| Revolver: A Step Forward | | | | in a new direction. As were many of the other |
| I love Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band | | | | songs on the album to a somewhat lesser extent. |
| (which was released in 1967) but I do sometimes | | | | Mixed In Mono |
| think it gets too much credit as being the album | | | | When Revolver was recorded and mixed in 1966 |
| that introduced "art" to rock music. What about | | | | it was done so in mono. The stereo mix that was |
| Revolver? (Or The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds?) | | | | made was basically just "thrown together" in |
| Rubber Soul? | | | | comparison with the many hours spent getting |
| I also question those who say that they don't | | | | the mono mix just right. |
| hear much difference between 1965's Rubber | | | | The Original Mono Mix Has Never Been Released |
| Soul and 1966's Revolver. In my view Rubber | | | | On CD |
| Soul was a great collection of songs but Revolver | | | | When The Beatles albums were put on CD in the |
| definitely took it to the next step both as far as | | | | 1980s the original mono mixes of albums like |
| the cohesiveness of it and as far as the | | | | Revolver were excluded which has meant that |
| experimental nature of much of the music and | | | | the only way to hear these original versions ("the |
| production. | | | | albums as they were intended to be heard" as |
| Experiments In Songwriting, Arrangement, & | | | | real mono-maniacs would say) would be to track |
| Production | | | | down the original vinyl LPs or to try and purchase |
| The Beatles had never done songs that sounded | | | | illegal bootleg CDs. In both cases it could be |
| like "Eleanor Rigby," "Tomorrow Never Knows," or | | | | difficult to find what you're looking for and very |
| "Love You To" before. These were all huge steps | | | | expensive to pay for it once you have found it! |