I just stumbled across your channel and now I’m binge watching and I just found out that I have this record in my collection (given from my grandads collection) I learnt some very interesting things in this video! Thank you!
I’ve heard about this but never knew the whole story. Very interesting. They should have released the first pressing mix on the mono vinyl box. I would love to hear it.
Tomorrow Never knows was the Beatle's greatest accomplishment, because perhaps more than any other song recorded, encapsulates the Tibetan Book of the Dead and is as close a representation of the Enlightened state of bliss as has ever been created in the human condition. The Beatles, George Martin and acid are pure genius, about as close to perfection as yet achieved.
I am retiring from Karaoke shortly and I have a very close Karaoke version of Tomorrow Never Knows. As a parting shot I'm going to sing it! I have a pretty good Lennon voice and will do the song justice. I don't know, (or care) what others might think when they get exposed to it!! Ha! ha! ha!!
I love Revolver, especially the mono mix. It’s my fourth favorite Beatles album after Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, and Rubber Soul. Almost too hard to rank those 4 albums as they are all nearly perfect
Parlogram Auctions it makes no sense. Movie analysis channels can share entire scenes by Kubrick to break them down for educational purposes and the studios rightly understand that that should be encouraged. Why the music industry is so far behind and near-sighted is both a mystery and a shame. So many great music channels are needlessly limited and their content crippled for absolutely no good reason. I remain hopeful that things will change in the future.
Geoffreygeefresh95 it’s not that simple, unfortunately. He risks his entire video taken down, and getting a strike against his channel. If getting the video demonetized were the worse thing that can happen, many UA-cam channels would go ahead and educate anyway. Even people like Rick Beato, who is totally ok with his videos getting demonetized, can’t use fragments of songs, especially from The Beatles, The Eagles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and a few others. The videos get blocked every time.
Another excellent video! I recall when you could still find these for only a few dollars more than XEX-2 -- as recently as 2009. Perhaps if Apple releases a 60th anniversary edition for Revolver, this will be included
After seeing this I looked at my Revolver albums. I have one on Odeon from Venezuela with this same XEX 606-1 in the run out. I never really noticed the song being different, but on listening it does seem to fit what he describes. The album is in average condition but is from South America. Is this worth anything other than being a curio? I agree that this presentation was well done and interesting, excellent story and factual explanation. More of these kind of stories please! It isn't every day there is new info on the most studied and scrutinized band in the world.
This is a wonderful summary, thank you for this! One other bit to add to the story; according to the late Bruce Hamlin ("Beatles Bruce" - the Beatles vinyl guru of Australia), there were some XEX 606-1 copies pressed in Australia. He believed this was due to the shipment of metal parts from the UK to Australia after the UK presses were exhausted. A similar thing happened for the Rubber Soul 'Loud Mix' where the the 579-1 and 580-1 stampers were retired early, but somehow Australia kept stamping them out for some time afterward. I hope this helps and even inspires another great video, cheers!
My XEX 606-1 is one of my favorite “rarities” to show people. While most (understandably) may not care about silly things like misprints or fonts, an actual alternate mix of TNK that can’t be found on any other pressing IS quite cool. LOVE your channel. Keep up the incredible work! :D
@@MoneyCrespin It can be found on "Turn Me On Dead Man - The John Barrett Tapes". Dr. Ebbetts's UK Mono collection also contains it. The mono bootleg vinyl which is a counterfeit of the original brazilian first pressing also has it.
@@songwriterjj6022 XEX 606-1's are not impossible to find. Like Butcher covers, they come up for sale frequently on eBay and elsewhere. Finding one in nearmint condition though is the hard part
Finally picked up a 606-1 a few weeks ago. The condition is okay... a bit noisy but plays without skipping. It was also a really good price so can't complain! The mix of Tomorrow Never Knows is an interesting one, especially the extra piano near the end. In terms of the *quality* of the mix, you're not missing anything if you don't have a 606-1. It's a nice collector's piece and worth hearing remix 11 of TNK but it's not the be all end all.
I'll put my two penneth in here, which ties in somewhat with the comments at 9.53 (ish). During 1992 / 93 I had an advert in the local Coventry papers advertising for records wanted, as I wanted to set up a record selling business. By 1993 I'd built up a fair stash of 50s / 60s records, including multiple copies of most Parlophone Beatles albums. Being a fan since childhood I often played those Beatle spares, and one day in 92 / 93 I played a copy of 'Revolver' I'd bought. When 'Tomorrow Never Knows' came on it very soon became apparent it was different to my own copy, accenuated effects etc and then the longer fade out and I thought wow! I mentioned this to some of the major dealers at the NEC record Fair in 93, such as Neil Roddis and Peter Rice, who didn't know of any different mix. Not very long after I remember it making the news page in Record Collector mag or the new RC Price Guide I'm not sure which, so hey it could've been me who first mentioned it to a dealer and it got to RC!
Thank you. You've finally cleared up that mystery for me! I'm still waiting for a remix/ boxset so hopefully we can hear the different mixes. Since it's my favourite lp of all time! And an edit was done on both mono and stereo mixes of Doctor Robert. What was cut out?
Another very noticeable mix difference on XEX 606-1: you can hear the two organ notes when John sings "It is knowing, it is knowing". XEX 606-2 as well as the stereo mix has no organ on this part. I never knew the existence of XEX 606-3. Anyone know if there are any unique mix differences on any of the songs on this 3rd lacquer of Side 2 compared to -1 and -2? Why was it necessary to create XEX 606-3?
@@markymarc9339 I have another copy of Revolver with a XEX 606-2 side. It's not quite the same. I had a very hard critical listen in comparison, with headphones on. XEX 606-2 sounds a bit flat and uninspiring whilst XEX 606-3 in my opinon sounded a lot better, clearer and louder and didn't sound as "muddy" as my 606-2 copy. There is frequency loss on the 606-2 cut rather like the Mono cut of "Help!" giving it a muddy sound. I don't know if this is a playwear issue, but my recent aquired XEX 606-3 pressing has demoted my 606-2 copy to "spare status". Rather nice, it also has a slightly more rare E.J. Day outer sleeve with perfect undamaged, uncreased and clean condition flyback tabs on the rear sleeve too!
