Red & Blue . . . two or three?

[Liam OSM]

Straightforward enough - does anyone else think that two compilations like this isn't the best way of taking the highlights?

Personally, I think it would have been better if they had taken 30-40 songs from each of their THREE eras, and had, say, a red, green, and blue album.

Red for 1962-64 - equivalent to disc 1 of the existing red album plus various other highlights (Things We Said Today, I Saw Her Standing There, Baby's In Black . . .)

Green for 1965-67 - equivalent to red2 plus blue1 up to MMT, and the other highlights (I've Just Seen A Face, Got To Get You Into My Life, Taxman, Tomorrow Never Knows, Within You Without You . . .)

Blue for 1968-70 - equivalent to blue1 from LM on, plus other various high points (Two Of Us, Because, Hey Bulldog . . .)

[megs]

... that would probably be better, or do like a box set type of thing[:)]

[Steve-o]

They really don't need a box, IMHO. Their original releases continue to sell at a good clip.

[megs]

hmmm good point[:I]

[Brains]

quote:if they had taken 30-40 songs from each of their THREE eras

That would mean 100-120 songs total. That's about half of everything they ever officially released. Then what's the point of releasing such a set? You can just buy all albums. It would be expensive, but buying three dubble cds is expensive anyway.

[Steve-o]

Exactly my point, Brains.....Liam wont agree, but good job! [:D]

[Liam OSM]

OK, make it 20-30 . . . [:D]

[skyjude]

Beatles fans (like most of us here I presume) will probably buy everything anyway. Compilation albums like these are for people building record collections on band's greatest hits and any more than 2 (double) albums would have been a very unlikely purchase. I think they got it right as many of my non-Beatles friends own one or both of these and would probably have no other Beatles records at all if it wasn't for these. Or at least this was before '1' came out...

[Liam OSM]

Having said that, compare this to Queen, who have 3 successful volumes of GH . . .

[DylansMrJones]

I think 1962-1966 and 1967-1970 should be reissued as a three CD set. It's really stupid that 1962-1966 is only about an hour long, but is a two CD set selling for an average retail price of $34.99 US.