Another year, another massive remixed, expanded reissue of a Beatles catalogue classic. This time around, the Fab Four's seminal 1966 album Revolver will get the treatment, with its deluxe package arriving October 28 via Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMe.
Much like the recent expanded editions of Sgt. Pepper's..., the "White Album," Abbey Road and Let It Be, the new edition of Revolver comes loaded with the album both newly remixed for 2022, and in its original mono form.
That process was once again undertaken by Giles Martin (son of longtime Beatles producer George Martin) and mix engineer Sam Okell for the package. Previously, Exclaim! interviewed Martin about the process of remixing the "White Album" in 2018.
Previewing the set, Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield writes of how Martin and Okell employed "de-mixing" technology for their 2022 version, developed by the audio team at Peter Jackson's WingNut Films Productions Ltd. for the director's 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
Album opener "Taxman" is the first song to have its 2022 mix arrive ahead of time, and Sheffield writes of how the song was "famously recorded with the drums, bass, and rhythm guitar all on one track." Now, the "de-mixing" tech reportedly "allows separate tracks for Ringo's kick drum, toms, hi-hats, etc. Nothing is being altered, obviously — but now we can hear more of what the lads played in the room that day."
You can see if "Taxman" sounds any different than how you've heard it your whole life below, where you'll also find a trailer for the Revolver reissue's various editions. Sheffield also teases further sonic details revealed in the 2022 remix, "like the acoustic guitar in 'For No One,' or the finger snaps in 'Here, There, and Everywhere.'"
The Super Deluxe Edition of the Revolver reissue also includes a bonus EP with 2022 stereo and original mono mixes of "Paperback Writer" and "Rain," a wealth of session takes and demos, a 100-page book with a foreword by Paul McCartney, an essay by Roots drummer Questlove and more.
The Revolver reissue is now available for pre-order.
Revolver (Super Deluxe Edition):
LP One: Side 1 - 2022 Mix:
1. Taxman (2022 Mix)
2. Eleanor Rigby (2022 Mix)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (2022 Mix)
4. Love You To (2022 Mix)
5. Here, There and Everywhere (2022 Mix)
6. Yellow Submarine (2022 Mix)
7. She Said She Said (2022 Mix)
LP One: Side 2 - 2022 Mix:
1. Good Day Sunshine (2022 Mix)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (2022 Mix)
3. For No One (2022 Mix)
4. Doctor Robert (2022 Mix)
5. I Want to Tell You (2022 Mix)
6. Got to Get You into My Life (2022 Mix)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 Mix)
LP Two: Side 1 - Sessions
1. Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
2. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono Mix RM 11)
3. Got to Get You into My Life (First Version / Take 5)
4. Got to Get You into My Life (Second Version / Unnumbered Mix)
5. Got to Get You into My Life (Second Version / Take 8)
6. Love You To (Take 1)
7. Love You To (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
LP Two: Side 2 - Sessions
1. Love You To (Take 7)
2. Paperback Writer (Takes 1 & 2 / Backing Track)
3. Rain (Take 5 / Actual Speed)
4. Rain (Take 5 / Slowed Down For Master Tape)
5. Doctor Robert (Take 7)
6. And Your Bird Can Sing (First version / Take 2)
7. And Your Bird Can Sing (First version / Take 2 / Giggling)
LP Three: Side 1 - Sessions
1. And Your Bird Can Sing (Second Version / Take 5)
2. Taxman (Take 11)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal Fragment)
4. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 2)
5. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 5)
6. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono Mix RM1)
7. Eleanor Rigby (Speech Before Take 2)
8. Eleanor Rigby (Take 2)
LP Three: Side 2 - Sessions
1. For No One (Take 10 / Backing Track)
2. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape / Part 1)
3. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape / Part 2)
4. Yellow Submarine (Take 4 Before Sound Effects)
5. Yellow Submarine (Highlighted Sound Effects)
6. I Want to Tell You (Speech & Take 4)
7. Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6)
8. She Said She Said (John's Demo)
9. She Said She Said (Take 15 / Backing Track Rehearsal)
LP Four: Side 1 - Revolver (2022 Mono Transfer of original master tape)
1. Taxman (Mono)
2. Eleanor Rigby (Mono)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono)
4. Love You To (Mono)
5. Here, There And Everywhere (Mono)
6. Yellow Submarine (Mono)
7. She Said She Said (Mono)
LP Four: Side 2 - Revolver (2022 Mono Transfer of original master tape)
1. Good Day Sunshine (Mono)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (Mono)
3. For No One (Mono)
4. Doctor Robert (Mono)
5. I Want to Tell You (Mono)
6. Got to Get You into My Life (Mono)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono)
7-inch Single: Side 1 - Bonus EP
1. Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo Mix)
2. Rain (2022 Stereo Mix)
7-inch Single: Side 2 - Bonus EP
1. Paperback Writer (Mono)
2. Rain (Mono)
Much like the recent expanded editions of Sgt. Pepper's..., the "White Album," Abbey Road and Let It Be, the new edition of Revolver comes loaded with the album both newly remixed for 2022, and in its original mono form.
