Rubber Soul (1987 mix)
By The Beatles • CD • Part of the collection “The Beatles • Post break-up albums”
By The Beatles • CD • Part of the collection “The Beatles • Post break-up albums”
This album was recorded during the following studio sessions:
2:25 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Lead guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals Ringo Starr : Cowbell, Drums John Lennon : Piano, Tambourine, Vocals George Harrison : Guitar, Harmony vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 13, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)
2:01 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Bass drum, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : 12-string acoustic guitar, Sitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 12, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Oct 21, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
3:18 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Backing vocals George Harrison : Backing vocals, Rhythm guitar, Tambourine George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer Mal Evans : Hammond organ
Session Recording: Nov 11, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:40 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Lead guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 21, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Oct 22, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by George Harrison
2:16 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas John Lennon : Harmony vocals, Tambourine, Vox continental organ George Harrison : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Nov 08, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Nov 09, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road
2:41 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Piano, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Lead guitar, Vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Harmonium, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Nov 10, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
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
Session Recording: Nov 03, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon
2:47 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Vocals John Lennon : Harmony vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Nov 04, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:30 • Studio version • D • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Backing vocals, Bass Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Acoustic 12-string guitar, Backing vocals, Lead acoustic guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Nov 11, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Room 65, Abbey Road
2:23 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Organ, Percussion John Lennon : Acoustic rhythm guitar, Harmony vocals George Harrison : Guitar, Tambourine George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Nov 10, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Nov 11, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:24 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Piano, Producer, Tambourine Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 18, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Oct 22, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Mixing: Oct 26, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:12 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Maracas John Lennon : Rhythm guitar, Tambourine, Vocals George Harrison : Guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Jun 17, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Jun 18, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Overdubs: Nov 11, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Written by George Harrison
2:20 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Harmony vocals, Rhythm guitar George Harrison : 12-string electric guitar, Vocals George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 16, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
Session Recording: Oct 18, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
2:18 • Studio version • C • Stereo • 1987 mix
Paul McCartney : Bass, Harmony vocals Ringo Starr : Drums, Tambourine John Lennon : Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar, Vocals George Harrison : Harmony vocals, Lead guitar George Martin : 1987 remixing, Producer Norman Smith : Recording engineer
Session Recording: Oct 12, 1965 • Studio EMI Studios, Studio Two, Abbey Road
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. […]
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