Yellow Submarine was more Paul than John. John just did the opening line. His original intention was to make it a sad escapist song which would not be in anyway the same song. Donovan had more contribution to writing the song than John did.
It's amazing that John wrote this beautiful, sad song about a lonely little boy, then with Paul they made it into a happy song about living together with your friends forever.
Slight correction: The Mono Mix has no de-mixing applied to it. It’s just a straight cut from the master tapes. Oh, and George wasn't writing about government corruption, more just that he was annoyed about the high tax rate (I got a little ahead of myself there).
Actually a new mono mix would have made the full set even more desirable. They could have made a mono mix with the clarity of the stereo mix. The mono mix was already digitized and new LPs pressed in 2009.
@@LanceHall I get where you're coming from, but mono fans are really happy about this, not to mention that this new mono pressing has been an all analogue process.
The Beatles have left an ultimate legacy that nobody can easily take away from them. Their influence on music is something that is thoroughly impressive in all aspects. Great review. We hope to see more content like this.
I honestly got tears in my eyes hearing the harmonies during the solo on that And Your Bird Can Sing outtake - hearing John, Paul, and George give an unheard vocal performance was like having a few old friends back.
It’s one of my favorites! My dad would play that one all the time when I was little, and it’s how I first learned the Beatles. I immediately fell in love with the band and got to know a ton of their songs as young as 3 years old. It’s pretty much the reason I’m watching this video right now
Always thought She Said She Said was some of the Beatles most sublime guitar work, and for 45 years I've been trying to sort out which guitar did what on this song and now I can hear it clearly! Also I love the very trippy (and appropriate) mix of Tomorrow Never Knows. I've been so psyched for today, I mean in High School I even wrote a poem about how much I love this album.
Ringos Drums on She Said, She Said... blew this 15 kid away when he first started playing The Drums. Ringos Fills on She Said, She Said" shows how much Ringo was be EXTRA creative in 1966.. I point to Revolver as being Ringos breakout performance as a Beatle. Then of course , there's take #5 on Rain. and since we know that Rain was actually slowed DOWN, I am SO happy that this has been included! Ringo nails it on Rain and it is his BEST performance
This is my favorite album!!! Stupid school got in the way of me listening to it in one sitting, but I listened as much as possible during class and eventually finished. I’ve been hoping for you to post this and I’m so happy you did!! You always have such great takes on everything about the Beatles. I’m just so grateful that this album exists and that I, being gen z, could be patiently waiting for a Beatles album to be released. This album just blew me away.
Great point about Rain. Before listening to this I didn't know that Rain was slowed down, the single just sounded so natural to me that it was such a whiplash to hear it played fast. Another fantastic video
This remix is an absolute triumph. My issue with the anniversary remixes of recent years is that the post-Pepper albums have largely had good original stereo mixes, so there hasn’t been a need to massively change them, resulting in minimal changes that make them, for me, inessential. Revolver is one of the albums that truly benefits from opening up the soundscape and turning away from the hard panning of the original. Credit has to go to Peter Jackson for developing this technology and to Giles for utilising it so effectively. Will be interesting to see how far this technology develops and whether they’ll be able to remix the early albums in a similar way.
I agree with you, although I have to say that the remix of "You Never Give Me Your Money" actually sounds a lot better, because the vocals and especially the instruments (to my ears) are more prominent. I now only listen to this version :-)
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, as mono still sounds better. But I liked the outtakes, although expected more variety and Eleanor Rigby's demo, which proves once again that Paul only wrote a fragment of the song.
@@debessar95 I disagree. I think this opens up the debate. Anyone who would argue that the og stereo mix of revolver is superior to the mono is insane. At least with this remix there's some competition, even if mono is still my favorite.
honestly to be fair the post Pepper albums still had rough spots that needed to be cleaned up regardless (i.e. vocals panned to the right in “You Never Gave Me Your Money”) so honestly those being remixed to have some touch ups is justified
The entire lyrics of that song can be summed up as: "How to Avoid Having a Bad Trip For Dummies"... LOL (PS: "Lay down all thought, surrender to the void" is by FAR the most important psychedelic protip in there! If you try to cling onto rational, normal thinking, and control the experience, you're gonna have a bad time! That's why "relax and float downstream is so important" the sooner you relinquish control and let the trip take you where it will, the sooner you can let go of the anxieties that lead to an unpleasant experience.)
@@chrisleigh4278 As I understand it, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a guide to consciousness and rebirth after death, but may be interpreted as an allegory and guide to meditation which can produce similar experiences, e.g. altered states of consciousness, ego dissolution, visions, and psychological rebirth. Timothy Leary and gang loosely based their guide to psychedelics “The Psychedelic Experience” on it. Although they are not sustainable as long-term practices, LSD and other psychedelics produce similar spiritual experiences and many (including myself) have credited them with turning them onto meditation and spirituality. I have not read the original text, nor can I vouch for how closely or loosely Timothy Leary’s guide sticks to it. But as someone who has done psychedelics and now practices some Tibetan Buddhist-inspired meditation (i.e. Dzogchen) the connection is solid in my book. 😊
Revolver is my favorite too - every time some idiot says The Beatles are overrated I tell them to listen to Revolver and stfu. That album is from start to end is unbelievable.
Abbey Road has always just edged it for me. I love the late 60s heavier sound and Here Comes the Sun and Golden Slumbers are two of my all time favourite songs.
I went to the Beatles Love show when I was 10 in Las Vegas in 2006. Beautiful show that's still happening to this day! My Mom bought the CD and gave it to me. It was the first Beatles album I owned and it completely changed my life!
