The Beatles Recording of Rubber Soul

[@DarrylRuiz-s1w]

60 years later still a masterpiece Up Next...Revolver!

[@robinstevenson1098]

Or Abey road, they were crazy good

[@CantTellYou]

He’s done a video on Revolver too! It’s fantastic

[@moonriverdiver]

Their new engineer Geoff Emerick really cut loose on that one. Catch his great bio Here There and Everywhere.

[@jow.6605]

Rubber Soul is one of the very best albums ever written and performed.

[@iconicshrubbery]

Yeah, ask Brian Wilson.

[@baritony8763]

Beatles songs beat everyone else because of the unsurpassed melodies, perfectly appropriate harmonies,multi-instrumental ability and endless imagination.

[@joanmargaret4899]

Tavistock Institute and Theodore Adorno. Two early twenty-year-olds did not write 600 songs in five years. The music industry has always been a social engineering tool. The music can be appreciated while recognizing that there was a team of songwriters behind all the top bands.

[@RogerPeet]

Another Super album from the guys. I was 9 and I hung on every note. I listen to them everyday. 1965-1966 were the best years for Beatle Hair !

[@nealenewton4193]

Yes,and 65-66 is my favourite period of the biggest ever band. Rarely a day goes by without a listen,such is the joy they still bring, all these years later.

[@derreckfeldman665]

One of my favorite albums,,,,, almost every song is absolutely great,,,,,

[@TheLarryBrown]

Which ones are weak?

[@kevinfitzsimons41]

@@TheLarryBrownwhat goes on is bloody weak. Run for your life is weakish although I do like it. Wait, although I love it is musically weak.

[@NilezII]

Drive My Car and Run For Your Life seem out of step with the rest of the album, like leftover Rock & Roll from Beatles For Sale. Dropping the needle on Norwegian Wood as track #1 would have been mindblowing-as it is it seems like the proper start of the album. What Goes On is a reject.

[@Melchersson]

To write, rehearse, and record an album from scratch? Within a month without the ability to read notes? Sorry, but I dont believe it and I have been in the studio with our band and such a complicated and innovative album with the 4-channel recorder?

[@strikerorwell9232]

@@Melchersson It dont add up no matter if you are a genius!

[@jamesholland8057]

95% correct. Rubber Soul was a massive change forward in pop music. Where I lived Michelle and Nowhere Man were giant hits. Lyrics, sitar, fuzz bass and amazing different songs. My favorite because still working as a team to get the album finished.

[@orilliaphil8664]

The best Christmas of my life. I was 17 and in love with the most beautiful girl. When I hear this album it all comes flowing back as if I’m right there again.

[@alexanderhamilton8585]

You never forget your first. It’s natures way. It’s the purest and strongest bond we’ll ever have. It’s a shame the girls typically don’t stay in love with us

[@richardkirk5098]

I had a girl like that, 17. I’ll always remember her that way.

[@eddie1330]

I was lucky enough to see them live in 1963 in Llandudno at the age of 15, ticket price 10 shillings Lol wonderful times. I'm 76 now

[@johnrogers9481]

eddie….ah, nice! You were five yrs ahead of me, I hit ten in Nov 63. In fact ahead of all of us in the U.S.. We knew nothing about them until early ‘64, of course with the Ed Sullivan show performance! And they were performing since 57-58 eh. That’s why they hit the U.S.A. with such a BANG!! I lived in N.Y.C and we got everything first. In fact I cared nothing about music at ten y o! . The Beatles woke me up to music itself! It was tremendous and so rapid! Like overnight I dropped my baseball cards and sneakers and was wearing these strange new boots, turtle neck shirts and a bit of flare bottom pants! I had a NY newspaper delivery route 140 customers each day, and so had some money to work with. A total shift! It seemed the sixties went on forever! Unreal to now hitting my 70’s!! Soon all of us alive during Beatles will be gone! Cheers man.

