| Condition | Preowned |
| Manufacturer | Japan |
| Format |
2xLP, OBI, 4 Photos+2 Posters, Limited Edition, Numbered, Gatefold Sleeve, AP-8570-71 |
| Date of release |
1968/1972 |
| Barcode | 2929670071449 |
Vinyl condition: M-
Sleeve condition: VG
The Beatles, the band's complex and wide-ranging double album from 1968. It's a glorious and flawed mess, and its failings are as essential to its character as its triumphs. People love this album not because every song is a masterpiece, but because even the throwaways have their place. Even so, for the Beatles, being all over the place was a sign of trouble. The disintegration of the group as one "thing" is reflected in every aspect of the record, from its recording history (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison sometimes worked in separate studios on their own songs) to its production (generally spare and tending to shapeshift from one song to the next) to the arrangements of the songs (which tend to emphasize the solo voice above all).
