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Amazon.com: The closest the Beatles came to a greatest hits package, this document of the early part of their career features hit singles (in chronological order) and selected album tracks, running from "Love Me Do" through the groundbreaking Rubber Soul and Revolver albums. While this may be an excellent intro for beginners, real fans will never be content with only selections, especially when you're dealing with those aforementioned albums. Capitol packages the collection on two discs, copying the original vinyl version--but, of course, CDs hold more music than records did. Still, you do get 26 bona fide classics, so there's no real need to complain. --Bill Holdship Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-18
1962-1966 by The Beatles
If you like the Beatles, and the early Beatles you'll love this CD, as it
contains most of the material and good Beatles songs from that period.
A must have for Beatles Collections. Rating:
Date: 2008-06-13
Best of the Early Years
The Beatles - often called the greatest rock and roll band of all time. It would be impossible to pull off a complete greatest hits collection without including dozens of their songs. The next best thing? The double-sided albums "1962-1966" (red album) and "1967-1970" (blue album).
As a new fan of the Beatles (I was born after the murder of John Lennon), it was this album that first allowed me to fall in love with the Fab Four. Sure, all of their hit songs aren't included. But it is a great introduction to the early years. More comprehensive than the "#1s" album, it features such classics as 'She Loves You', 'Yesterday', and 'Yellow Submarine'.
It's evident on "1962-1966" why the Beatles have become so well-loved. While their early songs don't feature the most though-provoking lyrics, the melodies are downright fun. It's hard to listen to a song like 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and not sing along. However, these master songwriters expanded their horizons beyond that seen in Motown; with tunes such as 'Eleanor Rigby' and 'Michelle', they added a bit of continental flavor to mainstream rock.
Wondering what made the Beatles so spectacular? Or looking for a more comprehensive greatest hits collection? Check out "1962-1966". It truly showcases the best of the early years. Rating: 
Date: 2008-03-05
The "red" and "blue" of it all?
Being a big time Beatles fan since 1964. There is still no other band that gets as much play around my house. Great choice of songs here that any one would love to hear over and over again.
The "RED & "BLUE" albums are examples of stuff the record label was putting out. With no other reason except to offset the sales of Paul McCartney & John Lennon solo lp's. In their pitiful effort to force The Beatles back into reforming. (Along with lp's called, Rock and Roll Music & Love Songs) Notice they would always release them at the same time John or Paul had a new solo lp coming out.? Just buy the official Beatles cd's and all your dreams will come true, lol. Rating: 
Date: 2008-02-13
Great collection
I know this is a compilation of various singles which occur on other albums, but I still like it. I was suckered in to the red, white and blue apporach. Having a chronological collection is nice...the evolution of their musical style is delightfully obvious. Rating:
Date: 2008-01-05
We had the Beatles
I have to say The Beatles were the Hub of my music experience. This "Best of" offering for The mega band will have someone's choice of the greatest and/or most significant to them, leaving out many of the ones I would have chosen.
Beatles 1962 - 1966 has been around for decades and is still a good starter collection of their earlier sound.
This collection would, in a perfect world, be at least a 4 CD set. If you grew up with the "Fab Four" you understand. A mega set with all their albums is desired. This set does, however, provide the desired sounds and is convenient to rifle through their albums of those years.
Back then, we listened to every single cut on those albums and didn't start skipping songs untill the wierd eastern sounding stuff and then the cuts that obviously came from a drug infected mind about 1967 to their end as a group in 1970.
The album photo tells the story. They started out as clean cut guys in suits, rocking the house down with jams like we had never heard the likes of before. They were the vanguard of the "British Invasion" and music has never been the same. We did love them like no others.
Caution! You, as a result of getting this collection "In your life", may require "Meet the Beatles", "The Beatles Second album", "Something New, Something New", "The Early Beatles", "Hard Day's Night" (And get the movie!), Beatles '65", "Beatles VI" (We called it Beatles '66), "The Beatles Yesterday and Today","Help" (And get the movie), "Rubber Soul" and "Revolver". You have been warned. |
