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American 'Rubber Soul' Rules

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Marc Myers
Dec 04, 2015
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The Beatles' Rubber Soul turns 50 this Sunday—the American version, that is. The British version of the album came out out three days earlier in 1965. As I write in my Wall Street Journal essay (go here), the two versions were a bit different in tracks and tone. For one, the U.K version held 14 songs while the American album featured 12. More important,…

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