It has been fifty years since the legendary Beatles officially broke up on April 10, 1970, sending fans around the world hoping and chasing every hint of them getting back together. The iconic lineup of Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr have gone down in history as one of the biggest acts to have ever existed.
Although The Beatles have only lasted for eight years, from Ringo's joining in 1962 to Paul's surprise announcement in 1970, their music still lives on. To keep the Beatlemania alive and kicking, here are the must-have vinyl for every Beatles fan.
1. The Beatles (The White Album) [2LP]
The only double album ever released by the Fab Four, "The Beatles" album became popularly known as "The White Album" because of its minimalistic all-white cover with the band's name embossed on it.
This 50th Anniversary Edition brings the individual sounds of the Beatles together, but with the better "remastered" quality. Also, listen to initially unreleased works and see pictures of the Liverpool quartet during the turn of the century.
2. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [LP][2017 Stereo Mix]
Listen as Giles Martin, son of the "Fifth Beatle" George Martin, bring the legendary Sgt. Pepper back into life with a mix of modern and old-school tech, but still retaining the idiosyncrasies music critics lauded on the original 1967 album.
Martin recreated a new-yet-familiar reimagining of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by using the original, first-generation recordings of the track and not the mixdowns used in the other re-releases of the album.
3. Abbey Road Anniversary [LP]
The 50th-anniversary edition of the Abbey Road includes remastered tracks and previously unreleased song demos and session recordings. Again, Giles Martin was among the engineers who worked in the project.
Abbey Road was initially notable because of the band's use of a solid-state transistor mixing desk, creating a clearer sound never heard before in their previous works. Also, it was the very album that spawned "Something" and "Here Comes The Sun," cementing Harrison's creds as a songwriter.
4. The Beatles 1962-1966
Also known as "The Red Album," this double vinyl compilation contains the best hits of the Beatles from the years specified in the album's name. It contains "Love Me Do" and "Please Please Me" from their 1963 album, as well as the song they famously performed on the Ed Sullivan Show, "I Want To Hold Your Hand."
The Red Album, as well as its partner "The Blue Album," were released by Apple/ EMI Records in response to a bootleg Beatles compilation titled "Alpha Omega," which was released the previous year.
5. The Beatles 1967-1970
The sequel and partner to "The Red Album," the second double vinyl compilation offers the hits from the Fab Four's later years. Dubbed "The Blue Album," this compilation marks the album debut for the anthem "Let It Be," which was previously released as a non-album single.
The Blue Album contains songs from "Sgt. Pepper's," "Magical Mystery Tour"," The White Album", and "Abbey Road," as well as a couple of non-album singles such as "Hey Jude" and "Let It Be."
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