[@beezwings]

Saw them live in Cleveland, Ohio, two times--1964 and 1966. '66 ticket cost $5.50.

[@billalbritton4972]

The production from ‘Help’,RS,REVOLVER & Pepper in 2 years is unprecedented.

[@BobG-pi8bb]

Greatest 5 album set in rock history.

[@pinkmark4047]

@@billalbritton4972 Yup. They went from the Rubber Soul sessions to the start of the Pepper sessions in just 12 months. The fact that Revolver happened in between is even more outstanding.

[@WellFedProductions]

@@BobG-pi8bb Only 4 albums mentioned though 😂

[@rationalrabbit797]

Always was and still is my favorite Beatles album.

[@StuffnSuch]

Thanks! I wish I could give more but I’m broke. I’ve been a fan for a while and hope you keep going and get the subs you deserve.

[@filmretrospective63]

That’s very much appreciated! Plenty more to come.

[@philspear73]

My personal favorite album from them, and the singles are among their best as well. Their peak commercially before they would peak creatively soon after.

[@mumbles215]

Me too. Tho I largely prefer the US. Erosion that starts with I’ve just seen a face. More folkier. This is also the version that Brian Wilson love so much for how compete it sounds

[@phlog_dog7336]

I would argue this is actually their peak creativity. They were doing amazing things while staying in the pop song format.

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

It's top 4 for me and would rank even higher if not for the UK/US sequencing differences. I basically create my own "perfect hybrid" but as a Yankee, not only is "I've just Seen A Face" mandatory, I have to have it kick things off, which probably makes me a peasant boy in British eyes😟

[@tdworak]

Who else misses the false start to “I’m Looking Through You”on the U.S. album version.

[@billylaing8617]

Me aswell, i have a rubber soul tattoo. I love this album👌🏻

[@КонстантинН-щ2ю]

Rubber Soul- мой любимейший альбом The Beatles! В Советском Союзе в начале 70-х пластинки (винил) с рок - музыкой купить было невозможно, но моему другу папа привёз из Германии две пластинки: Beatles's Greatest и Rubber Soul. С них и началось моё путешествие в рок- музыку, продолжающееся более 50-ти лет! Да, и мне сейчас 64! Я дожил до When I'm 64! Всем чистого неба!✋

[@larrywest538]

I remember listening to Rubber Soul when it first came out. Me and my friends didn’t know what to make of it. It was different from the stuff they came out with so it was a bit disappointing from typical Beatles music. But, it really grew on you… It had a lot of different songs using all kind of instruments….It didn’t have any ‘hard driving’ stuff…. The melodies were very good as well as the lyrics. It felt like a turning point for us fans. You could feel the maturity by the four lads. Pretty innovative at the time.

[@MarkTarmannPianoCheck_it_out]

Masterpiece documentary work. All of it on point, to the point, filling in the 95% gap in my knowledge of how this album was made. Very enjoyable. Well done, my son. Thank you.

[@janebraun4482]

They got it out for Christmas, can remember being around the xmas tree, and this album playing, these songs still take be back, get nostalgic😴

[@prodigalsorcerer1415]

It's interesting how a hastily assembled batch of songs could constitute what became regarded as a cohesive and integrated album. According to this video there was no thought to that aspect yet the songs were so good that it gelled into this. Amazing.

[@c.a.t.732]

I was a kid living far from home in Bolivia when, at a classsmate get together at a girl's home someone produced this album and put it on the turntable. None of us had heard it before (it had just come out) and I was stunned by how good it was... I think a lot of us were. One of the most vivid memories from those days.

[@christianriosofficial]

Your retrospectives are by far my favorite on YT. Your love for the music really shines through and just when I think I know everything about the lads, you proceed to prove me wrong. Your presentations are infinitely better than the regurgitated and parroted content the Beatles Bible channel puts out.

[@westfield90]

My all time favorite album. The sheer quality of legendary songs is staggering. Norwegian Wood, In My Life, Michelle, Nowhere Man.

