Any Beatles tribute album will be interesting for its song choices, but maybe more so for the Persuasions. Surprisingly, the veteran a cappella quartet favors the heavily produced late-period Beatles, and cuts like “With a Little Help From My Friends,” “Ob La Di, Ob La Da,” and “Octopus’s Garden” (with a whistle solo) are tailor-made for the group’s vocal artistry. The slow doo-wop treatment on “Oh! Darling” is perfect, as is the religious reading of “Imagine”; the stark “Come Together” especially displays Chesky’s characteristic concern for pristine sonic quality. Best of the early-Beatles covers are “Love Me Do,” reconfigured into a bouncy upbeat ditty, and a dirge-like “Yesterday.” The set ends with an exuberant half-minute snippet of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” though it should have been extended into a full version by nixing the puzzling inclusion of “The Ballad of John and Yoko.”—JB
