What Giles Martin discovered when remixing Revolver
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- A box-set edition of Revolver is out on October 28, the remixed album along with 23 outtakes, three home demos, a book and notes by Paul McCartney. Giles Martin produced it and talks here about what he uncovered along the way - about the band and how they wrote and worked together, and about a new technical breakthrough developed on Peter Jackson’s Get Back movie project that transformed the whole process. The outtakes, he says, are like sketches for a finished painting (Yellow Submarine, you’ll discover, started as a sombre acoustic waltz-time folk song by John Lennon about his past).
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“I hate the idea of music getting old, I think that we just get old around music” - Giles Martin
Best quote of the interview...........
Quick add that to the all time quote list! So true! : ))
That is so profound!
Hardly a surprising attitude from a guy still copping a a good living off his dad's work with the band, I guess. I enjoy the Beatles as much as anyone else, but not to the point where I need every re-mix and re-master that has ever been and ever will be. There's only so much that can be done because of the original recording techniques. I love the 'new' single 'Now and Then,' but do I need another copy of the red or blue albums just because Apple Records wants to shift a few more copies by re-releasing them with the 'new' single on them? Nope. My teen years were the 80's so I missed the Beatles as an active band by a long shot. I only got into them in recent years. Perhaps this generation's teens and twenties are the target audience for new editions of the red and blue albums. Fair enough, I suppose.
@@CloudiVist Nothing to do with the fact he grew up with the Beatles music and his Dad and HAS TALENT and is good at what he does and is in a unique position to serve the cause for musical excellence..... Quite a large number of people follow their father's profession... He might have chosen to be a doctor or a fireman ... Sometimes people just have the love and the interest and passion and the talent for it. What a horrendous cynical pointless sad attitude.. You Tube is really full of jealousy and despair and cynicism and put downs on people... as if the whole world is some kind of conspiracy for people's lack of success or something...... You can't say it in society so people vent it You Tube as if we are all interested in their moot point of narcissism... I suggest we stomp it out from the web. Giles is decent , and talented like his father was literally born to it and he has insights that all few others have of his generation.. it is a blessing really and his eyes grew up with the vinyl the CD the master tapes and all else..he is ideally suited for the task and a genuine Beatles fan. Actually, find your comment unworthy to make really. how cynical an attitude is that...I am actually quite appalled on a ahem human level.
I’m old enough to have bought the original albums in the 60s. To this day, Revolver and Rubber Soul are my 2 favorite Beatles albums.
Me too. The interesting part to me, is that, beyond all the hype is that these were 4 amazing musicians, who knew how to work together towards the common goal of the music. They were not interested in the rest of it - the fame etc. - once they had it. This sort of project is to illustrate that musicianship at the heart of their songs: it isn't about how many notes you can play, but how you fit into the song.
The last records made by the original four Beatles.
Rookie writer to New York magazine publisher: How much do you pay for a thousand words?
Editor: It depends on what words, and in what order.
The Beatles had the right words and right notes in the right order.@@phoffen3829
@@phoffen3829 What also was an influence these four guys were at the right place at the right time, and a post worldwar changing world throwing aside rusted conventions.
Those 2 are my favorite, too. For me, it's because you got to hear these 4 brilliant musicians and composers at their peak, without and before the super-production of Sgt Pepper.
Revolver still sounds like it could have been recorded today. It's still so fresh.
I remember the very first time I heard it - bought on release, in the Sixties, as a RECORD, of course, loving that opening distorted count-in to "Taxman!" The sound of the studio! Wow! Loved it!
Nothing today compares.
@@fiddleandfart ABSOLUTE genius!!!!!...and probably their BEST album!!!
@@456zounds "Yeah, yeah, YEAH" are the first words out of my mouth...(no pun intended, but I am inadvertently saying the chorus to 'She Loves You'... I am too much of a The Beatles nerd!!). "Rubber Soul" is just as good and even better, but not quite as good (if that makes any sense)
I was going to say “Sounds like it was recorded this morning”. But I think we’re on the same page. I bought the Revolver Remix, and am VERY glad I did.
Revolver feels like the turning point between early and later Beatles. It’s the Rosetta Stone of 60s pop music.
Definitely the fork in the road when The Beatles took the psychedelic way!
But also the last remnants of their "Moptop" era. I feel when The Beatles changed direction, there's a definite line. Even then, sometimes there's a color bleed over the former and later boundaries.
Yeah, although many would say that "Rubber Soul" was their artistic pivot record - with "Revolver" the bridge to "Sgt Pepper" and beyond. Weren't The Beatles incredible?! All on (bounced) 4 track analogue too. So creative. And, of course, groundbreaking!
@@fiddleandfart Rubber Soul had many elements of their old "mop top" sound while still evolving, to me "Got To Get You Into My Life" is the true last shred of the early Beatles in my opinion because of its soul/motown inspiration.
That's a good way to put it. Although sometimes I think that belongs to Rubber Soul.
Geoff Emerick deserves a huge amount of credit for the sound of revolver
Yes, yes. He changed the sound.
4 tracks with many bits & bobs in the final mix.
Wasn't he responsible for Robin Trowers Bridge of Sighs?
@@allenf.5907 Yes, and his book is a real good read! ...but he changed the sound as they asked him to. I have mixed feelings about Giles Martin remixing everything because he wants to? ?...I guess Im cynical not sure why except that he's making a new "product" that can be sold again.
@@larryhudspeth4072 I think Giles does, too, to be fair
I had been into the Beatles for a while and asked for it for Christmas so I knew it was sitting there under the tree. I had only heard that it was good. When everyone went off to midnight mass I stayed behind and listened to it back to back for the first time. It was carefully re-wrapped by the time they returned and I was a much happier person on that lovely christmas eve.
...thats a great story. thanks for sharing.
So clever!
wonderful story. Thank you.
you know that's cheating though, right? :D
@@almishti Only punishable if you get caught 😉.
