Just a comment about Rubber Soul, before you move on to "Revolver", (which IMO is the first BIG Beatles album).
Rubber Soul started making some changes, noticeable changes. The lyrics are more expressive. The love songs take on more twists....."Norwegian Wood" is about a love affair of a married man. The songs have more distortion. "Girl" is a Lennon lyrical masterpiece.
I think this album is the first mark that the Beatles were coming into their own and writing material that guaranteed their success with the "teeny-boppers".
Just a comment about Rubber Soul, before you move on to "Revolver", (which IMO is the first BIG Beatles album).
Rubber Soul started making some changes, noticeable changes. The lyrics are more expressive. The love songs take on more twists....."Norwegian Wood" is about a love affair of a married man. The songs have more distortion. "Girl" is a Lennon lyrical masterpiece.
I think this album is the first mark that the Beatles were coming into their own and writing material that guaranteed their success with the "teeny-boppers".
ah yeah I wanted to add that about Rubber Soul. Like the lyrics become more autobiographical and such. Dont know why I didnt include it. I think I was tired after writing 3 posts yesterday, or something like that! Thanks for reminding me.
And about mono and stereo? Its awesome!! I have them all in stereo.
During the break between Rubber Soul and Revolver, The Beatles went on their final tour of the UK. They then took a long (and well deserved) break. After the break, they returned to Abbey Road Studios in London to record for 3 months continually.
The first fruits of these sessions were Paperback Writer and Rain, which turned out to be the next Beatles single. The album and the single was engineered and mixed by Geoff Emerick (as 'Hurricane' Smith had left.) These tremendous songs (with the B side actually being better received by critics!) indicated the wonders to come on Revolver.
The Beatles had longer to record these albums, as they stopped touring (almost, that is) , and it showed. John and Paul developed more as writers, and three of George Harrison's compositions appeared on the album (the previous high was two.)
Their real final gig was right before the album's release. The Beatles had toured of Western Germany ( a short one, albeit.) They then flew to Japan then the Philippines, touring there, and to the USA for their final gigs. Their final concert was at Candlestick Park (San Fransisco) on August 29 1966.
The album design, for the first time since Please Please Me, was not shot by Robert Freeman. It wasn't even really shot at all. It was designed by Klaus Voorman, who was an old friend of the Beatles.
The album hit number one in the UK and stayed on the charts for an entire 34 weeks! This was the most ever for a Beatles album. It was in the number one spot for an entire 7 weeks!
About the US release, it was nearly identical, only with 11 songs. The reason for this is the album Yesterday and Today released by Capitol, which was knocked off of the number one position (which it had been for 5 weeks) by Revolver. Revolver spent 6 weeks at number one and a monumental 77 Weeks on the charts!
The band was starting to experiment with LSD, as many others were, during this time. This was one of the reasons for the experimental sounds on this album, is what many fans and critics think. However, in the words of John Lennon, "It's like saying, 'Did Dylan Thomas write Under Milk Wood on beer?' What does that have to do with it? The beer is to prevent the rest of the world from crowding in on you. The drugs are to prevent the rest of the world from crowding in on you. They don't make you write any better. I never wrote any better stuff because I was on acid or not on acid."
This album was one of many firsts. Tomorrow Never knows has been cited as the first electronic song of all time, and a major inspiration for Hip Hop and Electronica music.
Side One
1. Taxman
2. Eleanor Rigby 3. I'm Only Sleeping
4. Love You To 5. Here, There and Everywhere
6. Yellow Submarine
7. She Said Said She Said
Side Two
8. Good Day Sunshine
9. And Your Bird Can Sing
10. For No One
11. Doctor Robert
12. I Want to Tell You
13. Got to Get You Into My Life
14. Tomorrow Never Knows
Notable Songs:
wow thats hard... so many!
Coming Soon! Album Analysis: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
I love to see some thoughts by our members on the stereo vs. mono issue. I'm ready to spend the money, but not being a collector, I'm torn as to which to buy.
I love to see some thoughts by our members on the stereo vs. mono issue. I'm ready to spend the money, but not being a collector, I'm torn as to which to buy.
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