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27 November 2013
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Hello! My first post is about this “Meet The Beatles” album I own. Few seconds before the start of Don’t Bother Me you can hear a voice saying “ST-two-two-o-four-seven”. I’ve read about this st-2-2047 edition of the album but never of the “voice” in question. How unusual is this?
12.23am
1 December 2009
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I have never heard of such a thing before, but I looked it up and found this info:
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
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31 March 2008
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I’ve never heard of that before! I wonder who the mystery voice is – presumably a tape operator.
The Steve Hoffman thread didn’t mention this precise same thing – anyone know about an extra ‘don’t’ in Don’t Bother Me ?
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1 May 2011
Offline According to Winn in Way Beyond Compare it was released “. . .on a 1970’s Canadian pressing of Meet The Beatles which has the word “don’t” repeated during the final verse. This oddity is caused by a tape glitch and isn’t a true alternate mix”.
So sounds like it got stuck for a millisecond, like when a cd catches.
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4.34pm
20 December 2010
Offline I have this Canadian version with the extra “Don’t” but there is no count or voice at the beginning.
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2.35pm
27 November 2013
Offline Thanks for all the replies, as soon as I repair my turntable I’ll upload the audio.
10.54pm
9 March 2017
Offline This is a great song, especially for George’s 1st writing credit.
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9.46am
14 June 2016
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This is a great song! Then again, George songs hardly ever disappoint.
Now if I ever get a 4th copy of Meet The Beatles, it’ll be that glitched pressing because I want one now.
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10.16pm
14 November 2017
Offline This has been getting a lot of play in my iPod lately. A real gem from George (should I say “yet another”)?
I’m a Paul fan,but George is definitely my 2nd favourite. This is just a really good pop tune (maybe why it was heard in the A Hard Day’s Night film despite not being on that album).
What’s everyone else’s opinion of this track? Is it one of your favourites of George’s?
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27 November 2016
Offline I really quite like this track. George’s vocal irks me a bit occasionally, but the guitar work really suits the song, which is a huge plus. For a first song, George did very well.
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2.17am
11 November 2010
Offline I would even go so far as to say that this is one of my favorite songs that George wrote for the Beatles.
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14 April 2010
Offline It’s a great song from a great album. I even like it’s placement between the songs around it.
All My Loving
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George Martin, in my opinion, was very good at sequencing tracks in an order that is pleasing to the ear – it creates a certain vibe for the whole album. With The Beatles is a perfect example.
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10.16am
14 November 2017
Offline Agree with the above posts. A great listen. And @Necko: absolutely agree with you there 100%. It’s a gem. Actually,it amazes me that it’s not mentioned more when George’s best tracks are mentioned
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7.15pm
26 January 2017
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Agree with the above posts. A great listen. And @Necko: absolutely agree with you there 100%. It’s a gem. Actually,it amazes me that it’s not mentioned more when George’s best tracks are mentioned
Because alongside Here Comes The Sun and While My Guitar Gently Weeps it doesn’t look quite as good. Still sounds great. 
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25 November 2024
Offline Daily Beatles Song Review Day 22/213: Don’t Bother Me
George’s first ever composition is certainly not one of his strongest, but it’s not bad either. Its most important role is as being (by far) the most downbeat and introspective thing a Beatles song has covered so far. While it’s nowhere near as morose as he would get later (especially in his solo career), it establishes that George isn’t just the quiet Beatle, but also the moody one. The song is still based around romance, a theme the Beatles haven’t broken from once yet, but like There’s a Place, the romance is a background element. He’s despondent due to a breakup, but the focus is in the despondency and not the breakup.
While the tone and concept is innovative for the Fab Four, the actual music is merely okay. The melody isn’t very catchy (which is rare for a Beatles song, even the mediocre ones are often built around a strong melody), and the guitar work in the song isn’t very good by the standards of the best band in history. The drumming from Ringo is good, but it reminds me more of his drumming on the last album, rather than how great it’s been on the previous three tracks. I wish the song flowed together better, since right now it feels a bit piecemeal, but it’s still pretty good.
Score: 6/10.
Favorite cover: Here’s a cover by a guy named Eytan Mirsky. It was part of a covers album of George songs called He Was Fab that was released after his passing.
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4.52pm
2 May 2013
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Daily Beatles Song Review Day 22/213: Don’t Bother MeGeorge’s first ever composition
No, that honour goes to Cry For a Shadow, although this is the first totally on his own. A personal favourite, nice and quirky
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