Giles Martin is every bit the musical genius his father was. This latest remix reworks well-known tracks in a way that enhances the depth of the music without changing the fundamental nature of it. He shows amazing respect for the source material, and reveals nuances previously obscured due to the limits of the technology available when the record was made. It is an astonishing achievement. Fingers crossed that we get Rubber Soul in the future
I’ll be honest. I’m 22 from England and have been a Beatles fan for a few years now, it’s hard to talk to people my age about their music. Or even find any coverage on their work. So I have to say, your Beatles content is some of my favourite on TH-cam. Keep up the good work Elliot. Also I want a George Harrison album ranking !
Honestly, as an 18 year old I could'nt relate more. Sometimes I just feel like shouting they are The Beatles the bloody Beatles! Just the best and the greatest and the most popular band to exist that's all when they act like that I listen the most obscure things because I'm trying to appear cool. Also I'm Turkish so it's basicly impossible to talk about The Beatles I'd consider myself lucky if I get to mention them for once. 😂😅
Does it seem like the younger generation really dislikes the Beatles overall? I’m a millennial and we mostly all liked the Beatles growing up but I’m getting a completely different vibe from Gen Z
@@sethallison5682 i think they’re seen as old fashioned by a lot of younger people but as gen z gets older i’m sure there will be a lot more respect for their music. it’s timeless
@@sethallison5682 I'm in the states, I don't know what it's like in the UK, but Boy one must be completely deal if they can't tell the difference in quality between Rap, Arctic Monkey's and The Beatles.
My best friend and I are huge Beatles fans. We promised each other we wouldn’t listen to the album until we hung out together, and today we both listened to it together. Blew our minds. My favorite, if I had to pick one, is the new Paperback Writer mix. Sounds like an entirely new song. And I just love the demo of John and Paul working on Yellow Submarine. This is the best remix/remaster so far 💛
Elliot, once again you've said what I'm basically thinking... if I actually had the brain and verbal capacity to do so. LOL I heard YS worktape 1 a few months back at work but when I finally got to delve into the set today and heard worktape 2 I literally started to cry. Such an eye (ear?) opening, mind blowing experience! I can't wait for Giles to keep working his way backwards through the catalog to see what other gems there will be.
As to the pied piper like appeal of Yellow Submarine to kids: the other day I played and sang it for my two year old granddaughter. She had never heard it before and I played it just one time through. Her attention was fixed while I sang it and several hours later my daughter (her mother) heard her singing the chorus over and and over. Fortunately my daughter recorded some of it on her phone and texted me a copy. I simply texted back, "The Power of the Beatles".
This is now the version of Revolver - one of my favorite albums ever - that I will listen to from now on. It's amazing, top to bottom. Simply beautiful work, the ultimate fusion of art and new technology.
I think the new package is wonderful. Anything that gets me to hear them in a new way, and uncovers their working methods, is welcome and delightful. Your review is spot on to me.
I have played She Said She Said at least a hundred times at this point of my life on headphones, in my car, and on a soundbar, but I heard a new guitar line I had never known about on the left. That, as well as the drums during the intro of For No One and others blew me away. So crisp!
For No One is the greatest single mix Martin and Okell have ever accomplished! The drums are brought to the front and carry the song into another dimension. They used to be hidden away but finally we hear it all. Now the song is crisp, complete and dare I say perfectly mixed.
the Beatles are like the Shakespeare of popular music. Just as Shakespeare has a corpus of work that is the high point of literary genius, that has influenced every writer since, the Beatles produced in a decade an explosion of musical art unlike anything, that influenced everything, the only way it can be explained is by the mystery of human genius that only arises rarely. A collective genius. They will last forever.
Totally agree with you on everything. I listened to the whole thing between yesterday and today (no pun intended) and I was thrilled with how the new mixes sounded and with all the amazing demos and outtakes. The guitar solo in Tomorrow Never Knows shifting from one ear to the other, the echo in the Paperback Writer mono mix, the hidden organ in She Said She Said, and that freaking Yellow Submarine Songwriting Work Tape… I loved all of the 63 tracks, hats off to Giles Martin and his team for this astounding work. Looking forward to the Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Edition.
This was the first album I heard on tape that my dad had back in the early 2000s. We played that tape to death. Then when in 2009 onward the remastered albums started coming out and it was Beatlemania all over again. I was blown away. Also my dad is a great artist and he drew the album cover on a piece of paper to put in a cassette cover it was amazing. So many memories ❤ I love all the albums but this one is special to me.
Thank you Elliot for all your work so passionate made and give. Sorry for my English , but I'm from Chile. Though that doesn't stop me from enjoy what you do for all of us: Beatles Worldwide fans !!! All the best from me to you...
The final Got to Get You Into My Life with the horns will always be my favorite but hearing the second version with the fuzzy guitar was pretty awesome.
Elliot, I'm so glad that you gave this a positive review. There's so many videos that people have made that are bitching about the smallest things that drive me nuts. One person is bitching about they can't hear the tambourine in taxman, I mean please. I've listened to taxman numerous times on headphones and you can hear the tambourine and you can hear the cowbell. I'm expecting my boxset at any minute now so I can't wait to get it and put my headphones on and enjoy each track and not complain about this that and the other.
