Giles Martin On The New Remixed And Remastered Version Of The Beatles’ ‘Revolver’

Producer Giles Martin discusses his work on the new deluxe editions of The Beatles’ 1966 masterpiece, ‘Revolver.’
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[@Keensimpson]

Bravo Giles Martin. This is by far his greatest work so far with the Beatles catalog.

[@billwest257]

A personal thank you to Giles, I listened to the remix today and tomorrow never knows blew me away

[@BeatlesTranscriber]

What he did to Tomorrow Never Knows was horrific. I’m not the only one to say this.

[@debessar95]

All these childish pranks with primitive sound jumps from side to side in stereo panorama of remixed Tomorrow Never Knows look childish in our time. A little boy playing with his little toy.

[@Nerkin610]

@@debessar95 What are you talking about? The Beatles were all about adding childish surprise elements to their songs… being playful with the surround is the producer’s equivalent to “tit tit tit tit”, and boy is this the perfect album to be playful with

[@debessar95]

@@Nerkin610 Do not confuse childishness and infantilism.

[@Nerkin610]

@@debessar95 You used the word childish to begin with. Childish playfulness does not exclude maturity. The Beatles proved that by reaching a state so mature they could work hard while balancing it with fun and games.

[@kwright3929]

My two penn'th. I was disappointed with the new mixes, but I'm listening on Spotify so it's not the best medium, I know that, but it just doesn't tickle my fancy. People can criticise that and say "Oh Spotify is not like the vinyl" yes, I know. But sign of the times deluxe by prince sounds excellent on Spotify. I've got the original vinyl of both and revolver kicks prince's ass. I was expecting the same. I know, I know, apples and oranges and all that, but I personally aren't impressed. I think in ten years It'll be remixed again, and that'll then be like "Oh this is the definitive mix." I'll save my cash for now. Peace and love, peace and love xx

[@alvillanueva2525]

Why no 5.1 blu ray version?

[@SquidkidMega]

I still prefer the original mono mix

[@SpaceCattttt]

It's too quiet this time around, though. Ironic, really, seeing as how the stereo mix is so loud your ears bleed...

[@dharmalearner]

I think those who complain of having the bass way up should check their set-up. THose with buzzing speaker should check their speakers. Because I am sure when Macca, Ringo and Dhani heard the mix before you did they liked them and they listened to them on proper gear and set-up.

[@SLCandy1]

Don't forget Sean 👍

[@fiftycalpotato8884]

Yeah it all sounds great to me lol they are tweaking

[@SpaceCattttt]

Pfft. They're old and only care about making a profit on behalf of their kids and grandchildren.

[@ordjk4797]

Where could I find the thumbnail photo ? I think its really cool , anyone got a link or idea to what I could type to find it

[@R3TR0R4V3]

It's in the boxset, IINM. 👍 Screencap & do a reverse image search perhaps.

[@ordjk4797]

@@R3TR0R4V3 🙏

[@tonyfox7510]

Why does this Revolver vinyl boxset with 4 records cost much more than the All Things Must Pass deluxe with 8 LPs? Why did Giles pick 7 songs already released on Anthology? Why out of over 200 hours the Beatles spent recording Revolver in the studio with each track having multiple takes there are none on this set of Good Day Sunshine and a 39 sec outtake of I Want To Tell You? Why did Giles pump up the bass so much in the mix that it drowned out the tambourines and cymbals? Why can I buy the Let it Be super deluxe with the Bluray for much cheaper than this Revolver set? Why spread the music across 5 CDs when it can fit on 3 CDs? Is it to pad the box and jack up the prices?

[@robertcatesby8420]

Because it's 52 years later, inflation and all that.

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Because Revolver is New, it turns me on…. Ringo needs some cash and The Crackerbox Palace needs a roof! You make good points.

[@oinkooink]

We love Beatle$

[@Mattenke]

I can understand the 5 CD thing. I wouldn't want any bonus tracks on my Stereo and Mono album CDs. The EP is a waste of Space tho.

[@rainemiller4015]

I can tell you that for Good Day Sunshine they only did about 3 takes in total and ended up using the 1st take, they banged that one out really quick.

[@harryberry474]

I don't understand why anyone would want to change classic music and make it sound different. Kind of like George Lucas and changing Star Wars adding different characters changing cutting adding scenes transforming a classic that was perfect from the get go, same with music, now IF it was the case of a bad noise recording that could be cleaned up I understand that but bringing up or down volume on vocals or certain instruments that have been there from the beginning that we all know and love should never be changed...I'll stick with the original EVERY TIME, The only reasoning I can think of is the recording companies want more money...they wouldn't do it otherwise. Imagine, sooner or later the original recordings might be lost forever just like the "original" StarWars Trilogy never to be seen (or heard) again.

