BEATLES REVOLVER UK PRESS N.MiNt AuDiO ArChIvE MONO Y/B PARLOPHON 60S PSYCH BEAT

	£		127
	$		168

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The Beatles 'Revolver'
1st UK Pressing (((MONO)) CAT No. PMC 7009 1966
-2-2 Matrix Endings! "Sold In The UK...." text across the labels!
Yellow/Black Parlophone Labels!
Rarest & Most Sought After Earnest J.Day & Co flipback cover!

Stunning At least Excellent /Excellent Plus to Very Near Mint Audio Quality!
Overall Excellent and Complete copy!

Summary

The Beatles: Revolver: Side1.

The Beatles: Revolver: Side2.

Revolver is the seventh album by English rock group The Beatles, released on 5 August 1966.

Many of the tracks on Revolver are marked by an electric guitar-rock sound, in contrast with their previous, folk rock inspired Rubber Soul. It reached number one on both the British chart and American chart and stayed at the top spot for seven weeks and six weeks, respectively!

The cover illustration was created by German-born bassist and artist Klaus Voormann, one of the Beatles' oldest friends from their days at the Star Club in Hamburg.

Voormann's illustration, part line drawing and part collage, included photographs by Robert Whitaker, who also took the back cover photographs and many other images of the group between 1964 and 1966, such as the infamous "butcher cover" for Yesterday and Today. Voormann's own photo as well as his name (Klaus O. W. Voormann) is worked into Harrison's hair on the right-hand side of the cover!

The title "Revolver", like "Rubber Soul" before it, is a pun, referring both to a kind of handgun as well as the "revolving" motion of the record as it is played on a turntable.

The Beatles had a difficult time coming up with this title. According to Barry Miles in his book Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, the title that the four had originally wanted was Abracadabra, until they discovered that another band had already used it. After that, opinion split: Lennon wanted to call it Four Sides of the Eternal Triangle and Starr jokingly suggested After Geography, playing on The Rolling Stones' recently released Aftermath LP.

Other suggestions included Magical Circles, Beatles on Safari, Pendulum, and, finally, Revolver, whose wordplay was the one that all four agreed upon. The title was chosen while the band were on tour in Japan in JuneñJuly 1966. Due to security measures, they spent much of their time in their Tokyo Hilton hotel room; the name Revolver was selected as all four collaborated on a large psychedelic painting!

The Beatles' unfolding innovation in the recording studio reaches its apex with the album's final track. Lennon's "Tomorrow Never Knows" was one of the first songs in the emerging genre of psychedelic music, and included such groundbreaking techniques as reverse guitar, processed vocals and looped tape effects. Musically, it is drone-like, with a strongly syncopated, repetitive drum-beat!.

The lyrics were inspired by Timothy Leary's book, The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on The Tibetan Book of the Dead, although the title itself was inspired by a Ringo Starr malapropism. Much of the backing track consists of a series of prepared tape loops, stemming from Lennon's and McCartney's interest in and experiments with magnetic tape and musique concrËte techniques at that time.

Lennon and McCartney prepared a series of loops at home, and these then were added to the pre-recorded backing track.

This was reportedly done live in a single take, with multiple tape recorders running simultaneously, some of the longer loops extending out of the control room and down the corridor. Lennon's processed lead vocal was another innovation.

Always in search of ways to enhance or alter the sound of his voice, he gave a directive to EMI engineer Geoff Emerick that he wanted to sound like he was singing from the top of a high mountain. Emerick solved the problem by routing a signal from the recording console into the studio's Leslie speaker, giving Lennon's vocal its ethereal, filtered quality (he was later reprimanded by the studio's management for doing this).

A key production technique used for the first time on this album was automatic double tracking (ADT), invented by EMI engineer Ken Townsend on 6 April 1966!!. This technique used two linked tape recorders to automatically create a doubled vocal track.

The standard method was to double the vocal by singing the same piece twice onto a multitrack tape, a task Lennon particularly disliked.

The Beatles were reportedly delighted with the invention, and used it extensively on Revolver. ADT quickly became a standard pop production technique, and led to related developments, including the artificial chorus effect!