Loved your commentary and insights on this new Revolver remix. I love this new package as well and your top 10 favorite demo and studio banter bits. Those are so delightful and insightful.( Oh that rhymes ). Thanks.
gosh, Elliot... I do not often go to Beatles' new release reviews, because I think of knowing enough of and about their music, and: how long and often do you want to revisit their already impeccable crown-jewels of 20th century contemporary music - they are the best, and only jerks would deny it, just to get some fleeting attention, but - I know how critical you are, even despite your massive admiration (or even 'because of') and wouldn't just fall for every new approach to their material... if I wanna hear something new about my all-time fabs, you're the number 1 to consult, and you managed again to really interest me in this new mix of Revolver... they were simply the best, and you are the best in following their footsteps into the present and report about your findings... big, biiig thanks 2U xx
I always love your Beatles videos - so insightful, vital and revelatory. The artistry of the Beatles obviously demands revisiting and reassessment and your analysis and passion are an essential go-to for every serious Beatles fan. Your explanation of the technical aspects are brilliant and seamlessly woven into your reviews - so helpful for those of us without the minutiae knowledge of these elements of the Beatles' creativity and mold-breaking inventiveness.
Loved this review!! One of my favourite moments from the sessions take is during the Eleanor Rigby speech where, twoards the end of the tracks, one of the violinist's plays the opening bars of the Israeli national anthem "Hatikva" (The Hope), and it made me do a double take upon hearing that. Such a cool captured moment in time.
I enjoyed this probably more than all your previous vids, Elliot. interestingly, my father who would have been 101 years old if he hadn't died at age 50, loved the early Beatles (he demurred once Sgt. Pepper's came to pass) and his favourite song was, 'Here There and Everywhere'. Nice to know it's one of your's too.
Awesome video Elliot! I agree that I typically listen to the Beatles 2009 remastered versions (or my vinyl), but I enjoy changing it up now and then with the remixes if I want a new sound! This Revolver release is absolutely mind blowing - Take 5 of Rain blew my socks off, with Ringo absolutely hammering the drums and Paul blistering away on bass. The songwriting tapes for Yellow Submarine made me feel like I was transported into a room with Paul and John writing the new tune, even though I've known and loved it for years. So great. Love the great videos!
This remix got me back into the Beatles’ music with a new appreciation and love for them and their music. Tomorrow never knows especially sounds amazing
Wow, I gotta admit I mostly dismissed ignored this whole re-release thinking the outtakes/demos are gonna just be stuff we've known for decades now. But it sounds like there's plenty here that's completely new that no "beatlegs" ever got their hands on. This sounds amazing! It's like discovering an alternate universe where even more early versions of your favorite songs exist, and you never knew haha. I'm just so used to never getting anything new from the archives that it's pretty trippy hearing this stuff. Definitely will check it out.
My two favorites are Revolver and Rubber Soul. I did listen to "Here. There and Everywhere " and becase of that, I'l be getting another Revolver album. Very happy that Peter and Giles got this going. Thank you.
cool, I like, how you're in it, it s also my topic! you say, they were involved in the mastering; that s right, but the pic at 2:47 shows a show. Geoff Emerick: "Here There Everywhere" Avery, NY 2007. on Pagee 129 "..There are Photographs of Paul nd John sitting behind the console with their hands on faders, but that was just for show - I don't remember them ever actually moving any faders in those days. .." It was "young Goeff" doing this SOUND by ADT, Artificial Double Tracking and of cors a STUDER L37 four-track tape machine.
Personally, I don’t have any favorite Beatles anything. I truly love it all for what it is. But I will admit, I do play “Revolver” more often than anything else. It’s SO phenomenal. Loved hearing John’s earliest efforts on “Yellow Submarine”. Very compelling. An uncovered gem. Great segment mate!
This was one of the best box sets they’ve released and partly due to the fact it reveals so much mythology around the making of this album. That banter before Eleanor Rigby is one of the first times we hear other musicians other than The Beatles working on one of their songs, funny to hear their ideas and opinions. Also, the She Said She Said outtake seemed rather crucial as well because it’s been argued that Paul McCartney wasn’t available to play bass on it l so George did, but when I hear them talking in the beginning, it sounds like 4 distinct voices? I know it’s a rehearsal take but it sounds close to the final! Also I’m glad the remix of Yellow Submarine added back “a life of ease!” I know stereo wasn’t the biggest deal in 66, but come on, it’s too much fun to omit altogether. Always love your videos! The flame for the Beatles remains eternal
Such a good video! We can see the passion and the amount of care you have making this. Overall Revolver mix 2022 has it's ups and downs. Like the sounds we can hear more clearly (like the goofy parts of yellow submarine and the yawn in I'm only sleeping) but in She Said She Said, they lowered the amazing and savage drums to give more focus on the guitar. It's not bad, bud it definitely has not the same fury as the original. In spite of all, I'm really satisfied with the results.
I noticed something in For No One that I never heard in the mono mix. There are 2 pianos In the verse they are playing the same thing. The chorus is where they change, the one you can usually hear is playing an arpeggio, but the other one is playing chords the minor chords. And I love it. It sounds like the narrator is coming to the crushing realization that she really doesn’t need him and doesn’t love him anymore. It makes it so much more emotional for me.
I bought the box set last week (it's about time!) and it was an emotional experience. I cried over the rediscovery of the album. So many details went unnoticed before. I mean Révolver is my favourite album of all time and I thought I really knew it inside out. Well I was wrong! One of my favourite moment, is Ringo's drum break between Paperback Writer's 3rd & 4th verses. It's incredibly groovy! I listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row! Great video as usual! Just a mistake: it's not a new mono mix, it's the 1966 mono mix but with a new mastering!
