The Beatles Rock 'n' Roll Music LP - Cash Grab or Classic?

In this video, we take a deep dive into the 1st themed Beatles compilation album from 1976. As well as looking at the background to the 1970's Rock & Roll Revival, we find out whose idea the album was and how its infamous cover was designed. The album was the first to contain remixes of The Beatles' original recordings and we find out how it was done and how they sound. All that PLUS a look at one of the Beatles rarest 45s which emerged from this project. All that and more in under sixteen minutes!

0:00 - Opener & titles.
0:51 - January 1976.
1:20 - The Rock & Roll Revival.
2:15 - American Graffiti
2:39 - John visits 'Happy Days'.
3:17 - Capitol plans for 'Rock 'n' Roll Music'-
3:40 - George Martin remixes the tracks.
5:01 - The cover - who was responsible?
6:31 - Lennon's opinion of the cover.
7:10 - Album release.
7:25 - Album promotion.
8:13 - 'Got To Get You Into My Life' 45.
8:33 - EMI promo medley 45.
9:26 - 'Back In The USSR' 45.
9:54 - 1980 repackaging.
10:07 - New cover design.
11:11 - 1980 mixes.
11:38 - Sound quality analysis.
13:24 - Stereo debuts.
14:36 - More themed compilations.
14:55 - Conclusions.
15:30 - Sign off.

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