Wow, love this tribute to The Beatles by The Smithereens! And it features the late, great Beatles' session drummer, Any White, AND it's on the Tollie Records label. Very cool!
Terrific! Both sides are instant classics. I like the guitars busting loose at the end of "Love Me Do." Of course, the visual image (photo) is based on the picture sleeve to Vee Jay 587 ("Do You Want to Know a Secret"), which was also released by the Beatles in the USA in 1964, along with Tollie's "Love Me Do" single. That's a nice touch, too. All in all, this single is the perfect complement to the Meet the Smithereens (!) LP. "PS I Love You" was available on the B-Sides the Beatles album, but "Love Me Do" is a new winner. Is there a followup to "2011" planned for next year?
