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Revolution 1 (Take 20) - unreleased Beatles leak

http://www.nme.com/news/the-beatles/42967

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A previously unreleased version of The Beatles' 'Revolution 1' has found its way online.

The recording, which is supposedly 'Take 20' of the song, is available to listen to via a YouTube link below.

'Take 20' of the song is notable, as it appears to bridge the gap between The Beatles' 'Revolution 1' and 'Revolution 9'.

The main difference in the 'new' version of 'Revolution 1' and the version of the same song that appeared on 'The Beatles' (commonly known as 'The White Album') is the track's length. The unreleased version is a full seven minutes longer than its released counterpart.

Lyrically and structure-wise, the song doesn't differ wildly from the released version, although the entire second half of the unreleased version is made up of tape loops, vocal effects and studio trickery - some of which appears to have been sampled by The Beatles for use on their sample-heavy 'Revolution 9' track, which also appears on 'The White Album'.

'Take 20' of the song begins with the band talking in the studio, where John Lennon is heard saying "Take your knickers off and let's go" in a high-pitched voice.

The band then begin playing the song.

Although 'Revolution 1 (Take 20)' soon mutates into five minutes of assorted backwards singing and screaming from the band, the drums, guitars and George Harrison's vocal of "Om-shooby-do-wop" still remain throughout.

Towards the ten-minute mark, the song breaks down into a barrage of speech and from John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

Blogs across the internet are hosting the song, with some fans hailing it as 'the holy grail' of unreleased material.

However, it is yet to be officially confirmed as being authentic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6RqN-groQ

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This is fucking awesome!

Called my Mom & Dad about this today. It's a cool take, I like.

FUCK emi took it down, let me try another link

Ok, I'm only a minute into it and can tell it already should have been the album track.

Bitch, I don't remember the last time I gave you rep, or for what, but it won't let me now.

And you deserve it more than ever!

Yeah, a nice version of "Revolution 1" here - good stuff.

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Originally Posted by DeadDiscoDildo

Bitch, I don't remember the last time I gave you rep, or for what, but it won't let me now.

And you deserve it more than ever!

Probably in the "Best Bong Names" thread, like a month ago. Thanks for the sentiment though.

I hope they release this along with that Carnival of Light or whatever.

heh, you read the nme...

No I don't. Someone else posted it on another board I post on. I wouldn't be caught dead reading that rag.

^^EMI stroke back.
There are people who are only getting paid to just that: removing links and files. amazing detective shit.

okay so between this and the 20 min freakout from a few months ago, I'm smelling another volume of the Beatles Anthology series.

Thanks to HBJ I just heard it.

On first listen it seems better in some ways and lacking in others compared to the versions that appear on the album and the single (which up till now has been my favourite)

Definitely more 'out there' than either. There is a sense though of them having thrown everything but the kitchen sink at it. It seems to lack the aggression of the single or the discipline of the album version (although in balance I probably prefer this 'new' version over the album one). I'll listen to it again but right now, I probably still prefer the single version but definitely see it as an improvement on the album one.

As noiserductions says, what with this and the whole Carnival of Light thing, some kind of official release has to be imminent. (Hopefully)