Cool I bought from a seller from the U.K on eBay last year. The condition is a solid vg+ I was so curious to hear the different mix. However after hearing both back to back I still prefer the -2 version.
@@Tik1800 It's a different mix from the standard mono mix, it was the first one released and then it was withdrawn for another pass at the mix on the next pressing of the LP
Every couple of years when I turn up mono UK Revolver in a charity shop the first thing I check is the b-side matrix. And every time I'm disappointed. Still buy them if they're in good nick and less than say £2 as they make popular trades for more interesting stuff.
Andrew, love your commentary--as always! I prefer remix 11 myself, although it's fun to have 8 as an alternative (at least, that's how I view it--in reality, it's the reverse). Why in god's name was 11 not included in Mono Masters--I mean, if you're gonna include the 45 of Love Me Do??? However, as a musician, I gotta correct something about the 2nd tape loop--it's a g minor chord, not b-flat minor.
Really enjoyed this, thanks. I got my stereo copy from my order brother in 1979 (black/silver label) but in 1980 my eldest brother's mate taped four of his original Beatles LPs for me. A very pleased 13 year old, three of them were mono editions. A couple of years later I picked up a sixties mono copy, and then discovered this mix difference. The taped copy was from the withdrawn mix. Wish I'd known that in 1980, I would have made him an offer!
WoW, now I’m curious to hear that mix. Surprised Mark Lewisohn didn’t go in-depth on it in his book. Your videos are truly a great resource, marvelous job!!
ok... I just went to my Beatles record collection... and this is the version I have! bought it in the 90s at a second-hand record shop for like £3. so this alternative version... is my original version to me.
Hi Andrew! How are You? Just today, listening to my Revolver STEREO Cd from 2009, I noticed for the first time that it does play the remix n.11 of Tomorrow Never Knows! Did you know that? My Cd is not from the boxset. I don't have a Mono Cd for a comparison. That's very weird and unexpected to me...
Great video and very informative. I’ve just looked over my “stereo” copy of Revolver which is an Australian pressing with the matrix numbers YEX 605-1 on side 1 and YEX 606-1 on side 2 and also with Dr Robert instead of Doctor Robert. I think my copy could be a very early pressing?
Besides the very interesting story (until now unknown to me), I am a fan of your laid back presentation of the facts. A lot of UA-cam videos seem to be made by people who like flashy, speedy video edits en high speed voice overs. Don't know why, but I think it's annoying and very distracting. So... A big thumbs up to you! (And yes... I subscribed indeed.)
I just received from ebay revolver first print mono... The ad had only a photo of the cover and then nothing more the cover was a bit broken at the edges and above, well no bids obviously I was the last to bid I won the auction , I paid £21...my surprise once I opened the package - 2 - 1 ....so glad I listened for the first time in 46 years the alternate take of tomorrow never knows
I'm pretty sure my mother had one of those copies of Revolver as I was surprised when I heard a different version of Tomorrow Never Knows on CD. Sadly, by that time she had given all her LPs to Oxfam!
Having spoken to my elder sister, she actually owns my mother's old copy of Revolver and indeed it is an XEX 606-1 copy. But it's totally worn out too.
I found this when visiting a classic car exhibition in the mid 1990's. A vendor there had a few records and among them a UK mono Revolver. The alternate mix of TMK was not well known among collectors at the time but somehow I did know. He wanted the equivalent of 10 pounds for it, which was just about what I had in cash on me. Couldn't wait to get home and play it. The original owner had written his name and a date on the back side upper flap, he had bought it in Gothenburg, Sweden, in early August 1966, so some copies were sold outside the UK. Fortunately it sounded great, still have it. Mother / stamper on my copy is 1 / AT.
Back in 1980 when living in NYC, there was a record store in Greenwich Village called Bleeker Blobs. They sold used copies of the Beatles UK mono albums for $20 each. Of course that was before EMI re-released the mono albums a couple of years later. Revolver was one of the albums I bought but I didn't find out about remix-11 till about the year 2005. I decided to check the matrix number on side 2 and sure enough that was number. For over 20 years I did not realize I had a collector's item.
Can someone help to explain stampers for this pressing? I have (or will havee soon) 2 pressings of this disc and am curious to know how to identify the meaning of the stampers.
I had a nice copy of it back in 2007 when I traded a copy of a promo white label UA A Hard Day's Night for the entire Mono and Stereo run of all the Parlophone/Apple UK lps-my buddy STILL got the better end of the deal,as that HDN white labeler was running at about $6,500 at the time!!(I picked it up for $50!!)I was allowed to grab one of the two -1 copies he had,as well!Both were near mint!!
Travelled to London from my home town in the north of Sweden the first time in 1982 when I was 14. After that I went back every year. If I remember it right it must have been around 1985 I bought my first mono copy of Revolver. VG+ for about £9 at the time. Took me into the 90's (when I bought my NM second copy) that they were different:). The first one was the xex 606-1. Bad ears....
GREAT videos!! I just recently bought my first XEX 606-1 after wanting one for several years. However, the cover has a corner bend where the laminate is coming up. Are the covers for -2 and -3 exactly the same as -1 as long as it is an Ernest J. Day cover? Is there any reason not to swap out the cover for a nicer one of a -2 or -3 where it would be less expensive?
Thanks for watching, Don. 'Ernest J. Day' covers are rarer but they weren't used exclusively for the -1. A 'Garrod & Lofthouse' cover would also be a suitable home for it.
I love that barrelhouse piano at the end of tomorrow never knows I love about the spelling on it and the model mix it is great I think tomorrow never knows as one of the best songs ever besides revolution nine.