“Music doesn’t get old; we just get old around music.” Brilliant observation by Gilles. Now off to Rubber Soul
I was actually hoping that everyone was wrong about revolver, and that the announcement would be rubber soul. I think I love rubber soul slightly more
and to that point, at least so far,
there doesn't seem to be anyone in the comments lamenting the state
of music today.
and no that is not what I am saying. music today is *just fine*
Same here. Can’t wait for Rubber Soul.
U R dead Sir.
'Giles' is his name. Marc Bolan is not yours. Get things right.
I've always felt that Rubbersoul was the transitional record between the pop songs and their evolution with Revolver being the full realization of that change. The songs started to become more personal and the arrangements were becoming more sophisticated.
I love Rubbersoul, one of my first albums. Then Revolver just took off from there.
What a band and four brilliant people and musicians.
Everything came together with these lads from Liverpool (!) 🕉 🎉 ☮️ 🕊
Isn't it strange that what you say is what so many feel too. Rubber Soul and Revolver are my two favorite Beatles albums by a distance. No idea why. They just are. Liked the way Giles said that there was no magic bullet for why the Beatles were so good, they just were. Magic in other words. Cheers.
After watching Get Back, its more apparent to me than ever that George Martin was more than a "producer" - he took the raw material, added a classical touch, and was open-minded enough to accept the novel ideas, which created "classic" - there are equally good/better players of the era, but the rare combination, headed by Mr. Martin, that created the legacy.
I agree, the song writing itself is unquestionably inspired, but without Martin's input from the very start they may have never been allowed to explore and discover in the way they did. He took on everything they threw at him and he enabled them to realise their visons.
His complete open mindedness, commanding presence when needed to rein them in, his experience with sound effects and comedy records, all the way to his knowledge of classical arrangement made him a pretty unique and crucial asset to The Beatles sound.
AMEN!!!!!!
You are right. As amazing as the Beatles were they had a little help from their friends. GM and Emerick deserve credit for their contributions.
@@Eyeluvlola I think the fact that a producer on an album is not as much the same as a producer on a movie as he is the director of a movie tends to make the whole thing confusing.
Hence why he is referred to as the 5th Beatle
Giles is slowly morphing into his dad! Genetics are amazing 👏 such love for the lads!
"Young kids don't see music as getting old. They just see it as not happening now." This is what will save us. Thank you.
Giles is a treasure. What a gift to have him doing this work, having been so close to his dad, and with the blessing and cooperation of Paul and Ringo.
My feeling about Giles. Envy
My life began to Revolve around The Beatles when I got Revolver in 1966 at age 10.
And by 11, I began taking my little Craig reel to reel tape recorder (the same one the tapes self-destructed on Mission Impossible on TV) and began to experiment with speaking very slowly and playing it back faster (or vice versa), and playing tapes backwards, hearing what a 3 or 4 word sentence sounded like backwards, then recording myself saying those "backward" words and playing them backwards, un-reversing them for a surreal sound. Fun times, incredible album!!!
Indeed! I'm probably around the same age, growing up with The Beatles (Still fabulous!), and used to play around with a 1/4" tape recorder, record tracks, and turn them upside down for reversals, or play them back simultaneously with records to get that fabled "phasing" effect, I'd picked up from Beatle records. Brilliant, and mind-blowing to do it yourself! I can't believe getting a little box of electronics to do that for you now can possibly be as satisfying as what we did back in the day! DIY analogue manipulation was a lot of fun, kids!
I wanted that tape recorder more than anything at that age. You're a lucky person.
I sure miss the 'old style' analogue tape machines.
Yes. 😆 I grew up in the 60s and had a similar little reel to reel tape recorder. My brother and I had so much fun experimenting with it.
Giles used to be my publisher and lent me his Porsche for the weekend so I could go see my girlfriend. He's a very nice man, very humble and self deprecating. And when his dad (RIP) told me one of my songs was 'rather good' I almost died.
Humble brag?
@@Chatta-Ortega Just a straight-up brag, tbh. What songwriter *wouldn't* brag if George Martin rated one of their songs?
@@OccamsEraserhead If that were me I would be climbing so many walls I would probably never come down. Fab (excuse the pun)
Call me obsessed, what Porsche did he have?
@@virgilrytaar9083 Not the 911, sadly. The cheaper model - the Boxter? Still the most expensive car I've ever driven though. It was a sort of blue-ish purple-ish metallic colour 8 think.
Mind you I'm going back 20 years here so my memory might be off. All I know for sure is it wasn't the 911 but it was still AMAZING - and even more amazing that he loaned it to me. Like I said - very nice man.
I also remember him saying the best way to break into the music industry was to have George Martin as your dad. So, funny and self-deprecating too.
My sister and I had a party soon after Revolver came out. An electrician friend put our old mono steam driven record player 😂 in a large pantry room to make more space for dancing etc. Every time I hear tracks now I remember the sound of them in that pantry! They echoed strangely and sounded great! It was the time to feel good! Simple joys.
You've got it, it's all about the ambience, I still keep an old radio because it's the only way to hear stuff on a 6" elliptical speaker hehe :)
"steam driven". Was that sarcasm?
@@TJamesBell I think it was a joke, but also implying the record player in question was of the antiquated, clunky variety - possibly one of those old radiograms which were more like large pieces of furniture, complete with polished wood, etc.... That's what I got from it, anyway!
@@papercup2517 No no - you rig it up to your kettle spout - sounds utterly brilliant! You know the way things are meant to be heard!
Python humour alert...
@@ianbartle456 lol... Personally I still have an affection for the original system where a trained pony would trot round and round in circles to keep the records spinning... something about the clip-clop of its little hoofs blending with the beat of the music... If you didn't happen to own a pony, coconut shells would suffice, brought by those migrating swallows...
