The Beatles Revolver UK vs. USA | Vinyl Rewind

This week The Vinyl Geek is back with another versus episode, this time around he takes a look at Revolver from 1966. Which one is better? Watch and find out!
CORRECTIONS
Beatles began Revolver with Emerick in March 1966. Norman Smith started with Pink Floyd in early 1967 so he didn't leave the Beatles to produce Pink Floyd as stated
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[@steviecopeland]

Ringo: well if ye can't play, then what else can ye do? John: yeah... Ringo: well, tomorrow never knows. John: *wheeze*

[@amtlpaul]

Yes, it was more "product", more money.

[@thezombiecreeper]

No One two great songs came from stuff out of Ringo’s mouth.

[@mrbucket1571]

Correct it says that in the video

[@neildunham1]

Tomorrow Never Knows A Hard Day’s Night Eight Days A Week There’s at least three, probably more 🙂

[@DesertScorpionKSA]

@@neildunham1 Eight Days a Week is not a Ringo malapropism.

[@chasegilley1906]

The reverse guitar solo on I'm Only Sleeping is the greatest guitar solo ever.

[@INDYOSKARS]

Lol, and Hendrix was never able to figure it out.

[@dandywarhol8984]

Chase Gilley Best song in the album

[@thebrycksfeaturingcobrakai794]

My favorite Revolver song in Tomorrow Never Knows

[@capitolemiproducer]

In order to appreciate it you have to listen to all 4 mixes of this song. The guitars are on different spots on each version

[@orhunoguz302]

No it’s not man, expand your vision on guitar and rock. Seems like you’ve got lot more to listen to.

[@DarthWaroc]

the most unforgivable thing about the US version to me is the fact that it only includes two Lennon songs

[@aaronjohnson3463]

Darth Waroc it bacame Paul's band from this point on

[@KungaMatata]

I'm Only Sleeping and Doctor Robert are good songs. In fact they're great songs. Taking them off was a mistake. And John still was the driving force of the band up until that point. Tomorrow Never Knows, a Lennon composition, is the stand out of the album and it was the first song recorded and the one that inspired them to make the whole album.

[@lordjagged8625]

John was ALWAYS the driving force of the band..until he stopped giving a shit. Paul and George barely spoke to each other from early 68 onwards..and the guys were barely seeing each other in the studio...Those guys fitted a 15 yr career into the never ending tour from 62 to 65.

[@thegonz9]

They also took out "And Your Bird Can Sing" another John song.

[@subg8858]

Paul may have taken over for Pepper but the best songs of '67 were still John's. Lennon then dominated the White Album. John and George blew McCartney out of the water on that one. Abbey Road was the perfect synthesis of the three, although Paul was responsible for the turd in the punch bowl on that one. I dont think I have to speak its name

[@peir77]

There is something magical about the song " Here, there and everywhere". I can't explain it

[@5ch3nk]

According to George Martin, Geoff Emerick, and most of the boys in the band it's the best song The Beatles ever wrote.

[@NOWtheband]

Maybe you think that because you like it. ;-)

[@RainbowCharade]

I know what you mean.

[@murphychace307]

I always felt like I Want To Tell You was an underrated song on the album

[@niggato23]

I think Love you to is more underrated

[@KingpinTBM]

I Want To Tell You is in my top 3 Beatles songs of all time.

[@deku416_7]

Honestly, It’s in my top 3 for that album

[@mr.dr.prof.patrick7284]

I think I want to tell you is so badass

[@flamingpi2245]

Totally agree I love that song

[@clearcoat2000]

The U.K albums are the real Beatles albums. The American releases are just compilations. The only one they got right was Magical Mystery Tour but that is not a real Beatles album. They just took the British EP and added five songs released as singles from 1967. It works very well. The U.S Revolver record I hope is out of print and stays that way. Thank goodness they stopped this nonsense and Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road are all the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

[@bcoffey]

I agree. Also includes a book of photographs from the film. Mind you the film itself bombed in the UK when shown on BBC during Christmas 1967. The fact that very few people had a colour tv to watch it didn't help,but essentially the film is a mess.

[@Snoopy7666]

Don't put the blame anywhere except right at Capitol Records doorstep. They cut the typical 14 tracks in a UK album release down to 11 or 12 on their US releases... and OF COURSE it was all about the money... what else? The Beatles were not from America, Capitol regarded them as "foreigners", and Capitol milked the arrangement for all they could get... and until the practice was stopped with Sgt. Pepper and subsequent releases... Capitol made out like bandits. They were just plain greedy, and that is the best word to explain them...