Hang on.....it's a B flat Maj chord at 18:00 to 19:00 of the track? I've always heard this almost Berlioz or Wagnerian style chordal 'statement.' (edit: that's at 18 to 19 seconds in....)
Dear Andrew. On you brief description under the video it say XEX 606-1 contains an unreleased version of TMK surely this must be contains a withdrawn version of the song, that being said it doesn't take away from the content. I did have a Spanish version of the album in the 1980's but can't remember if that had the said version on that album it would be interesting to know if any worldwide versions of revolver had that withdrawn mix many thanks
I have just checked my New Zealand copy which is Stereo on the Apple Label so obviously a later copy right, but the Matrix reads YEX 606-1, the piano does linger last but I can't compare it to anything else. NZ had their own plants and I don't know the relationship to the Australian ones or mother Britain. I just thought it was info you could collect.
..i'm a bit late to these comments, as a teenager in the 60's i bought every beatles LP, my '66 new zealand pressed revolver on parlophone is mono with: (YEX.605), (YEX.606) on the label. the runout scratchings are: PCS7009A, PCS7009B. the record and cover are still near mint, unfortunately i gave my turntable to a young vinyl enthusiast and she is reluctant to give it back
SPOILER ALERT! We may never know exactly why the -1 was recut - in later years, Sir George Martin himself could not recall even doing so - but it may have been because the -1 mix is missing a crucial part of the song. The end of George's backward guitar solo gets cut off early in the first few bars before "that love is all..." Sir Martin may have realised this mistake when he sat down for a listen later on, and went for the more complete remix 8.
Why was the dash one mix replaced with dash two? What was wrong with dash one? Andrew said George Martin made the phone call. Was it George’s decision to make the change or was it the Beatles?
I have a Parlophone LP (a compilation) that has the 'high hat' intro on 'All My Loving'. Has anyone heard about this before? I've liked the Beatles since 1973. I was 4 & my brother bought those 2 'Red' & 'Blue' cassettes. A huge fan since -- but I have never heard of this mix of of Tomorrow Never knows before.
It is a Nordic copy of the Odeon Beatles Greatest German lp that is the Parlophone equivalent.The mix is included in the Capiphone project,next year!!!
Part of me thinks this is digging way too deeply into minor differences (much as when I bought the American "Beatles Rarities" LP long ago). The interesting part is: a) how it was so important to get a specific version with minor differences, b) how much work went into making the LP itself after the recording was done, and c) that I watched the entire video and was thoroughly entertained.
I bought this 25 years ago at a jumble sale for next to nothing, and it's been stored away in a box for 20 years, but it was only today I found out it was an XEX 606-1 pressing (or what an XEX 606-1 pressing actually is). Nice.
I stumbled across your video about the 2014 mono box and have been watching ever since! I've just rediscovered my love for the Beatles on vinyl. I hunted down the 2014 monos for my 4 favorite albums and am filling in the rest from the 2012 stereo releases. Even digitally sourced, they sound great to my ears. Any chance of a video about the 2012 remasters? Your videos are very informative and fascinating to watch.
Are the mixes of the Revolver tracks that appeared on ‘Yesterday & Today’ album unique to that album? Other You Tube presentations are presuming they won’t appear on the upcoming ‘Revolver’ boxset.
We knew the UK -1 mono mix was different in the States back in the early 80s...The -2 mono mix is the same as the Capitol mono mix...A few of us procured UK copies that happened to be -1
That hard to find version of Tomorrow Never Knows, is on the United States Capitol record album Rarities! So fear not if you can't find the original revolver album, look for The Beatles Rarities.
It is definitely NOT on the US Rarities,and in fact,has never been issued again(except on bootlegs)until the new box set in October.It is a part of the mono Revolver on the Capiphone project,still in the works.
It’s too bad that copyright prevents you from playing the different mixes of tomorrow never knows I simply love that song I specially love the backwards guitar part. When I first heard the bear our house piano I heard it on the Beatles anthology, when three of us surviving Beatles were listening to tomorrow never knows the final take affect. I would love to hear the song tomorrow never knows and all Beatles recordings without the fade out and I especially love the tomorrow never knows bass and drums with the song within you without you it fits really well on the live album. I love all the tape loops that were used that was way before computers.
Just 10 years later, history would sort of repeat itself since Paul would also replace a mix of the song "Press" with another one on his "Press To Play" album.
I have a German Stereo pressing on the Odeon label, SMO 74 161, with the Matrix numbers YEX 605-1 side one and YEX 606-1 side two, no stampers than I can see. This was kindly given to me by my wife aunt who lived in Madeira but she cant remember where they got it from! Is this the version you are talking about or is it just mono? Love these Videos, keep em coming please....
I Love your channel! I never knew any of this and find it very fascinating thank you for the Contant now I have to check my mono US revolver keep up the great work and Videos much appreciate it
Every fan of Revolver should thank the late, great engineer Geoff Emerick. When it comes to Tomorrow Never Knows, George had very little to do with the production...it was all Emerick. In Emerick's book, Here There and Everywhere, Geoff recounts how John told George about the sound he was after...George then told Emerick to produce that sound. Geoff's mastery of special effects on recorded sound was very prominent on the recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
So... This is NOT the version on the anthology. Right? Any idea where a poor American plebe can actually hear the thing? This is (ultimately) such a tease, but fascinating!
Blimey! So I went to check my mono copy, which I bought second hand (because I couldn’t afford a new one as a 13 year old) around 1975 and there it is XEX-606-1. I grew up listening to mono versions of most of The Beatles output, so after the diabolical first CD versions came out I was delighted that the collection was remastered properly in 2009 and finally digital versions of the songs sounded right to me. However, I was unaware of this withdrawn mix on my old mono LP, the 2009 remix, was one track I had problems with… Now the mystery is solved! Thanks!
