{"id":104810,"date":"2022-10-22T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/listen-to-his-original-take\/"},"modified":"2022-10-22T13:59:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T13:59:35","slug":"listen-to-his-original-take","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/listen-to-his-original-take\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to his original take"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Ringo Starr reflects on 'Yellow Submarine': Could it have been green or deep purple?\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cRevolver\u201d marked a turning point for The Beatles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Brash and bold, yet also filled with sensitivity, the 1966 album ushered in the band&#8217;s penchant for musical unpredictability that would continue to develop through \u201cSgt.  Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d (which they began recording later that year) and \u201cThe White Album\u201d (1968).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 14-track album has received a grand remixing by producer Giles Martin \u2013 son of legendary Beatles producer George Martin \u2013 and engineer Sam Okell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The special edition of \u201cRevolver\u201d arrives Oct.  28. But among the trove of unearthed gems are demos of \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d as a drastically stripped-down ballad featuring John Lennon on plaintive vocals rather than a singsong Ringo Starr and the high-hat heavy backdrop on early versions of \u201cGot to Get You Into My Life.\u201d  Both are available Friday and can be heard here.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"youtube\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\" aria-live=\"polite\"><svg class=\"gnt_em_vp_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_video_play\"\/><\/svg><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin and Starr recently spoke with USA TODAY about the history of the album and some of its surprising elements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>&#8216;My aim is to be Frank Sinatra&#8217;:<\/strong> Ringo Starr still has aspirations at 82<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">Ringo Starr describes the evolution of &#8216;Yellow Submarine&#8217;: &#8216;It could have been&#8217; green or purple<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:659px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/a8df402f-ca30-48ca-9349-3d0c21546579-RS215_Revolver_LP_Sleeve.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/a8df402f-ca30-48ca-9349-3d0c21546579-RS215_Revolver_LP_Sleeve.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=1318&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The cover art for The Beatles' 1966 album, &quot;Revolver,&quot; designed by Klaus Voormann.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The drummer maintained a reputation as the quirky, funny guy in the band, which might be why Lennon and Paul McCartney earmarked certain tunes as \u201cRingo songs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Lennon&#8217;s working version of the song \u2013 just more than a minute long \u2013 finds him quietly repeating the lyric \u201cIn the place where I was born, no one cared, no one cared\u201d as he works in other modifications such as \u201cand the name that I was born, no one cared\u201d and \u201cin the town where I come from, no one cared.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">By the time \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d was presented to Starr \u2013 the band recorded it on May 26 and June 1, 1966 \u2013 it was already in \u201cRingo song\u201d form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThe boys used to write a song for me and they&#8217;d present whatever they thought would be good for me.  They had this song and they decided to liven it up,\u201d he says.  \u201cI think Paul thought of (a yellow submarine).  It could have been in a green submarine, but a yellow submarine is much better.  Or a deep purple submarine, that would have been like, &#8216;What are they talking about now?&#8217;  But, yeah, it was a Ringo song, like &#8216;With A Little Help From My Friends&#8217; was a Ringo song.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Previously unseen photos of The Beatles:<\/strong>See a young Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">John Lennon&#8217;s demo of &#8216;Yellow Submarine&#8217; was a &#8216;complete discovery&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:650px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/8e1ac403-8100-42a1-902e-417f9b61361f-RS211_Revolver_Press15.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/8e1ac403-8100-42a1-902e-417f9b61361f-RS211_Revolver_Press15.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=1300&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Beatles (John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney) in Abbey Road Studios during filming of the &quot;Paperback Writer&quot; and &quot;rain&quot; promotional films on May 19, 1966.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin jokes that people think he spends all his time listening to outtakes of The Beatles.  But finding Lennon&#8217;s original version of the song was one of the happy accidents that often occur when mining tapes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cI had no idea it existed.  It was a complete discovery and I was surprised,\u201d Martin says.  \u201cOne of the thrills I get when doing this is for people to experience the same thing I experience.  Going through the cobwebs and finding the gold \u2013 that&#8217;s what I want to transfer to other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Part 2 of the working version of \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d retains Lennon&#8217;s acoustic guitar backdrop, but it also includes Lennon and McCartney discussing how to march forward with a robust folk-style version of the song, which by that point included the famously recognizable chorus.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin says he understood why The Beatles opted to steer the tune in a perkier direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIt wouldn&#8217;t have been as commercial in that original form, and you can hear them working together and pushing each other in different directions,\u201d Martin says.  \u201cWhich, of course, was their downfall in the end.  But at this stage, they were delighted by the way they were creatively pushing each other.&#8221;   <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>&#8216;Love&#8217; in Las Vegas:<\/strong> Catch The Beatles&#8217; Cirque du Soleil show while you can<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">How The Beatles evolved from &#8216;Rubber Soul&#8217; to &#8216;Revolver&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:445px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/8e071dea-1bcc-44b8-b58b-ebca06f2b590-RS207_Revolver_Press01.