Artie Shaw And His Bop Band (1949) - Artie Shaw & His Bop Band

Advantages: The Beatles
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...needed a break. They decided that year to finish with the concerts, they were a bit tired and also a bit scared. During that year, 1966, they had a lot of problems during their gigs. Everything started when Lennon said, talking about his band, ‘we are more famous than Jesus Christ’. The press changed his words, and for every one what Lennon said was ‘We are BIGGER than Jesus Christ’. The Church start an inquisition thing against the Beatles, burning their albums and so. They rejected in some country to visit the Dictator’s wife, so the dictator got mad about it and refuse to give protection to the members during his stance in the country. The police even treated them as delinquents at the airport, kicking them off the country. That very year they act at some judo building at Japan, a sacred building, so lots of Japanese got annoy... Read review

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...figures as Albert Einstein, Shirley Temple, George Bernard Shaw, and even wax figures of the Beatles themselves. Each Beatle was asked to make a list of who they would want to be at Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band's concert, and artist Peter Blake and his gallery dealer Robert Fraser also made lists. Some of John's choices were Jesus, Ghandi, and Hitler, but they did not make the actual cover. Mae West almost did not appear on the cover, as she initially refused, saying, "What would I be doing in a lonely hearts club?" But she changed her mind and agreed to appear after the Beatles wrote her a personal letter. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the first album to feature printed lyrics to all the songs on the album sleeve, and it was the first to have something other than a plain inner bag (it had a psychedelic sleeve). It also... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastic range of great tunes and songs
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...on the alto saxophone. I know that Lester young was a great musician, and hat his band was made up of first-rate technically brilliant jazz musicians, but somehow, compared to Jack Teagarden and the early Louis Armstrong stuff on this CD, Lester Young just doesn't do it for me. If their music tells me anything, it tells me: "Hey. We are so hip and cool, that we know it!" Then we change pace and step over to Artie Shaw and his Orchestra. Aha! Although these guys are just as sophisticated as Lester Young, somehow they're much more up-tempo and vibrant playing does do it for me. The CD has Artie Shaw's Begin the Beguine, Donkey Serenade (cool name, huh?) and Let's Walk. If there's a difference is it because Artie Shaw and his Orchestra played for their audience, whilst Lester Young and his band played for themselves? The sleeve notes for the CD... Read review

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