I'll probably comment more here in a minute, but I wanted to get this out before I forgot. I think "Now & Then" should have only been released as a single (with bonus songs like they did with "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love") - It was weird to have it and not the other 2 songs on the re-mixed Blue Album. Maybe they should have put all 3 songs or none at all on it. Just a weird move.
There’s always a cash grab to be made! There’s always a cow to be milked - lol! I’ve got a feeling somewhere around a Christmas time of the future. They’ll remix remaster the anthology series and then put those songs on them with John’s voice restored. $$$
Actually, there is a "super deluxe edition" of the "Now & Then" single. It has everything you asked for, "Free As A Bird", "Real Love", remixes, demos of all the songs, etc. I got a copy of it after seeing Matthew Street's video about it. You have to do some digging around on the Internet for it, but it is there. You can get it for a good deal, around about $14.
Matt my Beatles brother, I couldn't agree more! After Revolver we should have gotten Rubber Soul!!! The heck with all these Red & Blue & USA 1964 (& 65!) Capitol Albums. Should not have been the priority. We Beatles fans demand Rubber Soul And they RUINED that a little by including half the album on the Red Album. Uggggh!!!!! Kenny from Jersey ps. And $300?! NO FREAKING WAY Up yours Apple!
I'm just not really interested in the U.S. albums. But then again, I'm only 53 - what do i know. I started my collections when the British versions were first issued on cd in the 1980s. I think the only U.S. albums I have are the "Hard day's Night" and "Help" soundtracks - generally for the George Martin instrumentals....for whatever they're worth.
I actually just spent the money they wanted me to spend on the Revober boxset Mathew!That’ll show the bastards! Oh wait, that means they got my money anyway! Damn! Missed it by thaaaaat much Cheif! ❤
I can't wait for the Super Deluxe six CD/LP box set of Hear The Beatles Tell All! And man, that HDN lunchpail looks cool. And that is my fave of the new t-shirts! Thanks for the honesty, Matt.
Great topic! It Seems like Apple is out of touch with what we want.i wish we could get some live Beatles, doent even have to be a box, oh well....what can u do? LA DE DA!😂😅😊
I agree with your message here, Matt. And here’s the thing: Apple is expecting fans to pay a premium for material that isn’t even what the fans want, or even need. When will we be listened to? When will the products we actually want be released? Will they charge $1500 for them? As a younger fan, it’s unfathomable to justify shelling out an entire savings account on one set. I can’t imagine someone like John Lennon being okay with this.
Hi Matt! I'm with you! I'm 68 and I'm done as well. We were faithful fans all these years and they won't give us what we want. I am done with being jerked around by Apple and the bunch. I'm in failing health and can't afford the prices and aggravation. Ill be getting rid of all my stuff within the next year. I'll just listen to it all on Spotify. All the best, Matt! Jeff
Funny as usual matthew, scoop dont forget the 1964 that is title coming to apple+ on Thanksgiving. The ahdn lunchbox is really nice and bright. Mine came last week! Going to one hand clapping 2nite also!
@@matthewstreet1961 I'm not going to buy the box set but will buy the remastered mono albums seperately. Really don't care about "The Beatles Story". I also getting the Amazon clear vinyl version of "Living In A Material World" & the ITunes version for my IPhone, don't care about the box set. I'm also waiting for "Rubber Soul" 60th myself but I hope they put out both versions. The UK version Original George Martin mix & Giles Martin mix(stereo & mono) and the American version Dave Dexter mixes that starts off with "I Just Seen A Face" plus make it double album(mono & stereo). Yeah I'm asking for too much. The other box set I'm waiting for is "Back To The Egg"(yeah again I'm asking for too much). Take care Matthew.
Dude, good review, but there's absolutely no reason to be ragging on Ringo like that. There are a lot of Ringo fans who you are alienating by your dismissive attitude towards Ringo. With only 5,530 subscribers, you can't afford to alienate anyone.
Pharo I love Ringo. I’ve seen him live numerous times, I met him in 1992, have all his music, love the guy! I’m just having a bit of fun in the video. No offense at all to Ringo. But, he is SERIOUSLY lacking in the box set world. As for me, I do not do this for subscribers, like many others in Beatles You Tube world. I do this for fun, to have a laugh, and make some friends. Most people who regularly watch me know this. They know I’m good natured and do not have a mean bone in my body. If someone is so overly sensitive that this video upsets them, they should probably not watch, because every 5th or 6th video, I like to have some fun and be silly. I hope you understand. Cheers Matt 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I believe the lack of a RINGO Box is due to the fact that the album is owned by the label. And the label won’t take a chance. I was hoping there would be something for the 50th…….
Hi Mattt. I agree with you for 100%. Actually I was kind of ok with the box sets until the US albums came along with the exception of Rubber Soul. Why only Mono recordings and why no CD's. The Beatles' Story is a cash grab topic.If you want this album than one has to go with the box set. Pathatic!!! Same goes for Living in the Material world. If one wants to have the Blu Ray then you have to buy the Super Deluxe edition. I am too only interested in the CD's. I will purchase, like you, only the 2 CD edition. Cheers Stephan
You are so right, Matt! Thank you! Many of the Box Sets contain childish crap which devaluate this most beautiful and exciting music. I‘ve been a fan for more than 50 years, but I‘ve always kept my collection classy. I would never let gnomes enter my home or raise a Nutopia flag there. The music is too dear to my heart to let it get spoiled by such nonsense. There are other ways to spend 300 or a thousand bucks. Get a nice dog, buy really good books… Thanks again and greetings from Berlin, Harry
I really appreciate you mentioning that we’re all kind of like a Beatles family! It was really a breath of fresh air to hear that we can kind of weigh our grievances or what makes us upset as a family or a fan. I’m a huge beetle fan from ever since I can remember! However, the reality of it is , I’m in my mid 50s now I have a mortgage to pay. I have kids to put through college. They have literally priced me out. I’m not falling for any more cash grabs, and multiple versions of the same album that I grew up listening to. On a positive note with all these new versions of all these albums you can get the original ones on CD for dirt cheap. Or you can get them from your local library. (That’s just my $.02 plus any applicable taxes). Peace & love amigo!
Hey Matt! Good Video! I love The Beatles and I love Box Sets. I rarely get them on release day. I wait a while. They do go down in price. I get the ones I think might go out of print. The new Capitol mono box I’m gonna wait and see how low it gets. If quantity is low I have no choice but to get it. I’m glad and happy I got the 2014 mono vinyl box I waited what 4 years paid 350.00 on Amazon. I’m waiting for an updated E.P box vinyl collection. Take care!
I'm with you, Matt. I don't think there is anything the Beatles could release at this point that I would buy. I am perfectly happy with my 2009 cds. McCartney does need to get back to releasing archives, though - I would continue to buy those. At least give us a double Cold Cuts cd that includes all unreleased stuff like Waterspout and Yvonne.
Good work Matt! Never feel bad about criticizing….Beatles are my favorite and I’m one of the most Jaded fans these days….I still love them though. I don’t see the point of getting a “deluxe” box set IE LITMW for just one extra song. Granted it’s also on a 45 or whatever but not worth the money. Also do we honestly need the US albums yet again in another boxset this one very few will be able to afford or bother buying. The blue vinyl for Meet the Beatles from target sounds nice similarly to the red vinyl for Now and then (which didn’t really sound that good) anyway as Ringo would say…Peace and Love….no autographs.
I haven't bought any boxed sets. Easy explanation: I don't want to hear George Martin's work tampered with. Period The utter guile of his failed actor son to do this, and pretty much get away with it is appalling. It's as if: "We have a new "Whistler's Mother" ( who's official title was "A study in Charcoal and Gray") but it's now " A Study in Magenta and Pink".......No one would be allowed to do that! And no one should be allowed to do this to Sir George's work....Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor
I'm with you Matt, at least for the moment! Like you, I have no real interest in the US albums, because they aren't what I grew up with and with Past Masters there's no songs I'm missing out on. I might pick them up in the future just to satisfy the OCD/Completest area of my fandom, but they are not really on my radar at all. Now Rubber Soul, Help and Walls And Bridges are of course also on my "Can't Wait For" list. My hope for the Beatle albums is that they have a few surprises lined up, and wouldn't have to repeat anything that was on Anthology 2. But with all these super/uber/deluxe box sets, how often are we going to go back and listen to outtakes? Most people I know are often more than happy with the 2CD editions and the rest can be streamed on spottyfly!
