Bringing the Beatles back to life, revisiting Revolver | Giles Martin

“Paul McCartney said to me, when we sat down to do Revolver, he goes, ‘this is our most individual record, and this is where we discovered pot.’”

Son of Beatles’ producer George Martin, Giles Martin reflects the mammoth task of remastering ‘Revolver' with Hugo Rifkind.

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[stevedundee]

Listening in Australia..what a wonderful interview. Am so glad that Giles has followed in the footsteps of his father. What a gift we have being able to hear The Beatles Revolver (Abbey Road, Let It Be, SGT Pepper and the White Album) reimagined audio wise for our times. A splendid time guaranteed for all 👍

[StanKindly]

The Japanese auto industry is the best Beatle metaphor I've ever heard!
Clearly Giles inherited his Father's genius and wit 💕

[superlove]

It's actually not a remaster, it is a remix. Two very different things.

[almar]

I've bought Revolver 2022 remix recently. It's a great version. Thank you sir.

[Painter]

Remember that Geoff Emerick the engineer came up with the "sound" and effects on this landmark album. He was probably as important as George Martin in the final version of the album.

[drutgat]

That was a great interview - it stands out from all the rest. Well done, interviewer.

[sharonevans]

Thank you Giles and Peter Jackson's team, we are eternally grateful 💖🎶💖

[goodiesguy]

I just want to hear the rest of the albums now, especially Rubber Soul and Please Please Me.

[MrDiddyDee]

You have this video titled as a remaster, but the whole point of this project is it is a REMIX. We have had remasters of The Beatles albums previously, cleaned up versions of the stereo mix. Giles has explained the difference very well before as in the differences between preparing a car for sale. Remastering is like cleaning the car's bodywork and upholstery to make it presentable, whereas remixing is like stripping the car down to it's component parts, cleaning and repairing each of those, and then rebuilding the car.

[will]

I think it’s worth while to remix the previous albums. I enjoyed the new Revolver remix. Although, some of the vocals did sound a bit weird on a few tracks. Other than that, I enjoyed it! If they can get the vocals sounding natural on “Rubber Soul” It would be a real treat!

[geofo]

I still have the original album on vinyl. It sounds great, the way I first heard it all those years ago. I guess for those who don't either have a copy or aren't familiar with it, they won't know the difference.

[jeremiah]

For me there are the original mono versions and the new remixes, aside from Abbey Road and Let It Be, which were mixed for stereo. Giles has done an amazing job.

[shortattentionspantheatre]

I'm put in mind re: not repeating themselves of Miles Davis's credo: "I love playing ballads, that's why I don't play ballads."

[mcw]

why wasnt Geoff emerick involved with this...his name is not even MENTIONED

[stereofidelic]

Demixing in its current technological state has been around since at least 2019 in the form of Deezer's Spleeter algorithm and Izotope's RX editing software. Peter Jackson's tech it a tinkered version of Spleeter, so he's late to the table with this despite what EMI and Jackson would like you to believe.

[janach]

Since the Beatles’ music has never died, there is no need to bring it “back to life.”

[knockedoutloaded]

The anthology will be massive improvement in sound in 2024/5

[adrianmist]

I will listen to this under caution as Revolver has been remixed not remastered, there's an important difference.

[Jimmie_Rudolfsson]

When will people know the difference between remix and remaster.
Giles remixes the Beatles albums.
The 2009 releases were remasters.

[JanPBtest]

7:02 Giles, if you do, start with the oldest albums because your father had already remixed "Help!" and "Rubber Soul".