Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Beatles - Revolution

Label: Vigotone, VT-117

Total Time: 71:27
1 Mellotron Music No. 1 1.30 May 68 John's home demo
2 Girl 2.04 11 Nov 65 Monitor mix
3 We Can Work It Out/Lucy From Littletown 2.46 Sep 65/??? Paul's demo/John's poem
4 Michelle 0.58 Sep 65 Paul's instrumental demo
5 We Can Work It Out 2.13 20 Oct 65 Single-tracked vocal (RM1)
6 It's Not Too Bad 0.47 Late Sep 66 John's demo #1
7 It's Not Too Bad 1.15 Late Sep 66 John's demo #2
8 It's Not Too Bad 1.27 Late Sep 66 John's demo #3
9 Good Morning Good Morning 1.02 Early Feb 67 John's home demo
10 Mellotron Music No. 2 0.29 May 68 John's home demo
11 Revolution 3.27 10 Jul 68 Take 15 (no organ)
12 Across The Universe 3.52 4 Feb 68 Interim mix of take 8
13 Revolution 9 7.46 21 Jun 68 Rough mix from acetate
14 Mellotron Music No. 3 0.21 May 68 John's home demo
15 Julia 3.21 Summer 68 John's home demo
16 Stranger In My Arms 3.35 May 68 John's home demo
17 Revolution 1 23.40 4 Jun 68 Overdub session
18 Hey Jude 7.09 4 Sep 68 Promo film (video version)
19 Revolution 3.27 4 Sep 68 Promo film

1. Mellotron Music #1
John Lennon's mellotron experiment, Weybridge 1968.

2. Girl
Rough mono monitor mix of the backing track recorded at EMI on November 11, 1965.
Mixed on November 15.

3. We Can Work It Out / Lucy From Littletown
Paul McCartney's acoustic guitar home demo, London Autumn 1965 .
Taped over by John Lennon's undated spoken word play.

4. Michelle
Paul McCartney's acoustic home demo, London, Autumn 1965.

5. We Can Work It Out
Rough Mono Mix recorded at EMI on October 20 & 29, 1965.
Mixed on October 28-29 & November 11.

6 - 8. It's Not Too Bad
Three of John Lennon's composing demos for Strawberry Fields Forever taped during
Mid-September to Early December 1966 in Santa Isabel, Spain.

9. Good Morning, Good Morning
John Lennon's home demo recorded early 1967.

10. Mellotron Music #2
John Lennon's mellotron experiment, Weybridge 1968.

11. Revolution
Stereo alternate mix recorded during July 10-13, 1968 at EMI, without Nicky Hopkins' piano overdub.

12. Across The Universe
Stereo alternate mix recorded at EMI on February 4 & 8, 1968.

13. Revolution 9
An alternate mono mix from a two-sided acetate.
Recorded and edited on June 10-11, 20-21 & 25, 1968 at EMI.

14. Mellotron Music #3
John Lennon's mellotron experiment, Weybridge 1968.

15. Julia (Take 1)
John Lennon's acoustic home demo, Weybridge, May 1968

16. Stranger In My Arms
John Lennon's mellotron based unfinished composition, Weybridge, May 1968

17. Revolution 1
Yoko Ono's personal experiences and observations taped during an overdub session and playback session at EMI on June 4, 1968 which resulted in a rough mono mix of take 20.

18. Hey Jude
Soundtrack from the promotional film shot on September 4, 1968.

19. Revolution
Soundtrack from the promotional film shot on September 4, 1968.

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