We’re certainly seeing a lot of reissue goodness lately, aren’t we? Last month, we saw a reissue of Serge Gainsbourg’s Histoire de Melody Nelson (which is awesome, by the way; the sound quality is noticeably improved over the original) and now, it’s come out that they’re finally going to remaster and reissue the Beatles’ entire catalog. All 12 of their studio albums, Magical Mystery Tour, and both of the Past Masters discs will be out on 9 September (I suppose that’s a nod to “One After 909”), with packing based on the original vinyl designs, new liner notes AND - musician Beatle-fans, get ready to completely lose it - documentaries on the making of each album. I know what I want for Christmas…

Anyway, to go with this awesome, awesome news, here are my 16 favourite Beatles songs. This is a mix that I made a couple of months back, and I keep it in constant rotation in my car. At some point, I’ll probably expand it to 25 and write little blurbs like I did with Blur, but here’s the list (in no particular order):

• Come Together (from Abbey Road)
• Doctor Robert (from Revolver)
• A Hard Day’s Night (from A Hard Day’s Night)
• Happiness is a Warm Gun (from The Beatles)
• Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band)
• Rain (B-side to “Paperback Writer”)
• Baby You’re a Rich Man (B-side to “All You Need Is Love”)
• You Never Give Me Your Money (from Abbey Road)
• Eleanor Rigby (from Revolver)
• I Feel Fine (single)
• Long Long Long (from The Beatles)
• Paperback Writer (single)
• In My Life (from Rubber Soul)
• Dear Prudence (from The Beatles)
• Penny Lane (double A-sided single with “Strawberry Fields Forever”)
  
• Strawberry Fields Forever (double A-sided single with “Penny Lane”)