Still, tempus fugit and here we are in the 21st century, for better or worse... :-)
Alongside the taster, Paperback Writer/Rain, Revolver is Beatles perfection.
What an amazing year for music. Besides this masterpiece, the Doors recorded their debut album (right around the time this was released), Cream recorded 'Fresh Cream' (recording started before Revolver came out). Jimi Hendrix started recording the songs for 'Are You Experienced' not too long after Revolver was released. Even though, as mentioned, there was a lot of 'pop' on the charts (I'm not implying anything negative, a lot of it was great, and the diversity of styles was incredible), things were quickly changing. '66 was a kind of transitional year, going from the British invasion and all it's influences and leading into the 'psychedelic' era. That whole era was just incredible, and this album played a big part in all that, as The Beatles themselves did.
I do remember listening to this as a kid. I had six older siblings and one of them bought this around the time it came out. I was 6 at the time but was already a music nut and a Beatles fanatic. As with all their albums my siblings bought, starting with 'Meet The Beatles', I loved it. At some point when I was about 13 I turned away from anything that wasn't hard rock for two or three years, which allowed me to rediscover much of that mid-late 60's music all over again later on. I remember 'rediscovering' The Beatles and this album when I was 16, and I was quickly reminded how great it was.
im so peanut butter and jealous. i had falloutboy and Nickelback instead of jimi and the doors in my youth. that's so awesome, the energy around from all those goats crafting masterpieces concurrently. thank sweet Jesus for radiohead today or where would we be
Pet Sounds too
Doors Ist album 1967?
@@stephenellis2866 It was released in 67 but recorded in late summer of 66.
Perfect verbiage. Yes, The Beatles music is like ALCHEMY. It’s so insane. Every element every little piece is significant and seemingly deliberate and intentional. Amazing
I regard Revolver as "my" Beatles album. It was the first "real" rock record I ever owned. My mum gave it to me when I was very young because it had "Yellow Submarine" but I was mesmerized by "Tomorrow Never Knows" and the other songs.
How old were you?
I was 8 when I got my first copy of "Revolver" 1969/70, or thereabouts. I talked my mum into buying it for me citing both "Eleanor Rigby" &… "Yellow Submarine".
@@jmad627 I'm not sure how old I was. I was only 2 when it came out. I was maybe 10 years old at most when I got my copy. My sister had the Red & Blue compilations and I was wearing them out, so my mum probably thought I should have my own Beatles record. She probably picked Revolver because Yellow Submarine seemed like a "kid's" song. Little did she know I was being turned on to psychedelic rock a few years after it went out of fashion. Eleanor Rigby was one of my favourites, too. So dramatic and so sad.
Paul Morrow To Morrow never knows. Neat
I was 12 yo when I bought "Revolver". It came after listening to my uncle´s collection of Beatles´ records. I had already listened to "Pepper´s", "Abbey Road" and "White Album", but when I put the needle on "Revolver" I was beamed up to another world and did not want to come back at all. I remember listening to it three times in a row and telling myself repeatedly "Man, this is a very good album" at every minute of music....still today I rank it as their best album ever. They were working as a band, tight on studio as they were used to be on stage.
It was the first real rock record anyone ever owned, to be fair!
I loved his father, he’s great and has followed his dad in a grand way..
With the Beatles, everything always worked out for the better in a wonderful way; there were always special people who were good for the Beatles' progress. And what luck again for the Beatles that the son of the producer continues his work in such a dedicated and fantastic way!
Each track is so much clearer. You can hear individual instruments so much better and identify the the Beatles ages because their voices come through so clearly. The outtakes are fun to listen to!
I'm 22 years old, so I grew up with the 1987 and 2009 CDs, yet always thought that Revolver's stereo mix was insufferable. My breakthrough was getting the 2009 mono remasters. What Giles Martin has done (with Taxman, so far) is make me want to listen to this outstanding album in stereo!!!
The exact same thing happened with Sgt. Pepper's in 2017. Never liked the stereo mix and only listened it in mono until the Giles' one came out.
I'm extremely hyped!
That's because the "stereo" was actually pre-mixed two-track mono, the intention from the outset that the finished recording would be mono: the market was mono, the promotional medium -- radio -- was mono. George Martin estimated that only about 12 per cent in the UK had stereo players.
With radio FM existed before it was used, with TVs UHF existed before it was used, and record players had three speeds -- 16, 45, and 33 RPM -- but 16 was never used commercially.
Revolvers stereo mix was not “insufferable” lol. A great mix? Not so much by todays standards but still great and groundbreaking for its era. So much revisionism now that these cash grabs have come out.
I completely agree with the OP. The 1987 stereo mixes were not groundbreaking at the time. The difference between the ‘87/‘09 remaster of the Pepper stereo to the ‘17 remix is night and day. The White Album and Abbey Road had a great stereo mix originally, but the earlier no bleed through from one ear to the other stereo mix does not do these classic songs justice.
I think it's a generational thing, people who grew up with the original stereo mixes like them, and people who are more used to recent music like the Giles Martin remixes better. As is mentioned here, the original recordings were mixed for mono, and they spent a lot of time getting it right. The stereo mixes were an afterthought, and it was easy to put the vocals on the left and the drums on the right, etc. But somewhere in the mid-1960s record companies realized that they could charge more for "Stereo" recordings and started releasing BOTH Mono and Stereo LPs. My original 1964 copy of A Hard Day's Night was in Mono, and I just got used to that version. The 1987 CD release had the first 4 Beatles LPS in Mono ONLY. It wasn't until I came across an import version of A Hard Day's Night in the mid 80s that I got a chance to listen to it in Stereo. It was a Japanese pressing that I bought from the Import bin at Tower Records in San Francisco, and when I played it on my nice Stereo sound system at home I was blown away! I LOVED the Stereo version! When it became possible to digitize vinyl around 2000, I made my own CDs of that stereo version and passed it around to my friends. They were similarly amazed, and until the 2009 set was finally released, I had one of the few true stereo versions of A Hard Day's Night. Sometimes, the true separation of the tracks is really cool. For example, on Here, There, and Everywhere, Paul double-tracked his vocal, and on the 2009 CD, one vocal is on the left and the second vocal is on the right. It sounds fantastic! I will be disappointed if the October 28 edition of Revolver mixes the two vocals together and loses that great effect.
