The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

Strawberry Fields Forever is one of the Beatles' most well-known and beloved songs. But you might not have realized that the final version of the song is actually two completely different takes of the song, stitched together seamlessly by the talented team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios.

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[josephraymondjohn]

I always noticed this, but I just figured it was always intentional, like the drugs just kicked in and such.

[Daniel-oufb]

I've always noticed the sound changing throughout this song and thought it was intentional to make it psychedelic.

[memelordmarcus]

Behold, the first beat drop in the world.

[bron-yr-aur]

“Let me take you down cus I’m- GOING TO STRAWBERRY FIELDS”
Woah, John, calm down!

[maxcohen]

Basically, this is reiterating what most already knew: George Martin was the fifth Beatle.

[firmanchristiansianturi]

I think John's deeper vocals is what made me like this song so much, consciously or subconsciously

[Samtastictogo]

“You can’t unhear this”
Do I want to finish the video?

[markrumbolo]

I have always thought that John wanted you to feel as if you were entering "strawberry Fields" As he sings let me take you down cause I'm going to the fields and the magical enhancement of instruments and sounds. Like when you enter OZ in the wizard of oz, the movie switches from B&W to COLOR.

[plasticage]

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.

genius, just a genius. period

[Crazeyfor]

I'm 65 and often I realize that being young and really alive during the time of the Beatles was a fortunate, lucky gift. Thanks for the cool info.

[bfishryuhayabusa]

The genius of George Martin. I always remember a BBC interview where he talked about the recordings he made with The Beatles. For this one, when John Lennon said he wanted to start with take 7 and end with take 26, Martin told him they couldn't do that because they were in different keys and at different tempos. Lennon said "I'm sure you can figure it out!" Martin then realized that the faster take was also in the higher key, so slowing it down with varispeed would bring it closer to the other take in both tempo and pitch. By a miracle, it just happened to perfectly match. Lennon got back, heard it, and said, "See? I knew you could do it!" and walked off, leaving Martin thinking, "...You cheeky bastard. You just regularly expect the impossible..."

This edit (and most other Beatles edits where two takes are spliced together) is much more noticeable in earlier releases, as George Martin has since gone back and redone the edits to make them more seamless.

[jamesharwell]

I don't prefer the original take 26. Final product was perfect.

[bluetortilla]

It definitely sounds deliberate. Like when LSD starts kicking in lol!

[bmo]

The song is 60 years old, and I’m still listening in 2020, thats evolution.

[til]

“By this point the Beatles were experimenting heavily with LSD which, , , ,







probably explains a lot...”

[oldredbarnman]

The "Engineers" you refer to was just ONE engineer, and his name was Geoff Emerick. It was HE who did the masterful work of joining the two pieces together. RIP Geoff!!

[SmilingAdvocate]

I can’t hear this song without a recent memory haunting me: I went to The Beatles Story meuseum in Liverpool a month ago and in the Seargent Pepper section, I wasn’t looking where I was going and tripped and fell in the mock grave as Strawberry Fields Forever played

[nigelpufkin]

I've always noticed the transition, and always thought of it as an audio representation of the wavy, warping visuals you sometimes see on acid trips.

[FelixMarshFTW]

I though you were gonna talk about the "fookin hell" in Hey Jude

[raindrops_]

That evil genius Paul McCartney at it again, subconsciously sabotaging this song so that it would become one of the most epic songs ever recorded. John really needed to lay off the mind-bending drugs.