Thanks for this great review!. I've often wished that the earlier Beatles recordings sounded as good as Abbey Road and I'm so thrilled that it's finally happening. These remixes are amazing, as far as I'm concerned, and I love the additional tracks giving more insight into how the final songs came to be and their creative process.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your videos, Elliot. You are my favorite music reviewer on the internet. I enjoy your personality and your perspective is very well articulated, I relate to a lot of your opinions. I am so weirdly excited for when you review all of George Harrison's albums. He was always my favorite Beatle, and imo, one of the most underrated and under-appreciated musicians in history during his time. His music has had such a profound and permanent effect on my life. Probably more than the Beatles. But of course, they often go hand in hand. Absolutely cannot wait to hear your thoughts on his career. As well as all your other reviews! Love you man
Elliot, I really enjoyed the video. You come across as being knowledgeable and not as goofy as some out there. So I subscribed. See ya later... love and (light)
The first version of And Your Bird Can Sing (and the giggling in take 2) is absolutely mesmerizing to me along with the new mix of Tomorrow Never Knows and the demo of Yellow Submarine, i loved this release and im so excited for Giles to eventually get to Rubber Soul, i love this band so much
As sad of a song it would have turned out to most likely be, I would have loved to hear a fully done original concept version of Lennon's Yellow Submarine. Something about just those few words, that tone in his voice really touches me. We know he had a, simply put, complicated childhood, and to have heard any of that touched on like that, for me, would have just been something almost soul touching to get a peek into and feel.
Haven't listened to the deluxe version yet, but super hyped after watching this. Probably my favourite Beatles album, next to Abbey Road, and even just listening to the snippets in this vid, it's incredible how rejuvenated it all sounds. Also excited to hear what "Rain" sounds like, because it's brilliant and also one of my dad's favourite Beatles songs. lol.
I think "she said she said" was my biggest surprise because of everything you can hear now that you couldn't before, so props to Giles for his work. Also, the 2009 mono mixes were my introduction to 90% of Beatles music and I'm surprised anytime I hear anything different from before revolver cuz I don't listen to it all that much in streaming
It's important to note that stereo was NOT in its infancy in 1966. Major performers like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, and basically every jazz, pop and classical artist began recording in 3-track stereo between 1954 and 1960. Except for Elvis and a few others, only the rock, soul and country genres were really late to the stereo game. And those late 50's-early 60's stereo recordings by Sinatra, Elvis, et al sound amazing. So lifelike, spacious, and real. Not gimmicky, no hard panning, no vocal left/band right. None of that nonsense.
I found the organ cutting through more in the new stereo mix than on my 1966 original on She Said She Said for one example. Liking the videos by the way. Now subscribed.
Knowing John wrote Yellow Submarine was a revelation for me, and hearing him sing it was mindblowing too.
Almost. Yellow Submarine was 2 separate songs combined. John's verse melody and Paul 's chorus.
@@scottandrewbrass And now, Paul claims to have "written [the song] with which Ringo has been wowing crowds with for decades." Carnival Of Gaslight...
@@watts111 Paul has always been full of shit. Bless him.
@@watts111 he smokes a lot of weed
Yellow Submarine was more Paul than John. John just did the opening line. His original intention was to make it a sad escapist song which would not be in anyway the same song. Donovan had more contribution to writing the song than John did.
I was so taken aback by the yellow submarine demo that I got emotional. I never knew this existed until this set. Absolutely beautiful
No doubt one of the gems. And unexpected since I cannot remember any scholar saying John started this song.
So did I! I heard it with no preparation and the melancholic sweet demo voice coming through just grabbed me by the heartstrings…..
It's amazing that John wrote this beautiful, sad song about a lonely little boy, then with Paul they made it into a happy song about living together with your friends forever.
@@loosilu Paul made it into Mary Had a Little Lamb.
@@loosilu It’s as if Paul actually told John to “take a sad song and make it better.”
Slight correction: The Mono Mix has no de-mixing applied to it. It’s just a straight cut from the master tapes.
Oh, and George wasn't writing about government corruption, more just that he was annoyed about the high tax rate (I got a little ahead of myself there).
Yeah the mono is very quiet compared to the new mixes.
Actually a new mono mix would have made the full set even more desirable. They could have made a mono mix with the clarity of the stereo mix. The mono mix was already digitized and new LPs pressed in 2009.
@@LanceHall I get where you're coming from, but mono fans are really happy about this, not to mention that this new mono pressing has been an all analogue process.
And in my humble opinion, the mono mix is still the best, most balanced sounding mix. It is perfection.
The original mono version is still the best.
The Beatles have left an ultimate legacy that nobody can easily take away from them. Their influence on music is something that is thoroughly impressive in all aspects. Great review. We hope to see more content like this.
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For No One is one of my favorite Paul songs and just hearing this new refined version made me emotional.
I missed the normal speed version of it. In c. Think Paul singing is even better early versions
I honestly got tears in my eyes hearing the harmonies during the solo on that And Your Bird Can Sing outtake - hearing John, Paul, and George give an unheard vocal performance was like having a few old friends back.
Gotta love the “Love” appreciation. It’s such a good remix album
It’s one of my favorites! My dad would play that one all the time when I was little, and it’s how I first learned the Beatles. I immediately fell in love with the band and got to know a ton of their songs as young as 3 years old. It’s pretty much the reason I’m watching this video right now
Astounding album. I love it.
yup
I wish cover bands played some of the Love songs
Always thought She Said She Said was some of the Beatles most sublime guitar work, and for 45 years I've been trying to sort out which guitar did what on this song and now I can hear it clearly! Also I love the very trippy (and appropriate) mix of Tomorrow Never Knows. I've been so psyched for today, I mean in High School I even wrote a poem about how much I love this album.