@@allthingsclassicrock It isn't a cash grab: you don't have to buy it.
The "revisionism" is actually ignorance of later generations of "fans" who were born knowing it all so needn't actually know anything factual at all. Ten-fifteen years ago they were demanding that the first four LPs be released in stereo -- their defense, based on the fact that ALL vocals were recorded to one track, and ALL the vocals recorded to the other track, of that was "two channels + two ears = stereo".
That was false, because the standard and intent was that the final recording would be MONO.
That evolved to the "nuance" of whining based on the misuse of the term "panning" of the two tracks.
They don't need to read George Martin's _All You Need is Ears_ in which he detailed how the recordings were made. Because then -- if they read at all -- they would have to reconcile the fact that "panning" would have required sounds be recorded to both tracks, and the "hole in the middle" between the two tracks, with their "stereo" claim. But that would have confused them even more because Martin also wrote of his visit to Capitol Records in the US and being blown away by THREE-track MONO.
99 per cent of the "controversy" about the actual nature of the recordings is based on ignorance + made up nonsense. So, when they don't get their way, they bash the recordings, and they bash George Martin. So much bullshit in place of the relatively succinct alternative: knowing the basic facts of how the recordings were made, instead of focusing exclusively on their imagined result.
I have enjoyed all of Giles work on the Beatles albums. Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road sound amazing to me. Music is subjective to our own taste and opinions, so please don’t hate on those that disagree with your point of view or opinions. I am grateful that Giles is helping keeping Beatles music alive, vibrant and relevant today.
Thank God for Giles Martin, taking the magic he inherited from his Dad and going back with todays technology and sympathetically assessing “The Beatles” back catalogue and then remixing it with Paul and Ringo’s approval, as a historical record for future generations to enjoy. He’s totally right “Music doesn’t get old; we just get old around music! This is an essential on going historical project which his Dad would have loved to be involved in, big respect to the whole “Beatle” family and everyone else involved in this fascinating journey❤
Giles is like a messenger for George Martin with the stories, Descriptions and sheer musicianship
Giles' new masters of Sgt Pepper, White, and Abbey Road have been absolutely fucking sublime. It's been a real treat listening to Beatles in Stereo without it sounding like dogshit. He's been a tremendous steward of the Beatles and his father's work and I hope he eventually remasters the entire catalogue.
Taxman - annoying guitar but not as bad as in Helter Skelter 3
Eleanor Rigby - fine song. 9
I'm Only Sleeping - Great song for repeat listening. Harrison's guitar backward works well - he conceived and created it.10
Love to You - Many Harrison songs are annoying. 3. Not all innovations are good.
Here there everywhere - Sappy Paul does well this time around. 8. If he wasn't singing it would be a 9
Yellow Submarine - not into it. bored. If any other band does it, it's nothing. 3
She Said She Said - very good John. 9
And your Bird Can sing - thanks John. 9.5
For no one - good Paul song 8.5
Dr Roberts - well well well not well. John 3
I want to tell you. But I don't want to hear. 4
Got to get you into my life. Good enough 7.5
Tomorrow Never Knows - early psychedelia. Harrison helped out a bit 8.5
@Bennett Theissen because McCartney can trust George's son not to fck it up as it has been previously... The Beatles recordings are bona fide works of art in the audio domain and are ageing beautifully... They will be remixed ad infinitum or possibly after Paul and Ringo are not here, that will all stop and no one will be allowed to deconstruct any further. Just enjoy it while you can.. Any non Beatles fans can just off fck.
@Bennett Theissen No one is twisting your arm to make you buy anything. Don't want it? Don't buy it.
@Bennett Theissen You needed to buy them in the 60s there era,I wouldn't have a Giles mix for nothing,I've got all the Originals 90% Mono that's all you need
Help to Rubber Soul showed modest growth but the leap to Revolver was remarkable. And the birth of distorted guitar sounds on Revolver gives it a modern sound.
may the schwartz be with you
I was 15 years old in 1964, living in Texas, and at a party when someone put on a song by a group I had never heard of: "I Want to Hold Your Hand," and my music world changed forever. I was a Beatles fan in the 1960s and now as an old man, I still listen to the Beatles. They were, and still are, the greatest.
I was 8 in 1964-before that I was listening to my older siblings Chubby Checker records and older Chuck Berry . The Beatles 'blew my mind',even though that expression hadn't been invented yet.2 hundred years from now,if we haven't blown ourselves to kingdom come,there still will be people analyzing and listening to those four lads from Liverpool.
I, too was 15 in 64, and became a professional musician with a little help from my friends, the Beatles, and learned how to play bass guitar by ear 👂. Finally retired last year.
Yes, am just under your age, grew up with The Beatles, and was playing, on a whim, the Beatles Red compilation recently ('62-'66), and it remains incredible as a collection of work. One brilliant song after another. God, they were incredible. And that's without turning to the '67 onwards stuff. Literally mind-blowing in their inventiveness, and sheer joyous, even emotionally moving, brilliance! You hear "Love Me Do," "Hard Days Night," "Can't Buy Me Love, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand," "Help!" and so many more. And they're still just utterly knockout!
Rubber Soul and everything before!
I want it all.
Thank you Giles Martin for keeping this great music alive.
✌️🍏❤️
“The open mindedness they all had, including my dad actually - that’s George Martin…” looking and listening to him (let alone his name), it’s an easy connection to see.
Revolver has always been my favourite album.
In fact, I would go as far as to say that Revolver is one of the 10 greatest albums ever recorded no matter what type of music we are talking about.