No interest in this set at all. I’ll pick some individual LPs up if they do a good job of it. The Beatles Story, who the hell has any interest in that? I have a purple label copy I’ve had since a kid that I never play. I think this box is going to be blown out cheap on deep discount or at wal mart eventually. Or maybe the Fest will buy some to sell like they did with the ridiculous billion dollar ATMP box set that
I got it for just over $300 CAN, shipping and duty already paid. So, I'm happy with the new Beatles "The 1964 US Albums In Mono" LP set. I'm not a fan of that George Harrison album, so I won't be getting the "Living In The Material World" box set, or the 2 CD set.
Luckily I don't have the money to "collect" - but if I did, I'd make a horrible collector. All I'm interested in is the music. I don't really care about gadgets, stickers, shoes, nose hairs, cups, hangers, lyric sheet facsimiles, suit cases, tinker toys, lincoln logs, or anything in that vein. All I'm interested in is the music. Throw together a cd of outtakes, unreleased songs, etc., and I'm in. The Anthology Series was nice because it had the songs with no extra stupid bells and whistles. I don't want or need a replica of Paul's first baking sheet....Just the music please..... P.S. really enjoyed this. I agree with you - it's getting to be too much. Can't wait for your next vid. Until then, take care, my friend.
@@matthewstreet1961 For those “dog” albums what work well would be what set along the same lines George’s buddy Eric Clapton 1974-75 recordings which included live material. Might be the best way to present George’s troubled 1974 tour which was my first concert!
I definitely get your frustration. It would be hard for me to say no to Bob Dylan sets, though I know his aren't as frequent, and there are 4 Beatles haha.
Hey Matt. As an old pensioner I just can’t afford those box sets! Just kidding, if I wanted them I would just order them, but what’s the fun in that? I love the Beatles, but they are far from my music priorities, but I love channels that talk Beatles. Especially love when you take the mick out of all those fans with no sense of humour. $300? Do you know how many great cheapies I can find for that amount😉. Keep on telling it like it is brother. Cheers.
Love your show Matthew! I feel the same as you right on! All your comments make sense! The thing for me is the prices are just out of sink even if your wealthy the prices bring down the box sets they just seem out of touch with the fans !!! The prices will kill physical media and fans will go to Spotify or other streaming Like Amazon!!! They don't even put cd players in new cars anymore stopping in 2019 so it doesn't make sense to even make cds anymore just like the 8track it is dead!!! Walmart doesn't even sell cds anymore not even best buy it is a dinosaur technology!!! $300 for a simple box set with no book and the box is to plain they should have put some nice photos of the Beatles on the box with a nice book explaining Capital albums with lots of pictures!!! Maybe then the price makes sense!!! Tired of taking advantage of the buying public i know it's our choices to buy or not! Just get Spotify $10 a month!! John's Mind Games was a great remix but it was overpriced and they can't give them away!!! The sales were a disaster!!! Did not even get in the billboard 200 when it came out!!! Price is the key here!!! And Red and blue did sell great billboard and Uk charts top 3 but the packaging terrible to cheap!!! No book with pictures and nice history on the albums just thrown together overnight! With that great photo in the park in the church garden should have been blown up over the box ! One of the best pictures of the Beatles Thanks Matthew loved your show!
You still have the right to your opinion & hopefully into the future ( Wink Wink) . I have a lot of box sets but no solo one. I agree with you too much & too expensive. I am looking forward to a Revolver & Magical Mystery Tour ( Maybe combined with Yellow Submarine ) Box sets.Yeah not all of them were A's. Good points. Take care.
interesting take Matthew to which I broadly agree although I have ordered the deluxe Material World set including the LP's which will go unplayed, but it does look a nice set, unlike ATMP cd box whcih aside from the music I have to admit was one of the most underwhelming deluxe sets I am sorry to say. Do you think Sometime in New York City was skipped as they thought the market wasn't there for it, must admit it is not one I would/have bought all the rest. I find the Abbey Road deluxe sturdy whereas the white album deluxe although well designed is kind of flimsy slide on cover par. My favourite music of all the beatles box sets is Abbey Road, (all so subjective though) As for Ringo I love him, maybe he could have done a combined deluxe box of Ringo and Goodnight Vienna. Would love (as I think many will) london Town and BAck to the Egg Archive. Great video.
Well said Matt - the USA box set is a rip off to get the album no one wants - so I’m skipping it too - and just found a 1978 copy of the Beatles story for £6 so that’s sorted that ! And the Harrison box is one disc of new and loads of duplication - I’m just ordering the blue vinyl meet the Beatles and will see if I can grab them individually when the price drops - the Harrison 2 cd will be cheap as chips soon enough as were the all things must pass configurations ❤
Box Upsets … ! 😂😂 George Martin famously said that his big regret was leaving Penny Lane and SF forever off Sgt Peppers, as the band didn’t want to rip fans off -having already issued these songs as singles. The wheel has turned full circle. Great video Matt .. very entertaining and hugely informative. From a fan in Ireland 🇮🇪
Sorry, but the Harrison LITMW Super Deluxe box set with both the vinyl & CDs plus the hardcover book is perfect. I'm in on that one. Agree that the US Capital mono albums box set is a total rip-off. They should have at least given us a nice hardcover book with that one; otherwise it's a 'hard pass'. I too aleady have all those albums in mono & stereo in VG++ condition so I will pass on the new ones - except for the Target blue vinyl variant of Meet the Beatles. I'm all in on the Target version. I would only get that box set of I can get it super-discounted off of Amazon twelve months from now.
Great insights Mike! Enjoy the Material set, I’m happy you’re getting it. I’m hoping the US box price drops big time! BTW, I knew a Mike Lord in US Air Force, are you him? Cheers 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I'd consider Star Club and Stowe, in a box. And again... Capitol Albums Vol. 3 (Y&T, Revolver, Pepper w/o goofy tag, and MMT with all it's uniqueness.)
For me if you want it, buy it, if you don’t, then don’t buy it. I think what bothers me is all the color vinyl variants. Living in the Material World now has three different color variants, not including the black vinyl. Enough said, great video Matt. Take care
I’m getting the LITMW super deluxe. Extremely happy that they included both the vinyl and CD. I do think the Deluxe CD set is nice, but what bugs me is they’re leaving off the Sunshine life For Me track. Overall though I’m happy with this release. The Beatles US Albums box on the other hand. I decided to cancel my order. I’m just getting the Meet The Beatles Target edition at this point. I’m guessing the box price is going to drop drastically and I will get it then.
I'm with you Matt. For one, I just can't afford it. I really don't see the few extras are worth it. I found that out with the Let It Be box set that I was really excited about. I feel the same way about the solo projects. With Paul, I usually only purchase the simple 2 cd set of any of his archival releases. I don't need another book of pictures, copies of hand written lyrics and a guitar pick with their signature.
Hi Matt, That's what is great about America, the 1st Amendment! You have some very valid points, and I have buyers remorse on a lot of 💩 that I've purchased. I like the HDN lunch box. I purchased the 1964 tour ticket pin set. Up in the air about the box set. Seems that they put a premium on being a collector, like the $120 for an unnecessary album and a cardboard box.
Love that lunchbox, Matt! I hear you on this fab rant! John and George are spared from this criticism. I wonder what they would have thought of these remixes and reissues. I know John was not a fan of the American albums and how they were packaged.
Right on Matthew! I grew up with the Beatles, Saw the concert in 66 at Candlestick. And still love the band but if I go on certain Beatles channels and dare to criticize a release or something I get called all kinds of bad stuff You can love the band but still be critical of some of the releases that have come out in the past !!
There definitely seems to be a beatles tax or a beatles premium for their products. Price is one thing, but I'm honestly starting to run out of space to put these expansive box sets. I stopped buying the CD sets quite awhile ago now. I just get the vinyl sets now.
Rubber Soul would be Good, London Town would be Nice, but when are we Getting The Ringo The 4th Super Deluxe 4 Disc Version ? , When are we Getting The Ringo The 4th Cube and Crate with 40 page Booklet ? When is The world finally going to get to hear The Remixes and outtakes of Sneaking Sally Through The Alley ? When are we Going to Get The Ringo The 4th Lunch Box ? , isn't that what Everybody Really wants and is desperately waiting for ?
Hi Matt, 👋 I'm all boxed 📦 out! The next box set that I want is The Beatles, Rubber Soul w/ remixes, demos, and the outtakes vinyl set! Hopefully the absolutely best of the sets so far whenever it's available for purchase! This latest Capitol 64' box set is ridiculous, The Beatles Story? Really?! So unimportant in the Beatles catalog! Capitol/Apple should have made a combo box set for the years 1964/1965 and leaving out The Beatles story and put them all on different colored vinyl for each album, reflecting on what colors are on each cover! Now that would have been great for young & older collectors! Man, I can't believe nobody from Capitol and Apple thought of this...Oh well, just my thoughts on this upcoming release. Enjoy the rest of your week! 🍻 ✌️&💙 Allan
I only get the 2 or 3 CD sets ...and try to find just the music somewhere else. I am looking forward to the colored vinly Meet The Beatles and the 2 CD Harrison. Next Rubber Soul, and hopeful a box set Butcher with book and all alternate shots and covers etc. Let it Roll...and get what you can afford.
