what’s your favorite tune on revolver? comment below!

Your incredible charisma could turn a Rolling Stones fan into a Beatles fan.

You nailed the 1966 mod chick look...... good work.

She Said She Said is my favorite on this album.

"Hi, I'm Abby. I have a lot of records." I like her already!

She Said She Said, I'm Only Sleeping and Tomorrow Never Knows were always among my all-time favorites. Masterpieces.

“One for you nineteen for me” is actually how much they were taxed!

Revolver is a brilliant album. Every track a winner.

Tomorrow Never Knows is my favorite song off Revolver and my favorite Beatles song in general. Also, they stopped touring in '66, not '65.

When I was 15, my best friend bought me the 1987 CD version of Revolver. I wasn't a Beatles fan at that age as I looked at the tracklist, I thought "Great, 'Yellow Submarine' and 13 songs I've never heard". By the time I gave the album a listen, I was in love with "Eleanor Rigby" and "Tomorrow Never Knows". By the time I was 18, I owned CDs of every Beatles album. At 32, he bought me an original UK pressing of Revolver. Such a great friend.

I agree with you: Rubber Soul pairs with Revolver, and Sgt. Pepper pairs with Mystery Tour.

In my most humble opinion - The Beatles masterpiece and I'll arm wrestle anyone who feels differently.

Got to Get you into my life was a top 10 hit in 1976. As a kid. My family would sing Yellow Submarine on road trip in the late 1960s. The movie yellow Submarine was my first cartoon movie I saw in a theater in the 1960s.

It’s hard to say which of the Beatles albums is the best but this one absolutely changed the music world as many of their records did.

The utter beauty of Here There and everywhere is off the scale. The lyrics and sublime melody makes this song one of the greatest songs Paul ever wrote...Yellow Submarine is like someone drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa....

“Burns my feet as they touch the ground” goes through my mind when I see Paul’s bare feet on the Abbey Road pavement on that hot summer day.

If "Rubber Soul" was the "bridge" from pop to more serious music for The Lads, "Revolver" was the pavement on the bridge! What a damn fine album it is! I was very young at the time, and initially had a bit of a time digesting this "new direction" music from my favorite band, but it didn't take long to adjust from "Please, Please Me" and "She Loves You" to this brave new world material! I have always considered myself very lucky to have been alive in this period, although quite young. It's still shocking to me to drop the needle on these old albums and think....."this was 1966?!" or whatever year. Unless you lived through it, it's impossible to understand just how different things were then! These guys absolutely changed The World!

Tomorrow Never Knows is showing the way forward to so many things, krautrock, fusion, noise rock, it’s just astonishing. Another excellent job Abby, with the outfit completing the package.

As a zoomer who only got into the Beatles 2 or so years ago, Revolver was the first of their albums to really click with me. Other albums(though of course I’ve come around to realize all of their own charm and beauty), were all a little bit to ‘old’ for my ears that were used to more contemporary music. But revolver really stood out to me, feeling fresher than anything that came out in the 2000s. And to this day(though I’ll admit, not much time has passed), it’s still my favorite Beatles album.

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She Said, She Said. What a track. Those guitars *are* my marmalade sky, because when I hear them, I picture the world through orange colored glasses. And yeah, Ringo's on a whole new level with those drums. Sound very much like a sister track to Rain, which also gives a hint of altered reality. John's best songs can shine like sunshine through rain.

I ❤the artwork on the cover of Revolver. You did a great job on the black and white fashion.

Love seeing these creative, informed, witty reviews every Monday

You've got to get Got To Get You Into My Life into your life! It's a brilliant take of Motown sounds by Paul.

The first famous photos of "The Beatles" were by Astrid Kircher in Hamburg. They were black-and-white, and John said they captured the spirit of "The Beatles" (see "With The Beatles" LP cover). It is still a top of the heap LP cover.

“Burns my feet as they touch the ground” sounds like a precursor to “Abbey Road” album cover..😄 (BTW, Beatles stopped touring in 1966, “Revolver” was released about a month after thier last concert at Candlestick Park.)

A seismic shift in terms of songwriting and performance, you’ve done this album justice with a wonderfully clear overview.

The latest Giles Martin remix did this album so much justice. I’m glad it has an excellent stereo mix now and I’m hopeful they can work backwards and give Rubber Soul the proper stereo mix that it deserves.