Agree.
Giles is a wonderful, considerate producer. He strikes me as far more than a curator; his sensitive approach is as philosophical as it is musical. Excellent stuff!
I have loved everything Giles and Sam have remixed. They are the best in the world at what they do. And hats off to Peter Jackson and his brilliant associates in New Zealand for advancing culture a big step forward!
He is George Martin’s son after all
Everything contained within this conversation is mind-blowing. The new technology, the raw intelligence and talent of Mr. Martin and the beautiful way in which it all unfolds in the interview, thanks to its host. This is a one-in-a-million video. Thank you so much.
"Punk and prog mentality". "Open-mindedness." "Creativity is like surfing." "Endless visceral enthusiasm". And now with machine learning. Alchemy indeed! LOVE to hear Giles Martin as he is in full respect and his technical ability. Rubber Soul next?
I like listening to the outtakes and demos, i would listen to them first then listen to the finished album. It's an enjoyable experience into the making of each album.
Giles is providing all the juicy details that musicians and 'recordists' relish. Oh,is this goood!
I've said it once and still believe that George Martin was every bit a "Beatle" as John, Paul, George, and Ringo. I mean yes sometimes he took a back seat for them to create but that must of been a very odd thing that a group and producer could work together in such a way.
I can't agree that hé was "every bit a Beatle as John, Paul , Reorge and Gingo"; hé was certainly important for their albums but hé wasn't one of The Beatles. Hé didn't grow up in bombed out Liverpool, become an adult with them in Hamburg and live 24/7 with them as they were touring and gigging in little clubs and pubs. And then when they had acheived success, hé wasn't hanging 'round with them, discovering marijuana with Bob Dylan, or experiencing LSD with them... He wasn't at all "one of them" but hé helped do some eternally great stuff.
An acceptable point but remember that John was said ‘show me one piece George Martins music that was any good’. Fair enough. He was a supporting role to genius which he often admitted himself.
George Martin was vitally important to their success. If they had been accepted by Decca instead after their January 1, 1962 audition Beatlemania may never have happened. Being rejected by Decca turned out to be an extremely lucky break.
@@Spaceoctopus1776 John said a lot of things. Among the things he said was that everything The Beatles recorded was crap. If you listen to how many times he contradicted himself over the years it becomes difficult to take anything he said seriously.
for the first time (as the touring band & movie stars, The Beatles) they all went on holiday's ..... and then the band come together, with free flowing, expansive ideas..... sounds developed & recorded in the studio by Geoff Emeric .. with orchestral arrangements from George Martin, on a 4 track machine, in mono, .for us....called Revolver
Hands down...my favourite Beatles album...even,the old North American release . It was a HUGE progression in their growth and maturity,as a band.
Hey Paul, I too regard Revolver as my Beatles album. I was nine when it came out,I was going through tuff times with my family,and it provided an escape for me. I still listen to it all the time. Tomorrow Never Knows IS my favorite Beatles song of all time, Pura Vida ,from Costa Rica.😎
I think Revolver exemplified some of the best drum parts by Ringo, i.e. "Rain" and "She Said"
I first heard the Revolver album that my mom had in her record collection when I was a little boy in the 1970's To me the Revolver album was the first album to change the boundaries of music. It was revolutionary to the time.
Incredible.
I love the Anthology version of I’m only sleeping. The yawning and xylophone. So cool and mellow.
I hope Mr Martin is working on Rubber Soul with a 12”45 rpm single of Day tripper / We can work it out.
would love a mash up with the xylophone mixed into the final product.
In 1966 I was 12-13 and really into 1/24 slot car racing. And in my local track was a high school senior who apparently loved Pet Sounds, playing endlessly as I spent my mother's spare change to run my dual motor off the track and into the plexiglass wall and flip over, Then, Wouldn't It Be Nice would play. So, I became a Pet Sounds fanatic. But, at my very first "adolescent" party they played Revolver. At age thirteen I was blown away and needed to catch up. What a great year, Brian, Beatles and pubic hair.
Yes yes I was there, that was me. Thank you for the memory!
So cool !
Terrific work so far Giles, keep it up. Personally I would love to see Rubber Soul next as it is THE album I identify with. It was the first Beatles album I heard as a kid.
I've got the remixes of both Abbey Rd and Revolver and thoroughly enjoying both.
Yellow Submarine was always considered a Paul song, but in a spring 1967 interview (J+P) , John did mention he wrote the verse melody.
My point is: those early interview contain more true information than later 'rewriting'.
What the son may have discovered was, it was all done right the first time. He’s riding on very big coat tails.
I am sixty seven years old now, I was young when this album was first released and it still appeals to me as when I was about twelve years then. My favorite track from Revolver is I’m Only Sleeping and I look very forward in hearing the remixed, re-built version. What an incredible band!
Should have said you were 64😁
@@Robin-cf9ts Well need & feed Him regardless.(ha-ha)
Tommy, it goes to show-2 Georges are better than one!
The acoustic-only version of I’m Only Sleeping that was on Anthology 2 is amazing. Incredible harmonies between John and Paul. They should have released that as a single.
Same age as you, Tommy, same feelings!!
Love this - Giles is sooo like his dad - amazing! Can't wait to hear this on Oct 28th!!!
Rubber Soul is my favorite album. Super stoked for Giles' mix if and when that happens!
Greatest album ever ….. for me at least
The best Indy album ever …it’s all there ..on one masterpiece
The Disney+ miniseries "Get Back" is a must watch for any Beatles fan. I was never a huge fan, but just watching them in the studio on a daily basis provides some excellent insight into how they worked and developed material. You get some real perspective on how they interacted with each other and the people who were so important in their career.