Ringos Drums on She Said, She Said... blew this 15 kid away when he first started playing The Drums. Ringos Fills on She Said, She Said" shows how much Ringo was be EXTRA creative in 1966.. I point to Revolver as being Ringos breakout performance as a Beatle. Then of course , there's take #5 on Rain. and since we know that Rain was actually slowed DOWN, I am SO happy that this has been included! Ringo nails it on Rain and it is his BEST performance
Revolver is easily my favorite Beatles Album. Rubber Soul was them dipping their toe on becoming a studio band, but Revolver was just perfection!
Agreed!
Probably my favorite too but not easily. Sometimes it's Abbey Road. Sometimes White Album.
@@halfalligator6518 OK, maybe not easily. I take your point about both Abbey Road and White Album. But easily the best pre-Sgt. Pepper record!
I whole heartedly agree. Revolver is my fave too ✨
I continue to be shocked that the Beatles Anthology documentary hasn't been cleaned up and re-released on Disney+ or other streaming service.
Tbh I'm shocked to
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100%, I've only seen clips online but not the full documentary
Same I wanna see that
@@Zer0RiverrI bought the Anthology on dvd when it was originally released and still have it. Essential for any Beatles fan.
This is my favorite album!!! Stupid school got in the way of me listening to it in one sitting, but I listened as much as possible during class and eventually finished. I’ve been hoping for you to post this and I’m so happy you did!! You always have such great takes on everything about the Beatles. I’m just so grateful that this album exists and that I, being gen z, could be patiently waiting for a Beatles album to be released. This album just blew me away.
i didn't like it, i made my own revolver remix which i think is better.
Great point about Rain. Before listening to this I didn't know that Rain was slowed down, the single just sounded so natural to me that it was such a whiplash to hear it played fast. Another fantastic video
This remix is an absolute triumph.
My issue with the anniversary remixes of recent years is that the post-Pepper albums have largely had good original stereo mixes, so there hasn’t been a need to massively change them, resulting in minimal changes that make them, for me, inessential.
Revolver is one of the albums that truly benefits from opening up the soundscape and turning away from the hard panning of the original. Credit has to go to Peter Jackson for developing this technology and to Giles for utilising it so effectively.
Will be interesting to see how far this technology develops and whether they’ll be able to remix the early albums in a similar way.
I agree with you, although I have to say that the remix of "You Never Give Me Your Money" actually sounds a lot better, because the vocals and especially the instruments (to my ears) are more prominent. I now only listen to this version :-)
It's my favourite remix so far lush ,and beautiful
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, as mono still sounds better. But I liked the outtakes, although expected more variety and Eleanor Rigby's demo, which proves once again that Paul only wrote a fragment of the song.
@@debessar95 I disagree. I think this opens up the debate. Anyone who would argue that the og stereo mix of revolver is superior to the mono is insane. At least with this remix there's some competition, even if mono is still my favorite.
honestly to be fair the post Pepper albums still had rough spots that needed to be cleaned up regardless (i.e. vocals panned to the right in “You Never Gave Me Your Money”) so honestly those being remixed to have some touch ups is justified
🎶"Turn off your mind relax and float down stream..."🎶 What a phenomenal a finale for that album!!!!!
The entire lyrics of that song can be summed up as: "How to Avoid Having a Bad Trip For Dummies"... LOL
(PS: "Lay down all thought, surrender to the void" is by FAR the most important psychedelic protip in there! If you try to cling onto rational, normal thinking, and control the experience, you're gonna have a bad time! That's why "relax and float downstream is so important" the sooner you relinquish control and let the trip take you where it will, the sooner you can let go of the anxieties that lead to an unpleasant experience.)
@@chrisleigh4278 As I understand it, The Tibetan Book of the Dead is a guide to consciousness and rebirth after death, but may be interpreted as an allegory and guide to meditation which can produce similar experiences, e.g. altered states of consciousness, ego dissolution, visions, and psychological rebirth. Timothy Leary and gang loosely based their guide to psychedelics “The Psychedelic Experience” on it.
Although they are not sustainable as long-term practices, LSD and other psychedelics produce similar spiritual experiences and many (including myself) have credited them with turning them onto meditation and spirituality. I have not read the original text, nor can I vouch for how closely or loosely Timothy Leary’s guide sticks to it. But as someone who has done psychedelics and now practices some Tibetan Buddhist-inspired meditation (i.e. Dzogchen) the connection is solid in my book. 😊
Read Zhuan Falun by Hongzhi Li -/ very interesting and simple 😅😢🎉❤
My favourite album of theirs. It's the most personal and touching.
Revolver is my favorite too - every time some idiot says The Beatles are overrated I tell them to listen to Revolver and stfu. That album is from start to end is unbelievable.
The new remix is lush ,and so beautiful Giles nailed it perfectly 10/10
I personally put Abbey Road over it but it’s so close.
Abbey Road has always just edged it for me. I love the late 60s heavier sound and Here Comes the Sun and Golden Slumbers are two of my all time favourite songs.
@@raithrover1976 Revolver is heavier than Abbey Road though
It sounds very different from the original album, but in the most amazing way. A gift to all Beatles fans.
You are so right
I went to the Beatles Love show when I was 10 in Las Vegas in 2006. Beautiful show that's still happening to this day! My Mom bought the CD and gave it to me.
It was the first Beatles album I owned and it completely changed my life!
Giles Martin is every bit the musical genius his father was. This latest remix reworks well-known tracks in a way that enhances the depth of the music without changing the fundamental nature of it.
He shows amazing respect for the source material, and reveals nuances previously obscured due to the limits of the technology available when the record was made. It is an astonishing achievement.