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/8e071dea-1bcc-44b8-b58b-ebca06f2b590-RS207_Revolver_Press01.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=890&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr working on &quot;Revolver&quot; in Abbey Road Studios.  \u201cThey were punching through the walls of Abbey Road\u201d with their creative evolution, producer Giles Martin says.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In Martin&#8217;s view, 1965&#8217;s \u201cRubber Soul\u201d is stocked with the Merseybeat sound, the British music genre that developed in Liverpool in the early &#8217;60s and blended rock, pop, skiffle and R&#038;B.  But by \u201cRevolver,\u201d the band had found its \u201cswagger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThere&#8217;s still an aim to please on &#8216;Rubber Soul,&#8217; \u201d he says.  \u201cIt&#8217;s like they&#8217;re leaving Liverpool on &#8216;Revolver.&#8217;  &#8220;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Martin cites \u201cTomorrow Never Knows,\u201d the first track recorded for \u201cRevolver,\u201d as the immediate indicator in the band&#8217;s enlightened musical approach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cJust the way the drums open the song, you can sense they turned their back on the past in a way,\u201d Martin says.  \u201cThe Beatles were relentless in their creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">From the beefy, staccato guitars in \u201cTaxman\u201d and \u201cDr.  Robert\u201d to the elegant strings in \u201cEleanor Rigby\u201d to the understated tenderness in \u201cHere, There and Everywhere,\u201d the songs on \u201cRevolver\u201d epitomized The Beatles&#8217; sonic expansion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThey were punching through the walls of Abbey Road (Studios),\u201d Martin says.  \u201cThey made a conscious decision to take off the Beatles suits and not have the haircuts and become individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">From Jagger to Lennon, Dylan to Bono:<\/strong>Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner spills the tea in memoir<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">How many special editions of &#8216;Revolver&#8217; are being released?<\/h2>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"youtube\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\" aria-live=\"polite\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xr10YnGM6Gs\/maxresdefault.jpg?ssl=1\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove('gnt_em_vp_img__yn')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><svg class=\"gnt_em_vp_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_video_play\"\/><\/svg><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The super-deluxe \u201cRevolver\u201d includes 63 tracks and is available in digital audio, five CD and four LP (plus a 7-inch EP).  The deluxe edition offers 29 tracks in two CD form, and the standard edition is 14 tracks available as a single CD and single LP, as well as a limited-edition vinyl picture disc with the album cover art.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The songs have been mixed in stereo and Dolby Atmos (which will be released digitally), and the album&#8217;s original mono mix is \u200b\u200bsourced from the 1966 mono master tape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong>80 for 80:<\/strong> Paul McCartney&#8217;s 80 best songs in honor of his milestone birthday<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_mt\">Why producer Giles Martin was &#8216;nervous&#8217; about remixing &#8216;Revolver&#8217;<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:617px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/d0e8d3bd-b844-41dd-b6b5-5213c582db66-RS214_Revolver_Press14.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/10\/19\/USAT\/d0e8d3bd-b844-41dd-b6b5-5213c582db66-RS214_Revolver_Press14.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=1234&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Beatles (from left, George Harrison, John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with Ringo Starr in the background) at the gardens of Chiswick House, a villa in London, to film music videos for &quot;Paperback Writer&quot; and &quot;rain&quot; on May 20, 1966.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The producer, who expects \u201cRubber Soul\u201d to be the next album in the Beatles oeuvre to receive the special-edition treatment after he finishes work on director Sam Taylor-Johnson&#8217;s upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, was concerned about the reaction to remixing \u201cRevolver\u201d because it&#8217;s beloved by fans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIt&#8217;s a cherished record and it&#8217;s been embraced by people in a good way,\u201d Martin says.  \u201cMy question is always, &#8216;Why are we doing this?&#8217;  The purpose is to find the thing where you go, &#8216;I love this record, but how about actually <em>hearing<\/em> it?&#8217;  \u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;First time ever&#8217;:<\/strong>Julian Lennon sings father John Lennon&#8217;s peace anthem &#8216;Imagine&#8217; for Ukraine<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/538e3acaa3da90e38e99eb7b0f28889f4a549622\/c=40-213-2877-1815\/local\/-\/media\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/2013\/07\/04\/1372972462002-1966.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/-mm-\/538e3acaa3da90e38e99eb7b0f28889f4a549622\/c=40-213-2877-1815\/local\/-\/media\/USATODAY\/USATODAY\/2013\/07\/04\/1372972462002-1966.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cRevolver\u201d marked a turning point for The Beatles. Brash and bold, yet also filled with sensitivity, the 1966 album ushered in the band&#8217;s penchant for musical unpredictability that would continue to develop through \u201cSgt. Pepper&#8217;s Lonely Hearts Club Band\u201d (which they began recording later that year) and \u201cThe White Album\u201d (1968). The 14-track album has &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/listen-to-his-original-take\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Listen to his original take<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110864,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-beatles-revolver-was-their-avant-garde-rb-album\/","url_meta":{"origin":104810,"position":0},"title":"The Beatles&#8217; Revolver was their avant-garde R&#038;B album.","date":"October 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"About 41 months passed between the release of the Beatles' 1963 debut LP Please Please Me and their seventh album, Revolver, in August 1966. 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