Claude says:The Beatles—four Liverpudlians who became the most influential band in popular music—started in skiffle and beat, then spent the sixties exploding every boundary rock could hold. Past Masters - Volume One collects the early singles and B-sides that didn't make the original albums: raw, ecstatic pop with harmonies that still sound like a blueprint. You had a few stray plays in 2009, but this clicked properly in early 2011, when you kept coming back to "Sie liebt Dich" and "I Want to Hold Your Hand"—the German versions and the originals both.