say” is better.
Calling things “jumble sales” really dates things! 😊
the albums i remember buying in 1982 was Roxys Music Flesh & Blood & Beat by king Crimson If I recall Correctly?