Don't have my Parlis anymore.Had to sell everything.Will work on debuting it all.Getting ready to pick up a sweet copy of Twist And Shout(never had a mint one-this ones about as close to mint as I've ever seen or had)Canadian Capitol colorband copy!!!With the Red print Capitol/Pathe inner sleeve-And is the Feb'64,without the parenthesis on the perimeter print around the word Canada.
Andrew your knowledge in respect to Beatles recordings amazes me to no end. I thought that I knew just about everything there was to know about the UK pressings on Parlophone,and Apple. I knew how to read the matrices, mothers,and stampers as well as label variations from 1963-1969-70 . I have no idea how Parlogram came up on my screen as something other than a seller of very good condition Beatles albums - I didn’t get into the forty fives - I know I had bought at least one or two albums from Parlogram over a few years , but generally I had Beatles UK albums given to me going back to the lste sixties ,early seventies . I can’t recall which episode I first saw where you were commenting on a given Beatles recording, but I was apparently impressed enough to watch your videos in the future . This is 10-7-2022 now. You put me to shame . The minutiae you get into is mind boggling . It looks like you have a Studer - Revox behind you possibly an A 77 ? - Great machine I Alison once owned a twin track - but there was one that looked like an older Studer as well. There is no one I can think of - even Mike Fremer whom I used to send rarer pressing UK Beatles albums to critique on his possibly million dollar playback system - He’s very opinionated,and not a musician, but he does have a good ear . The one album he wanted to buy from me was Please ,Please Me Decca pressing . Sorry I digress . In any event you have an encyclopedic knowledge that no one else has. The fact that you certainly must have a very good playback system is obvious by your comments . Have you thought of showing your playback system or explaining to people what exactly what system components you’re using to listen to playbacks on ? One other issue . Maybe consider playing back your first episode , I’m sure many would like to see how your show has evolved over time . Lastly . I just had a dental appointment,and the doctor gave me a strong analgesic-opioid- which makes one rather verbose . My apologies. Ps. Spizer gets a hands down from me
Just a minor point, the orchestral chord tape loop definitely doesn't sound like a minor chord, when listening to it in isolation it appears to vacillate between a Bb major and Bbsus chord.
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I just stumbled across your channel and now I’m binge watching and I just found out that I have this record in my collection (given from my grandads collection) I learnt some very interesting things in this video! Thank you!
Nice one. Thanks for watching!
Sweet! Enjoy it
Lucky!
I’m doing the same but 2 years later
Back in 1980 I bought a used copy of the mono Revolver and it has remix-11.
I’ve heard about this but never knew the whole story. Very interesting. They should have released the first pressing mix on the mono vinyl box. I would love to hear it.
It's on the new box set,but also the mono Revolver in the Capiphone project.
@@ronmartin4212 I know can’t wait 👍🏻
Would you ever want to do an overview of Geoff Emerick, and his post-Beatles work?
Revolver was definately one of the Beatles "gun" albums!
Tomorrow Never knows was the Beatle's greatest accomplishment, because perhaps more than any other song recorded, encapsulates the Tibetan Book of the Dead and is as close a representation of the Enlightened state of bliss as has ever been created in the human condition. The Beatles, George Martin and acid are pure genius, about as close to perfection as yet achieved.
I am retiring from Karaoke shortly and I have a very close Karaoke version of Tomorrow Never Knows. As a parting shot I'm going to sing it! I have a pretty good Lennon voice and will do the song justice. I don't know, (or care) what others might think when they get exposed to it!! Ha! ha! ha!!
I appreciate the way you've expressed it all!
Tomorrow Never Knows is a great song I agree. But the best Beatles song ever is a day in the life!
@@drummerjohnforyou Whereas A Day In The Life is a great song, I agree, the Beatles best song is of course 'Cry For A Shadow'.
@@carlrudd1858certainly you mean ‘Champagne Supernova.’ ✌️
I love this guy's voice. It's so soothing. Great for videos
Who doesn't like Revolver? I don't know...
I'd say "Revolver" is the Beatles "Sgt, Pepper".
I love the album revolver I love The Beatles
I love Revolver, especially the mono mix. It’s my fourth favorite Beatles album after Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper, and Rubber Soul. Almost too hard to rank those 4 albums as they are all nearly perfect
Because you don't like psych music, probably. Nobody should love all the same on Earth. What do you love? :-)
How I wish the fair use copyright rules on UA-cam would allow you to play segments of the two to highlight the differences.
Good question, Gustavo.
Parlogram Auctions it makes no sense. Movie analysis channels can share entire scenes by Kubrick to break them down for educational purposes and the studios rightly understand that that should be encouraged. Why the music industry is so far behind and near-sighted is both a mystery and a shame. So many great music channels are needlessly limited and their content crippled for absolutely no good reason. I remain hopeful that things will change in the future.
I agree with you 100%, Gustavo.
He could always forego the £ and play them, if he wanted to educate.
Geoffreygeefresh95 it’s not that simple, unfortunately. He risks his entire video taken down, and getting a strike against his channel. If getting the video demonetized were the worse thing that can happen, many UA-cam channels would go ahead and educate anyway. Even people like Rick Beato, who is totally ok with his videos getting demonetized, can’t use fragments of songs, especially from The Beatles, The Eagles, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, and a few others. The videos get blocked every time.
Another excellent video! I recall when you could still find these for only a few dollars more than XEX-2 -- as recently as 2009. Perhaps if Apple releases a 60th anniversary edition for Revolver, this will be included
and it seems you were correct
This man predicted the future
After seeing this I looked at my Revolver albums. I have one on Odeon from Venezuela with this same XEX 606-1 in the run out. I never really noticed the song being different, but on listening it does seem to fit what he describes. The album is in average condition but is from South America. Is this worth anything other than being a curio? I agree that this presentation was well done and interesting, excellent story and factual explanation. More of these kind of stories please! It isn't every day there is new info on the most studied and scrutinized band in the world.
