This posting is again being written on Friday for posting after Shabbat. Due to the lack of time, it is short.
The Beatles spent more time in the studio recording Revolver than they did on any of the previous albums. Although released only 8 months after the previous album, Rubber Soul, they spent a whopping 11 weeks in sessions, sometimes spending two or even three days on a sing song. This gave the Fab Four the opportunity to experiment with different ways of doing the same song. Recording began on April 6th 1966 and ended on June 21st.
The album was released on August 5th in both the UK and the US in both Stereo and Mono. For the last time in a Beatles album, the US version was different in that three songs were left out as they had been included in the compilation album entitled Yesterday and Today. The 1987 CD release was the stereo mix and in the US the album was released on CD and LP using the original UK track listing.
Good Day Sunshine – Stereo. Great stereo mix
And Your Bird Can Sing – Stereo. Everything is clearer and crisper.
For No One – I’m calling it a tie. The mono mix is perhaps better, but the sound is so perfect in the stereo. The Clavichord is only out of the right, but when the horn is coming from the left the mix is very pleasant.
Doctor Robert – Stereo. The great rock sound from the guitars are out of both sides with the vocals in the center. Edges out the mono because of the cleaner sound.
I Want To Tell You – Mono. The intro in the stereo is awkward with nothing out of the right.
Got To Get You Into My Life – Stereo . The brass sounds much better in the stereo and comes out of the right with the guitars, bass and drums out of the left. Great mix.
Tomorrow Never Knows – Stereo by far. This song needs the stereo mix due to its major experimentation with different sounds and techniques.
Both versions of Got To Get You Into My Life. You choose!
Enjoy!
Mono
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3xLSJbFiEk]
Stereo
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5pXfVz4sog]
i love the beatles