5x Digital Media

Revolver

Album by The Beatles

Released 5 August 1966

rock pop psychedelic rock

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Taxman (2022 mix)
2:38
3.5 ★
2
Eleanor Rigby (2022 mix)
2:06
4.3 ★
3
I’m Only Sleeping (2022 mix)
3:00
4.5 ★
4
Love You To (2022 mix)
2:59
3.8 ★
5
Here, There and Everywhere (2022 mix)
2:24
6
Yellow Submarine (2022 mix)
2:38
7
She Said She Said (2022 mix)
2:36
4.2 ★
8
Good Day Sunshine (2022 mix)
2:09
9
And Your Bird Can Sing (2022 mix)
2:00
3.5 ★
10
For No One (2022 mix)
1:59
3.7 ★
11
Doctor Robert (2022 mix)
2:14
3.3 ★
12
I Want to Tell You (2022 mix)
2:27
13
Got to Get You Into My Life (2022 mix)
2:29
3.3 ★
14
Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 mix)
2:57
3.9 ★
Digital Media 2
1
Tomorrow Never Knows (take 1)
3:32
2
Tomorrow Never Knows (mono mix RM 11)
3:05
3
Got to Get You Into My Life (first version / take 5)
4:10
4
Got to Get You Into My Life (second version / unnumbered mix)
2:36
5
Got to Get You Into My Life (second version / take 8)
2:42
6
Love You To (take 1)
2:40
7
Love You To (unnumbered rehearsal)
1:35
8
Love You To (take 7)
2:55
9
Paperback Writer (takes 1 & 2 / backing track)
3:38
10
Rain (take 5 / actual speed)
2:38
11
Rain (take 5 / slowed down for master tape)
3:12
12
Doctor Robert (take 7)
2:59
13
And Your Bird Can Sing (first version / take 2)
2:14
14
And Your Bird Can Sing (first version / take 2 / giggling)
2:23
Digital Media 3
1
And Your Bird Can Sing (second version / take 5)
2:20
2
Taxman (take 11)
2:37
3
I’m Only Sleeping (rehearsal fragment)
0:48
4
I’m Only Sleeping (take 2)
2:28
5
I’m Only Sleeping (take 5)
2:43
6
I’m Only Sleeping (mono mix RM1)
3:07
7
Eleanor Rigby (speech before take 2)
2:11
2.5 ★
8
Eleanor Rigby (take 2)
2:20
9
For No One (take 10 / backing track)
2:23
10
Yellow Submarine (songwriting work tape / part 1)
1:04
11
Yellow Submarine (songwriting work tape / part 2)
4:42
2.5 ★
12
Yellow Submarine (take 4 before sound effects)
2:37
13
Yellow Submarine (highlighted sound effects)
3:03
14
I Want to Tell You (speech & take 4)
1:24
15
Here, There and Everywhere (take 6)
2:29
16
She Said She Said (John’s demo)
1:10
17
She Said She Said (take 15 / backing track rehearsal)
3:24
Digital Media 4
1
Taxman (mono)
2:41
3.9 ★
2
Eleanor Rigby (mono)
2:09
4.2 ★
3
I’m Only Sleeping (mono)
3:02
3.5 ★
4
Love You To (mono)
3:07
5
Here, There and Everywhere (mono)
2:25
3.4 ★
6
Yellow Submarine (mono)
2:41
4.2 ★
7
She Said She Said (mono)
2:38
4.3 ★
8
Good Day Sunshine (mono)
2:12
3.8 ★
9
And Your Bird Can Sing (mono)
2:02
4.0 ★
10
For No One (mono)
2:02
3.7 ★
11
Doctor Robert (mono)
2:16
3.4 ★
12
I Want to Tell You (mono)
2:31
3.6 ★
13
Got to Get You Into My Life (mono)
2:38
4.4 ★
14
Tomorrow Never Knows (mono)
2:57
4.0 ★
Digital Media 5
1
Paperback Writer (2022 stereo mix)
2:18
3.8 ★
2
Rain (2022 stereo mix)
2:59
3.8 ★
3
Paperback Writer (mono)
2:26
3.6 ★
4
Rain (mono)
2:59
3.6 ★

