My brother got me the remastered "Revolver" deluxe set for an early Christmas present. A) It reminds me what a mind-blowing album this was (and what an abomination the abbreviated U.S. Capitol Records release was), and B) The studio sessions with different versions of the songs as they were evolving is fascinating. It's easy to think of these songs as so perfect they must have been handed down on stone tablets by Moses, but of course there was a long process of figuring out what they should sound like. These young guys were pretty good.

Anyone who's been by the "Gas! (gasoline") thread knows I'm a big electric vehicle fan. But I think it's time to say that if you value civil rights, the climate and your LGBTQ friends and neighbors, please do not buy a Tesla. There are plenty of alternatives! And yes, I wrote a few words about this recently.

My brother got me this set as an early Christmas present. I haven't listened to the Sessions CDs yet, just the main album and the Paperback Writer/Rain single. I have a decent stereo, though definitely not state of the art, and I can certainly hear the difference. Sometimes it's a little jarring, actually, but you can definitely hear specific instruments way more clearly. I'm about halfway through the book that comes with it, which is really fascinating.

What this does overall is remind me what a jaw-droppingly great album "Revolver" is. The artistic distance they traveled in just 3 years is mind-boggling. Oh, and the U.S. version that Capitol first gave us is an abomination.

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@njr I'm not leaving, but I confess I don't look forward to visiting as much as I used to. While this version of the site has some good features, the overall interface is just dreadful. Paul should just send his team over to Steve Hoffman's message boards and say, "Copy this!"

I must say I hate the new interface so much I'm visiting the board less. Even as I get more used to it I still hate it.

@oobu24 I'm a dissenter re: "Beware My Love." Yeah, it rocks, but it's just such a generic jealous-boyfriend song I find it utterly boring. Paul's done so many rockers that are way more fun and interesting.

Paul's current band is at least as good as any incarnation of Wings ever was, so ... no.

@njr Thanks, Nancy. That's so not intuitive. I still think Paul needs a new web team.

So am I missing something? One can order the posts in a thread from oldest to newest or vice versa, but is there a way to read them from oldest to newest but skip to the end, or to the first new post since you last visited? If so, I haven't figured out how.