This is a wonderful summary, thank you for this! One other bit to add to the story; according to the late Bruce Hamlin ("Beatles Bruce" - the Beatles vinyl guru of Australia), there were some XEX 606-1 copies pressed in Australia. He believed this was due to the shipment of metal parts from the UK to Australia after the UK presses were exhausted. A similar thing happened for the Rubber Soul 'Loud Mix' where the the 579-1 and 580-1 stampers were retired early, but somehow Australia kept stamping them out for some time afterward. I hope this helps and even inspires another great video, cheers!
Thanks for watching and the interesting extra information.
@@Parlogram yeah will you make a video about the rubber soul loud cut?
@@mercurialmagictrees Will do!
My XEX 606-1 is one of my favorite “rarities” to show people. While most (understandably) may not care about silly things like misprints or fonts, an actual alternate mix of TNK that can’t be found on any other pressing IS quite cool.
LOVE your channel. Keep up the incredible work! :D
Show off! LOL. J/K. Great find!
anywhere on the net that has this version of TNK?? I'd like to hear it....It is my unicorn.....
@@MoneyCrespin It can be found on "Turn Me On Dead Man - The John Barrett Tapes". Dr. Ebbetts's UK Mono collection also contains it. The mono bootleg vinyl which is a counterfeit of the original brazilian first pressing also has it.
@@songwriterjj6022 XEX 606-1's are not impossible to find. Like Butcher covers, they come up for sale frequently on eBay and elsewhere. Finding one in nearmint condition though is the hard part
Finally picked up a 606-1 a few weeks ago. The condition is okay... a bit noisy but plays without skipping. It was also a really good price so can't complain! The mix of Tomorrow Never Knows is an interesting one, especially the extra piano near the end. In terms of the *quality* of the mix, you're not missing anything if you don't have a 606-1. It's a nice collector's piece and worth hearing remix 11 of TNK but it's not the be all end all.
Nice one, Matt!
I'll put my two penneth in here, which ties in somewhat with the comments at 9.53 (ish). During 1992 / 93 I had an advert in the local Coventry papers advertising for records wanted, as I wanted to set up a record selling business. By 1993 I'd built up a fair stash of 50s / 60s records, including multiple copies of most Parlophone Beatles albums. Being a fan since childhood I often played those Beatle spares, and one day in 92 / 93 I played a copy of 'Revolver' I'd bought. When 'Tomorrow Never Knows' came on it very soon became apparent it was different to my own copy, accenuated effects etc and then the longer fade out and I thought wow! I mentioned this to some of the major dealers at the NEC record Fair in 93, such as Neil Roddis and Peter Rice, who didn't know of any different mix. Not very long after I remember it making the news page in Record Collector mag or the new RC Price Guide I'm not sure which, so hey it could've been me who first mentioned it to a dealer and it got to RC!
I have a boot cd of this pressing.
Thank you. You've finally cleared up that mystery for me! I'm still waiting for a remix/ boxset so hopefully we can hear the different mixes. Since it's my favourite lp of all time! And an edit was done on both mono and stereo mixes of Doctor Robert. What was cut out?
It's being bootlegged mostly on coloured vinyl. Sounds great for a bootleg. Cover and labels are copies from the earliest brazilian edition.
Another very noticeable mix difference on XEX 606-1: you can hear the two organ notes when John sings "It is knowing, it is knowing". XEX 606-2 as well as the stereo mix has no organ on this part. I never knew the existence of XEX 606-3. Anyone know if there are any unique mix differences on any of the songs on this 3rd lacquer of Side 2 compared to -1 and -2? Why was it necessary to create XEX 606-3?
I have an XEX 606-3 copy. By the waveforms its very similar to XEX 606-2
@@timhubbard8895 I assume the mono mixes on XEX 606-3 are identical to the 606-2 common mono mix. Yes? No?
@@markymarc9339 I have another copy of Revolver with a XEX 606-2 side. It's not quite the same. I had a very hard critical listen in comparison, with headphones on. XEX 606-2 sounds a bit flat and uninspiring whilst XEX 606-3 in my opinon sounded a lot better, clearer and louder and didn't sound as "muddy" as my 606-2 copy. There is frequency loss on the 606-2 cut rather like the Mono cut of "Help!" giving it a muddy sound. I don't know if this is a playwear issue, but my recent aquired XEX 606-3 pressing has demoted my 606-2 copy to "spare status". Rather nice, it also has a slightly more rare E.J. Day outer sleeve with perfect undamaged, uncreased and clean condition flyback tabs on the rear sleeve too!
@@timhubbard8895 OK so you're saying the newer lacquer sounds better - but I'm assuming the mixes are totally identical to 606-2.
@@markymarc9339 Yes, ruinning times are the same. Just my 606-3 sounds better and clearer in my opinon
I am a proud owner of this pressing, I had to buy it from a seller in Germany
Cool I bought from a seller from the U.K on eBay last year. The condition is a solid vg+
I was so curious to hear the different mix. However after hearing both back to back I still prefer the -2 version.
mercurialmagictrees what’s different about it the -1 version of the song?
@@Tik1800 It's a different mix from the standard mono mix, it was the first one released and then it was withdrawn for another pass at the mix on the next pressing of the LP
@@mercurialmagictrees What changes were made between the -2 and -1 version?
@@utub1473 well...Watch the video and he explains as well as anyone can without listening to them.
Every couple of years when I turn up mono UK Revolver in a charity shop the first thing I check is the b-side matrix. And every time I'm disappointed. Still buy them if they're in good nick and less than say £2 as they make popular trades for more interesting stuff.
Tomorrow Never Knew!!!
I surely did not.
Andrew, love your commentary--as always! I prefer remix 11 myself, although it's fun to have 8 as an alternative (at least, that's how I view it--in reality, it's the reverse). Why in god's name was 11 not included in Mono Masters--I mean, if you're gonna include the 45 of Love Me Do??? However, as a musician, I gotta correct something about the 2nd tape loop--it's a g minor chord, not b-flat minor.