[@hw343434]

“Girl” 🔥

[@djinnmagik2003]

Revolver is my favorite Beatles album 🔥

[@WhiteWizzard]

Side 2 of Abbey Road Medley is their best…..but after that I put Rubber Soul at the top. It’s the most important one and every single song is a winner.

[@Brad-f5p]

@westfield89 I still get goosebumps every time I hear Nowhere Man.

[@Toothnut_Hamsterfolder]

Love, love, love this album.

[@crlguitar1]

I got Rubber Soul for that Christmas and played it until I had to buy another copy.... Incredible album.....

[@charlier711]

Cool video. I didn't realize Pau's relationship with Jane Asher inspired so much of this. What's really amazing is that Day Tripper and We Can Work it Out weren't even on the album - just extras. What's extraterrestrial amazing is that within another six months they would produce Revolver. So, that in one year they would release Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver all recorded, mixed, and arranged. It's really astonishing what they accomplished in such a short period of time.

[@Yrksman]

@@charlier711 The home policy from 63 to 65 was 3 singles and two LPs. There was a single and LP release prior to Christmas with the single having tracks not on the album. In fact this policy continued right through with certain singles not being album tracks. Day Tripper and We Can Work It Out were just as important tracks as the album, if not more so, as they would be aimed (successfully) at the Christmas number 1 slot. Although timings of release changed, many of the UK singles that followed were separate releases, Penny Lane/Strawberr Fields, All You Need is Love, Hello Goodbye, Lady Madonna, Hey Jude, The Ballad of John and Yoke ……

[@ecobeattv6246]

@@Yrksman "He's right, you know..."

[@JohnTurner-w5o]

Fantastic job! Thank you for your time and effort to showcase this masterpiece. Well done sir.

[@richardmortimer8147]

Rubber Soul was Lennon's zenith, with so many fantastic songs, especially the ballads.

[@Johnnynbk]

Watching these videos its like some vintage documentary from the 80s. Very high quality. Thankss

[@Brad-f5p]

They put Rubber Soul together in just under 2 weeks?! That to me just adds to their legacy as absolute musical geniuses. Oh , and Rubber Soul has always been my favorite album by the Beatles.

[@GuitarUniverse2013]

It’s much more than “put together”! Your comment would seem to suggest that they already had all the songs, already written, worked out, and arranged, and then recorded in two weeks. That would mean roughly one a day. But my friend, they had to write the songs as well! My God, just the sheer burst of creativity is truly amazing. So you’re right absolutely but I just wanted to clarify that riding the songs and then recording them in two weeks is almost impossible when compared to coming into the studio with songs, already written, arranged, and rehearsed. Cheers!

[@kevinkranz9156]

MINE TOO

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

No they put it together in a month. Still impressive though.

[@AbbieHoffmansGhost]

Rubber Soul and Yesterday and Today are the American albums that I grew up with and to me they have two entirely different feels. It seems to be a greater musical leap to go from Rubber Soul to Revolver than Yesterday and Today to Revolver. I imagine growing up with the British pressings our pressings would seem just as odd.

[@909One92]

George’s diversion into the Sitar really hampered his development as a guitarist. By the time the White album was released he’d become a rhythm guitarist as John and Paul honed their skills as lead guitarists.

[@songlove7777]

15:08 Paul McCartney's friend who helped him with the French lyrics to "Michelle" was Ivan Vaughan. Vaughan was a school friend of McCartney's and also the person who introduced him to John Lennon. He was married to a French teacher, Jan Vaughan, and when McCartney wanted to incorporate French into the song, Ivan suggested that Jan help with the translation. She came up with the key French phrase, "Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble," which means "These are words that go together well."

[@tomiday66]

As a 13 year old I thought they were singing about a Sunday monkey. To my credit it didn't take too long to figure out that something else was going on.

