The Beatles-Abbey Road (1969)
Artist: The Beatles
Title: Abbey Road
Year of Release: 1969
Country and Year of Edition: US 1971 Winchester
Sell Price: $8.74
Sell Date: 1/8/25
Condition: G+/VG
Discogs Last Sold: 12/30/24 VG/VG+ $12.00
Low: $3.00 F/P
Median: $10.00
Average: $12.55
High: $61.22 NM/M
Current low price: $8.99 G+/VG
Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 33
Have/Want: 1383/1031
Where Sold: Chicago, IL
Time It Took To Sell: 10 years
Where and When Bought: Worcester MA early 80's That's Entertainment used $2.99
Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A+
Sad To See It Go: No
Somewhere on my tops of all time, Abbey Road may have risen to be my favorite Beatles studio album after many years claiming it was Revolver. I'm going to say, as the decades go by, I never really tire of hearing it to the extent that every track in the catalog I've heard beyond memory.
This was always what I'd describe as my ultimate Sunday morning record. This may be because when I was a kid and woke up early on a Sunday, the DJ decided to play the whole second side, then when the side ended, the DJ clearly wasn't paying attention or was occupied and let the outer groove play for 5 or 10 minutes. I never had this album in the 70's and the first time I remember anyone having it was a 8-track copy in my 4th grade teacher's class. This was a little different than Sgt. Pepper or Meet The Beatles! which were omnipresent and unavoidable in my world as a 70's child.
That said, I don't have a particular "favorite" song on Abbey Road. Lennon hated "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" and I can kind of see why although I like that percussive clanking element. My dad had a short obsession with George Harrison's guitar lick in "Something" 30 or so years back that he brought up out of the blue as being understated and brilliant. It helped me see it in a new light after a couple decades of being burnt on it and wondering why it was considered such a mainstream standard and not particularly a favorite of mine outside the general perfection of every single song in the Beatles catalog.
"Come Together" and "I Want You" are probably the best "songs" but the medley that encompasses most of side two is probably the meat of the record for me. It goes by seamlessly and I never get sick of it including the long space after it and before "Her Majesty" in it's 30 second outro splendor. Bootlegs shed an extended light on it and showed that it really and truly was brilliant judicious editing and a finale to end the grandest of finales. The takes on the expanded deluxe version just early 30 second takes. The "Let It Be" sessions gave better insight.
Sometimes less is more.
FOR FURTHER REVIEW:
The Beatles Second Album (1964)
Songs Pictures and Stories of The Fabulous Beatles (1964)
Hear The Beatles Tell All (1964)
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Hey Jude b/w Revolution (1968)
The Beatles vs. The Third Reich (1985, unofficial)
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