Turn off your mind, relax...and revolve with Abby - Best roll of the week, man 🎸

I did a deep dive on the Beatles recently...I'm 57 and have heard them my whole life ...but I really went down the rabbit hole ... Rubber Soul and Revolver are definitely when things started to change .

Are those the Cobain glasses but yellow! Classic….No doubt. What a time.

I just bought a Revolver CD on Saturday!

Nice looking fisherman's/breton cap. I own three of them myself i usually pair them with a scooter smock, pea coat, parka coat, vintage levi's jacket, tootal mod scarf. As for the album i love it.

@4:02 - George doing a fab impersonation of Keith - second from right.

Just recently discovered your channel, and I Love it!!! Love your sense of humor and great productions on your videos- along with Matt Willamson's Pop Goes the 60's , Eric Callero's Vinyl Rewind and Elliot Roberts channel you are one of my favorites Abbey 👍👌👍-Great Work!!!! Always looking forward to watching your content.

Favorite songs: For No One, I Want to Tell You, and She Said

This is my favorite Beatles album!

it’s honestly between this and Rubber Soul that are my favourites. Tomorrow Never Knows is the reason why I became a Beatles fan, it’s probably my fav outro of theirs song along with A Day in the Life from Sgt Pepper and The End from Abbey Road. The new super deluxe version also gave me a newfound appreciation for Yellow Submarine, it’s surprisingly sad, maybe that’s why they felt the need to change it. Favourites are Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, She Said She Said, And Your Bird Can Sing and Tomorrow Never Knows.

"I had a Revolver t-shirt in middle school and it doesn't fit anymore" - that hit really, really close to home for me. George said in Anthology that he felt like Rubber Soul and Revolver were like a double album, so there's a good point to make on that. For me, Revolver is peak Beatles, their best as a band, whereas White Album and Abbey Road feature their best as individuals. Whenever I listen to it, it's so fresh and modern that feels like it was recorded yesterday, even though it's also very much a product of its time.

"Hi, I'm Abbey Road...."😂. Well, someone had to say that. You definitely look the part of a young person in 1966. Good work. This has got to be the first artwork album cover ever made, very influential. Klaus Vorman is a good bass player as well. Hey that passing music was from the Monkees' Circle Sky.

Good condensed summary! McCartney really came into his own here, as did George. A few minor points: Patti introduced George to TM not Hari Chrisna (which came later, like late ‘68). Also The Beatles quit touring in Aug ‘66, not ‘65. They were probably ready to quit after ‘65, and bad experiences in the Philippines, Japan & the US in ‘66 confirmed it for everyone. Revolver could be my favorite album of all time- favorite tracks: She Said She Said (absolutely love the biting sound of these guitars), Here There Everywhere, For No One, I Want to Tell You (I absolutely love this tune- great riff, love the lyrics and atonal aspects), Tomorrow Never Knows, Got to Get You Into My Life. I always associate Revolver with Rubber Soul, though replace pot with acid. In the ‘60s, Britain was probably still paying off debts from WWII plus was a socialized economy. Hence really high tax rates, and these were marginal tax rates, so they likely applied to income above a certain level (like a million pounds or so).

Love Abigails channel. This is my favourite Beatles album and I concur with the musical maturity of McCartney on Revolver. This is a great channel with interesting reviews/outfits.

Dear (cr)abby. Watch out for body snatchers. Agreed about your Magical Mystery Tour statement. More psych than Pepper. Pepper is acid music hall. Taxman was my first step in realizing that Macca is my favorite bass player. Tomorrow Never Knows. That's where I learned about the drone! And was amused to realize that Ringo invented the break beat and people like The Chemical Brothers built an entire career on covering this track. (Lol). Yep.

Wonderfully and endearingly idiosyncratic in your own particular .........idiom! 🦜 When I visited Liverpool in 1994, all the locals were comedians. Something in the water in the UK. British comedy rules . 👍👍🤣🤣

The beret is JUST the right touch!! Good for you !!!

Yessssssss love it!!