How can you say you were ‘never a fan?’ If you like good music, you have to love The Beatles. They were the absolute best at pop/rock music. No one comes remotely close! Not The Kinks, not The Who, not Jethro Tull, not Fairport Convention, not Squeeze, not The Waterboys, not Big Country, not The Jam, not The Libertines, not Ocean Colour Scene, not The Stone Roses, not Oasis, not The Arctic Moneys, not The Kooks, nobody!
One thing obvious in the Get Back series is how much their creativity depended upon goofing off. It was as if there was an imaginary barrier between them and the next great number one single and they poked at and taunted the barrier like matadors until they got a breakthrough. Remember, John says, 'just fill in the lyrics with whatever comes into your head and fix it later.' These techniques they had developed for teasing out a great song really worked for them and seemed like, as Giles aptly put it, "alchemy." They really were the magicians we see in that goofy scene in Magical Mystery Tour.
I deliberatelly signed up for Disney+ to watchi this documentary.As a Kiwi myself I was in awe of the work Peter Jackson did and it's great that the technology can be used to create new versions of the earlier albums. Can't wait to get a copy to listen to in my Atmos system
@@emmettmckenna4565 gotta love how people don't read or try to twist what you say on UA-cam comments. What did I ACTUALLY say? I said I was never HUGE fan. Key word there. I enjoy the Beatles, but I was more of a 70s kid. Led Zeppelin was my favorite. More of a harder edge. If I listen to The Beatles these days it's mostly the post-1967 stuff. But even if that wasn't the case, not everyone likes The Beatles My parents were never fans and I know other people who really couldn't care less. There's no requirement that everyone must love The Beatles.
Many thanks for this astonishing conversation. I am very proud to have met and chatted with Sir George Martin at a couple of receptions in London a decade ago, his contribution to making the Beatles ' music was immense. Thanks a lot again.
I wasa six-year old when Rev dropped one track at a time on the Light Programme, then never heard it again until I was 14 when every track had left a trace and delivered a spiritual experience.
I can't rank them... it's one of the masterpieces
"Synergy", in a word, describes what was 'magical' about the combination of those 4 musicians. It's what they did together that changed the face of modern music.
The most influential band - ever. There's The Beatles... and then there's everyone else.
AMEN!
He's done his old man proud on all these releases, absolutely nailed. Can't wait for this vinyl
Sounds just like him.
A great interview Mark , we're all looking forward to the remixed Revolver . so happy Giles has taken it on .
I do wish they/he would not continue to snub the _Magical Mystery Tour_ CD. I know it's not "genuinely" one of the Beatles' own albums AS an album, but it IS the source for the songs from the film, and it's LONG overdue to fix "I Am the Walrus" so that it's not all FAKE stereo after the second verse, as has been done already on the DVD releases of the _Anthology_ video (almost 20 years since that was issued) and the MMT film! And of course, inclusion of the "album's" five "side-two" tracks wouldn't hurt none, either! "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane" were brought up-to-date with the 50th Anniversary _Sgt. Pepper_ CD package, but I hear that they were not included in the vinyl version - something else that could be remedied via the MMT album!
I cannot wait for the super-duper deluxe set! Giles sounds so much like his father talking about the Beatles...He's done amazing work with them...Thankfully.
He is a true blessing!
Thank you, Giles, for carrying on your late father Sir George's legacy!
Great interview. Revolver has always been a favourite but I must admit, looking forward to Rubber Soul as well, hope that does happen.
How can it not, now?
I think Rubber Soul is superior to Revolver. Just my view.
If this sells(which it will), it will happen.
@@andydixon2980 Truly hope that is the case. I have mine on pre-order for Revolver, it would be the same for any of the others but especially Rubber Soul
@@stewartcohen-jones2949 agree with you.
Clear clean vocals, sharp instrumentation, great mixing, stereo separation/crossing is amazing.
Revolver is my fav Beatles album
I remember an interview with Peter Gabriel where he said that in the future you’ll be able to strip individual elements out of a recording and rebuild them & multitrack that way and I just couldn’t believe it -certainly not in my lifetime anyway!
Yet this and Emile/Police/Peter Jackson technique certainly seems to have achieved exactly that🤯
There are still many artifacts in the process. But it's getting closer.
You can actually retune notes in a song within a full mix.
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I don't know anything about music production or mixing, etc...I just appreciate hearing it all. Huge Beatles fan since my teens, as my parents always played the radio in the car (including other great eras like the golden oldies) and I'm 34 now.
I just appreciate the MUSIC, and if we get more remixes and remasters then fine. If not, that's fine too. The albums live forever.
I knew about the technology but I did not realize that it could actually separate individual components of the drum kit into individual tracks. Mind blowing when you think about the possibilities of what can be done with the early albums, or even things like the Hamburg tapes, or live recordings.
I've been using separation technology for a year now to make instrumentals of all Queen's output (inc solo) - but what's on the 'public' market can't even split the drums up like that - at best it can only seperate the drums from the rest of the music.
Staggering!
@@pootle5096 I've played around with LALAL and Moises to remove drums from songs - guess what I play :) - and it...kinda...sorta...maybe work - but listening to what this software can do on Taxman and Tomorrow Never Knows - I am really excited to to see what's next.
@@DisjointedConversations Lalal is poor. I first started using (and paying!) for that in May last year. Then I discovered X-Minus Pro.
FAR SUPERIOR!
@@pootle5096 thanks. I’ll check it out
Hyperdimensionality........
MASTERPIECE.
xoxo The Clarences
When I first heard it, it definitely blew my mind. Such a surreal album, more so than Pepper.
Pepper can’t hold revolvers jock strap (but iconic album cover)
Revolver and rubber soul changed Pop rock and psc rock forever. Thnx for your work. Your dad sent me a personal letter in 1980 encouraging to pursue music in an artistic way.
Nice to see & hear Giles Martin, having all the good sides of his great dad :)
Lovely stuff. Mark’s knowledge and enthusiasm clearly made this a pleasure for GM.
these two are living my dream. Getting to talk about the Beatles production in detail without feeling guilty in 2022. I can barely even bring them up and my knowledge is somewhat encyclopedic.
