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List Price: $46.98 | | Label: Toshiba EMI Japan
Salesrank: 226404
Released: March 18, 1998 |
| Our Price: $41.42 |
| Used Price: $23.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Past Masters, Vol. 2 Track Listing:
1. Day Tripper
2. We Can Work It Out
3. Paperback Writer
4. Rain
5. Lady Madonna
6. Inner Light
7. Hey Jude
8. Revolution
9. Get Back
10. Don't Let Me Down
11. Ballad of John and Yoko
12. Old Brown Shoe
13. Across the Universe [Version]
14. Let It Be
15. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) - The Beatles, Brian Jones
Editorial Review:
What can you say, really? When you get right down to it, it's the greatest band in the history of pop music, the most influential, the best writers, and whatever other superlatives you can think of. Given their phenomenal output, and their huge chart success, it's no surprise that this second volume proves every bit as rich as the first. John, Paul, George, and Ringo had that rare chemistry that moved musical mountains, with more great songs than many people have had hot dinners, and they're still affecting the course of popular music. Thirty years later, all the paths they hinted at have yet to be explored, which is about as high a testament as can be given. --Chris Nickson
Past Masters, Vol. 2 Reviews:
beatlemania is back 
2009-11-14 - The Beatles Past Masters Vol. 2 is an excellent collection of tunes. Shipping was quick and item well priced!
It has all the Hey Jude album songs...YES!!!
2009-08-27 - Thank goodness all the essential "Hey Jude" songs are on this CD. I was despairing of ever finding them again, and here they are. Added to this are the two never-before-released songs, and you have a CD worth buying. If you are new to the Beatles, I would recommend you buy some of their albums before you buy this. Even though this is a good compilation, the Beatles' work progressed album by album and any collection of songs made by selecting some from this album and some from that album sounds a bit disjointed. To my ear, anway! But, five stars because...this is the BEATLES, man, and because you must have it to complete your collection if you can't find "Hey Jude".
The Inner Light 
2009-04-20 - Most of the songs on this disc have always been available on LP. But this disc contains two songs that were never on any LP. You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is an interesting novelty piece, but basically a throw-away. The Inner Light, on the other hand, is a great Harrison song.
The Inner Light is the main reason to buy this disc.
Also, if you feel that it is essential to have cd versions of great Beatle songs like Hey Jude and Rain, this is a good disc to have.
My disc is broken. It won't play Hey Jude. So I have to take away one star in my rating. Otherwise, this is a five star disc. I don't blame The Beatles for my defective cd, but my rating system is tough. I don't give five stars easily.
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Update: I have recently bought Past Masters vol. 1, and there are no defects on that disc (so far).
It's the Beatles.
2009-03-27 - What can I say ... it's the Beatles! I have not heard these songs since I got my CD player....more than 20 years ago. These songs sound just as great as they did back then and I am so glad I have them on disc. Great purchase!
New mixes are EXCELLENT
2008-11-10 - Others here have railed against the stereo mixes on the CD, as compared to the mono releases done originally.
Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of the original mono releases.
But the stereo mixes on this CD are very worthwhile and in every case improve the listenability and punch. Also, glitches that appeared in the original mixes have been either highly glossed over or are completely absent on the CD.
Lady Madonna is the shining example of a superior-in-stereo mix. In the original mono mix, the piano, bass, and guitar all come out just fine. But what George Martin has done in the remix on this CD is stunning in its simplicity and directness - the piano intro starts off in one channel, and then the bass kicks in in the other channel, and the result is powerful, really emphasizing the funk that was there all along but somehow never came through in the mono mix. It's using the same simple mixing techniques that many original Beatles albums had, but to remarkable effect.