I've always been a bit hesitant over the boxsets and now stream most of them when possible. Remixes usually get a couple listens at most. Sgt. Pepper and the White Album are the only Beatle boxes I have and the three Lennon albums are the only solo sets I've bought. I'll probably get Walls and Bridges but don't plan on getting any more Beatle sets. At this stage, getting more physical media just seems a waste to me.
Matt that was the most entertaining video yet! Loved it. I agree with you on the boxes. I was going to get George deluxe material world but now I’m just getting the two CD set everything in the deluxe repeat it’s self. Plus I have the 1973 Vinyl. So I am good with the 2 cd set. The Beatles reissues. Of the us albums not going to get that either. I already have 1978 stereo pressing and the 1960’s mono albums original. So I am good there too! I will just wait for the Rubber Soul box set. On a side note on waybar they have a sale of the mono box set for 137 for 3 more days. I don’t think Apple is getting the pre orders. Anyway great video Matt! Have a wonderful day!!
I'm with you, Matt. I'm on a tight budget and have passed on most of the box sets and archive releases. I'm the kind of fan who is only interested in the music and couldn't care less about wooden crates, suitcases, gnome figurines, etc. Cheers 😎
God bless you Matthew and family. Music is fun and you make music so interesting thank you. Thanks for all your reviews down through the years sharing your family and family memories. God bless Matt
I stopped this video at 2:40, and will watch the whole thing later, but I thought I would share my thoughts with you on the new box sets. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but, from previous exchanges we've had, it's pretty clear we're from the same generation, although I suspect you might be a few years older than I am. Anyway, I suspect you probably still have all the original Capitol mono releases, and they're probably in pretty good condition. maybe not "Mint" but they probably sound pretty nice when you decide to play them. I was spending time with a friend yesterday who didn't realize she had mono copies of Something New, and Rubber Soul. She decided to play Rubber Soul. It was nice to hear that on vinyl once again, even though I also have it. (I usually just play the C.D. version from the original Capitol Years C.D. set, and I'm talking about the first run, and not the second.) If you're anything like me, you probably won't by the mono Capitol vinyl box set. Oh, sure, it might be a good thing for people who don't already have the original vinyl, and missed out on both runs of The Capitol Years C.D. box sets, but you and I don't need them. Plus what's the deal with releasing The Beatles' Story in MONO? I mean, for crying out loud, it's mostly just a spoken word album! I mean did they put a phlange on John's voice/ Did they put a digital delay on Paul's voice? Did they put on a phase shifter on either George's or Ringo's voice? NO! there's NO difference between the mono version and the stereo version of The Beatles Story. I've been a Beatles fan for almost as long as you have, and I'm sure our collections probably run parallel. Just like me, I'm sure you have every album in both the U.S. and British catalog, and bot mono and stereo versions, and we bot have our fair share of "Fan Club" releases, so if you think the new Capitol mono box set is a waste of time and money, I certainly don't blame you. Let the new generation who weren't there the first time around spend their money on it. (Although if somebody wanted to buy me one for a present, I wouldn't turn it down.) I also think that The Beatles are so rich that they are immune to such criticism. People should just lighten up and not get so offended when you offer an opinion that is counter to the norm. They're people just like you and I. (I'm a George fan, but I'm not sure I really want to invest in a box set of Lifting Material From The World quite yet)
The 1964 US box will not sell well. I am sure most people, me included will buy the individual LPs, minus The Early Beatles and Meet the Beatles. Less than $120 for those.
Spot on, Matt: why do we need the US albums? They are still easily available in used record stores. Didn't need Red & Blue either. Cash grabs, in both cases. Not only do we need Rubber Soul, but a box set featuring what's on your shirt: a Magical Mystery Tour/ Yellow Submarine box. Lots of potential there. Personally, not doing any of the solo stuff, as I'm not a fan of remixes, and the out-takes have been available in great quality on boots for years. Great video, Matt; keep them coming !
It's case by case for me. I'm all in for a Rubber Soul for example. I do want outtakes and demos...remixes not so much. This latest is a pass for me. I grew up an Airforce brat and the base BX's carried imports so the UK releases were what I grew up. I don't care for the U.S. releases and the new box doesn't even have a book. Basically, you're getting The Beatles Story for a $100.
Personally ordered the Capitol box set to go with all my previous Beatles box releases starting from MMT small set/Stereo/Mono. I don't collect solo Beatles except the first 2 John Lennons so easier on budget. Entertaining reaction video Thanks for sharing
Hows this for an idea: A ten disc box set, both C.D. and vinyl of Yesterday and Today, and all the other discs contain out takes, alternate versions, and recordings of arguments between the band itself? PLUS.... actual reproductions of the doll parts used in the original photo shoot for the original front cover? (And maybe limited edition reproduction cloth swatches of the white coats The Beatles were wearing for the photo session)
I for one as a 68 yr youngbeatle fan am very happy about the capitol reissues and seeing as im only getting the first five albumd consider it a bargain to get brand new copys for $150 and as far as the Uk albums you couldnt gove them to me cause i purchased with the beatles 3 days ago and the running order on the british albums imho are all messed up!Nothis boy? No i want to hold your hand? I gave it away and tome the american album running orders makewaymore sense!
Lylahale 5284 is this the 2014 usa cd box set you are talking about? I didn't get it because it was to expensive , I got the original cd box sets from 2004, I find them OK, but I like the art work on the American covers you can't really enjoy with the cd images they are so small. The new vinyl I will be getting but it will be individual ones because I bought three vinyls in the 70s .even this new vinyl boxset is to expensive
I pre-ordered the George Harrison 2 CD's Living in the Material World. But hey, the only other copy of it that I ever had was the original LP that was played on a console stereo and is long gone. However, I'm not going to buy any more super deluxe box sets (maybe, lol).
@@matthewstreet1961 That's great, Matthew! Here's the thing: If people are willing to pay more for things, like the new Beatles U.S. albums box set, they'll certainly charge more for the things! Anyway, though, we're talking about THE BEATLES, here! Did you hear it? When I said THE BEATLES, angels came down singing "hallelujah!"
Matt, always enjoy your videos. These boxsets change as they look at how the perception of fans change their buying needs. I like vinyl but always choose the cd box sets. Since CD’s are supposedly on the way out, we are lucky to even get them with the vinyl for Living In The Material World. People stream today,, while people like us collect physical media. Remember Flowers In The Dirt had some additional downloads? I personally want physical and the power to choose. Rubber Soul will come out probably in 2025.
Hey Matt! I think you're being a little hasty here. Sure, there have been a few SDEs over the years that haven't quite lived up to the Beatles' ethos of "value for money." But you're going to be begging Apple to take your cash when they release (because no one demanded it) -- the Beatles on VeeJay records! For a mere $50 a pop you can get brand new vinyl copies of Introducing the Beatles, Introducing the Beatles (with a slightly different track listing), Songs Pictures and Stories of the Beatles, and Hear the Beatles Tell All! You can also get the double album the Beatles vs the Four Seasons for only $99! But that's not all. For $500 you get all six discs in a Hefty garbage bag PLUS the Savage Young Beatles AND Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage. Once you understand the mind of a marketing genius you will have to agree that you really want this more than a Rubber Soul box or a Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine box or Shea Stadium or the Washington Coliseum show or a cleaned up version of the Star Club tapes.
You make a lot of good points here, Matt. I have backed off just snapping up every box set that is released. I love the Mind Games album but I went for just the double cd set. It's great. The remixed album is excellent and the extra cd with alternate takes is good and satisfies my "deep dive" into MG. The Capitol mono box coming out? Can't do it. I have every one of those albums in both stereo and mono, and VG+ to Near Mint (some with the cellophane still intact). The mono/stereo Capitol cds of 2004 & 2006, cover it quite nicely, and I love those. I am seeing some folks saying things like (actually quoting here), "Of course I have the original Capitol albums, but I can't wait to open these albums up and get that thrill of a brand new mint Capitol '64 album!" With all due respect, I don't get it. 😆
I ordered my 1964 box! Sorry to all you who were waiting for a Rubber Soul release, but you'll get it soon. 2024 is the year I finally get what I've been waiting for since 2014. I've no interest in those annual Giles Martin releases or their solo stuff.
