REVOLVER (august 5, 1966)

released just before US tour 4, last tour

songs on this album were not performed on tour
songs were too complex, more suited for studio work
innovations
double tracking - linking two tape machines - created
double vocal tracks
recording backwards (tomorrow never knows)
running voice through organ loudspeaker
harmonium, organ, sitar, tambura, violin, viola, cello,
horn, trumpet, sax, tamb, maracas, cowbell
songs
taxman
eleanor rig
im only sleeping
love you too
here, there and everywhere
yellow submarine
she said she said
good day sunshine
And your bird can sing
for non one
doctor robert
i want to tell you
got to get you into my life
tomorrow never knows
Taxman
Written by Harrison - lead guitar, vox
Bitter about UK Tax system
Prime minister Harold Wilson and opposition leader Edward
Heath first living people to be directly named in Beatels
song
George gets opening number - loud, hard driving
Eleanor Rigby
at the moment, no pop song had better words or music
Eleanor, a lonely spinster, Father McKenzie, sad priest,
come together when she dies
Two characters presented separately, drawn together
face in jar line - still a mystery
No one is saved?
 Nearly a perfect song
Form
intro
verse/refrain
verse/refrain
bridge (intro)
verse/refrain
outro
String octet (4 violins, 2 volas, 2 cellos) - no drums, guitars - g.
martin - ethereal atmosphere, short choppy down bows,
vocals
tomorrow never knows
Tibetan book of dead - when you die, prepare yourself for a
huge voyage
tape loops - overlaid onto backing track 6 loops
Seagull noise - actually distorted recording of Paul
laughing
Orchestra playing b-flat chord
notes played on mellotrons flute setting - second
mellotron on violin setting
distorted sitar - heard in instrumental break following
lines - it is being
guitar solo by paul - reversed, slowed down, used in
instrumental break
COLLECTION OF BEATLES OLDIES (6 december 1966)
Day Tripper
striking, unforgettable guitar riff - unifies the whole song
Slang term for someone who fully embraces the hippy
lifestyle
SGT PEPPER - 1st June 1967
Prior to this album critics considered the group to be over
Stopped touring
Earthinquake in terms of hippy ideology
Sound - extensive, western orchestra - hired musicians, indian
instruments
Ideology - principles of counterculture - LSD, love, rejecting
unhip establishment
Pushed boundaries
studio sound creation
Carnevalesque atmosphere
 Variety of song themes
Recording - 400 hours
A Day in the Life
34 hours to record
Series disconnected events - death of millionaire socialite
Tara Browne - Johns appearance in How I Won The War
- council survey found 4,000 potholes in roads