Honestly kind of underwhelming of a Beatles album to me especially this the album is always rated so highly. I felt like the tracks were a bit of a mess going between too many different ideas and not settling on a specific sound. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy most of the songs on here, I think it just feels like a collection of singles rather than an album. I noticed this in the first three tracks and then in the middle it sort of goes 1 for 1 with a more rock oriented track and then a more experimental one. I still enjoy listening to the songs but feels a little overrated to me. Maybe my opinion will change.

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Release credits

Alan Branscombe
tenor saxophone [4.13, 1.13, 2.5]
Alan Civil
French horn [1.10, 4.10]
Alf Bicknell
background vocals [1.6, 4.6, 3.13]
Anil Bhagwat
tabla [1.4, 2.8]
Brian Jones
background vocals [1.6, 3.13, 4.6], ocarina [1.6, 4.6]
Derek Simpson
cello [1.2, 3.7-8, 4.2], guest [2]
Eddie Thornton
trumpet [1.13, 4.13, 2.5]
Emile de la Rey
task [14]
Geoff Emerick
background vocals [4.6, 1.6, 3.13], engineer [4.1-3, 4.6-7, 4.10-14, 3.2-3, 3.5-9, 3.13-15, 3.17, 5.1-4, 2.1-2, 2.4-12, 1.7, 1.11-14], recording [6], spoken vocals [14]
George Harrison
12 string guitar [2.13, 3.15], acoustic guitar [1.4, 2.3, 2.6, 2.8], background vocals [2.3-4, 2.12-14, 5.1-4, 1.2-3, 1.5-9, 3.1, 3.6, 3.12-13, 4.2-3, 4.5-9, 4.11], bass guitar [7], electric bass guitar [7], electric guitar [5.1, 5.3, 2.4, 2.8, 2.12, 2.14, 3.1-2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.14, 3.17, 1.1, 1.3-4, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.7, 4.9, 4.11-13], finger snaps [1.5, 4.5], guitar [5, 7, 9, 12-13], handclaps [1.8-9, 1.12, 4.8-9, 4.12], lead vocals [4.1, 4.12, 1.1, 1.4, 1.12, 2.6, 2.8, 3.2], maracas [4.11, 2.12, 1.11], other instruments [6], sitar [2.7-8, 1.4], spoken vocals [14], tambourine [2.9, 4.6, 4.13, 3.12-13, 1.6, 1.13], tambura [1.14, 2.1-2, 4.14], tape [14]
George Martin
background vocals [1.6, 4.6, 3.13], organ [1.13, 4.13], piano [4.8, 2.2, 1.8, 1.14], producer [1.1-14, 3.1-9, 3.12-15, 3.17, 2.1-14, 4.1-3, 4.5-8, 4.10-14, 5.1-4], spoken vocals [7, 14], tack piano [14]
Giles Martin
mix [2.1-14, 3.1-17, 5.1-2, 1.1-14], producer [5.1-2, 1.1-14, 3.10-11], remixer [14]
Ian Hamer
trumpet [4.13, 1.13, 2.5]
John Lennon
Hammond organ [1.7, 4.7, 4.14], acoustic guitar [3.4-6, 3.10-13, 3.16, 4.3, 4.6, 1.3, 1.6], background vocals [1.1-3, 1.5-6, 1.8, 1.12, 2.3-4, 3.2, 3.6, 3.12-13, 4.1-3, 4.5-6, 4.8, 4.12, 5.1-4], electric guitar [2.4-5, 2.9-14, 4.7, 4.9, 4.11, 4.13, 3.1, 3.17, 5.2, 5.4], finger snaps [4.5, 1.5], guitar [7, 9, 11, 13], handclaps [4.8-9, 4.12, 1.8-9, 1.12], harmonium [2.12, 4.11], lead vocals [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.10-11, 3.16, 4.3, 4.7, 4.9, 4.11, 4.14, 2.1-2, 2.12-14, 5.2, 5.4, 1.3, 1.7, 1.9, 1.11, 1.14], organ [2.2, 1.14], other instruments [6], producer [10-11, 16], spoken vocals [3.13-14, 4.6, 1.6], tambourine [1.12, 5.1, 5.3, 3.14, 4.12], tape [14]
John Sharpe
guest [2], violin [3.7-8, 4.2, 1.2]
John Skinner
background vocals [3.13, 1.6, 4.6]
John Underwood
guest [2], viola [1.2, 4.2, 3.7-8]
Jurgen Hess
guest [2], violin [1.2, 3.7-8, 4.2]
Les Condon
trumpet [2.5, 1.13, 4.13]
Mal Evans
background vocals [3.13, 1.6, 4.6], bass drum [4.6, 3.13, 1.6]
Marianne Faithfull
background vocals [1.6, 3.13, 4.6]
Neil Aspinall
background vocals [1.6, 3.13, 4.6]
Norman Jones
cello [4.2, 1.2, 3.7-8], guest [2]
Pattie Boyd
background vocals [1.6, 3.13, 4.6]
Paul McCartney