The Matrix

Side 1 ''XEX 605-2''

Side 2 ''XEX 606-2''

The Mother Stampers

Side 1 ''5212'' ''RTM''

Side 2 ''5'' ''RGA''

The Vinyl

This is the original thicker , heavier chunky slab of vinyl only found like this on the earliest original pressings! (Later press are much more flimsier and less robust)!

The vinyl lays perfectly flat on the turntable and is free of any warps. The vinyl has retained its original sheen from new and I find it hard to even see a blemish on the playing surface, at least No scratches that would cause any loud contant clicks or pops during the audio! Only close inspection could there possibly be light wyspy surface marks/scuffs sleeve removal type only,  but importantly there are no audio sounding marks or needle marks that would cause any loud constant clicks or pops during the audio that I heard at all!

The audio quality

I have played this track for track at very loud volume prior to listing at very loud volume, importantly using a dedicated mono cartridge!

From the moment that the needle hits the playing surface , it is obvious that this vinyl not only visually but audibly has barely ever been played no more than a minimal amount of plays only! The audio is stunning cristal clear and vibrant, very bright and clear throughout without any signs of distortion at all and plays with a lovely deep bassey feel only found like this on early pressings! It is noted that there was light static crackle in between some tracks worth to mention only. Any pops were isolated only. There was nothing that spoilt the overall enjoyment of the main audio quality in my personal opinion. I would grade the main audio at least excellent plus to very near mint in my opinion!

Please Note! I always add this disclaimer! This album has been stored in a case laying dormant for more than 45 years! A constant clean before each play is recommended. A build up of dirt and dust in the grooves over the years causes static/ticks A constant cleaning before each play will reduce static and enhance the audio quality.

The Labels

These are the original Parlophone labels feature ''Sold In The UK....'' text across the labels (only early UK press.) The K.T tax code is stamped on side 2 (Only Early press) Features the corrected Spelt Doctor Robert on Side 2 label ''The Gramophone Co...'' rim text (only early press) The labels are rich in colour and are very clean all text is readable. It is obvious to me that this vinyl has only had very minimal play only by the limited spider marks that can be seen around the spindle hole. The spindle hole is free of any wear and of course is perfectly round!

The Record Sleeve

This is the original EMI advertising serpier sleeve no edge splits or tares with light browning/fading light creasing with age only!

The Cover

This Is The Original and rarest 1st issue Earnest J. Day & co Ltd flip back cover features miss spelt 'Dr Robert' (Later Press corrected "Doctor Robert")There are No splits or tares. The original rounded end spine is unique to this variation no crushing/creasing  all text is readable! There is general storage wear to mention in the from of creases noted and around the edges and a corner crease front right bottom corner at light thumb creases at the opening edge but noting too bad in my opinion. No nasty ringware! The rear is also generally clean and bright often seen with nasty rubbing wear but this has not suffered from this.! no nasty names written and amaizingly no ringware or rubbingware!  Graded at excellent!

Summary

Overall graded at excellent condition in my opinion. Light general wear and tear with age and use but overal a tidy original Beatles album. Superb top sounding and rarest E.Day Cover variation with large flipbacks.

HOW I SEND MY RECORDS!

THIS ALBUM WILL BE SENT IN A LARGE BOX WITH CARDBOARD STIFFENERS THE ALBUM IS ALWAYS PUT IS A POLY SLEEVE AND ENCASED IN THE BOX WITH PLENTY OF BUBBLEWRAP FOR ADDED PROTECTION (SEE PHOTOS)

As always I have tried to give my honest personal opinion when describing items listed! Although it is my honest opinion! I always urge others to do their own personal research on any items that they are interested in purchasing, before, they commit to bidding!) I have Highlighted all aspects as clearly as possible!! I have taken time to play this vinyl track for track to give a clear and accurate description of the audio quality as i hear it. (please look at my completed listings of albums that I have sold of this calaber (more than 1000 items) and you will see that I normally get it right) I have also provided as many photos as I can and supersized so that all aspects can be seen clearly in strong light!!!!!Please note! These photos are the actual item for sale and not copies of other items!!!!!!!

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