Fingers crossed that we get Rubber Soul in the future
I’m just glad this album got the treatment it deserved! It sounds so fresh
I’ll be honest. I’m 22 from England and have been a Beatles fan for a few years now, it’s hard to talk to people my age about their music. Or even find any coverage on their work. So I have to say, your Beatles content is some of my favourite on TH-cam. Keep up the good work Elliot. Also I want a George Harrison album ranking !
Honestly, as an 18 year old I could'nt relate more. Sometimes I just feel like shouting they are The Beatles the bloody Beatles! Just the best and the greatest and the most popular band to exist that's all when they act like that I listen the most obscure things because I'm trying to appear cool. Also I'm Turkish so it's basicly impossible to talk about The Beatles I'd consider myself lucky if I get to mention them for once. 😂😅
Does it seem like the younger generation really dislikes the Beatles overall? I’m a millennial and we mostly all liked the Beatles growing up but I’m getting a completely different vibe from Gen Z
@@sethallison5682 i think they’re seen as old fashioned by a lot of younger people but as gen z gets older i’m sure there will be a lot more respect for their music. it’s timeless
Don’t worry, the rest of your peers will catch up with you in 10-15 years in my experience.
@@sethallison5682 I'm in the states, I don't know what it's like in the UK, but Boy one must be completely deal if they can't tell the difference in quality between Rap, Arctic Monkey's and The Beatles.
My best friend and I are huge Beatles fans. We promised each other we wouldn’t listen to the album until we hung out together, and today we both listened to it together. Blew our minds. My favorite, if I had to pick one, is the new Paperback Writer mix. Sounds like an entirely new song. And I just love the demo of John and Paul working on Yellow Submarine. This is the best remix/remaster so far 💛
Hearing the here there and everywhere opening harmonies in a new mono remix was absolute bliss
Elliot, once again you've said what I'm basically thinking... if I actually had the brain and verbal capacity to do so. LOL I heard YS worktape 1 a few months back at work but when I finally got to delve into the set today and heard worktape 2 I literally started to cry. Such an eye (ear?) opening, mind blowing experience! I can't wait for Giles to keep working his way backwards through the catalog to see what other gems there will be.
As to the pied piper like appeal of Yellow Submarine to kids: the other day I played and sang it for my two year old granddaughter. She had never heard it before and I played it just one time through. Her attention was fixed while I sang it and several hours later my daughter (her mother) heard her singing the chorus over and and over. Fortunately my daughter recorded some of it on her phone and texted me a copy. I simply texted back, "The Power of the Beatles".
This is now the version of Revolver - one of my favorite albums ever - that I will listen to from now on. It's amazing, top to bottom. Simply beautiful work, the ultimate fusion of art and new technology.
I think the new package is wonderful. Anything that gets me to hear them in a new way, and uncovers their working methods, is welcome and delightful. Your review is spot on to me.
Dude the mix for no one is so amazing
I have played She Said She Said at least a hundred times at this point of my life on headphones, in my car, and on a soundbar, but I heard a new guitar line I had never known about on the left. That, as well as the drums during the intro of For No One and others blew me away. So crisp!
For No One is the greatest single mix Martin and Okell have ever accomplished! The drums are brought to the front and carry the song into another dimension. They used to be hidden away but finally we hear it all. Now the song is crisp, complete and dare I say perfectly mixed.
Great video as always Elliot. Some great finds on this edition for sure. Thanks for tuning me in.
the Beatles are like the Shakespeare of popular music. Just as Shakespeare has a corpus of work that is the high point of literary genius, that has influenced every writer since, the Beatles produced in a decade an explosion of musical art unlike anything, that influenced everything, the only way it can be explained is by the mystery of human genius that only arises rarely. A collective genius. They will last forever.
Shakespeare was a sham
yessss i've been waiting for this one!!!!
I wondered whether you were gonna do one of these videos for Revolver, but I didn't realise you'd do it on the SAME DAY as release. Legend.
Totally agree with you on everything. I listened to the whole thing between yesterday and today (no pun intended) and I was thrilled with how the new mixes sounded and with all the amazing demos and outtakes.
The guitar solo in Tomorrow Never Knows shifting from one ear to the other, the echo in the Paperback Writer mono mix, the hidden organ in She Said She Said, and that freaking Yellow Submarine Songwriting Work Tape… I loved all of the 63 tracks, hats off to Giles Martin and his team for this astounding work. Looking forward to the Rubber Soul Super Deluxe Edition.
Another great video my Brutha
This was the first album I heard on tape that my dad had back in the early 2000s. We played that tape to death. Then when in 2009 onward the remastered albums started coming out and it was Beatlemania all over again. I was blown away. Also my dad is a great artist and he drew the album cover on a piece of paper to put in a cassette cover it was amazing. So many memories ❤
I love all the albums but this one is special to me.
Thank you Elliot for all your work so passionate made and give. Sorry for my English , but I'm from Chile. Though that doesn't stop me from enjoy what you do for all of us: Beatles Worldwide fans !!! All the best from me to you...
John writing part of Yellow submarine is a revelation. Paul never mentioned that.
Elliot is literally my favorite youtuber. Top tier videos. And it's always so feel good
Spectacular video!! Congratulations Elliott!!!
The final Got to Get You Into My Life with the horns will always be my favorite but hearing the second version with the fuzzy guitar was pretty awesome.
Elliot, I'm so glad that you gave this a positive review. There's so many videos that people have made that are bitching about the smallest things that drive me nuts. One person is bitching about they can't hear the tambourine in taxman, I mean please. I've listened to taxman numerous times on headphones and you can hear the tambourine and you can hear the cowbell. I'm expecting my boxset at any minute now so I can't wait to get it and put my headphones on and enjoy each track and not complain about this that and the other.