[@sharigreen9252]

I have a copy of the U.S. Revolver on vinyl. It's never been a favorite of mine. When I found out there were differences between UK and US versions, it pissed me off big time. And it was Capital Records' fault. Obviously money had something to do with it. The Beatles only released 13 albums in the UK instead of 20+ (not sure of exact number) in the U.S. Thank God Sgt. Pepper changed this ridiculous practice, but by then, it was 1967 and the band only had a few years left before they broke up.

[@keitha.9922]

Yes the UK albums are the fruits of their creativity

[@DavidJones-ke6kt]

@@sharigreen9252 All this discussion about Capitol records practice of dissecting the Beatles material for the U.S. market and not one mention of the Yesterday and Today "butcher cover".

[@lennydellarocca4992]

Capitol Records cannibalized the British LPs to make "extra" Bealtes LPs for the very purpose you mentioned- Money. No debate about that.

[@ernestorodriguez1969]

I love And your bird can sing

[@Tillermiller868]

ernesto rodriguez that’s my favorite on the album

[@janpangilinan2979]

me too! :)

[@jimilee4609]

Funny ? Lennon hated it! I agree I thought it was a cool song !

[@jimilee4609]

Revolver was the best!

[@zhuofanzhang9974]

@@jimilee4609 To be fair, Lennon hated a lot of their songs... at least in his numerous interviews. ...and none of the songs that he hated was bad.

[@AlterMann57]

One of the coolest things I've found about my original U.S. copy bought back when it was released was that when you adjust the balance on your stereo from the left speaker to the right you can hear the music played on one speaker and the vocals are omitted and just the opposite if your adjust it the other way. This is my all time favourite album by The Beatles.

[@Retroboxmedia]

You are absolutely right. Capitol's objective was to 'create' albums out of singles and b sides to create and generate more cash. The Beatles eventually responded to this with the (rejected) 'butcher' cover for Y&T.

[@funkybunko]

Travis Doucette The butcher cover was not an attempt to rebel against capitols practices, It was part of a photoshoot that went a little weird when the photographer brought jackets meat and baby doll parts

[@donaldlevin800]

I read the butcher cover was done to protest the butchering of the Beatles song order. The Beatles wanted to release the album with the same format as the english Revolver album in the U.S., but Capitol wanted to make more money by releasing more abums with less songs on each one of them. Hence, for example, the Yesterday and Today album. The beatles felt they were butchering the original format!!

[@TooCooFoYou]

Donald Levin Apparently the Butcher cover was their comment on the Vietnam War.

[@spicy321]

The reason was money, but had more to do with how royalties are paid from albums in the US as opposed to the UK. Most albums in America contained 10 or 11 songs and in the UK 14. Capitol had almost enough songs for a new album which became Yesterday and Today but needed 3 more. They asked George Martin for 3 songs already recorded for Revolver and he sent them those 3, but in different mixes because the final approved ones hadn't been completed. The American mixes of I'm Only Sleeping are unique to any other release for that reason. This gave Capitol the ability to release Yesterday and Today with 11 songs and Revolver was left with 11, killing 2 birds with one stone. The Beatles renegotiated their contract with EMI in 1967 which stipulated that all releases worldwide would be the same. Even so, Capitol still made Magical Mystery Tour into a full LP instead of a double EP.

[@barryk1701]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3nKoJ6iipecb8k John Lennon'd explanation for the butcher cover!

[@aboutsoundandvision]

R.I.P. Geoff Emerick

[@allenf.5907]

He was instrumental in the sound of albums from Revolver onward.

[@jrgboy]

I believe EMI said to Capitol, which it owned at the time, that if they messed around with the Sgt Pepper album then they would revoke their licence to produce Beatles records..

[@aldiakaroofus]

I consider the U.K. Revolver album to be not only the best Beatle album but the best pop/rock album of all time. It's Lennon at the peak of his creativity (IMHO). It has not 2 but 3 Harrison compositions, all excellent. Ringo performs a hit song, Paul 's ballads are absolute gems (Here There and Everywhere, For No One), the ordering of the tracks is smooth (I'd never dare hit "shuffle" when playing the CD!) and as hard as I try, I can't find a single weakness in this perfect album.

[@VinylRewind]

+aldiakaroofus Brilliantly said! I'm inclined to agree with you

[@jmad627]

I tend to agree with you. No one band could ever pull off what The Beatles achieved with "Revolver", IMHO.

[@CBrolley]

Revolver is the best Beatles album. The only thing that could make it better would be to have included Rain and Paperback Writer which were released as a single but recorded during the Revolver sessions.

[@democracyperson9900]

aldiakaroofus one could also throw the CD / LP into ones plastic recycling bin . Most councils recycle . Revolver is a terrible album and it is the low water mark of British music so thank you for your contribution and good night .

[@aideywatts8513]

Democracy Person please tell me you’re a troll

[@jamesclarke5071]

Favourite beatles album :)

[@benwhackley]

Same here dude!

