Vinyl L.P · Mono · Parlophone Records · PMC 7009.
1966 · U.K.
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Liner notes:
Recording Produced by GEORGE MARTIN
Cover Designed by KLAUS VOORMANN
Back cover photo by ROBERT WHITAKER Ⓟ 1966
PCS 7009
SIDE ONE LEAD SINGER
1. TAXMAN (Harrison) George Harrison
2. ELEONOR RIGBY (Lennon-McCartney) Paul McCartney
3. I’M ONLY SLEEPEING (Lennon-McCartney) John Lennon
4. LOVE YOU TO (Harrison) Tabla-Anil Bhagwat George Harrison
5. HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE (Lennon-McCartney) Paul McCartney
6. YELLOW SUBMARINE (Lennon-McCartney) Ringo Starr
7. SHE SAID SHE SAID (Lennon-McCartney) John Lennon
SIDE TWO LEAD SINGER
1. GOOD DAY SUNSHINE (Lennon/McCartney) Paul McCartney
2. AND YOUR BIRD CAN SING (Lennon/McCartney) John Lennon
3. FOR NO ONE (Lennon/McCartney) Horn-Alan Civil Paul McCartney
4. D.R ROBERT (Lennon/McCartney) John Lennon
5. I WANT TO TELL YOU (Harrison) George Harrison
6. GOT TO GET YOU INTO MY LIFE (Lennon/McCartney) Paul McCartney
7. TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS (Lennon/McCartney) John Lennon
John Lennon: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; rhythm and acoustic guitars; Hammond organ, Mellotron, harmonium; tape loops, sound effects; tambourine, handclaps, finger snaps.
Paul McCartney: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; bass, rhythm and lead guitars; piano, clavichord; tape loops, sound effects; handclaps, finger snaps.
George Harrison: Lead, harmony and backing vocals; lead, acoustic, rhythm and bass guitars; sitar, tambura; tape loops, sound effects; maracas, tambourine, handclaps, finger snaps.
Ringo Starr: Drums; tambourine, maracas, cowbell, shaker, handclaps, finger snaps; tape loops; lead and backing vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Other musicians:
George Martin: Piano (Good Day Sunshine, Tomorrow Never Knows); Hammond organ (Got to Get You into My Life); tape loop of the marching band (Yellow Submarine). With Paul McCartney: String octet orchestrated & conducted (Eleanor Rigby); Horn section arranged & conducted (Got to Get You into My Life).
Anil Bhagwat: Tabla (Love You To).
Alan Civil: French horn (For No One).
Geoff Emerick: Tape loop of the marching band (Yellow Submarine).
Mal Evans: Bass drum and background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Neil Aspinall: Background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Brian Jones: Sound effects, ocarina and background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Pattie Boyd: Background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Marianne Faithfull: Background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Alf Bicknell: Sound effects and background vocals (Yellow Submarine).
Tony Gilbert, Sidney Sax, John Sharpe, Jurgen Hess: Violins.
Stephen Shingles, John Underwood: Violas.
Derek Simpson, Norman Jones: Cellos.
Eddie Thornton, Ian Hamer, Les Condon: Trumpet.
Peter Coe, Alan Branscombe: Tenor saxophone.
Credits:
George Martin: Producer.
Geoff Emerick: Recording and mixing engineer.
Recorded: 6 April – 21 June 1966.
Studio: EMI Studios, London, U.K.
Released: 5 August, 1966.
Lyrics:
Taxman.
(Harrison)
Let me tell you how it will be
There's one for you, nineteen for me
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small
Be thankful I don't take it all
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah I'm the taxman.
If you drive a car, I'll tax the street,
If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat.
If you get too cold I'll tax the heat,
If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
Don't ask me what I want it for
If you don't want to pay some more
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman.
Now my advice for those who die
Declare the pennies on your eyes
'Cause I'm the taxman, yeah, I'm the taxman
And you're working for no one but me.
Eleanor Rigby.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby picks up the rice in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from ?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong ?
Father McKenzie writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near.
Look at him working. Darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people.
Eleanor Rigby died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved.
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
I'm Only Sleeping.
(Lennon-McCartney)
When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream).
Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping.
Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy
Running everywhere at such a speed
Till they find there's no need (there's no need).
Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all I'm only sleeping.
Keeping an eye on the world going by my window
Taking my time.
Lying there and staring at the ceiling
Waiting for a sleepy feeling...
Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away
And after all I'm only sleeping.
