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Tag Archives: Revolver

Aug 15 3 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – For No One vocal overdub session, May 1966

Welcome to the Beatles Rarity Of The Week. During March 1966, Paul McCartney took a two week ski vacation in Klosters, Switzerland, with his girlfriend, Jane Asher. It was there that he wrote one of his greatest, yet somewhat overlooked, compositions. The evocative lyrics are descriptive of the end of a relationship and the melody, [...]

May 30 5 comments
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Beatles Rarity Of The Week – Here There And Everywhere (take 7)

Welcome to The Beatles Rarity Of The Week. On the writing of Here There And Everywhere, Paul McCartney commented: “This one was pretty much mine, written sitting by John’s pool. Often I would wait half an hour while he would do something – like get up. So I was sitting there tottling around in E [...]

Apr 29 0 comments
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Eleanor Rigby (Live in Kiev, 2008)

Since today marks the 45th birthday of the Beatles classic Eleanor Rigby, I thought it a nice fit for this week’s video. It was April 29, 1966 when Paul recorded his lead vocal for the song. Producer/arranger George Martin conducted a doubled string quartet for the backing track the previous day. It consisted of four [...]

Apr 22 5 comments
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Paperback Writer/Rain single (promo clip for Ed Sullivan show)

The Beatles had a new single to promote but did not want to interrupt their Revolver recording sessions to visit television studios all over the world to perform it for everyone. So instead they enlisted the help of director Michael Lindsay-Hogg (who would also end up working on a few Beatles projects after this) to [...]

Jan 30 31 comments
Collector's Corner

Collector’s Corner – ‘Yesterday And Today’ (and the infamous ‘Butcher Cover’)

Welcome to the first installment of Collector’s Corner! This time I will be covering what is widely considered a staple to any serious Beatles vinyl collection – the first issuance of the U.S. and Canada only LP release titled Yesterday And Today, but more commonly referred to as the “Butcher Cover” album. Background information: The [...]

Dec 17 4 comments
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The Beatles – I’m Down 1966 (Live at the Circus-Krone-Marsstrasse, Munich, Germany)

The Beatles closed their show at the Circus-Krone in Munich with a shorter rendition of I’m Down where the verses were rearranged and John’s keyboard antics in the ending removed. This show took place on the 24th of June, 1966. There was a 5pm show and a 9pm show and this was filmed at the [...]