49 years ago today, The Beatles released "Revolver"

[GreatGazoo]

The first song recorded for this ground breaking album was "Tomorrow Never Knows" and while I love the whole album there isn't another track on it which can match the hypnotically unique use of tape loops, Harrison's tamboura and the orchestral voicings. One whole song that stays on "C" opened our minds with its fusion of technology, music and the spiritual.

[onehandle]

1. Not the first song with tape loops, but one of the first songs with tape loops...

...designed for the song and mostly to work forwards and backwards.

A Lennon song, but one of the rare songs where all four Beatles collaborated on to make it groundbreaking.

I have several versions of Revolver including the most recent Beatles In Mono and U.S Album release, not to mention the standard UK album and Anthology tracks.

I love listening to the differences, mostly thanks to the true Fifth Beatle, George Martin.

[GreatGazoo]

6. Yes. Pierre Schaeffer employed tape loops in the 1940s

[immoderate]

2. "Revolver" convinced me that rock could be art.

--imm

[yallerdawg]

3. Great reminder of how truly creative...

innovative, revolutionary, and unique the Beatles were.

They really rocked our world, and on it goes - "within you and without you"!

[mac56]

5. When Dylan heard it, he told The Beatles: "I get it, you don't want to be cute anymore."

http://namebrandketchup.com/2011/05/13/first-in-a-series-mckinneys-discography/

[chapdrum]

7. My favorite Beatles record

With favorite Beatles track - "And Your Bird Can Sing."
Lyrics not up there with some of their others, but that is some damn fine music.

[Boomerproud]

11. Gawd I love that song.

The guitars are sublime.

[awoke_in_2003]

13. Yes, the guitar is

probably the best of any of their songs

[Unknown Beatle]

8. I'm still living in the sixties

as my record collection will attest. My prized collection is The Beatles 14 LP MFSL Box Set which I've only played twice. Once straight and once high as a kite.

I really miss the 60's and early to mid 70's.

[GreatGazoo]

12. nice. there is really something special about vinyl

every great track is like a genie in a bottle just waiting to get out and work its magic one more time

[ancianita]

9. Its arrival was the groundbreaking transition to the breaking out of rock & roll corporate dictation

I sensed as I stood listening to it hour after hour by the stereo in my college dorm parlor, that these guys were were about to take Rock & Roll somewhere it had never been -- confirmed by the next four albums.

[Uncle Joe]

10. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, GreatGazoo.