Congratulations on a brilliant channel with such magical insights. Thank you!
Loved your commentary and insights on this new Revolver remix. I love this new package as well and your top 10 favorite demo and studio banter bits. Those are so delightful and insightful.( Oh that rhymes ). Thanks.
gosh, Elliot... I do not often go to Beatles' new release reviews, because I think of knowing enough of and about their music, and: how long and often do you want to revisit their already impeccable crown-jewels of 20th century contemporary music - they are the best, and only jerks would deny it, just to get some fleeting attention, but - I know how critical you are, even despite your massive admiration (or even 'because of') and wouldn't just fall for every new approach to their material... if I wanna hear something new about my all-time fabs, you're the number 1 to consult, and you managed again to really interest me in this new mix of Revolver... they were simply the best, and you are the best in following their footsteps into the present and report about your findings... big, biiig thanks 2U xx
I always love your Beatles videos - so insightful, vital and revelatory. The artistry of the Beatles obviously demands revisiting and reassessment and your analysis and passion are an essential go-to for every serious Beatles fan. Your explanation of the technical aspects are brilliant and seamlessly woven into your reviews - so helpful for those of us without the minutiae knowledge of these elements of the Beatles' creativity and mold-breaking inventiveness.
So glad you made this video I’ve been celebrating revolver like crazy
Oh boy, the new mixes! Are absolutely amazing :3
Great video as always!
Loved this review!! One of my favourite moments from the sessions take is during the Eleanor Rigby speech where, twoards the end of the tracks, one of the violinist's plays the opening bars of the Israeli national anthem "Hatikva" (The Hope), and it made me do a double take upon hearing that. Such a cool captured moment in time.
50 years and we are still listening to The Beatles on Apple
I enjoyed this probably more than all your previous vids, Elliot. interestingly, my father who would have been 101 years old if he hadn't died at age 50, loved the early Beatles (he demurred once Sgt. Pepper's came to pass) and his favourite song was, 'Here There and Everywhere'. Nice to know it's one of your's too.
Awesome video Elliot! I agree that I typically listen to the Beatles 2009 remastered versions (or my vinyl), but I enjoy changing it up now and then with the remixes if I want a new sound! This Revolver release is absolutely mind blowing - Take 5 of Rain blew my socks off, with Ringo absolutely hammering the drums and Paul blistering away on bass. The songwriting tapes for Yellow Submarine made me feel like I was transported into a room with Paul and John writing the new tune, even though I've known and loved it for years. So great. Love the great videos!
rain take 5 was my absolute favourite track from the new release!! my jaw literally dropped... hell of a rhythm section
This remix got me back into the Beatles’ music with a new appreciation and love for them and their music. Tomorrow never knows especially sounds amazing
Oh, Elliot Roberts just dropped a new video, I may now stop everything I'm doing and watch
Wow, I gotta admit I mostly dismissed ignored this whole re-release thinking the outtakes/demos are gonna just be stuff we've known for decades now. But it sounds like there's plenty here that's completely new that no "beatlegs" ever got their hands on. This sounds amazing! It's like discovering an alternate universe where even more early versions of your favorite songs exist, and you never knew haha.
I'm just so used to never getting anything new from the archives that it's pretty trippy hearing this stuff. Definitely will check it out.
My two favorites are Revolver and Rubber Soul.
I did listen to "Here. There and Everywhere " and becase of that, I'l be getting another Revolver album.
Very happy that Peter and Giles got this going.
Thank you.
For all the treats the bonus sessions give us, I'm especially pleased to hear the "Yellow Submarine" spoken intro we got on the Real Love CD single!
It’s so nice to hear a stereo version of this album that’s actually listenable
Yeah right?
The 2009 efforts were very poor indeed,but this new remix/remodel is amazing.
Thoroughly recommended.
I love it! Exactly what I was hoping for and more!
cool, I like, how you're in it, it s also my topic!
you say, they were involved in the mastering; that s right, but the pic at 2:47 shows a show.
Geoff Emerick: "Here There Everywhere" Avery, NY 2007. on Pagee 129 "..There are Photographs of Paul nd John sitting behind the console with their hands on faders, but that was just for show - I don't remember them ever actually moving any faders in those days. .."
It was "young Goeff" doing this SOUND by ADT, Artificial Double Tracking and of cors a STUDER L37 four-track tape machine.
Love your channel. Keep up the great work!
Personally, I don’t have any favorite Beatles anything. I truly love it all for what it is. But I will admit, I do play “Revolver” more often than anything else. It’s SO phenomenal. Loved hearing John’s earliest efforts on “Yellow Submarine”. Very compelling. An uncovered gem. Great segment mate!
Great review--I loved hearing your impressions on this! I have to check it out now.
Great review, can't wait for your Beatles ranking :)
I love your passion for them!
This was one of the best box sets they’ve released and partly due to the fact it reveals so much mythology around the making of this album. That banter before Eleanor Rigby is one of the first times we hear other musicians other than The Beatles working on one of their songs, funny to hear their ideas and opinions. Also, the She Said She Said outtake seemed rather crucial as well because it’s been argued that Paul McCartney wasn’t available to play bass on it l so George did, but when I hear them talking in the beginning, it sounds like 4 distinct voices? I know it’s a rehearsal take but it sounds close to the final! Also I’m glad the remix of Yellow Submarine added back “a life of ease!” I know stereo wasn’t the biggest deal in 66, but come on, it’s too much fun to omit altogether.