Always enjoy your Beatles videos but you are, of course, full of it! You will be the first person in line for the Rubber Soul box! And you love all the Beatles boxes - except the US albums one, which also, as a Brit, holds zero value for me. As for living in the material world.. it does come in several forms it’s and if you got the CD set you have ALL the music (well, almost, but you didn’t want vinyl so you don’t want the 7”). Lighten up a bit… enjoy the ones you love… cus love is all you need. Well, love plus boxsets.
If you get the super deluxe edition of Living in the Material World, in addition to the 7" single, you will get "Sunshine Life For Me" (vocal version only) at the end of CD 2. But if you buy the regular 2 CD edition, there's no "Sunshine Life For Me." This is the kind of marketing ploy which is making some of us very cynical. A few years ago, if you opted for the 5 or 6 disc edition of a reissue over the 2 CD version, you got a LOT more audio content for your money. You would also probably get a decent book, blu-ray, and maybe a few trinkets. But you could always count on getting more music. But with "...Material World" you get ONE more song for upgrading to the SDE. Plus duplication of the audio content on a media you may not want or need.
@@alanlinfield8207 well maybe, but I know people who see it the other way… which is if you want the vinyl set and the cd set you end up buying the books twice, but in this situation that is not so, so it a a win for them.
@@nicksyrett You're right. I wouldn't have thought there would be too many people who would want all the media combined in one box so that they'd only get the book one time. But I saw a video on here the other day where the host said exactly that. So for him it's a great deal and I'm truly happy for him. Matthew Street complained on his channel that he bought the All Things Must Pass SDE in both the vinyl and CD formats and so he had to pay for the book twice (and the book that came with the CD set was smaller). It makes me wonder what percentage of fans in the target market for these SDEs would prefer that the formats be issued separately versus those who want all the formats in the same box. I just wish we had more choices. Particularly a less expensive choice that includes ALL of the music from this set. Cheers!
I snagged the Beatles White album/ Esher Demos set on Vinyl at a walmart for a decent price, I’m ALL IN with these Boxsets as a younger fan. i don’t get the negative energy though.
At one time, box sets were limited editions. That's not the case anymore. Nothing is limited. Go back to the early 80s and the Red Mono BM10 collection. Now that is one to have, if you can even find one. Great pressings too! They were truly limited. I think maybe 500 made it into the USA. There is a Wiki entry about it if you are not familiar.
FINALLY a truthful opinion of the increasingly money grabbing boxsets. This is precisely the reason why your channel is one of the best Matthew. I am SICK to the back teeth of seeing other reviewers waxing lyrical about how great the boxsets are because they've been sent freebies by the Lennon estate. Very clever marketing on the estates part, because if you give someone something for free, you can guarantee they'll be nice about it. Why ? Because they aren't going to slag it off, because you don't wanna run the risk of not being sent anything else for free. So the estate have BOUGHT the reviewers. Meaning their reviews are meaningless. I've stopped watching most of those channels. The Mind Games box in particular is a rich man's trinket. Something for people with more money than sense to put on a shelf. Over priced tat together with a seriously mediocre album. Once upon a time the Beatles prided themselves on giving value for money...... Not anymore
Thank you, Matthew! Someone had to say it. How many times do they want us to go to the well? I bought Abbey Road in '69. Another in the 70s because I wore it out. Then cassette. Then it came out on CD. Them the stereo box set and then the more recent Deluxe set. 6 times I've bought the album. I'm done as well. Next topic is the insane prices they are asking.
@@DodgerFanAD_23 I agree with you on both points. But I don't believe these over priced box sets are intended for the new or casual fan. They are meant for older fans/collectors and we all have these things already. The bonus tracks are the hook but the prices are insane and it feels like they are taking advantage of people who have supported them for decades. Just my opinion. And this is coming from a guy who has a whole room dedicated to The Beatles and has been a fan since 1964.
@@beatlejohn9321 What does being an “Older fan” have anything to do with this ? And… from my own personal experience with being a Younger generation fan , i haven’t been treated the nicest in the Beatles online world, cause some “Fans” are just flat out rude and act like complete Snobs.
I'll probably comment more here in a minute, but I wanted to get this out before I forgot. I think "Now & Then" should have only been released as a single (with bonus songs like they did with "Free as a Bird" and "Real Love") - It was weird to have it and not the other 2 songs on the re-mixed Blue Album. Maybe they should have put all 3 songs or none at all on it. Just a weird move.
There’s always a cash grab to be made! There’s always a cow to be milked - lol! I’ve got a feeling somewhere around a Christmas time of the future. They’ll remix remaster the anthology series and then put those songs on them with John’s voice restored. $$$
Actually, there is a "super deluxe edition" of the "Now & Then" single. It has everything you asked for, "Free As A Bird", "Real Love", remixes, demos of all the songs, etc. I got a copy of it after seeing Matthew Street's video about it. You have to do some digging around on the Internet for it, but it is there. You can get it for a good deal, around about $14.
Matt my Beatles brother, I couldn't agree more! After Revolver we should have gotten Rubber Soul!!!
The heck with all these Red & Blue & USA 1964 (& 65!) Capitol Albums. Should not have been the priority. We Beatles fans demand Rubber Soul
And they RUINED that a little by including half the album on the Red Album. Uggggh!!!!!
Kenny from Jersey
ps. And $300?! NO FREAKING WAY
Up yours Apple!
RUBBER SOUL KENNY!!!!!!👍🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I'm just not really interested in the U.S. albums. But then again, I'm only 53 - what do i know. I started my collections when the British versions were first issued on cd in the 1980s. I think the only U.S. albums I have are the "Hard day's Night" and "Help" soundtracks - generally for the George Martin instrumentals....for whatever they're worth.
I actually just spent the money they wanted me to spend on the Revober boxset Mathew!That’ll show the bastards!
Oh wait, that means they got my money anyway! Damn! Missed it by thaaaaat much Cheif! ❤
Ha ha! 😂 Michael “just when we think we’re out….they pull us back in!!!” (Godfather Part III) ha ha! 😆
I can't wait for the Super Deluxe six CD/LP box set of Hear The Beatles Tell All! And man, that HDN lunchpail looks cool. And that is my fave of the new t-shirts! Thanks for the honesty, Matt.
🙏 😊 thank you! Hope you liked the Schnee Tee Vee plug! ☺️🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
This is a step too far for me. 650 Canadian, ridiculous
Yes indeed Dave! 🎶🎼🎵🍻❤️
In all honesty, a RINGO by ringo starr box set would be very cool because it’s a Beatles reunion.
Plus "Goodnight Vienna", another great Richard Perry production with loads of talent including John.
I’d love to see it!! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Great topic! It Seems like Apple is out of touch with what we want.i wish we could get some live Beatles, doent even have to be a box, oh well....what can u do? LA DE DA!😂😅😊
I totally agree Tom! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I am getting Meet The Beatles colored vinyl only. Tired that they keep releasing stuff fans do not want.
Maybe you don't want them but I here are many of us who are looking for the new capital reissues!
I want this box set and I am a fan as well ! You might be surprised how many are getting this set.
I’m getting that too. ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I agree with your message here, Matt. And here’s the thing: Apple is expecting fans to pay a premium for material that isn’t even what the fans want, or even need. When will we be listened to? When will the products we actually want be released? Will they charge $1500 for them? As a younger fan, it’s unfathomable to justify shelling out an entire savings account on one set. I can’t imagine someone like John Lennon being okay with this.
Great insights Josh, I thank you! 🍻❤️🎼🎵🎶
Hi Matt! I'm with you! I'm 68 and I'm done as well. We were faithful fans all these years and they won't give us what we want. I am done with being jerked around by Apple and the bunch. I'm in failing health and can't afford the prices and aggravation. Ill be getting rid of all my stuff within the next year. I'll just listen to it all on Spotify. All the best, Matt! Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I respect your choice. I’m not ready to go that far yet. 🍻❤️🎼🎵🎶
Funny as usual matthew, scoop dont forget the 1964 that is title coming to apple+ on Thanksgiving. The ahdn lunchbox is really nice and bright. Mine came last week! Going to one hand clapping 2nite also!
Enjoy the film! And the striking looking lunch box!! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Until the "Rubber Soul" 60th Anniversary Box Set come out next year.
I said that in the video Blach! They can win me over with RUBBER SOUL !! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@matthewstreet1961 I'm not going to buy the box set but will buy the remastered mono albums seperately. Really don't care about "The Beatles Story". I also getting the Amazon clear vinyl version of "Living In A Material World" & the ITunes version for my IPhone, don't care about the box set. I'm also waiting for "Rubber Soul" 60th myself but I hope they put out both versions. The UK version Original George Martin mix & Giles Martin mix(stereo & mono) and the American version Dave Dexter mixes that starts off with "I Just Seen A Face" plus make it double album(mono & stereo). Yeah I'm asking for too much. The other box set I'm waiting for is "Back To The Egg"(yeah again I'm asking for too much). Take care Matthew.