Keeping an eye on the world going by my window
Taking my time.
When I wake up early in the morning
Lift my head, I'm still yawning
When I'm in the middle of a dream
Stay in bed, float up stream (float up stream).
Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping.
Love You To.
(Harrison)
Each day just goes so fast
I turn around - it's past
You don't time to hang a sign on me.
Love me while you can
Before I'm dead old man.
A lifetime is so short
A new one can't be bought
And what you've got means such a lot to me.
Make love all day long
Make love singing songs.
There's people standing round
Who screw you in the ground
They'll fill your head with all the things you see.
I'll make love to you
If you want me too.
Here, There And Everywhere.
(Lennon-McCartney)
To lead a better life I need my home to be here.
Here, making each day of the year
Changing my life with the wave of her hand
Nobody can deny that there's something there.
There, running my hands through her hair
Both of us thinking how good it can be
Someone is speking but she doesn't know he's there.
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share.
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
I want her everywhere and if she's beside me
I know I need never care
But to love her is to need her everywhere
Knowing that love is to share.
Each one believing that love never dies
Watching her eyes and hoping I'm always there.
To be there and everywhere
Here, there and everywhere.
Yellow Submarine.
(Lennon-McCartney)
In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines.
So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
And our friends are all on board
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play.
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
As we live a life of ease
Everyone of us has all we need
Sky of blue and sea of green
In our yellow submarine.
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in our yellow submarine,
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine.
She Said She Said.
(Lennon-McCartney)
She said I know what it's like to be dead
I know what it is to be sad
And she's making me feel like I've never been born.
I said "Who put all those things in your hair
Things that make me feel that I'm mad
And you're making me feel like I've never been born."
She said "you don't understand what I said"
I said "No, no, no, you're wrong"
When I was a boy everything was right
Everything was right.
I said "Even though you know what you know
I know that I'm ready to leave
'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."
She said "you don't understand what I said"
I said "No, no, no, you're wrong"
When I was a boy everything was right
Everything was right.
I said "Even though you know what you know
I know that I'm ready to leave
'Cause you're making me feel like I've never been born."
She said I know what it's like to be dead
I know what it is to be sad...
Good Day Sunshine.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.
I need to laugh and when the sun is out
I've got something I can laugh about
I feel good in a special way
I'm in love and it's a sunny day.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.
We take a walk, the sun is shining down
Burns my feet as they touch the ground.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine.
Then we'd lie beneath the shady tree
I love her and she's loving me
She feels good, she knows she's looking fine
I'm so proud to know that she is mine.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine, good day sunshine
And Your Bird Can Sing.
(Lennon-McCartney)
You tell me that you've got everything you want
And your bird can sing
But you don't get me, you don't get me.
You say you've seen seven wonders and your bird is green
But you can't see me, you can't see me.
When your prized possessions start to wear you down
Look in my direction, I'll be round, I'll be round.
When your bird is broken will it bring you down
You may be awoken, I'll be round, I'll be round.
You tell me that you've heard every sound there is
And your bird can swim
But you can't hear me, you can't hear me.
For No One.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Your day breaks, your mind aches
You find that all the words of kindness linger on
When she no longer needs you.
She wakes up, she makes up
She takes her time and doesn't feel she has to hurry
She no longer needs you.
And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years!
You want her, you need her
And yet you don't believe her when she said her love is dead
You think she needs you.
And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years!
You stay home, she goes out
She says that long ago she knew someone but now he's gone
She doesn't need him.
Your day breaks, your mind aches
There will be times when all the things she said will fil your head
You won't forget her.
And in her eyes you see nothing
No sign of love behind the tears
Cried for no one
A love that should have lasted years!
Doctor Robert.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Ring my friend, I said you call Doctor Robert
Day or night he'll be there any time at all, Doctor Robert
Doctor Robert, you're a new and better man,
He helps you to understand
He does everything he can, Doctor Robert
If you're down he'll pick you up, Doctor Robert
Take a drink from his special cup, Doctor Robert
Doctor Robert, he's a man you must believe,
Helping everyone in need
No one can succeed like Doctor Robert
Well, well, well, you're feeling fine
Well, well, well, he'll make you ... Doctor Robert
My friend works for the national health, Doctor Robert
Don't pay money just to see yourself with Doctor Robert
Doctor Robert, you're a new and better man,
He helps you to understand
He does everything he can, Doctor Robert
Well, well, well, you're feeling fine
Well, well, well, he'll make you ... Doctor Robert
I Want To Tell You.
