1966. Elektra
On first listen:
There must be thousands of Beatles cover albums out there by now, but one from mid-career era Beatles sparked my interest by the title and what it suggest alone. The cover art didn't hurt either. If this were released today it would fall into the "Pickin' On..." series of tribute albums, so it is decidedly bluegrass not quite the country versions of these songs I was expecting. That it's bad either. Infact it's probably better, as the earlier Beatles songs tend to lend themselves more for the bounciness of bluegrass. Stand outs are "Norwegian Wood" because of the vocal harmonies and mandolin and "Yellow Submarine" which in this case is more of a "Yeller Submarine."
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