http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/ Los Angeles based mp3 & music blog Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.6 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-347057 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:27:24 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-347057 Syl Johnson does a nice cover of "Come Together" on his Is It Because I'm Black album on Twinight ('71 I think?) Nothing earth shattering, but it fits well in Syl's AMAZING album. Syl Johnson does a nice cover of “Come Together” on his Is It Because I’m Black album on Twinight (’71 I think?)
Nothing earth shattering, but it fits well in Syl’s AMAZING album.

]]> http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-345273 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:11:19 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-345273 Yeah, I'm a huge fan of cover tunes generally, but covers of Beatles songs rarely work out. Maybe it's because they're so perfect in their original form that no other reading is as valid, but no matter how much the artist changes it, you always just sort of want to hear the original. Yeah, I’m a huge fan of cover tunes generally, but covers of Beatles songs rarely work out. Maybe it’s because they’re so perfect in their original form that no other reading is as valid, but no matter how much the artist changes it, you always just sort of want to hear the original.

]]> http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-344712 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:33:38 +0000 http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/07/01/stax-does-the-beatles-a-compilation/#comment-344712 [...] Aquarium Drunkard gives us their take on a curious release from this year that seems to be slipping under the radar: Stax Does the Beatles. Included in their assessment is a curious anecdote: Did you know the Beatles were originally slated to record Revolver at Stax, but for security reasons the band opted to stay at Abbey Road in London? [...] […] Aquarium Drunkard gives us their take on a curious release from this year that seems to be slipping under the radar: Stax Does the Beatles. Included in their assessment is a curious anecdote: Did you know the Beatles were originally slated to record Revolver at Stax, but for security reasons the band opted to stay at Abbey Road in London? […]

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