Take care buddy! 🎼🎶🎵🍻❤️😎
100% true - let's go on strike and do not buy the crap as JLennon would prrobably name it
Ha! Yeah, let’s go Tom! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@matthewstreet1961 so let's go !
It was all downhill after PEPPER with the box sets...
I can’t totally disagree my friend! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Dude, good review, but there's absolutely no reason to be ragging on Ringo like that. There are a lot of Ringo fans who you are alienating by your dismissive attitude towards Ringo. With only 5,530 subscribers, you can't afford to alienate anyone.
Pharo I love Ringo. I’ve seen him live numerous times, I met him in 1992, have all his music, love the guy! I’m just having a bit of fun in the video. No offense at all to Ringo. But, he is SERIOUSLY lacking in the box set world. As for me, I do not do this for subscribers, like many others in Beatles You Tube world. I do this for fun, to have a laugh, and make some friends. Most people who regularly watch me know this. They know I’m good natured and do not have a mean bone in my body. If someone is so overly sensitive that this video upsets them, they should probably not watch, because every 5th or 6th video, I like to have some fun and be silly. I hope you understand. Cheers Matt 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@Pharoset The only Super Deluxe Edition Ringo needs is his Ringo Album period!
I believe the lack of a RINGO Box is due to the fact that the album is owned by the label. And the label won’t take a chance. I was hoping there would be something for the 50th…….
Me too Frank! I love Ringo. Even though I picked on him a little for the sake of my video, I’m a big Ringo fan. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Maybe Ringo doesn’t want his old music reissued . It
Would be nice to have a very moderate priced Ringo boxset first and second rock albums
Me ?..if I want it I buy it..if I don't want it I don't buy it..simple really
Exactly Peter! I agree! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Ps ..I’m still optimistic that we may get Rubber Soul in 2025 .. 60 years anniversary. Beep Beep and Beep Beep … Yeah.
Hope so! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
makes sense for 2025
Hi Mattt. I agree with you for 100%. Actually I was kind of ok with the box sets until the US albums came along with the exception of Rubber Soul. Why only Mono recordings and why no CD's. The Beatles' Story is a cash grab topic.If you want this album than one has to go with the box set. Pathatic!!!
Same goes for Living in the Material world. If one wants to have the Blu Ray then you have to buy the Super Deluxe edition. I am too only interested in the CD's. I will purchase, like you, only the 2 CD edition. Cheers Stephan
Thanks Stephan! Great post! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
You are so right, Matt! Thank you! Many of the Box Sets contain childish crap which devaluate this most beautiful and exciting music. I‘ve been a fan for more than 50 years, but I‘ve always kept my collection classy. I would never let gnomes enter my home or raise a Nutopia flag there. The music is too dear to my heart to let it get spoiled by such nonsense. There are other ways to spend 300 or a thousand bucks. Get a nice dog, buy really good books… Thanks again and greetings from Berlin, Harry
Well said Harry! Thanks for being honest! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I really appreciate you mentioning that we’re all kind of like a Beatles family! It was really a breath of fresh air to hear that we can kind of weigh our grievances or what makes us upset as a family or a fan. I’m a huge beetle fan from ever since I can remember! However, the reality of it is , I’m in my mid 50s now I have a mortgage to pay. I have kids to put through college. They have literally priced me out. I’m not falling for any more cash grabs, and multiple versions of the same album that I grew up listening to. On a positive note with all these new versions of all these albums you can get the original ones on CD for dirt cheap. Or you can get them from your local library.
(That’s just my $.02 plus any applicable taxes). Peace & love amigo!
Thanks Marco! Great response! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Hey Matt! Good Video! I love The Beatles and I love Box Sets. I rarely get them on release day. I wait a while. They do go down in price. I get the ones I think might go out of print. The new Capitol mono box I’m gonna wait and see how low it gets. If quantity is low I have no choice but to get it. I’m glad and happy I got the 2014 mono vinyl box I waited what 4 years paid 350.00 on Amazon. I’m waiting for an updated E.P box vinyl collection. Take care!
Same here Rick! If US box price comes WAY down, then maybe. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I'm with you, Matt. I don't think there is anything the Beatles could release at this point that I would buy. I am perfectly happy with my 2009 cds. McCartney does need to get back to releasing archives, though - I would continue to buy those. At least give us a double Cold Cuts cd that includes all unreleased stuff like Waterspout and Yvonne.
I’d love to see Cold Cuts Chris!!!! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Good work Matt! Never feel bad about criticizing….Beatles are my favorite and I’m one of the most Jaded fans these days….I still love them though. I don’t see the point of getting a “deluxe” box set IE LITMW for just one extra song. Granted it’s also on a 45 or whatever but not worth the money. Also do we honestly need the US albums yet again in another boxset this one very few will be able to afford or bother buying. The blue vinyl for Meet the Beatles from target sounds nice similarly to the red vinyl for Now and then (which didn’t really sound that good) anyway as Ringo would say…Peace and Love….no autographs.
We think alike my friend! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I haven't bought any boxed sets. Easy explanation: I don't want to hear George Martin's work tampered with. Period The utter guile of his failed actor son to do this, and pretty much get away with it is appalling. It's as if: "We have a new "Whistler's Mother" ( who's official title was "A study in Charcoal and Gray") but it's now " A Study in Magenta and Pink".......No one would be allowed to do that! And no one should be allowed to do this to Sir George's work....Peace and Love, Terry and Julia Tutor
I can’t argue with your comment Terry! All excellent points!!!! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I'm with you Matt, at least for the moment!
Like you, I have no real interest in the US albums, because they aren't what I grew up with and with Past Masters there's no songs I'm missing out on.
I might pick them up in the future just to satisfy the OCD/Completest area of my fandom, but they are not really on my radar at all.
Now Rubber Soul, Help and Walls And Bridges are of course also on my "Can't Wait For" list. My hope for the Beatle albums is that they have a few surprises lined up, and wouldn't have to repeat anything that was on Anthology 2.
But with all these super/uber/deluxe box sets, how often are we going to go back and listen to outtakes?
Most people I know are often more than happy with the 2CD editions and the rest can be streamed on spottyfly!
I’m a 2 CD guy now James! I’m ashamed of myself! I almost NEVER pull out a large box set to listen to obscure outtakes! What a waste! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
No interest in this set at all. I’ll pick some individual LPs up if they do a good job of it. The Beatles Story, who the hell has any interest in that? I have a purple label copy I’ve had since a kid that I never play. I think this box is going to be blown out cheap on deep discount or at wal mart eventually. Or maybe the Fest will buy some to sell like they did with the ridiculous billion dollar ATMP box set that
Great points HG! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I got it for just over $300 CAN, shipping and duty already paid. So, I'm happy with the new Beatles "The 1964 US Albums In Mono" LP set. I'm not a fan of that George Harrison album, so I won't be getting the "Living In The Material World" box set, or the 2 CD set.
I'm glad you decided that because I was getting ready to buy you the boxset of your choice!
DAMMIT DJ!!! I messed up!!! Ha ha ha!!🤣
Luckily I don't have the money to "collect" - but if I did, I'd make a horrible collector. All I'm interested in is the music. I don't really care about gadgets, stickers, shoes, nose hairs, cups, hangers, lyric sheet facsimiles, suit cases, tinker toys, lincoln logs, or anything in that vein. All I'm interested in is the music. Throw together a cd of outtakes, unreleased songs, etc., and I'm in. The Anthology Series was nice because it had the songs with no extra stupid bells and whistles. I don't want or need a replica of Paul's first baking sheet....Just the music please..... P.S. really enjoyed this. I agree with you - it's getting to be too much. Can't wait for your next vid. Until then, take care, my friend.
Ha ha! 😂 You make so much sense Kincaide! I love this!! Lincoln Logs!!!!🪵 ha ha ha!🤣 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
That’s what all Beatles fans say until the next one !
😂😆😀☺️😳
Yessss.1xtra trk on cd In deluxe box.not on 2cd set ? Crazy
Yes indeed Trevor! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Those US albums are a dime a dozen in the second hand market.
Exactly! 👍 🎼🎵🎶🍻
I prefer those “dog” Dark Horse and Extra Texture albums to the overly serious and preachy LITMW. To each their own… thing
Good point Ronster! Dark Horse isn’t bad…I listen now and then. Extra Texture, only 2-3 songs I can get into. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I personally wouldn’t mind if they skipped over to “33&1/3rd” my second favorite George to ATMP.