[@ravenpascal8762]

Same. Track 5 alone makes it mine.

[@thezenitsufan1249]

My favorite song on Revolver is She Said She Said

[@benjamincox4211]

Good choice

[@colinhatton8841]

I know what it’s like to be deeead

[@drutgat2]

Many thanks for this. 'Revolver' actually has more electronic and tape experiments on it than 'Sgt. Pepper' does. And - in all cases - the original, British versions of the albums are the bona fide versions, because those were the versions that The Beatles wanted and authorized.

[@anshuldinger1425]

I played the US vinyl version a month ago, not realizing it wasn't the UK version, and was shocked that the songs they omitted were all Lennon composed

[@mrmaestro04]

BTW - the mono version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is much better than the stereo. The sounds effects are clipped shorter, giving them a more 'hellish' sound. Just my 2 cents.

[@VinylRewind]

nice, now I gotta go back and listen

[@Ratelzwatel]

There's also an alternate mono mix of 'Tomorrow Never Knows', accidently released on a very early pressing of 'Revolver'. Could 'Vinyl Rewind' do a video on released alternate mixes of Beatles recordings? The ones which are only available on vinyl?

[@cpj93070]

Nah, sorry strongly disagree, how the mono was mixed with all the sound affects fading in and out just destroys the song for me.

[@horowizard]

At 7:17 Tomorrow Never Knows was originally titled Mark I. It was also the first track that newly promoted engineer Geoff Emerick was to work on.

[@indiehoodrat]

please review magical mystery tour

[@VinylRewind]

+Noah Salem added your vote

[@dannyboy141]

+Vinyl Rewind how about magical mystery tour UK vs US

[@VinylRewind]

that's a good one

[@iceicekodi6402]

Vinyl Rewind more Beatles, more Beatles!

[@MacBratt]

I hope you mean the EP

[@GEFpickupman2134]

I think you should do a vs for the white album. The track listings are the same but the English version is the only one to have the mono mix, maybe you should do a mono vs stereo white album video because the mixes are quite different. Plus the look is a bit different but just a thought!

[@zachmueller2912]

Personally, I could care less about the cover. It's about the music. The U.K. has 3 more songs. End of story for me.

[@lefunk22]

*COULDN'T care less.

[@nealbfinn]

Just stumbled onto this channel while cruising around. Very cool and very knowledgeable.

[@kowloonbroadcast]

much respect for your attention for “Tomorrow Never Knows”. it seems like it’s been forgotten a bit in any discussion around the band in recent years. in my mind it still stays as the most important song they’ve ever composed from a musicianship point of perspective. at least ‘cause of the simple reason that whenever i happen show it to anyone who’s unfamiliar with it in a “blind test” style, meaning, that i’m not telling who’s song it is or when it was recorded - the moment i tell that it’s a 1966 piece - 100% of all cases I get dropped jaws as feedback reactions. i can’t name any other Beatles song that has this effect. absolute ultimate masterpiece period

[@Ravenscannotfly]

Tomorrow Never Knows is by far my favourite Beatles song

[@winterlandboy]

Raven Hutt it's fab ...and gear

[@ktcarl]

Listen to the lead guitar on that tune. Way ahead of it's time.

[@winterlandboy]

SiSenior Hola senor .Everything (almost ) that they did was way ahead of its time

[@markcollins9903]

Raven Hutt mine to

[@carllawton94]

Raven Hutt rain was a great song also

[@RichardMNixon-zh6uz]

I took the LSD lifted off of Grace Slick and gave it to Checkers while I had Revolver spinning on the turntable. US version, of course. Wasn't sure if the mutt was tripping out or just old by that point, but he certainly seemed to appear rather peaceful. And yes, I put just a tiny bit in my beam and coke. Just that tiny little bit ended up really knocking my balls around. Turn down your blinds, kick back and float down the street. This is not flying. Aroo. This is not flying.

[@VinylRewind]

+Richard Nixon Love this

[@groovesinman9112]

I absolutely love how excited this guy is about Eleganor Rigby, Yellow Submarine, and Tomorrow Never Knows. It's great.

[@bubaah]

You are one of the best authorities I've seen on the Beatles on You Tube. Great video!!! Rock on!!!

[@VinylRewind]

+bubaah thanks so much!

[@jameslynch6460]

I want to see a review on "A Night At The Opera" by Queen

[@democracyperson9900]

James Lynch now that's a great album . I can't wait for the review . Bring it on .

[@ethanthee3295]

He already did in season 1

[@wizchalupa2277]

Dr. robert in mono make you fell so physcadelic as if i was in a vr chat with john lennon

[@luvmyrecords]

...and John's "okay, 'erb" at the U.S. mono version's fadeout.

