Deconstructing The Beatles - Penny Lane (Isolated Tracks)

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

Penny Lane is such a haunting, subtle, wistful song. It's so rich and full. And yet this deconstruction shows how restrained it all is. The vocal harmonies are applied so sparingly. It's a song by an auteur who knew exactly what he wanted and how to make it happen. And I am constantly amazed by Paul's beautiful voice. His phrasing is full of tiny variations provoking feelings of nostalgia and surrealism. He is an artist.

[@Dinger_D]

True

[@humanpaste1268]

Great deconstruction on this one

[@indigohammer5732]

I had no idea there was a guitar or harmonium on the track! Thanks for your good work

[@Spencerheck11]

Really hear the pet sounds influence on the bass guitar.

[@6Walter7]

Best band of all times.

[@scuffedcovers]

The bass is so haunting and beautiful on this track

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

I find it funny how your pfp is very similar to the one shown during the isolated bass.

[@johnpolitis7929]

@@DJcool-tr1tk It was originally called and recorded as Denny Laine and then changed to Penny Laine.

[@johnpolitis7929]

@scuffedcovers It was originally called and recorded as Denny Laine and then changed to Penny Laine.

[@DJcool-tr1tk]

@@johnpolitis7929I didn’t ask though. Also it’s lane, not laine. So I’ll take that with a grain of salt.

[@johnpolitis7929]

@@DJcool-tr1tk or Paine.

[@jeenkzk5919]

Instead of background trumpets I hear a professional listening to playback and doing what they do best. Puts a man, not a distant recording

[@profile2047]

Putsam’n, not a distant recording?

[@jeenkzk5919]

@@profile2047 ‘But it’s a man, not a recording’ is what I meant to say. Was exhausted when I used speech to text and didn’t check my spelling

[@soundshaper]

Those harmonies, just no one like it, you can play the music to perfection like the record, but no one, just no one has come close to sounding like these three guys harmonizing.

[@gerardmccavana4905]

Great hearing this. Ta muchly

[@dryitelad2]

Ayy, great deconstruction!

[@mastrei4388]

Good deconstruction bro

[@jugibur2117]

Oh, how wonderful, thank you so much! And at 10:37 there's a kind of lion's roar! And what is that deep instrument at 9:33? It's unbelievable what's built in there that you can hardly or not at all hear!

[@rbstems]

The instrument at 9:33 is a slowed down harmonium I believe, and at 10:37 it's a drum roll on some kind of percussion!

[@OneZero-rp6ry]

It would be hard to argue that the Double A Side Strawberry Fields Forever/Penny Lane isn’t the best Single release ever. The Beatles were at their creative best.

[@kevinmcinerney1959]

I read somewhere that Brian Epstein came to the studio wanting to know what was available for a single, and George Martin said that Penny Lane and Strawberry Fields were the best thing they had ever done. Sounds banal, but it conveyed to me that Martin was aware that the Beatles weren't just a celebrity phenomenon wading into the counterculture and drug culture for showbiz reasons. He recognized that their work had become serious music and he was onboard with it.

[@maop1959]

FINE

[@elirosen1391]

The only one I hear singing the harmony is John. The single-tracked vocals seem to confirm this. I don't think George had any input in the vocals.

[@rbstems]

Yeah me too, I don't hear George, but he is credited with vocals. Maybe his part got buried or removed ; I'm pretty sure you can hear him on the rehearsal take on the Pepper boxset.

[@elirosen1391]

@@rbstems There is one outtake where I heard him trying to work out a harmony. I get the sense they decided not to use it. Too bad. It could have fit well.

[@mastrei4388]

can you deconstruct woman is the N of the world by john lennon?

[@asloii_1749]

Paul just looks like someone who’d be called Sgt Pepper with his mustache

[@mercymallari1060]

Awesome Deconstruction, also, why is the instrumental coming out on the 17th?

[@mercymallari1060]

Also, when is Baby You’re A Rich Man gonna come out?

[@rbstems]

It got blocked in the deconstruction along with the upright pianos part, but both are fine as standalone videos. Haven't started to work on Baby You're A Rich Man, but I don't have nearly as many files for it than Strawberry Fields or Penny Lane, it should take less time to put out.

[@mercymallari1060]

@@rbstemsOh ok

[@presto709]

I'd like to hear this song with all of the instruments but only the single tracked vocal.

[@martincvitkovich724]

where is Yoko's eek eek eekkin?...no wonder it sounded good

[@jeenkzk5919]

I’m curious, is the back and forth muffling from the flaw of the isolation program or is it from the original tape?

[@Super_xd580]

That's because of the isolation program.

[@simoncolvex]

Eh? What happened to the upright piano, has it been blocked?

[@rbstems]

Yes, link is in the description! It will also be out on its own, it got blocked in the deconstruction but not standalone.