The Beatles – Revolver, 60 Years Later | Vinyl Monday
Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream…
Welcome (or welcome back) to Vinyl Monday! This is my series where I give the who/what/when/where/why and how I feel about classic albums in my collection. My thoughts on the Beatles’ Revolver, released 60 years ago last() week. Subscribe for more Vinyl Monday!
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Timestamps:
intro – 0:00
art/packaging/personnel – 0:54
post-Rubber Soul – 7:27
influences – 12:37
Tomorrow Never Knows – 19:31
recording – 25:45
The Butcher Cover – 30:27
track listing/release – 33:25
the Philippines Incident – 34:45
the Bigger Than Jesus Thing – 37:31
reception – 42:20
my thoughts – 48:36
thanks for watching! – 1:22:30
Music:
Intro Music: Yeah Yeah Yeah (Long) by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/…) Artist: http://audionautix.com/
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@abigaildevoe
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
thank you Ethan “The Graphics Guy” “Also the Fans On The Run Guy” Alexanian for this INCREDIBLE thumbnail.
and what’s your favorite Beatles song? comment below!
@painkiller3232
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Greatest album ever, one of the greatest thumbnail, also cool intro
@kentclark6420
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Wow! Abby, you've acquired so much knowledge, and have so much youthful, positive energy! And a delight to watch.
@pklausspk
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I was lucky enough to see an exhibition by Klaus Voormann here in Lüneburg, where the original newspaper cuttings he used for the cover were on display. Well, he must have known even back then that it was something special, that it was worth keeping.
@Jack-q6q6y
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I'm going back in time. It's 1966. I'm in The Whiskey A Go-Go on the Sunset Strip. Tomorrow Never Knows is blasting through the PA. Flashing lights and psychedelic liquid projection. I see a go-go dancer in a cage, dressed in a belly dance costume and face paint. Is that you Abigail ?!!??
@jeanantonpadua4716
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
So very jelly. I wish I have a Revolver vinyl record
@tothra
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
With the album Rubber Soul, the Beatles opened the door to experimentation and unique sounds. With Revolver, they kicked open the door the rest of the way 😀
@chrishenderly4931
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Wow, what an opening! 🎸🤯
@Gerry-p9r
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
George looks so much like Keith Richard on the back cover, that I used to wonder if it was really Keith. It would be like The Beatles to play little jokes on us fans, to see if anyone noticed.
I’ve really been into Revolver this past week. It always brings back the vibes of that strange dangerous summer of ‘66. The Paint It Black summer.
@GerryMac-e5r
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Yes very cool 😊 Fave Beatles album for many reasons. Got To Get You Into My Life sounds great with guitars playing the main parts instead of the horn section (although I do like the horns even though a little harsh). It’s a pity there’s no proper finished mix with All the guitars doing it, only the version on the deluxe Revolver box. Great review!!
@garycourtier4668
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
You're a godsend, Abigail. Thank you. "I Feel Fine" is my favorite song, but Revolver is my favorite Beatles record.
@garycourtier4668
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Anyone can learn, if they look. Here, There, and Everywhere.
@MonsieurNechvatal
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
This is so well done. Greatly appreciate what you did here. A monument,
@rupbhatt
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
That's some amazing thumbnail 😮
@80DollarGuitar-i2z
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali made the short film Un Chien Andalou. The razor cutting the eyeball is legendary.
@beatlemaniacwaltdisneyfan4753
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Revolver is the Quantum Leap, Rubber Soul the false marketing stealing credit From Help album, Though dizzy miss Lizzy ruins the flow, Help is the turning point the actual album which started the change, Rubber Soul is simply in the middle, Revolver is the real Quantum Leap, and i ended up hating the 180⁰ twist on sgt pepper's
@michaeloconnor5084
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I was 11 when the album came out. My parents were jazz snobs, but mom’s younger co-workers were raving about the New Beatle record. She bought the record and we all sat and listened to side 2. The folks laughed it off, handed me the record and said, “Take it to your room.” Score. Meanwhile, your video was great, as usual.
@richardelliott8352
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
the production really lets the research shine about this complex album, and the earrings are nice too. not to belittle this fine work. this adds to my ever-present enjoyment of this fine album, where both the complexity and simplicity of the artistic statement makes me grateful for the playback equipment that let's me hear the finer nuances in the groove. I hope that everyone with an appreciation of recorded music will someday have a fine playback capability.
@cafe.cedarbeard
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
You got something solid in Capricorn, or a powerful Saturn Gemini? You reverence for the historical record at this point is a support valve for instigating a revival of craft worthy art, as cats like me serve as sonic libraries we took in as infants rolling around in cars with the radio on, mid to late 70's. Computer music sucks. Maybe it's because Revolver entered my phones junior year high school, 1990, same time as Sailing The Seas Of Cheese by Primus. No wonder I enjoy greatly that the legacy of this disc includes John's son collaborating with Les Claypool. King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Yes, Rush and Led Zeppelin all came into my multi instrumental musicianship the first time my nodes reset, age 18.5 peak 1992.
@JW-lx5di
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
This one is tied for the best review with your Blonde on Blonde.
@garykristjanson4689
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Great review.
@daveweaver7838
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Nice intro. You totally got the vibe. I want to see the movie now! (old guy)
@davidwatton
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Outstanding show!
@stevelafler
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I'm seeing more romance and humor in She Said. John was a romantic guy, a funny guy, and had an inquiring mind. Had he met Yoko before he wrote She Said? Is he singing about a girl/woman with Yoko's cool, and knowing point of view? I think it's the best song on Revolver. TNK is an outlier – a signpost in a class of it's own.
@mikemetague7973
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
wow. now i need to play revolver, listen again, and again, and hear your opening the flower of it again.
@decadesperado
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
A truly great album, and a great retrospective review. Thanks Abby. You need a bigger "Like" button (for bigger likes).
@jjgravitas4152
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
In 1969, at age 13, I heard the Beatles' McCartney tune For No One in a dream. Afterward, I spent months trying to figure out what this song was & where I'd heard it. Finding no answer, I decided I mind made it up, so I wrote down as much as I could remember & mailed it to myself (poor man's copywrite). Then, a few years later, I bought the album Revolver … & there it was, a completed Beatles tune. I was crestfallen.
@jjgravitas4152
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I had the Green Beret single, but Rubber Soul was my 1st album.
@charlesbowman105
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
I've long considered Revolver to be the greatest rock and roll album of all time.
@guillermomiyares5549
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
Congrats Abby, one of your best reviews, if not the best
@stevenbareiss9001
August 14, 2026 at 12:25 am
like the Jane Asher look.