Great video on Revolver Abby! Thank you! Funny how a number of song themes from this album seem to get repeated on later records. *Paul repeats Eleanor Rigby's theme on She's Leaving Home and Another Day. *George repeats the theme of Love You To on Within You Without You. *Ringo repeats Yellow Submarine (I know it started as a John song) theme on Octopus's Garden. *John repeats the theme of I'm Only Sleeping on I'm So Tired. *My opinion folks, not written as facts.

*OY!* Don't you be dissin' my Yellow Submarine! It's the first-ever Beatles song I can remember hearing on the radio, when I was three years old (the year it came out). When I was eight or nine years old, I had the great good fortune of seeing the movie on television. This was way before VHS, DVD, Blu-Ray, or streaming. Back then, if you didn't catch it, you didn't see it; and you might never see it again. Much later, in my thirties, I spotted a ripped version of the movie on DVD-R at a convention for twelve bucks!!! 😮 I immediately bent over it, glancing from side to side under my wide-brimmed hat and behind my black sunglasses as it quickly vanished under my trench coat, until I got to the man at the register. One year later, it was officially released on Blu-ray. :P In short, that song was my introduction to the greatest band in recorded musical history, and a critical part of my childhood and my life in general. A small modicum of respect, if you please!

8:05 ...and a lot more time to be consuming high volumes of a lot of different, ummm, substances. GREAT vid, as always, Abby! Your work is must-watch material every Monday.

The alternative mix of "Taxman" circulating is absolutely insane.

I WANT TO TELL YOU...Seriously grows on you...don't give up on it Abby

Great video. George Harrison said he regarded Rubber Soul and Revolver as linked together like volume 1 and volume 2.

Abigail, I love your 60s look, you look far-out.

oooohhh I dig the hat.

“Aftergeography” loooool damn, these guys had themselves some sense of humor

I love that you link Rubber Soul with Revolver and Pepper with MMT. I’ve always thought that too.

I agree with your pairing of Rubber Soul and Revolver. I see them the same way you do on the Beatles sequence. I also agree that Revolver is a door to the future of music, and not just their music.

Probably their best work, and my go-to album whenever I'm stoned or tripping and running out of ideas. Not a single boring moment on this project!

Nice review, and a nice look to go with the art work. I really like album very much. You must remember that when I originally heard this album it was only the U.S. Cap. release. The Brit release is far superior. I like the album for it's eclectic nature, tunes like Tomorrow Never Knows, Here, There and Everywhere, Good Day Sunshine and especially Paul's foray with Motown horns "Got To Get You Into My Life" which I have always felt was sort of a sleeper on this set. Like you I would say that I tolerate Yellow Submarine, but barely. I really get a kick out of your enthusiasm and knowledge of your reviews. I'm 67 and a music nut. I never figured anyone born after 1990 even cared about music anymore. Keep up your good work.

Revolver became Revolver probably not so much due to stopping touring (that happened after the album was released) but the cancelled Beatles 3rd movie left 3 whole months at the beginning of the year free for indulgence, study and songwriting.

Revolver is my favorite Beatles album. I'm a little confused at how someone could not get into "Got to Get You into My Life" but I've rarely met someone who's musical tastes made complete sense. It's all so very personal which is what makes the world go round. I too had a Revolver T-shirt back when I was in high school. In those days (the early 80s) only nerds and geeks wore such things as the Beatles were decidedly not cool to the teenage masses then. I have always thought that Revolver was more of a follow up to Rubber Soul and that Magical Mystery Tour was a follow up to Sgt. Pepper. BTW I must say despite the Patti Boyd inspiration, you're giving off some strong Jane Asher vibes in this video.

I find it fascinating that the "dental experience" as George referred to it happened in the spring of '65, during the filming and recording of Help!, and the L.A. trip with Ringo and Peter Fonda happened that August -- most people assumed it happened between the recording of Rubber Soul and Revolver, since Lennon referred to RS as the pot album and Revolver as the acid album.

Ahh .... "I feel like a bad Beatles fan because I don't like (insert song name)" .... one of my favorite quotes of all time! LOL. Thank you!

My favorite is probably And Your Bird Can Sing

This is one of my favourite vinyl Mondays already

You're always excellent, especially King Crimson and the Kinks. Amazing knowledge for your age. Very different idea from most dull reaction vids. This could be a podcast or even a 15min tv series on Channel 4. Love the cover artwork section, a big deal in the 60s and 70s. I was there the first time round from late 60s onwards. You got it right, well done.

