Revolver Entry

As we all know, The Beatles were one of the most successful acts in music history. Before the release of their album Revolver, The Beatles already had already had 5 successful albums under their belt as well as many top radio hits.  Those 5 albums were mainly pop influenced and written to fit the pop genre, this is what made them so famous in the first place and it's what helped them reach stardom. With The Beatles release of Revolver, they branched out into the world of psychedelic rock. This album was released during the time the band was experimenting with psychedelics and other drugs. Drugs were a big influence on this album, as well as conversations had during LSD trips helped influence and inspire songs on the album. The Beatles used the studio as an instrument by incorporating many different studio techniques in this album. They used techniques such as backwards guitar solos, megaphone vocals, and varispeed tape effects. They put many different effects on this album which helped them create their unique sounds. They basically used the studio as an instrument. The Beatles' Revolver used different innovations to help create unique sounds. One innovation that can be found was the invention and use of ADT which means automatic double tracking. This technique used two linked tape recorders to create a doubled vocal track. Another innovation found on this album was the unique process to give John Lennon a certain sound that he was looking for. The studio routed a signal from the recording console into the studios Leslie speaker which gave John Lennon the processed vocal he was looking for. I really enjoyed listening to this album. There are many catchy songs on this album that use crazy effects which really caught my attention as well as the many different instruments implemented on this album.