One of my favorite albums as a kid was my mom's cassette tape of The Beatles'
Yesterday...and Today Most Beatles fans know that until Sgt. Pepper came out, Beatles' albums in the U.S. were released in different versions than those in England. Capitol Records did this to squeeze every ounce of profit out of the Beatles that then could. Anyways, when the Beatles' catalog was released on CD in 1987, Capitol rectified this by releasing only the British versions of their records. Aside from the fact that those albums were (poorly) remixed at the time, there were only few notable differences. One of the main differences were in three songs from Yesterday...and Today: Dr. Robert, And Your Bird Can Sing, and I'm Only Sleeping. The versions of these three songs were different mixes than the versions that were released on Revolver, and were never released on CD. Hence, the only way to hear these versions, the ones I grew up with, are to hear them on vinyl. But Hark!!! Technology exists to rip vinyl to digital now!!!! Here is the original Yesterday... and Today mix of I'm Only Sleeping, one of my favorite songs ever!!!
The other song I'm posting is the American (Capitol) version of Help! complete with James Bond-esque guitar intro. This is from the recent Beatles Capitol Records Box Set. You gotta hear the sound quality on this. Its like hearing it all over again for the first time! So, without further ado:
The Beatles - I'm Only Sleeping (Original Yesterday... and Today mix)The Beatles - Help! (US Version)