Hi, again, i ve watched it all. You are super in presentation. The story i know totally. I bought Rev when it was released in1966. The Jesus riot was big then, as they also were harassed in the Philippines. AFTER WHICH TOURING stopped. Great show, you look awesome very 1966ish as i remember from the pop magazines. Ordinary people did it wear those clothes.....here....provinces of Europe. See ya!! Old Timer. De OS i m playing December's Children by the Stones often, a leftover lp from Heads and before. Kind if Beatles VI but the Stones.

I think an important background to Taxman is the fact that The Beatles were fleeced by the music industry before they could even amass anything worth taxing. For a working class kid from Liverpool it must have seemed he couldn’t catch a break, that everyone but the band got rich on their accomplishments. Fun fact: In the second verse John and Paul sing the names of the then current and previous prime minister: ”Taxman, Mr Wilson, Taxman, Mr Heath”, so as to not pin the blame on a single political party.

I absolutely love your presentations. Lovely and loose, fun, cheering up ...or is it upcheering..... anyway I have many to catch up on watching. I'm recommending you to fb buddies - AND, you made me buy an original UK of Forever Changes. I'm going to recommend for you!! ; Satin Whale - 'Desert Places' and ... WEED - 'WEED' Both Krautrock lps with English influences.

My favourite Beatles album - I’ve always thought of it as a step up/extension of Rubber Soul rather than a prelude to Sgt Pepper. My personal theme song (not just from this album but of all time) is I’m Only Sleeping. It sums me and my entire philosophy. But Got To Get You Into My Life is an absolute banger.

If I must pick one: "Tomorrow Never Knows." Ringo's iconic drum beat makes that song. Without it, it would be a lot of noise... a lot of sounds... but that unique beat just holds it all together. Ringo is their simple savior.

testing the emergency sirens? mmmm, not a good sign...I have a 60's mono Revolver which is the best sounding of all the versions, despite the surface noise, a magical album, maybe the best ever, so much variety of styles.

Rubber Soul, Revolver, back to back Awesome!!!

As a long time Beatles fan, to this day its been an ongoing issue for me as to which of theirs is my absolute favorite. And I never knew until today that Brian Jones actually participated in the song “ Yellow Submarine. “ That’s certainly very interesting. But if we’re to choose, I think Revolver would be at the top. I’ve always been a fanatic of psychedelic rock and even though some may differ, I like to believe that Revolver is what really launched that whole scene. Especially because of George Harrison’s abundant use of the sitar. “ Love You To “ is probably my favorite song ever from them. And that cover art is definitely one of their finest. As always Abby, thanks for the review of another great album.

Thanks for another informative and entertaining episode. "Magical magician" 💯 was the highlight.

Wooo! Next album contains the best twilight credits song :) If only this was a joke...

If you like this album you owe it to yourself to hear it in mono. It’s expensive on vinyl but you can stream it as part of the box set. The new remix is cool too.

I love how you sneak in The Monkees' Circle Sky.

Like Pet Sounds, it's a masterpiece and I love every track now but it took me years to fully appreciate George's, I Want To Tell You. Also it wasn't until I was learning the guitar chords that I realised how good Yellow Submarine is. It's just a shame they didn't include the track, Rain, as it's one of their best songs and would have made a nice compliment to the track Good Day Sunshine. Another great video Abbey!

I love Revolver. The other Beatles albums move up and down my personal ranking over time while Revolver always stays in the top tier. For No One, Got To Get You Into My Life and I'm Only Sleeping are my favourites off it at the moment.

Was always surprised to see Revolver outrank Sgt. Pepper on top 10 lists of Beatles Best and all time greatest LPs by any artist. Was all of 10 years old when it came out and after the first of many listens of the album, dropped all interest in the Monkees and was on the road to more 'underground' music, leaving bubblegum pop behind. Over the past 50 years I've heard critics state that Pepper didn't have too many good songs on it and finally realized yup, guess their right. Most of the Pepper songs all sound alike, a simple catch phrase sung in a stoned out dreamy fashion: Fixing A Hole & Lovely Rita for example. But that album is meant to be played in a continuous style, as one song going in different directions. Revolver to me back then was a step backward with its black and white cover, but over time I found many great songs on it and realized the critics are almost right. You could say one album isn't as good as the sum of its parts and visa versa for the other. And Abigail was spot on comparing Revolver to the White Album.

