The Beatles ‘Revolver’ Will Be The Next Expanded Box Set

The Beatles ‘Revolver’ will be the next Beatles album to receive the extended box set treatment.

Apple has confirmed a deluxe edition of the album is on the way with details to be unveiled in September. That in itself indicates a November release. The Beatles announcements are traditionally made around a month and a half prior to release.

So far, the releases in order have been:

Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles (The White Album)
Abbey Road
Let It Be

Between ‘The Beatles’ and ‘Abbey Road’ The Beatles released the ‘Yellow Submarine’ soundtrack and between ‘Sgt Pepper’ and ‘The Beatles’ there was the ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ soundtrack. The movies have both been reissues on Bluray but there was no accompanying album reissue.

‘Revolver’ was the album immediately before ‘Sgt Pepper’ and may indicate a reverse release strategy of the remaining albums although Giles Martin has previously said there is not a lot of additional content on some of the albums.

The songs from ‘Revolver’ were:

Taxman (vocals George)
Eleanor Rigby (vocals Paul)
I’m Only Sleeping (vocals John)
Love You To (vocals George)
Here There and Everywhere (vocals Paul)
Yellow Submarine (vocals Ringo)
She Said She Said (vocals John)

Good Day Sunshine (vocals Paul)
And Your Bird Can Sing (vocals John)
For No One (vocals Paul)
Doctor Robert (vocals John)
I Want To Tell You (vocals George)
Got To Get You Into My Life (vocals Paul)
Tomorrow Never Knows (vocals John)

Sessions for the album ran from 6 April to 21 June 1966. They also produced the non-album tracks ‘Paperback Writer’ and ‘Rain’, recorded on 13 and 14 April 1966 and both released as a single on 30 May 1966 ahead of the ‘Revolver’ release on 5 August 1966/

Fun facts about Revolver:

The cover was designed by Klaus Voorman, who was a friend of the band from the Hamburg days, and appears on the album cover just under the drawing of John.

Before they settled in the name ‘Revolver’, The Beatles considered calling the album ‘Beatles On Safari’ and ‘Abracadabra’.

The name ‘Revolver’ is about the revolution of a vinyl disc, not about a gun.

There are lots of songs about drugs. ‘Dr Robert’, ‘She Said She Said’, ‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ and ‘Got To Get You Into My Life’ are all about drugs.

The Beatles ‘Anthology 2’ featured alternate takes of ‘Revolver’ songs but no unused songs.

Tracks from the sessions have made their way to bootlegs:

Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 1 Backing Loop) 1:14
Tomorrow Never Knows (SI Onto Take 1 Drums & Vocal) 3:16
Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 3 Bass & Drums Rhythm Track) 2:50
Tomorrow Never Knows (Tape Loops) 2:24
Tomorrow Never Knows (SI Onto Take 3 Loop Track) 3:00
Got To Get You Into My Life (Take 5 Rhythm Track) 2:54
Got To Get You Into My Life (SI Onto Take 5 Vocals) 2:52
Got To Get You Into My Life (Take 8) 2:31
Love You To (Take 6 – Guitar & Vocal) 2:07
Love You To (SI Onto Take 6 Sitar & Tabla) 2:26
Love You To (SI Onto Take 6 2nd Sitar & Fuzz Bass) 2:25
Love You To (SI Onto Take 7) 2:27
Love You To (Mono Mix) 3:10
Paperback Writer (Take 1) 1:26
Paperback Writer (Take 2 Rhythm) 2:38
Paperback Writer (SI Onto Take 2 Lead Vocal) 2:27
Paperback Writer (SI Onto Take 2 2nd Lead Vocal) 2:27
Paperback Writer (SI Onto Take 2 Bass) 2:42
Paperback Writer (Mono Mix) 2:26
Rain (Take 5 – Rhythm) 2:50
Rain (SI Onto Take 5 – Lead Vocal) 2:35
Rain (SI Onto Take 5 – Bass & Tambourine) 3:02
Rain (Backward Vocal Reversed) 1:00
Rain (SI Onto Take 7 – Backing Vocals) 3:01
Rain (Mono Mix) 3:00
Doctor Robert (Take 7 – Rhythm) 2:16
Doctor Robert (SI Onto Take 7 Harmonium) 2:16
Doctor Robert (SI Onto Take 7 Lead Guitar & Vocals) 2:15
And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 2) 2:21
And Your Bird Can Sing (SI Onto Take 2 Lead Vocals And Guitar) 2:22
And Your Bird Can Sing (SI Onto Take 2 Tambourine, Bass, Vocal, Guitar) 2:21
And Your Bird Can Sing (SI Onto Take 2 Laughing Vocals) 2:21
Taxman (Take 11) 2:32
Taxman (SI Onto Take 11 Lead Vocal Excerpt) 0:53
Taxman (SI Onto Take 11 2nd Lead Vocal Excerpt) 0:53
Taxman (SI Onto Take 11 Both Lead Vocals, Complete Track) 2:32
Taxman (SI Onto Take 11 Tambourine, Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals) 2:32
Taxman (SI Onto Take 12 Cowbell & “Mr Heath” Backing Vocals) 2:29
Tomorrow Never Knows (SI Onto Take 3 Tamboura & Lead Vocal) 2:57
Tomorrow Never Knows (SI Onto Take 3 Vocal, Organ, Tambourine, Piano) 2:57
Tomorrow Never Knows (SI Onto Take 3 Guitar Solo) 0:25
Tomorrow Never Knows (Take 3 Track 3 (Complete)) 2:57
And Your Bird Can Sing (Take 10 + Take 6) 2:01
And Your Bird Can Sing (SI Onto Take 10 Vocals & Handclaps) 2:01
And Your Bird Can Sing (SI Onto Take 10 Lead Guitars) 2:02
Tomorrow Never Knows (RM8 Mono Mix) 2:59
I’m Only Sleeping (Take 11) 2:49
Eleanor Rigby (Strings) Take 14) 2:06
Eleanor Rigby (SI Onto Take 15 – Vocal) 2:07
Eleanor Rigby (SI Onto Take 15 – Vocals) 1:38
I’m Only Sleeping (Rehearsal) 0:43
I’m Only Sleeping ((Remake) – Take 5) 3:01
I’m Only Sleeping (SI Onto Take 11 Vocal) 2:58
I’m Only Sleeping (SI Onto Take 11 Lead Guitar, Composite Mix) 1:25
I’m Only Sleeping (SI Onto Take 11 Lead Guitar, Foreward) 3:01
I’m Only Sleeping (SI Onto Take 13 Backing Vocals) 1:15
For No One (Take 1 Monitor Mix) 1:27
For No One (Take 2 Monitor Mix) 1:28
For No One (Take 5 Monitor Mix) 0:45
For No One (Take 6 Monitor Mix) 0:58
For No One (Take 7, 8 & 9 Monitor Mix) 0:19
For No One (Take 10 – Piano) 1:56
For No One (SI Onto Take 10 Clavichord & Percussion) 1:49
Doctor Robert (US Mono Mix) 2:16
I’m Only Sleeping (US Mono Mix) 2:59
And Your Bird Can Sing (US Mono Mix) 2:02
For No One (SI take 10 lead vocal) 1:58
For No One (Reduction Mix Take 13) 1:52
Got To Get You Into My Life (SI Take 8) [Stereo Brass Overdub (Partial)] 0:42
Got to Get You Into My Life (SI take 8) [Stereo Brass Overdub (Complete)] 2:30
Got To Get You Into My Life (Vocals, Organ, Tambourine) 2:30
For No One – Si (Take 14 – Bass) 1:56
For No One – SI (Take 14 – French Horn) 2:01
And Your Bird Can Sing (US Stereo Mix) 2:02
And Your Bird Can Sing (UK Stereo Mix) 2:01
Doctor Robert (US Stereo Mix) 2:13
Doctor Robert (UK Stereo Mix) 2:15
I’m Only Sleeping (US Stereo Mix) 2:57
Yellow Submarine (Take 4 – Rhythm) 2:40
Yellow Submarine (SI Take 4 – Lead And Backing Vocals) 2:44
Yellow Submarine (SI Take 4 – Second Vocal) 2:40
Yellow Submarine (SI Take 5 – Sound Effects) 2:34
Yellow Submarine (Intro) 0:17
I Want To Tell You (Rhythm, Vocals And Piano) 2:29
I Want To Tell You (Bass, Vocals) 2:29
I Want to Tell You (RM5) 2:40
And Your Bird Can Sing (UK Mono Mix) 2:03
I’m only Sleeping (UK Mono Mix) 3:03
Tomorrow Never Knows (RM11) 2:59
Eleanor Rigby (SI Take 15 – End Vocal) 0:22
Good Day Sunshine (Take 1 – Rhythm) 2:09
Good Day Sunshine (SI take 1 – Vocals) 2:07
Good Day Sunshine (Si Take 1 – Piano, Percussion, Handclaps, Vocals) 2:10
Good Day Sunshine (End Vocal Overlays) 0:15
Here There And Everywhere (Take 7) 2:23
Here There And Everywhere (SI Onto Take 13 Backing Vocals I (Partial)) 0:53
Here There And Everywhere (SI Onto Take 13 Backing Vocals II (Partial)) 0:53
Here There And Everywhere (SI Onto Take 14 Lead Vocal) 2:38
Here There And Everywhere (SI Onto Take 14 2nd Lead Vocal & 2nd Lead Guitar) 2:25
Got To Get You Into My Life (SI Onto Take 9 Guitars) 0:51
Got To Get You Into My Life (RM8) 2:40
Love You To (Stereo Mix, Edit Of RS1-3) 3:02
I Want To Tell You (RS 2) 2:30
Here There And Everywhere (RS2) 2:25
Here There And Everywhere (RM3) 2:26
For No One (RM8) 2:04
Doctor Robert (RM6) 2:17
Taxman (Stereo Mix, Edit Of RS1-2) 2:42
For No One (RS1) 2:01
Taxman (Stereo Mix, Edit Of RS1-2) 2:39
She Said She Said (Take 3 Rhythm) 2:31
She Said She Said (SI Onto Take 3 Lead & Backing Vocals) 2:40
She Said She Said (SI Onto Take 3 Organ & Lead Guitar) 2:31
Eleanor Rigby (RM5) 2:06
She Said She Said (RM4) 2:40
Good Day Sunshine (RM7) 2:13
Eleanor Rigby (RS1) 2:07
She Said She Said (RS1) 2:37
Good Day Sunshine (RS1) 2:09
Yellow Submarine (RS2) 2:40
Tomorrow Never Knows (RS6) 2:57
Got To Get You Into My Life (RS1) 2:30

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