The Beatles - Revolver (1st Pressing / Printer name credit Ernes J Day & Co. Ltd)
The Beatles' seventh album produced by George Martin.
Unanimously considered one of the masterpieces of the Liverpool group, as well as one of the most important records in pop music.
The Beatles recorded 'Revolver' after taking a three-month break at the beginning of 1966, during a historical period when London was the cultural capital of the world. The album's songs reflect the band members' interest in the psychedelic substance known as LSD, Eastern philosophy, and the avant-garde, while addressing themes such as death and transcendence from material goods. The fact that they had no plans to tour 'Revolver' pushed them to use effects and other technical devices that were difficult or impossible to reproduce live.
This copy: 1st UK pressing (recognizable by the title "DR. ROBERT" where Doctor is abbreviated. In the subsequent edition, it will be replaced by "DOCTOR ROBERT" written out in full)
Yellow and Black Label
Printer name credit Ernes J Day & Co. Ltd.
SIDE A
- Taxman (Harrison)
- Eleanor Rigby
- I'm Only Sleeping
- Love You To (Harrison)
- Here, There and Everywhere
- Yellow Submarine
- She Said She Said
SIDE B
- Good Day Sunshine
- And Your Bird Can Sing
- For No One
- Doctor Robert
- I Want To Tell You (Harrison)
- Got To Get You Into My Life
- Tomorrow Never Knows
The illustration on the album cover, the first example of 'Beatlesque art', is the work of Klaus Voormann and marks a further step toward psychedelia. Voormann's creation aimed to emphasize the hair, which was a distinctive feature of the Beatles. The final result was a pen-and-ink drawing of the four faces, combined with a collage of images of the musicians cut from newspapers and magazines, along with some original photographs. The choice of color runs counter to the trends of the time, as everything was in black and white during a period when the abundant use of color predominated on album covers. Voormann's face and signature (Klaus O. W. Voormann) are visible within George Harrison's hair on the right side, underneath Lennon's lips.
Back cover photo by Robert Whitaker.