Sunday, June 6, 2010

Misery by The Beatles – ***

First released: 1963

Not a very memorable track. Lennon / McCartney (or should I say “McCartney / Lennon”) were still learning and this track doesn’t really have much to commend it. Apparently, Capitol in the US agreed and left it off of their "Early Beatles" album. It did appear on Vee-Jay’s "Introducing The Beatles" and "The Beatles (EP)" of course, originally in the UK on "Please Please Me". I think I first heard it when Capitol put out their "Rarities" compilation in 1980. I wasn’t impressed. Their writing got better.

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