Shawn Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 I had Rubber Soul on vinyl when I was a kid, my favorite track was "I've Just Seen A Face" which I believe was the first track on side one. In the CD era I got Rubber Soul as a Christmas present and was severely dissapointed that the song was nowhere to be found. Then I discovered it was one of the last tracks on the CD of Help. Was that a difference between the US and UK versions of the album? Which version had "I've Just Seen A Face" on it? Thanks. Quote
Stereojack Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 I had Rubber Soul on vinyl when I was a kid, my favorite track was "I've Just Seen A Face" which I believe was the first track on side one. In the CD era I got Rubber Soul as a Christmas present and was severely dissapointed that the song was nowhere to be found. Then I discovered it was one of the last tracks on the CD of Help. Was that a difference between the US and UK versions of the album? Which version had "I've Just Seen A Face" on it? Thanks. The CD is programmed like the original English LP. All of the Beatles albums through Revolver were altered when originally issued in the US. Quote
kh1958 Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) U.S. Rubber Soul side 1 I've Just Seen A Face Norwegian Wood You Won't See Me Think for Yourself The Word Michelle Side 2 It's Only Love Girl I'm Looking Through You In My Life Wait Run for Your Life CD: rack Listings 1. Drive My Car 2. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) 3. You Won't See Me 4. Nowhere Man 5. Think For Yourself 6. The Word 7. Michelle 8. What Goes On 9. Girl 10. I'm Looking Through You 11. In My Life 12. Wait 13. If I Needed Someone 14. Run For Your Life Edited July 17, 2007 by kh1958 Quote
bluesbro Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) You can get the original US Rubber Soul on CD on the Beatles Capitol box set Vol2. It includes the album in mono and stereo. Edited July 17, 2007 by bluesbro Quote
Spontooneous Posted July 17, 2007 Report Posted July 17, 2007 (edited) The American label's moneymaking scheme was to cut each Beatles LP down to ten songs, then use the songs they held back to create more LPs. Edited July 17, 2007 by Spontooneous Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted July 18, 2007 Report Posted July 18, 2007 The American label's moneymaking scheme was to cut each Beatles LP down to ten songs, then use the songs they held back to create more LPs. But some of those US albums were good, such as "The Beatles Second Album," "Yesterday and Today," the "Help" with the spy instrumentals. Quote
Shawn Posted July 18, 2007 Author Report Posted July 18, 2007 (edited) There was a lot of weird crap done to albums originally issued in England then reissued in the states. Look at the Jimi Hendrix - Are You Experienced example. The British version of the first Black Sabbath album contains "Evil Woman", while the track "Wicked World" was substituted for the US release. The British version of Deep Purple's Fireball contains the track "Demons Eye", the American version substitutes "Strange Kind Of Woman". The thing with Rubber Soul is that I got used to hearing it in it's original (US) form, I've never been able to adjust to the CD version. I'll check out that box set one of these days... Edited July 18, 2007 by Shawn Quote
paul secor Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 I always liked the U.S. version of Rubber Soul better than the British version. Quote
Guy Berger Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 I always liked the U.S. version of Rubber Soul better than the British version. Interesting. I'm obviously biased as I've only listened to the British version, but judging by the tracklist I think the US version is inferior. All IMHO, of course. Guy Quote
kh1958 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 I had Rubber Soul on vinyl when I was a kid, my favorite track was "I've Just Seen A Face" which I believe was the first track on side one. In the CD era I got Rubber Soul as a Christmas present and was severely dissapointed that the song was nowhere to be found. Then I discovered it was one of the last tracks on the CD of Help. Was that a difference between the US and UK versions of the album? Which version had "I've Just Seen A Face" on it? Thanks. "I've Just Seen A Face" is on the current cd version of "Help!", I bought all of the UK versions on cd a few years back and (if I'm not mistaken) pretty much everything is included in those (plus the 2 "Past Masters" volumes for singles), I never had any emotional attachment to the original sequencing because I was born in 1971 and just figured I'd go for those rather than the Beatles Capitol box sets. Isn't one of those discs the one where they have bloody meat and chewed up baby dolls all over them? Not Rubber Soul, that was the original and quickly withdrawn cover of Revolver, their next album. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 I had Rubber Soul on vinyl when I was a kid, my favorite track was "I've Just Seen A Face" which I believe was the first track on side one. In the CD era I got Rubber Soul as a Christmas present and was severely dissapointed that the song was nowhere to be found. Then I discovered it was one of the last tracks on the CD of Help. Was that a difference between the US and UK versions of the album? Which version had "I've Just Seen A Face" on it? Thanks. "I've Just Seen A Face" is on the current cd version of "Help!", I bought all of the UK versions on cd a few years back and (if I'm not mistaken) pretty much everything is included in those (plus the 2 "Past Masters" volumes for singles), I never had any emotional attachment to the original sequencing because I was born in 1971 and just figured I'd go for those rather than the Beatles Capitol box sets. Isn't one of those discs the one where they have bloody meat and chewed up baby dolls all over them? Not Rubber Soul, that was the original and quickly withdrawn cover of Revolver, their next album. Don't think that cover was actually shipped to stores. It was in "slick books" at the time. Quote
jazzbo Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 Some very few copies were shipped to stores. And on the shelves one to two days. (According to Antiques Road Show). Quote
Aggie87 Posted July 19, 2007 Report Posted July 19, 2007 (edited) I had Rubber Soul on vinyl when I was a kid, my favorite track was "I've Just Seen A Face" which I believe was the first track on side one. In the CD era I got Rubber Soul as a Christmas present and was severely dissapointed that the song was nowhere to be found. Then I discovered it was one of the last tracks on the CD of Help. Was that a difference between the US and UK versions of the album? Which version had "I've Just Seen A Face" on it? Thanks. "I've Just Seen A Face" is on the current cd version of "Help!", I bought all of the UK versions on cd a few years back and (if I'm not mistaken) pretty much everything is included in those (plus the 2 "Past Masters" volumes for singles), I never had any emotional attachment to the original sequencing because I was born in 1971 and just figured I'd go for those rather than the Beatles Capitol box sets. Isn't one of those discs the one where they have bloody meat and chewed up baby dolls all over them? Not Rubber Soul, that was the original and quickly withdrawn cover of Revolver, their next album. Actually it was the original cover for Yesterday and Today: The replacement cover (which was glued on top of the original butcher image for some number of copies, which had people steaming them off): The original image was later released inside the gatefold of the "Rarities" LP. Edited July 19, 2007 by Aggie87 Quote
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