[newfreep]

Capitol Records put different tracks and fewer tracks on the US album releases than did Parlaphone in the UK which always had 14 tracks.

It was Capitol’s way of squeezing out more albums/more $$$s from “the boys”.

It was only with “Sgt Pepper” that the US and UK albums matched.

http://www.beatlesbible.com/discography/united-states-of-america/

http://www.beatlesbible.com/discography/united-kingdom/

All of the re-masterings (including the 24-bit Hi-Rez FLAC files) are based on the original UK versions.

Also, it was with “Pepper” that Paul’s bass was finally potted up in the mixes and his melodic, tuneful bass lines were finally heard. He was always an underrated bassist but eventually his prowess became more widely admired.

Paul’s bass playing style led me to appreciate my fav bassist - the late, great Jaco Pastorius (”Weather Report”, et al) who had a similar melodic bass style.

[truth_seeker]

Thanks for the explanation.

I didn’t know what a “producer” was until a few years ago.

I now understand something about the problems, and benefits, of contracts, management, producers, etc.

While Martin produced several memorable Beatles’ albums, Phil Specter produced “The Concert for Bangla Desh” with some of my favorite people; Harrison, Ringo, Dylan, Clapton, Leon Russell, etc.

Phil Specter was both a crazy mofo and a musical leader, perhaps genius? Like Brian Wilson but Wilson didn’t kill anybody.

[MUDDOG]

with “Pepper” that Paul’s bass was finally potted up in the mixes and his melodic, tuneful bass lines

Agreed. His bass playing is one of the best things about Sgt. Peppers.