[@lenn9o9n]

Starting their recordings with Tomorrow Never Knows is exactly why this is probably the best album ever recorded.

[@backbaconnbeer]

The best version is the UK mono pressing. The album's tracks are what they wanted on the album and the order they wanted. Most importantly stereo equipment was not available to the average fan ( teens & young adults ) so with that in mind The Beatles mixed the album in mono first and later did a stereo mix. So if you want to hear the album as The Beatles intended it to be heard you should listen to the UK mono mix of Revolver

[@mrmaestro04]

The Beatles and George Martin had been using studio effects for a while. The guitar solo on "A Hard Day's Night" was actually recorded at half speed (it's really a guitar/piano duet). Of course, this became more prevalent after Revolver, I'm still amazed that the creativity and genius was starting to show earlier than most fans realize.

[@MGF49]

I understand that the break is a guitar/piano combination, but what do you mean 1/2 speed? I know Strawberry Fields, for example, fooled with recording speeds, but I don't understand how or why it was necessary on Hard Days.

[@mrmaestro04]

Martin Freund In order to get the sound quality they wanted, the piano/guitar solo was played at double speed, kicking it up an octave and changing the tone of the sound. The way this was achieved was to record these instruments with the playback going at 1/2 speed, thus doubling the speed of the solo when the song was returned to normal.

[@chipgaasche4933]

No, Steve...most fans know.

[@chipgaasche4933]

@@mrmaestro04 no, Steve..it wasn't to get the desired sound. It was done because the musicians couldn't execute their parts at the proper tempo.

[@victorarena23]

@@MGF49 On "in my life" George Martin played the Harpsichord solo at 1/2 speed then played it back and added it to the song at normal speed. I don't think that was done on A hard days night. He added the piano to beef up the sound

[@2340Vegas]

The Capitol Records version of Revolver is definitely weaker than the UK release. But the earlier recorded songs that were used for The Yesterday and Today Album along with the songs from Rubber Soul, not to mention album cover controversy, created a pretty good album. It also gave those who don't buy singles recordings of Yesterday, We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper. The most significant thing Capitol Records did was take two acoustic songs from Help - I've Just Seen A Face and It's Only Love - and put them on the Rubber Soul album. This created a Folk Rock sounding album that came at the apex of the Folk Rock movement and changed the listening habits of practically every student on a College Campus involved in the emerging protest movement. The significance of this little bit of history, that Capitol Records helped create, has always been overlooked by Rock historians.

[@MillsyLM]

Rubber Soul as you got it in the US MAY be a different listening experience. It certainly doesn't make it a better album. Capitol trying to pigeon hole the Beatles to make some more bucks. We all know that the album would have sold plenty the way it was before the tinkering anyway. Dave Dexter has a lot to answer for.

[@fletcherlucas7908]

I was at my local record store a few weeks ago in search of Revolver and there was only one left and it was the Parlaphone version in mono and I was pretty happy.

[@mryoshi1221]

i HATE how i didn't know about the songs Dr Robert and she said she said until middle school, and i grew up to my mom blasting this album on her CD player

[@parsecprivate8704]

I just discovered your channel and I'm really loving it, you're funny and make the information very interesting. Subscribed :D

[@VinylRewind]

thank you

[@janpangilinan2979]

he sounds like Cassey Cassem

[@thezombiecreeper]

I think the UK albums are superior, except for Magical Mystery Tour.

[@donjohnson7550]

Yellow submarine is one of the most common songs teachers usually utilize for teaching English in Mexico.

[@wildbilltexas]

This is my favorite Beatles album, and I agree with everything you said. Back in the 1980's I found a UK import cassette of "Revolver" in a Camelot Records discount tape bin and I was surprised it had more songs than the USA album. Because of the way songwriting royalty rates were paid differently in the UK and USA, American record companies kept most albums around 10-12 songs. Capitol needed more songs for "Yesterday and Today" so EMI rushed them new 3 songs while the Beatles were still recording "Revolver". And the mixes Capitol received were early mono mixes that have some differences than the UK versions, especially with the backwards guitar overdubs on "I'm Only Sleeping".

[@VinylRewind]

+wildbilltexas Yes, I didn't want to get into too much detail on the different mixes, there's already so much solid information out there, plus it's hard to say everything I want without making it a 30+min video.

[@wildbilltexas]

+Vinyl Rewind I agree. You could spend hours discussing the differences of the stereo and mono mixes between the 60's USA and UK albums. BTW check out this website.. its sadly not complete but has a extensive list of artists that borrowed riffs and production ideas from the Beatles albums up to Sgt. Peppers. www.silentbugler.com/Lets_Be_The_Beatles/Contents.html

[@aldiakaroofus]

+wildbilltexas I noticed that difference even between different pressings of Yesterday and Today. My college had an early pressing in their library and when I bought my more recent copy back then, I noticed the difference right away, mostly in the effects.

