paulisded
02-25-2009, 10:36 AM
Beatles, "Revolution 1" (Take 20) (http://scotthudson.20m.com/Music/BEArevo128.mp3)
This may be the greatest bootleg find in years. The first half is very similar to the version found on the White Album, but it dissolves into complete madness. Here's what Mark Lewisohn says about this version in Sessions:
Take 18 was different, substantially different, and it was the basis
of the final LP version. It began so soon after the previous take that
Geoff Emerick, in punching the talkback button simultaenously with the
start of the song, announced "Take 18" over John Lennon's vocal, the
first take with vocals, in fact. John deliberately kept Emerick's
words as part of the song and thus they appear on the album. Secondly,
this take did not stop after five minutes. It kept on and on and on,
eventually running out at 10:17 with John's shout to the others and
the control room 'Ok, I've had enough!'. The last six minutes pure
chaos - the sound of a 'Revolution', if you like - with discordant
instrumental jamming, plenty of feedback, JohnnLennon repeatedly
screaming 'alright' and then, simply, repeatedly, screaming, with lots
of on-microphone moaning by John and his new girlfriend Yoko Ono, with
Yoko talking and saying such off-the-wall phrases as "you become
naked" and with the overlay of miscellaneous home-made sound effects
tapes.
There can be no doubt - take 18 of "Revolution 1" was riveting. But in
its present length there was no way it could be released as a single,
something the Beatles were actively considering at this point. Before
very long the last six minutes would be hived off to form the basis
for "Revolution 9"
This version is technically take 20, but it's really the same take with a new vocal and a few other overdubs.
This may be the greatest bootleg find in years. The first half is very similar to the version found on the White Album, but it dissolves into complete madness. Here's what Mark Lewisohn says about this version in Sessions:
Take 18 was different, substantially different, and it was the basis
of the final LP version. It began so soon after the previous take that
Geoff Emerick, in punching the talkback button simultaenously with the
start of the song, announced "Take 18" over John Lennon's vocal, the
first take with vocals, in fact. John deliberately kept Emerick's
words as part of the song and thus they appear on the album. Secondly,
this take did not stop after five minutes. It kept on and on and on,
eventually running out at 10:17 with John's shout to the others and
the control room 'Ok, I've had enough!'. The last six minutes pure
chaos - the sound of a 'Revolution', if you like - with discordant
instrumental jamming, plenty of feedback, JohnnLennon repeatedly
screaming 'alright' and then, simply, repeatedly, screaming, with lots
of on-microphone moaning by John and his new girlfriend Yoko Ono, with
Yoko talking and saying such off-the-wall phrases as "you become
naked" and with the overlay of miscellaneous home-made sound effects
tapes.
There can be no doubt - take 18 of "Revolution 1" was riveting. But in
its present length there was no way it could be released as a single,
something the Beatles were actively considering at this point. Before
very long the last six minutes would be hived off to form the basis
for "Revolution 9"
This version is technically take 20, but it's really the same take with a new vocal and a few other overdubs.