BEATLES REVOLVER 1ST UK -2 -1 ALT TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS

	£		304
	$		403

BEATLES ULTRA RARE VERSION OF ''REVOLVER'' ORIGINAL, THE EARLIEST RAREST 1966 1ST UK PRESS YELLOW AND BLACK PARLOPHONE LABEL (MONO)  EMI GOLD SAMPLE COPY STAMP USED TO PROMOTE THE ALBUM PRIOR TO IT’S OFFICIAL RELEASE,  UK PRESS KT STAMP CODE, MATRIX XEX 605-2 XEX 606-1 WITH THE LONG (ORIGINAL) MIX OF ‘TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS’ MIX 11, THIS PRESSING WAS WITHDRAWN AFTER ONLY ONE DAY OF PRESSING BY GEORGE MARTIN AND RELEASED WITH THE MORE COMMON MIX OF THE TRACK AND THE MATRIX CHANGED FROM -1 TO -2. ORIGINAL. THE ALBUM ALSO HAS THE VERY RARE EJ DAY FLIPBACK COVER, VERY FEW OF THIS RARE 1ST PRESS CAME WITH THIS COVER ALSO WITH THE RARE MISPRINT ''DR.ROBERT'' ON THE COVER AND THE VINYL  - LATER CORRECTED TO ''DOCTOR ROBERT''. THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE RAREST BEATLES PRESSINGS TO FIND WITH THESE UNIQUE FEATURES. PLEASE NOTE THIS ALBUM IS LISTED FOR THE RARITY VALUE RATHER THAN CONDITION

Matrix/Mothers  Side1 XEX 605 - 2 / 5 RM     Side2 XEX 606 - 1 / 3 AA

I have been a collector of vinyl for more than 30 years, with a collection of over 2,000 albums, the time has come to part with some of the collection. Over the coming months I will be listing some of the albums I have decided to part with here on ebay as well as on my bluesvinyl4u website, while the majority of my albums are blues related from all eras, there will be a mixed bag to chose from.

ALBUM DESCRIPTION (Scroll Down For Supersize Pictures)

Revolver is The Beatles' seventh album, released on August 5, 1966. The album showcased a number of new stylistic developments which would become more pronounced on later albums. Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with their previous, folk-rock inspired Rubber Soul. It reached number1 in the UK chart for 7 weeks and number1 on the U.S. chart for 6 weeks.

Revolver was released before the Beatles stopped touring, and some people were disappointed that, during that tour, the Beatles did not perform songs from that album. At least one reason is that the music was getting more complicated, thus getting more difficult to play live. The newest song the Beatles performed on their 1966 tours was "Paperback Writer", released on a single and recorded at the same time as the Revolver album.

"Eleanor Rigby", one of Paul McCartney's songs on the album, was released as a single (in a double A-side with "Yellow Submarine") concurrently with the album. The song contains McCartney's lyrical imagery and a string arrangement (scored by George Martin under McCartney's direction).

Lennon was the main writer of "I'm Only Sleeping". George Harrison and John Lennon played the notes for the lead guitar (and for the second guitar in the solo) in reverse order, then reversed the tape and mixed it in. The backwards guitar sound builds the sleepy, ominous, and weeping tone of the song. This, along with backwards vocals used on the Beatles song "Rain" (recorded at the sessions and released separately, as the B-side to the "Paperback Writer" single), was the first recorded instance of backmasking in popular music, which Lennon stated that he discovered after mistakenly loading a reel-to-reel tape backwards under the influence of marijuana.

Another key production technique used for the first time on this album was automatic double tracking (ADT), invented by EMI engineer Ken Townsend on 6 April 1966. This technique used two linked tape recorders to create automatically a doubled vocal track. The standard method was to double the vocal by singing the same piece twice onto a multitrack tape, a task Lennon particularly disliked. The Beatles were reportedly delighted with the invention, and used it extensively on Revolver. ADT quickly became a standard pop production technique, and led to related developments, including chorus.

Revolver was also a breakthrough album for Harrison as a songwriter, and he contributed three songs on Revolver, including the opening track, "Taxman". The guitar solo is actually played by McCartney. The "Mr. Wilson" and "Mr. Heath" referred to in the lyrics (right after the word "taxman") are Harold Wilson and Edward Heath, who were, respectively, the British Labour Prime Minister, and Conservative Leader of the Opposition at the time. This marked the first time that public figures were directly named in a Beatles song. In the Anthology 2 version, "Mr. Wilson and Mr Heath" were replaced with "Anybody got a little money." The song was a protest against the high marginal rates of income tax paid by high earners like the Beatles, which were sometimes as much as 95 percent of their income. (This would lead to many top musicians becoming tax exiles in later years.)!!!

Harrison also wrote "I Want to Tell You", about his difficulty expressing himself in words. "Love You To" marked a significant expansion of his burgeoning interest in Indian music and the sitar, which started with "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" on 1965's Rubber Soul. Beatles fans also point out that it was the intro to "Love You To" that was playing in the background when the Harrison character first appears in Yellow Submarine, the animated Beatles movie released in 1968. 

Track Listing

Side 1

1. Taxman - Harrison

2. Eleanor Rigby - Lennon, McCartney

3. I'm Only Sleeping - Lennon, McCartney

4. Love To You - Harrison

5. Here, There And Everywhere - Lennon, McCartney

6. Yellow Submarine - Lennon, McCartney

7. She Said She Said - Lennon, McCartney

Side 2

1. Good Day Sunshine - Lennon, McCartney

2. And Your Bird Can Sing - Lennon, McCartney

3. For No One - Lennon, McCartney

4. Dr. Robert - Lennon, McCartney

5. I Want To Tell You - Harrison

6. Got To Get You Into My Life - Lennon, McCartney

7. Tomorrow Never Knows - Lennon, McCartney

As I noted in the main notes this album is listed for the exceptionally rare features and not for it’s audio quality. While the audio is loud clear and vibrant there are some clicks, pops and ticks but no jumps or sticks or signs of groovewear.

THE VINYL

The vinyl is of course the heavy robust early type, and is generally clean considering this is a 44 year old vinyl, there are a some minor scuffs and a few more significant needle marks.

THE COVER 

COVER

This is the original and very rare EJ Day & Co. Ltd laminated front flipback (very few copies were released with this EJ Day cover) and is generally in great condition. The cover has the gold ‘EMI RECORDS SAMPLE COPY’ stamp, put on promotional copies released prior to the general distribution of the album. There is a small amount of laminate creasing and a couple of very minor creasing marks on the rear and a small biro mark which is barely noticable (check photos), the flipbacks are sound with a couple of minor laminate creases and very minor colour aging. Corners have a small amount of storage wear, there is a minor split about 10mm on the top opening corner, the spine is straight with all the writing perfectly clear and legible. The original 'Emitex' inner sleeve is in superb condition.

THE LABELS 

The labels are the early press only yellow and black Parlophone while some spidering can be seen it clearly hasn’t been overplayed.  Labels also feature the early press only  Dr. Robert spelling mistake quickly changed to ‘Doctor Robert’ and the KT Tax Code Stamp.

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE VINYL AND COVER WILL BE INSERTED SEPARATELY IN POLY SLEEVES AND WRAPPED WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION.

I have tried to give an honest assessment of the item listed. I have played the item track by track and again given my honest view on the audio quality. The photos I have taken are intended to give you the clearest impression of the visual quality. Please note, photos are the actual item for sale.

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