[@songlove7777]

​@@tomiday66Haha! 😊

[@scottandrewbrass1931]

​@@tomiday66I always thought on Ticket To Ride they were singing " My baby donkey".

[@malectric]

Another of my favourite Beatles albums. I enjoy the whole album but particularly love the 12-string sound on George's "If I Needed Someone".

[@letitbe777]

❤

[@Hqhq-01]

Same. That song is seriously underrated.

[@PaulFormentos]

The only George original they ever played live

[@Glewis333]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

@@Glewis333 very much appreciated!!

[@GuitarUniverse2013]

You know, ladies and gentlemen, with all the absolute bullshit that gets posted on KZbin, it is a real pleasure to watch something as thoughtful and well done. As these vignettes on the various Beatles albums. It’s fabulous when you hear Little 10 or 15 second examples of the audio from outtakes and versions that weren’t used. That takes real scholarship. And what that means is that the people producing these extended shorts are not just stating their opinion, but rather supporting their opinions with actual proof in the form of documentation. I know quite a lot about The Beatles, and even had a family member who wrote a very well regarded book about The Beatles and their songwriting. Still, I find new things that I never knew about previously when I watch these films. Congratulations one and all!

[@filmretrospective63]

@@GuitarUniverse2013 These comments are always appreciated

[@davidwaltzer2235]

You have got to be kidding! I guess you eat up negativity. You call this sort of garbage scholarship? OMG!

[@cheetahchirps]

I would never had made the connection between The Byrds Bells of Rhmney and If I Needed Someone. Rubber Soul has been my favorite since it came out, thanks for this!

[@wesinman2312]

Rubber Soul has always been my favorite Beatles album. I loved the beautiful acoustic songs.

[@rustybearden1800]

My mother was a die hard, mop top, girl crush Beatles fan who also happened to be a mid 60s suburban housewife and bought all of the Beatles albums which caused my buttoned down family doctor father much consternation. But Rubber Soul changed my mother's (and many others) view of The Fab Four. She did not care for it at the time but came around a decade later after she (and the world) let it age and mature. She later confessed that she wasn't happy about the boy's counter culture baptism and the drugs. But she loved Paul up to the day she died My father never warmed to them, preferring Clapton and Creedence Clearwater Revival and Stevie Wonder. These songs bring back so many memories - your channel is excellent!

[@opiekrumpus4182]

You have for me the best most interesting Beatle content on KZbin.

[@Thedudeisadude]

Love your videos mate!! They're so incredibly well made! Fantastic

[@wisdomhunter3797]

That was fantastic! Appreciate you putting that together for us. STILL learning new things about the Beatles

[@Jettypilelegs]

I was very badly bullied both at school and at home when I was at primary (elementary) school in the 70s and Rubber Soul absolutely saved me and taught me to sing too. “I’m looking through you” was the best balm for my beaten soul. ❤

[@aciddanz]

Ohhh baby I've been waiting for this one

[@scottdavidson526]

You Won't See Me is my favorite track on Rubber Soul.

[@billcavalier1243]

In my opinion, Rubber Soul is the greatest album ever recorded - not just by the Beatles, but by anyone. But how you could make this 20 minute video about Rubber Soul and not mention Paul's fuzz bass on Think for Yourself blows my mind.

[@TheJont118]

One of the most important albums in rock history. $20 says the narrator’s accent is fake.

[@mrcell61]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

Much appreciated!

[@DylancatP]

I love these videos especially how they are set in the context of what’s happening in the broader music world at the time. Thanks for your hard work and look forward to more in the future 😊

[@mattskustomkreations]

Amazing how seemingly effortlessly they put together these incredible songs! It’s unfair! 😅😅😅

[@adrianpoesiat]

As the Doc says, their sessions went late into the night. They pushed themselves and their creative limits and it paid off. Terrible that George Martin was being short changed by EMI. Underpaid

[@KevinMurphy0403]

Brilliant video, thank you.