acoustic guitar [1.5, 4.5, 3.11], background vocals [1.1-6, 1.9, 1.12, 2.6, 2.8, 2.12, 3.2, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12-13, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5-6, 4.9, 4.11-12, 5.2, 5.4], bass [4, 8-9, 11], bass guitar [2.1-2, 1.3, 1.5-6, 1.12-14], clavichord [1.10, 3.9, 4.10], electric bass guitar [3.1-2, 3.5-6, 3.12-14, 3.17, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5-6, 4.8-9, 4.11-14, 1.1, 2.4-5, 2.10-14, 5.1-4], electric guitar [3.1-2, 3.15, 4.1, 4.5, 4.9, 4.14, 5.1, 5.3, 2.9-11, 2.13-14, 1.1], finger snaps [4.5, 1.5], grand piano [3.9, 1.10, 4.10], guitar [1.9, 1.14, 2.2], handclaps [1.8-9, 1.12, 4.8-9, 4.12], lead vocals [4.2, 4.5, 4.8, 4.10, 4.13, 5.3, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 1.10, 1.13, 2.3-4, 2.13-14, 3.1, 3.11, 3.15], organ [3], piano [1.8, 1.12, 4.8, 4.12, 3.14], producer [11], solo [3.2, 1.1], spoken vocals [1.6, 4.6, 3.7, 3.13-14], tambura [7-8], tape [14], vocal [1]
Peter Coe
tenor saxophone [2.5, 1.13, 4.13]
Phil McDonald
assistant [1]
Ringo Starr
bass drum [12], cowbell [1.1, 4.1], drums (drum set) [5.1-4, 3.1-3, 3.5-6, 3.9, 3.13-15, 3.17, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5-14, 2.1-5, 2.9-14, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5-14], finger snaps [4.5, 1.5], handclaps [4.8-9, 4.12, 1.8-9, 1.12], hi-hat [4.10, 3.9, 1.10], lead vocals [1.6, 4.6, 3.13], maracas [4.10, 4.12, 1.10, 1.12, 3.9], shakers [1.7, 4.7], snare drum [12], spoken vocals [1.6, 3.13-14, 4.6], tambourine [2.2, 2.13-14, 3.2, 3.4, 3.9, 5.2, 5.4, 1.1, 1.4, 1.9-10, 1.14, 4.1, 4.9-10, 4.13-14], tape [14]
Sam Okell
engineer [1.1-14, 3.10-11, 5.1-2], mix [3.10-11, 5.1-2, 1.1-14], remixer [14]
Sidney Sax
guest [2], violin [3.7-8, 4.2, 1.2]
Stephen Shingles
guest [2], viola [1.2, 3.7-8, 4.2]
Terry Condon
background vocals [1.6, 3.13, 4.6]
Tony Gilbert
guest [2], violin [4.2, 3.7-8, 1.2]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (UK mono)
5 August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (UK stereo)
5 August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (US mono)
8 August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (US stereo)
8 August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
August 1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (US mono)
1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (UK mono, 2nd press)
1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (mono, Abbey Record pressing)
1966
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (US stereo, L.A. Pressing variant)
1971
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (stereo)
1973
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (Stereo, two EMI Logos)
1973
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Revolver
Vinyl
1979
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (mono, red vinyl)
21 January 1982
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
October 1982
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
1983
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Revolver
Cassette
1983
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (Black & silver labels two boxed EMI logos & Parlophone logo)
1984
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Revolver
CD (Disc made in USA.)
30 April 1987
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Revolver
CD (stereo)
30 April 1987
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Revolver
CD
30 April 1987
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Revolver
CD (medium has right society: “BEIM/GEMA” & “Made in W‐Germany”)
30 April 1987
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Revolver
