The original U.S. release of Rubber Soul was a bit different from the original U.K. release. Nowhere Man and Drive My Car were left off and I’ve Just Seen a Face and If I Need Someone were put on. The CD released a couple of years ago was the U.K. version. All well and good, Beatles fans like slightly different releases, but the problem is that there was no CD release of the original U.S. version.
I am a fan of the Anthology CDs, I love the Beatles LOVE, and I even kind of like Let it Be Naked, but just as the Star Wars films Lucas went back and screwed around with are NOT the movies that make millions of dollars and changed the history of film, these re-issues of Beatles songs are NOT the songs that make the Beatles household words in America.
I still like the original songs in their original order, or at least, the order that I got used to listening to on that orange label Capitol LP I bought at Sears.
But I must admit that I kind of like having Nowhere Man on the CD, though I miss I’ve Just Seen a Face, as it is one of my all time favorite Beatles song. The rest of the line up is pretty much there.
U.K. Release
02 – Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
03 – You Won’t See Me
04 – Nowhere Man
05 – Think For Yourself
06 – The Word
07 – Michelle
08 – What Goes On
09 – Girl
10 – I’m Looking Through You
11 – In My Life
12 – Wait
13 – If I Needed Someone
14 – Run For Your Life
U.S Release
01 I’ve Just Seen a Face
02 Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
03 You Won’t See Me
04 Think For Yourself
05 The Word
06 Michelle
07 It’s Only Love
08 Girl
09 I’m Looking Through You
10 In My Life
11 Wait
12 Run For Your Life
