Hi Ged
I totally agree that Beatles albums are strong throughout without dud tracks, the exceptions perhaps being experimental or throwaway things like "Revolution No. 9" and "Why Don't We Do It In the Road?" on the White Album, "Her Majesty" on Abbey Road, and "Maggie May" on Let It Be-- though nice to hear the snatch of John essaying that famous Liverpool song!
Circa 1964-1965, I similarly liked the Stones, Beatles, Animals, Kinks, etc, and did not prefer one group over the other -- they all had something to offer. I think possibly the disjunction between the Beatles and Stones was partly a result of the groups' publicity with Brian Epstein consciously trying to portray the Beatles originally as cleancut (belying the leather and ciggies image they had adopted in Hamburg and for their pre-Epstein Merseyside gigs!). While Andrew Loog Oldham's publicity machine pushed the Stones and the longer haired bad boys of rock.
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Chris
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