CD (1st Japan CD press)
30 April 1987
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Revolver
Vinyl
21 July 1987
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Revolver
Cassette
November 1987
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Revolver
CD (medium has right society: “GEMA” & “Made in W‐Germany”)
1987
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Revolver
CD (Made in the UK, no apple logo)
1987
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Revolver
CD (Made in W. Germany / BIEM GEMA / SPARS Code - AAD)
1987
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Revolver
CD
1990
R
Revolver
CD
1992
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Revolver
CD (Made in the UK, with Apple logo)
1992
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Revolver
CD
11 March 1998
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Revolver
Vinyl
21 January 2004
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Revolver
Enhanced CD (2009 stereo remaster)
9 September 2009
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Revolver
Enhanced CD (2009 stereo remaster)
9 September 2009
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Revolver
Enhanced CD
9 September 2009
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Revolver
Digital Media (2009 stereo remaster, iTunes)
16 November 2010
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (2009 stereo remaster)
12 November 2012
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
13 November 2012
R
Revolver
CD
21 January 2014
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Revolver
CD (No "UMe" logo on obi strip)
21 January 2014
R
Revolver
Digital Media (Mastered for iTunes)
January 2014
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Revolver
12" Vinyl (2014 mono remaster)
8 September 2014
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Revolver
12" Vinyl
9 September 2014
R
Revolver
Digital Media
24 December 2015
R
Revolver
5x CD (super deluxe)
28 October 2022
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Revolver (2022 mix)
Digital Media
28 October 2022
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Revolver (2022 mix)
Digital Media (Dolby Atmos mix)
28 October 2022
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Revolver
2x CD
28 October 2022
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Revolver (Super Deluxe)
5x Digital Media
28 October 2022
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Revolver (super deluxe)
5x Digital Media
28 October 2022
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Revolver
CD (2022 mix)
28 October 2022
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Revolver (2022 mix)
Digital Media
28 October 2022
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Revolver
CD (made in the UK)
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Revolver
CD (Europe stereo; PM 518; Made in Holland; ifpi 1524)
R
Revolver
CD (medium has right society: “S.I.A.E.” & “Made in Italy”, no SID code)
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Revolver
CD (Made in Holland / PM 518 / trademark note on the back cover)
R
Revolver
CD
R
Revolver
CD (Digital Audio Technologies Australia)
R
Revolver
CD (pressed by DADC – DIDX-001481)
R
Revolver
CD (Pressed by Cinram, Richmond, IN)
R
Revolver
12" Vinyl (mono, red vinyl)
6 April 1986
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Revolver Mono Matrix 1
2x CD
1998
R
Revolver
CD (Dr Ebbetts original US mono)
2001
R
Revolver
CD (Dr Ebbetts original US stereo)
2001
R
Revolver
CD (UK stereo DESS bootleg)
2005
R
Revolver
CD
2008