What does it take to be a die hard Beatles fan?

@jasonbourne71: The copy of Magical Mystery Tour you want is the German pressing on either HOR ZU or Apple (unless you actually like "mono reprocessed for stereo" sound of the Capitol LP). They are the only true stereo LP pressings of that "thrown together" non-album album. I have the German Apple LP, and as it was originally released in England: a gatefold cover housing two 7" discs, which contain only the music on side 1 of the LP.

I too saw the group on Ed Sullivan, then went to see them at The Cow Palace in S. San Francisco. And was disappointed. Not a very good live band, honest. ;-)

Though I am rather critical of The Beatles (and even more so their solo work), I truly and deeply love Rubber Soul and Revolver, two of my all-time favorite albums.

I expect to finally meet Mazzy at the hi-fi show in Seattle next month, but may keep the fact that I saw The Beatles live to myself. I don't want to spoil his weekend. ;-)

I was born AFTER the Beatles disbanded. But I have all their original Albums (not the BBC,etc) and they get regular play in my system. I like they music making and that makes me a fan. I have never watched their documentary nor any other film. Maybe that is the difference between fan and die-hard fan 🙂

Me and my sister watched the Beatles' Ed Sullivan appearances, and Sis (and later me) bought each LP the day they came out. My sister had a great seat to see the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, as one of her girlfriends' fathers was a record industry bigwig. The Beatles were the first rock-and-roll band I liked, and my mania to hear them had me constantly listening to L.A.'s rock-and-roll station KFWB...which in turn got me liking all rock music. In other words, blame the Beatles for putting me on the path from a classical guy to an I-like-everything guy.

@jasonbourne71 - I was watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan that night with my parents and some other family friends. Of course, my father said something like 'Maybe Ed will pay 'em enough to get haircuts...' . 

Yes, it was pretty cool to get an inside look at the prep for the famous rooftop concert. But it became tedious to listen to all the "bla bla" in the studio and the endless fiddling of non Beatles songs.

I'm a huge Beatles' fan too and I totally agree with you. Maybe I just like to eat the bread and not take a complete tour of how bread is made, from wheat field to reaping to grinding to...etc. I mean, the songs are the point for me, not the hagiography.