Me too! 🎶🎼🎵
@@derekroberts6654 33 1/3 would perhaps numerically appropriate 3rd on my list after ATMP and Cloud 9
@@matthewstreet1961 For those “dog” albums what work well would be what set along the same lines George’s buddy Eric Clapton 1974-75 recordings which included live material. Might be the best way to present George’s troubled 1974 tour which was my first concert!
We will get a video in end of December early January saying “Mrs.Street got me the box and boy am I glad she did it’s great”
Ha ha! 😂 I hope she doesn’t, or I’ll have big time egg 🍳 on my face!!! Ha! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I definitely get your frustration. It would be hard for me to say no to Bob Dylan sets, though I know his aren't as frequent, and there are 4 Beatles haha.
Exactly Sam! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Now , if they could do a singles release , but release each 45 in it's own super duper deluxe box set with booklets for about 100$ per 45 🙂
I get the joke but an Apple Records singles box spanning 1969-1975 would be cool.
OMG! 😳 ha ha! 😂 I hope not! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Hey Matt. As an old pensioner I just can’t afford those box sets! Just kidding, if I wanted them I would just order them, but what’s the fun in that? I love the Beatles, but they are far from my music priorities, but I love channels that talk Beatles. Especially love when you take the mick out of all those fans with no sense of humour. $300? Do you know how many great cheapies I can find for that amount😉. Keep on telling it like it is brother. Cheers.
Thanks Jack! Much appreciated! Too many Beatles fans are too sensitive and too damned protective! Not me! Ha ha!😂 ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Love your show Matthew! I feel the same as you right on! All your comments make sense! The thing for me is the prices are just out of sink even if your wealthy the prices bring down the box sets they just seem out of touch with the fans !!! The prices will kill physical media and fans will go to Spotify or other streaming Like Amazon!!! They don't even put cd players in new cars anymore stopping in 2019 so it doesn't make sense to even make cds anymore just like the 8track it is dead!!! Walmart doesn't even sell cds anymore not even best buy it is a dinosaur technology!!! $300 for a simple box set with no book and the box is to plain they should have put some nice photos of the Beatles on the box with a nice book explaining Capital albums with lots of pictures!!! Maybe then the price makes sense!!! Tired of taking advantage of the buying public i know it's our choices to buy or not! Just get Spotify $10 a month!! John's Mind Games was a great remix but it was overpriced and they can't give them away!!! The sales were a disaster!!! Did not even get in the billboard 200 when it came out!!! Price is the key here!!! And Red and blue did sell great billboard and Uk charts top 3 but the packaging terrible to cheap!!! No book with pictures and nice history on the albums just thrown together overnight! With that great photo in the park in the church garden should have been blown up over the box ! One of the best pictures of the Beatles Thanks Matthew loved your show!
Thanks so much John! Love your comment! I agree, that photo on the outer box would’ve been spectacular!!!❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
You still have the right to your opinion & hopefully into the future ( Wink Wink) . I have a lot of box sets but no solo one. I agree with you too much & too expensive. I am looking forward to a Revolver & Magical Mystery Tour ( Maybe combined with Yellow Submarine ) Box sets.Yeah not all of them were A's. Good points. Take care.
Thanks Lengo! I appreciate you and your insights. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
interesting take Matthew to which I broadly agree although I have ordered the deluxe Material World set including the LP's which will go unplayed, but it does look a nice set, unlike ATMP cd box whcih aside from the music I have to admit was one of the most underwhelming deluxe sets I am sorry to say.
Do you think Sometime in New York City was skipped as they thought the market wasn't there for it, must admit it is not one I would/have bought all the rest.
I find the Abbey Road deluxe sturdy whereas the white album deluxe although well designed is kind of flimsy slide on cover par. My favourite music of all the beatles box sets is Abbey Road, (all so subjective though)
As for Ringo I love him, maybe he could have done a combined deluxe box of Ringo and Goodnight Vienna.
Would love (as I think many will) london Town and BAck to the Egg Archive.
Great video.
Great thoughts and insights Mark! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Well said Matt - the USA box set is a rip off to get the album no one wants - so I’m skipping it too - and just found a 1978 copy of the Beatles story for £6 so that’s sorted that ! And the Harrison box is one disc of new and loads of duplication - I’m just ordering the blue vinyl meet the Beatles and will see if I can grab them individually when the price drops - the Harrison 2 cd will be cheap as chips soon enough as were the all things must pass configurations ❤
You’re planning well my friend! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Box Upsets … ! 😂😂 George Martin famously said that his big regret was leaving Penny Lane and SF forever off Sgt Peppers, as the band didn’t want to rip fans off -having already issued these songs as singles. The wheel has turned full circle. Great video Matt .. very entertaining and hugely informative. From a fan in Ireland 🇮🇪
Thank you my friend 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Sorry, but the Harrison LITMW Super Deluxe box set with both the vinyl & CDs plus the hardcover book is perfect. I'm in on that one. Agree that the US Capital mono albums box set is a total rip-off. They should have at least given us a nice hardcover book with that one; otherwise it's a 'hard pass'. I too aleady have all those albums in mono & stereo in VG++ condition so I will pass on the new ones - except for the Target blue vinyl variant of Meet the Beatles. I'm all in on the Target version. I would only get that box set of I can get it super-discounted off of Amazon twelve months from now.
Great insights Mike! Enjoy the Material set, I’m happy you’re getting it. I’m hoping the US box price drops big time! BTW, I knew a Mike Lord in US Air Force, are you him? Cheers 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I’m looking forward to this box my brother. Every one is entitled to their own opinions, and I’m always happy to hear yours. All good
All good Kev! I agree. ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I'd consider Star Club and Stowe, in a box.
And again...
Capitol Albums Vol. 3
(Y&T, Revolver, Pepper w/o goofy tag, and MMT with all it's uniqueness.)
Yes! Bring on Star Club!!!!🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
For me if you want it, buy it, if you don’t, then don’t buy it. I think what bothers me is all the color vinyl variants. Living in the Material World now has three different color variants, not including the black vinyl. Enough said, great video Matt. Take care
You make a lot of sense Thomas! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I’m getting the LITMW super deluxe. Extremely happy that they included both the vinyl and CD. I do think the Deluxe CD set is nice, but what bugs me is they’re leaving off the Sunshine life For Me track. Overall though I’m happy with this release.
The Beatles US Albums box on the other hand. I decided to cancel my order. I’m just getting the Meet The Beatles Target edition at this point. I’m guessing the box price is going to drop drastically and I will get it then.
Yes if drastic price drop on US box , then maybe! Why do they play games with song inclusion etc??!! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@matthewstreet1961 yeah, that was odd them putting the song on the super deluxe CD, but not the deluxe.
I'm with you Matt. For one, I just can't afford it. I really don't see the few extras are worth it. I found that out with the Let It Be box set that I was really excited about. I feel the same way about the solo projects. With Paul, I usually only purchase the simple 2 cd set of any of his archival releases. I don't need another book of pictures, copies of hand written lyrics and a guitar pick with their signature.
Right on! The costs are getting crazy! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Hi Matt,
That's what is great about America, the 1st Amendment! You have some very valid points, and I have buyers remorse on a lot of 💩 that I've purchased. I like the HDN lunch box. I purchased the 1964 tour ticket pin set. Up in the air about the box set. Seems that they put a premium on being a collector, like the $120 for an unnecessary album and a cardboard box.
Well said! 🍻❤️🎼🎵🎶
Love that lunchbox, Matt! I hear you on this fab rant! John and George are spared from this criticism. I wonder what they would have thought of these remixes and reissues. I know John was not a fan of the American albums and how they were packaged.
Good points Franco! Yes I love this lunchbox, looks elegant. The others are not as striking to me. ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Right on Matthew! I grew up with the Beatles, Saw the concert in 66 at Candlestick. And still love the band but if I go on certain Beatles channels and dare to criticize a release or something I get called all kinds of bad stuff You can love the band but still be critical of some of the releases that have come out in the past !!
Awesome Dave, you saw them! Fabulous! Yeah many of these Beatles people are so damned uptight. I’m not one of them! Thankfully! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
There definitely seems to be a beatles tax or a beatles premium for their products. Price is one thing, but I'm honestly starting to run out of space to put these expansive box sets. I stopped buying the CD sets quite awhile ago now. I just get the vinyl sets now.
Amen Tim! 🍻❤️🎼🎵🎶
Next boxed set should include the Decca Demos , Live at Star Club and other live and demos from 62 / 63 etc
I’d die for that Dave! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I just cannot afford all these boxed sets and honestly I have no interest in buying them --
Totally understand Dave! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Getting pretty creative with those THUMBNAILS Matthew!