[@tonyfox7510]

You are so right!

[@harryberry474]

@@tonyfox7510 ...I know, when I listen to music or watch a movie that I really really like it's kind of burned into my memory, now if I see or hear something different it takes me out of the moment which is exactly what I don't want, I consider it like blasphemy. I'm always paying attention to what I see and hear, I'll always seek out the original recording "IF I can find it" There are different degrees of remastering some are ok the remastered recordings in the beginning were done to remove noise like tape hiss but we now have people with so-called "golden ears" that think they know what sounds best and sometimes turn the songs into something else you can't ignore the fact it's been manipulated to sound "different" I'm wholeheartedly against that. I won't ever listen to this "version" of Revolver let alone buy it.

[@tonyfox7510]

@@harryberry474 I agree totally with what you said there. They are altering the sound of the recording and not just cleaning it up. Instruments that I was familiar listening to all these years are no longer as audible as before like the tambourines, cymbals etc. The detail is gone as if a veil has been placed over the music and the bass is over emphasized. I’ll keep listening to my originals as The Beatles intended it to sound like.

[@craigphillips6308]

Though there are some songs I really like on the new remix, Giles has again mixed the bass so loud it makes my speakers buzz. It feels completely inorganic to the rest of the instruments. And She Said She Said is absolutely horrendous. Oh well, at least I still have his dad’s mono mix, which is still the best sounding, at least to my ears.

[@big_fat_hen]

I'm so glad that I'm not a Beatles fanatic.

[@debessar95]

@@big_fat_hen Lucky you!

[@R3TR0R4V3]

Sounds like you need some need speakers! 😬

[@debessar95]

@@R3TR0R4V3 Sounds like you need some ears.

[@R3TR0R4V3]

@@debessar95 LOL. Well, none of my speakers "buzz".. Just sayin'. 🤷 Sounds like you need a life! Talking shit on every new Beatles Revolver video.. Man, you must be bored and/or miserable. There's still hope for you though, maybe. 😝

[@jsb354]

[1:11] No, mate!! You got it backwards!! _Come Together_ was *AFTER* _Tomorrow Never Knows_ 🤷

[@init4fun]

They “discovered pot” on their 1964 summer North American tour when Bob Dylan introduced them to it. Think Giles meant they were given acid by a doctor in 1965, according to the band. ‘Dr Robert’ is related. LSD influenced ‘Tomorrow Never Knows,’ more than grass.

[@seanwade8188]

Yep, Help! was actually their first album influenced by LSD. There’s a book that suggests that the song Help! could have actually been the very first song John wrote after his first trip, which seems to add up

[@init4fun]

@@seanwade8188 So close. I’ve read several books from the Beatles and their staff who all confirmed with Beatle and director interviews ‘Help!’ was grass, which was filmed in early 1965. The infamous dinner story with the doctor who laced their tea with acid allegedly occurred during the fall of 1965, prior to the ‘Rubber Soul’ project. By the time ‘Revolver’ rolled around in April of 1966, after their first real vacation, Lennon had taken acid multiple times, according to reports. ‘The Void’, another working title of ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ is the product of his artistic and chemical experiments.

[@seanwade8188]

@@init4fun yeah they smoked grass a lot during the filming of help!, but George and John took lsd the first time in March 1965 by accident with their dentist. Paul and ringo tried a little later. But help! was written a few days later because they recorded it soon after. Revolver was definitely much more heavily inspired by lsd then their previous work, but it’s a mistake that they hadn’t used it at all a year before that. Maybe that partly inspired them to make rubber soul a more proficient album after they were finished with making the film

[@init4fun]

@@seanwade8188 It's been decades since I'd read Brown's book, but yeah it seems it was a dentist in early 65. And it wasn't an accident. They just weren't told until after he'd dosed their tea. No doubt weed inspired their work on 'Help!' and 'Rubber Soul'. But at least John and George had taken LSD prior to their holiday in early 1966, prior to 'Revolver'. Not sure Paul took it until their holiday prior to 'Pepper'. I remember the 'Yellow Submarine' session as recounted by (Balance Engineer) Geoff Emerick in his book stating a lot of grass (with Mal burning incense to cover it up) wafted in EMI 2 with Mick Jagger, Marianne Faithful, Brian Jones, Patti Boyd and others contributing.

[@francoispedro3694]

Rain was not the first time that a reversed tape was used. There is a french movie from the fifties, "Fanfan la Tulipe" (with Gérard Philippe) where you can hear fake dialogs made with reversed tapes to figure "foreign language that you can't understand". Hey Giles, what don't you get out of Abbey Road and search for new talents and take the risk to be a little bit more creativ. Just like your father did?

