Talk:The History of Rock and Roll contents

The Beatles
In "part 1", how is the year 1964 arrived at in the following?

The Beatles with Tony Sheridan - My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean) (1964)

There is "History of Rock & Roll" playing now on 99.1 WNEW-FM (Bowie, MD / Washington DC), which is being announced as going to an all-news format later this month (Jan. 2012). I take it I am familiar enough with the Beatles to know when songs were recorded, which might not be in the same year they were released. (I am seeing 1965 for I Feel Fine, but that was released in time for Christmas 1964.)

Last night (Jan. 10), I heard part 2, and it mentioned the Beatles going into the studio after their last live appearance on tour in 1966. It may be misleading, because I got the impression they went into the studio immediately. From other sources, I know that John Lennon got a haircut and went on to play a soldier in "How I Won the War" movie, Paul McCartney did "Family Way" music, and George Harrison went off to India. The Beatles got back together in a studio in late 1966 (November?), and the 1st 2 songs they worked on (Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane) ended up back-to-back on a single (and not on the Sgt. Pepper album) because of pressure from the record company for a new release. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:02, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Also, next to the Rubber Soul montage reference (Beatles part 2), I made reference to the U.S. version of that album because the montage included "I've Just Seen a Face" and "It's Only Love", the 2 songs on the U.S. "Rubber Soul" which were on the "Help!" album in England. England's "Help!" album had the 7 songs from the movie of that name AND 7 non-soundtrack songs. England's "Rubber Soul" album omitted the 2 songs I just named but included these 4 not on the U.S. version: Drive My Car, If I Needed Someone, Nowhere Man, What Goes On; however, like the U.S. version, it only had songs composed by the Beatles. The record-company packaging of songs for the U.S. albums changed some people's understanding of where the Beatles were going musically, with people in the U.S. seeing a sharp change when they encountered the U.S. version of Rubber Soul. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.63.16.82 (talk) 17:29, 11 January 2012 (UTC)

Which edition?
The top of the article says that these are the contents from 1978. But the Eddie Rabbitt song listed at the end of the article is from 1981. So is the list from '81? Or is the list from '78, but the end description from 1981? Also, the The History of Rock and Roll page says that the list is from 1981. DougHill (talk) 05:55, 2 March 2014 (UTC)


 * With the way the sentence is written, it appears that the person was saying that when the HORR was redone in '81 it ended with the Rabbitt song. So I don't think its saying that the list above is from '81. I would suggest adding a section saying "1981 Changes" or something. Ckruschke (talk) 18:54, 3 March 2014 (UTC)Ckruschke