The Beatles Redux - 08 Don't Let Me Wait Too Long (FLAC)
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The title of the Beatle's second 1974 entry could have applied to fans themselves. We All Shine On, released earlier in the year, had reminded fans of rock music just what an album could be, and many were hoping the Beatles would advance yet one step further. What they ended up getting in Don't Let Me Wait Too Long was an album that never intended to top the energy and somewhat furious at times pace of its predecessor; in fact, in many ways it was a complete polar opposite. The laid back feel of the album may have been intended to give the Beatles a respite; after all, while there were very progressive bands on the move in 1974, having a more mellow sound in the early seventies didn't exactly alienate audiences, as band and listener together sometimes seem to have needed a moment to recover from the wild night that had been the late sixties and early seventies.
The mellow feel of the album was reflected in the album's lead single, the Ringo-sung and George-penned "Photograph" (backed by a relatively popular b-side "Let'Em In") and
also its title track, George's "Don't Let Me Wait Too long." Another fine George tune was lauded for its composition but laughed at for its vocals; "Dark Horse" would come
to be known by fans as "Dark Hoarse" because Geoge developed an unfortunate case of laryngitis before vocal recording had finished. While John seemed to have done just fine
recording the Please Please Me album while sick, George does not seem to have been so lucky. In another bit of bad luck, George had been sued for lifting the melody for his
1971 tune "My Sweet Lord" from "He's So Fine". His track "This Song", one of the more upbeat numbers on this album, sarcastically plays off his being sued. Neither Paul nor
John had an aversion to venturing into country music territory; John to some degree with "I Know (I Know)" & Paul much moreso with his overt Sally G, having actually been
written outside Nashville.
The album does possess some more upbeat and contemporary numbers. Paul's jumpy "Listen To What The Man Said" stood out on the album, and reached release as the second single
of the album. John's frantically rocking closer, "New York City" was not only the most rocking song on the album, it was one of the most rocking the Beatles had ever
released. Responding to rumors that he and Paul had not been getting along, John jokingly wrote "How Do You Sleep", a public roast of Paul via song that some took as even
further evidence the two were not getting along (Paul, for his part, was just glad that fans had accepted he was alive). Following this tune on the album was Paul's epic
acoustic "Little Lamb Dragonfly", partially written in an effort to create an an Abbey Road-style interplay of musical ideas, only on acoustic guitar.
Standing between We All Shine On and Vienna Rock Show in the Beatles catalog, "Don't Let Me Wait Too Long" sometimes gets forgotten, much as Beatles for Sale was between A
Hard Days Night & Help, but like the former, it features many tunes that are still essential to the Beatles canon.
1. Going Down On Love
2. Dark Horse
3. Sally G
4. This Song
5. I Know, I Know
6. Listen To What The Man Said
7. Hear Me Lord
8. Photograph
9. Mamunia
10. Don't Let Me Wait Too Long
11. How Do You Sleep?
12. Little Lamb Dragonfly
13. New York City
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