[@wildbilltexas]

+aldiakaroofus The latest Vinyl and CD reissues of the Capitol albums use UK master tapes. So they are not the same mixes as the original Capitol albums. The only true reissue of those versions were on "The Capitol Albums" CD box sets, and sadly Y&T wasn't included.

[@VinylRewind]

+aldiakaroofus wow, crazy

[@jaywunder13242]

This guy knows his stuff!

[@jaywunder13242]

Pretty sure your right about the motive for the US record companies changing the records was money. They did that to stretch the material out over a larger number of albums, according to what I read.

[@robertmann212]

He said the Beatles stopped touring in 1965. Correction, last concert was August 29th, 1966 at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. They did take a 3 month break and then started work on Sergeant Pepper in late November, 1966.

[@StrangeBrewABQ]

Growing up discovering Revolver in the American version, I already loved it. When I found out my three favorite songs of Yesterday...and Today were on the British version, it became my favorite Beatles album. The way you talk about “I’m Only Sleeping” I feel about “And You’re Bird Can Sing.” And intentionally or not, it’s a better concept album then Sergeant Pepper. To go from the hard realities and materialism of Taxman to the esoteric philosophical and psychedelic ending of Tomorrow Never Knows in under 38 minutes is amazing.

[@kirbygene]

When I first heard Revolver here in the U.S. I distinctly remember thinking "Oh I guess John wasn't writing much during this period." Yanking 3 John songs seems deliberate; almost like Capitol wanted a Paul-heavy mix of songs

[@jeffclement2979]

kirbygene Right! I thought maybe John was getting so stoned he only came up with two songs What a rip-off!

[@bobbcarpenter7031]

Capitol felt the fans would enjoy Paul's pop more so than John's psychedelic musings. Boy, were they wrong!

[@jeffclement2979]

@@bobbcarpenter7031 In it's original state it remains a perfect balance of the two main writers along with three (3!) Harrisongs Dave Dexter was the guy at Capitol who dic(k)tated what we heard and didn't hear Biggest selling band ever and the company still tried to squeeze a few extra bucks out of them

[@TooCooFoYou]

@@bobbcarpenter7031 The three Lennon tracks were already released on “Yesterday... and Today”, so that might’ve been a factor as to why they didn’t make the cut for the US release of Revolver.

[@randyblazak8957]

Well done. Capitol really did a good job of "butchering" the UK albums. But on Rubber Soul it actually worked, creating a Beatles "folk album." Gonna go check out that video now.

[@malvanlondon8683]

That was a perfect little mini-documentary. Thank you.

[@brianolson6366]

Like it or not, LSD played a huge role in the shaping of Revolver. That is a fact.

[@josephbeaton6665]

i per fer the UK version because it has more songs

[@Timothyojohnson]

The song Tomorrow Never Knows is actually not about how to take an acid trip like he said. It is about the meditation process. Before his death in 2001 George Harrison said that this song was about meditation and ascending to the next level of conciseness. And being aware of our inner selves and preparing to ascend into the space of the unconscious mind and to be aware of our thoughts before we think them.

[@bkkersey93]

Timothyojohnson Definitely makes sense, especially with the overall sound.

[@EdJonProductions]

it's about using lsd to ascend to that level of consciousness. the first line is literally taken verbatim from that leary book.

[@cdreyes81]

Just cause the line was taken from the book, it can still be used to describe starting to meditate since that's exactly what one is supposed to do.

[@ddub1253]

don't you understand that tripping is meditation......George should be said that. cuz it is. mushrooms lsd dmt all psychedelics are a form of meditation. they strip the ego and you transcend into a realm and basicly see and feel another dimension incapable by regular human limitations even if only slightly if you eat just a few mushrooms

[@middarklight]

hey I guess you all COMPLETELY missed the part about the PSYCHEDELIC experience????

[@singlesideman]

And 'And Your Bird Can Sing' was an absolute favorite, with that gorgeous guitar solo against Paul's brilliant contrapuntal bass line and the deceptive cadence, and Paul's insanely brilliant, jagged, frenetic guitars solo on 'Taxman' - absolute genius.

[@eddiewilbury1666]

You've made the best analysis I've ever heard about a Beatles record. Congrats!

[@awesomevidstothemax]

Tomorrow Never Knows also sounds like another Chemical Brothers song, Setting Sun

[@wayofthinkin]

Eric, this is an excellent presentation. Thank you. I agree that the U.K. version is much preferable. This kind of meddling by Capitol has always been a great source of irritation for me. With The Beatles, A hard Days Night, Beatles for Sale, Help, Rubber Soul, were all butchered as well. Funny how during 1963, they couldn't be bothered with releasing any Beatle albums, and then later on they couldn't get enough of them. Greedy !! Rock on , Eric !! Love your videos.

