Ranking The Beatles US Capitol Albums

US Albums

[samanello]

Being a first generation Beatles fan, it was such a surprise to have only 2 John Lennon songs and 3 George Harrison songs on Revolver. At the time we didn't know our US albums were different than the UK. It wasn't until the CD's came out did we realize how different the albums were. And thank you for getting me reacquainted with the albums I grew up with. My favorites are Rubber soul and of course Meet the Beatles. As your dad and uncle said it was such a big deal when it came out. And I still love Revolver even without the 3 Lennon tunes.

[zylbher]

I think that in order to make the American Revolver unique, Capitol should have included "Rain" on it, so it would have a different value. and not wait until the album "hey Jude", what do you think?

[ConglomerationCat]

Fantastic video, Brian... These Capitol pressings hold a lot of sentimental value to me. When my folks got married back in 1969, my father was gifted an AKAI X-150D reel to reel tape deck and lots of new 7" Audiotape Formula 10, 2400 ft. tapes. The very first tape out of 10 was just strictly Beatles Capitol albums that he taped. So one side recorded at 3/34 ips was Meet The Beatles, Something New, Beatles '65 and Beatles IV. So it was nearly 2 hours of Beatles bliss... As a child, it was absolute magic to watch the reels turn and hear this amazing music fill the living room.

[louiegomez]

Not having access to the UK releases back in the 60's, I remember wondering why John had so little input on Revolver (US). I may have switched that with the Hard Day's Night release on your list, otherwise, you are pretty spot on....

[billleary]

Thanks for showing this. I started getting Beatles albums in 1982 starting with Meet the Beatles. I definitely have an affinity for these albums. I owned the collection Reel Music and the inner sleeve had the entire Capitol collection and I remember having a goal to own every one of those records which I achieved within 3 years. I think the Beatles Second Album is my favorite because it does rock for an early album. I do love many of the other ones including MMT and Hey Jude (the UK import of this one sounds even better than the US pressing). Thanks for sharing

[perrybarton]

I've got all of these except for the Vee-Jay albums (which my older brother had when I was a kid). He got The Beatles' Second Album for Christmas the year it was released. The walls in our house were thin, so I heard everything he played (which was a GOOD thing). That album has been a fave ever since. Hey Jude is a good compilation, and the front and back cover photos are from the final photo session the group did together. Nice job on the vid. 😎

[sharonevans]

Great video, I have been trying to replace my worn Capitol albums they hold great memories of growing up excitedly waiting for the next release. Take care !

[williamryder]

Brian, my son just showed me how to add comments on YouTube...that said, been watching your videos for years & look forward to them....glad to see there's people that are Beatle nerds out there like me...Keep the great videos coming...love Anchor & Bear...love your vocals on Magic..CHEERS!

[howardsamuelsohn]

Got them all in early 1969 at the age of 10. Still have them, but i've gone digital. Love all the remixes. Can't stop listening.

[MB-endo]

I pretty much completely agree with your order. Nice video!

[TheWALLofMusic]

As a new Beatles fan in 1977 at the age of 14 I grew up with the Capitol albums and they will always have a special place in my heart. As far as my favorite it would be MMT because it was the first one I bought.

[nickelias]

Second Album is # 1 for me followed by Beatles 65, Yesterday and Today, Magical Mystery Tour, A cassette version of Rubber Soul I had in the late 70s with extra reverb (didn't get the vinyl for a while), Meet The Beatles, Beatles VI, Something New, Help, Early Beatles, Revolver, Introducing, and Hard Days' Night. Yes, I had The Beatles Story and listened to it once when I was 10 years old 😆

[markplank]

The Early Beatles was the first time I heard The Fabs as a very young child. My father was an album & 45 collector as a young parent. So the Capital Early Beatles album has an extra sentimental attachment. Definitely agree about the high ranking of Magical Mystery Tour. I still need to obtain a good copy of Yesterday & Today.

[stan-nmje]

Thank you for making this video. I support everything you said. My favorite US Capitol Beatles album is BEATLES '65

[craigwarner]

Because I was born and still live in England, UK, I'm not that up on my knowledge of the U.S. Capitol albums but I would absolutely love to start collecting them and get really familiar with them. I've only ever owned a couple via the 2014(I think) U.S. Albums box. However I didn't buy or ever own that box, I just picked up a couple (I think they had the stereo and mono tracks on if I'm thinking correct). And I ended up giving them to my Mrs a couple years ago because they didn't really have a place in my collection as I was concentrating on the UK collection(which I do now have EVERY SINGLE OFFICIAL RELEASE UK BEATLES ALBUM EVER RELEASED IN THE ORIGINAL MONO WHERE AVAILABLE AND STEREO WHERE THAT'S ALL THAT WAS AVAILABLE AND ALL THE 50TH SUPER DELUXE VINYL BOX SETS AND EVERY 87 CD AND EVERY 2009 CD). So I reckon I can start my U.S. Capitol adventure now. If you were me Brian where would you start?

[philharding]

As a UK based fan I've always been tempted to pick up the Capitol albums but only have Hey Jude and MMT. Might have to look for a Beatles VI or Y&T...

[timmadone]

"Beatles'65" is my favorite Capitol album. All the songs flow nicely & it's the Capitol album I've listened to the most. "A Hard Days Night" is 2nd place. I like the mix of the title song which seems slightly different than the U.K. version plus it has the instrumentals "This Boy" & "I Love Her" both of which I like. "Help" is 3rd place as again I like the instrumental songs mixed in with The Beatles songs. Hey Brian if you own all 13 studio albums by The Monkees I'd be interested to know in what order you would rank them.

[WilG]

Writing this before I watch the whole video: meet the Beatles is far an away the best and the only one that’s better than the UK counterpart

[alexshkoditch]

One of the values of the Hey Jude album was first time true stereo mixes of the songs in the U.S. It also was the first time stereo mixes ANYWHERE of Hey Jude and Revolution. Not counting the "A Hard Days Night" soundtrack album (which was on United Artists), the title song didn't appear on a Capitol ALBUM until the Red compilation.

[denniswood]

Although the UK versions are the definitive albums with 14 tracks per record, the Capitol albums included more singles than they're UK counterparts. Meet the Beatles had "I Want to Hold Your Hand" etc. and With the Beatles didn't. I do like the USA Rubber Soul with "I've Just Seen a Face" & "It's Only Love" give it a more unified Byrds/folk-rock feel. The Capitol albums are still valid and fun with unique (and occasionally better) song configurations.