[@R3TR0R4V3]

I think he's talking musically.. The first time in modern music. 👍Kind of apples and oranges

[@nestorperena8629]

so next year is... which album?

[@SpaceCattttt]

Yellow Submarine. It has to be.

[@davidwright9318]

Rubber Soul?

[@alfching2499]

He’s laughing all the way to the Bank.

[@Doctordoompapito]

Each and every time he does.

[@gongandfriends]

and we thank him for it

[@oinkooink]

Only true fools would by stuff like this

[@SLCandy1]

@@oinkooink 'buy' learn to spell

[@accam6734]

That suggests he's getting away with ripping people off - which isn't true.

[@KeizerHedorah]

I enjoy the Giles mixes, and I'm grateful they have been/are being made. My view is its fun to hear these songs differently and if you want the originals they are still available anyways.

[@JB19504]

Giles, next up, Rubber Soul, right?

[@DAYHOMEONE]

Giles is wrong about Psycho (1960). While it is true that Bernard Hermann was an influence for the strings for Eleanor Rigby, his father repeated cited the score of Fahrenheit 451(1966) as the influence and not the early film. And the fact that the latter was a new release when Revolver was in production even bears this out. Nor is it a ripoff. What George took from the Fahrenheit 451 score was the strident way in which the players played the strings, and it bears no melodic or musical kinship otherwise. Giles Martin is a clever man but often wrong on many of his observations on the Beatles when he strays beyond what he finds while going through the tapes.

[@SLCandy1]

Well even Macca himself is often very 'general' in his recollection on many Beatle related topics, so I'll forgive Giles.

[@los4menzos]

Agreed! They should ask him about his incredible work remixing and not about his father's work 60 years ago. There's plenty of better beatle historians.

[@MaxWebsterArchive]

Fahrenheit 451 came out a few months after Revolver. If George Martin cited that, then he was mistaken. It was Psycho that influenced the song.

[@jensontagg]

@@MaxWebsterArchive exactly what I was going to say. George Martin got it wrong originally - so Giles is correct

[@reuvengershon6625]

Giles is a fine bloke and an excellent sound engineer and lover of the Beatles. But his father was a classically trained musician and experienced producer. Quite a difference I imagine

[@spaceengineer1452]

Tom Never Knows is 2 chords. C & B flat.

[@LeeQuickMusic]

Technically the B flat is over a sustained C so it’s still a C chord. The bass note always determines the harmony.

[@ergloo6660]

As Paulo Da Vinci my forebears Mona Lisa is poor, the reds are well not punchy enough, the greens are not grass green and well it could be broader, so as a child not present when the original was done I can do better - go figure

[@SpaceCattttt]

Unlike everyone else in the world, I think the new remix sounds fucking awful. It's too loud and too sharp. It hurts my ears and makes me never want to listen to the Beatles again.

[@tonyfox7510]

Agreed! The bass is so loud my headphones were buzzing on some songs!

[@kwright3929]

Ur not alone

[@LeeQuickMusic]

It’s a pity you don’t have good speakers, good earbuds, or good ears

[@SpaceCattttt]

@@LeeQuickMusic Earbuds, huh? That says it all, Zoomer...

[@LeeQuickMusic]

@@SpaceCattttt hahahahahahaha

[@limitededition1053]

There is nothing worse than the children of parents who are world famous due to their skill and talent, trying to do the same thing and expect to be as good. Giles, please leave the Beatles alone they were your dad's masterpieces not yours.

[@LeeQuickMusic]

Hahahahahaha

[@debessar95]

Terrible remix. They picked wrong guy for this job from the start. Corruption never gave good results. The Beatles are destroyed again by Gilesation. When the incompetent son of a famous father works in the record business just because his father had a name this is a corruption. No wonder then that most of the remixes are mediocre. Giles may have been taught by his father, but I don't see the results. For this work you need ears, good taste, talent, attention to detail, understanding of the principles of sound recording of the 60s. I would suggest Bob Ludwig. And this remix did not solve any of the problems of the eternal debate about which is better - mono or stereo (one or two interestingly reworked songs like Eleanor Rigby don't affect anything). But this was the intention of this project from the very beginning. Giles, do what your dad did, be trendy, be brendy, discover new Beatles and earn your keep.

[@fclefjefff4041]

Obnoxious blowhards like you are few and far between. Stay miserable and keep complaining for the sake of complaining 😄

[@debessar95]

@@fclefjefff4041 I don't complain, I don't care, I don't listen to remixes. And against the backdrop of global cataclysms all this is garbage. But why keep silent when obvious nonsense is happening?

[@tonyfox7510]

He may have inherited his skills from his mother and not from his dad George.

[@paulknight9998]

OK boomer

[@jamdealer]

Genuinely curious but why is the remix terrible?