[@IsaacWale2004]

My favourite Beatles album!

[@DaveRucci]

Yes. Revolver is my favorite LP of ALL Time!

[@johnheaton5667]

Good review man. The US Revolver is a major blemish for Capitol....their worst mistake. They did good with Mystery Tour and Hey Jude (even Rubber Soul you can make a case for) but definitely not Revolver.

[@gregpratt452]

Nice jawline

[@scottdavis0801]

Those three songs left off of the U.S. copy are 3 of my favorite songs by the Beatles period.

[@finnibertlunchiken7792]

7:28. Ringo:"You can't blame 'em you know. What can you say? John: "What can you say?" Ringo: "tomorrow never knows".

[@pelgervampireduck]

uk forever!, the us albums shouldn't exist, those are abominations butchered by capitol, the uk discography is the real thing, the us discography is not canon!.

[@moondeliight]

I agree with you, but what about the US Magical Mystery Tour which added Hello Goodbye, Strawberry Fields Forever, Penny Lane, and All You Need Is Love?

[@pelgervampireduck]

NinSoda a good idea by capitol, it worked great, that's why it was added to the canonical discography. there were not enough songs for another past masters volume, and it wouldn't have been the same as bonus tracks on sgt pepper

[@2574mcu]

They did release magical mystery tour in mono in the states.

[@dantofthegenxfamily9529]

Pelger Forget that nonsense. We put em over the edge, not the UK. Heck, most Brit s hate the BEATLES . The US market is the gold standard. whoever heard anyone say ?"We need to go to Britain to make it big" That would be exactly nobody.

[@vinnyreed723]

Pelger your correct but you don't need to be rude about it

[@mickavellian]

Dude "Revolver's" TRADEMARK was track 1 "Taxman" . What other song ever began with mumbling , coughing a fake countdown with the actual Paul's countdown "FOOH!" fade out. McCartney was the king of countdown with "I saw her standing there and "Taxman" The title in itself is revolutionary ." REVOLVER" . A bat whack right across your head. Even though Help ! was one word "REVOLVER" came out of nowhere . "WHY" REVOLVER ? And amazing cover (much more creative than "Pepper's ) It took YEARS for bands to approach the subject "Guns & Roses" & "Velvet Revolver" derivatives absolutely influenced by "REVOLVER" AND one of the GREAT Ringo performances in "Tomorrow never knows"

[@sangerman5682]

youre so Right - hear drumming from other titles in the beginning of 1966 - Tomorrow never knows are one of the best Songs of the menkind

[@stuguy]

Just found your channel. Love your Beatles album reviews and energy. I never knew that Ringo used the phrase “tomorrow never knows” during a press conference. Thanks for uploading.

[@stevesls007]

Your enthusiasm and depth of detail is great! Thanks for the superb video!

[@VinylRewind]

thank you

[@matthatter2849]

To those knocking the U.S. version....please keep in mind that it's the version that we heard here and it doesn't take away from the sheer brilliance of the album. Three of Lennon's songs may have been cut from the album, but the impact of the remaining two ("She Said She Said" and "Tomorrow Never Knows") more than makes up for their absence! Now if "Rain" had been cut from the U.S. version then I might feel differently, so it's a good thing that wasn't on the album to begin with. Yes, I prefer the original U.K. "Revolver" but I'll never forget hearing the U.S. version for the first time when I was a young boy. It's a killer listening experience too!

[@subg8858]

It totally takes away from it. That's why it wasnt a top rated Beatles album until the 80s when it was finally rectified.

[@Alex-ff5cv]

What kind of vinyl player do you have? Great video by the way.

[@austins.2495]

Thanks for the heads up on the UK release

[@theleetguy2]

I remember being 7 years old, and driving to France with my family. We were driving for hours and me and my siblings were very bored. My my big brother tought me this song called Yellow Submarine, and told me it was written by some submarine sailors under World War II. My mother asked if we meant the song written by The Beatles, we didn't know The Beatles, and insisted that it was written by the sailors. Now im a huge Beatles Fan and look back at the history - what a wonderful time!

[@VinylRewind]

+theleetguy2 Haha, that's a funny story and totally something kids would make up. Thanks for stopping by

[@emptyspotlight]

lovely video. now does anyone know if there is a book/article/blogspot about the differences in how songs sound, in the beatles 2009 stereo box set, and the 2014 USA box set (maybe even the Japan Box)? ever since the USA box set came out, ive wanted to know if there were any sound differences, like how they were mixed differently than the UK ones were. its always something I've wanted to find out about.