That process was once again undertaken by Giles Martin (son of longtime Beatles producer George Martin) and mix engineer Sam Okell for the package. Previously, Exclaim! interviewed Martin about the process of remixing the "White Album" in 2018.
Previewing the set, Rolling Stone's Rob Sheffield writes of how Martin and Okell employed "de-mixing" technology for their 2022 version, developed by the audio team at Peter Jackson's WingNut Films Productions Ltd. for the director's 2021 documentary The Beatles: Get Back.
Album opener "Taxman" is the first song to have its 2022 mix arrive ahead of time, and Sheffield writes of how the song was "famously recorded with the drums, bass, and rhythm guitar all on one track." Now, the "de-mixing" tech reportedly "allows separate tracks for Ringo's kick drum, toms, hi-hats, etc. Nothing is being altered, obviously — but now we can hear more of what the lads played in the room that day."
You can see if "Taxman" sounds any different than how you've heard it your whole life below, where you'll also find a trailer for the Revolver reissue's various editions. Sheffield also teases further sonic details revealed in the 2022 remix, "like the acoustic guitar in 'For No One,' or the finger snaps in 'Here, There, and Everywhere.'"
The Super Deluxe Edition of the Revolver reissue also includes a bonus EP with 2022 stereo and original mono mixes of "Paperback Writer" and "Rain," a wealth of session takes and demos, a 100-page book with a foreword by Paul McCartney, an essay by Roots drummer Questlove and more.
The Revolver reissue is now available for pre-order.
Revolver (Super Deluxe Edition):
LP One: Side 1 - 2022 Mix:
1. Taxman (2022 Mix)
2. Eleanor Rigby (2022 Mix)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (2022 Mix)
4. Love You To (2022 Mix)
5. Here, There and Everywhere (2022 Mix)
6. Yellow Submarine (2022 Mix)
7. She Said She Said (2022 Mix)
LP One: Side 2 - 2022 Mix:
1. Good Day Sunshine (2022 Mix)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (2022 Mix)
3. For No One (2022 Mix)
4. Doctor Robert (2022 Mix)
5. I Want to Tell You (2022 Mix)
6. Got to Get You into My Life (2022 Mix)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (2022 Mix)
LP Two: Side 1 - Sessions
1. Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1)
2. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono Mix RM 11)
3. Got to Get You into My Life (First Version / Take 5)
4. Got to Get You into My Life (Second Version / Unnumbered Mix)
5. Got to Get You into My Life (Second Version / Take 8)
6. Love You To (Take 1)
7. Love You To (Unnumbered Rehearsal)
LP Two: Side 2 - Sessions
1. Love You To (Take 7)
2. Paperback Writer (Takes 1 & 2 / Backing Track)
3. Rain (Take 5 / Actual Speed)
4. Rain (Take 5 / Slowed Down For Master Tape)
5. Doctor Robert (Take 7)
6. And Your Bird Can Sing (First version / Take 2)
7. And Your Bird Can Sing (First version / Take 2 / Giggling)
LP Three: Side 1 - Sessions
1. And Your Bird Can Sing (Second Version / Take 5)
2. Taxman (Take 11)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Rehearsal Fragment)
4. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 2)
5. I'm Only Sleeping (Take 5)
6. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono Mix RM1)
7. Eleanor Rigby (Speech Before Take 2)
8. Eleanor Rigby (Take 2)
LP Three: Side 2 - Sessions
1. For No One (Take 10 / Backing Track)
2. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape / Part 1)
3. Yellow Submarine (Songwriting Work Tape / Part 2)
4. Yellow Submarine (Take 4 Before Sound Effects)
5. Yellow Submarine (Highlighted Sound Effects)
6. I Want to Tell You (Speech & Take 4)
7. Here, There And Everywhere (Take 6)
8. She Said She Said (John's Demo)
9. She Said She Said (Take 15 / Backing Track Rehearsal)
LP Four: Side 1 - Revolver (2022 Mono Transfer of original master tape)
1. Taxman (Mono)
2. Eleanor Rigby (Mono)
3. I'm Only Sleeping (Mono)
4. Love You To (Mono)
5. Here, There And Everywhere (Mono)
6. Yellow Submarine (Mono)
7. She Said She Said (Mono)
LP Four: Side 2 - Revolver (2022 Mono Transfer of original master tape)
1. Good Day Sunshine (Mono)
2. And Your Bird Can Sing (Mono)
3. For No One (Mono)
4. Doctor Robert (Mono)
5. I Want to Tell You (Mono)
6. Got to Get You into My Life (Mono)
7. Tomorrow Never Knows (Mono)
7-inch Single: Side 1 - Bonus EP
1. Paperback Writer (2022 Stereo Mix)
2. Rain (2022 Stereo Mix)
7-inch Single: Side 2 - Bonus EP
1. Paperback Writer (Mono)
2. Rain (Mono)