Always love your videos! The flame for the Beatles remains eternal
what a time to be a beatles fan!! so grateful for these new mixes
Me encantó tu reseña de Revolver, tienes un nuevo suscriptor. Sigue con tu trabajo.
I just got a chance to listen. Wow! These new mixes are amazing!
Great description and analysis. Congrats.
Listened to it this morning... I just love it!
I don't even listen to the Beetle's and I still watch your videos about them. Great work as always!
Thanks, always appreciate your videos and insights.
The Beatles being at the edge of technology again gave me a big smile
I,ve just received my Deluxe cd today for my dad's Christmas.i,m really happy that Giles Martin has done the new stereo mix.
Thank you for this video - I'm more interested to check it out now
Such a good video! We can see the passion and the amount of care you have making this. Overall Revolver mix 2022 has it's ups and downs. Like the sounds we can hear more clearly (like the goofy parts of yellow submarine and the yawn in I'm only sleeping) but in She Said She Said, they lowered the amazing and savage drums to give more focus on the guitar. It's not bad, bud it definitely has not the same fury as the original. In spite of all, I'm really satisfied with the results.
I noticed something in For No One that I never heard in the mono mix.
There are 2 pianos
In the verse they are playing the same thing.
The chorus is where they change, the one you can usually hear is playing an arpeggio, but the other one is playing chords the minor chords.
And I love it.
It sounds like the narrator is coming to the crushing realization that she really doesn’t need him and doesn’t love him anymore. It makes it so much more emotional for me.
I bought the box set last week (it's about time!) and it was an emotional experience. I cried over the rediscovery of the album. So many details went unnoticed before. I mean Révolver is my favourite album of all time and I thought I really knew it inside out. Well I was wrong!
One of my favourite moment, is Ringo's drum break between Paperback Writer's 3rd & 4th verses. It's incredibly groovy! I listened to it 5 or 6 times in a row!
Great video as usual! Just a mistake: it's not a new mono mix, it's the 1966 mono mix but with a new mastering!
Thanks for this great review!. I've often wished that the earlier Beatles recordings sounded as good as Abbey Road and I'm so thrilled that it's finally happening. These remixes are amazing, as far as I'm concerned, and I love the additional tracks giving more insight into how the final songs came to be and their creative process.
Thank you very much for making this video.
Excellent, I was hoping you’d do a video on this!
HELL YES Revolver!! My favorite Beatles album and a big favorite overall, and the new mix sounds great.
I cannot tell you how much I appreciate your videos, Elliot. You are my favorite music reviewer on the internet. I enjoy your personality and your perspective is very well articulated, I relate to a lot of your opinions. I am so weirdly excited for when you review all of George Harrison's albums. He was always my favorite Beatle, and imo, one of the most underrated and under-appreciated musicians in history during his time. His music has had such a profound and permanent effect on my life. Probably more than the Beatles. But of course, they often go hand in hand. Absolutely cannot wait to hear your thoughts on his career. As well as all your other reviews! Love you man
Thoroughly enjoyed this
Elliot, I really enjoyed the video. You come across as being knowledgeable and not as goofy as some out there. So I subscribed. See ya later... love and (light)
Very cool, insightful analysis. And nice acapella cover version of Yellow Submarine! Thanks!
The first version of And Your Bird Can Sing (and the giggling in take 2) is absolutely mesmerizing to me along with the new mix of Tomorrow Never Knows and the demo of Yellow Submarine, i loved this release and im so excited for Giles to eventually get to Rubber Soul, i love this band so much
The thing that surprised me most was the yawning on "I'm only sleeping"
As sad of a song it would have turned out to most likely be, I would have loved to hear a fully done original concept version of Lennon's Yellow Submarine. Something about just those few words, that tone in his voice really touches me. We know he had a, simply put, complicated childhood, and to have heard any of that touched on like that, for me, would have just been something almost soul touching to get a peek into and feel.
Haven't listened to the deluxe version yet, but super hyped after watching this. Probably my favourite Beatles album, next to Abbey Road, and even just listening to the snippets in this vid, it's incredible how rejuvenated it all sounds. Also excited to hear what "Rain" sounds like, because it's brilliant and also one of my dad's favourite Beatles songs. lol.
Totally agree with you about The Beatles Renew On The Revolver LP! Can’t wait to have it. Long live the Beatles music!! 👍👍😎
I think "she said she said" was my biggest surprise because of everything you can hear now that you couldn't before, so props to Giles for his work.
Also, the 2009 mono mixes were my introduction to 90% of Beatles music and I'm surprised anytime I hear anything different from before revolver cuz I don't listen to it all that much in streaming
Revolver 2022 sounds like a breath of fresh air. The Mono mix on CD again is a nice bonus. I just wish it was on Blu-Ray.
Blu ray? Lolz
It's important to note that stereo was NOT in its infancy in 1966. Major performers like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Ella Fitzgerald, and basically every jazz, pop and classical artist began recording in 3-track stereo between 1954 and 1960. Except for Elvis and a few others, only the rock, soul and country genres were really late to the stereo game. And those late 50's-early 60's stereo recordings by Sinatra, Elvis, et al sound amazing. So lifelike, spacious, and real. Not gimmicky, no hard panning, no vocal left/band right. None of that nonsense.
A Beatles album ranking would make for a great Christmas gift!
Most mind-blowing moment: Hearing RAIN at actual speed. All of them rocking their asses off.
I found the organ cutting through more in the new stereo mix than on my 1966 original on She Said She Said for one example.
Liking the videos by the way. Now subscribed.
I absolutely love that the son of the 5th Beatle is the genuis who made these beautiful mixes.