Really enjoyed this, thanks. I got my stereo copy from my order brother in 1979 (black/silver label) but in 1980 my eldest brother's mate taped four of his original Beatles LPs for me. A very pleased 13 year old, three of them were mono editions. A couple of years later I picked up a sixties mono copy, and then discovered this mix difference. The taped copy was from the withdrawn mix. Wish I'd known that in 1980, I would have made him an offer!
Turn off your mind relax and float down stream
WoW, now I’m curious to hear that mix. Surprised Mark Lewisohn didn’t go in-depth on it in his book. Your videos are truly a great resource, marvelous job!!
Thank you - glad you enjoyed it.
A cheaper way to get your hands on one is to get the bootleg edition, which looks like a brazilian pressing on coloured vinyl. Sounds really good.
ok... I just went to my Beatles record collection... and this is the version I have! bought it in the 90s at a second-hand record shop for like £3.
so this alternative version... is my original version to me.
sadly the XEX 606-1 mix is the best mix of this song and a bit more trippy. and as you say, the ending is clearly different.
My orig uk mono copy side 1 ends by 2, side 2 ends 3. Has the piano part at the end. The audio of the whole lp is still fascinating. Thank you.
Those few seconds really make a difference.
Hi Andrew! How are You? Just today, listening to my Revolver STEREO Cd from 2009, I noticed for the first time that it does play the remix n.11 of Tomorrow Never Knows! Did you know that?
My Cd is not from the boxset. I don't have a Mono Cd for a comparison.
That's very weird and unexpected to me...
Great video and very informative. I’ve just looked over my “stereo” copy of Revolver which is an Australian pressing with the matrix numbers YEX 605-1 on side 1 and YEX 606-1 on side 2 and also with Dr Robert instead of Doctor Robert. I think my copy could be a very early pressing?
Besides the very interesting story (until now unknown to me), I am a fan of your laid back presentation of the facts. A lot of UA-cam videos seem to be made by people who like flashy, speedy video edits en high speed voice overs. Don't know why, but I think it's annoying and very distracting. So... A big thumbs up to you! (And yes... I subscribed indeed.)
Thanks for watching. I'm glad you like the style of my videos. More are on the way.
Yeah I like how it's presented in a calm manner.
Yes very good point mate!
I just received from ebay revolver first print mono... The ad had only a photo of the cover and then nothing more the cover was a bit broken at the edges and above, well no bids obviously I was the last to bid I won the auction , I paid £21...my surprise once I opened the package - 2 - 1 ....so glad I listened for the first time in 46 years the alternate take of tomorrow never knows
Hello, I just scored the same 2-1. All the best.
Ten minutes went by in a flash, love this stuff, more please.
I know- this dude is awesome!
Update: So, it seems that the RM11 mix is finally getting officially released with the super deluxe edition of Revolver.
Finally!
I'm pretty sure my mother had one of those copies of Revolver as I was surprised when I heard a different version of Tomorrow Never Knows on CD. Sadly, by that time she had given all her LPs to Oxfam!
Rip
Having spoken to my elder sister, she actually owns my mother's old copy of Revolver and indeed it is an XEX 606-1 copy. But it's totally worn out too.
faeembrugh but she does own it
Why were the changes made?
Play the song please
I found this when visiting a classic car exhibition in the mid 1990's. A vendor there had a few records and among them a UK mono Revolver. The alternate mix of TMK was not well known among collectors at the time but somehow I did know. He wanted the equivalent of 10 pounds for it, which was just about what I had in cash on me. Couldn't wait to get home and play it. The original owner had written his name and a date on the back side upper flap, he had bought it in Gothenburg, Sweden, in early August 1966, so some copies were sold outside the UK. Fortunately it sounded great, still have it. Mother / stamper on my copy is 1 / AT.
Hi friend love the videos on the Beatles
I have this LP I payed 50p at the carboot many years ago fantastic love it.
Back in 1980 when living in NYC, there was a record store in Greenwich Village called Bleeker Blobs. They sold used copies of the Beatles UK mono albums for $20 each. Of course that was before EMI re-released the mono albums a couple of years later. Revolver was one of the albums I bought but I didn't find out about remix-11 till about the year 2005. I decided to check the matrix number on side 2 and sure enough that was number. For over 20 years I did not realize I had a collector's item.
It's in the 2022 box set, thank god...I'm anxiously waiting for october 28th...
After Rubber Soul the other record important is Revolver,because have good songs and the band used your imagination for make it this album.
Can someone help to explain stampers for this pressing? I have (or will havee soon) 2 pressings of this disc and am curious to know how to identify the meaning of the stampers.
6:20 RM11 wouldn't have appeared on ANY stereo pressing because it's a mono mix.
I just scored a XEX 605-2, XEX 606-1. A cross over, definitely. The cover is -M while the vinyl is E+. Really happy!
Where did you get this Revolver album? Those are not the songs in it except Tomorrow .and Good Day Sunshine .
I had a nice copy of it back in 2007 when I traded a copy of a promo white label UA A Hard Day's Night for the entire Mono and Stereo run of all the Parlophone/Apple UK lps-my buddy STILL got the better end of the deal,as that HDN white labeler was running at about $6,500 at the time!!(I picked it up for $50!!)I was allowed to grab one of the two -1 copies he had,as well!Both were near mint!!
Travelled to London from my home town in the north of Sweden the first time in 1982 when I was 14. After that I went back every year.
If I remember it right it must have been around 1985 I bought my first mono copy of Revolver. VG+ for about £9 at the time.
Took me into the 90's (when I bought my NM second copy) that they were different:). The first one was the xex 606-1. Bad ears....
GREAT videos!! I just recently bought my first XEX 606-1 after wanting one for several years. However, the cover has a corner bend where the laminate is coming up. Are the covers for -2 and -3 exactly the same as -1 as long as it is an Ernest J. Day cover? Is there any reason not to swap out the cover for a nicer one of a -2 or -3 where it would be less expensive?