Thank you Jorge! I’m trying!! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
The only box you didn’t mention was “Pure McCartney” compilation box. The box is fun in a way but it’s sorta hit&miss to me…
Rubber Soul would be Good, London Town would be Nice, but when are we Getting The Ringo The 4th Super Deluxe 4 Disc Version ? , When are we Getting The Ringo The 4th Cube and Crate with 40 page Booklet ? When is The world finally going to get to hear The Remixes and outtakes of Sneaking Sally Through The Alley ? When are we Going to Get The Ringo The 4th Lunch Box ? , isn't that what Everybody Really wants and is desperately waiting for ?
Can she Do it like She Dances?
Ha ha ha! 😆 Mark you cracked me up! 🤣 Ringo the IV!!!! 😳❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
What a fantastic video have a great weekend Matthew ❤😊
Thank you! You too Amin! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I probably order the target exclusive blue meet the beatlrs
Me too Neil. ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Hi Matt, 👋 I'm all boxed 📦 out! The next box set that I want is The Beatles, Rubber Soul w/ remixes, demos, and the outtakes vinyl set! Hopefully the absolutely best of the sets so far whenever it's available for purchase! This latest Capitol 64' box set is ridiculous, The Beatles Story? Really?! So unimportant in the Beatles catalog! Capitol/Apple should have made a combo box set for the years 1964/1965 and leaving out The Beatles story and put them all on different colored vinyl for each album, reflecting on what colors are on each cover! Now that would have been great for young & older collectors! Man, I can't believe nobody from Capitol and Apple thought of this...Oh well, just my thoughts on this upcoming release. Enjoy the rest of your week! 🍻 ✌️&💙 Allan
Bring on RUBBER SOUL Allan!! We’re ready!! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Where's the Rubber Soul box set?
Damn right Daniel! Where is it??!!🎼🎶🎵🍻❤️
Hi Matt, please move Sam St. John up North East a bit. The beautiful Frida is almost covered completely and we can't have that! lol
Noted my friend! You are so right!! Frida deserves better! Gosh I love her so much!! Thanks buddy! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Great observations, Matthew!
Thanks so much John!! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I only get the 2 or 3 CD sets ...and try to find just the music somewhere else. I am looking forward to the colored vinly Meet The Beatles and the 2 CD Harrison. Next Rubber Soul, and hopeful a box set Butcher with book and all alternate shots and covers etc. Let it Roll...and get what you can afford.
I’m with you Robert, I’m a 2CD set guy now too! You make so much sense. Thank you! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
I've always been a bit hesitant over the boxsets and now stream most of them when possible. Remixes usually get a couple listens at most. Sgt. Pepper and the White Album are the only Beatle boxes I have and the three Lennon albums are the only solo sets I've bought. I'll probably get Walls and Bridges but don't plan on getting any more Beatle sets. At this stage, getting more physical media just seems a waste to me.
Great thoughts Stephen! I’m with ya brother! 🍻❤️🎼🎵🎶
When are they gonna rerelease all the boxed sets as one YUGE boxed set?
Gee I’m out if that happens! Ha ha!😂
@@bonfireballads price?
Matt that was the most entertaining video yet! Loved it. I agree with you on the boxes. I was going to get George deluxe material world but now I’m just getting the two CD set everything in the deluxe repeat it’s self. Plus I have the 1973 Vinyl. So I am good with the 2 cd set. The Beatles reissues. Of the us albums not going to get that either. I already have 1978 stereo pressing and the 1960’s mono albums original. So I am good there too! I will just wait for the Rubber Soul box set. On a side note on waybar they have a sale of the mono box set for 137 for 3 more days. I don’t think Apple is getting the pre orders. Anyway great video Matt! Have a wonderful day!!
Thanks Matt! I’m with you, 2 CD set of Material World is it ! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I'm with you, Matt. I'm on a tight budget and have passed on most of the box sets and archive releases. I'm the kind of fan who is only interested in the music and couldn't care less about wooden crates, suitcases, gnome figurines, etc. Cheers 😎
Well said! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
God bless you Matthew and family. Music is fun and you make music so interesting thank you. Thanks for all your reviews down through the years sharing your family and family memories. God bless Matt
Thanks David! 🙏😊
facts
Thanks my friend! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I stopped this video at 2:40, and will watch the whole thing later, but I thought I would share my thoughts with you on the new box sets. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but, from previous exchanges we've had, it's pretty clear we're from the same generation, although I suspect you might be a few years older than I am. Anyway, I suspect you probably still have all the original Capitol mono releases, and they're probably in pretty good condition. maybe not "Mint" but they probably sound pretty nice when you decide to play them. I was spending time with a friend yesterday who didn't realize she had mono copies of Something New, and Rubber Soul. She decided to play Rubber Soul. It was nice to hear that on vinyl once again, even though I also have it. (I usually just play the C.D. version from the original Capitol Years C.D. set, and I'm talking about the first run, and not the second.) If you're anything like me, you probably won't by the mono Capitol vinyl box set. Oh, sure, it might be a good thing for people who don't already have the original vinyl, and missed out on both runs of The Capitol Years C.D. box sets, but you and I don't need them. Plus what's the deal with releasing The Beatles' Story in MONO? I mean, for crying out loud, it's mostly just a spoken word album! I mean did they put a phlange on John's voice/ Did they put a digital delay on Paul's voice? Did they put on a phase shifter on either George's or Ringo's voice? NO! there's NO difference between the mono version and the stereo version of The Beatles Story. I've been a Beatles fan for almost as long as you have, and I'm sure our collections probably run parallel. Just like me, I'm sure you have every album in both the U.S. and British catalog, and bot mono and stereo versions, and we bot have our fair share of "Fan Club" releases, so if you think the new Capitol mono box set is a waste of time and money, I certainly don't blame you. Let the new generation who weren't there the first time around spend their money on it. (Although if somebody wanted to buy me one for a present, I wouldn't turn it down.) I also think that The Beatles are so rich that they are immune to such criticism. People should just lighten up and not get so offended when you offer an opinion that is counter to the norm. They're people just like you and I. (I'm a George fan, but I'm not sure I really want to invest in a box set of Lifting Material From The World quite yet)
All excellent insights and points Nanky! Great comment! 😊👍❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
The 1964 US box will not sell well. I am sure most people, me included will buy the individual LPs, minus The Early Beatles and Meet the Beatles. Less than $120 for those.
Hoping price drops big time Jim! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Spot on, Matt: why do we need the US albums? They are still easily available in used record stores. Didn't need Red & Blue either. Cash grabs, in both cases. Not only do we need Rubber Soul, but a box set featuring what's on your shirt: a Magical Mystery Tour/ Yellow Submarine box. Lots of potential there. Personally, not doing any of the solo stuff, as I'm not a fan of remixes, and the out-takes have been available in great quality on boots for years. Great video, Matt; keep them coming !
Thanks for your support my friend! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
It's case by case for me. I'm all in for a Rubber Soul for example. I do want outtakes and demos...remixes not so much. This latest is a pass for me. I grew up an Airforce brat and the base BX's carried imports so the UK releases were what I grew up. I don't care for the U.S. releases and the new box doesn't even have a book. Basically, you're getting The Beatles Story for a $100.
Exactly Robert! What a waste! ❤️🎼🎵🎶
Personally ordered the Capitol box set to go with all my previous Beatles box releases starting from MMT small set/Stereo/Mono.
I don't collect solo Beatles except the first 2 John Lennons so easier on budget.
Entertaining reaction video
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for being here! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Poor Ringo.
I love him Josh! Just having a bit of fun at his expense! 😂❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
Hows this for an idea: A ten disc box set, both C.D. and vinyl of Yesterday and Today, and all the other discs contain out takes, alternate versions, and recordings of arguments between the band itself? PLUS.... actual reproductions of the doll parts used in the original photo shoot for the original front cover? (And maybe limited edition reproduction cloth swatches of the white coats The Beatles were wearing for the photo session)
Ha ha! 😂 what the hell would that cost??!! Ha! ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻😳
I for one as a 68 yr youngbeatle fan am very happy about the capitol reissues and seeing as im only getting the first five albumd consider it a bargain to get brand new copys for $150 and as far as the Uk albums you couldnt gove them to me cause i purchased with the beatles 3 days ago and the running order on the british albums imho are all messed up!Nothis boy? No i want to hold your hand? I gave it away and tome the american album running orders makewaymore sense!
Great points Alan! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I would love to be able to purchase all the LITMW content on a single Blu ray. Now that would be perfect.