[@VinylRewind]

Steve Hoffman forums are a good place for that info

[@andrewharvey149]

The USA box set of 2014 uses the same remastered versions as used in the 2009 stereo set, they are simply placed in the running order for the US versions. IF a song was somehow unique on a US version, however, those mixes were used in most cases. A good example is the false start on I'm Looking Through You on Rubber Soul - the British version does not have the false start, the false start is on the 2014 US version, duplicating the original. Please note as well the stereo and mono versions are presented on each disk, which is cool if you don't have mono versions of these songs.

[@starshiptrooper7670]

Capitol is short for Capitalism. The more records they could put out, the more money. Thank goodness we now have the British versions remastered and all!!!

[@FlashingFireGames]

Starship Trooper Exactly, this is why we need Communism and not greed promoting Capitalism! Glad to see someone finally agrees!

[@illuminatea6868]

@@FlashingFireGames This but unironically

[@riogrande163]

@@FlashingFireGames Communism redistributes money and gives it to the unemployed for free. So why work? Communism makes everybody live in equal amounts of poverty.

[@amoru1012]

Umm...Magical mystery Tour remaster is the US version lol

[@christiancristof491]

@@FlashingFireGames Lmao.

[@backbaconnbeer]

UK album because that is what The Beatles wanted the tracks placed and the mix they want. The MONO UK version because The Beatles mixed it in mono 1st and sometimes it would be weeks or even months before a stereo mix was even done. So the mono UK version is what The Beatles wanted it to look and sound like.

[@GerryMATW]

Another great post, Eric. The 11-track US version of Revolver was the last straw for the Beatles. From that point on they demanded that US album releases had to be the same as the UK versions which the Beatles themselves oversaw and approved.

[@TheOompahRoundabout]

great vid to a great album :)

[@VinylRewind]

+TheOompahRoundabout thank you

[@CaptRadar101]

Geoff was 19 and RIP

[@tubular618]

They didn't decide to stop touring until after their last tour in 1966. I've never read that the decision was made during the Revolver sessions which was recorded before their last tour. Paperback Writer was the only song from those sessions that was sung live.

[@sacluvsBM]

favorite album period.

[@LanceisLawson]

I've always felt Rubber Soul and Revolver were the best the Beatles ever did. I actually lost interest in them when Pepper came out. But the work they did in 65 and 66 was magic.

[@TheEricMatthews]

I'm Only Sleeping is a very fine song but it's a mood killer. I think the execs at Capitol made some very hard but very intuitive decisions that made the original UK album better, tighter, and best suited for the American listeners. American's have the best ears, duh. That is why the Beatles became so damned big.

[@InnocentSmith831]

+Eric Matthews I have both, the new mono UK and a '71 US. The US is short, but that sequence and editing blows the UK out of the water. Good way to describe I'm Only Sleeping as a mood killer. I also think that Lennon's 3 songs sound tedious on this particular album. However, I do like them all and think they are perfect on Yesterday and Today. I also like George having 3 songs on the album of the US's 11. Harrison's finest moment as a Beatle IMO. Further, I will state that the best way to listen to this period of The Beatles is the US versions of Rubber Soul, Y&T, and Revolver.

[@kurtispopp]

+Eric Matthews The three missing songs are great and everything, but I always thought the U.S. version was tighter and doesn't feel like it misses them.

[@jononbass18]

I think Yellow Submarine was the mood killer on side one, at least for me. I really like I'm Only Sleeping a lot especially the harmonies George & Paul do as well as the backwards guitar really brings in the psychedelic element that's featured throughout the album. But seriously, there is no reason why And You're Bird Can Sing should have been off.

[@DavidCKendall]

I agree 100 % Eric. Much prefer the American continutity for Revolver, and especially for Rubber Soul. 'I've Just Seen a Face' heralds the Beatles' switch to folk rock and influence from Dylan.

[@popev3887]

Excellent review. Also, you told me several things that I did not know about that great album.

[@WTGRacing]

Recently picked up the UK remastered version, great record. Taxman is probably one of my favorite tracks. The drums were suuuper compressed in the mix, which really defined the 60's brit wave sound.

[@rixvspinner]

Great job with the the detail you get into on this interview. Revolver and The Stone Exile On Main St. have been my fav albums of all time for over 40 years. I agree, the mono version of the UK issue from 2014 is the Revolver to own, unless you want stereo. However, the stereo issue from 2009 is sourced from digital rather than the original analogue tapes used for the mono set. The box set is worth over $3G's US however, you can pick up Revolver alone for under $70 US. I didn't know Klaus Voorman, a close personal friend of the band, won a grammy for concept, drawing, photo insertion etc.. for the album cover- well deserved. Geo

[@capitolemiproducer]

FYI I'm Only Sleeping has 4 different mixes. The mono Revolver UK,The mono Y&T, the stereo Revolver UK, and the stereo Y&T. The backward guitars are in different spots on all 4. Also, George Martin introduced The Beatles to automatic double tracking, which over half the album's vocals are presented. On stereo copies, the vocals are panned left to right on the ADT songs

[@Nick-qf7vt]

Geoff Emerick doesnt get enough credit. He really helped the group knock this one out the park.

