Released just after George left Apple for his own Dark Horse label (and appearing in stores just in time for the Christmas season of 1976), The Best of George Harrison neatly splits into a side of Harrison solo hits and a side of his Beatles tunes.
Essential: a masterpiece of Rock music
I share my LP of Abbey Road to fatten the collection.
An early Capitol reissue (Purple label, 1978), mastered by Jay Maynard (JAM) and pressed by Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. (GOL). It’s a treat!
Essential: a masterpiece of Rock music
The turn is for Let It Be… to fatten The Beatles collection.
This is another early Capitol reissue (Purple label, 1979), mastered nothing less by master sound engineer Wally Traugott (Wally) and pressed by Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles.
Considering that Help! functions as the Beatles' fifth album and as the soundtrack to their second film – while filming, they continued to release non-LP singles on a regular basis – it's not entirely surprising that it still has some of the weariness of Beatles for Sale.
Essential: a masterpiece of Rock music
I think the Rubber Soul US release is interesting because differs in some songs from its UK pair.
What I celebrate about the US mix is that this is where “I’m Looking Through You” song appears for the first time with the famous false start (And that I personally value it very much).
Vinyl pedigree: A Capitol reissue (Purple label of 1978) and mastered by John Lemay. Silent pressing of the Winchester plant.