Thanks for watching, Don. 'Ernest J. Day' covers are rarer but they weren't used exclusively for the -1. A 'Garrod & Lofthouse' cover would also be a suitable home for it.
It's being bootlegged mostly on coloured vinyl. Cover and labels are copies from the brazilian first (fake) mono pressing. Sounds really good, though.
I love that barrelhouse piano at the end of tomorrow never knows I love about the spelling on it and the model mix it is great I think tomorrow never knows as one of the best songs ever besides revolution nine.
Hang on.....it's a B flat Maj chord at 18:00 to 19:00 of the track? I've always heard this almost Berlioz or Wagnerian style chordal 'statement.' (edit: that's at 18 to 19 seconds in....)
Dear Andrew. On you brief description under the video it say XEX 606-1 contains an unreleased version of TMK surely this must be contains a withdrawn version of the song, that being said it doesn't take away from the content. I did have a Spanish version of the album in the 1980's but can't remember if that had the said version on that album it would be interesting to know if any worldwide versions of revolver had that withdrawn mix many thanks
Revolver is really the apex of Beatles music! Though every lp is my favorite 🥴😜😉😘
I have just checked my New Zealand copy which is Stereo on the Apple Label so obviously a later copy right, but the Matrix reads YEX 606-1, the piano does linger last but I can't compare it to anything else. NZ had their own plants and I don't know the relationship to the Australian ones or mother Britain. I just thought it was info you could collect.
The alternate mix only appears on the mono pressing.
..i'm a bit late to these comments, as a teenager in the 60's i bought every beatles LP, my '66 new zealand pressed revolver on parlophone is mono with: (YEX.605), (YEX.606) on the label. the runout scratchings are: PCS7009A, PCS7009B. the record and cover are still near mint, unfortunately i gave my turntable to a young vinyl enthusiast and she is reluctant to give it back
So i have this exact pressing.... No fucking way.
Merry Christmas Andrew! Has the new Revolver box set destroyed the value of this original cut now that it's been released in that set?
SPOILER ALERT!
We may never know exactly why the -1 was recut - in later years, Sir George Martin himself could not recall even doing so - but it may have been because the -1 mix is missing a crucial part of the song. The end of George's backward guitar solo gets cut off early in the first few bars before "that love is all..." Sir Martin may have realised this mistake when he sat down for a listen later on, and went for the more complete remix 8.
Good points, Alex. You could well be right.
Alex is right-George's guitar bit was not complete in remix 11,and John was noted as to ask for the substitution of the mix,as well.
Wouldnt playing snippets be accepted under fair use, since you are commenting on them?!
Why was the dash one mix replaced with dash two? What was wrong with dash one? Andrew said George Martin made the phone call. Was it George’s decision to make the change or was it the Beatles?
I have a Parlophone LP (a compilation) that has the 'high hat' intro on 'All My Loving'. Has anyone heard about this before? I've liked the Beatles since 1973. I was 4 & my brother bought those 2 'Red' & 'Blue' cassettes. A huge fan since -- but I have never heard of this mix of of Tomorrow Never knows before.
It is a Nordic copy of the Odeon Beatles Greatest German lp that is the Parlophone equivalent.The mix is included in the Capiphone project,next year!!!
Part of me thinks this is digging way too deeply into minor differences (much as when I bought the American "Beatles Rarities" LP long ago). The interesting part is: a) how it was so important to get a specific version with minor differences, b) how much work went into making the LP itself after the recording was done, and c) that I watched the entire video and was thoroughly entertained.
I pre-ordered my copy , mono, & collected on the day it was released, always a Friday, it was played to death so I no longer have it..
There are no minor chords in the song. When the french horn comes in. it's Bb major 6th.
i just found an xex 606- 1 in a charity shop for 50p....
ya voice is different here compared to latest vids i thought it was dubbed
I bought this 25 years ago at a jumble sale for next to nothing, and it's been stored away in a box for 20 years, but it was only today I found out it was an XEX 606-1 pressing (or what an XEX 606-1 pressing actually is). Nice.
It is always good to hear a Beatles connoisseur like you Andrew. Cheers, Nelio.
Thanks again for watching, Nelio.
This song reminds me of The Chemical Brothers!!
Pleased to say I have this baby in my collection and the record is in vg+ to mint condition 😍
Waouh! That’s heavy duty Beatlesology !
Happy Christmas 🎄
Thanks Bucky! Wishing you the same.
I am glad to have mono UK side 1/-2 and side 2 /-3
Meh! I want to hear the original multi-track tape
I am still looking for this one lol . Great video cheers !!!!
thanks .
Excellent video, research and execution as usual!
Glad you enjoyed it, Gustavo.
At 1:49 the Bb chord is major, not Bb minor.
You got me there ;)
My 1982 mono copy is 606-3 on side 2.
I stumbled across your video about the 2014 mono box and have been watching ever since! I've just rediscovered my love for the Beatles on vinyl. I hunted down the 2014 monos for my 4 favorite albums and am filling in the rest from the 2012 stereo releases. Even digitally sourced, they sound great to my ears.
Any chance of a video about the 2012 remasters?
Your videos are very informative and fascinating to watch.
Thank you, Kay, welcome aboard. The 2012 discs are one my list, but I've got some rarer things lined up to review before I go there.
Are the mixes of the Revolver tracks that appeared on ‘Yesterday & Today’ album unique to that album? Other You Tube presentations are presuming they won’t appear on the upcoming ‘Revolver’ boxset.
'I'm Only Sleeping' certainly is and won't be on the new box set.
Muy interesante... Saludos cordiales desde la hermosa Cd. de Cortazar, Gto. Mex.
We knew the UK -1 mono mix was different in the States back in the early 80s...The -2 mono mix is the same as the Capitol mono mix...A few of us procured UK copies that happened to be -1
...the -2 mixes were on the UK re-issue mid 80s issues.