[@walterfechter8080]

"Revolver" -- diversity and brilliance on vinyl. 1966 -- one amazing year for sound.

[@RedVynil]

Did you know that there were two different pressings of Revolver? There was a first mix done and one of engineers, or something like that, tacked the wrong mix of Tomorrow Never Knows onto the end of the master tape for the album and when he was given the okay to take that reel to the pressing plant, he did! Shortly after this, it was discovered that the wrong mix was on the reel! They went to the pressing plant to have it stopped but a bunch of copies were already pressed and even shipped out to stores!! They were able to recall most copies that were shipped out and have them destroyed but some had already been sold! The only two ways you can tell the difference is either by the matrix numbers stamped into the run-out grooves or to just listen and compare it to the final release with the correct mix. As the song was mixed "live" in the studio, meaning several tape loops were used and each one was sent to a fader on the mixing desk and faded in and out randomly, each version will have different effects faded in and out at different times.

[@bakedzale]

Follow the British catalogs. The only exception is Magical Mystery Tour where the U.S. version is considered the classic version.

[@murphychace307]

I think a U.S. albums box set on vinyl would be a good idea. Maybe a U.S. singles set on 45s as well.

[@johnroden1685]

I grew up in the US and I do not have a problem with Yesterday and Today. When it can out it was awesome and I was glad to get it.

[@KennethDillard]

This is easily one of the best channels on KZbin.

[@michaelehlert9]

Somehow I never get tired of Beatles stories. Need to pick up that book by Emerick!

[@Ratelzwatel]

5:07 The original pressing of 'Yesterday and Today' (1966) contains unique mixes of 'I'm Only Sleeping', 'Doctor Robert' and 'And Your Bird Can Sing'. Unavailable on CD. Wikipedia: The mono mixes were different from those used for the August 1966 release of Revolver, while the stereo version of Yesterday and Today initially contained duophonic ("fake stereo") mixes of the three songs.[8] Subsequent issues of Capitol's album used the true stereo mixes.[9] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yesterday_and_Today

[@elchicano74]

I have the capitol mono and I love it.I hear it at least twice a week.

[@MrDirtybear]

'Speed manipulation' is mentioned at 1.54, as something the band had not done before. This is not so. Speeding recordings of songs up or slowing them down was something that was normal for their producer George Martin to do from probably the band's third album onward. George Martin had been doing that since producing The Goons in the 1950's. The song being changed in pitch/speed during recording is what differentiates The Rolling Stones from The Beatles-it never happened with The Stones it often happened with the The Beatles. What is new with Revolver is that the band could dabble in the manipulation rather than George Martin do it for them.

[@kevinj.oconner788]

US albums typically contained fewer songs, since more songs meant the label having to pay more in songwriting royalties. This trend continued through the first part of the CD era; by 1982-1983, the major labels were pushing 9 songs as the "standard" album. (Then CDs came along; between consumers complaining about unused capacity and artists taking advantage of the extra space available, the playing time and number of songs on a typical album increased-at least for a while.) This is also why songs on the first couple of King Crimson albums had notations like "including [song title] and [song title]". Taking In the Court of the Crimson King as an example, by using this ploy, they would be paid royalties on 12 songs instead of the five the album actually contained.

[@BrandochGarage]

Have to agree. I'm only sleeping is my favourite track, and is so listenable. When I got this album I used to play that track over and over. it was almost unhealthy! hahahahaha

[@ichhasseamerika]

I just bought the US CD in 1990. . .had all the songs. It was the soundtrack to that perood of my life. . .along with The Pet Shop Boys Behaviour, OMD Sugar Tax, and Happy Mondays Thrills Pills etc. And now. . . what am I supposed to buy? Rest in peace music.

[@Druffmaul]

It's pretty funny that you compared Tomorrow Never Knows with Let Forever Be. The Chemical Brothers song you meant was actually Setting Sun. The Bros have pretty much openly admitted that it was a "remake" of Tomorrow Never Knows.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Both tracks were pretty clearly "inspired" by TNK

[@danandkiko]

Love your enthusiasm and knowledge.

[@DaveRucci]

Favorite LP of all time! 🙌🏻

[@SunsetLights]

I was close to buying an original U.S. pressing of “Revolver” but declined since it didn’t have my favorite songs off the album … “Im only sleeping” and “And Your Bird Can Sing”