Beatles: "Revolver" (Capitol Records LP 1966 SW-2576) Vinyl LP (Purple Label)

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You are bidding on a Vinyl LP of The Beatles 1966 album, “Revolver.” This is a US LP, issued on the Capital (Purple) label, (SW 2576).  This classic album was originally released in 1966 on Capital Records in the US, and this issue, as best we can determine, is a 1978 Re-Issue on the purple Capital Label.

We purchased this item a long time ago, and it has been sitting in our home (vertically) for the last few decades. 

The LP is in excellent condition.  The album Jacket is in excellent condition but does have some wear around the corners (See Photos). Please remember that this album was well taken care of, but it was played as part of our record collection decades ago.  (See Photos).

Every song is fantastic, and this album is on many peoples’ list of best albums ever.  We’re talking top five or ten! This is the US version of “Revolver”. And while many songs are the same, the US version it is definitely different from the Revolver you may have heard on the UK versions.

This item has been stored at room temperature, in a smoke free home.  Please see photos of actual item being sold. 

A1            Taxman

A2            Eleanor Rigby

A3            Love You To

A4            Here, There And Everywhere

A5            Yellow Submarine

A6            She Said She Said

B1            Good Day Sunshine

B2            For No One

B3            I Want To Tell You

B4            Got To Get You Into My Life

B5            Tomorrow Never Knows

“Revolver is often heralded as the best Beatles album and one of the greatest albums of all time. The Fab Four are undeniably on top form, with each member leaving their own blueprint on this record. John Lennon and Paul McCartney cement their place among the most talented and inventive songwriters of the century, each developing a distinct style of songwriting and genre exploration that provides a compelling contrast throughout the record. The album’s themes expand upon the darker and more mature content touched upon in Rubber Soul, with several songs expressing loneliness, sorrow and detachment. George Harrison proves that he is a fine songwriter too, and the album is packed with his tuneful and experimental guitar riffs. Even Ringo gains protagonism, narrating the surreal "Yellow Submarine” and laying out some memorable drumbeats. While the Beatles would later continue to drift into more adventurous territory, Revolver redefined the possibilities and expectations of pop/rock music for upcoming generations of artists.

The album is packed with individual highlights, each of which could kick-start a revolution of their own. First off is “Taxman", Harrison's political statement which counts with psychedelic guitar melodies that give a taste of things to come. Next is "Eleanor Rigby", a carefully arranged chamber pop song similar in feel to “For No One”, another McCartney composition. In "Love You To”, Harrison finds innovative forms of rocking a sitar, while in "Here, There and Everywhere" McCartney draws inspiration from The Beach Boys' “God Only Knows” to write another touching and immortal love song. The nonsensical "Yellow Submarine” offers amusing lyrical imagery and has since become an internationally renown children’s song. Closing the first half of the album is "She Said She Said", where Byrds-like jangling guitar riffs are fused with Ringo’s hypnotic drumming and lyrics inspired by actor Peter Fonda’s LSD freakout.

The second half of the album is just as mesmerising. "Good Day Sunshine” is cheerful and radiates happiness in an otherwise chaotic ride.” McCartney's innocent-sounding “Got to Get You into My Life" is an ode to pot in disguise. The culmination of this drug-fuelled odyssey is undoubtedly “Tomorrow Never Knows”, an appropriate and unforgettable album closer that predates the sound of The Chemical Brothers by decades. Here, Lennon reads extracts from the Tibetan Book of the Dead over Ringo’s entrancing drumbeat and layers of loops and trippy guitar effects. It is admirable that despite such bold experimentation none of the songs backfire, but are instead among The Beatles' most original and beloved tracks. Vote for whichever party includes this in their education reform programme!”

“This album doesn't flaunt its genius. That's what's so great about it. You listen to it, you think, "Okay, this is pretty good, I guess" and then you listen to something else and think, "Well, that was pretty good, but I think I'd rather listen to Revolver". And then you slowly realize you have that same reaction to almost everything else you own. You don't understand why, since it doesn't really feel like a major statement, much less a masterpiece, and yet that's exactly what it is. Listeners who were around when this album first came out will surely disagree with this review (though hopefully not the star rating this reviewer has given) and wonder how anyone could think this was anything but a monumental event, but that just proves how much of an influence this album has been to subsequent musicians. It was radical at the time, but its innovation may be lost on modern listeners because so many of its revolutionary techniques are now commonplace. Even so, it maintains a freshness few other albums hold even a decade after their release, and the songwriting has rarely been equalled. The cool kids will tell you The Velvet Underground & Nico is the most influential album of all time. Us dorks know it's this one”.