That hard to find version of Tomorrow Never Knows, is on the United States Capitol record album Rarities! So fear not if you can't find the original revolver album, look for The Beatles Rarities.
It is definitely NOT on the US Rarities,and in fact,has never been issued again(except on bootlegs)until the new box set in October.It is a part of the mono Revolver on the Capiphone project,still in the works.
There used to be a video of remix 11 on UA-cam, but sadly it’s been taken down. Hoping to add the -1 to my collection one day!
That must have been ours but it was taken down.
It’s too bad that copyright prevents you from playing the different mixes of tomorrow never knows I simply love that song I specially love the backwards guitar part.
When I first heard the bear our house piano I heard it on the Beatles anthology, when three of us surviving Beatles were listening to tomorrow never knows the final take affect.
I would love to hear the song tomorrow never knows and all Beatles recordings without the fade out and I especially love the tomorrow never knows bass and drums with the song within you without you it fits really well on the live album.
I love all the tape loops that were used that was way before computers.
"barrel-house piano"
"when three of us surviving Beatles were listening to tomorrow never knows the final take affect." 😲
Just 10 years later, history would sort of repeat itself since Paul would also replace a mix of the song "Press" with another one on his "Press To Play" album.
@@thefonzkiss Correct! I'm terrible at basic maths sometimes --)
I have a German Stereo pressing on the Odeon label, SMO 74 161, with the Matrix numbers YEX 605-1 side one and YEX 606-1 side two, no stampers than I can see. This was kindly given to me by my wife aunt who lived in Madeira but she cant remember where they got it from! Is this the version you are talking about or is it just mono? Love these Videos, keep em coming please....
This version is only on the UK mono 1st pressing. 'Revolver' wasn't issued in mono in Germany. The last mono release there was 'A Hard Day's Night'.
Ok thanks for info.
Parlogram Auctions The US version on the Capitol label has the matrix number of “T-2-2576” on side 2. Right?
This mix is part of the Capiphone project,too!!It's Included on the mono Revolver,in the project!!Stay tuned!!
I Love your channel! I never knew any of this and find it very fascinating thank you for the Contant now I have to check my mono US revolver keep up the great work and Videos much appreciate it
Thank you, Joseph. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel.
Every fan of Revolver should thank the late, great engineer Geoff Emerick. When it comes to Tomorrow Never Knows, George had very little to do with the production...it was all Emerick. In Emerick's book, Here There and Everywhere, Geoff recounts how John told George about the sound he was after...George then told Emerick to produce that sound. Geoff's mastery of special effects on recorded sound was very prominent on the recording of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
So... This is NOT the version on the anthology. Right?
Any idea where a poor American plebe can actually hear the thing? This is (ultimately) such a tease, but fascinating!
Fantastic Andrew....
Thank you Brian, glad you enjoyed it.
Blimey! So I went to check my mono copy, which I bought second hand (because I couldn’t afford a new one as a 13 year old) around 1975 and there it is XEX-606-1.
I grew up listening to mono versions of most of The Beatles output, so after the diabolical first CD versions came out I was delighted that the collection was remastered properly in 2009 and finally digital versions of the songs sounded right to me. However, I was unaware of this withdrawn mix on my old mono LP, the 2009 remix, was one track I had problems with…
Now the mystery is solved! Thanks!
Don't have my Parlis anymore.Had to sell everything.Will work on debuting it all.Getting ready to pick up a sweet copy of Twist And Shout(never had a mint one-this ones about as close to mint as I've ever seen or had)Canadian Capitol colorband copy!!!With the Red print Capitol/Pathe inner sleeve-And is the Feb'64,without the parenthesis on the perimeter print around the word Canada.
No idea why this channel only has around 30,000 subscribers. Criminally undersubbed.
I have a 606-1 made in india??
Ran upstairs to check my copy - 606-2. Damn! The mix is still different from the stereo though...
Andrew your knowledge in respect to Beatles recordings amazes me to no end. I thought that I knew just about everything there was to know about the UK pressings on Parlophone,and Apple. I knew how to read the matrices, mothers,and stampers as well as label variations from 1963-1969-70 . I have no idea how Parlogram came up on my screen as something other than a seller of very good condition Beatles albums - I didn’t get into the forty fives - I know I had bought at least one or two albums from Parlogram over a few years , but generally I had Beatles UK albums given to me going back to the lste sixties ,early seventies . I can’t recall which episode I first saw where you were commenting on a given Beatles recording, but I was apparently impressed enough to watch your videos in the future . This is 10-7-2022 now. You put me to shame . The minutiae you get into is mind boggling . It looks like you have a Studer - Revox behind you possibly an A 77 ? - Great machine I Alison once owned a twin track - but there was one that looked like an older Studer as well. There is no one I can think of - even Mike Fremer whom I used to send rarer pressing UK Beatles albums to critique on his possibly million dollar playback system - He’s very opinionated,and not a musician, but he does have a good ear . The one album he wanted to buy from me was Please ,Please Me Decca pressing . Sorry I digress . In any event you have an encyclopedic knowledge that no one else has. The fact that you certainly must have a very good playback system is obvious by your comments .
Have you thought of showing your playback system or explaining to people what exactly what system components you’re using to listen to playbacks on ? One other issue . Maybe consider playing back your first episode , I’m sure many would like to see how your show has evolved over time .
Lastly . I just had a dental appointment,and the doctor gave me a strong analgesic-opioid- which makes one rather verbose . My apologies.
Ps. Spizer gets a hands down from me
Just a minor point, the orchestral chord tape loop definitely doesn't sound like a minor chord, when listening to it in isolation it appears to vacillate between a Bb major and Bbsus chord.
There is a 2nd mix on the Modernisms lp/CD stereo,for a 2nd stereo mix,in the Capiphone project,too!!!
Andrew, I missed this episode. Fantastic information as always. Thank you.
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