Happy 52nd anniversary, the beginning of the recording of "Revolver."

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Hat tip, http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/:

April 6th: On this Day

1966, The first session of what would become The Beatles album Revolver started in the evening at Abbey Road studios London, with the recording of the basic track of a new John Lennon song 'Tomorrow Never Knows.'

I have long thought it better than "Sgt. Pepper."

Revolver (Beatles album)



Revolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. Released on 5 August 1966, it was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology up to that time, building on the advances of their 1965 release Rubber Soul. The album's diverse sounds include tape loops and backwards recordings on the psychedelic "Tomorrow Never Knows", a classical string octet on "Eleanor Rigby", and Indian-music backing on "Love You To". The album was reduced to eleven songs by Capitol Records in North America, where three of its tracks instead appeared on the June 1966 release Yesterday and Today.
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Recording history

The Beatles had hoped to work in a more modern facility than EMI's London studios at Abbey Road, and so sent Epstein to Memphis in March 1966 to investigate the possibility of their recording at Stax Studio. According to a letter written by Harrison two months later, the group intended to work with Stax's in-house producer, Jim Stewart. The idea was abandoned after locals began descending on the Stax building, as were alternative plans to use either Atlantic Studios in New York or Motown's facility in Detroit.

Recording for the album instead began at EMI Studio 3 in London on 6 April 1966, with George Martin again serving as producer. The first track attempted was Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows", the arrangement for which changed considerably between the initial take that day and the subsequent remake. This first version of "Tomorrow Never Knows", along with several other outtakes from the album sessions, was included on the 1996 compilation Anthology 2. Also recorded during the Revolver sessions were "Paperback Writer" and "Rain", which were issued as the A- and B-side of a non-album single in late May.

I think the cover of TNK by 801 on 801 Live is better than the original. It is my favorite rock song on my favorite rock album.

Someone posted this at DU back in the summer of 2016. I think it's terrific:

Tomorrow Never Knows (50 minute version)

This guy lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, or he used to:

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1. Other anniversaries?

Guy Peellaert was born on this day in 1934. You might remember him for this:

Guy Peellaert



Covert art for David Bowie's Diamond Dogs album

ABBA won Eurovision 1974 on this day in that year, with "Waterloo."

ABBA won their national heats on Swedish television on 9 February 1974, and with this third attempt were far more experienced and better prepared for the Eurovision Song Contest. Winning the 1974 Contest on 6 April 1974 gave ABBA the chance to tour Europe and perform on major television shows; thus the band saw the "Waterloo" single chart in many European countries. "Waterloo" was ABBA's first number-one single in big markets such as the UK and West Germany. In the United States, the song peaked at number-six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, paving the way for their first album and their first trip as a group there. Albeit a short promotional visit, it included their first performance on American television, The Mike Douglas Show. The album Waterloo only peaked at number 145 on the Billboard 200 chart, but received unanimous high praise from the US critics: Los Angeles Times called it "a compelling and fascinating debut album that captures the spirit of mainstream pop quite effectively … an immensely enjoyable and pleasant project", while Creem characterised it as "a perfect blend of exceptional, lovable compositions".

Along those lines, if you've never seen the movie Muriel's Wedding, you've been missing a funny and great movie.

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2. I always thought it was McCartney at his peak.

Good Day Sunshine
For No One
Eleanor Rigby
Got To Get You Into My Life

Just my meaningless opinion.