[@allenf.5907]

They always delivered when they had to. With both tour pressures, and holiday sales' pressure with all else they had to do - this is a masterwork album. Problem of course is that it gets reworked into a different album in the states - more folky.

[@rome8180]

Minor correction: it wasn't that the piano tempo "didn't sound quite right" on "In My Life." George Martin slowed the tape down to half speed because what he'd written was too difficult to perform. That allowed him to perform it cleanly.

[@aisle_of_view]

Have you heard the solo at half-speed? It's an interesting listen.

[@inquiz-it-ive00]

Really well assembled, edited, and produced. Great stuff for Beatles fans!

[@spooky.luis809]

I love this account so much, I can't wait for more videos man

[@Ivehadenuff]

My favorite Beatles album. The memories….

[@EuanNunez]

I really love this channel

[@mikecorcoran6834]

Top notch commentary.

[@aisle_of_view]

The American and UK versions of RS are very different, the American version being tailored to the folk rock trend that was going on in 1965 in the States. It replaces Drive My Car with I've Just Seen a Face and What Goes On with It's Only Love. They also removed Nowhere Man.

[@lucas_laux]

i’m a simple guy, beatlemaniac, i see your videos, i click immediately 🤠 i actually sometimes save it for later, it’s awesome to watch it while eating lunch or dinner

[@davisbeane]

I’ve loved watching your videos this past week

[@1492chris]

That December, Rubber Soul was as important as Christmas itself ... 'Michele' and "Norwegian Wood" were Christmas gifts to the world.

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

Another brilliant video! Thank you so much!

[@SaneSociety1]

A worthy telling of a seminal albumn. Well done.

[@GeorgeGreenfield1951]

Thanks

[@filmretrospective63]

Much appreciated!

[@radomirratkovic9014]

My favourite ❤

[@camc5483]

This goes to show that the Beatles were playing a bit of catch-up as far as style. They catapulted ahead of everyone with this album, and their contemporaries never quite caught up.

[@johnnyhmash]

They 'stagnated' because of the touring demands.

[@timothytremblay7763]

Yesterday and Today was always my favorite Beatles album. Thank you

[@PaulFormentos]

Beatles skin looks weird on trunk cover

[@hannabaal150]

When Rubber Soul came out, nearly all of the information shared in your video was unknown to anyone who wasn't involved in the process, like a 12 year old guitar player who loved the Beatles but was out of the loop about anything more than the music. I thought the album title was a stretch, but it went with the album cover well, and the songs were, as always, awesome. It is so great to be able to watch your video now and have the background filled in. Thanks!

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

‘Girl’ is my favourite song

[@erwinwoodedge4885]

According to Lennon they deliberately sang tit-tit-tit-tit-tit-tit-tit-tit in the backing vocals

[@PaulFormentos]

@@erwinwoodedge4885 And ya can hear ole John hit a joint on that one

[@Mullally57]

Love this documentary congrats to you rubber soul been one of my favourites long live the Beatles

[@Semprini537]

Great album,here they started to spread their wings. REVOLVER is even bolder

[@oslecanadele1227]

These are their great songs.

[@johnorgan3]

good video. back to back Bells of Rney & If I needed Someone. I'm in.

[@alexanderchoquette922]

Thanks!

[@filmretrospective63]

Thank you!! Appreciate your support

[@GerryMcGhie-f5x]

Agree previous comment. My all time fav Beatles album. Totally at their peak.

[@grandparolie]

Me being the youngest one in the family well my old brother bought The Rubber Soul so he had a 1961 VW Bug with a 8-track tape player so I would sit in it with headphones and jam that was many years ago now I’m 64 and still jamming to the Beatle they rock. 😊

[@RichXZ]

Are you the one with 3 grandchildren: Vera Chuck & Dave?

[@Yrksman]

Yesterday may have been number 1 in the USA but it was never released as a single in the UK until many years after they broke up.

[@dianaparadise799]

Rubber Soul and Revolver remain 2 of my favorite all-time albums.

