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2.05pm
14 October 2009
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I’ve just spent about four hours adding recording comments to each of the tracks on the Revolver album song details. These were taken from Walter Everett’s book ans asre listed as “Everett’s take”. Whilst they might not be 100% accurate, I think he’s done a pretty good job.
Depending on whether these are deemed useful, I will, in time, add more to other songs / albums if required………
and if that’s OK with our Chief Honcho Joe. 
Footnote: Joe – isn’t it time consuming!!!
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6.43pm
14 December 2009
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Don’t forget: If Everett claims that the “Tomorrow Never Knows ” guitar parts are taken from the “Taxman ” solo, chopped up, speed-corrected and played backwards, he’s WRONG! 🙂
(Most likely, they’re taken from an ALTERNATE take of the “Taxman ” solo.)
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5.52pm
14 October 2009
Offline Has anybody checked my comments out? It’d be good to get some feedback…….please!
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6.43pm
14 December 2009
Offline Checking ’em out right now!…
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6.51pm
15 February 2010
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Either I’m an idiot, or I’m blind, because I can’t find your comments anywhere! Where are they located?
8.36pm
31 March 2008
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This is my fault – sorry, been offline for a couple of days. The comments can be found on the Revolver song pages – click through from https://www.beatlesbible.com/a…../revolver/
MJB – many thanks for these – it’s much appreciated. If you have any notes on the actual model of instruments that’s be even better, but please don’t feel obliged. The other thing I’d suggest is that people might not know what ‘Everett’s take’ refers to, so perhaps don’t worry about listing them as this.
And yes, it’s all terribly time consuming! You should see my study – Beatles books strewn everywhere, for those moments when I have to look up a random fact from somewhere or other…
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3.14pm
14 October 2009
Offline Joe said:
This is my fault – sorry, been offline for a couple of days. The comments can be found on the Revolver song pages – click through from https://www.beatlesbible.com/al…../revolver/
MJB – many thanks for these – it’s much appreciated. If you have any notes on the actual model of instruments that’s be even better, but please don’t feel obliged. The other thing I’d suggest is that people might not know what ‘Everett’s take’ refers to, so perhaps don’t worry about listing them as this.
And yes, it’s all terribly time consuming! You should see my study – Beatles books strewn everywhere, for those moments when I have to look up a random fact from somewhere or other…
Everett does imply the usage of particular guitars occasionally, but sometimes I think it’s guess work, although he might be doing this by the sound. I know there are people who can recognise different makes / models by sound.
I can certainly add about what guitars etc were ‘known’ to be available at these sessions. Shall I put that on the album page instead of the individual songs?
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5.06pm
31 March 2008
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What I’d like to do eventually is have a proper list of instruments played for each song. So, whereas now it might say John Lennon : vocals, electric guitar, tambourine, it might say vocals, Rickenbacker 325 electric guitar, tambourine. It’s a nerdy thing and most won’t care, but I’d love to have that much detail.
As I said before, please don’t feel obliged to help, but if you happen to know what was used I’d really appreciate the info. A lot of the earlier recordings are pretty easy as they didn’t have many guitars, but from 1965 onwards it gets a bit trickier.
I know Everett typically says things like “Lennon was playing his Casino, with Harrison on the Jumbo”. The glossary in the back of the books say more about these instruments, and I’d like to do something similar – whenever a 325 is mentioned, for example, I can link through to a relevant page on it. It’ll all take time but would be worth it.
I’m not sure it was mostly guesswork in Everett’s case, though some of it probably was. It’s known, for example, that The Beatles were given Stratocasters in 1965, and the bright tones can be heard on songs like Nowhere Man . The best source for this is probably Andy Babiuk’s Beatles Gear book (http://www.beatlesfabgear.com/). Here’s another site, though it only really has info on amplifiers at the moment: http://www.beatlesgear.com/index2.html
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5.26pm
14 October 2009
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The best source for this is probably Andy Babiuk’s Beatles Gear book (http://www.beatlesfabgear.com/).
This book is fantastic!
I actually love reading up and doing this kind of thing, so given time I’m happy to write up about the guitars.
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10.02pm
27 February 2010
Offline Joe said:
What I’d like to do eventually is have a proper list of instruments played for each song. So, whereas now it might say John Lennon : vocals, electric guitar, tambourine, it might say vocals, Rickenbacker 325 electric guitar, tambourine. It’s a nerdy thing and most won’t care, but I’d love to have that much detail.
That kind of details would be very nice from you, Joe, I’ll love them.
Speaking of instruments, putting aside the classic Hofner and the Rikenbaker that we saw in “Sgt. Pepper ” and “All You Need Is Love “, did Paul used another basses?
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8.19am
14 October 2009
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Joe said:
What I’d like to do eventually is have a proper list of instruments played for each song. So, whereas now it might say John Lennon : vocals, electric guitar, tambourine, it might say vocals, Rickenbacker 325 electric guitar, tambourine. It’s a nerdy thing and most won’t care, but I’d love to have that much detail.
That kind of details would be very nice from you, Joe, I’ll love them.
Speaking of instruments, putting aside the classic Hofner and the Rikenbaker that we saw in “Sgt. Pepper ” and “All You Need Is Love “, did Paul used another basses?
There was a left-handed Burns bass around the White Album time, but it seemed to disappear as quickly as it appeared – so to speak!
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1 February 2011
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5.35am
1 May 2010
Offline Wow having these details in Revolver 's Beatles Bible section would be fantastic! I love that album and I'd love to listen paying attention to those details… Thank you guys.. I'm checking that section as soon as I have time. (please real life leave me alone!!!)
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