The Beatles Revolver UK vs. USA | Vinyl Rewind

This week The Vinyl Geek is back with another versus episode, this time around he takes a look at Revolver from 1966. Which one is better? Watch and find out!
CORRECTIONS
Beatles began Revolver with Emerick in March 1966. Norman Smith started with Pink Floyd in early 1967 so he didn't leave the Beatles to produce Pink Floyd as stated
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[chasegilley]

The reverse guitar solo on I'm Only Sleeping is the greatest guitar solo ever.

[steviecopeland]

Ringo: well if ye can't play, then what else can ye do?
John: yeah...
Ringo: well, tomorrow never knows.
John: *wheeze*

[peir]

There is something magical about the song " Here, there and everywhere". I can't explain it

[clearcoat]

The U.K albums are the real Beatles albums.  The American releases are just compilations.  The only one they got right was Magical Mystery Tour but that is not a real Beatles album.  They just took the British EP and added five songs released as singles from 1967.  It works very well.  The U.S Revolver record I hope is out of print and stays that way.  Thank goodness they stopped this nonsense and Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, Let It Be and Abbey Road are all the same on both sides of the Atlantic.

[DarthWaroc]

the most unforgivable thing about the US version to me is the fact that it only includes two Lennon songs

[murphychace]

I always felt like I Want To Tell You was an underrated song on the album

[AlterMann]

One of the coolest things I've found about my original U.S. copy bought back when it was released was that when you adjust the balance on your stereo from the left speaker to the right you can hear the music played on one speaker and the vocals are omitted and just the opposite if your adjust it the other way. This is my all time favourite album by The Beatles.

[Retroboxmedia]

You are absolutely right. Capitol's objective was to 'create' albums out of singles and b sides to create and generate more cash. The Beatles eventually responded to this with the (rejected) 'butcher' cover for Y&T.

[lennydellarocca]

Capitol Records cannibalized the British LPs to make "extra" Bealtes LPs for the very purpose you mentioned- Money. No debate about that.

[bubaah]

You are one of the best authorities I've seen on the Beatles on You Tube. Great video!!! Rock on!!!

[aldiakaroofus]

I consider the U.K. Revolver album to be not only the best Beatle album but the best pop/rock album of all time. It's Lennon at the peak of his creativity (IMHO). It has not 2 but 3 Harrison compositions, all excellent. Ringo performs a hit song, Paul 's ballads are absolute gems (Here There and Everywhere, For No One), the ordering of the tracks is smooth (I'd never dare hit "shuffle" when playing the CD!) and as hard as I try, I can't find a single weakness in this perfect album.

[thezenitsufan]

My favorite song on Revolver is She Said She Said

[jrgboy]

I believe EMI said to Capitol, which it owned at the time, that if they messed around with the Sgt Pepper album then they would revoke their licence to produce Beatles records..

[nealbfinn]

Just stumbled onto this channel while cruising around. Very cool and very knowledgeable.

[drutgat]

Many thanks for this.

'Revolver' actually has more electronic and tape experiments on it than 'Sgt. Pepper' does. And - in all cases - the original, British versions of the albums are the bona fide versions, because those were the versions that The Beatles wanted and authorized.

[mrmaestro]

BTW - the mono version of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is much better than the stereo. The sounds effects are clipped shorter, giving them a more 'hellish' sound. Just my 2 cents.

[GEFpickupman]

I think you should do a vs for the white album. The track listings are the same but the English version is the only one to have the mono mix, maybe you should do a mono vs stereo white album video because the mixes are quite different. Plus the look is a bit different but just a thought!

[kowloonbroadcast]

much respect for your attention for “Tomorrow Never Knows”. it seems like it’s been forgotten a bit in any discussion around the band in recent years. in my mind it still stays as the most important song they’ve ever composed from a musicianship point of perspective.
at least ‘cause of the simple reason that whenever i happen show it to anyone who’s unfamiliar with it in a “blind test” style, meaning, that i’m not telling who’s song it is or when it was recorded - the moment i tell that it’s a 1966 piece - 100% of all cases I get dropped jaws as feedback reactions.
i can’t name any other Beatles song that has this effect.

absolute ultimate masterpiece period

[jameslynch]

I want to see a review on "A Night At The Opera" by Queen

[horowizard]

At 7:17 Tomorrow Never Knows was originally titled Mark I.
It was also the first track that newly promoted engineer Geoff Emerick was to work on.