Not being a Beatles fan, my only exposure to this album was hearing tomorrow never on that one mad men episode. I like the groove of it

“Taxman” was pure black funk music and I didn’t realize that when I was a kid.

My favorite album of all time. Great review.

When making cassette copies for my walkman back in the day, I would pair Revolver with Rubber Soul, Sgt. Pepper with Mystery Tour, and White Album with itself (since it's a double!). I love the whole album but my favorite Revolver tracks are Taxman, She Said She Said, and Tomorrow Never Knows. My dad had a vinyl of the U.S. version. I was stoked to learn years later the album had three additional songs.

Very thoughtful. I did not think I could learn more about them. Thank you.

Hey love all the time and thought that you put into these! Your quirky fun videos would even brighten up the dark side of the moon . Thanks ✌️😂

Awesome video by the way. This is my favorite Beatles album.

Love your videos. Your charm, humor, and wit are enjoyable to watch. Not to mention you’re super cute. 😊❤

✨Thanks again for another great go-to video on another great album😃

Circle Sky...I mean Love You To is a highlight. Deep and dark lyrics!

Was looking forward to this one and couldn't be happier with the video. Thanks. Revolver is pretty crucial to me. In the '70s until the Beatles revival in '76 you could only find new copies of the albums from Pepper onward. To find out about those absent discs you really had to know someone who had original copies. Luckily my sister's boyfriend lent me Rubber Soul which was a revelation. But it took a long time before I even saw the cover art of Revolver and longer still to see the track listing. The black and white look and the songs I'd never heard of (apart from Eleanor and Yellow Sub) were mysteries as was the sound of it. All I knew was that it came after Rubber Soul and before Pepper. Just as I'd given up on ever getting to hear it that same sister came to my rescue after asking her friend Penny about it. So, that's how, in the Easter weekend of 1977, I got to hear a 1996 copy of the mono Revolver. I listened to every note as though it was a message from the great beyond from the woozy count in of Taxman to the bewildering honky tonk piano in the fade of Tomorrow Never Knows. I made two cassette copies as I knew I'd have to hand it back soon. I was already over familiar with the last string of records but this was almost by another band. The sheer ideas scattered over its grooves, strings, tablas, backwards guitars (I didn't know what tapeloops were until I made my own in music class two years later) and songs about dark subjects with lyrics from other dimensions made me put this one at the top of the heap. In a way that Pepper never did, this not only sounded adventurous, it sounded like a band who were all in on it. I made tapes for everyone who would listen. Later that year, more UK punk records came through the shops but so did the Beatles backlog and I got to hear Revolver in stereo and it sat very happily in the stack of Clash, Pistols and Elvis Costello without having to sound like them, the energy of bands all forging ahead together united them. When I got into my first bands at Uni I passed it around to them as well as it was still an obscurity and found a lot of Beatle deniers at least spend some second thoughts. For me, it's the big shining gem at the centre of their output, regardless of how I value the others, it was the grail I finally got to hold. Thanks again, for a great celebration.

This review is outstanding! Revolver is my favorite Beatles album 👏🙌😎

That was super cool and enjoyable as always. You really should do “ Disraeli Gears” by Cream. You’d fit perfectly on the album sleeve! Best wishes from England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿.

Oh my fave album cover. The 'boys' do have a leaving soon never to retu

Good review Abigail . We love it.🎸

Great video. Revolver is my 2nd favorite Beatles album after Abbey Road. Speaking of Rubber Soul and Revolver, George once said, “I don’t see too much difference myself in ‘Rubber Soul’ and ‘Revolver', to me, they could both be like Vol. 1 and Vol. 2."

I used to say that this was my favorite Beatles album, but after listening more intently it landed at #4 for me. Like you said, it’s very much a transitional record. You can both hear the jangly guitars of mid sixties rock and the slight advancement in studio trickery used in psych music. My top tracks are “I’m Only Sleeping,” “Here, There and Everywhere,” “For No One”, and “Got to Get You into My Life.”

Love the video, very informative, with a lot of stuff I didn't know. And I love the look, very fab.

And Your Bird Can Sing is one of my favorites. Enjoyed the video as usual. Well done.