Jack Nitzsche - Dance to the Hits of The Beatles '1964

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In 1964, the Beatles were the single most unavoidable presence in popular music,
and nearly every record label on the face of the Earth was looking for a way to
cash in on the success of the Fab Four. Since only a tiny handful of companies
had access to bona fide Beatles tracks, a dizzying variety of Mop Tops
knock-offs flooded the market, and even Jack Nitzsche, the brilliant producer
and arranger who would work with some of the biggest names in pop through the
60s and 70s, got into the act at the behest of Reprise Records. Dance to the
Hits of the Beatles features a horn-led band under Nitzsches direction playing
seven early Lennon and McCartney tunes, three covers the Beatles had also
recorded (including Twist and Shout and the Tony Sheridan-era indiscretion My
Bonnie), and two Nitzsche originals which lift Beatles riffs with no audible
shame. Anyone looking for a work of lost genius is best off searching elsewhere;
while the performances are peppy and were doubtless the work of some first-call
session pros, most of the time this sounds a trifle rote, and this is one of
those rare occasions where Nitzsche really couldnt improve on the originals
(hey, they were the Beatles). Dance to the Hits of the Beatles is an inoffensive
curio from the year the Beatles took over, but all these years later, it doesnt
have much to offer besides nostalgia and curiosity value. ~ Mark Deming

Tracklist:
1 01. Jack Nitzsche - I Want to Hold Your Hand (02:20)
1 02. Jack Nitzsche - She Loves You (02:28)
1 03. Jack Nitzsche - Chains (02:34)
1 04. Jack Nitzsche - My Bonnie (02:03)
1 05. Jack Nitzsche - I Saw Her Standing There (02:54)
1 06. Jack Nitzsche - Ringo (02:06)
1 07. Jack Nitzsche - Please, Please Me (02:04)
1 08. Jack Nitzsche - From Me to You (01:57)
1 09. Jack Nitzsche - All My Loving (02:13)
1 10. Jack Nitzsche - Twist and Shout (02:25)
1 11. Jack Nitzsche - It Wont Be Long (02:08)
1 12. Jack Nitzsche - Beatle-Mania (02:10)

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