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TDM mix title: The Beatles– Early Era Excellence
Format: MP3’s for universal use
Duration: 56:56.711
Compilation Completion Date: October 21, 2026
Album Normalization: 89dB
Total tracks: 24

Production Notes:
–file-quality goal: maximum kbps allowed in MP3 format (320kb), preferably discreet stereo; my song file names report either original source quality (ex: “wasFlacVBR895kb”) or current quality (ex: “192kb”)
–silence pre and post song cut via MP3 Direct Cut program; simple fade in or out applied as needed; without re-encoding and thus without losing audio fidelity
–used MP3 Gain program to normalize as an album without degrading audio fidelity (lossless method called ReplayGain sets volume only and is reversible and does not re-encode)
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The Beatles– Early Years
a 2-volume (3-part) compilation
a Brinkman Select Survey
 
Early Era Excellence (volume 1)
–duration = 56:56.711
–24 tracks (track list below)
 
Other Early Era Essentials (volume 2, part A)
–duration = 41:16.468
–19 tracks
 
Select Early Era Covers (volume 2, part B)
–duration = 12:21.791
–5 tracks
 
Early Era Excellence Track List:
01 All My Loving (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr951kb).mp3
02 I Saw Her Standing There (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr948kb).mp3
03 Can’t Buy Me Love (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr946kb).mp3
04 I Want To Hold Your Hand (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr947kb).mp3
05 And I Love Her (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr838kb).mp3
06 Please Please Me (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr912kb).mp3
07 She Loves You (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr611kb).mp3
08 Yesterday (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr783kb).mp3
09 Love Me Do (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr567kb).mp3
10 If I Fell (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr881kb).mp3
11 Ticket To Ride (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr897kb).mp3
12 Do You Want To Know A Secret (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr853kb).mp3
13 Eight Days A Week (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr925kb).mp3
14 I Should Have Known Better (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr946kb).mp3
15 Help! (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr916kb).mp3
16 I’ve Seen That Face (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr898kb).mp3
17 A Hard Day’s Night (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr965kb).mp3
18 I Feel Fine (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr866kb).mp3
19 Twist and Shout (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr916kb).mp3
20 The Night Before (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr902kb).mp3
21 Things We Said Today (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr957kb).mp3
22 You’ve Got to Hide Your Love Away (The Beatles) (wasFLACvbr869kb).mp3
23 Day Tripper (The Beatles) (wasWAV16bitPCM).mp3
24 We Can Work It (The Beatles) (wasWAV16bitPCM).mp3

Song Selection Process
  It was a formidable task to compile select early Beatles songs. Partly I considered how much I heard each song back in the day, as well as how much I liked each back then.
  The first set of songs, “Early Era Excellence”, are of course their very best of that time frame, accounting some for chronolgy, culminating in their developing new sound that takes them into their more experimental and creative phase.
  The second set, “Other Early Era Essentials”, consists of concurrent songs too good to be omitted.
  And the third set, “Select Early Era Covers”, focuses on The Beatles’ stand-out covers back then.

  The compilation’s three sets consist of songs before the Rubber Soul album, which came out in December of 1965, which is considered the pivotal album away from their early music.
  This is not just my opinion. I checked, and AI supports this view: ‘Even though “Day Tripper” and “We Can Work It Out” kick off Past Masters Volume Two (the “late era” collection), they are structurally, lyrically, and stylistically the ultimate bridge tracks. They represent the exact tipping point where the band was transitioning out of their early “mop-top” pop phase into heavy studio experimentation.’ So I included those two songs representing the climax of their early years.
  Prior to this set of early-era songs, I compiled a select Beatles mix that spans their entire career, entitled “Beatles, The– selected (Another Greatest Show on Earth)”, which I have yet to release to the public. A second and final volume of such select Beatles works is planned sometime after I complete this project.
 
The files used in this compilation are part of the September 9, 2009 (9/9/09) re-release of nearly all of The Beatles’ official studio catalog (UK & USA), digitally remastered and released on CD.
 
Beatles, The– selected (Another Greatest Show on Earth)
Track List:
01 Birthday (was16bitPCM).mp3
02 Octopus’s Garden.mp3
03 And I Love Her (wasFlacVBR838kb).mp3
04 All My Loving (wasFlacVBR951kb).mp3
05 Old Brown Shoe (was16bitPCM).mp3
06 Good Day Sunshine (wasFlacVBR857kb).mp3
07 Across the Universe (original version)(was16bitPCM).mp3
08 Blackbird (was16bitPCM).mp3
09 Day Tripper (was16bitPCM).mp3
10 Don’t Let Me Down (was16bitPCM).mp3
11 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (wasFlacVBR878kb).mp3
12 Flying (The Beatles)(was320kb).mp3
13 Revolution 1 (was16bitPCM).mp3
14 Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey (was16bitPCM).mp3
15 Strawberry Fields Forever (The Beatles)(was320kb).mp3
16 Medley1 Because (320kb).mp3
16 Medley2 You Never Give Me Your Money (320kb).mp3
16 Medley3 Sun King (320kb).mp3
16 Medley4 Mean Mr. Mustard (320kb).mp3
16 Medley5 Polythene Pam (320kb).mp3
16 Medley6 She Came In Through The Bathroom Window (320kb).mp3
16 Medley7 Golden Slumbers (320kb).mp3
16 Medley8 Carry That Weight (320kb).mp3
16 Medley9 The End (320kb TDMed).mp3
17 All Those Years Ago (George Harrison w. Paul & Ringo)(320kb).mp3
18 I’m The Greatest (Ringo Starr w. John & George)(was16bitPCM).mp3
19 Real Love (wasDTS-HD MasterAudio).mp3
20 Free as a Bird (wasDTS-HD MasterAudio).mp3
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