Beatles/Monty Python Petition

(I first posted this on rateyourmusic.com a few moments ago but I wanted to add this to my personal blog with the extension that this include Beatles work but also the Monty Python group and solo work, My rateyourmusic only refers to the Beatles work since it is a music website)

First off why is it so hard to find so many of the great Beatles solo albums. Imagine and Double Fantasy are about the only only studio albums you can find anywhere from John Lennon. Plus they didn't release Past Masters tunes as bonus tracks for the Beatles so why did they add "Power To The People" to Plastic Ono Band, it doesn't fit with the rest of the album and neither does "Do The Oz." Also Shaved Fish is a compilation I know but since it is meant to tie up the loose ends of Lennon's studio discography I should it should be classified in some way as more of a studio type album and not a hacked and mixed compilation album. There's a billion Lennon and McCartney albums and there are a lot of great tunes that wouldn't fit in one or two discs. They should just sell studio albums as is and I hear they are putting Ringo's "Blast From The Past" out of print which is a shame because again it makes a good tie the loose ends cheap compilation album so you don't get classic albums like "Ringo" and "Goodnight Vienna" ending with otherwise great songs that seem out of place. Plus why add bonus songs in the middle of Harrison's classic "All Things Must Pass" just put the first two albums on the first disc and leave the second disc to play the jam sessions from the third album like John Lennon's Some Time In New York City which I know was only a double album but still it puts order to the album without editing it is my point. Beatle specials should also emphasize some of their solo work which sounds contrary to a purist like me but the solo work has been discriminated against as albums hailed for a little while only to fade into oblivion like Flaming Pie and Cloud Nine. George Harrison's Thirty Three & 1/3 has some great tunes that are hard to find "Crackerbox Palace" which I heard on a Saturday Night Live rerun and "This Song" which I found on youtube so I have these songs for free but I really wanted to own the album for myself so don't stop printing re-issues of the pure Beatle solo work with an occasional compilation or anthology that puts a little more depth in the discography. I don't know how to start a petition but to the people at Apple and Capitol Records and EMI and Dark Horse and Mecca please note a fan's plea and see it as a loss of potential revenue that could come from many other like minded fans. So any Beatle purist fans please tag your comments to this posting chain. I know that this is a weird thing to feel so strongly about but music is my passion and so is preserving arts that belong in their original form for longevity and prosterity and many Beatle fans may like the economic relief of a brief summary album of their tunes which is fine but those who want to save and scrimp every penny till they can every Beatle/ex-Beatle song they want no matter how obscure.