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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Preferring demos to the finished product? |
| Date | Fri, 27 Feb 2004 11:21:37 -0500 |
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AT Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 10:57:07 Gary wrote:
>
><< Which Beatle album or albums had Paul McCartney convinced that they were
>totally out of tune. And he apparently tried pretty hard to convince the
>other members of the same -so as to re-record them. During the near end of
>the recording process of course. >>
>
>Legend has it this took place during the Fabs' mid-66 tour of Germany,
>when the band first received acetates of the final "Revolver" sequence:
>
>Methinks the Cute Beatle may have simply been suffering from a bout of Los
>Paranoias after inhaling some particularly potent jazz cigarettes tho ;-)
I've complained about Revolver for years...
It's common for instruments to get 'bent' after a multitude of overdubs.
But, on "Revolver" even the piano on "Good Day Sunshine" is out of tune [and
"Tomorrow Never Knows" is just beyond tuning]. Out of all the Brit bands
from that era I thought The Beatles were the best at staying in tune (The
Who were the worst) -- "Rubber Soul" is nearly flawless -- but as the
multi-tracking started saturating the recording process there's definite
wigginess on "Revolver" and a good portion of "Sgt. Pepper".
But, that does not in anyway distract from the charm of the material.
I find it interesting that the majority of material from our upcoming
Beatles tribute (only 30 days away and counting) the acts from this very
Power Pop community stuck with the Revolver/Pepper/White Album era of
material.
Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye
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