(Harrison)
I want to tell you
My head is filled with things to say
When you're here
All those words, they seem to slip away.
When I get near you,
The games begin to drag me down
It's all right
I'll make you maybe next time around.
But if I seem to act unkind
It's only me, it's not my mind
That is confusing things.
I want to tell you
I feel hung up but I don't know why,
I don't mind
I could wait forever, I've got time.
Sometimes I wish I knew you well,
Then I could speak my mind and tell you
Maybe you'd understand.
I want to tell you
I feel hung up but I don't know why,
I don't mind
I could wait forever, I've got time, I've got time, I've got time.
Got To Get You Into My Life.
(Lennon-McCartney)
I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of mind there.
Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life.
You didn't run, you didn't lie
You knew I wanted just to hold you
And had you gone you knew in time we'd meet again
For I had told you.
Ooh, you were meant to be near me
Ooh, and I want you hear me
Say we'll be together every day.
Got to get you into my life.
What can I do, what can I be,
When I'm with you I want to stay there
If I'm true I'll never leave
And if I do I know the way there.
Ooh, then I suddenly see you,
Ooh, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life.
Got to get you into my life
Got to get you into my life.
I was alone, I took a ride,
I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could see another kind of
mind there
Then suddenly I see you,
Did I tell you I need you...
Tomorrow Never Knows.
(Lennon-McCartney)
Turn off your mind, relax and float down stream,
It is not dying, it is not dying.
Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void,
It is shining, it is shining.
Yet you may see the meaning of within
It is being, it is being.
Love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing, it is knowing.
And ignorance and hate mourn the dead
It is believing, it is believing.
But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not leaving, it is not leaving.
So play the game "Existence" to the end
Of the beginning, of the beginning.
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ReplyDeleteRevolver is the seventh studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 5 August 1966, accompanied by the double A-side single "Eleanor Rigby" / "Yellow Submarine".
The album was the Beatles' final recording project before their retirement as live performers and marked the group's most overt use of studio technology to date, building on the advances of their late 1965 release Rubber Soul.
It has since become regarded as one of the greatest and most innovative albums in the history of popular music, with recognition centred on its range of musical styles, diverse sounds and lyrical content.
The Beatles recorded Revolver after taking a three-month break at the start of 1966, and during a period when London was feted as the era's cultural capital.
Regarded by some commentators as the start of the group's psychedelic period, the songs reflect their interest in the drug LSD, Eastern philosophy and the avant-garde while addressing themes such as death and transcendence of material concerns.
With no plans to reproduce their new material in concert, the band made liberal use of automatic double tracking, varispeed, reversed tapes, close audio miking, and instruments outside of their standard live set-up.
Among its tracks are "Tomorrow Never Knows", incorporating heavy Indian drone and a collage of tape loops; "Eleanor Rigby", a song about loneliness featuring a string octet as its only musical backing; and "Love You To", a foray into Hindustani classical music. The sessions also produced a non-album single, "Paperback Writer" backed with "Rain".
In the United Kingdom, the album's 14 tracks were gradually distributed to radio stations in the weeks before its release.
In North America, Revolver was reduced to 11 songs by Capitol Records, with the omitted three appearing on the June 1966 LP Yesterday and Today.
The release there coincided with the Beatles' final concert tour and the controversy surrounding John Lennon's remark that the band had become "more popular than Jesus".
The album topped the Record Retailer chart in the UK for seven weeks and the US Billboard Top LPs list for six weeks.
Critical reaction was highly favourable in the UK but less so in the US amid the press's unease at the band's outspokenness on contemporary issues.
Revolver expanded the boundaries of pop music, revolutionised standard practices in studio recording, advanced principles espoused by the 1960s counterculture, and inspired the development of psychedelic rock, electronica, progressive rock and world music.
The album cover, designed by Klaus Voormann, combined Aubrey Beardsley-inspired line drawing with photo collage and won the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Album Cover, Graphic Arts.
Aided by the 1987 international CD release, which standardised its content to the original Parlophone version, Revolver has surpassed Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in many critics' estimation as the Beatles' best album.
It was ranked first in the 1998 and 2000 editions of Colin Larkin's book All Time Top 1000 Albums and third in the 2003 and 2012 editions of Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
It has been certified double platinum by the BPI and 5× platinum by the RIAA. A remixed and expanded edition of the album was released in 2022.