[@philwithnotes]

Really nice work! I appreciate your research and insights. As someone who’s been fascinated with Beatles trivia all my life, it’s like finding a new box of treasure on Christmas morning. 🎉🎉

[@PatrickDonovan-m5f]

Thank you

[@StuffnSuch]

Yay new upload!!!! 😁

[@Alex-lc9vq]

Your video truly make my life better, absolutely love your channel

[@BobGeogeo]

The Byrds' cover looks like a fisheye lens was used - pretty exotic for the time. Edit: The 180 degree circular image points to the Nikon 8mm f/8 (1964) being used.

[@jamesholland8057]

Tamborine Man was with Satisfaction monster hits summer ‘65.

[@michaelsmolens8710]

Thanks for a wonderful look at what I feel was The Beatles' first genius recording. I wasn't aware that their interplay/rivalry between between the Birds, the Beach Boys, and them happened that early. Learning that Sir George Martin was paid so poorly is pretty depressing, but then again, the modern music industry was truly in its infancy. (A little correction - half the time in this video instrument called a sitar was actually a tamboura, which is a non-melodic drone instrument used in classical North Indian ragas. I believe that instrument didn't get incorporated into their recordings until Revolver).

[@brucedelaney9606]

Great job boys and girls. Love it 🥰

[@MartinDee2000]

5:50 > *"Goerge Harison decided to add the sitar (for Norwegian Wood)"* John denied that popular assumption. He said it was HIS idea to have George learn the melody to see if it fit/complimented the song. He liked what he heard, and kept it in.

[@curlymyhero]

Rubber Soul would be a bridge to their more advanced LPs like Revolver. As far as haunting guitar Georges "If I needed Someone" was the most interesting

[@hans-joachimmunstermann]

this is my young music group, 1947 born, like today this music

[@georgiethumbs2438]

Only 2 weeks they came up with those songs, unbelievable

[@ef3371]

Their music came out of nowhere. Genius.

[@mgcmail2002]

Great commentary 👍

[@stealthbastard8837]

Best frickin band ever.

[@doctorpatient519]

excellent documentary -- many thanks cool to see Paul playing his Rickenbacker throughout -- and with a capo on the 5th fret! that great clip at 20:25 is from Pink Floyd's video for "See Emily Play" which is available here on uTube

[@JFF35753]

Great job! I love it. I discovered the Beatles at the end of 1965. The first record I bought was the lp Help! Rubber Soul had just been released so that was my next purchase. After all of these years my favorite albums are Help, Rubber Soul, and Revolver.

[@mumbles215]

I love the middle period too. Harsha days night was their first masterpiece to me.

[@barrypeterson6725]

Excellent job!

[@Edward1312]

Endless guitars seen resting on chairs and tables! Didn't anyone make guitar stands in the 60's. I wonder how many necks ended up being repaired?

[@marlowepeterson9557]

John left a guitar leaning on an amp. It fell over and the sound it made became the lead in on 'I feel fine"

[@Little_Timmy_Sanchez]

They were seen more as tools as opposed to artistic instruments and personal expression.

[@moonriverdiver]

I 2004 I taught Shanghai teenagers and lessons included contemporary Western pop music - ignored by radio there. Played them Springsteen ('makes my heart hot' said one) U2, Dylan, Abba, Led Zepp and ors... and Beatles. Asked them their favorite? 95 percent said Beatles. Asked why most simply answered "because they're wonderful". (Good place to write my own songs too).

[@frankfarley2480]

Absolutely outstanding documentary.

[@JamisonJDillon]

My favorite album of all time!

[@BenjaminKoopmans]

Amazing as always

[@genefulcher9765]

Incredible Album One of their best,,,,yet

[@PaulFormentos]

Amazing that Michelle only took one take

[@chipurBillWhite]

Enjoyed this very much. Love the narrator’s voice.

[@jimsmusic3906]

Nice documentary!