Revolver

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a b Scapelliti, Christopher (5 August 2016). "The Beatles' 'Revolver': Guide to the Songs, Instruments and Recording Equipment". guitarworld.com. Archived from the original on 17 June 2017 . Retrieved 25 June 2017. Hertsgaard, Mark (1996). A Day in the Life: The Music and Artistry of the Beatles. London: Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-33891-9. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3. MacDonald deems Lennon's remark about the Beatles' "god-like status" in March 1966 to have been "fairly realistic", given the reaction to Revolver. He adds: "The album's aural invention was so masterful that it seemed to Western youth that The Beatles knew – that they had the key to current events and were somehow orchestrating them through their records." [404] MacDonald highlights "the radically subversive" message of "Tomorrow Never Knows" – exhorting listeners to empty their minds of all ego- and material-related thought – as the inauguration of a "till-then élite-preserved concept of mind-expansion into pop, simultaneously drawing attention to consciousness-enhancing drugs and the ancient religious philosophies of the Orient". [314] Author Shawn Levy writes that the album presented an alternative reality that contemporary listeners felt compelled to explore further; he describes it as "the first true drug album, not a pop record with some druggy insinuations, but an honest-to-heaven, steeped-in-the-out-there trip from the here and now into who knew where". [405] [nb 33] The unnumbered second version of “Got To Get You Into My Life” is an enjoyable take, just The Beatles, using a fuzz guitar in place of the horns. Take 5 of “And Your Bird Can Sing” is a little more straightforward, and sounds similar to The Byrds. Very few of the outtakes will be versions that will be played often, but they help us understand The Beatles’ recording process.

In its lyrical themes, the album marks a radical departure from the Beatles' past work, as a large majority of the songs avoid the subject of love. [153] According to Reising and LeBlanc, the lyrics on this and the band's later psychedelic records capture the psychedelic culture's belief in the truth-revealing qualities of LSD over the illusions of bourgeois thinking; reject materialism in favour of Asian-inspired spirituality; and explore the overlap in meaning between a "trip" and travelling, resulting in narratives in which time and space become blurred. [154] Where the songs do present as love songs, the authors continue, love is often conveyed as a unifying force among many, rather than between two individuals, or as a "way of life". [155] Along with the rest of the Beatles catalogue, the album was first issued on compact disc in 1987. [460] In 2009, Apple and EMI released remastered versions of the Beatles albums on CD. Revolver was also included in the box sets released at the time, The Beatles: Stereo Box Set and The Beatles in Mono Box Set. [461] Brazilian album certifications – The Beatles – Revolver" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved 18 October 2019. Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, Variant 2): 0602445599530-B 245165E2 1280812 MILES. ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED. ROOM30Kronemyer, David (29 April 2009). "Deconstructing Pop Culture: How Many Records Did the Beatles Actually Sell?". MuseWire. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018 . Retrieved 18 April 2020.

By 4 a.m. on June 22, The Beatles finished “She Said She Said”, wrapping up their Revolver recording sessions. The album’s final mono and stereo mixes were completed that evening. Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 0602445599530-A MILES. ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED. ROOM30 1320701 247583E1 This is the genuinely rare "U.S." edition of The Beatles “Revolver” album featuring the short-lived and now highly sought-after Capitol red label with the purple Capitol “C” logo (commonly known as the Capitol “Red Target” label variation). Timberg, Scott (5 August 2016). "Why 'Revolver' Still Matters: The 50th Anniversary of a Beatles Masterpiece". Salon. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020 . Retrieved 18 September 2020. Based on retail sales up to early October 1966, Revolver was the eighth-highest-selling album of the year in the US. [357] Although commercially successful, it ranked only equal tenth (with Help!) on the list of the Beatles' biggest-selling albums in the US, as supplied by Allen Klein in 1970. [358] According to figures published in 2009 by former Capitol executive David Kronemyer, further to estimates he gave in MuseWire magazine, [359] the album had sold 1,187,869 copies in the US by 31 December 1966 and 1,725,276 copies by the end of the decade. [360]Bishop, Rand (2010). The Absolute Essentials of Songwriting Success – From Song Dog to Top Dog: Making It in the Music Business. Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7390-7191-5. The Editors of Rolling Stone (2002). Harrison. New York, NY: Rolling Stone Press. ISBN 978-0-7432-3581-5. All of the Beatles' 'Remastered' Albums Enter the Top 100: Grossing 2,310 Million Yen In One Week"]. Oricon Style (in Japanese). 15 September 2009. Archived from the original on 9 March 2013 . Retrieved 28 June 2017.

Castleman, Harry; Podrazik, Walter J. (1976). All Together Now: The First Complete Beatles Discography 1961–1975. New York, NY: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25680-8. All the rest of the songs on side one are also impressive. The voices and instruments are so clear on “I’m Only Sleeping”, “Love You To”, “Here There And Everywhere” (Gorgeous!), “Yellow Submarine”, and “She Said She Said”. We’re hearing the nuances of the instrumental arrangements for the first time. Greatest Beatles Songs: 37. 'She Said, She Said' ". rollingstone.com. 19 September 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2011 . Retrieved 24 June 2017. Bray, Christopher (2014). 1965: The Year Modern Britain Was Born. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1-84983-387-5. a b c d Plagenhoef, Scott (9 September 2009). "The Beatles: Revolver Album Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017 . Retrieved 24 June 2017.This technique was instead used for the first time on a pop album when the Beatles released their follow-up to Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [92] Author and critic Tim Riley nevertheless identifies the segues from " I'm Only Sleeping" to " Love You To" and " Doctor Robert" to " I Want to Tell You" as anticipating the "continuous stream of sound" achieved on Sgt. Pepper. [93] Apple Corps Limited [...] All songs published by Sony Tunes (ASCAP). All rights administered by Sony Music Publishing (US) LLC. One significant mistake (as others have touched on) is the incorrect speed for the "actual speed" version of "Rain." There is just no way the Beatles recorded it in B-flat; it almost certainly was recorded in A, and you can tell by how sonorous the guitars are, denoting open strumming and not a capo or barre chord. Listen to Ringo's snare drum too - it is clearly too tight, and unnatural sounding. When I slowed down my turntable to get the song into the key of A, it felt so much better. I don't know how this was messed up so badly. The book even refers to the song being recorded in B-flat. I just think that is wrong! However, since I can easily slow it down with my turntable, this is forgivable. There’s no point in just doing this to make money or as a sales thing or because we’d done the others," he continued. "It’s more important that we do it for the right reason.”

He added then, “I think we’re getting there with technology. I thinkwe are. I’m not doing it at the moment, though, I can tell you that much. But hopefully. So, yeah — watch this space.” Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4thed.). London: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4. a b Shutler, Ali (30 August 2022). "Deluxe boxset of The Beatles' 'Revolver' to be released". NME . Retrieved 11 September 2022.Moss, Charles J. (3 August 2016). "How the Beatles' 'Revolver' Gave Brian Wilson a Nervous Breakdown". Cuepoint. Archived from the original on 8 May 2017 . Retrieved 24 June 2017. Lennon later said "The Void" would have been a more suitable title, but he was concerned about its obvious drug connotations. [269] Prendergast, Mark (2003). The Ambient Century: From Mahler to Moby – The Evolution of Sound in the Electronic Age. New York, NY: Bloomsbury. ISBN 1-58234-323-3. a b Rolling Stone staff (31 May 2012). "500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 3. The Beatles, 'Revolver' ". rollingstone.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018 . Retrieved 4 October 2018.