Rubber Soul (1987 mix)

Track list

Disc 1

1. Drive My Car

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:25 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Lead guitar, Lead vocals, Rhythm guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Backing vocals, Lead vocals, Piano, Tambourine, Vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Guitar, Harmony vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Oct 13, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

2. Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:01 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Sitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Unknown : Percussion, Tambourine

   SessionRecording : Oct 21, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

3. You Won't See Me

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   3:18 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead vocals, Piano Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Handclaps George Harrison : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Handclaps George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Hammond organ Unknown : Tambourine

   SessionRecording : Nov 11, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

4. Nowhere Man

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:40 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Lead guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Oct 22, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

5. Think For Yourself

   Written by George Harrison

   2:16 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Fuzz bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Piano George Harrison : Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Unknown : Maracas

   SessionRecording : Nov 08, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

6. The Word

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:41 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Piano Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas John Lennon : Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Harmonium, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Nov 10, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

7. Michelle

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:40 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Acoustic guitar, Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals George Harrison : 12-string acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Nov 03, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

8. What Goes On

   Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon

   2:47 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Lead vocals John Lennon : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Nov 04, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

9. Girl

   Written by Lennon - McCartney

   2:30 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix

   Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

   SessionRecording : Nov 11, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road

   SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

10. I'm Looking Through You

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:23 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Matchbox percussion, Organ John Lennon : Tambourine George Harrison : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Nov 10, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionOverdubs : Nov 11, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

11. In My Life

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:24 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Piano, Producer Norman Smith : Engineer

    SessionRecording : Oct 18, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionOverdubs : Oct 22, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Oct 26, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

12. Wait

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:12 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas, Tambourine John Lennon : Electric guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Electric guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Jun 17, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionOverdubs : Nov 11, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

13. If I Needed Someone

    Written by George Harrison

    2:20 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Backing vocals, Electric guitar George Harrison : Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Oct 16, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionOverdubs : Oct 18, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

14. Run For Your Life

    Written by Lennon - McCartney

    2:18 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix

    Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass, Tambourine Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Backing vocals, Electric guitar, Lead vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer

    SessionRecording : Oct 12, 1965 • Studio : EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road

    SessionMixing : Circa December 1986 / January 1987

From The 1987 CD mixes – The Daily Beatle (webgrafikk.com):

In 1987, as the Beatles catalog was due for their first CD release, producer George Martin wanted to go back and remix the sixties version of stereo to something a bit more updated for the modern ear. Because of a rushed release schedule, he couldn’t do this for the first four albums, Please Please Me, With The Beatles, Beatles For Sale and A Hard Day’s Night, as they were due for release in February 1987. So, as a compromise, they were released in mono, which were mixes the producer was satisfied with.

The next batch of releases were Help!, Rubber Soul and Revolver, due out in April 1987, and this time, Sir George had time to prepare updated mixes for these. He had a listen, and while he thought Help! and Rubber Soul needed remixing, he was satisfied with the sixties stereo mix of Revolver and all the albums that followed.

So he remixed Help! and Rubber Soul, and when they were released on CD they had an “eighties” stereo soundscape. (Except for some Canadian pressings of these CD’s where the original sixties stereo mixes had been used by mistake.)

Over the years, Beatles fans and music lovers have been rather critical to the 1987 mixes of those two albums, especially because they brought in an amount of echo and reverb which hadn’t been present on the sixties stereo mixes. […]