I don’t get it. Your friends don’t wanna discuss?
@@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL I teach a class in music production and maybe 1 out of 30 wants to talk about the Beatles I'm sad to report.
@@onetripwonders Music of today evokes association w antidepressants, mood controlling pharma stuff imo. Clean, smooth, goes nowhere
Im 56 and have never known anyone I could talk with in detail about all the apparently odd subjects Im interested in and have learned a lot about.
wow, it's like seeing George Martin back with us in a present time in a younger form!!
My mum bought Revolver upon its release when l was 4 years old. l remember firstly being mesmerised by the album cover and then the songs thereafter, particularly Tomorrow Never Knows.
The early Beatles recordings were not meant to be released as stereo, but Parlaphone and Capitol decided they wanted stereo releases, which for example is how we got drums all the way on one side of the mix. The best way to listen to those stereo pressings, certainly on headphones but also on speakers, is to first mix them into mono.
The newest stereo releases done with benefit of AI separation are much better, though caution must be taken by remix engineers to be very mindful of the original mono mixes.
I heard a criticism of the Sgt. Pepper stereo remix from one of the engineers was part of the original creative process in Abbey Road Studio Two, that George Martin and the Beatles, along with the studio personnel involved, were deeply experimenting in very unconventional ways with how to change sounds for the final result on tape. Few if any of those techniques were documented much, either during or after those sessions. As a result, when the original multi-track tapes were used to produce a new stereo mix, some of that final creative product was lost.
An example that engineer gave was when he read someone's comment, "Oh, I always wondered what was. Why, it's a cowbell!" The engineer (whose name escapes me) responded to the effect that, "Yeah, but the final sound we wanted on tape wasn't meant to be a cowbell."
His overall comment was that if you want to hear the creative result from all those who'd actually created Sgt. Pepper, you must listen to the original mono. For his own part he can't bear to hear the stereo because of all that original inventiveness that was stripped out in the process.
It's like a talent sponge - a band that had cut their chops on the mean streets of hamburg, doing back to back gigs amongst sailors, hookers, druggies and all the drifting parts of that kind of crazy city life, way before they were known - and were just soaking EVERYTHING up.
People often forget that era - the unknown era - the unknown band - learning their stage craft in the hardest of settings.
They played 48 nights at the Indra club, as just one example.
48 nights! - back to back!
That was in 1960.
This is where it happened, or started to happen - a bunch of lads from Liverpool, ending up in this foreign city, totally unknown - completely unaware of what would happen.
The fact that they had this talent was unknown back then - it was a drive, a total drive.
They soaked it all up.
I fully believe that Revolver was the output of those years BEFORE they found fame.
When they did start to find fame, they were organised by other forces, cleaned up, made "pop" - before that, they'd been playing in dirty dives, they were pretty much scruffy rebel kids riffing on american rock 'n roll. They were made "lovable" - but they were young punks, really. Full of vim and vigour, of mischief. You can't spend years hanging around hookers and undesirables and NOT have that rub off on you. Imagine _those_ stories - what they went through. They are few and far between, probably a collection of lack of memory or just not wanting to really recollect some of the insanity that must've have occurred - it HAD to have occurred. They surely screwed themselves silly, surely took whatever drugs were around, surely got outrageously drunk, surely got up to all manner of crazyness.
They great irony, that clearly wasn't lost on the band, was that they were considered the "clean kids" by comparison to the Stones back in those early days.
The Stones were considered the rebels - what a laugh! - They must've had a very good laugh about that comparison, when just a few years prior, they'd been hanging out in Hamburg, rough as arseholes.
Those experiences didn't go away - you can't drop 4 lads into unknown circumstances and NOT expect them to change as a result, NOT expect them to become very worldly wise, in short order.
That level of experience is gold.
When they luckily found that management and got that break, they were introduced to a completely new world - but those experiences were still there. Those Hamburg years.
How often that is forgotten in the story of this band.
You see them being interviewed back in '64, '65 - you don't get that kind of riffing cheeky wise cracking from greenbacks, from kids wet behind the ears - you get it from people who came up the HARD way.
Playing hundreds of gigs in front of, I can't even imagine what it must've been like in places like Hamburg back then - rough? - hell, you are going to get wise REALLY quickly, or fail.
They didn't fail. They got wise. Oh Boy, how wise they got!
Sometimes we get the impression that times were gentle back then, that everyone in 1960 was polite, that Hamburg Germany was a sweet and lovely place.
I'm sure it wasn't.
To me, that's where the magic started - can you imagine it? Smell it? Taste it? - all the stars started to align way back then.
Hey guys, a very nice interview. Thanks for that. A little remark though: The instrument they were experimenting with on 'I'm Only Sleeping' was a vibraphone, not a xylophone.
What a good man carrying the legend on
Maybe someday soon Magical Mystery Tour really needs remastered
I’m an emerging mix engineer who grew up on the Beatles, can’t wait to get my mind blown!
So sad no one speaks of the Hard Day's Night album - incredible.
"If I Fell" and "And I Love Her" are top shelf tunes
We're now focusing on revolver... not that is a bad album.
I hope he remixes it as well as Help!
good songs but the best produced was please please me
We will continue to not speak of Hard Day's Night.
Giles, please do "Rubber Soul" and the entire Beatles catalog. Great work!
I’m sure it will come at some point now the technology can make a real difference - I’m sure all of these releases make a metric tonne of cash
yep, rubber soul is my favourite album
It sounds like the plan may be to release the remainder in reverse chronological order (And then presumably go back and do MMT and whichever singles remain).
Hear Hear, Bill Crane.
@@keving9233 What?
Giles is not only his Father’s son, but his GENIUS!!!
Please remix RUBBER SOUL!
My fav fab album!!