Exactly! 👍 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
"i got the deluxe cd box and its a piece of shite" !!!....that made me spit out my drink...brilliant !!
Lylahale 5284 is this the 2014 usa cd box set you are talking about? I didn't get it because it was to expensive , I got the original cd box sets from 2004, I find them OK, but I like the art work on the American covers you can't really enjoy with the cd images they are so small. The new vinyl I will be getting but it will be individual ones because I bought three vinyls in the 70s .even this new vinyl boxset is to expensive
Sorry Lyla! Ha ha! 😂 ❤️🎼🎵🎶🍻
7:12 there are complaints about the front cover not being printed well.
Good point! I heard that too. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
I pre-ordered the George Harrison 2 CD's Living in the Material World. But hey, the only other copy of it that I ever had was the original LP that was played on a console stereo and is long gone. However, I'm not going to buy any more super deluxe box sets (maybe, lol).
I’m with you, I’m getting the 2CD set too. 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@matthewstreet1961 That's great, Matthew! Here's the thing: If people are willing to pay more for things, like the new Beatles U.S. albums box set, they'll certainly charge more for the things! Anyway, though, we're talking about THE BEATLES, here! Did you hear it? When I said THE BEATLES, angels came down singing "hallelujah!"
Matt, always enjoy your videos. These boxsets change as they look at how the perception of fans change their buying needs. I like vinyl but always choose the cd box sets. Since CD’s are supposedly on the way out, we are lucky to even get them with the vinyl for Living In The Material World. People stream today,, while people like us collect physical media. Remember Flowers In The Dirt had some additional downloads? I personally want physical and the power to choose. Rubber Soul will come out probably in 2025.
Me to I'm done no more Beatle box sets
@@leonardfrausto9373 I’m with you Leonard! 🎼🎶🎵🍻❤️
Im with you Matt..legacy being ruined with greed solely on people’s minds. Cheers Matt!
You just gotta cool it.
Never.
I have the EP box set which I love.
Nice one! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Hey Matt! I think you're being a little hasty here. Sure, there have been a few SDEs over the years that haven't quite lived up to the Beatles' ethos of "value for money." But you're going to be begging Apple to take your cash when they release (because no one demanded it) -- the Beatles on VeeJay records! For a mere $50 a pop you can get brand new vinyl copies of Introducing the Beatles, Introducing the Beatles (with a slightly different track listing), Songs Pictures and Stories of the Beatles, and Hear the Beatles Tell All! You can also get the double album the Beatles vs the Four Seasons for only $99! But that's not all. For $500 you get all six discs in a Hefty garbage bag PLUS the Savage Young Beatles AND Jolly What! The Beatles and Frank Ifield on Stage. Once you understand the mind of a marketing genius you will have to agree that you really want this more than a Rubber Soul box or a Magical Mystery Tour/Yellow Submarine box or Shea Stadium or the Washington Coliseum show or a cleaned up version of the Star Club tapes.
You make a lot of good points here, Matt. I have backed off just snapping up every box set that is released. I love the Mind Games album but I went for just the double cd set. It's great. The remixed album is excellent and the extra cd with alternate takes is good and satisfies my "deep dive" into MG. The Capitol mono box coming out? Can't do it. I have every one of those albums in both stereo and mono, and VG+ to Near Mint (some with the cellophane still intact). The mono/stereo Capitol cds of 2004 & 2006, cover it quite nicely, and I love those. I am seeing some folks saying things like (actually quoting here), "Of course I have the original Capitol albums, but I can't wait to open these albums up and get that thrill of a brand new mint Capitol '64 album!" With all due respect, I don't get it. 😆
I ordered my 1964 box! Sorry to all you who were waiting for a Rubber Soul release, but you'll get it soon. 2024 is the year I finally get what I've been waiting for since 2014. I've no interest in those annual Giles Martin releases or their solo stuff.
Always enjoy your Beatles videos but you are, of course, full of it! You will be the first person in line for the Rubber Soul box! And you love all the Beatles boxes - except the US albums one, which also, as a Brit, holds zero value for me. As for living in the material world.. it does come in several forms it’s and if you got the CD set you have ALL the music (well, almost, but you didn’t want vinyl so you don’t want the 7”). Lighten up a bit… enjoy the ones you love… cus love is all you need. Well, love plus boxsets.
Lighten up?? I’m light as a feather floating on a cool September breeze! Can’t a guy have some fun?! I guess not according to you. 🤣😂😆
@@matthewstreet1961 actually I enjoy you a lot!! Keep it up old bean.
If you get the super deluxe edition of Living in the Material World, in addition to the 7" single, you will get "Sunshine Life For Me" (vocal version only) at the end of CD 2. But if you buy the regular 2 CD edition, there's no "Sunshine Life For Me." This is the kind of marketing ploy which is making some of us very cynical. A few years ago, if you opted for the 5 or 6 disc edition of a reissue over the 2 CD version, you got a LOT more audio content for your money. You would also probably get a decent book, blu-ray, and maybe a few trinkets. But you could always count on getting more music. But with "...Material World" you get ONE more song for upgrading to the SDE. Plus duplication of the audio content on a media you may not want or need.
@@alanlinfield8207 well maybe, but I know people who see it the other way… which is if you want the vinyl set and the cd set you end up buying the books twice, but in this situation that is not so, so it a a win for them.
@@nicksyrett You're right. I wouldn't have thought there would be too many people who would want all the media combined in one box so that they'd only get the book one time. But I saw a video on here the other day where the host said exactly that. So for him it's a great deal and I'm truly happy for him. Matthew Street complained on his channel that he bought the All Things Must Pass SDE in both the vinyl and CD formats and so he had to pay for the book twice (and the book that came with the CD set was smaller). It makes me wonder what percentage of fans in the target market for these SDEs would prefer that the formats be issued separately versus those who want all the formats in the same box. I just wish we had more choices. Particularly a less expensive choice that includes ALL of the music from this set. Cheers!
He’s done with them until the Rubber Soul box set is released in 2025 :)
I snagged the Beatles White album/ Esher Demos set on Vinyl at a walmart for a decent price, I’m ALL IN with these Boxsets as a younger fan.
i don’t get the negative energy though.
@@DodgerFanAD_23 ☮️ and ❤️
At one time, box sets were limited editions. That's not the case anymore. Nothing is limited. Go back to the early 80s and the Red Mono BM10 collection. Now that is one to have, if you can even find one. Great pressings too! They were truly limited. I think maybe 500 made it into the USA. There is a Wiki entry about it if you are not familiar.
Thanks for the info Jim, I was not familiar with it! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
The original 60s UK mono cuts (not remasters) should be the only albums deserving a definitive box set.
It was smart to skip “Sometime in NYC.” It should actually be forgotten all together… now!
FINALLY a truthful opinion of the increasingly money grabbing boxsets.
This is precisely the reason why your channel is one of the best Matthew.
I am SICK to the back teeth of seeing other reviewers waxing lyrical about how great the boxsets are because they've been sent freebies by the Lennon estate.
Very clever marketing on the estates part, because if you give someone something for free, you can guarantee they'll be nice about it. Why ? Because they aren't going to slag it off, because you don't wanna run the risk of not being sent anything else for free.
So the estate have BOUGHT the reviewers. Meaning their reviews are meaningless.
I've stopped watching most of those channels.
The Mind Games box in particular is a rich man's trinket.
Something for people with more money than sense to put on a shelf.
Over priced tat together with a seriously mediocre album.
Once upon a time the Beatles prided themselves on giving value for money......
Not anymore
Thanks Stuart! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
Thank you, Matthew! Someone had to say it. How many times do they want us to go to the well? I bought Abbey Road in '69. Another in the 70s because I wore it out. Then cassette. Then it came out on CD. Them the stereo box set and then the more recent Deluxe set. 6 times I've bought the album. I'm done as well. Next topic is the insane prices they are asking.
Nobody said you HAVE to buy it.
New generations of Beatle fans exist you know ?
@@DodgerFanAD_23 I agree with you on both points. But I don't believe these over priced box sets are intended for the new or casual fan. They are meant for older fans/collectors and we all have these things already. The bonus tracks are the hook but the prices are insane and it feels like they are taking advantage of people who have supported them for decades. Just my opinion. And this is coming from a guy who has a whole room dedicated to The Beatles and has been a fan since 1964.
Great points Beatlejohn! 🎼🎵🎶❤️🍻
@@beatlejohn9321 What does being an “Older fan” have anything to do with this ? And… from my own personal experience with being a Younger generation fan , i haven’t been treated the nicest in the Beatles online world, cause some “Fans” are just flat out rude and act like complete Snobs.