“Rubber Soul" was released on this day in 1965.
I've owned the vinyl stereo, 8-track cartridge, audio cassette and now the CD. It is one of my all time favorite! I can still listen to it and enjoy each and everyone of the songs.
The US version is different than the one released in the UK. I learned this when I purchased the CD a few years ago. Most of the tracks are in both versions with a few exceptions like “Nowhere Man” in the UK album and “I’ve just seen a face” on the US release.
It is one of the best pop LP's ever, as Rolling Stone reminded us:
Happy 50th birthday to Rubber Soul, the album where the Beatles became the Beatles. It was the most out-there music they'd ever made, but also their warmest, friendliest and most emotionally direct. As soon as it dropped in December 1965, Rubber Soul cut the story of pop music in half — we're all living in the future this album invented.
Great LP and cover photo. An amazing collection of songs!
We remember Mike Smith who was born in England on this day in 1943. He died in 2008. Mike was the lead vocalist, organist and songwriter with The Dave Clark Five. The DC5, as they were known, put 17 songs on US radio back in 1964-68. They had a great sound!
Agnes Robertson Moorehead was born on this day in Massachusetts in 1900. She died in 1974.
She had a pretty good career in movies and TV before playing the role of "Endora" in "Bewitched". In fact, she was in various important movies, such as "Citizen Kane", "The Magnificent Ambersons", "All That Heaven Allows", "Show Boat" and "Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte". I saw her recently with Bogart & McCall in "Dark passage", a very good movie.
Nevertheless, she is probably most remember as Samantha's mother and Darrin's mother in law. She was really good in that role.
It's hard to pick a favorite album. However, my money is on the US version of "Rubber Soul" by The Beatles.
The US version starts with "I've just seen a face" and does not include "Drive my car" and "Nowhere man" like the UK version. We got those songs later in the US release of "Yesterday and today".
"Rubber Soul", US or UK version, is just a great album. It was the best collection of songs recorded by The Beatles.