I want more more more more Beatles. I’m 60 years old. I can’t get enough.
Great interview. How exciting to think the 62-65 catalog can have the Peter Jackson technology applied to it to allow Stereo remixes. I keep thinking that the next generation will hear the Beatles Catalog with these new mixes for the first time and ultimately allow the Beatles catalog to sit proudly along with the best produced records ever.
You fkn cretin people dont know shyte! The Beatles original recordings are the audio equivalent of Picasso and the other great masters of art... These Giles Martin mixes including his other meddling on their catalogue is actually quite disturbing and wrong and I am sure Lennon and Harrison would not be happy about it.. All the dynamics and space have been molested.
Back in 1966, I was 11, I'd saved up my pocket money to buy the new Beatles album. My 4 year older brother had bought Rubber Soul and played it just about non stop so I knew that back to front. Revolver was the first piece of vinyl I ever bought, before singles, and it remains to this day my favourite Beatles album. Nearly every song is different to the one before, and every song is wonderful. When one hears such genius, one begins to understand art in all it's forms for I see Revolver as a work of art, not necessarily a music album. Much anticipated! And I hope we get a new mix of Rubber Soul and Magical Mystery Tour.
So many styles!
There is no apostrophe in its.
@@skinovtheperineum1208 - Hahahaha - I was thinking the same thing... I admit I'm rather a Grammar Nazi...
@@fiendishthingy1630 - Some people say Grammar Nazi, I prefer to think the language needs to be saved before we are all reduced to grunting to get our ideas across. How can language be taught in school if the teachers don't even know how to read or write?
@@skinovtheperineum1208 - I have gone so far as to pull out my pen and make a correction on my restaurant menu... but only if it's really egregious...
They HAVE to give us the early albums. It sounds like we have the tech to remix them legit now.
"Creating these things outa thin air and not harming anyone as they do it." ~ GM "The creative process is about allowing the life force, the creative genius, the muse, the universal collaborator, riding the wave, following the fun, allowing yourself to reach, explore, and catch the ideas. The Beatles & Sir George Martin knew how to get out of their own way and get on with it. It's music, it's fun after all. Enjoy. Tune yourself first, then create." ~ L Pass
Genuinely a genius man! I'd love for him to do all the Beatles albums! And other older artists as well because some definitely need it!
I spent the day with Sir George, whilst I was at Salford Uni in 1992; five years later my band would be recording for Parlophone. During our conversations he specifically mentioned about how those early stereo mixes were 'throw away', and that one day, if the technology was there, it would be great to remix them again. Therefore, Giles, you're doing the band, and your dad, a massive service. I'd like to add, that day influenced the rest of my life i.e. I quit Acting and went back to Music; learned to Sound Engineer in LA,
p.s. Weirdly, I became good mates with Yve Robinson (Studio Manager at Air Monserrat), whom I met at Doncaster Little Theatre after I returned to Acting in 2016 (and about a week after I'd first met Ken Scott)... she brought all the Monserrat pics for me to see, and we talked about what an incredible man George was; how he'd impacted us.... can't wait for Rubber Soul. ;)
This fella is a really good interviewer. Every interviewer should be this good.
Tomorrow Never Knows , nothing like it before or after. Drum line alone, incredible.
I have really enjoyed George and Giles work.
I think of all the Beatles records, this one really benefits the most from a remix. It seems like Revolver was where they really started getting ahead of what the technology could capture, to the point that it was quite noticeable.
What a great interview. Giles Martin is such a gentleman and so talented and extremely humble, it's a joy to listen to him. Now listen up. With this new technology from Peter Jackson's team, Giles will now be able to give us all what we've all been waiting for - a true Stereo Mix of She Loves You! Let's breakdown that mono mix and get to work. 🎸🎸🎸
That goes for every album before Abbey Road, all those stereo or 4 track recordings could now be fully remixed rather than just remastered.
Giles may have to go back to square one with the catalogue, if this new version of 'Revolver' is positively received the demand will unquestionably be there.
@@MrDiddyDee 😍 you know I'm being sarcastic but in the old recordings you can't hear Ringo.
She Loves You, in stereo. Audio blocked by UA-cam, but a link is in the description. m.ua-cam.com/video/ONkBD0NWgzU/v-deo.html
@@enricosanchez894 Incredible! It sounds amazing. I can die happy now. Who's responsible for the mix? Where did it come from? I always hear the original tapes were lost. Thank you Enrico
Tommorrow Never Knows .. HAS more than one chord.
It modulates from a B-flat/C to C major.
I love listening to both George Martin and Giles. Always fascinating.
And and this incredible footage shows, George Martin never tired of telling those amazing stories about the Beatles: ua-cam.com/video/yIA_NVFnXZ8/v-deo.htmlsi=7OdzbY1lli_uJ3HC
I have always felt that the Beatles were the greatest band of all time because of their love for each other propelled them through an incredible decade of music making. It was only when money, contracts, Allen Klein and power plays came in, that it fell apart.
I amazed by the Beatles collective creative process. I love how each part of a song has a certain feel, beyond the music or the lyrics; they may not have the lyrics or the music, but they have an idea of the musical journey they want to travel. The bits they don't have yet are skipped over with 'place cards' and they are happy to drop a musical gem into the studio floor if it doesn't fit the song. All good techniques for any art form. But every time they hit a wall or blank space, they change gears and goof around a bit: they keep the moment as fresh and fun as much as possible.
I wish there would some consideration for the compilation album Hey Jude. So many great tracks beyond Rain that are due the same treatment as the complete albums.
Bit of a correction to what Giles Martin said about Bernard Herrmann's work orchestrating the strings on 'Psycho' influencing the strings on 'Eleanor Rigby' - Paul had actually seen 'Fahrenheit 451', for which Herrmann had also done the string arrangement, and went to George Martin asking if he could do a score for strings for 'Eleanor Rigby', based on the same kind of arrangement.